Pair arrested after labeling California drone base a “crime scene”
from Occupy Beale Air Force Base Occupy Beale started off a new presidential administration with a protest on Tuesday morning, January 25 at the Main Gate of California’s Beale Air Force Base, home of the Global Hawk drones. Before dawn, yellow “Crime Scene – Do not Cross” tape marked the Beale Air Force Base sign, […]
Sixteen arrested in actions against torture, Trump’s cabinet nominees
100s DEMAND THAT GUANTANAMO BE SHUT DOWN from Witness Against Torture Clad in orange jumpsuits and Shut Down Guantanamo t-shirts, activists with Witness Against Torture (WAT) took over the Hart Senate Building on January 11 with a message for Senators, staffers, and the general public. They marked the 15th anniversary of the opening of the […]
Sixteen activists carrying words and images of Daniel Berrigan SJ arrested at Pentagon witness
Report of Holy Innocents Retreat and Pentagon Witness in Honor of Dan Berrigan by Art Laffin On December 27 and 28, over 50 members from the Atlantic and Southern Life communities, and other peacemaking friends, gathered for a retreat at St. Stephen and the Incarnation Church and a nonviolent witness at the Pentagon to commemorate […]
“Mary” and “Joseph” arrested enacting Nativity scene at Hancock drone base
from Update Drone Action On December 23, as many throughout the world prepared to celebrate the birth in Palestine of Jesus, the Prince of Peace, four members of the grassroots group Upstate Drone Action were arrested at the main entrance of Hancock Reaper Drone Base on East Molloy Road in the town of DeWitt […]
Activists arrested during anti-nuclear power protest in India
Police foil CPI(M) protest against N-plant from The Hindu CPI(M) [Communist Party of India – Marxist] leaders and activists were arrested at the Kosta junction in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district on Sunday, November 13, when they tried to launch a padayatra [“(Hindi, lit. journey by foot) is a journey undertaken by a politicians or prominent […]
Anti-drone activists arrested while attempting citizen’s arrest of Creech AFB commander
from Code Pink, Veterans for Peace and Nevada Desert Experience On Thursday morning, November 10, activists blocked the main gate to Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada, impeding early morning Air Force commute traffic. Activists called upon base personnel and Las Vegas police present to “stand down” or assist in the arrest of […]
Four protesters arrested blocking road into California drone base
from Occupy Beale Air Force In the rainy, dark early morning hours of October 25, nine Northern California activists stood with large banners and blocked the main gate at Beale Air Force Base (AFB) for over 30 minutes to protest the ongoing extrajudicial and secret U.S. drone killing program. Traffic was backed up for over […]
Australian peace pilgrims arrested after entering Pine Gap U.S. military base
Peace Pilgrims Lament at Pine Gap from #ClosePineGap Posted by Cairns Peace by Peace Early on Thursday morning, September 29, five “peace pilgrims” walked on to the Pine Gap U.S. military base at Alice Springs, in Arrernte country, to lament the death caused by the base and to resist the violence that is perpetrated there. […]
Catholic Worker gathering ends with peace actions: 31 arrested at nuclear test site, 13 at drone war base
by Felice Cohen-Joppa On Sunday, October 9, 120 people from 17 U.S. states plus Mexico, Australia, Germany and the Netherlands concluded a Catholic Worker gathering in Las Vegas with protests at the nearby Nevada National Security Site (NNSS, formerly known as the Nevada nuclear test site) and Creech Air Force Base. A morning liturgy was […]
Catholic Worker activist arrested at Navy base air show; faces 6 months in jail
While walking through the Air Show at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach the weekend of September 10-11, Steve Williams-Baggarly of the Norfolk Catholic Worker was arrested. He had received “ban and bar” letters from the base after previous arrests there. The peace activist has a November 7 court date and faces 6 months […]