9 reports
from PeaceWorks Kansas City Peace whirlwind by Henry M. Stoever Arriving at the Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC) at 5:30 a.m. on April 27 went as planned for the Midwest Catholic Workers Retreat and Resistance. But nothing between our arrival and the receipt of tickets by nine line-crossers was ordinary. We showed signs and […]
from Center on Conscience and War At noon on Monday, April 20, our Executive Director Mike Prysner and CCW client Tyler Romero were arrested alongside over 60 veterans and military family members, some with loved ones deployed to the Middle East, in a civil disobedience action at the Cannon Rotunda on Capitol Hill demanding “No […]
[Update: Daithí O’Corrain was released on bail at the end of April.] Mid-morning on April 11, 47-year-old Daithí O’Corrain entered an unauthorized area of Ireland’s Shannon Airport, climbed up on the wing of a U.S. military plane and began to disarm the aircraft by hitting the wing and fuselage with a hand tool, reportedly a hatchet. […]
On Wednesday, April 8, 15 activists with Shut Down Drone Warfare blocked the entry road to Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, holding two banners reading “Refuse Illegal Orders” and “Drone Pilots Refuse to Fly!”. They were protesting the U.S. war on Iran, Lebanon, and Gaza genocide. After about 15 minutes, when officers approached […]
On Good Friday, April 3, about 200 people gathered at Lockheed Martin in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Over two dozen people were arrested while praying in the road leading into the weapons manufacturer’s facility. from Shane Claiborne: Yesterday, a couple hundred of us gathered outside the world’s largest weapons contractor, Lockheed Martin. On Good Friday, […]
from Lakenheath Alliance for Peace Early in the morning of April 7, peace protestors in England used heavy-duty locks to attach themselves to a large multi-coloured peace symbol, a car and each other, completely blocking the main gates of RAF Lakenheath for six hours. A second gate into RAF Lakenheath was also shut down by […]
from Lakenheath Alliance for Peace The main gates of Lakenheath airbase in Suffolk, England were shut down for three hours on April 4 and two people arrested. Hundreds of protestors from around the country took action against the U.K.’s involvement in illegal wars and the return of nuclear weapons to the base. Speaking at the […]
from a report by John Amidon On April 3, Good Friday, at the conclusion of the Sacred Peace Walk, five activists crossed the boundary line leading into the Nevada nuclear test site in Mercury. Despite having the permission of the Western Shoshone nation*, they were arrested and charged with trespass. Prior to the action, a […]
from Nevada Desert Experience On April 1, nine members of the Nevada Desert Experience’s Sacred Peace Walk were arrested at Creech Air Force Base at approximately 7:20 a.m. Holding a banner that read “Active Duty and National Guard: You have a duty to Refuse Illegal Orders”, they blocked the road leading into the base to […]
