October 2011

10 reports

  1. Seven people occupying D.C. arrested at House Armed Services Committee protesting wars

    Dozens of people who are part of Occupy DC, camping out in Freedom Plaza and McPhearson Square, packed the line on October 13 to get into the House Armed Services Committee where Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was testifying. Only 15 people were allowed in and none were allowed to even quietly hold up signs—a clear […]

  2. Fourteen activists arrested while seeking a meeting with NSA director

    From Max Obuszewski, mobuszewski@verizon.net As part of the Freedom Square occupation, National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) decided to attempt to obtain a meeting with Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency (NSA), to discuss perceived illegal and unconstitutional activities by his operatives.  NCNR sent a letter, signed by thirty people […]

  3. Australian Catholic Workers blockade Gallipolli Barracks

    Dear friends, October 7 marked the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan.  While most of Australia has been trying to forget about this war which has claimed 28 Australian and tens of thousands of Afghan lives, some of us felt moved enough to go to the place where many, if not most, Australian troops […]

  4. Three “Friends of Francis” arrested at STRATCOM

    Over 150 people, most Catholic religious sisters and calling themselves “Friends of Francis”, converged at the main gate of Offutt Air Force Base, home of STRATCOM, on Sunday, October 2 to pray and act for peace.  Coming from numerous Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota cities, the group was commemorating the 25th anniversary of the October […]

  5. Drone protest leads to arrest at Tucson’s Raytheon Missile Systems

    A dozen activists gathered outside of Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona at 7 a.m. Monday morning, October 3 to protest drone warfare and war profiteering.  The group held signs reading “No to War Profiteering”, “We Have Guided Missiles and Misguided Men – MLK”, and “Drone Attacks Inspire Hatred of the U.S.”,  as employees drove […]

  6. Peltier out of solitary at Florida prison

    Delaney Bruce, Executive Director of the Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee shared these words with supporters, following a telephone conversation with the imprisoned activist on October 1: He’s doing well and is relieved to be out of Lewisburg. Leonard is no longer in solitary and his privileges have been restored (and ahead of schedule). He […]

  7. Hundreds demonstrate and blockade German nuclear power plant

    from the Nuclear Heritage Network: Several hundreds of people protested today, Sunday October 2, 2011 in Grohnde (Lower Saxony). After a demonstration the access roads to the NPP are blockaded by climbing activists who abseiled from a highway bridge. They are supported by some 50 activists blockading the road and an operating track with a […]

  8. More Jeju naval base resisters jailed

    According to the latest update at savejejuisland.org, “Eleven South Korean college students have been beaten and arrested by naval soldiers and police while trying to visit Gureombi Rock”, the landmark site of the strategically provocative Navy base under construction at Gaengjong village on Jeju, South Korea’s Peace Island. “Fifteen people are now in custody. Secret […]