Imprisoned pregnant war resister seeks early release – letters requested
from Courage to Resist By James Branum and Courage to Resist. November 4, 2013 Fort Carson, Colorado – Imprisoned war resister PFC Kimberly Rivera has submitted a clemency application seeking a reduction by 45 days in the 10 month prison sentence she received for seeking asylum in Canada rather return to her unit in Iraq. […]
Nuclear resisters found guilty of trespassing at Bangor Trident base
Federal Trial for the 2013 PLC Resisters: The Wrap Up by Leonard Eiger Greetings Pacific Life Community members and friends, Seven members of the Pacific Life Community stood trial in US District Court on Monday, October 21. They were charged with trespassing, stemming from their arrests during the March 4, 2013 nonviolent direct action at Naval […]
Judge finds activists who blocked the entrance to NY drone base NOT GUILTY
HISTORIC ACQUITTAL OF ASH WEDNESDAY ANTI-DRONE WITNESS AT HANCOCK AIR BASE, NY In a historic decision, five Catholic Worker activists were acquitted October 24 of disorderly conduct charges for blocking the main entrance to Hancock Air Base, home of the 174th Attack Wing of the Air National Guard, Syracuse, New York. Hancock is a Reaper […]
Update from the Transform Now Plowshares Support Team
Dear friends and supporters of the Transform Now Plowshares, We continue to ask for your support and help. Sentencing for Sr. Megan Rice, Greg Boertje-Obed and Michael Walli has been postponed until January 28, 2014. On October 1, we received word that Judge Amul Thapar denied the motion to dismiss the sabotage conviction as well […]
With chains, tubes, cakes and dragons, Welsh activists blockade Burghfield AWE nuclear weapons site
by Ray Davies, CND Cymru Vice Chair The Welsh Blockade of Burghfield AWE on October 3 turned out to be one of the highlights of my year. Our bus from Wales was full to overflowing with activists from Aberystwyth, Knighton, Cefn Forest, Blackwood Cardiff, Builth, Llandeilo and Swansea, and we had to commandeer a second […]
Nine members of the Shut It Down affinity group arrested after chaining themselves to Vermont Yankee gate
VERNON, Vermont—Making good on their promise to continue demonstrating at Entergy’s Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant until an uncontaminated green field stands in place of the still-operating nuclear reactor, on September 18 nine members of the Shut It Down Affinity Group chained themselves to the gate and spray painted the words “Shut It Down Today” […]
Anti-nuclear blockaders arrested at AWE Burghfield
by Andreas Speck Early in the morning of September 2, activists from all over Europe blockaded the two gates of AWE Burghfield, where Britain’s nuclear warheads are assembled and maintained. For almost an hour, all vehicle access to AWE Burghfield was blocked, until police cleared a lock-on blockade of six Finnish activists on The Mearings […]
Nuclear resister Jerry Ebner begins 6 month prison sentence
On September 2, Jerry Ebner began a six month prison sentence for crossing the line at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska during a December 28, 2012 Feast of the Holy Innocents witness. The base is home to the U.S. Strategic Command, where officers and consultants constantly plan and prepare for global thermonuclear war. […]
Prisoner Support: Every Moment A Crisis, Every Moment A Gift
by Rachel Allshiny From Suicide Girls Blog Working on prisoner support is one of the most exhausting, transformative, frustrating, vital, tedious, rewarding, messy, wonderful things I have ever done. When someone is in prison, every moment is a crisis. Even when a specific problem or situation is resolved, there remains an overwhelming survival mentality, which […]
Manning supporters arrested at L.A. federal building
On August 28, the Los Angeles Catholic Worker had a solidarity arrest action for Pvt. Chelsea Manning at the downtown federal building. Community members David Omondi, Barbara Robinson and Jeff Dietrich chained and handcuffed themselves together and attempted to block the main entrance. They were arrested and charged with two misdemeanors: Failure to disperse and […]