Shut-It-Downers end series of protests with Earth Day presence at Vermont Yankee
from the Shut It Down affinity group Vernon, Vermont—Accompanied by the drums and prayers of the monks and nuns of the New England Peace Pagoda, the Shut It Down Affinity Group concluded a weeklong series of gate-blocking presences at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant on Monday, April 22. Vernon Police Sergeant Bruce Gauld arrested […]
Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark testifies at court hearing for Transform Now Plowshares
by Ralph Hutchison, OREPA HE WALKS AROUND WITH IT BY HIS SIDE The judge interrupted the questioning of former Attorney General Ramsey Clark as he testified at a hearing in federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee on April 23 in preparation for the Transform Now Plowshares trial in May. Bill Quigley, counsel for the defense, had […]
~ Prison letter from Brian Terrell, from Yankton
Drones, Sanctions and the Prison Industrial Complex by Brian Terrell In the final weeks of a six month prison sentence for protesting remote control murder by drones, specifically from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, I can only reflect on my time of captivity in light of the crimes that brought me here. In these […]
Jailed NATO protester pleads guilty, begins three year prison sentence
(Adapted from press releases at nato5support.wordpress.com) Mark Neiweem, a 28-year-old Chicago activist, pleaded guilty in Cook County Court April 11 to felony charges brought on by interactions with undercover Chicago police officers who had infiltrated activist groups prior to protests at the NATO summit held in Chicago in May, 2012. Neiweem pleaded guilty to a […]
Twelve arrested at Federal Courthouse in NYC demanding closure of Guantanamo detention facility
from Witness Against Torture Responding to reports that 84 men — more than half of those imprisoned at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay — are hunger striking to protest their indefinite detention, 12 concerned activists with Witness Against Torture were arrested on April 22 at approximately 3 p.m. in a “die-in” on the […]
Persistent women arrested at Vermont Yankee nuclear plant five days in a row
Vernon, Vermont – Two women of the Shut It Down Affinity Group face charges of trespass and vandalism after police arrested them on Monday, April 15 in the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant driveway covered with spray-painted, stencilled images of rats and the statement “I smell a rat.” Both from Massachusetts, those arrested are Hattie […]
Forty-seven arrested; Faslane nuclear weapons base shut by protesters for 3 hours
from Scrap Trident Hundreds of people from across the UK, France and as far away as New Zealand converged on Faslane Naval Base in Scotland, homeport to Trident, at 7 a.m. on April 15, blocking all three of its gates and shutting down access, bringing traffic on all roads into the nuclear weapons base to […]
~ Message from Yang Yoon-Mo, Jeju prison
from Save Jeju Now UPDATE ON YANG YOON-MO ON HIS 68TH DAY IN PRISON Yang Yoon-Mo hit his 68th prison day on Monday, April 8. On April 10, he will hit his 70th prison day. On a sunny Monday, the way to the meeting room of the Jeju prison was filled with green trees and magnolia. […]
Gangjeong is in emergency! Resistance to naval base construction continues…
by Sung-Hee Choi [see updates below] April 8 and 9 While company workers block the gates [of the site of a new naval base being constructed on Jeju Island, South Korea], police are intentionally silent about it. People are desperately keeping the gate. Company workers’ violence to people is a very high possibility. One young […]
Three men arrested during march to Y-12 nuclear weapons plant
by Ralph Hutchison, OREPA The Oak Ridge, Tennessee city police joined forces with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in an effort to stifle any public voice in opposition to the proposed $6.5 billion Uranium Processing Facility (bomb plant) at Y-12 in Oak Ridge. One tactic was to erect a fence around Department of Energy […]