NATO 3 trial postponed to January, 2014
Update from NATO5Support: At a July 23 hearing, the judge told both sides to be ready instead for trial in early January, 2014. A final date will be confirmed at the next pretrial hearing on August 6. (Read NATO defendant Mark Neiweem’s latest letter to supporters here.) On Tuesday, July 9, the NATO 3—Brent Betterly, […]
Your letters needed to support activists in prison
Nuclear Resister summer prisoner support bulletin Please write to judges and officials this summer in support of six imprisoned anti-nuclear and anti-war activists. Invite some friends over and sit down to write letters together, or perhaps you can include it as an activity at your peace group’s next meeting. Click on the links below for […]
Gordon Maham, Presente!
Gordon Maham, 96-years-old and a long-time anti-nuclear activist, died on July 9 at his farm in Ohio. Gordon helped build the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and quit the Manhattan Project when he heard about Hiroshima and his role in building the bomb. He then lost his war industry draft exemption and served three […]
Please help us support activists in prison: A plea for summer donations for the Nuclear Resister
From the Coordinators of the Nuclear Resister – June 2013 Dear friends, Although it was almost 30 years ago, we remember quite clearly hearing the news that Fr. Carl Kabat and Helen Woodson were sentenced to 18 years in prison for using a sledgehammer, jackhammer and household hammer with two others to disarm a nuclear missile silo […]
Jeju prisoner updates
Latest update below posted July 31. Since publication of the Nuclear Resister #170 (pdf), there have been new actions and several trials affecting those in prison for nonviolent resistance to navy base construction in Jeju Island, South Korea. The June edition of Gangjeong Village Story (pdf) reports that on May 31, a young woman named Gwak […]
Six arrests during killer drone protest at CIA
by National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, www.PopularResistance.org Fifty people protested killer drones at the main gate of the CIA on Saturday, June 29, and six individuals were arrested. The action was organized by the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR], a group that has been active in challenging U.S. invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq and other […]
Activists arrested at White House Guantanamo protest
from Veterans for Peace A dynamic protest outside the While House against the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba came to a climax on Wednesday, June 26 when Vietnam veteran Diane Wilson climbed over the White House fence. Suddenly, there she was standing on the White House lawn like an apparition in her orange prison […]
What We’re About
The Nuclear Resister networks the anti-nuclear and anti-war resistance movement while acting as a clearinghouse for information about contemporary nonviolent resistance to war and the nuclear threat. Our emphasis is on support for the women and men jailed for these actions. This website is the online companion to the Nuclear Resister newsletter, a more comprehensive chronicle.
Shut It Downers cited for blocking driveways and roads near Entergy headquarters
from Shut It Down BRATTLEBORO, Vermont – Cited for disorderly conduct after blocking a public roadway and Entergy Corporation driveways Wednesday morning, June 12, eight members of the Shut It Down Affinity Group received court dates of July 23 in Windham County Courthouse. Sergeant Mark Carrigan and Officer David Cerrito of the Brattleboro Police Department […]
Six British drone protesters arrested at Waddington RAF
from Disarm the Drones On the morning of June 3, six peace activists representing “Disarm the Drones” were the first activists in Britain to be arrested and charged for anti-drones related offences. They were kept overnight at Lincoln police station after they planted a peace garden in RAF Waddington and went to court the next […]