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From Common Dreams by Bill Quigley Since President Obama was inaugurated, there have been over two thousand six hundred arrests of activists protesting in the U.S. Research shows over 670 people have been arrested in protests inside the U.S. already in 2011, over 1290 were arrested in 2010, and 665 arrested in 2009. These figures […]
On Jeju Island, South Korea, a jailed local opponent of a new U.S. navy base is in his 53rd day of a hunger strike. Korea’s most prominent film critic, University professor Yang Yoon-Mo, was arrested April 6 as he and other residents of Gangjeong village disrupted construction by locking themselves under the earth moving equipment. […]
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 County (Georgia) Detention Center, a private prison under contract with the federal government. For all the prisoners’ current addresses, please see Inside & Out. […]
May 11, 2011 by John LaForge, Nukewatch 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 activists — under an order issued earlier by the court which effectively stripped the defendants of any substantive […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
© 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.
[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 […]
