Peace activist flies “peace drone” over Predator drone on display at Davis Monthan Air Show
On March 13, Sam Yergler went to the Thunder and Lightening Over Arizona air show at Davis Monthan drone base in Tucson. When he found the Predator drone on display, he entered the roped off area surrounding it and flew his own small “peace drone” over it. He was detained on the tarmac for several […]
Busted for peace at Beale Air Force Base
Organizing Notes by Bruce Gagnon Tuesday, March 8, 2016 Seven of the 11 activists who gathered at the Wheatland gate of Beale Air Force Base, California around 6:00 a.m. this morning were arrested for protesting the Global Hawk drone mission of the base. At 7:15 a.m. the group was handcuffed and taken inside the base […]
Two women peace activists released from New York and Nebraska jails on March 7
[Scroll below for an update on Jessica Reznicek] MARY ANNE GRADY FLORES RELEASE UPDATE A court has ordered that grandmother and drone resister Mary Anne Grady Flores be released on $5,000 cash bail from the Onondaga County Correctional Facility in Jamesville, NY on March 7, pending the New York State Court of Appeals decision on […]
Seven anti-nuclear activists with the Pacific Life Community arrested at Vandenberg Air Force Base
A Brief Account of Our Collective Arrest at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Sunday, March 6 [On Sunday, March 6, as part of the Pacific Life Community’s action in front of California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base, a number of PLC’ers were arrested for “crossing the line” onto Vandenberg Air Force Base. The following is a […]
Reflections on joining the resistance to the naval base on Jeju Island
Embodiment by Chrissy Kirchhoefer The word embodiment has been reverberating in my mind since arriving in Gangjeong village, a small fishing and agricultural community on Jeju, the Island of World Peace. There are opportunities throughout the day to place my body on the path between the war machine, well lubed by the US government, and […]
Two Voices for Creative Nonviolence activists arrested for entering drone base with loaf of bread
From Voices for Creative Nonviolence Camp Douglas, WI — On February 23, two peace activists with Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Brian Terrell and Kathy Kelly, were arrested when they attempted to deliver a loaf of bread and a letter to drone operators at Volk Field, an Air National Guard Base in Wisconsin which trains pilots […]
Blockade by anti-nuclear Greenpeace activists in France, 13 arrests
On the morning of February 12, Greenpeace activists stopped a truck near Caen, France which carried the head of the vessel of the EPR nuclear reactor under construction at Flamanville (Manche). Thirteen activists were arrested and held in custody for a few hours. They were charged with obstructing traffic. The convoy left the Areva plant […]
Nine arrested at a Lockheed Martin protest in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Bob Smith Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, January 18, at Lockheed Martin in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania was cold, terribly cold. It was one for the Brandywine Peace Community record books. We thought that for anyone who could risk the cold, there needed to be something at the world’s chief war profiteer […]
Jeju, Korea navy base resister picks jail over fine
On January 27, Mr. Kim Guk-Nam, a 50 year-old sea-diving activist living in Gangjeong village on Jeju, the Peace Island of Korea, turned himself in to jail after refusing to pay fines of 5 million KRW (about USD$5,000) for his protests against the navy base nearing completion there. At the rate of one day per […]
Jerry Berrigan Memorial Drone Blockade at Hancock Air Base, 12 arrested
Jerry Berrigan, Presente! from The Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars On Thursday morning, January 28, thirty life sized cutouts of Syracuse peacemaker Jerry Berrigan blockaded the main entrance of Hancock Air National Guard Base outside Syracuse, NY. The cutouts were accompanied by twelve nonviolent drone resisters, who were arrested after […]