Plowshares activist Turi Vaccaro jailed in Sicily
Fugitive Italian anti-war activist Turi Vaccaro has been arrested and imprisoned in Gela, Sicily, where he will serve an 11-month, 27-day sentence. Acting on a warrant issued in November, 2017, DIGOS, the Italian special police, determined that the well-known practitioner of nonviolent direct action would attend this summer’s annual NO MUOS protest camp near Niscemi. […]
Arrests at nuclear sites mark 73rd anniversary of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
from the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action Activists honor Catholic archbishop, who was a prophetic voice for peace, on anniversary of atomic bombing by Leonard Eiger Silverdale, Washington: Activists blockaded the West Coast nuclear submarine base that would likely carry out a nuclear strike against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) should […]
Truth on Trial – Kings Bay Plowshares court report on August 2, 2018 hearing
by Bill Quigley, attorney For four hours on Thursday, August 2, 2018, the Kings Bay Plowshares appeared before U.S. Magistrate Stan Baker in federal court in Brunswick, Georgia to argue that all charges against them be dropped. The peace activists set out six reasons why the charges of conspiracy, trespass, and two counts of felony damage […]
Fill the Jails!
by Brian Terrell [This reflection was offered by Brian Terrell on July 29, 2018 to Catholic Workers gathered at Nazareth College, Rochester, NY, celebrating the 85th anniversary of the founding of the movement.] Fifty years ago, in 1968, a time when state violence was running rampant in foreign wars and in the streets of our […]
Nuclear disarmament action at Germany’s Büchel air base, home to 20 U.S. nuclear bombs
From Nukewatch On Sunday, July 15th 2018, eighteen people from four different countries cut through fences to reclaim German Air Force Base Büchel, which hosts about 20 U.S. nuclear bombs. The activists are from the USA (7), Germany (6), The Netherlands (4) and England (1). The peace activists cut through razor wire and some other fences and […]
Reflections on the Fast for Nuclear Disarmament in Georgia
Hungering for Nuclear Disarmament by Kathy Kelly, June 19, 2018 In the state of Georgia’s Glynn County Detention Center, four activists await trial stemming from their nonviolent action, on April 4, 2018, at the Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay. In all, seven Catholic plowshares activists acted that day, aiming to make real the prophet Isaiah’s command to […]
Jeju Island peace activist jailed for refusing to pay protest fine
On June 4, Korean peace activist Park Geun-gil entered the Jeju Prison to serve time instead of paying a fine of 4.6 million KRW (around US$4,000). At the rate of 100,000 KRW/day, he will serve 46 days and should be released by July 20. [Update: He was released from jail on June 14 after an anonymous […]
Poor People’s Campaign Ties Struggles for Justice Together
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival launched the day after Mother’s Day with rallies and nonviolent civil disobedience at more than 30 state capitals across the the United States. The Campaign revives the vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1968 Poor People’s Campaign that challenged the fundamental and interconnected injustices […]
Five people arrested on Memorial Day at Kansas City nuclear weapons plant
By Jane Stoever, Peaceworks KC “Emotionally powerful.” That’s how Bennette Dibben, a PeaceWorks Board member, describes the rally, die-in, and civil resistance that PeaceWorks-KC sponsored May 28, Memorial Day, in Kansas City, MO. By the end of the three-hour witness, five persons had crossed the property line at the new nuclear weapons plant. They were […]
Six arrested protesting role of Hanscom AFB in nuclear war preparations
from Massachusetts Peace Action Six peace activists were arrested on May 27 at the gate of Hanscom Air Force Base in Lincoln, Massachusetts as they protested the role of the base in nuclear war planning. Hanscom is the location of the Program Executive Office (PEO) for Nuclear Command, Control and Communications (NC3), which seeks to […]