Nine arrested at Lockheed Martin resisting the “evil triplets of American society: racism, extreme materialism, and militarism”
As part of the Brandywine Peace Community’s noontime Martin Luther King Day of Nonviolent Resistance at Lockheed Martin, more than fifty people stood with banners and signs in front of the King of Prussia, PA complex of the world’s largest war profiteer, Lockheed Martin. Many of those gathered (just as in previous years) were from […]
Die-in at Bangor nuclear sub base honors Martin Luther King, Jr.
8 ACTIVISTS ARRESTED Activists from a local peace group blocked the main gate and staged a die-in at the Navy’s West Coast Trident nuclear submarine base for more than a half hour in an act of civil resistance to nuclear weapons. Nearly fifty people participated in Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action’s annual celebration of […]
Six Los Alamos protesters convicted on two counts
from Support the LANL 6 The Los Alamos Hiroshima Day Six (LANL6) were arrested together in the street in front of Los Alamos National Laboratory (see their testimonies) and were tried in the local Los Alamos Municipal Court on January 9th 2013. In the closing argument of the five-hour trial the Defense Attorney reminded the […]
Thousands protest the Jaitapur nuclear power project; many arrested
[From the Nuclear Resister editors: Anti-nuclear activists in India report that five thousand people protested the Jaitapur nuclear power project on January 2nd; 2,600 were arrested and released that evening.] from World Nuclear News Mass public unease at nuclear power development has emerged at Jaitapaur. Thousands of protestors were held by police as they attempted […]
Feast of the Holy Innocents commemorated with arrests at Davis Monthan AFB, the Pentagon and Offutt AFB
DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE John Heid Arrested at Davis Monthan AFB, Home of Active Combat Predator Drone Unit On the morning of the Feast of Holy Innocents, December 28, about 15 peace activists gathered outside the gates of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona to commemorate and grieve the contemporary slaughter of innocents. […]
Indian women released on bail as Koodankulam Nuclear Power plant prepares to go on-line
Three women from the village of Idinthakarai in Tamil Nadu, all leaders in the mass movement opposed to the start-up of the joint Russian-Indian nuclear power project at the southern tip of India, have been released on bail. Xavieramma, Sundari and Selvi had been denied bail and charged with various crimes including sedition following their […]
Sign petition for Japanese educator, jailed for protest against burning nuclear waste
[Nuclear Resister update: Professor Shimoji was released from jail on December 28.] Information from Civic Activity – an organization supporting citizens opposing spread of radiation. On December 9, 2012, Masaki Shimoji, an associate professor of economics at Hannan University was arrested and jailed by the Osaka Prefectural Police. This arrest is extremely unjust in form […]
Hancock 15 drone resisters convicted; 5 sentenced to 15 days in jail
from Upstate Drone Action: In DeWitt, New York, Town Court, in a swift four and a half hour trial on December 13, Judge Jokl found eleven of the original fifteen protesters of Reaper drones, guilty of trespass. Hancock Air National Guard Base is home of the MQ-9 Reaper drone maintenance and training center, adjacent to […]
New sabotage charge for Transform Now Plowshares
NEWLY CHARGED WITH SABOTAGE, STILL FOLLOWING THE LAW OF LOVE from Transform Now Plowshares A new charge of sabotage, carrying up to 20 years in prison, has been leveled against the Transform Now Plowshares defendants. In the new indictment, Greg Boertje-Obed, Sister Megan Rice, and Michael Walli face two charges from the original indictment, but […]