The Nuclear Resister
May, 2012
IN THIS E-BULLETIN: IN THIS E-BULLETIN:
1) NORM LOWRY GETS 1-7 YEAR SENTENCE FOR 3RD MILITARY RECRUITING OFFICE PROTEST
2) ARRESTS AT NATO SUMMIT IN CHICAGO
3) MOTHER’S DAY ACTION AT BANGOR TRIDENT SUB BASE
4) FOURTEEN ACTIVISTS ARRESTED AT PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
5) WRITE A NOTE OF SUPPORT TO ANTI-NUCLEAR & ANTI-WAR PRISONERS
6) UPCOMING NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTIONS
Norm Lowry gets 1-7 year sentence for 3rd military recruiting office protest
A Pennsylvania man will spend seven years in state prison unless he promises never to block the entrance of any military recruiting office in the future.
On May 21, Lancaster County Judge Louis Farina told Norman Edgar Lowry, Jr. that unless he would forswear his nonviolent protest, the court would be obliged to impose the maximum sentence for Lowry’s third consecutive arrest at an Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Lancaster.
Read more here.
Arrests at NATO summit in Chicago
Eight Catholic Workers were arrested at President Obama’s campaign headquarters in Chicago on May 14, kicking off a week of resistance to the corporate G8/NATO agenda. Dozens of demonstrators went to the campaign headquarters to invite President Obama and NATO leaders to break bread and discuss ending the occupation of Afghanistan – “Come to the table of community instead of the table of war.”
Read more here.
The demonstrations during NATO’s summit in Chicago were overwhelmingly peaceful, punctuated only by the predictable clashes when overwhelming numbers of hyper-militarized police meet a relative handful of demonstrators who are willing to push back when provoked. Such situations led to the majority of more than 100 arrests reported over a week of protest, most for misdemeanors or infractions. More than a dozen people face more serious charges including felony assaults on police as a result of these incidents, and three remain jailed on high bail.
Additionally, the use of undercover informants who supplied verbal encouragement, alcohol, access to equipment and expertise is alleged to be the common link behind at least five pre-emptive arrests on conspiracy and explosives charges of young men protesting NATO. The five also remain behind bars on bail ranging from $500,000 to $1.5 million.
Read more here.
Mother’s Day action at Bangor Trident sub base
On May 12, activists blocked entry to the main gate at the Navy’s West coast Trident nuclear submarine base in an act of civil resistance to nuclear weapons. Four protesters were arrested after walking onto the roadway and unfurling a banner stretching across all entrance lanes. The banner read, “Give PEACE a chance. No, seriously.”
Read more here.
Fourteen activists arrested at Pilgrim nuclear power plant
Three Plymouth police cars, Entergy’s security team, and a closed gate didn’t stop a group of 35 protesters from marching to the entrance of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant on May 20 to deliver a letter addressed to Entergy’s Site Vice President, demanding that Entergy include Cape Cod in the emergency planning zone, withdraw their license renewal application, and immediately shut down the plant because of public safety concerns.
Read more here.
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