April 2010

7 reports

  1. Trial and Sentencing for Swedish Weapons Disarmers

    http://www.ofog.org/avrusta-campaign-disarming-swedish-weapons-export It is not every day the Svea Court of Appeal, the country’s oldest still functioning court, deals with a case on the Swedish weapons export. On the 21st of April it did. Anna Andersson and Martin Smedjeback disarmed fourteen bazookas at Saab Bofors Dynamics weapons factory in Eskilstuna. The two activists were sentenced to […]

  2. A Difference Between Night and Day: A Tale of Two Judges

    by Steve Clemens My trials were 7 months apart, almost to the day. One was in neighboring Ramsey County, the other in my home county of Hennepin. Both were for the same charge: criminal trespass and both ended with a somewhat similar sentence: continuance towards dismissal with conditions. In Ramsey County it was “no same […]

  3. Nuclear Disarmament Action in NYC on May 3

    from Kimber Heinz, War Resisters League Hi all, We’re only one week away from the May 3rd direct action for nuclear disarmament at Grand Central Station! Below you’ll find the most up-to-date version of the scenario and you can find information at http://www.warresisters.org/node/960 about the War Resister’s League’s presence throughout the weekend at the international […]

  4. Seventeen Catholic Workers Arrested at Chicago Federal Building

    Fifty Catholic Workers from the Midwest held a demonstration to contrast the Works of Mercy and the Works of War outside the Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois on April 26, 2010. The group highlighted the ever-increasing U.S. military budget.  At 9:00 a.m., five activists sprawled out in front of the building–dramatizing the human costs of […]

  5. Ft. Huachuca Protester Sentenced in Federal Court

    Ft. Huachuca protester Joshua Harris, from Santa Barbara, California, appeared in U.S. District Court in Tucson, Arizona on Friday morning, April 23.  Representing himself in court, Harris pleaded guilty to two charges: trespass and refusing to provide a truthful name.  In his pre-sentencing statement, Harris spoke about why he protested at Ft. Huachuca, and justified […]

  6. My Time With the Nuclear Resister Archives

    Inspired by Tales of Resistance by Allison McGillivray Thirty years. That’s a good amount of time. Enough time to raise two children, to earn a permanent ban-and-bar letter from your local Air Force base, to survive consecutive disappointing presidencies, and to stockpile the necessary paperwork to keep an unknowing intern busy for two straight months […]

  7. Join Us! 30th Anniversary Gathering: Resistance for a Nuclear Free Future

    Resistance for a Nuclear Free Future CELEBRATING 3 DECADES OF THE NUCLEAR RESISTER AND NUKEWATCH July 4th weekend, 2010 At Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee and the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee The Nuclear Resister, Nukewatch and the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (OREPA) invite you to join us for a national gathering, culminating […]