8 reports
from Ariel Gold, Fellowship of Reconciliation-USA Executive Director Yesterday, Susan, Rev. Fahed Abuakel, I, and others finished walking 20 miles (about the length of Gaza) from the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia to Lockheed Martin. Gathered with families and children too young to yet comprehend the horrors of war, twenty-five of us crossed onto the property of the largest […]
by Art Laffin March 29, 2024 Early this Good Friday morning, beginning at 7:00 a.m. as a beautiful sunrise unfolded, about 40 peacemakers from the DMV held a nonviolent witness at the Pentagon to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus and to call for an end to the crucifixion of people today. The witness, which was […]
from Nevada Desert Experience On the morning of March 27, during an anti-drone protest, 89-year-old retired pastor George Killingsworth of Berkeley, California was arrested for drawing a peace sign with chalk on a large boulder near the gate of Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada. He was charged with defacing public property and released outside […]
from Catholic Peace Action On March 13, Ray Towey marked the Ministry of Defence in London, as a witness against the nuclear war preparations of the U.K. government. Ray was supported by Carmel and Dan Martin. As usual, we started in the nearby park with prayers and readings from the Bible and “Follow Me – […]
by Felice Cohen-Joppa Members of the Pacific Life Community converged outside of Las Vegas from March 16 – 18 for their annual gathering to protest nuclear weapons. Two of them were arrested on Monday morning, March 18 during a nonviolent action at the Nevada nuclear test site. Before Rush Rehm and Jim Haber crossed the […]
from Nukewatch First Ever U.S. Woman Sentenced to Prison in Decades-Long Effort Susan Crane, of the Redwood City, California Catholic Worker, has been sentenced to 229 days in prison in Germany for daring to interfere with the U.S. nuclear weapons stationed at Germany’s Büchel Air Force base, southeast of Cologne. Crane participated in six nonviolent […]
Drone Whistleblower Subjected To Harsh Confinement Finally Released From Prison from The Dissenter by Kevin Gosztola March 5, 2024 Daniel Hale’s case was part of a continuation of the U.S. government’s war on whistleblowers under President Joe Biden Drone whistleblower Daniel Hale was released from prison in February after spending 33 months in some of the […]
At 6 a.m. on March 4, 20 anti-nuclear activists brought banners and 27 life-size images of Robert Oppenheimer to block the main entrance gates at the General Dynamics Electric Boat facility in New London, Connecticut, where the Columbia class nuclear submarines are being designed and constructed. Some of the banners read: “Don’t be a ‘Destroyer […]
