"No Nukes" Street Theater/Fashion Show on Anniversary of Chernobyl

On the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the Raging Grannies performed street theater called: “New Trends in Nuclear Radiation Wear for SF Bay Area Fashionistas” with a catwalk of “nuclear radiation protection wear”. The theme of their vignette: nuclear "protection" wear doesn’t protect a thing!

The Raging Grannies performed on a beachside stage at the SHUT DOWN DIABLO NUCLEAR PLANT rally earlier this month in San Luis Obispo County.

Starting shortly after the Fukushima catastrophe, the Grannies were on the streets demanding that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission wake up to reality.

Today's action in Menlo Park, California was not the first Raging Granny response to the Japan disaster, and it won't be the last. Today the Grannies remembered the victims of nuclear energy in Chernobyl, in Fukushima, and around the world.

Twenty-five years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, lessons are still being learned about the long-term physical and psychological effects of that accident. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists the number of excess cancer deaths worldwide will be in the tens of thousands. Yesterday's event in Menlo Park was playful and fun, with a fashion show that drew the attention of a cafe lunchtime crowd, yet at the same time the message was serious. Granny Ellyn O'Toole expressed Raging Granny sentiment when she sent an amplified message to the gathered crowd. She called upon people to remember the victims of the nuclear industry from Hiroshima to Fukushima ... and to work for a nuclear-free future.

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