Six arrested at Bangor Trident nuclear submarine base
from the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action Peace activists block highway entrance to the Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor in 80th remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings Thirty-five people were present on August 11th at a demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. The demonstration was in the roadway […]
The War in our Backyard, by Jack Cohen-Joppa
The following is an adaptation of a presentation given by Jack Cohen-Joppa at the Pacific Life Community retreat held in St. David, Arizona in March 2025 (published in the August 2025 issue of the Catholic Agitator, newsletter of the Los Angeles Catholic Worker). THE WAR IN OUR BACKYARD by Jack Cohen-Joppa On the ancestral lands of […]
Three arrested at Lockheed Martin commemorating atomic bombing of Hiroshima
On the afternoon of August 6, about 25 people gathered at the King of Prussia, Pennsylvania facility of Lockheed Martin to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and demonstrate against Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest war profiteer. The protesters stood side-by-side along the sidewalk, which was lined with bright banners. They waved […]
Hiroshima Day arrests at the Pentagon
from Art Laffin August 6, 2025 Dear Friends, Early this morning of August 6, over 30 peacemakers from the DMV area held a nonviolent witness/commemoration prayer service at the Pentagon to mark the 80th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The witness was organized by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker and co-sponsored by Pax Christi USA, […]
Activist arrested at Holloman drone base
Blockaders Shut Down Holloman AFB to “Put Our Bodies Between the Drones and the Children of Gaza” – One Arrested Anti-drone activists from across the U.S. shut down the West Gate entrance at New Mexico’s Holloman Air Force Base early in the morning of April 23 for nearly an hour. The demonstration was part of […]
Eight people cited in Mother’s Day demonstration at Bangor Trident nuclear submarine base
from the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action by Glen Milner Sixty people were present on May 10 at the demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. Eight demonstrators blocked the main highway entrance into the base for over 10 minutes and were cited by the Washington State Patrol. At around 2 […]
Six arrests for line crossing at Kansas City nuclear plant
from PeaceWorks Kansas City ‘No new nukes!’ say resisters at Kansas City nuke plant by Jane Stoever Twenty-three peacemakers resisted nuclear weapons at dawn on May 19. Our signs, made May 18, declared, “No new nukes!” and “Stop escalating nuclear War!” Why hold signs at dawn? That’s when workers come to make 80% of the […]
Criminalized for Obeying a Higher Law
from Inquest Nuclear abolitionists in the Plowshares movement have been imprisoned for bringing attention to the fact that nuclear weapons are immoral and illegal under international law. by Art Laffin On September 9, 1980, eight peacemakers, known collectively as the Plowshares Eight, entered the General Electric facility in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, where vital components of […]
Two blockades at Lakenheath base in the UK result in 10 arrests
from Lakenheath Alliance for Peace At 9:30 a.m. on April 25, fourteen women, intersex, non-binary and trans activists (FINT) – aged from 24 to 91 – held a blockade of the main gate of USAF Lakenheath, denouncing the deadly entanglements between militarism, climate change, authoritarianism and genocide. Ten activists were topless with chains around their […]
Good Friday arrests at Lockheed Martin in Pennsylvania
Interfaith Peace Witness Leads to Arrest of 25 at Lockheed Martin Facility in King of Prussia by Paul Magno, Isaiah Project On April 18, 2025, I stood with 24 fellow activists in a powerful interfaith act of witness outside Lockheed Martin in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. It was Good Friday—a day that, within Christian tradition, […]