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Y12 nuclear resisters jail update and final trial report
May 15, 2011
June 3 update to this post: Bonnie Urfer, Sr. Jackie Hudson, Sr. Carol Gilbert, Sr. Ardeth Platte, Jean Gump and Steve Baggarly were moved on May 28 to the Irwin…
Seven nuclear resisters in federal custody after 12 are convicted of trespass at Y-12 nuclear weapons complex
May 11, 2011
DISARMAMENT ACTIVISTS CONVICTED IN KNOXVILLE FEDERAL COURT KNOXVILLE, TN Twelve disarmament activists were convicted of federal trespass following a three-day jury trial in U.S. District court here during which the…
With enemies like this, who needs friends?
May 11, 2011
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…
Trident Ploughshares and Faslane Peace Camp activists blockade Trident base
May 11, 2011
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…
Nuclear resisters honor Mother’s Day by symbolically closing nuke base
May 11, 2011
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…
Greenpeace activists block construction at France’s Flamanville nuclear reactor
May 5, 2011
© 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…
Fifty-two arrested protesting nuclear weapons plant
May 3, 2011
[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…
PFC Bradley Manning moved to Fort Leavenworth
April 29, 2011
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…
~ from Tacoma, Washington, by Lynne Greenwald
April 29, 2011
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…
Headed to prison today, activist explains nonviolent witness: A journey from the U.S. Navy to Duluth Federal Prison Camp
April 29, 2011
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…
Thirty-seven people protesting drones are arrested at Hancock Air Base
April 29, 2011
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…
Eleven women temporarily close Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant
April 29, 2011
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…

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