With enemies like this, who needs friends?
Or, Day Two of the Y12 Resisters’ Trial by Ralph Hutchison On March 4, 2011, Judge Bruce Guyton heard arguments about the government’s motion to limit the testimony that Y12 resisters could give at their trial for crossing the line at the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. On April 29, he issued […]
Trident Ploughshares and Faslane Peace Camp activists blockade Trident base
Trident Ploughshares and Faslane Peace Camp activists in Scotland jointly blockaded Faslane starting at 7 a.m. on May 10, shutting down the Trident submarine base for two hours. Four members of Trident Ploughshares blocked the North Gate of the base while six Peace Campers blocked the South Gate by locking themselves together. Just four days […]
Nuclear resisters honor Mother’s Day by symbolically closing nuke base
Poulsbo, Washington, Saturday, May 7, 2011 – “Disarm, Disarm! The Sword of murder is not the balance of justice” rang out as nuclear resisters symbolically closed the United States’ largest operational nuclear weapons base. Eighty-three people gathered at the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action on Saturday to celebrate Mother’s Day weekend, honoring nurturing women […]
Greenpeace activists block construction at France’s Flamanville nuclear reactor
© Nicolas Chauveau / Greenpeace At dawn on Monday, May 2, Greenpeace activists began blocking the construction of the European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) under construction at Flamanville, France. Two trucks were anchored to the ground, blockading the entrance carrying activists. More activists scaled four cranes, attempting to impede further construction work at the site.
Fifty-two arrested protesting nuclear weapons plant
[Blog editor’s note: the final arrest tally was 53, not 52 people.] by Joshua McElwee National Catholic Reporter KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fifty-two peace activists, most connected to Catholic Worker houses throughout the nation, were arrested here May 2 after blocking the gate to the construction site of what will be the nation’s first nuclear […]
PFC Bradley Manning moved to Fort Leavenworth
Still awaiting trial, accused whistleblower PFC Bradley Manning has been moved from solitary confinement at the U.S. Marine base at Quantico, Virginia to medium-security status in the military brig at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The government denied that growing concern over the conditions of his confinement led to the move, which came days after nearly 300 […]
~ from Tacoma, Washington, by Lynne Greenwald
FDC SeaTac by Lynne Greenwald Concrete walls and locked doors cannot take away images of bright lights, fences and towers protecting tombs of unimaginable horrors. We remember fertile lands, natural forests, mollusk-rich beaches, early morning fog clinging to water and earth until the sun brightens the sky, exposing Olympian mountains. Trident IS Illegal and Immoral. […]
Headed to prison today, activist explains nonviolent witness: A journey from the U.S. Navy to Duluth Federal Prison Camp
April 27, 2011 National Catholic Reporter By Joshua J. McElwee A young sailor walks through his nuclear submarine, headed for the engine room. As he winds through the tight, crowded corridors he suddenly finds himself standing next to a nuclear missile launch hatch. He reaches out an outstretched hand. Tentatively, he places it on one […]
Thirty-seven people protesting drones are arrested at Hancock Air Base
by Dave Tobin / The Post-Standard Dozens of war protesters were arrested Friday afternoon, April 22 outside the main entrance of the New York Air National Guard’s base at Hancock Field. Thirty-seven protesters, draped with red-spattered sheets, had lain themselves in the main entrance roads to the base, off East Molloy Road. They were arrested […]
Eleven women temporarily close Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant
Eleven women from Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire chained and locked the main gate of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vermont on Friday afternoon, April 22. Police arrested the women and charged them with trespass. The demonstrators carried two banners reading “No More Leaks / No More Lies / Shut It Down […]