André Larivière

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André Larivière is an ecologist and antinuclear activist (born in 1948) from Quebec, Canada. He leaves in Europe since 1986. He is now speaker for the Sortir du nucléaire Network.

He has participate in 3 long fasts:

  • 1983, 40 days fast for disarmement in San Francisco, USA, with 12 other people in the Fast for Life movement.
  • 1986, 31 days fast in front a US military base of Mutlangen, Germany, asking for removal of Pershing missiles.
  • 2004, 36 days fast in Paris asking for « real democratic debate » on nuclear energy and withdrawal of the 3rd generation nuclear reactor project, European Pressurized Reactor or EPR, with Dominique Masset and Michel Bernard.

He has organized and participated to many walks and protest actions, mainly in France and Germany.

[edit] Publication

  • André Larivière, Carnets d'un militant, Éditions Éco-Société, 1997.
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