Support the Nuclear Resister – Buy jewelry, ornaments & more made from disarmed & recycled nuclear missile systems
In addition to this beautiful filagree peace sign, there are bracelets, necklaces, earrings, ornaments, keychains in many designs* – not to mention the Beers not Bombs bottle openers and Make Wine Not War wine bottle stoppers! (*Tree of life, peace sign, labyrinth, spiral, cross, peace lotus, Star of David, hamsa, mezuzah, St. Christopher medallion, 7 […]
Five reasons to go to jail like you mean it
by Nadine Bloch from wagingnonviolence.org I’ve had it. Enough with the phone calls, emails and Facebook entreaties for money to pay bail to get someone out of jail for their part in a civil resistance action. Let me explain why I think this is such a big problem. I want to start by talking openly […]
On (or after!) Election Day, please send a few dollars to keep the Nuclear Resister going
WE CAN SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE CREDIT UNION ACCOUNT – PLEASE HELP! November 6, 2012 Dear friends, Today is election day in the U.S. But presidential elections do not distract us from the important work the Nuclear Resister continues to do year round, year after year. We know that whoever is elected, nonviolent resistance […]
9 arrested blocking gates of Beale Air Force Base in drone protest
On October 30, nine military veterans and peace activists were arrested at Beale Air Force Base in Marysville, California. The group – Barry Binks, Toby Blome, Fr. Louie Vitale, MacGregor Eddy, David Hartsough, Jan Hartsough, Sharon Delgado, Janie Kesselman and Shirley Osgood – was charged with trespass after blocking two different gates of the base. […]
24/7 construction met with 24/7 resistance on Jeju Island
Construction of the controversial navy base on Jeju Island, South Korea, is accelerating. In the last week, after months of delays due to local protest, a 24/7 operation has begun. Two hundred low-wage Vietnamese laborers are now housed on site, producing 80 3,000-ton concrete caissons that will create the first breakwater and mooring docks. Round-the-clock […]
Anti-drone protest shuts down Hancock Air Base – 17 arrested, 13 held in jail
from The Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and Stop the Wars On the morning of October 25, forty concerned citizens created a blockade of Hancock Air National Guard Base outside Syracuse, NY. MQ-9 Reaper drones are operated by remote control from the base, and are used to carry out attacks in Afghanistan and possibly […]
Backcountry resisters infiltrate Vandenberg Air Force Base
NONVIOLENT BACKCOUNTRY RESISTERS CAUSE DISRUPTIVE BREACH OF VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE SECURITY ZONES from tierralinda@live.com For the first time in nearly a decade, nonviolent civil resisters caused a disruptive breach of the backcountry security zones at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) on October 20 and 21, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile […]
Photos of Transform Now Plowshares action
PHOTOS OF PLOWSHARES PROTEST AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND NEW BOMB PLANT PROPOSED FOR Y-12 COMPLEX IN OAK RIDGE ARE RELEASED The Transform Now Plowshares resisters, Michael Walli, Megan Rice and Greg Boertje-Obed, today release to the public photographs from their July 28, 2012, entry into the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The […]
Koodankulam women from prison: Tell everyone we are still here!
[Editor’s note: We are trying to find out the names and prison addresses of all of the anti-nuclear protesters in prison in India. Here is a conversation with some of the women in Trichy Central Prison.] from dianuke/org The two year old Trichy Central Prison for women wears an old colonial look. It houses more […]
Court hearing for Pentagon action ends with Beth Brockman jailed on outstanding warrant
from Art Laffin, Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, Washington, D.C. The court hearing for the August 6th peace witness at the Pentagon took place on October 19 in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia before U.S. Magistrate Judge Buchanan. Andrea Eiland had her charge dismissed as did Luke Hansen, who was not present. Both were first […]