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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’ DAY AT NEVADA TEST SITE
A PRISON COMIC: “WHY IS MY GRANDMA IN PRISON?”
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10,000 arrests demand Ceasefire Now
Since October of 2023, thousands of protests and direct actions around the world have called for a ceasefire and end to Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. In a day-by-day record of dissent, the Nuclear Resister has chronicled more than 10,000 arrests through November, 2024 (and still counting) in the U.S. and Canada on over 425 occasions across more than 140 cities and towns in 37 states and five provinces. More than one third of those have occurred on the campus of at least 70 colleges and universities. It marks the largest surge of anti-war arrests since mid-April, 2003, when the Nuclear Resister reported over 7,500 anti-war arrests in the U.S. alone in the lead-up to and first weeks of the second U.S. invasion of Iraq.
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Ceasefire blockades of Travis AFB result in 28 arrests
Twenty-eight activists were arrested on November 20 for blockading all four entrances to Travis Air Force Base, California’s largest, in an attempt to interrupt the shipment of weapons to Israel from the base. They handed out flyers that asked, “Why are we blocking access to Travis Air Base and messing up your day?” The flyer explained that November 20 is World Children’s Day, and weapons sent to Israel from Travis are being used to kill children. The protesters were charged with blocking the road and not following a lawful order. All were released by the end of the day.
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Actions commemorate atomic bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY
Around 100 people gathered at the Westgate entrance to Livermore Lab on the morning of August 6 to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. After listening to speakers, activists participated in a Japanese tradition of Bon, performing symbolic dance steps in the road to remember those killed in Japan. Twenty-three people then blocked the gate to the Lab and were arrested. All were cited and released. The nonviolent direct action was named the Daniel Ellsberg Memorial Risk Arrest Action.
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NAVAL BASE KITSAP BANGOR
Eight nuclear weapons abolition activists were removed from the roadway on the morning of August 5 by the Washington State Patrol after blocking the entrance to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, site of the world’s largest concentration of deployed nuclear weapons. They were cited for being “pedestrians in the roadway”, and then released on site. The action was part of the annual demonstration organized by the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action to commemorate the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in August 1945. Most of the blockaders were wearing black t-shirts that read “Pope Francis Says Possessing Nuclear Weapons is Immoral” in white letters on the front and back.
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VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE
Jeff Dietrich and Catherine Morris of the Los Angeles Catholic Worker renewed their wedding vows on Saturday, August 10 during a protest at California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly Air Force Base). Seventy-five people joined them to celebrate their 50th anniversary – five decades together of community, hospitality, love and resistance! – and to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The U.S. test-launches nuclear missiles from the Vandenberg base. After renewing their vows, Catherine and Jeff crossed onto base property (90-year-old Catherine with the aid of a walker), along with Frank Cordaro, Nuri Ronaghe and Dimitri Kadiev. All were cited and released.
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Two women arrested at Beale AFB protest
Two activists, Catherine Hourcade and Chris Nelson, were arrested on October 9 at Beale Air Force Base in Marysville, California. With the help of walkers, the two women crossed the property line onto the base to deliver a letter to the base commander addressing their concerns about nuclear weapons, the killing of innocents by U.S. drones, military control of space and more. A Yuba County sheriff cited them for “trespass onto private property”. They are involved with Occupy Beale, a coalition of northern California peace activists who have demonstrated against militarism at Beale Air Force Base every month for 14 years.
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Blockade arrest at Creech AFB
A group of activists with Veterans for Peace, CodePink and Ban Killer Drones converged October 13 – 19 in the southern Nevada desert at Creech Air Force Base for a week of nonviolent resistance to the illegal U.S. drone warfare program. It was the 15th annual protest at the base, located an hour northwest of Las Vegas. On October 16, a nonviolent blockade of the entrance road temporarily halted business as usual at the base with a large banner: “Send Food to Gaza, not Weapons to Israel”. Most blockaders stayed in the road until police gave dispersal orders. Toby Blomé held the blockade for as long as possible, displaying a sign directed at the Creech AFB commander: “Prosecute Col. Pederson 4 War Crimes.” She was arrested, detained for an hour, then cited and released.
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day at Nevada test site
On October 14, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Catherine Hourcade crossed the boundary line of the Nevada National Security Site and was given a citation for trespass. A short while earlier, she had joined with others in a Shoshone/Paiute sunrise ceremony, led by Jeremiah Jones. The group then walked the short distance to the entrance of the nuclear weapons test site. Carrying the tribal permit Jones had issued, granting Hourcade permission to be on Shoshone land, she entered test site property and handed the officer the permit along with her ID. He asked her why she had trespassed, and whether it was because of the Shoshone. “Yes!”, she replied, “This is sacred Shoshone land and you don’t belong here!” She told the officer about the contamination there because of nuclear bomb tests.
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A Prison Comic: “Why is My Grandma in Prison?”
Starting in June 2024, nuclear resisters Susan Crane and Susan van der Hijden spent a lot of time in their shared cell at Rohrbach prison in Germany. With paper and colored pencils, they created something special for Susan Crane’s grandchildren – the comic, “Why is my Grandma in Prison?”.
The women were later moved to an open prison in Koblenz. They had been convicted and sentenced on charges stemming from multiple nonviolent actions at Büchel air base, where U.S. nuclear weapons are stored. Susan van der Hijden was released on September 26, and Susan Crane will be released on January 17.
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