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by National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, www.PopularResistance.org Fifty people protested killer drones at the main gate of the CIA on Saturday, June 29, and six individuals were arrested. The action was organized by the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR], a group that has been active in challenging U.S. invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq and other […]
from Veterans for Peace A dynamic protest outside the While House against the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba came to a climax on Wednesday, June 26 when Vietnam veteran Diane Wilson climbed over the White House fence. Suddenly, there she was standing on the White House lawn like an apparition in her orange prison […]
The Nuclear Resister networks the anti-nuclear and anti-war resistance movement while acting as a clearinghouse for information about contemporary nonviolent resistance to war and the nuclear threat. Our emphasis is on support for the women and men jailed for these actions. This website is the online companion to the Nuclear Resister newsletter, a more comprehensive chronicle.
from Shut It Down BRATTLEBORO, Vermont – Cited for disorderly conduct after blocking a public roadway and Entergy Corporation driveways Wednesday morning, June 12, eight members of the Shut It Down Affinity Group received court dates of July 23 in Windham County Courthouse. Sergeant Mark Carrigan and Officer David Cerrito of the Brattleboro Police Department […]
from Disarm the Drones On the morning of June 3, six peace activists representing “Disarm the Drones” were the first activists in Britain to be arrested and charged for anti-drones related offences. They were kept overnight at Lincoln police station after they planted a peace garden in RAF Waddington and went to court the next […]
by Kathy Kelly May 29, 2013 A few evenings ago, as the sky began to darken here in Kabul, Afghanistan, a small group of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, (APVs), gathered for an informal presentation about WikiLeaks, its chief editor Julian Assange, and its most prominent contributor, Bradley Manning. Basir Bita, a regular visitor to the […]
CAMP DOUGLAS, WI – On May 28, five nonviolent activists attempted to deliver an indictment for war crimes to Volk Field Commander Colonel Dave Romuald. They walked peacefully onto the base with the indictment in hand, and asked for a meeting with Colonel Romauld. Instead of a meeting, they were promptly arrested, taken to the […]
May 2013 Dear Friends of Jonah House, We are in a spirit of CELEBRATION! June 1, 2013 marks 40 years since the original Jonah House community began its life together in Baltimore. June 1, 2013 also marks 18 years since the community moved, as a whole, from the Park Ave. row-house to St. Peter’s […]
Greg Boertje-Obed, Michael Walli and Megan Rice are currently in the Irwin County Detention Facility in Ocilla, GA, awaiting their sentencing on January 28, 2014. The three were found guilty by a jury in Tennessee in May on two counts—Judge Amul Thapar revoked their pre-trial release saying they were technically guilty of a crime of […]
Credit for time served; Also, powerfully written legal brief filed with the court by attorney Roger Hunko Fr. Steve Kelly, SJ was given a 60 day sentence on March 20 by Judge Settle for violating conditions of supervised release put in place at the end of his prison sentence for the Disarm Now Plowshares action. […]
from Cape Cod Today by Paul Rifkin Plymouth Nuclear is picketed again by Cape Downwinders Cape Downwinders co-founder Diane Turco and nine others (Arlene Williamson of Mashpee, Sarah Thacher of East Dennis, Janet Azarovitz of Falmouth, Debbie McCullough of Truro, Joyce Johnson of Falmouth, Bill Maurer of Falmouth, Femke Rosenbaum of Wellfleet, Doug Long of […]
from a report by Art Laffin May 17th marked the 100th day of the hunger strike of Guantanamo prisoners, with protests and vigils around the world calling for an end to indefinite detention, torture and the closing of Guantanamo. In Washington, D.C., a noon-time vigil on Pennsylvania Ave. in front of the White House brought […]
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