Honoring the anti-war activism and nonviolent action program of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., eight anti-war activists from around the U.S. and Canada, were arrested for trespass January 14 at Project E.L.F., the submarine communications system near Clam Lake, Wisconsin. The "extremely low frequency" transmitter sends one-way messages to submerged U.S. and British nuclear-armed Trident submarines.

The protest concluded a King holiday weekend gathering at Anathoth Community Farm -- an intentional peace community near Luck, Wisconsin -- involving peace activists from Minnesota and North Dakota, in addition to 21 international volunteers from the Chicago-based Christian Peacemaker Teams. C.P.T. trains activists in unarmed intervention and sends volunteers to areas of conflict around the world.

Recalling that Dr. King said, "We have guided missiles and misguided men," the group studied the pacifist writings and the nonviolent action techniques of the slain civil rights leader. The group also reviewed current Navy policy regarding first-strike nuclear war plans as they pertain to the Trident fleet and Project ELF.

The eight activists arrested were cited for trespass and then released.

For more information, contact Nukewatch, P.O. Box 649, Luck, WI 54853, (715)472-4185, nukewtch@lakeland.ws.