34 arrests at Nevada nuclear test site/National Security Site
from the Nuclear Resister Over the first weekend in March, about 60 people took part in the 8th annual gathering of the Pacific Life Community (PLC). This year the group met at the Las Vegas Catholic Worker. The PLC is largely comprised of peace activists motivated strongly by their religious faith to engage in and […]
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No, not a submarine, but a subscription — to the Nuclear Resister newsletter, a chronicle of nonviolent resistance to war and the nuclear threat, and a “Chronicle of Hope” that has supported imprisoned activists since 1980. Nuclear Resister supporter MacGregor Eddy has set a goal to enroll 100 new subscribers by December 1, 2014 […]
Two arrested on Ash Wednesday at Vandenberg Air Force Base, one week after Supreme Court ruling
from the Santa Maria Times by Janene Scully A week after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that military commanders can decide who can be on their installations, activist Dennis Apel and another protester were arrested again for trespassing at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Apel of Santa Maria and another longtime activist, Father Steve Kelly from […]
Ash Wednesday arrest at Ministry of Defence in London
from Pax Christi UK For 32 years Christians have gathered at the Ministry of Defence in London on Ash Wednesday to call on the government to repent and move away from nuclear war preparations. Members of Pax Christi, the London Catholic Worker and Christian CND from around the country gathered to pray and take part […]
Five arrested at Beale drone base on Ash Wednesday
Five people – including members of the clergy and veterans – were arrested during an Ash Wednesday service around 8 a.m. today, March 5, at the gates of Beale Air Force Base, site of the surveillance drone Global Hawk. Participants, who were charged with trespassing, said they risked arrest to memorialize the children killed by […]
Support needed for Sr. Megan, Michael and Greg – please donate!
NOT WAITING TO BE ASKED . . . TO HELP MIKE, GREG, MEGAN from the Transform Now Plowshares Support Group Three peacemakers are in prison. How can I help? Where can I send money? Donations can be made through Nukewatch www.nukewatchinfo.org by scrolling down to the Donate button. After entering a Paypal account or credit […]
Japanese activist’s tweet leads to criminal charge
In a highly political case, a Japanese anti-nuclear activist faces criminal prosecution over a Tweet she sent in July. Mari Takenouchi is the founder of Save Kids Japan and a free-lance English-bilingual journalist publishing at savekidsjapan.blogspot.jp. She advocates that mothers and children, who are most sensitive to radiation exposure, be supported and relocated outside of […]
Sentencing statement of Sr. Megan Rice
Here is the prepared statement Megan Rice read to the court on Tuesday, February 18, 2014: PART I As I sat observing the facial expressions of participants present in the hearing on January 28th, I sensed a clear sense of a shared mental reaction during the arguments on this restitution evidentiary Table submitted by the […]
What We Owe the Oak Ridge Three
Memo to Judge: Really?? From CounterPunch by Ralph Hutchison We’ve heard it from the bench in Oak Ridge city courtrooms and from state judges in Clinton, Tennessee. And on February 18 we heard it from a federal judge—there are two variations. The first: There are plenty of ways for you to protest and deliver your […]
Prison sentences for three U.S. nuclear disarmament activists
by Felice and Jack Cohen-Joppa Nine months after their conviction on charges of sabotage and criminal damage at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, three nuclear abolitionists were sentenced to lengthy prison terms today, February 18, in federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee. Federal Court Judge Amul Thapar imposed prison terms less than […]