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by the Bradley Manning Support Network. July 30, 2013 “We won the battle, now we need to go win the war,” shared defense attorney David Coombs following today’s verdict. “Today is a good day, but Bradley is by no means out of the fire,” he said to dozens of emotional supporters outside of the Fort Meade, Maryland military courtroom. Coombs […]
On July 25, Jerry Ebner was sentenced to 6 months in prison. Ebner crossed the line at Offutt Air Force Base, home of STRATCOM, on December 28, 2012 during the 34th annual Feast of the Holy Innocents witness. He will be allowed to self surrender at a federal prison to be assigned to him in […]
from The Morning Bulletin Four peace activists were arrested on July 19 blockading the Caroona Street gate of Western Street Barracks, Rockhampton (Queensland, Australia). Their intention was to disrupt the Talisman Saber war rehearsals by putting their bodies on the road in front of military supply vehicles, activist Graeme Dunstan said. He said those arrested are […]
from Shut It Down affinity group VERNON, Vermont—Timing their presence to coincide with the end of the day shift at Entergy’s Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant on Monday, July 15, eight women of the Shut It Down Affinity Group displayed signs from a legally-designated spot across Route 142 from the power plant driveway as workers […]
Protesters at new Kansas City facility seek to open a door to a nuclear-weapons-free world from Jane Stoever On July 13, about 80 people sang and prayed at the entry road to a new facility in the U.S. nuclear weapons complex. By 10:15 a.m., two dozen protesters had crossed the property line and were soon […]
Update from NATO5Support: At a July 23 hearing, the judge told both sides to be ready instead for trial in early January, 2014. A final date will be confirmed at the next pretrial hearing on August 6. (Read NATO defendant Mark Neiweem’s latest letter to supporters here.) On Tuesday, July 9, the NATO 3—Brent Betterly, […]
Nuclear Resister summer prisoner support bulletin Please write to judges and officials this summer in support of six imprisoned anti-nuclear and anti-war activists. Invite some friends over and sit down to write letters together, or perhaps you can include it as an activity at your peace group’s next meeting. Click on the links below for […]
Gordon Maham, 96-years-old and a long-time anti-nuclear activist, died on July 9 at his farm in Ohio. Gordon helped build the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and quit the Manhattan Project when he heard about Hiroshima and his role in building the bomb. He then lost his war industry draft exemption and served three […]
From the Coordinators of the Nuclear Resister – June 2013 Dear friends, Although it was almost 30 years ago, we remember quite clearly hearing the news that Fr. Carl Kabat and Helen Woodson were sentenced to 18 years in prison for using a sledgehammer, jackhammer and household hammer with two others to disarm a nuclear missile silo […]
