June 2020

2 reports

  1. Nuclear weapons abolitionists again convicted of damage and trespass in Germany

    by John LaForge, Nukewatch On June 10 in Cochem, Germany, three peace activists were convicted of “damage to property” and “trespass” for their part in a July 15, 2018 protest at the Büchel Air Force Base in west-central Germany, where the United States Air Force deploys 20 hydrogen bombs. The trial of Marion Küpker, of […]

  2. Elizabeth McAlister sentenced for 2018 Plowshares disarmament action

    from the Nuclear Resister A revered elder of the American anti-war movement was sentenced on Monday, June 8 to time served for her part with six other Catholic peace activists in the April 4, 2018 Kings Bay Plowshares nonviolent direct action for nuclear disarmament. Elizabeth McAlister, age 80, had already spent more than 17 months […]