Shannon Two: Not Guilty on Damage, Trespass; Guilty of Interfering with Airport Operations
from Stop These Wars by Ellen Davidson DUBLIN, May 3, 2022—A mixed verdict came down in the case of the Shannon Two today. They were found not guilty of the charges of criminal damage and trespass with intent to commit an offense, but they were convicted, by a vote of 10-2, of interfering with the […]
Hancock drone resisters’ charges dismissed “in the interest of justice”
from Upstate Drone Action Coalition On April 28, 2022, in DeWitt, New York night court, Judge David Gideon presiding, pro se defendants Mark Scibilia-Carver and Tom Joyce of the Ithaca Catholic Worker and the Upstate Drone Action Coalition had their 2019 violation charges for blocking, with several others, the main entrance of Hancock drone base, […]
Eight arrested after two hours of blockading construction traffic to stop new Pratt & Whitney plant
Reject Raytheon AVL shuts down Pratt & Whitney by Ken Jones It was an Earth Day to remember. On a beautiful sunny spring day, our local citizen coalition Reject Raytheon in Asheville, North Carolina pulled off a three-part demonstration for the protection of the earth and earthlings and against the U.S. military-industrial complex. We rallied, […]
Good Friday arrests at Lockheed Martin in Pennsylvania
from Brandywine Peace Community At noon on April 15, the Brandywine Peace Community held their annual Good Friday Stations of Justice, Peace and Nonviolent Resistance at the Lockheed Martin facility in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Crosses were placed between banners and signs, while a bell of peace tolled. Tom Mullian sang two peace songs. Next, […]
Arrests after line crossing at Nevada nuclear test site
Two arrested at the close of the Sacred Peace Walk by Brian Terrell On Thursday, April 14, Ray Cage of Tucson, Arizona and Catherine Hourcade of Stockton, California entered the gates of the Nevada National Security Site and were briefly detained by Nye County Sheriff’s deputies and National Nuclear Security Administration police. The evening before, […]
Kings Bay Plowshares legal updates, four years after their nuclear disarmament action
from the Kings Bay Plowshares March 28, 2022 On April 4, 2018, the Kings Bay Plowshares Seven trespassed onto a U.S. Naval base in Southern Georgia, bearing a message from the great Dr. King: “The ultimate logic of racism is genocide.” There they performed a symbolic act of nuclear disarmament at the home port of […]
Five activists arrested after locking down on Raytheon roof
Activists Climb onto the Roof of Raytheon’s Cambridge Facility in Protest of War Profiteering, Killing of Civilians On the morning of March 21, a group of activists scaled onto the roof of Raytheon’s facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts to call attention to the company’s weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and Israel, and their record of human […]
Kansas City judge gives nuclear weapons protester 2 years of probation, plus fees
from PeaceWorks Kansas City “We are addicted to war and, with nuclear weapons, we are on the verge of omnicide. It is necessary to do an intervention. Our tool is the courage of nonviolence.” – Henry Stoever, in his trial brief by Mary Hladky Henry Stoever was arrested with four other line-crossers at last year’s […]
Nuclear resisters on trial in Kansas City courtroom
from PeaceWorks Kansas City Judge tells nuke resisters, ‘Continue to fight for what you believe is right’ by Christopher Overfelt The trial for four of the five line-crossers from last year’s demonstration at the Honeywell nuclear weapons plant in south Kansas City, Missouri took place on February 18. The four men on trial were Tom […]
California peace activist convicted in German court for protests against U.S. nuclear weapons
from Nukewatch A long-time U.S. peace activist was found guilty of four counts of trespassing January 17 in Cochem, Germany, charges that stemmed from multiple protests against the stationing of U.S. nuclear weapons at Germany’s Büchel Air Force Base* in the west-central state of Rhineland-Pfalz. Susan Crane, a member of the Redwood City, California Catholic […]