May 7 trial date is on for Transform Now Plowshares
by Ralph Hutchison Today was the day we met our new judge; Amul Thapar came down from Covington, KY to take over the Transform Now Plowshares case from the docket of retiring judge Thomas Phillips. Thapar was appointed ten days ago and last week called a status conference. So Greg got on a bus in […]
Steve Kelly, SJ, in California jail, to be taken into federal custody due to outstanding warrant
[May 1 update: Steve Kelly is now being held at FDC SeaTac. You can write him a note of support: Stephen Kelly, #00816-111, FDC SeaTac, P.O. Box 13900, Seattle, WA 98198.] Fr. Steve Kelly, SJ and Larry Purcell were jailed over the Easter weekend when they refused to sign for release after being arrested on […]
Eleven Pennsylvanians arrested on Good Friday at Lockheed Martin, world’s largest war profiteer
Good Friday Stations of Justice, Peace, and Nonviolent Resistance to Lockheed Martin, King of Prussia, PA, March 29, 2013 from Brandywine Peace Community About forty people gathered at Lockheed Martin for the Brandywine Peace Community’s annual Good Friday Peace Demonstration and service modeled on the traditional stations of the cross, however with readings, poetry, recordings […]
Two arrested at Pentagon Good Friday witness
by Art Laffin “Put Away the Sword” was the theme as 40 people from the Atlantic Life Community, the New Jerusalem Community in Philadelphia, Loras College in Iowa and DePaul University in Chicago gathered in Washington, D.C. from March 27-29 for the annual Holy Week Faith and Resistance retreat sponsored by Jonah House and the […]
37 arrested at Livermore Lab Good Friday protest
from the Contra Costa Times by Jeremy Thomas LIVERMORE — Thirty-seven people were arrested outside Lawrence Livermore Laboratory during an annual Good Friday morning protest by anti-nuclear and interfaith groups, a lab spokesman said. Alameda County sheriff’s deputies arrested the protesters for blocking a lab gate. As in previous years, protesters sat down across the […]
Activists arrested after performing pre-Easter yoga peace dance at Nevada National Security Site
from Nevada Desert Experience On Good Friday, March 29, at the conclusion of Nevada Desert Experience’s annual Sacred Peace Walk, 20 participants were arrested at the entrance of the historic nuclear weapons proving ground 65 miles from Las Vegas. The Sacred Peace Walk is a five-day walk through the desert to bring about greater inner […]
Six arrested on Good Friday at Lockheed Martin in California, two held
taken from Leonard Eiger’s report – see full account at the Disarm Now Plowshares blog They gathered on Good Friday – Catholic Workers, nuns, priests and lay people – and walked to the Lockheed Martin facility in Sunnyvale, California where day in and day out people go to work building the Trident II D-5 missiles […]
129 people jailed for protesting against India’s Kalpakkam reactor
from DiaNuke.org March 28 Based on telephone conversation with Abdul Samad, Manithaneya Makkal Katchi, Kalpakkam. It is not the manner in which a protest is conducted, but the target of the protests that determine whether the police will turn nasty or remain cool. This morning, more than 1000 people gathered peacefully on the beach near […]
Eight drone protesters arrested during die-in at Creech Air Force Base
On March 27, peace activists participating in the Nevada Desert Experience’s annual Sacred Peace Walk blocked traffic at Nevada’s Creech Air Force Base, home to Predator and Reaper remote-controlled drone aircraft. The grim reaper (on hand for the event) held a model drone aloft, symbolically executing 7 protesters with a drone attack. The Air Force […]
Military refuser Justin Colby jailed 9 months for desertion
Army Specialist Justin Colby pled guilty to desertion at his court martial March 22, at Fort Carson, Colorado. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison, a bad conduct discharge, reduction to the lowest rank (E-1) and loss of all pay allowances. Thanks to a sealed pre-trial plea agreement, SPC Colby will only be serving […]