Norman Lowry receives a 1 to 7 year sentence for his third military recruiting office protest
A Pennsylvania man will spend seven years in state prison unless he promises never to block the entrance of any military recruiting office in the future. On May 21, Lancaster County Judge Louis Farina told Norman Edgar Lowry, Jr. that unless he would forswear his nonviolent protest, the court would be obliged to impose the […]
Fourteen anti-nuclear activists arrested for trespassing at the Pilgrim nuclear power plant
by Trisha McNeilly Three Plymouth police cars, Entergy’s security team, and a closed gate didn’t stop a group of 35 protesters from marching to the entrance of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant on May 20 to deliver a letter addressed to Entergy’s Site Vice President, demanding that Entergy include Cape Cod in the emergency planning zone, […]
Catholic Workers arrested at Obama’s campaign headquarters
By Andy Grimm, Chicago Tribune May 14, 2012 Dozens of demonstrators dashed into the Loop building housing President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters this morning, slipping past security guards and running up escalators as they kicked off what they called a “Week Without Capitalism.” Eight protesters were led out in handcuffs about half an hour later […]
Moms Against Bombs make statement at nuke base
by Leonard Eiger, Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action On May 12, activists blocked entry to the main gate at the Navy’s West coast Trident nuclear submarine base in an act of civil resistance to nuclear weapons. Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action (Ground Zero) held a peaceful vigil and nonviolent direct action at the […]
Shut It Down affinity group observes Earth Day at Vermont Yankee
Costumed in hazmat suits and toting Geiger counter props, eight members of the Shut It Down Affinity Group with three supporters leafleted with a Can Fukushima Happen Here? brochure in downtown Brattleboro on Tuesday, April 24. They then appeared in nearby Vernon to block the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant gate by chaining themselves to […]
Seven activists arrested at Wisconsin military base in action against drone warfare
from Joy First Seven citizen activists were arrested for calling for an end to drone warfare at Camp Williams/Volk Field in Wisconsin on April 24. They are joining together with activists in New York, Nevada, California, Missouri, Illinois, and Maryland who are risking arrest in actions as they raise their voices to draw attention to […]
The struggle to stop the Jeju naval base continues: How you can support the resistance
Towards a New Stage of Struggle: A Call from History Revoke the Jeju naval base project! Stop the deceptive propaganda about a civilian-military dual-use port! Stop the blasts and destruction! Stop the human rights violations! Stop pro-nuclear MD policy!
Arrests preempt drone war protest
Thirty-three members of the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones were preemptively arrested on Earth Day, April 22, two blocks from the entrance to Hancock Air Base. The arrests by the Onondaga County, New York sheriff’s deputies preempted political free speech as the anti-drone activists proceeded silently and in single file on the shoulder of […]
13 arrested taking the demand to close the SOA to Capitol Hill
from SOA Watch We Won’t Stop Until They Do! On April 16, human rights activists took to the streets around Capitol Hill in a spirited parade, culminating a week of trainings, workshops, music and lobbying to close the School of the Americas. Police on foot, bicycle, motorcycle and in vehicles prohibited free passage of the […]
Arrests during nuclear weapons and drone protests at the site of the new Kansas City Plant and Whiteman AFB
by Jane Stoever Here’s a report on our Midwest Trifecta Resista 4/13-15, sponsored by groups listed below, from KC & beyond. Thanks to all of you for your encouragement & support! We rallied at three sites–exhausting, wondrous. Kathy Kelly of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, based in Chicago, inspired us! Some 28 of us held Bradley […]