Good Friday line-crossing at Nevada nuclear test site results in 33 arrests, 8 taken to jail
from Nevada Desert Experience Mercury, Nevada – On Friday, April 19, more than two dozen people were arrested during a peaceful, nonviolent demonstration for nuclear abolition and indigenous rights (to end the occupation of the Western Shoshone Nation’s homeland) in the roadway leading to the Nevada National Security Site (N.N.S.S., formerly known as the Nevada […]
Six arrested at Good Friday witness at Pentagon
[Good Friday actions at the Nevada Test Site, Livermore Labs and Lockheed Martin in Pennsylvania will be added to the Nuclear Resister website soon.] by Art Laffin From Holy Thursday afternoon to Good Friday afternoon, about 20 people gathered in Washington, D.C. for a Faith and Resistance retreat and public witness that was organized by […]
Nuclear weapons ruined my life, and I wouldn’t have it any other way – by Frida Berrigan
From Waging Nonviolence Nuclear weapons ruined my life, and I wouldn’t have it any other way As someone deeply embedded in a life of anti-nuclear resistance, I know the only way to get rid of these weapons is to never stop thinking about them. by Frida Berrigan April 4, 2019 I want to offer you […]
Message from the Kings Bay Plowshares on the one year anniversary of their nuclear disarmament action
MESSAGE FROM THE KINGS BAY PLOWSHARES ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR ACTION Like most of you who have been supporting and praying for The Kings Bay Plowshares, the seven of us are very surprised that a year has passed since our April 4, 2018 faith witness at (Trident) Naval Station Kings Bay in […]
Six peace activists arrested blocking Creech drone base’s front gate
from Shut Down Creech Week-long Actions Protest Killing of Civilians in Expanding U.S. Killer Drone Program CREECH Air Force Base, Nevada – Six people – holding up bloody hands to illustrate everyone’s complicity in war crimes – were arrested at Creech drone base about 7:50 a.m. on Wednesday, April 3 as they stood at the entrance to […]
Jordanian anti-nuclear and environmental activist Basel Burgan released on bail after a week in detention
Basel Burgan has been released on bail after seven days in detention by Jordanian authorities. Basel became the focus of concern in Jordan when he was put into administrative detention on Tuesday, March 19. He was detained and then arrested that day during a meeting where he and his lawyer had voluntarily gone in for […]
Eight arrested blockading Des Moines drone command center on St. Patrick’s Day
from the Des Moines Catholic Worker Veterans for Peace and Catholic Workers from across the Midwest converged on the Iowa Air National Guard Drone Command Center in Des Moines on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day at 1 p.m. Eight activists were later arrested for blocking the entrance. The Midwest Catholic Workers – a loose collection […]
Eleven nuclear resisters arrested during blockade of Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale, California
For the third time in nine years, the Pacific Life Community (PLC) met in Menlo Park, California for their annual gathering, each time concluding with a blockade of the main gate at the nearby Lockheed Martin factory in Sunnyvale that produces the intercontinental ballistic missiles for launching nuclear weapons from both U.S. and British Trident […]
Two U.S. Veterans for Peace in Limerick Prison after action at Shannon Airport
from Veterans for Peace Two U.S. Veterans For Peace were refused bail at Ennis District Court Charged with Trespass and Causing Criminal Damage at Shannon Airport A group of seven U.S. Veterans for Peace took part in a protest against U.S. Military Base at Shannon Airport on Sunday, March 17th. WHY? Shannon used for refueling troop […]
Chelsea Manning back in jail, refused to testify to a grand jury investigating Wikileaks
from BBC Chelsea Manning: Wikileaks source jailed for refusing to testify Former US intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has been jailed for refusing to testify before an investigation into Wikileaks. A Virginia judge ordered her taken into custody until the grand jury’s work is finished or she decides to testify. Manning said she shared everything she […]