August 2024

7 reports

  1. Protesters in court for Mother’s Day action at nuclear sub base

    Sue Ablao, Mack Johnson, Gilberto Perez, Michael Firefly Siptroth and Caroline Wildflower appeared before Judge Pro Tem Kyle A. Joyce in Kitsap Country Traffic Court August 13, 2024, seeking mitigation of “pedestrian in the roadway” citations and fines for blocking traffic to the Trident Submarine Base on Mother’s Day, May 12. (Carolee Flaten was out […]

  2. Five nuclear resisters arrested at Vandenberg Space Force Base

    Jeff Dietrich and Catherine Morris of the Los Angeles Catholic Worker renewed their wedding vows on Saturday, August 10 during a protest at California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly Air Force Base). Seventy-five people joined them to celebrate their 50th anniversary – five decades together of community, hospitality, love and resistance! – and to commemorate […]

  3. Eight blockaders arrested at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor

    Eight nuclear weapons abolition activists were removed from the roadway on the morning of August 5 by the Washington State Patrol after blocking the entrance to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, site of the world’s largest concentration of deployed nuclear weapons. The action was part of the annual demonstration organized by the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent […]

  4. A prison comic: “Why is my Grandma in Prison?”

    Susan Crane and Susan van der Hijden spent a lot of time in their shared cell at Rohrbach prison. Add paper and colored pencils to the mix, along with the desire to create something special for Susan Crane’s grandchildren… and the attached comic – “Why is my Grandma in Prison?” – is the result! A […]

  5. Arrests at Livermore Lab commemorate Hiroshima bombing

    from Tri-Valley CAREs Activists Solemnly Gather for “Back to the Brink” Event Commemorating the Bombing of Hiroshima by Scott Yundt Around 100 people gathered at the Westgate entrance to Livermore Lab on the morning of Tuesday, August 6, 2024 to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. The theme of the event was Back […]

  6. Drone war whistleblower Daniel Hale FREE!!

    Daniel Hale was released from federal prison to home confinement in February, more than a decade after his arrest for disclosing documents and speaking publicly about the limits and failures of U.S. drone warfare. An ankle monitor was attached to supervise his location at all times until the completion of his sentence on July 5. […]