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Latest update below posted July 31. Since publication of the Nuclear Resister #170 (pdf), there have been new actions and several trials affecting those in prison for nonviolent resistance to navy base construction in Jeju Island, South Korea. The June edition of Gangjeong Village Story (pdf) reports that on May 31, a young woman named Gwak […]
by National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, www.PopularResistance.org Fifty people protested killer drones at the main gate of the CIA on Saturday, June 29, and six individuals were arrested. The action was organized by the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR], a group that has been active in challenging U.S. invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq and other […]
from Veterans for Peace A dynamic protest outside the While House against the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba came to a climax on Wednesday, June 26 when Vietnam veteran Diane Wilson climbed over the White House fence. Suddenly, there she was standing on the White House lawn like an apparition in her orange prison […]
The Nuclear Resister networks the anti-nuclear and anti-war resistance movement while acting as a clearinghouse for information about contemporary nonviolent resistance to war and the nuclear threat. Our emphasis is on support for the women and men jailed for these actions. This website is the online companion to the Nuclear Resister newsletter, a more comprehensive chronicle.
from Shut It Down BRATTLEBORO, Vermont – Cited for disorderly conduct after blocking a public roadway and Entergy Corporation driveways Wednesday morning, June 12, eight members of the Shut It Down Affinity Group received court dates of July 23 in Windham County Courthouse. Sergeant Mark Carrigan and Officer David Cerrito of the Brattleboro Police Department […]
from Disarm the Drones On the morning of June 3, six peace activists representing “Disarm the Drones” were the first activists in Britain to be arrested and charged for anti-drones related offences. They were kept overnight at Lincoln police station after they planted a peace garden in RAF Waddington and went to court the next […]
