German court orders U.S. peace activist to jail for protests against U.S. nuclear weapons stationed in Germany
from Nukewatch LUCK, Wisconsin – A U.S. peace activist from Luck, Wisconsin has been ordered by a German court to serve 50 days in jail there after he refused to pay 600 Euros in fines for two trespass convictions stemming from protests against the U.S. nuclear weapons stationed at Germany’s Büchel Air Base, 80 miles […]
German nuclear abolitionist starts 30 day prison sentence for action at Büchel Air Base
from Büchel17 Press Releases Incarcerated for action against nuclear weapons – “War Destroys Future” On August 17, Holger Isabelle Jänicke, movement worker and head of the legal aid office in Hamburg, Germany, started a 30-day substitute prison sentence in the JVA Billwerder/Hamburg correctional facility. On April 30, 2019, seventeen peace activists from all over Germany broke through […]
13 people cited at Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor
from Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action Approximately 40 people were present on August 8th at a flash mob demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. The demonstration was in the roadway, and blocked traffic entering the Main Gate of the Trident nuclear submarine base during rush hour traffic. Thirteen demonstrators were […]
Fr. Carl Kabat, plowshares activist and priest, dies at age 88
Roman Catholic priest and decades-long Plowshares activist and nuclear resister, Fr. Carl Kabat, OMI, died on August 4, 2022 at age 88. We met Carl for the first time in 1983 while in line to be searched at the D.C. Jail to visit Helen Woodson – we were on our way in just as he was leaving after visiting with her. It was […]
Eleven nuclear disarmament activists arrested after sit-in at U.S. Mission to the U.N.
from Ed Hedemann On August 2, for almost four hours on a sunny and rather hot Tuesday, the NYC War Resisters League along with several other peace, social justice and environmental organizations were part of a nonviolent sit-in at the U.S. Mission during the second day of the U.N.’s month-long Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference. […]
Dutch man jailed 30 days for nuclear weapons protest in Germany
On the Fourth of July, friends and fellow activists accompanied Frits ter Kuile to Wittlich Prison in Germany, where he began serving a 30-day sentence for his resistance to nuclear weapons. In the summer of 2018, ter Kuile and 17 others entered Büchel Air Base, which is home to 20 U.S. nuclear weapons. His supporters […]
Woman arrested at U.K. nuclear weapons base
On June 15, the 6th day of the Faslane Action for Bomb Ban camp in Scotland, the morning vigil took place as usual at 7 a.m. at the main gate at Coulport, the storage and loading facility for the United Kingdom’s Trident nuclear warheads. At 10 a.m. the Glasgow Catholic Workers arrived for their monthly vigil against […]
Three nuclear abolition activists arrested after locking on and blocking road to Coulport
Early in the morning of June 13, 20 peace activists arrived at the main gate of Royal Naval Armaments Depot (RNAD) Coulport in Argyll, Scotland for their daily vigil for nuclear disarmament. Coulport is the storage and loading facility for the United Kingdom’s Trident nuclear warheads. Five women from “Greenham Women are Everywhere” poured red […]
Nine people cited in Mother’s Day demonstration at Trident nuclear submarine base
from Ground Zero by Glen Milner Over 50 people were present on May 7, at the demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. Nine demonstrators blocked the main highway entrance into the base for about 10 minutes and were cited by the Washington State Patrol. At around 2:15 p.m. on Saturday, the […]
Peace Activists Criminalized While War Criminals Go Free: Shannon Two Fined 10,000 Euros
from Stop These Wars by Ellen Davidson May 4, 2022—Judge Patricia Ryan sent a clear message to protesters objecting to illegal U.S. military flights through Shannon Airport today by fining the Shannon Two 10,000 euros after they were convicted of interfering with the operation, management and safety of the facility. On May 3, the jury […]