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NOT WAITING TO BE ASKED . . . TO HELP MIKE, GREG, MEGAN from the Transform Now Plowshares Support Group Three peacemakers are in prison. How can I help? Where can I send money? Donations can be made through Nukewatch www.nukewatchinfo.org by scrolling down to the Donate button. After entering a Paypal account or credit […]
In a highly political case, a Japanese anti-nuclear activist faces criminal prosecution over a Tweet she sent in July. Mari Takenouchi is the founder of Save Kids Japan and a free-lance English-bilingual journalist publishing at savekidsjapan.blogspot.jp. She advocates that mothers and children, who are most sensitive to radiation exposure, be supported and relocated outside of […]
Here is the prepared statement Megan Rice read to the court on Tuesday, February 18, 2014: PART I As I sat observing the facial expressions of participants present in the hearing on January 28th, I sensed a clear sense of a shared mental reaction during the arguments on this restitution evidentiary Table submitted by the […]
Memo to Judge: Really?? From CounterPunch by Ralph Hutchison We’ve heard it from the bench in Oak Ridge city courtrooms and from state judges in Clinton, Tennessee. And on February 18 we heard it from a federal judge—there are two variations. The first: There are plenty of ways for you to protest and deliver your […]
by Felice and Jack Cohen-Joppa Nine months after their conviction on charges of sabotage and criminal damage at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, three nuclear abolitionists were sentenced to lengthy prison terms today, February 18, in federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee. Federal Court Judge Amul Thapar imposed prison terms less than […]
by Toby Blome Sentenced to 10 hours of Community Service and a $10 fee; Judge Claire warns of harsher consequences next time due to “ban & bar” orders served to them at the time of arrest The “Wheatland 4” were arrested in April last year, while protesting drone warfare at Beale Air Force Base. They […]
All found guilty of disorderly conduct but acquitted of trespassing; Order of Protection extended 2 years; Judge decides to send a message [UPDATE: On February 25, Elliot Adams (the last defendant of the Hancock 17 drone protest group) was taken right to jail from the courtroom. He was found guilty of disorderly conduct and sentenced […]
