January 2016

7 reports

  1. Nine arrested at a Lockheed Martin protest in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    by Bob Smith Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, January 18, at Lockheed Martin in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania was cold, terribly cold. It was one for the Brandywine Peace Community record books. We thought that for anyone who could risk the cold, there needed to be something at the world’s chief war profiteer […]

  2. Jeju, Korea navy base resister picks jail over fine

    On January 27, Mr. Kim Guk-Nam, a 50 year-old sea-diving activist living in Gangjeong village on Jeju, the Peace Island of Korea, turned himself in to jail after refusing to pay fines of 5 million KRW (about USD$5,000) for his protests against the navy base nearing completion there. At the rate of one day per […]

  3. Jerry Berrigan Memorial Drone Blockade at Hancock Air Base, 12 arrested

    Jerry Berrigan, Presente! from The Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars On Thursday morning, January 28, thirty life sized cutouts of Syracuse peacemaker Jerry Berrigan blockaded the main entrance of Hancock Air National Guard Base outside Syracuse, NY. The cutouts were accompanied by twelve nonviolent drone resisters, who were arrested after […]

  4. Last incarcerated member of “NATO 3” may die In prison

    [Editors’ note: Cards and letters of support may be sent to Jared Chase at the address found here.] from Shadow Proof by Kevin Gosztola Jared Chase is the last member of the “NATO 3,” who remains in prison. Chase suffers from Huntington’s disease and faces additional charges for an alleged aggravated battery against a prison […]

  5. Five drone protesters arrested at Beale Air Force Base

    from Occupy Beale Air Force Base Persistence will help Peace Prevail One Day! What is the REAL State of the Union? Drone Murder, Wars for Profit, Jailing Whistleblowers, No Jobs, Police Terror and more! After 10 defendants were denied the right to put drone killing on trial, and their arraignment and charges were dismissed, they […]

  6. Grandma drone protester remanded to jail for 6 months

    Mary Anne Grady Flores to be taken into custody Tuesday, January 19 Ithaca, NY – On January 12, the National Day of Action to Stop Killer Drones, grandmother and drone resister Mary Anne Grady Flores learned that she is to go back to jail for six months starting Tuesday, January 19. She is to report […]

  7. Thirteen activists arrested on U.S. Capitol steps before State of the Union speech

    GROUP URGED PRESIDENT OBAMA TO DELIVER A REAL STATE OF THE UNION HIGHLIGHTING INCOME INEQUALITY, MILITARISM, RACISM AND CLIMATE CHAOS from National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance On the afternoon of January 12, 2016, with President Obama’s last State of the Union address scheduled that evening, members and associates of the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance […]