December 2019/January 2020
IN THIS E-BULLETIN
MLK DAY ACTION AT LOCKHEED MARTIN RESULTS IN FIVE ARRESTS
EIGHT ARRESTED AT PENTAGON MARK MASSACRE OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS
TWO WOMEN ARRESTED AT COULPORT, ONE AT TRIDENT NUCLEAR WARHEAD LOADING JETTY
STOP THE NEW NUCLEAR ARMS RACE – CONFERENCE IN TN, MAY 2020 Register now! Sponsor/endorse! Spread the word!
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MLK Day action at Lockheed Martin results in five arrests
On January 20, as a peace bell tolled loudly, nuclear abolition activists with the Brandywine Peace Community stretched crime scene tape across the driveway of the Lockheed Martin corporate complex in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. The group gathered in the cold and wind on Martin Luther King Day, as they have each year since 1995. After sharing a song and Statement of Commitment, five of the activists attempted to deliver poster size copies of their statement to Lockheed Martin personnel. Company security police vehicles blocked the delivery, and police soon arrested the five, who were cited for disorderly conduct and released from the Upper Merion police station.
Read more here.
Eight arrested at Pentagon mark massacre of the Holy Innocents
About 40 people from the Atlantic and Southern Life communities gathered on December 27-28 in Washington, D.C. for a retreat and nonviolent witness to commemorate the Massacre of the Holy Innocents, past and present. On December 27, eight of the activists went to the Pentagon’s southeast checkpoint to leaflet, where Pentagon workers arrive and depart. The rest of the group held signs and banners nearby. Two of the leafletters read a Litany interspersed with the refrain: “War Hurts Children – Help Us End War’ before all eight were arrested. They were taken to the Pentagon Police Center, where they were processed and charged with “interfering with agency functions” and “disobeying a lawful order”. All were released within several hours with a February 20 court date.
Read more here.
Two women arrested at Coulport, one at Trident nuclear warhead loading jetty
Two Faslane peace campers were arrested on January 28, one of them just a few yards from the Trident warhead loading jetty at Coulport on Loch Long, Scotland. Sylvia Boyes and Willemien Hoogendoorn hung banners at the pedestrian gate, and a hole (first cut on October 8) was re-opened. After about an hour, Sylvia went through the hole with a banner to hang directly in front of the warhead loading bay. The banner read “TRIDENT – An atrocity waiting to happen”. Despite openly carrying out these actions, it took at least 1.5 hours for the Ministry of Defence police to arrive. Willemien was arrested at the pedestrian gate, and Sylvia was arrested immediately in front of the loading bay.
Read more here.
Stop the New Nuclear Arms Race – Conference in TN, May 2020
“Those who say a world without nuclear weapons is impossible need to get out of the way of those who are making it happen.” – Beatrice Fihn, ICAN
REGISTER NOW! SPONSOR OR ENDORSE! SPREAD THE WORD!
Nukewatch, the Nuclear Resister, and the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (OREPA) invite you to attend
But the movement for abolition is reviving, with new tools, new energy, and renewed commitment.
Join us May 22-25, 2020 at Maryville College near Knoxville, Tennessee as we strategize how to use the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to achieve nuclear disarmament.
People are working in many ways for nuclear disarmament, with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the great work of ICAN helping to generate grassroots activity across the globe. As of late January 2020, thirty-five countries have ratified the Treaty – only 15 more are needed for it to enter into force! At this critical time in the movement for a future free of nuclear weapons, we are coming together to learn about global efforts to abolish nukes and to meet our colleagues from across the U.S. and around the world to network, strategize and collaborate as we move forward.
You can register here.
Rooms at the college are two beds to a room – a limited number of single occupancies are available at a higher rate.
$200 covers registration, room and board for shared rooms; $300 for single rooms; $64 for local or non-resident participants. Children under 10, in parents’ room: $48; Childcare will be available during day sessions.
The conference begins Friday evening, May 22 and will end at the Y-12 bomb plant in Oak Ridge on Monday morning.
Maryville College is 10 minutes from Knoxville’s McGhee Tyson Airport; shuttles will be arranged.
HOW TO SPONSOR, ENDORSE, HELP SPREAD THE WORD
Whether or not you can attend, we invite you or your group to become a sponsor or endorser of the gathering – info is here.
We ask sponsors for a $40 contribution – a dollar for each year of work and action for a nuclear-free future by Nukewatch and the Nuclear Resister. A sponsorship will include: having you or your group listed in the registration packet, on a poster at the registration area, on the website and in email promotions. Sponsorship also includes free table space at the gathering. If a sponsoring group is unable to attend, they can send a newsletter or couple of pieces of literature to Tennessee, and we will put the items on a literature table. Please pay online here or make checks and money orders payable to Nukewatch and send to Nukewatch, 740A Round Lake Road, Luck, WI 54853.
We also welcome your support as an endorser, which costs you nothing (we’ll always accept contributions!) but makes public your support for the gathering. Endorsers will be listed on the website and in email promotions.
We encourage you to place an announcement or ad about the gathering in your group’s newsletter, on your group’s website, and to send an announcement to your listservs or otherwise help spread the word.
Peace, and with thanks for your work to help build a better world,
Ralph Hutchison, OREPA
Bonnie Urfer, Nukewatch
John LaForge, Nukewatch
Kelly Lundeen, Nukewatch
SPONSORS (more to come!)
Groups
Michigan Stop the Nuclear Bombs Campaign – MISTNBC
Nipponzan Myohoji, Great Smoky Mountains Peace Pagoda
puppetista collective
Individuals
Dr. Art Milholland & Dr. Luann Mostello
ENDORSERS
Groups
Ban Uranium Mining Permanently collective (BUMP)
Individuals
Guy Larry Osborne
Read more here.
Please support imprisoned anti-nuclear and anti-war activists – The Nuclear Resister needs YOU!
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