Nine Peace Activists Arrested at Volk Field
by Joy First Voices for Creative Nonviolence engaged with a number of Wisconsin peace groups to organize an 8-day 90-mile walk across southwest Wisconsin from August 18-25. The purpose of the walk was to call attention and make connections between the militarized police violence at home and the military using violence abroad through drone warfare […]
Resentencing of Transform Now Plowshares trio to happen by phone
from the Transform Now Plowshares The September 15, 2015 resentencing of Megan Rice, Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed on their remaining depredation conviction for their July 2012 Transform Now Plowshares action at the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge, TN, will be held by teleconference, according to Judge Amul Thapar. Attorney Bill Quigley sent […]
From John Dear, explaining why we need to nonviolently resist nuclear weapons
Bob Dylan and America’s 70-Year Nuclear Nightmare from The World Post/Huffington Post by John Dear A few years ago, Bob Dylan gave a powerful interview to Rolling Stone. The editor asked about his recent music, but also about our political predicament and how we got into this global mess. Dylan seemed a bit cantankerous — […]
Nuclear disarmament activists arrested at the Pentagon, Lockheed Martin, Bangor Trident Base, Kansas City nuclear weapons plant, Livermore Lab and Vandenberg AFB, marking 70th anniversary of atomic bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
BANGOR TRIDENT SUB BASE, WASHINGTON from Leonard Eiger Twelve arrests at Trident nuclear submarine base marking the 70th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings Fourteen peace activists risked arrest at a West Coast nuclear weapons base early Monday morning, August 10, in a nonviolent protest against the continued deployment and modernization of the Trident […]
Fr. Carl Kabat arrested after splashing paint on sign at new Kansas City nuclear weapons plant
from Jane Stoever On August 9, at about 7 a.m., Fr. Carl Kabat splashed red paint on a National Security Campus sign at the new Kansas City nuclear weapons plant. “The deed is done,” Kabat told lawyer Henry Stoever in a call at 7:19 a.m. “I came to the back gate—there was a car (a […]
Three activists arrested after infiltrating a joint U.S./Australian military training exercise site
From the Morning Bulletin Three men infiltrated a military training exercise at Shoalwater Bay in Australia on the morning of July 8. Before dawn, three Christian peace pilgrims entered Shoalwater Bay live training area to disrupt the “Talisman Sabre” U.S.-Australian war “rehearsals” as “invaders” are parachuted in to begin the “games”. Range Control for Talisman […]
Prison sentence for Spanish anti-nuclear activist
A Spanish anti-nuclear campaigner has been sent to prison for 17 weeks for refusing to pay €6,000 for what he called “energy and harmful pollutants” as a protest against the Almaraz nuclear power plant, located west of Madrid in the Spanish Extremadura. “It’s the only option left to me,” said Máximo González García, president of […]
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Mother’s Day action at Pilgrim nuclear power plant
Cape Downwinders amped up their campaign to shut down the aging Pilgrim nuclear power plant with a Mad As Hell Mother’s Day Rumble on May 10. “Bring food, noisemakers and all your frustrations – We will make racket” announced the flyer for the event, which began with a picnic and rally at White Horse Beach […]
Freedom for Sr. Megan Rice, Michael Walli & Greg Boertje-Obed!!
The Catholic nun and two military veterans & Catholic Workers spent 2 years in prison for their 2012 Transform Now Plowshares direct disarmament action at the Y-12 nuclear weapons complex in Tennessee. Sr. Megan Rice was due out in November, 2015; Greg Boertje-Obed and Michael Walli were due out in fall, 2017. But their lawyers […]