Nonviolent Resistance for a Peaceful, Nuclear-Free Future

The Nuclear Resister History

• 1980

  A Chronicle of Hope Is Born

  Jack and Felice Cohen-Joppa launch The Newsletter of the National No-Nukes Prison Support Collective. The first issue, published in October, reports on a single action—the Plowshares Eight, who entered a General Electric plant in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and used hammers and blood to enact the biblical call to "beat swords into plowshares."
• 1982

  Documenting a Movement Surge

  As blockades erupt at nuclear sites across the country—1,953 arrested at Diablo Canyon, 1,068 at Livermore Labs—the newsletter becomes an essential clearinghouse, connecting resisters, supporters, and the imprisoned across a rapidly growing movement.
• 1984

  Renamed The Nuclear Resister

  The publication adopts its enduring name—The Nuclear Resister: A Chronicle of Hope—reflecting its expanding role beyond prison support into comprehensive documentation of anti-nuclear civil resistance nationwide.
• 1986

  Tucson Becomes Home

  Jack and Felice relocate to Tucson, Arizona—arriving on the very same day the Chernobyl nuclear disaster strikes in the Soviet Union. Tucson will remain the home base of The Nuclear Resister for decades to come.
• 1988

  Missile Silo Actions

  The Nuclear Resister documents the Missouri Peace Planters' bold occupation of multiple Minuteman nuclear missile silos during the summer, part of a growing wave of direct action at weapons installations across the heartland.

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