July 2016

3 reports

  1. Month-long nonviolent resistance at Burghfield nuclear weapons factory

    A month of coordinated blockades of England’s AWE Burghfield nuclear weapons factory in June got an unexpected boost when bobbies opted to avoid arresting nonviolent campaigners who had locked themselves together to block the gates. About 50 people joined the protest on Monday morning, June 6 when a colorful cloth “red line” banner was used […]

  2. Fr. Carl Kabat splashes red paint on doors at Kansas City nuclear weapons plant

    by Jane Stoever Fr. Carl Kabat, 82, early in the morning on July 4, 2016, splashed red paint on the doors of the Administration Building at the National Security Campus (NSC) in Kansas City, Missouri. The facility makes, orders and assembles 85 percent of the non-nuclear parts for U.S. nuclear weapons. Asked why he defaced […]