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by Brian Terrell November 18, 2021 On Wednesday, October 20, I joined “Vrede Scheppen,” “Create Peace,” about 25 peace activists from the Netherlands, Germany and Austria at the airbase at Volkel, Netherlands, making a plea for an end to nuclear weapons. This base is home to two Dutch F16 fighter wings and the United States […]
Sr. Megan Gillespie Rice, S.H.C.J., Presente! January 31, 1930 – October 10, 2021 May her memory be a blessing. Peace and nuclear disarmament activist, Catholic nun and member of the Transform Now Plowshares, Megan was arrested several dozen times for acts of nonviolent protest at military and nuclear weapons sites. She spent time in prison […]
from Stand with Daniel Hale Posted below is the statement read by Daniel Hale at his sentencing on July 27, 2021, written by hand in his jail cell after having pled guilty to one count under the Espionage Act of 1917, along with an article by Kevin Gosztola in the Dissenter. Daniel’s core support team […]
Early on the morning of August 12, members of the FANG Collective and RAM INC (Resist and Abolish the Military Industrial Complex) blocked entry and exit from the Raytheon Missiles and Defense factory in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Right at the gatehouse, they parked two old cars perpendicular to the four entry and exit lanes, and […]
from Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action Thirty-one people were present on Monday, August 9 at a demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base in Silverdale, Washington. The demonstration, organized by the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, was at the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor Main Gate during morning rush hour traffic. At around […]
From late May into June, the seven-day Festival of Resistance outside the Brisbane (Australia) Convention Center was an organizing cauldron. More than 300 participants cooked up public education events and a smorgasbord of nonviolent direct actions to confront Land Forces 2021, the largest international weapons exposition in the Southern Hemisphere. Over the previous year, community organizing in anticipation of the arms bazaar […]
Stop the next disaster before it happens – abolish nuclear weapons! On Monday, July 19, six peace activists from the U.S., the Netherlands and Germany began a nonviolent action at 11 a.m. under the motto “Stop the next catastrophe: No Nukes! Stop the next catastrophe – Abolish nuclear weapons!”. They began to dig a tunnel […]
On July 27, Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in prison, having pled guilty in April to one count of violating the Espionage Act. The 33-year-old Air Force veteran first spoke out publicly against drone warfare in 2013, and later shared government documents that blew the whistle on secret watchlists, targeted drone killings, and […]
The whistleblower acted on behalf of the public’s right to know what is being done in its name. by Kathy Kelly July 6, 2021 “Pardon Daniel Hale.” These words hung in the air on a recent Saturday evening, projected onto several Washington, D.C. buildings, above the face of a courageous whistleblower facing ten years in […]
“If There Are Enough Shovels to Go Around” Surviving the Nuclear Threat by Brian Terrell “Dig a hole, cover it with a couple of doors and then throw three feet of dirt on top. . . . It’s the dirt that does it. . . . . If there are enough shovels to go around, […]
from PeaceWorks Kansas City Memorial Day event: ‘We spoke truth, we cried, we witnessed, we rejoiced’ by Kristin Scheer This Memorial Day was the first time I was able to join PeaceWorks-KC at the National Security Campus, where non-nuclear parts are made for nuclear weapons. It was our 10th annual event there. I was moved […]
Click HERE to sign the petition – Judge O’Grady, No Prison Time for Daniel Hale from The Intercept Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Jailed Ahead of Sentencing It’s unclear precisely why Hale was arrested, and court documents show that his lawyers objected. By Alex Emmons May 5, 2021, 6:32 p.m. Daniel Hale, a former Air Force intelligence analyst who […]
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