September 2012

9 reports

  2. Rise Up Singing weekend at Faslane Trident base in Scotland

    by Jane Tallents After a busy day of workshops, singing practice, banner making and eating good food provided by Faslane Peace Camp on Saturday, September 15, we headed out to Faslane on Sunday morning to raise our voices in protest against Trident. Over 50 people spent the day singing peace songs old and new and […]

  3. Iraq war resister Kimberly Rivera deported, arrested and jailed

    (adapted from War Resisters Support Campaign and news sources) U.S. Iraq War resister Kimberly Rivera voluntarily presented herself at the U.S. border on the morning of September 20, after requests to have Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney process her humanitarian and compassionate application were denied. In August, the mother of four was ordered to leave […]

  4. More Jeju naval base resisters jailed

    In the last few weeks, four more men have been jailed for actions taken in opposition to the Korean navy base under construction at Gangjeong, on Jeju Island. On September 6, as the controversial World Conservation Congress (WCC) convened nearby in Jungmun, five people climbed onto the Samsung-made caisson dock at Hwasoon port in protest […]

  5. Property damage charge dropped against Fr. Carl Kabat; trial set for October 12

    by Jane Stoever At a Kansas City, Mo., Municipal Court hearing Sept. 20, Oblate of Mary Immaculate Father Carl Kabat of St. Louis learned the prosecution had dropped the property damage charge against him. The court set the date of Oct. 12 for Kabat’s trial concerning his trespass July 4 on the site of KC’s […]

  6. Members of Shut It Down arrested occupying conference room

    from Shut It Down Affinity Group After a United States Chamber of Commerce announcement on September 11 that it had joined Entergy’s lawsuit to oppose State of Vermont legislation to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, the Shut It Down Affinity Group visited the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce on September […]

  7. Nuclear resistance escalates in South India

    by Jack Cohen-Joppa published at Waging Nonviolence, September 15 Hundreds of people have been arrested, dozens remain in custody and three deaths have been reported as protests against the start-up of the nuclear power plant at Kudankulam, India, reached a crisis point this week. The government’s announcement that it would start loading nuclear fuel into […]

  8. Greg Boertje-Obed released from jail

    by Ralph Hutchison, OREPA Greg Boertje-Obed was released from Blount County Detention Center at 8:30pm on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 to await trial, currently scheduled for February 26, 2013. Greg’s release came as a result of his request for a detention hearing following the reset of the trial date from October to February. He had […]

  9. Jail reflection from Transform Now Plowshares activist Greg Boertje-Obed

    (published in issue #167 of the Nuclear Resister newsletter) ~from Blount County The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. By the Lord has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes.   – Psalm 118.22-23 When Megan, Michael and I were preparing for the witness that became the Transform Now Plowshares, we […]