May 2015
IN THIS E-BULLETIN
SABOTAGE CONVICTION OVERTURNED; SR. MEGAN, MICHAEL AND GREG RELEASED FROM PRISON!
FIVE NUCLEAR ABOLITIONISTS ARRESTED AT MOTHER’S DAY ACTION AT TRIDENT SUB BASE
MOTHER’S DAY ACTION AT PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; TWO ARRESTED
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Sabotage conviction overturned; Sr. Megan, Michael and Greg released from prison!
Sr. Megan Rice, Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed spent 2 years in prison for their 2012 Transform Now Plowshares direct disarmament action at the Y-12 nuclear weapons complex in Tennessee. Sr. Megan Rice was due out in November, 2015; Greg Boertje-Obed and Michael Walli were due out in fall, 2017. But their lawyers appealed their sabotage conviction… and it was overturned! On May 16 all three were released from prison!!! Their message – and the work – continues: DISARM NUCLEAR WEAPONS!
Read more about the sabotage conviction being overturned here.
Read more about their release here.
Five nuclear abolitionists arrested at Mother’s Day action at Trident sub base
Activists briefly blockaded the entrance to a west coast nuclear weapons base in a statement against U.S. Nuclear modernization efforts on the eve of Mothers Day. On Saturday, April 9, anti-nuclear weapons activists gathered at the main entrance gate to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Silverdale, Washington, home to eight of the nation’s fourteen OHIO Class (Trident) ballistic missile submarines. Carrying signs saying “Our children deserve better”, five protesters walked into the roadway and blocked traffic entering the base. Washington State Patrol officers moved in and escorted the protesters off the roadway.
Read more here.
Mother’s Day action at Pilgrim nuclear power plant; two arrested
Cape Downwinders amped up their campaign to shut down the aging Pilgrim nuclear power plant with a Mad As Hell Mother’s Day Rumble on May 10. A picnic and rally was followed by a walk to the plant gate where the protesters drummed, honked and chanted. Elaine Dickinson and Paul Rifkin crossed the road and walked toward the police line at the plant’s entrance. They were arrested for trespass, cited and released with a July 15 court date.
Read more here.
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