Mainers Call for Opposition to L.D. 1781 A Grassroots Campaign Succeeds in Calling Attention to Corporate Welfare for General Dynamics

Mainers Call for Opposition to L.D. 1781

A Grassroots Campaign Succeeds in Calling Attention to Corporate Welfare for General Dynamics

 

Bath, Maine, USA

On Saturday, March 3, Maine citizens will gather outside of Bath Iron Works (B.I.W.) in Bath, Maine.

 

Combining an annual “Lenten Vigil” (sponsored by Smilin' Trees Disarmament Farm) with opposition to L.D. 1781, Mainers will gather outside of B.I.W. (a subsidiary of General Dynamics) to “stand together to witness to our absolute need to stop war and our preparations for war” and to say “No!” to L.D. 1781.

 

WHAT: A press conference related to the Opposition to L.D. 1781, “An Act To Encourage New Major Investments in Shipbuilding Facilities and the Preservation of Jobs”.

 

WHO:

• Bruce Gagnon: member of Maine Veterans For Peace -- as of Saturday, on the 20th day of his Hunger Strike in opposition to L.D. 1781