to build a nuclear plant in the vicinity. Group members range from rural residents to college students to environmentalists. National leaders include well-known activists like Ralph Nader or Jane Fonda. Mass demonstrations occurred regularly during the 1970s. Particularly large demonstrations followed nuclear accidents such as occurred at the Three Mile Island site. The Antinuclear Movement emerged with the increase in construction of utility plants and has diminished as that construction has slowed.
The Unification Movement (UM) was a religious movement headed by Sun Myung Moon of South Korea. Moon preached that he was the true Messiah and that his mission was to restore mankind to God. Although UM missionaries were active in the United States during the 1960s, it was not until the 1970s, when Moon made a series of national speaking tours and members were required to devote their resources fu
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