Faslane nuclear weapons base day-long blockade results in 34 arrests; workers sent home
from Scrap Trident Coalition 13th April 2015 The Scrap Trident Coalition has hailed today’s blockade of the UK’s nuclear weapons base at Faslane in Scotland as a huge success after the gates were blocked from 7 am until 13.30 pm and many workers, who had been queued up in buses in nearby Helensburgh, were sent […]
My five days in “Pod A” at the Juneau County Jail
by Bonnie Block On April 1, 2015 a six person jury found me guilty of trespassing at the Volk Field Open House because I handed out leaflets with four questions about drone warfare in the parking lot of the Wisconsin National Guard Museum. National Guard personnel deemed that “propaganda” sight unseen. The result was my […]
Twenty-two nuclear abolition activists walked into Nevada nuclear weapons test site, were arrested
from the Nevada Desert Experience Twenty-two people were arrested on Good Friday, April 3 at the Nevada nuclear test site. The activists, from eight different U.S. states and Germany, Japan and the Netherlands, had crossed over the cattle guard that marks the boundary of the Nevada National Security Site (formerly known as the Nevada Test […]
No arrests made at two blockades in March at Burghfield Atomic Weapons Establishment in England
from Action AWE ACTIVISTS CARRIED OUT SUCCESSFUL BLOCKADES AT BURGHFIELD NUCLEAR WEAPONS FACILITY TWICE IN MARCH; POLICE CHOSE NOT TO MAKE ANY ARRESTS Summary of the 3 blockades at AWE Burghfield on March 2, 2015 Taken from on-site witnesses and compiled by Angie Zelter on 10th March The Thames Valley Police Liaisons informed Action AWE […]
Seven peace activists arrested on Good Friday at Lockheed Martin, world’s #1 war profiteer
from Brandywine Peace Community Seven activists were arrested following a Good Friday Stations of Justice, Peace, and Nonviolent Resistance at Lockheed Martin in Valley Forge/King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. After each station and accompanying reading, a large wooden cross was hammered next to the main driveway entrance, into the ground next to the large wooden sign […]
Seven activists arrested during Good Friday witness at the Pentagon
by Art Laffin From Holy Thursday morning to Good Friday, some 25 friends gathered in D.C. for the annual Holy Week Faith and Resistance retreat sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker and Jonah House communities. We were especially blessed to have with us students from Loras College from Iowa and members of the New […]
Charges Dismissed for Four Hancock Protesters at Pretrial Hearing
from Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars This afternoon in the DeWitt, NY Town Court, after hearing about 90 minutes of motions, Judge Robert Jokl dismissed all charges against four defendants charged following protests at Hancock Air National Guard Base “in the interest of justice.” Attorneys Jonathan Wallace, Kathy Manley and […]
Three Sacred Peace Walkers arrested blocking road at Creech Air Force Base
from Nevada Desert Experience On April 1, about 40 people participating in the annual Sacred Peace Walk went to Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. After some of the group entered the public roadway into Creech, Clark County Metro Police redirected traffic to the West Gate a mile away. After a five-minute warning, three of […]
Juanita Nelson, Presente!
Rest in peace, Juanita Nelson. Pacifist, farmer, civil rights activist, war tax resister, partner of Wally Nelson and co-founder of the Peacemakers group in 1948. Thank you, Juanita, for your shining example to us all in building a better world. Juanita (Morrow) Nelson, 91, died peacefully following a period of declining health on Monday, March […]
Seven activists arrested closing Hancock drone base gate with giant books
from Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars At 9:15 a.m. on March 19, the 12th anniversary of the U.S.’ illegal invasion of Iraq, seven members of the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars shut the main gate of the Hancock Drone Base (near Syracuse, New York) with […]