Resistance in Australia to largest U.S. war “games” in the world
Nonviolent resistance to this (Australian) winter’s fourth annual Talisman Sabre war games in Queensland was anchored at a community center in Rockhampton, where a few activists have been publicly promoting the protests for months. Notably, Bryan Law regularly spoke out on the town mall, declaring his intention to disarm a helicopter during the military exercises. […]
British conscientious objector sentenced to 7 months imprisonment
From Andreas Speck War Resisters’ International A military court in Portsmouth sentenced British conscientious objector Michael Lyons to seven months’ imprisonment on July 5, following a two-day trial. Michael Lyons joined the Royal Navy as a medic in 2005, and in May 2010 he was notified that he would be deployed to Afghanistan later that […]
Fr. Carl Kabat arrested at Kansas City Plant construction site
CRANE PRUNING HOOK Fr. Carl Kabat entered the construction site of the new nuclear bomb factory in Kansas City, Missouri at approximately 10:00 p.m. on July 3. At dawn on July 4 he had broken the cab windows of a couple of large pieces of construction equipment present there, and hung a small hand-made sign […]
~ From the Irwin County Detention Center, by Michael Walli
A JOKE AND A LETTER The U.S. and Russia are supposedly allies in fighting Islamic terrorism. But they do not trust one another – they spy upon one another. The U.S. Navy Seals used trained porpoises to spy upon the Russian Navy in their naval warfare activities. But the Russian sailors kidnapped the porpoises. This […]
Fifteen women arrested after advocating for solar power at Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant
Fifteen women, the largest ever contingent of the Shut It Down Affinity Group to date, were arrested Thursday afternoon, June 30, at the Entergy Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The women were charged with trespass after advocating for replacing nuclear power with solar power. Shut-It-Downers included three women in their nineties: Valerie Mullen, 90, of […]
Trial postponed, Korean bases opponent Sung-Hee Choi remains in jail
The next court date in the continuing trial of imprisoned Korean peace activist Sung-Hee Choi has been twice-postponed, and is now set for July 15. Sung-Hee has been jailed since May 19, and has twice engaged in week-long prison fasts to highlight opposition to the construction of a naval base at Gangjeong village on Jeju […]
Witness Against Torture interrupts House of Representatives with call to “Close Guantanamo”
Press Release from Witness Against Torture June 23, 2011, Washington, DC – While the U.S. House of Representatives chamber filled for a vote today at 4:40pm, Representatives’ eyes and ears turned toward the Chamber’s gallery as a group of activists interrupted proceedings to call for the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison and denounce provisions in […]
Food Not Bombs co-founder jailed in Florida
During the month of June, police in Orlando, Florida arrested 21 members and supporters of the local Food Not Bombs group as they fed hungry people in a city park. All were handcuffed and taken to jail for violating a city ordinance strictly limiting and requiring permits for such charity. Orlando Food Not Bombs challenged […]
Prayer vigilers busted at Los Alamos National Laboratory
At the conclusion of a 24-hour prayer vigil outside the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), five peaceful demonstrators were arrested on June 20 outside the construction site of the new Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement (CMRR) facility, a critical part of new U.S. nuclear weapons production. Trinity Nuclear Abolition (TNA) held the vigil with members […]
~ From FCI Dublin, by Susan Crane
Thank you for your letters, your prayers, the books you have sent. Thanks for maintaining contact with me. I arrived at the federal prison here in California, flown in with 29 other women from Pahrump, Nevada. We had been woken up at midnight to get ready to leave, and had been in shackles and waistchain […]