Good Friday arrests at Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon, Livermore Lab and Nevada nuclear test site
LOCKHEED MARTIN, PENNSYLVANIA Thanks to Paul Sheldon for this report: The Brandywine Peace Community held its annual Good Friday action at Lockheed Martin in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania on March 30. Seven of the activists attempted to carry a message of peace and understanding onto Lockheed Martin property, in order to speak with those building […]
Six people arrested during protest at Arms Fair in Cardiff, Wales
from WalesOnline Activists were protesting outside the Motorpoint Arena where an exhibition is taking place by Cathy Owen and Marcus Hughes March 27, 2018 Six people were arrested at a protest outside a defence industry event at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff on Tuesday. Campaign groups Cardiff Stop the Arms Fair, Welsh Kurdish Activists and […]
A Catholic Worker discussion on property destruction and nonviolence
Christian Nonviolence: Theory and Practice by Tom Cornell [Tom Cornell is a longtime editor of The Catholic Worker and former co-founder of the Catholic Peace Fellowship. In a slightly different form his essay was published in the December 2017 issue of The Catholic Worker. With Jim Forest and Robert Ellsberg, he co-edited A Penny a […]
Two dozen activists arrested at Nevada nuclear test site
by Felice Cohen-Joppa, for the Nuclear Resister Members of the Pacific Life Community converged at the Las Vegas Catholic Worker house from March 2 – 4 for their annual gathering to protest nuclear weapons. Twenty-four of them were arrested on Sunday, March 4 during a nonviolent action at the Nevada nuclear test site. They […]
Hundreds of French police smash nuclear dump protest camp, raid support house and arrest opponents
by Jack Cohen-Joppa, for the Nuclear Resister Before dawn on the morning of February 22, hundreds of French police in riot gear and equipped with trucks, bulldozers, helicopters and drones, evicted dozens of nuclear waste dump opponents who had occupied a disputed woods in the Meuse district for the last 18 months. A public relations […]
Five anti-nuclear activists arrested at Nevada test site on Downwinders Day
From the Nye County Sheriff’s Office SUSPECTS: Robert Majors, Richard Lai, Brian Terrell, Darcy Ike, Laura Taylor CHARGES: NRS 207.200 – Trespassing DETAILS: On Saturday, January 27, 2018, Nevada Desert Experience and Western Shoshone Tribe conducted a peaceful protest at the boundary of the Nevada National Security Site. The protest was to bring awareness to […]
It’s Time We Occupied Congress
IT’S TIME WE OCCUPIED CONGRESS by Joy First January 15, 2018 As I entered my jail cell at Capitol Police Headquarters in Washington, DC, I sat down on the cold steel bench and looked around thinking – here I am again. My eyes came to the mirror above the toilet and I noticed […]
Arrests at Rep. Hoyer’s office pending Yemen War legislation
Seven activists were arrested on January 11th for refusing to leave Rep. Steny Hoyer’s Washington, D.C. office unless the Congressman (and House Minority Whip) committed to bring a vote on legislation to end the U.S.-Saudi war against Yemen. Under intense bombardment and naval blockade, Yemen is poised to become the new century’s worst case of […]
Five arrests at the White House on Guantanamo anniversary
Rally and Arrests at the White House to Close Guantanamo Attorneys Files Major New Guantanamo Lawsuits Human rights activists, attorneys, ex-military investigators, faith leaders, and torture survivors rallied on January 11 at the White House to mark the 16th year of the operation of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where “war on terror” […]
Four arrested during protest at Des Moines drone command center
Four Catholic Workers were arrested on December 28 at a protest that connected King Herod’s murder of young children in his quest to kill the infant Jesus with the deaths of innocent people killed by U.S. drone strikes. The Des Moines Catholic Worker and Voices for Peace co-sponsored the Feast of Holy Innocents Faith and […]