Quaker’s anti-war beliefs land him in jail
from the Register-Star by John Mason, Columbia-Greene Media Dr. Joseph Olejak, a chiropractor with a successful practice in Delmar, is spending his weekends in Columbia County Jail for the next six months. On Oct. 17, Judge Thomas McAvoy of the Federal District Court of Northern New York found Olejak guilty of the charge of willful […]
NATO Summit protester released after 19 months in prison
From Uptown People’s Law Center CHICAGO – Mark Neiweem, a 29-year-old native Chicago activist, was released this morning, December 12, from Pontiac Correctional Center after serving 19 months of two concurrent 3-year sentences. In the lead-up to the NATO protests of May 2012, Neiweem was one of several activists targeted by undercover police officers for […]
Why I took a walk with friends to stop drone attacks
From Radical Art for These Times by Flora Rogers In the last few years, as news of Drones Warfare perpetrated by the United States has reached my ears, my heart has been opened to exactly what it is I can do to take responsibility for mending this pain. I have been so fortunate to unite […]
Three arrested while delivering an Order of Protection to Reaper drone attack wing at Hancock Air Base
On the afternoon of December 9, 2013, two Yale Divinity School students and a Catholic Worker were arrested as they attempted to deliver an Order of Protection on behalf of Afghan children and their families at the Hancock Air Base main entrance on East Molloy Rd. near Syracuse, New York. In addition to the Order […]
PFC Kimberly Rivera gives birth, is denied clemency and separated from baby
Update December 14: Kimberly Rivera was released from military prison on Thursday, December 12, after serving over seven months of a 10 month sentence, with credit for good behavior and performing extra work. Compiled from reports at FreeKimberlyRivera.org PFC Kimberly Rivera gave birth to her son Matthew on the evening of November 25. After last-minute pressure […]
Four arrested at Beale Air Force Base while resisting drone warfare
Activists in California blocked “business as usual” for over 30 minutes at Beale Air Force Base on the morning of November 26, where the crew of the Global Hawk drone program assist in illegal targeted drone killing by doing surveillance of potential targets. Four activists – Mike Kerr, Flora Rogers, Shirley Osgood and MacGregor Eddy […]
Peace prisoners – past and present – ask for support for the Nuclear Resister
November, 2013 Dear friends, All of us whose names appear below have something in common. At some time between 1980 and today, each of our names appeared on the list of imprisoned anti-nuclear and anti-war activists published by the Nuclear Resister. This letter is our unhesitating recommendation and appeal to you to support the Nuclear […]
E-bulletin November 2013
November 2013 IN THIS E-BULLETIN JAILED WAR RESISTER GIVES BIRTH, SEEKS EARLY RELEASE Support action needed NOW! FOUR ARRESTED IN DRONE PROTEST INSIDE HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WOMEN ARRESTED AGAIN BLOCKING GATE OF VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR PLANT JUDGE DECLARES HANCOCK BLOCKADERS NOT GUILTY —————— Jailed war resister gives birth, seeks early release Support action needed […]
Four arrested in drone protest inside Hart Senate Office Building
from dc.indymedia.org by Luke On the 18th of November, 26 activists against the US drone killing program packed into pro-drone Senator Schumer’s office demanding he issue a statement denouncing the use of armed drones for assasinations. His national security staffer was present and refused to even call him to seek such a statement. As a […]
Eight women arrested blocking gate of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant
from the Shut It Down affinity group BRATTLEBORO, VT—“Where are your flood seals, VY?” the Shut It Down affinity group asked at the gates of the Entergy Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant on the afternoon of November 12. Carrying a banner equating catastrophe with the meltdowns at Fukushima, Japan, women of the affinity group cited […]