Monthly Archive for January, 2013

Anti-nuclear activists block gate at Entergy headquarters

Posted on January 31, 2013

photo by Marcia Gagliardi

BRATTLEBORO, Vermont – Rain, fog, and ice did not hamper the enthusiasm of the Shut It Down Affinity group and their supporters on January 30 as they celebrated The People’s Payment addressing more than $3,000 in fines and fees assessed for a November 2012 conviction of trespass at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon.

More than 50 people congregated at foggy, icy Wells Fountain with signs, banners, and noisemakers to celebrate the widespread community in four states that spontaneously contributed sufficient funds to address the fines of six women convicted in November for blocking the power plant gate in August 2011.

After a parade through downtown with signs, banners, noisemakers, and mock coffins containing mock radioactive fuel rods, fourteen Shut-It-Downers made their way to Entergy headquarters on Old Ferry Road, where they blocked the main entrance before Brattleboro police arrested them for trespass.

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E-bulletin January 2013

Posted on January 30, 2013

The Nuclear Resister January, 2013 IN THIS E-BULLETIN:   1)  NONVIOLENT ACTIONS, ARRESTS MARK MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY 2)  BRADLEY MANNING TRIAL DELAYED TILL JUNE 3)  THOUSANDS ARRESTED IN INDIA PROTESTING THE JAITAPUR NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT 4)  A CALL FOR PROTESTS ON 1000th DAY IN PRISON WITHOUT TRIAL FOR BRADLEY MANNING 5)  WRITE A […]

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Bradley Manning trial delayed until June

Posted on January 28, 2013

Recent rulings from the Fort Meade pre-trial hearings – Bradley Manning’s fight for justice

by the Bradley Manning Support Network

Winter recap: torture hearings, trial delays, motive debates, and more

Pre-trial hearings at Ft. Meade brought new developments for Pfc. Bradley Manning’s defense, including four months of sentencing credit, another three-month trial delay, debates over the failure to try Manning within reasonable time, and an effort to make whistle-blowing treasonous.

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Nine arrested at Lockheed Martin resisting the “evil triplets of American society: racism, extreme materialism, and militarism”

Posted on January 23, 2013

photo by Georgina Shanley

As part of the Brandywine Peace Community’s noontime Martin Luther King Day of Nonviolent Resistance at Lockheed Martin, more than fifty people stood with banners and signs in front of the King of Prussia, PA complex of the world’s largest war profiteer, Lockheed Martin. Many of those gathered (just as in previous years) were from the New Jerusalem Laura, a faith-based addiction recovery community in North Philadelphia.

As people arrived for the day’s demonstration honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his message of nonviolent action for justice and peace, excerpts of many of Dr. King’s sermons and speeches were being broadcast loudly in front of Lockheed Martin, located directly behind the King of Prussia Mall, the area’s largest shopping mall (indeed, the largest mall on the East Coast).

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Die-in at Bangor nuclear sub base honors Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 21, 2013

photo by Leonard Eiger

8 ACTIVISTS ARRESTED

Activists from a local peace group blocked the main gate and staged a die-in at the Navy’s West Coast Trident nuclear submarine base for more than a half hour in an act of civil resistance to nuclear weapons.

Nearly fifty people participated in Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action’s annual celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Saturday, January 19, 2013.

Under the theme “We Are One,” the day focused on Dr. King’s commitment to nonviolence and his opposition to war and nuclear weapons.

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Six Los Alamos protesters convicted on two counts

Posted on January 10, 2013

from Support the LANL 6

The Los Alamos Hiroshima Day Six (LANL6) were arrested together in the street in front of Los Alamos National Laboratory (see their testimonies) and were tried in the local Los Alamos Municipal Court on January 9th 2013. In the closing argument of the five-hour trial the Defense Attorney reminded the Municipal Judge that the job of every judge in every state according to Article VI of the US Constitution must uphold highest law of the land—international treaties (including the NPT of 1970 enjoining the US to abolish nuclear weaponry) and that the defendants on August 6th 2012 were merely performing their duties (according to the Nuremberg principles) as civilians who are confronted with crimes against humanity.

The accused LANL6 may or may not comply with the penalties (including probation), and may or may not appeal for a trial De Novo. They are Summer, Wind, Cathie, Barbara, Pam & Janet.

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Thousands protest the Jaitapur nuclear power project; many arrested

Posted on January 6, 2013

[From the Nuclear Resister editors:  Anti-nuclear activists in India report that five thousand people protested the Jaitapur nuclear power project on January 2nd; 2,600 were arrested and released that evening.]

from World Nuclear News

Mass public unease at nuclear power development has emerged at Jaitapaur. Thousands of protestors were held by police as they attempted to surround the site of six planned reactors.

Groups representing villagers in the vicinity of the development in western Maharastra state said they were angered by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL’s) recent actions to move forward with tenders towards the future power plant’s facilities. They said tenders for a health clinic, fire station and security building showed the national government had not given their concerns sufficient attention and called for the project to be cancelled outright.

The march from surrounding towns to the plant on January 2 attracted around 2000 people, according to a Business Standard report. Leaders had intended to surround the 1000 hectare site and hand a letter to site managers, but the crowd was stopped and held by police around two kilometres from its destination.

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