The Nuclear Resister
March, 2012
IN THIS E-BULLETIN:
1) HUNDREDS OF ANTI-NUCLEAR POWER ARRESTS IN INDIA – letters needed
2) JEJU ISLAND RESISTANCE HEATS UP AS BLASTING FOR NAVAL BASE BEGINS – letters needed
3) OVER 170 ACTIVISTS ARRESTED IN 3 STATES SAY: SHUT DOWN VERMONT YANKEE NUKE
4) TWO ACTIONS AT VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE RESULT IN ARRESTS
5) WOMEN PAINT FOR PEACE AT GLASGOW RECRUITING OFFICE
6) THREE MONTH PRISON SENTENCE FOR SCOTLAND ANTI-NUCLEAR COURT GRAFFITI
7) WRITE A NOTE OF SUPPORT TO ANTI-NUCLEAR & ANTI-WAR PRISONERS
8) UPCOMING NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTIONS
Hundreds of anti-nuclear power arrests in India
SEND A LETTER TO TOP INDIAN OFFICIALS
from Michael Mariotte, Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Dr. S.P. Udayakumar (Kumar to his friends, and I consider myself one of them) is a longtime leader in the peaceful resistance to nuclear power in India, as well as a leader in the NIRS/WISE international network. The Indian government has threatened to charge him with terrorism and “waging war” for his role in leading the nonviolent citizens movement against operation of the nearly-completed Kudankulam nuclear reactors in the Tamil Nadu section of southern India.
He is currently with 10,000 other people protesting near the reactor site. Some are on a hunger strike. Some 10,000 police have surrounded the protestors and reportedly are blocking the media from entering the area.
Read more here.
Also read this NR blog post.
Jeju Island resistance heats up as blasting for naval base begins
WRITE TO THE JEJU ISLAND GOVERNOR AND SIGN THE PETITION
Despite growing condemnation at home and abroad, Korean navy contractors backed by hundreds of special police brought in from the mainland to repress local protest have for the last two weeks been dynamiting the unique volcanic coastline on Jeju Island to prepare the site for construction of a new navy base. The area near Gangjeong village is known as the Gureombi for its rounded rock forms that have long been regarded by locals as sacred. Scores of people – from local residents to church and NGO leaders and international observers – have been arrested, beaten, jailed and some deported during that time.
Read more here.
Also read this NR blog post.
Over 170 activists arrested in 3 states say: Shut down Vermont Yankee nuke
On March 22, the day after the original operating license for the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant expired, more than 170 people in three states were arrested at protests demanding that the reactor be shut down now.
Civil resistance actions organized by the Safe and Green Energy Alliance took place at reactor owner Entergy Nuclear’s local office in Brattleboro, as well as corporate offices in White Plains, New York and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Read more here.
Two actions at Vandenberg Air Force Base result in arrests
February 25
The latest nuclear missile provocation came in the dark, with an unbeastly roar that pierced the chilly coastal fog in the wee hours of February 25. A shimmering light rose above the clouds and arched over the Pacific Ocean, the incomparable threat to distant enemies reaffirmed.
Witnessing the latest midnight test flight of a first-strike Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from the gate of Vandenberg Air Force Base was a group of nearly 100 demonstrators, the largest nuclear missile launch protest there in nearly 30 years. Fifteen members of the group crossed from the designated protest area onto base property, where they were arrested for trespassing.
Read more here.
March 12
Thirteen people from the Pacific Life Community were arrested on Monday, March 12, as they blocked the roadway to the main gate at Vandenberg Air Force Base on the California coast.The nonviolent direct action was the culmination of a three day retreat in Santa Barbara, California, where over 50 people from various faith-based groups on the West Coast gathered to pray, study, and reflect upon the consequences of U.S. imperial policy carried out from Vandenberg AFB.
Read more here.
Women paint for peace at Glasgow recruiting office
Three women painted the windows of the Army recruiting office in Glasgow, Scotland on March 1 in protest at the dishonest propaganda used to persuade young people to join up.
At 8 a.m., Barbara Dowling and Leonna O’Neill painted in large colourful letters “DON’T JOIN UP. DON’T BELIEVE THE LYING ADVERTS”, “GUNS, BOMBS, TANKS? NO THANKS” and “NO TO WAR” on the windows of the Queen Street office.
Read more here.
Three month prison sentence for Scotland anti-nuclear court graffiti
Two peace activists were sentenced today in Dumbarton (Scotland) Sheriff Court for painting “political graffiti” on the walls of the court following a 2010 trial in which they maintained that the court did not uphold international law with respect to the illegality of the Trident nuclear weapon system. Barbara Dowling, a retired Occuptational Therapist, 67, of Knightswood was given 3 months in prison and Janet Fenton, 64, Secretary of Scottish CND was given 120 hours Community Service.
Read more here.
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