Monthly Archive for January, 2025

In last hours of presidency, Biden commutes Leonard Peltier’s life sentence

From the White House

Statement from President Joe Biden

January 20, 2025

The President is commuting the life sentence imposed on Leonard Peltier so that he serves the remainder of his sentence in home confinement. He is now 80 years old, suffers from severe health ailments, and has spent the majority of his life (nearly half a century) in prison. This commutation will enable Mr. Peltier to spend his remaining days in home confinement but will not pardon him for his underlying crimes.  

Mr. Peltier is a Native American activist who is currently serving life in prison for killing two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and escaping from federal prison. Tribal Nations, Nobel Peace laureates, former law enforcement officials (including the former U.S. Attorney whose office oversaw Mr. Peltier’s prosecution and appeal), dozens of lawmakers, and human rights organizations strongly support granting Mr. Peltier clemency, citing his advanced age, illnesses, his close ties to and leadership in the Native American community, and the substantial length of time he has already spent in prison.

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Activist arrested on MLK Day at Lockheed Martin

Photo by Fran Sheldon

It’s Martin Luther King Day at Lockheed Martin, world’s largest war profiteer and nuclear weapons contractor. It’s the place to be today, even if cool and windy for an intrepid ten of us. We held Bob Smith in our hearts, who couldn’t be with us for health reasons.
I attempted to carry a copy of the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to their doorstep, but instead ending up handing it to their head of security on their property. My intention had been to proceed, but instead I was arrested for being on their property after a warning. I was cited with trespass (not the usual disorderly conduct charge) and then released on site. 

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Nuclear resister Susan Crane released after 7.5 month prison term in Germany

Photo by Cristiane Danowski

from Nukewatch

U.S. Activist Ends 7.5-Month Prison Term in Germany;

Jailed for Protests Against U.S. “Nuclear Sharing”

by John LaForge

Susan Crane of Redwood City, California was released from prison in Koblenz, Germany on Friday, January 17, 2025, after spending 7.5 months incarcerated for trespass convictions and refusing to pay fines stemming from a string of nonviolent protests against U.S. nuclear weapons stationed at the Büchel air force base, southeast of Cologne.

On June 4, 2024, Crane began serving a 230-day sentence at the Wöllstein-Rohrbach prison in Rhineland-Palatinate, the longest term yet imposed in the decades-long campaign of protests against the American-made free-fall, gravity bombs known as B61s at the base. Dutch peace activist Susan van der Hijden from Amsterdam served 115-days along with Crane for similar convictions. After ten days at Wöllstein, the two were transferred to the Offener Vollzug or the “open prison” in Koblenz, a less severe system that permits daytime work release. Crane was welcomed by the Martin Luther Evangelical Church community of Koblenz and did light work around the church grounds for many weeks.

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~ from Koblenz Open Prison, Germany – Prison reflections by Susan Crane, soon to be released from prison

From Susan Crane, Koblenz Open Prison, Germany January 12, 2025 After entering a German prison on June 4, 2024, I will be released on January 17, 2025 – more than 7 months of incarceration for convictions resulting from nonviolent actions at Büchel air base in Germany, where U.S. nuclear weapons are deployed. The nonviolent actions at the […]

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Nuclear Resister E-bulletin Autumn/Winter 2024 – 2025

Nuclear Resister donations DOUBLED through the end of January 2025! Click here. Autumn/Winter 2024 – 2025 IN THIS E-BULLETIN 10,000+ ARRESTS DEMAND CEASEFIRE NOW CEASEFIRE BLOCKADES OF TRAVIS AFB RESULT IN 28 ARRESTS  ACTIONS COMMEMORATE ATOMIC BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI  TWO WOMEN ARRESTED AT BEALE AFB PROTEST BLOCKADE ARREST AT CREECH AFB INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ […]

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