Two pensioners blockade Scotland’s Faslane Trident submarine base
On the morning of June 14, two Trident Ploughshares activists sat in the road at the North Gate of Faslane Trident Submarine base, stopping any traffic from entering the base for 15 minutes as part of the Faslane Peace Camps call for 30 Days of Action. Joy Mitchell, 79, from Berwick on Tweed and Joan […]
~ Post prison reflection from Susan Crane
A Reflection on Coming Out of Prison: On Contradictions and Responsibility From the Disarm Now Plowshares website After the Disarm Now Plowshares action, trial and sentencing, I was in prison with a fifteen month sentence: an eye-blink in comparison to the sentences of most of the women I was with in FDC SeaTac and FCI […]
~ Prison reflection from Lynne Stewart
We Must Raise The Level Of Our Resistance Excerpted from Lynne Stewart’s letter to the United National Anti-war Coalition (UNAC) conference that took place March 23-25, 2012 in Stamford, Connecticut. Too many wars, too much death and destruction on both sides… And our ever-present legacy of these wars? Go down to your local “shelter for […]
The Nuclear Resister needs funds – please help!
From activist and musician Joyce Katzberg: Thank you, dear Jack and Felice, for chronicling our hope these long years. I still carry my weatherbeaten copy of the April, 2003 issue of the Nuclear Resister [which chronicles over 7,500 anti-war arrests] in my purse to prove to people that there really IS a nonviolent resistance movement […]
~ Prison reflection from Steve Kelly, SJ
From issue #166 of the Nuclear Resister Unrecognized political prisoner: A Year’s Reflection Or as Steve Baggarly of the Norfolk Catholic Worker wrote in a letter from jail: “If the SHU fits…” Many folks, mostly activists, write to us with this first thought: “Oh, I could never do what you are doing”, meaning either […]
Resisting drones in Missouri: “Let Justice Flow Like a River…”
by Brian Terrell June 12, 2012 The United States District Courthouse in Jefferson City, Missouri, is a modern and graceful structure sitting on a bluff over the Missouri River. Less than one year old, it is a virtual temple in white marble, granite and glass, its clean lines all the more immaculate in contrast to […]
A message from Bradley Manning’s attorney, David Coombs
by David Coombs June 12, 2012 Over the past two years, thousands of individuals have either donated to the defense fund or given freely of their time to support PFC Bradley Manning. The support provided has come in many forms: 1) Signing petitions (standwithbrad.org); 2) Standing up to say “I am Bradley Manning” (iam.bradleymanning.org); 3) Writing to military/government […]
Shut It Down women bring health facts to Entergy Headquarters
Carrying facts about the dangers of radiation and nuclear power and attired as medical professionals, women of the Shut It Down Affinity Group appeared at Entergy headquarters Monday, June 11 to alert officials to the necessity of closing their Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vermont. Brattleboro police commanded by Lieutenant Robert Kirkpatrick arrested […]
Three arrested during Pentecost service at SAAB Microwave in Sweden
from Per Herngren The three, active in the Covenant Church, vine and fig tree planters and plowshares, were arrested in the midst of a Pentecost service at the military company SAAB Microwave, Sweden, on the 27th of May 2012. They were released after 45 min, 7.15-8 pm. The Holy Communion service took place at SAAB […]
Undercover cops instigate clashes and conspiracy arrests at NATO summit
The demonstrations during NATO’s summit in Chicago were overwhelmingly peaceful, punctuated only by the predictable clashes when overwhelming numbers of hyper-militarized police meet a relative handful of demonstrators who are willing to push back when provoked. Such situations led to the majority of more than 100 arrests reported over a week of protest, most for […]