Arrests at Nevada nuclear test site and Creech Air Force Base
from Nevada Desert Experience On Sunday morning, September 21 – the U.N.’s International Day of Peace – after an interfaith liturgy at ten oclock a.m., 6 men and 4 women were arrested at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), which is 65 miles from Las Vegas. Prayer-activists continue to visit the NNSS (formerly called the […]
Action camps in Germany, activists arrested
Action camps are a popular summer activity in Germany for families and activists young and old alike, and this summer saw arrests related to camps focused on nuclear weapons, uranium transport and combat training. KIEL The nuclear power industry is dying a slow death. Still its uranium lifeblood courses around the globe from the mines […]
Three men arrested protesting “dead-ication” of new Kansas city nuclear weapons parts plant
Four years after a series of civil resistance arrests and jailings began to protest groundbreaking for construction of the United States’ first entirely new nuclear weapons factory in decades, three people were arrested on August 22 while speaking out against the official dedication of the new Kansas City Plant. The new, benign-sounding National Security Campus […]
Hiroshima & Nagasaki Day arrests at Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon, Vandenberg AFB, Livermore Labs and Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor
LOCKHEED MARTIN, PENNSYLVANIA from Brandywine Peace Community People gathered on the sidewalk in front of the main driveway to the King of Prussia, Pennsylvania complex of Lockheed Martin on August 6, where they held signs next to large banners held by stakes planted in the ground. The underlying message of the day centered around the […]
Rafil Dhafir moved to special housing isolation unit, no explanation given – SUPPORT NEEDED
UPDATE: Dr. Rafil Dhafir was moved out of the SHU on August 28 with no charges. NATIONAL CALL IN DAY FOR PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE RAFIL DHAFIR MONDAY, AUGUST 4 – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST On June 18th Dr. Dhafir was removed to a special housing (isolation) unit. The purpose of the national call […]
Two years on, the crime remains the same: To honor the Transform Now Plowshares, we must continue the work of disarmament
by Ellen Barfield With the two year anniversary of the Transform Now Plowshares action today, July 28, and with Megan, Greg, and Michael (MGM!) seeming to be stable at their prison assignments for now, it is a good time to review the action, the trial and sentencing, and the subsequent responsibility of all of us […]
~ from Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center, by Sr. Megan Rice
OPEN LETTER FROM THE BROOKLYN METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER from Sr. Megan Rice, on behalf of the Transform Now Plowshares July 28, 2014 Our Dear Sisters and Brothers, We send warm greetings and many thanks to all who actively engage in the transformation of weapons of mass destruction to sustainable life-giving alternatives. Gregory Boertje-Obed (U.S. Penitentiary, […]
~ from Pinckneyville Correctional Center, by Brian Church
To my dearest friends and comrades, I want to thank you all for your never ending love and support for the three of us as we continue to resist this system of state oppression. The last two years have been a long, hard fought struggle, but finally, with trial done and sentences handed out, we’re […]
~ from USP Leavenworth, by Greg Boertje-Obed, with a reflection from his wife, Michele Naar-Obed
From Via Pacis, newsletter of the Des Moines Catholic Worker Greg Boertje-Obed and Michele Naar-Obed are not new to the Plowshares scene. They met and married while living at Jonah House and being a part of the Good News Plowshares. Their child Rachel was born at Jonah House. Greg has done a total of five […]
British anti-nuclear protesters close main gate of Devonport Dockyard
At six o’clock in the morning on July 25, a group of local people from Plymouth, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and beyond blocked the main Camels Head entrance into Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth, England in order to stop the refitting of the Vanguard nuclear submarines which carry and launch the Trident nuclear weapon missiles. People used […]