Prison as an unavoidable and useful part of resistance, by Stellan Vinthagen
It is simple: If you resist, you take a risk. As a logical consequence, prison must be part of our movement strategies and preparation as individuals. from Waging Nonviolence by Stellan Vinthagen November 10, 2021 No one wants to be locked up in a prison. It is a punishment, an absurd medieval form of punishment that’s […]
Court update re: scheduled compliance hearing, from Mark Colville of the Kings Bay Plowshares
[Most of the Kings Bay Plowshares, now done with their prison sentences, are on three years of supervised release. Noncooperation brings consequences, as Mark Colville writes about below. His court hearing is now scheduled for February 4.] by Mark Colville January 7, 2021 For those who have been trying to keep abreast of my never […]
Arrests in Two States for Drone War Foe
A principal organizer for more than a decade of periodic protests at two U.S. drone warfare bases was arrested with little warning as she held signs near the entrance of each base this fall. The first of Toby Blomé’s two unintended arrests came during the Shut Down Creech actions held September 26 – October 2 […]
Nuclear resister John LaForge’s May 2021 testimony to Cochem District Court, Germany
Cochem District CourtRavenestrasse 3956812 Cochem Re: 2010 Js 60864/18 John Michael La Forge31 May 2021 Testimony To the Court: My name is John La Forge. I am 65 years old, am a U.S. citizen, and I’ve worked in the peace and anti-nuclear movement since 1979. I have been employed by the peace organization The Progressive Foundation in the […]
Digging for Peace – Resisting Nuclear Weapons
by Brian Terrell November 18, 2021 On Wednesday, October 20, I joined “Vrede Scheppen,” “Create Peace,” about 25 peace activists from the Netherlands, Germany and Austria at the airbase at Volkel, Netherlands, making a plea for an end to nuclear weapons. This base is home to two Dutch F16 fighter wings and the United States […]
Nuclear disarmament activist Sr. Megan Rice dies at age 91
Sr. Megan Gillespie Rice, S.H.C.J., Presente! January 31, 1930 – October 10, 2021 May her memory be a blessing. Peace and nuclear disarmament activist, Catholic nun and member of the Transform Now Plowshares, Megan was arrested several dozen times for acts of nonviolent protest at military and nuclear weapons sites. She spent time in prison […]
Daniel Hale’s sentencing statement released; GoFundMe started to support him in prison – please help if you can!
from Stand with Daniel Hale Posted below is the statement read by Daniel Hale at his sentencing on July 27, 2021, written by hand in his jail cell after having pled guilty to one count under the Espionage Act of 1917, along with an article by Kevin Gosztola in the Dissenter. Daniel’s core support team […]
Two activists arrested blockading Raytheon
Early on the morning of August 12, members of the FANG Collective and RAM INC (Resist and Abolish the Military Industrial Complex) blocked entry and exit from the Raytheon Missiles and Defense factory in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Right at the gatehouse, they parked two old cars perpendicular to the four entry and exit lanes, and […]
8 people cited at Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor, Washington, marking the 76th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings
from Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action Thirty-one people were present on Monday, August 9 at a demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base in Silverdale, Washington. The demonstration, organized by the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, was at the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor Main Gate during morning rush hour traffic. At around […]
Thirty-seven arrests disrupting Australia’s Land Forces weapons expo
From late May into June, the seven-day Festival of Resistance outside the Brisbane (Australia) Convention Center was an organizing cauldron. More than 300 participants cooked up public education events and a smorgasbord of nonviolent direct actions to confront Land Forces 2021, the largest international weapons exposition in the Southern Hemisphere. Over the previous year, community organizing in anticipation of the arms bazaar […]