September 2013 IN THIS E-BULLETIN SENTENCING POSTPONED FOR TRANSFORM NOW PLOWSHARES ACTIVISTS WRITE A LETTER SUPPORTING PVT. MANNING’S REQUEST FOR CLEMENCY JERRY EBNER BEGINS SIX MONTH SENTENCE 22 BLOCKADERS ARRESTED AT AWE BURGHFIELD NINE WOMEN CHAIN SHUT VERMONT YANKEE GATE Sentencing Postponed for Transform Now Plowshares Activists Sentencing for the Transform Now Plowshares […]
Monthly Archive for September, 2013
Shut It Downers advance to the Vermont Yankee gate. Photo by Marcia Gagliardi
VERNON, Vermont—Making good on their promise to continue demonstrating at Entergy’s Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant until an uncontaminated green field stands in place of the still-operating nuclear reactor, on September 18 nine members of the Shut It Down Affinity Group chained themselves to the gate and spray painted the words “Shut It Down Today” on Entergy’s driveway.
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actionawe.org photo by Brian
by Andreas Speck
Early in the morning of September 2, activists from all over Europe blockaded the two gates of AWE Burghfield, where Britain’s nuclear warheads are assembled and maintained. For almost an hour, all vehicle access to AWE Burghfield was blocked, until police cleared a lock-on blockade of six Finnish activists on The Mearings to the south of the main gate. Later, a blockade of Scottish activists and another blockade of Belgian activists were cleared to the east of AWE Burghfield, near construction gate. Twenty-two activists were arrested by police.
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Jerry Ebner before being arrested at Offutt AFB on December 28, 2012. Photo by Frank Cordaro
On September 2, Jerry Ebner began a six month prison sentence for crossing the line at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska during a December 28, 2012 Feast of the Holy Innocents witness. The base is home to the U.S. Strategic Command, where officers and consultants constantly plan and prepare for global thermonuclear war.
Letters of support should be sent to Gerald Ebner 24467-045, Lexington Federal Medical Center, POB 14500, Lexington, KY 40512. Help with donations to his commissary account is also welcome. As with all contributions to a federal prisoner’s account, a postal money order payable to his full name and ID# must be sent to Federal Bureau of Prisons, Gerald A. Ebner 24467-045, POB 47401, Des Moines, IA 50947-0001. Jerry has no source for cash on the inside except for what friends and supporters can send him, so please help if you are able.
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