Busted on Jeju Island
from Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space Ten international activists and six Korean activists were arrested today, February 26, after crawling under the razor wire at the Navy base on Jeju Island. Global Network members were among those arrested, including Bruce Gagnon, Mary Beth Sullivan, Dave Webb, Natasha Mayers, Agneta […]
Late night arrests at Vandenberg Air Force Base
The latest nuclear missile provocation came in the dark, with an unbeastly roar that pierced the chilly coastal fog in the wee hours of February 25. A shimmering light rose above the clouds and arched over the Pacific Ocean, the incomparable threat to distant enemies reaffirmed. Witnessing the latest midnight test flight of a first-strike […]
Ministry of Defence HQ in London marked on Ash Wednesday in resistance to nuclear weapons
photo by Alan Gerrard One hundred and fifty people gathered at an Ash Wednesday event organised by Pax Christi and the London Catholic Worker in repentance and resistance to British nuclear weapons. The group proceeded to the M.O.D. building on White Hall, as activists broke off to mark the building that controls British nuclear weapons. […]
Bradley Manning formally charged with aiding the enemy, defers plea
[CALL YOUR GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE: DISMISS ALL THE CHARGES AGAINST BRADLEY MANNING] No date set for WikiLeaks suspect’s trial but Manning’s lawyer says he would object to any delay in the trial beyond June Karen McVeigh at Fort Meade guardian.co.uk, Thursday 23 February 2012 Bradley Manning sat through most of the proceedings at Ford Meade […]
If you love me, Shut It Down!
Lending heart to the campaign to end nuclear power forever, the nine women of the Shut It Down Affinity Group brought a Shut It Down Valentine on Monday to the headquarters of Entergy Corporation, which operates the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. Each wearing a Shut It Down Valentine for Entergy, the death-masked […]
Fr. Bix completes 3 month sentence for Y-12 protest
from Disarm Now Plowshares Friends, At 10:15 a.m. on February 9, William “Bix” Bichsel, SJ was released from SeaTac Federal Detention Center. According to Theresa Power-Drutis, Bix’s first request was to “head over the bridge to Bangor.” His second request was a latte. His chauffeurs went for the second request. With all the milk he consumed during […]
Rafil Dhafir resentenced to same 22 years in prison
Update from Katherine Hughes, For the Dr. Dhafir Support Committee. On Friday, February 3rd, in Syracuse, New York, U.S. District Judge Norman Mordue resentenced Dr. Rafil Dhafir to 22 years in prison, in large part because he is unrepentant about sending food and medicine to starving Iraqi civilians in violation of International Economic Emergency Powers […]
Pentagon arrests mark Feast of the Holy Innocents
report from Art Laffin, Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, Washington, D.C. Focusing on the theme: LET ALL THE WORLD’S CHILDREN LIVE–REMEMBER THE MASSACRED CHILDREN AND CREATE THE BELOVED COMMUNITY IN A DISARMED WORLD, over 60 people from the Atlantic and Southern Life Communities, and the New Jerusalem Community in Philadelphia, gathered in Washington, D.C. from December 27-30 […]
Persistent women arrested again blocking Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant driveway
As they participated in a walking meditation in the Entergy Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant driveway to mourn cancer deaths caused by radioactive emissions, fourteen women of the Shut It Down Affinity Group were arrested Wednesday, January 18 by Vernon police and Vermont state police when they refused to move. All were transported to and […]
Peace activists occupy nuclear sub base entrance to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.
On January 14, 2012, activists from a local peace group blocked entry to the main gate at the Navy’s West coast Trident nuclear submarine base for nearly a half hour in an act of civil resistance to nuclear weapons. Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action held a peaceful vigil and nonviolent direct action at the […]