The Nuclear Resister networks the anti-nuclear and anti-war resistance movement while acting as a clearinghouse for information about contemporary nonviolent resistance to war and the nuclear threat. Our emphasis is on support for the women and men jailed for these actions. This website is the online companion to the Nuclear Resister newsletter, a more comprehensive chronicle.
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A 27-year-old Polish Carmelite monk now sits in a Belarusian prison, facing a possible death sentence on suspicion of espionage after reportedly being found with a photocopy of a classified document related to the “Zapad-2025” war games involving the Russian nuclear weapons now stationed in Belarus.
On September 4, 2025, when Grzegorz Gawel was visiting the town of Lepel, north of Minsk, officers of the Belarusian State Security Committee (KGB) followed the monk into a town park and took video as he met an unidentified Belarusian man who handed him a sheaf of papers. Video of Gawel’s arrest minutes later was soon broadcast on state television to support the charge that he sought the sensitive papers on behalf of Polish state intelligence agencies. It was alleged he had “contacted a Belarusian citizen via social media and offered to cooperate with the Polish special services.”
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photo by Paul Sheldon
A faithful group of activists from the Brandywine Peace Community gathered on a cold Martin Luther King Day at the entrance to the King of Prussia facility of Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest nuclear weapons contractor and war profiteer. There were readings from King’s acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, and the sounding of a large gong commemorating the lives lost to war and injustice.
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Two nuclear resisters represented themselves at a September 2 bench trial before Judge Robert Forman in Pima County Consolidated Justice Court.
John Heid and Elizabeth Murray had been arrested during a prayerful nonviolent resistance action on Ash Wednesday, March 5 at the Raytheon weapons factory in Tucson, Arizona. Together with members of the Pacific Life Community, they gathered outside of Raytheon that day for a prayer vigil to protest the development and production of a new nuclear missile at the plant. They both were charged with misdemeanor trespass after continuing their prayers onto Raytheon’s property.
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The Nuclear Resister has produced the following series of Nuclear Resister Stories for Nuclear Hotseat, a weekly podcast produced by Libbe HaLevy. In these 5-minute episodes, Jack Cohen-Joppa tells stories of actions for a nuclear-free future, culled from the archives of the Nuclear Resister newsletter.
#1 The first nuclear resisters
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Solemn and Powerful Gathering at the Livermore Lab Gates on the 80th Anniversary of the US Bombing of Hiroshima
by Marylia Kelley and Scott Yundt
Around 100 people gathered at the Westgate entrance to Livermore Lab on the morning of Tuesday, August 6, 2025 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.
The theme of the event was, 80 Years of Nuclear Devastation: Remember our History, Reshape Our Future.
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Photo by Mark Stroh
from the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action
Peace activists block highway entrance to the Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor in 80th remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings
Thirty-five people were present on August 11th at a demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. The demonstration was in the roadway at the Main Gate of Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor during early morning rush hour traffic.
At around 6:45 a.m. on Monday, demonstrators arrived at the Main Gate and formed a vigil line along the roadway. At around 7:10 a.m., four “peacekeepers” entered the roadway and stopped traffic, while behind them, demonstrators held a banner declaring “Hiroshima-Nagasaki Never Again.” Another banner stated “No More Genocide In My Name.”
Six demonstrators then set themselves on the roadway with images of children who died in the bombings in August 1945. One at a time, demonstrators read the names of the children, and a description of the end of each child’s life.
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The following is an adaptation of a presentation given by Jack Cohen-Joppa at the Pacific Life Community retreat held in St. David, Arizona in March 2025 (published in the August 2025 issue of the Catholic Agitator, newsletter of the Los Angeles Catholic Worker).
THE WAR IN OUR BACKYARD
by Jack Cohen-Joppa
On the ancestral lands of the Western Apache and O’odham peoples, the United States is peddling war and death.
In fact, more than sunshine, saguaros and scenic vistas, more than copper, cattle, cotton, and citrus, the largest dollar-value export of things made in Tucson — and in fact in all of Arizona — is war and carnage. Most of that is weapons that come direct from Raytheon’s Tucson plants.
Here in southern Arizona, we have all been sold on and suckered into war. For more than four decades, this region has suckled on the profits of war, and it sucks.
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On the afternoon of August 6, about 25 people gathered at the King of Prussia, Pennsylvania facility of Lockheed Martin to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and demonstrate against Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest war profiteer. The protesters stood side-by-side along the sidewalk, which was lined with bright banners. They waved peace flags, carried protest signs, and tolled the historic peace bell of the Brandywine Peace Community.
Musician Tom Mullian accompanied himself on the guitar and sang two of his songs about resistance and determination. Robert Smith, co-founder and coordinator of the Brandywine Peace Community, spoke briefly about the history of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the urgency of abolishing nuclear weapons, and the importance of persistence.
Following the program, three of those present crossed onto Lockheed Martin property to carry the message of no more war and no nuclear weapons directly to the company’s employees. Paul Sheldon, Bob Smith and Fr. Pat Sieber, OSF were moved off the property by police and cited for trespassing.
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Blockaders Shut Down Holloman AFB to “Put Our Bodies Between the Drones and the Children of Gaza” – One Arrested
Anti-drone activists from across the U.S. shut down the West Gate entrance at New Mexico’s Holloman Air Force Base early in the morning of April 23 for nearly an hour. The demonstration was part of the third annual “week of resistance” to the covert U.S. drone warfare program.
Activists donned signs with names and ages of young Gazan children killed, and blocked traffic while chanting “15 thousand children killed in Gaza. No drones for genocide.”
One protester, Toby Blomé, was arrested after lying down on pavement in front of a stalled car when military police threatened to arrest her. She was ultimately handcuffed, detained, cited with a federal trespassing charge and released.
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