The Loyola Phoenix: Anti-nuclear rally held at Daley Plaza; Loyola groups in attendance
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The Loyola Phoenix: Anti-nuclear rally held at Daley Plaza; Loyola groups in attendance
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This article by Zuhair Nubani follows Pax Christi, a Loyola student organization, and its anti-nuclear weapons activism.
"The last few weeks have been a time of protest and demonstration in Europe and the U.S. The protest is over the planned December deployment of Cruise and Pershing II missiles in Western Europe. There have been mass demonstrations throughout West Germany, England, the Netherlands, and the U.S. to stop more American and Soviet nuclear weapons before it is too late.
On Oct. 22, a local group, H.E.A.R. (Help End the Arms Race) headed a demonstration in downtown Chicago to protest the use of Cruise and Pershing II missiles in Europe."
Thirty Pax Christi members, led by KEvin Coley and Chris Gagliano, "left from Centennial Forum on Sunday at noon to Seneca Park which is located on Chicago AVe., east of State St.
Once there the Pax Christi group joined up with almost 500 other demonstrators from other organizations. Because of the unabating rain all day the number was much lower than expected.
From Seneca Park the demonstrators slowly advanced the one mile distance to the Daley Plaza on Dearborn and Washington in the pouring rain. The entire time they were chanting anti-nuclear and anti-war slogans.
After the thirty minute walk, the various groups gathered for a rally outside the Daley Plaza. There they listened to several guest speakers talk about the necessity of peace, the dangers of nuclear weapons and war and the provocations that the new missiles would cause.
Other topics raised were further U.S. involvement in the Middle East and U.S. involvement in Central America. The rally program included: Conrad Worrell, leader of the Black United Front; Juan Soliz, a Latino political leader from the West Side; Stefan Schaff, a West German peace activist, and Rosalinda Ramirez of the Religious Task Force on Central America.
One of the speakers said that we should put our money and energy to use in America to help solve the precarious economic problems we are facing instead of sending it to dictatorships in other parts of the world. Another speaker said, 'every conscientious American should oppose the build-up of a nuclear arsenal in Europe. Our future, the future of our children and the future of our grandchildren are in serious jeopardy with the deployment of these weapons.'
Chris Gagliano of Pax Christi said, 'it is the moral responsibility of all people to speak out against the deployment of these new missiles in Europe.' He also commented that he was glad to see the turnout of young people and he hoped that more young people would get involved, because after all the young people of today are the leaders of tomorrow."
"The last few weeks have been a time of protest and demonstration in Europe and the U.S. The protest is over the planned December deployment of Cruise and Pershing II missiles in Western Europe. There have been mass demonstrations throughout West Germany, England, the Netherlands, and the U.S. to stop more American and Soviet nuclear weapons before it is too late.
On Oct. 22, a local group, H.E.A.R. (Help End the Arms Race) headed a demonstration in downtown Chicago to protest the use of Cruise and Pershing II missiles in Europe."
Thirty Pax Christi members, led by KEvin Coley and Chris Gagliano, "left from Centennial Forum on Sunday at noon to Seneca Park which is located on Chicago AVe., east of State St.
Once there the Pax Christi group joined up with almost 500 other demonstrators from other organizations. Because of the unabating rain all day the number was much lower than expected.
From Seneca Park the demonstrators slowly advanced the one mile distance to the Daley Plaza on Dearborn and Washington in the pouring rain. The entire time they were chanting anti-nuclear and anti-war slogans.
After the thirty minute walk, the various groups gathered for a rally outside the Daley Plaza. There they listened to several guest speakers talk about the necessity of peace, the dangers of nuclear weapons and war and the provocations that the new missiles would cause.
Other topics raised were further U.S. involvement in the Middle East and U.S. involvement in Central America. The rally program included: Conrad Worrell, leader of the Black United Front; Juan Soliz, a Latino political leader from the West Side; Stefan Schaff, a West German peace activist, and Rosalinda Ramirez of the Religious Task Force on Central America.
One of the speakers said that we should put our money and energy to use in America to help solve the precarious economic problems we are facing instead of sending it to dictatorships in other parts of the world. Another speaker said, 'every conscientious American should oppose the build-up of a nuclear arsenal in Europe. Our future, the future of our children and the future of our grandchildren are in serious jeopardy with the deployment of these weapons.'
Chris Gagliano of Pax Christi said, 'it is the moral responsibility of all people to speak out against the deployment of these new missiles in Europe.' He also commented that he was glad to see the turnout of young people and he hoped that more young people would get involved, because after all the young people of today are the leaders of tomorrow."
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1980-10-29
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The Loyola Phoenix, 1980-10-29, page 7.
Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives
University Archives and Special Collections
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University Archives and Special Collections, The Loyola Phoenix, 1980-10-29, page 7.
Subject
Loyola University Chicago
Student life organizations
Student life activism
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