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 our online companion to the Nuclear Resister newsletter, a more comprehensive chronicle.
On August 6, 2026, peace activists and community members gathered outside the West Gate of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and to demand the abolition of nuclear weapons. Under…
On Hiroshima Day 2026, members of the Brandywine Peace Community gathered at Lockheed Martin in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, to call for nuclear disarmament. Two participants were arrested for trespassing while attempting to deliver their message.
Fr. John Dear interviews longtime Nuclear Resister co-editor Jack Cohen-Joppa about more than four decades of grassroots resistance to nuclear weapons and war. Their conversation explores the history of nonviolent direct action, today’s renewed nuclear threat, and the continuing work…
On the weekend of May 16-17, 200-300 people gathered near Red Butte, or Wii’i Gdwiisa, birthplace of the Havasupai people, to protest the Pinyon Plain Mine, a uranium mine owned by Energy Fuels Resources, Inc. The highly radioactive uranium is…
A protester who camped out atop one of Washington’s bridges for six days has come down, ending his stand against artificial intelligence and the US-Israeli war in Iran. Guido Reichstadter, a Florida-based activist, was seen coming down on Wednesday from…
Arriving at the Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC) at 5:30 a.m. on April 27 went as planned for the Midwest Catholic Workers Retreat and Resistance. But nothing between our arrival and the receipt of tickets by nine line-crossers was…
At noon on Monday, April 20, our Executive Director Mike Prysner and CCW client Tyler Romero were arrested alongside over 60 veterans and military family members, some with loved ones deployed to the Middle East, in a civil disobedience action…
[Update: Daithí O’Corrain was released on bail at the end of April.] Mid-morning on April 11, 47-year-old Daithí O’Corrain entered an unauthorized area of Ireland’s Shannon Airport, climbed up on the wing of a U.S. military plane and began to…
On Wednesday, April 8, 15 activists with Shut Down Drone Warfare blocked the entry road to Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, holding two banners reading “Refuse Illegal Orders” and “Drone Pilots Refuse to Fly!”. They were protesting the…
