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We’re vulnerable, but so are the warheads
by Molly Rush
I have admired Dan and Phil Berrigan since they burned draft records. I did visit Jonah House and met Liz McAlister and their young children.
I learned about a planned protest at General Electric (G.E.) from John Schuchardt and I expressed interest, so he drove me to the retreat to pray and plan for a nonviolent action to protest G.E.’s production of Mark 12A nuclear warheads.
It was a serious decision because my two youngest sons of our six children were just 12 and 15. But it was the height of the Cold War and we lived under the very real threat of nuclear war. I was very worried if they’d live to grow up.
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On November 13, 2017, the day after the conclusion of the SOA Watch Border Encuentro, there was a peace vigil at Tucson’s drone base in honor of Fr. Jerry Zawada, OFM, followed by a celebration of his life. You can read more about Jerry here: http://www.nukeresister.org/2017/07/25/jerry-zawada-presente/
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July 2017 IN THIS E-BULLETIN ACTIVISTS CUT FENCES, OCCUPY NUCLEAR WEAPONS BUNKER IN GERMANY FR. CARL KABAT ARRESTED AGAIN AT KANSAS CITY NUCLEAR WEAPONS PLANT ACTIVISTS BLOCKADE NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEPOT IN SCOTLAND ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS ARRESTED ON U.S. CAPITOL STEPS ONGOING RESISTANCE AT DES MOINES DRONE COMMAND CENTER FR. JERRY ZAWADA, PRESENTE! PLEASE SUPPORT IMPRISONED ANTI-NUCLEAR […]
There was a peace vigil to honor the life of Fr. Jerry Zawada on Monday, November 13 at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona, followed by a celebration of his life (photos, readings, etc. are posted here).
Fr. Jerry Zawada OFM – nuclear resister, peace and justice activist, Franciscan friar – died on the morning of July 25 at the age of 80. Jerry served his early years as a Franciscan priest in the Philippines, and later worked with the homeless, war refugees and survivors of torture in Chicago, Milwaukee, Mexico, Las Vegas, Tucson and elsewhere. Jerry was imprisoned for two years in the late 1980s for repeated trespass at nuclear missile silos in the midwest; served three six-month prison sentences (2001, 2003, 2005) for trespass at the School of the Americas in Fort Benning Georgia, and two months in prison in 2007 after crossing the line to protest torture training at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. A few years ago, his advocacy for and celebration of mass with women priests earned a disciplinary letter from the Vatican.
He never stopped standing up and speaking out for a peaceful, just and nuclear-free world, even when in recent years he slowed down physically and wasn’t quite sure how fast his legs would carry him. His life will remain an example and inspiration to so many – those who knew and loved him, and those he never had an opportunity to meet.
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from the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance
In Washington, D.C. on July 12 – the 200th anniversary of Henry David Thoreau’s birth – six anti-war activists with the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) and several supporters visited both the Senate and House Office Buildings. They first went to Room 317 in the Russell Office Building to deliver a petition to Sen. Mitch McConnell (scroll down to read petition). A staffer graciously accepted the petition, and indicated that it would be delivered to someone in the office who works on military spending.
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January 2017 IN THIS E-BULLETIN TWO PEACE ACTIVISTS ARRESTED AFTER ENTERING BAE WARPLANE SITE IN ENGLAND SIXTEEN ARRESTED IN ACTIONS AGAINST TORTURE PAIR ARRESTED AFTER LABELING CALIFORNIA DRONE BASE A “CRIME SCENE” CHELSEA MANNING’S SENTENCE COMMUTED OBAMA DENIED CLEMENCY FOR LEONARD PELTIER PLEASE SUPPORT IMPRISONED ANTI-NUCLEAR AND ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS – THE NUCLEAR RESISTER NEEDS YOU! […]
100s DEMAND THAT GUANTANAMO BE SHUT DOWN
Clad in orange jumpsuits and Shut Down Guantanamo t-shirts, activists with Witness Against Torture (WAT) took over the Hart Senate Building on January 11 with a message for Senators, staffers, and the general public. They marked the 15th anniversary of the opening of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The message was “Shut Down Guantanamo,” “No Torture Cabinet” and “Hate Doesn’t Make U.S. Great.” These statements were painted on banners that activists dropped from a balcony and spread on the floor as 9 members of the group dressed in orange jumpsuits and black hoods held a die-in, mourning those Muslim men who died at Guantanamo without ever being charged with a crime. The nine, plus three others, were arrested by Capitol Police as supporters sang “Oh America, don’t believe their lies. Their politics of hate will destroy our children’s lives.” The balconies were crowded with onlookers as the action unfolded. One of the two who unfurled the “No Torture Cabinet” banner was also taken into custody.
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