Court orders release of Sr. Megan Rice, Greg Boertje-Obed and Michael Walli
This news just in from an attorney for the defendants, Bill Quigley: “Sixth circuit just ruled. Defendants are to be released on their own recognizance. Immediately.” Details to follow, including confirmation of their release from prison! From the Transform Now Plowshares website Sixth circuit orders immediate release of Michael, Megan and Greg May 15, 2015 In […]
Five nuclear abolition activists arrested at Mother’s Day action at Kitsap-Bangor Trident sub base
by Leonard Eiger, Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action Activists Make Statement at Nuke Base: Our Children Deserve Better! Activists briefly blockaded the entrance to a West Coast nuclear weapons base in a statement against U.S. Nuclear modernization efforts on the eve of Mothers Day. On Saturday, May 9, anti-nuclear weapons activists gathered at the […]
Sabotage conviction overturned, new sentence ordered for Transform Now Plowshares
A three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the sabotage convictions of Megan Rice, Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed, the Transform Now Plowshares nuclear disarmament activists who were arrested inside the Y-12 nuclear weapons complex at Oak Ridge, Tennessee on July 28, 2012. They were convicted in May, 2013 of sabotage […]
Arrests as climate activists confront Finland’s latest nuclear project
Before permits have been issued for the Pyhäjoki (Holy River) nuclear power plant in Finland, contractors newly hired for their willingness to proceed nevertheless rushed this month to resume clearing dense forest habitat at Hanhikivi, a remote headlands on the northern Gulf of Bothnia. Anti-nuclear activists from the Rising Tide network were arrested last fall blocking […]
Nuclear abolitionists block doors to the U.S. Mission to the U.N.; 22 arrested
Sixty nuclear abolition activists rallied at the Isaiah Wall near the United Nations on April 27 before marching to the U.S. Mission to the U.N. The group was surprised to discover that police had not barricaded off the sidewalk between the two as part of securing the Mission from any planned demonstration. They walked right […]
Arresting the Wrong Suspects
From CounterPunch by John LaForge NEW YORK, NY — At the United Nations here this month, talk is focused on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT). At about 11 a.m. Apr. 28, I was handcuffed with 21 other nuclear realists after blocking an entrance to the US Mission. I say “realists” because US media won’t pay […]
Sixteen arrested stopping traffic at busy main gate of California drone base
Sixteen people – including a three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, military veterans and clergy members – were arrested early in the morning of April 28 at the main gate to a drone operations center at Beale Air Force Base in California. Several protestors were in tears as the names and ages of children killed by […]
Man arrested for landing nuclear protest drone on residence of Japan’s Prime Minister
Fukui man arrested for landing drone on Abe’s office says he was protesting nuclear policy from The Japan Times KYODO APR 25, 2015 A man was arrested Saturday in Fukui Prefecture for allegedly flying the drone found earlier this week on the roof of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s official residence, investigators said. Yasuo Yamamoto, 40, […]
Climate activists arrested on Earth Day at Pentagon
from Popular Resistance by Max Obuszewski Members of the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR] have been active in challenging U.S. invasions and attacks of Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries. Frequently NCNR members have been arrested, and then in court speak out against such U.S. policies. On May 23, 2013, for example, members of NCNR […]
Making History and Building a Future in the Nevada Desert
by Brian Terrell On March 26, I was in Nevada in my role as event coordinator for Nevada Desert Experience, preparing for the annual Sacred Peace Walk, a 65-mile trek through the desert from Las Vegas to the nuclear Test Site at Mercury, Nevada, an event that NDE has sponsored each spring for about 30 […]