The Nuclear Resister April, 2012 IN THIS E-BULLETIN: 1) DRONE ACTIONS AT HANCOCK AIR BASE, WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE AND CAMP WILLIAMS/VOLK FIELD 2) HUNDREDS ARRESTED AS EUROPEANS ACT AGAINST NATO 3) GOOD FRIDAY ARRESTS AT 6 U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS RELATED SITES 4) ACTION AT SITE OF NEW KANSAS CITY PLANT SAYS NO […]
Monthly Archive for April, 2012
photo by Hattie Nestel
Costumed in hazmat suits and toting Geiger counter props, eight members of the Shut It Down Affinity Group with three supporters leafleted with a Can Fukushima Happen Here? brochure in downtown Brattleboro on Tuesday, April 24. They then appeared in nearby Vernon to block the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant gate by chaining themselves to it and stretching crime scene tape across the driveway.
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from Joy First
Seven citizen activists were arrested for calling for an end to drone warfare at Camp Williams/Volk Field in Wisconsin on April 24. They are joining together with activists in New York, Nevada, California, Missouri, Illinois, and Maryland who are risking arrest in actions as they raise their voices to draw attention to the travesty and illegality of drone warfare.
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Towards a New Stage of Struggle: A Call from History
Revoke the Jeju naval base project!
Stop the deceptive propaganda about a civilian-military dual-use port!
Stop the blasts and destruction!
Stop the human rights violations! Stop pro-nuclear MD policy!
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Elliott Adams is arrested for asserting his Nuremberg obligations at Hancock Air Field. ©Dennis Nett/The Post Standard
Thirty-three members of the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones were preemptively arrested on Earth Day, April 22, two blocks from the entrance to Hancock Air Base. The arrests by the Onondaga County, New York sheriff’s deputies preempted political free speech as the anti-drone activists proceeded silently and in single file on the shoulder of a public road towards the air base entrance. Sheriff’s Department vehicles blockaded the road and police officers corralled the group.
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from SOA Watch
We Won’t Stop Until They Do!
On April 16, human rights activists took to the streets around Capitol Hill in a spirited parade, culminating a week of trainings, workshops, music and lobbying to close the School of the Americas. Police on foot, bicycle, motorcycle and in vehicles prohibited free passage of the march, limiting SOA Watch activists abilities to be heard and seen by Congressional staff.
Thirteen were arrested as they tried to lead the march down Independence Avenue in front of the Congressional buildings, but were impeded by dozens of police who blockaded their passage and expression of free speech.
The 13 were released over 6 hours later and ironically charged with “blocking passage”. Read their statements here.
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site of new Kansas City Plant, photo by Robyn Haas
by Jane Stoever
Here’s a report on our Midwest Trifecta Resista 4/13-15, sponsored by groups listed below, from KC & beyond. Thanks to all of you for your encouragement & support! We rallied at three sites–exhausting, wondrous. Kathy Kelly of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, based in Chicago, inspired us!
Some 28 of us held Bradley Manning support signs 4/14 a.m. at Fort Leavenworth in Leavenworth, Kan., and offered flyers to drivers. One sign demanded, “Free the truth teller!” Bradley, charged with releasing documents and video to Wikileaks, has been imprisoned there. He is now in Fort Meade, Md., for pretrial hearings with a possible court-martial trial in August, but he is expected to return to Fort Leavenworth later.
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Photo by Jo Yak Gol
On the morning of April 12, three women activists were arrested in front of the construction gate at the site of the planned naval base on Jeju Island. Different from the days before the election when the police usually fixated people from gathering, they arrested those when they blocked the gate. The three were charged with obstruction of business. They were moved to the Dongbu police station.
Five more people were arrested that day in Beobhwan, neighborhood village of Gangjeong, when they blocked a naval base construction truck. One of the five was simply taking a photo but police arrested him also, saying he was a leader of the team.
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Easter Greetings from Susan Crane
from the Disarm Now Plowshares blog
Dear Friends,
Thanks for your prayers, letters, books and encouragement. Your support means so much to me. And thanks for your work that brings us all closer to the Beloved Community.
I was walking back to the housing unit from dinner the other day, talking to a friend. She was reflecting on how contagious yawns are. Yes, I said, and violence is just as contagious as yawns! Here, in prison, it’s a matter of honor and respect; if someone hits you, you hit them back. And in our national dealings, the same is true. The exchange of violence is expected, accepted, and considered virtuous and reasonable. At least I can introduce the idea that there are people who think there are better solutions to problems than the use of violence and revenge.
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photo by Karl Mondon
LIVERMORE LAB, CALIFORNIA
By Denis Cuff
Contra Costa Times
Thirty four demonstrators were arrested peacefully Friday morning during an annual nuclear weapons protest at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
Keeping with a Good Friday protest tradition, some 100 to 150 protesters prayed and sang at the intersection of Vasco and Patterson Pass roads. Then they marched to the main gate of the lab and blocked it from about 8 to 10 a.m., said Don Johnston, a lab spokesman.
The event was peaceful, and lab employees entered and exited the facility at two other entrances while the main gate was blocked, he said.
The 34 demonstrators who chose to be arrested were cited and released, said Carolyn Scarr, program coordinator with the Berkeley-based Ecumenical Peace Institute.
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