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Peace Activist and Anti-Nuclear Protester Concepcion Picciotto Dies

HeadlineJan 26, 2016

And peace activist and anti-nuclear protester Concepcion Picciotto has died. Picciotto is known for camping outside the White House continuously since 1981 to protest nuclear weapons and war. Her peace vigil is widely believed to have been the longest-running protest in U.S. history. This is Picciotto speaking in 2014.

Concepcion Picciotto: “I am in front of the White House maintaining anti-nuclear peace vigil since 1981, which makes it 31 or 32 years straight. We used to be two people, since 1981. We used to be right in front of the gates. It’s on my website. But my colleague died, about four years now, my colleague Thomas, who was very committed. But we have been beaten up by marines, police, gassing, arrested many times, regulations, plus the elements, the snow and raining.”

Peace activist Concepcion Picciotto died Monday at a housing facility for homeless women in Washington, D.C. She was believed to be 80 years old.

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