Three activists arrested during nonviolent action at Büchel nuclear weapons base
Stop the next disaster before it happens – abolish nuclear weapons! On Monday, July 19, six peace activists from the U.S., the Netherlands and Germany began a nonviolent action at 11 a.m. under the motto “Stop the next catastrophe: No Nukes! Stop the next catastrophe – Abolish nuclear weapons!”. They began to dig a tunnel […]
Forty-five months in prison for drone war whistleblower Daniel Hale
On July 27, Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in prison, having pled guilty in April to one count of violating the Espionage Act. The 33-year-old Air Force veteran first spoke out publicly against drone warfare in 2013, and later shared government documents that blew the whistle on secret watchlists, targeted drone killings, and […]
Why Daniel Hale Deserves Gratitude, Not Prison, by Kathy Kelly
The whistleblower acted on behalf of the public’s right to know what is being done in its name. by Kathy Kelly July 6, 2021 “Pardon Daniel Hale.” These words hung in the air on a recent Saturday evening, projected onto several Washington, D.C. buildings, above the face of a courageous whistleblower facing ten years in […]
“If There Are Enough Shovels to Go Around” – Surviving the Nuclear Threat
“If There Are Enough Shovels to Go Around” Surviving the Nuclear Threat by Brian Terrell “Dig a hole, cover it with a couple of doors and then throw three feet of dirt on top. . . . It’s the dirt that does it. . . . . If there are enough shovels to go around, […]
Five men arrested at Kansas City nuclear weapons plant protest
from PeaceWorks Kansas City Memorial Day event: ‘We spoke truth, we cried, we witnessed, we rejoiced’ by Kristin Scheer This Memorial Day was the first time I was able to join PeaceWorks-KC at the National Security Campus, where non-nuclear parts are made for nuclear weapons. It was our 10th annual event there. I was moved […]
Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Jailed Ahead of Sentencing
Click HERE to sign the petition – Judge O’Grady, No Prison Time for Daniel Hale from The Intercept Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Jailed Ahead of Sentencing It’s unclear precisely why Hale was arrested, and court documents show that his lawyers objected. By Alex Emmons May 5, 2021, 6:32 p.m. Daniel Hale, a former Air Force intelligence analyst who […]
Five people cited in Mother’s Day demonstration at Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor, WA
from Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action Thirty people were present on May 8th (the day before Mother’s Day), at the demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. At around 2 p.m., the five demonstrators entered the highway carrying two large banners stating, “Congress wants $1 trillion for nukes – What will be left […]
Women blockade Faslane Trident base for 11 hours, link militarism and climate crisis
Early in the morning of April 30, members of Extinction Rebellion (XR) Scotland, with support from nuclear disarmament activists from Trident Ploughshares, set up a blockade at the north gate of the Faslane Trident submarine base in Scotland. Three women locked onto three planters they had placed in the road, which contained plants and flowers […]
Drone wars whistleblower Daniel Hale enters one guilty plea
The week before his scheduled April 5 trial, Air Force veteran and former intelligence analyst Daniel Hale changed his plea to guilty on one count of violating the Espionage Act when he illegally obtained classified “national defense information” and give it to a reporter widely acknowledged to be Jeremy Scahill, co-founder of The Intercept. At […]
Fr. Steve Kelly FREE after 3 years behind bars for nuclear abolition actions
On April 13, in a brief, COVID-hybrid hearing in federal court in Tacoma, Washington, Fr. Steve Kelly, S.J. was sentenced to time served for violating conditions of his supervised release for a 2017 trespass conviction at the Kitsap-Bangor Trident nuclear submarine base. As of today, he had served the maximum six-month prison sentence for the original charge, and he was unconditionally […]