Call Number:

DG.202

Repository:

Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Extent:

7.7 linear ft. (7.7 linear ft.)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Cite as: [Identification of item], in the GWEN Project Records (DG 202), Swarthmore College Peace Collection.

Date:

1985-1994 (inclusive)

Creator:

GWEN Project (U.S.)

Abstract:

GWEN (Ground Wave Emergency Network was a grass roots organization founded in the mid 1980s. Mobilized citizens protested the establishment of a GWEN network, a plan by the U.S. Air Force to build a system of radiotowers around the U.S. for the purpose of maintaining military communications in the event of nuclear war. The GWEN Project was a national organization, headquartered in Amherst, Massachusetts. The co-directors were Nancy Foster and Lois Barber. In 1994, the U.S. Congress refused further funding for GWEN, calling it wasteful and unnecessary.

GWEN (Ground Wave Emergency Network was a grass roots organization founded in the mid 1980s. Mobilized citizens protested the establishment of a GWEN network, a plan by the U.S. Air Force to build a system of radiotowers around the U.S. for the purpose of maintaining military communications in the event of nuclear war. The GWEN Project was a national organization, headquartered in Amherst, Massachusetts. The co-directors were Nancy Foster and Lois Barber. In 1994, the U.S. Congress refused further funding for GWEN, calling it wasteful and unnecessary.

This collection contains files of various GWEN projects across the U.S.