February/March 2015
IN THIS E-BULLETIN
THIRTY-FOUR DRONE PROTESTERS ARRESTED AT CREECH AIR BASE BLOCKADE
SEVEN ACTIVISTS ARRESTED CLOSING HANCOCK DRONE BASE GATE WITH GIANT BOOKS
SIX ARRESTED ON ASH WEDNESDAY AT BEALE AIR BASE KILLER DRONE PROTEST
THREE TRIDENT PLOUGHSHARES ACTIVISTS ARRESTED AT FASLANE NAVAL BASE IN SCOTLAND
TWELVE NUCLEAR ABOLITIONISTS ARRESTED AT LOCKHEED MARTIN
FR. BILL “BIX” BICHSEL, S.J. – PRESENTE!
JUANITA NELSON – PRESENTE!
PLEASE SUPPORT IMPRISONED ANTI-NUCLEAR AND ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS – THE NUCLEAR RESISTER NEEDS YOU!
Thirty-four drone protesters arrested at Creech air base blockade
Anti-drone protesters who said they wanted to spotlight war crimes and connect with pilots were arrested on March 6 after trying to block the entrance Friday at a U.S. Air Force base in southern Nevada. More than 100 people were assembled Friday morning outside the Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs near Las Vegas. Thirty-four were arrested.
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Seven activists arrested closing Hancock drone base gate with giant books
At 9:15 a.m. on March 19, the 12th anniversary of the U.S.’ illegal invasion of Iraq, seven members of the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars were arrested after shutting the main gate of the Hancock Drone Base (near Syracuse, New York) with a giant copy of the U.N. Charter and three other giant books – Dirty Wars (Jeremy Scahill), Living Under Drones (NYU and Stanford Law Schools), and You Never Die Twice (Reprieve).
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Six arrested on Ash Wednesday at Beale air base killer drone protest
On the afternoon of February 18, six people – including several clergy members and military veterans – were arrested during an Ash Wednesday service at the gate of Beale Air Force Base during an act of “repentance” for the innocent people killed by the U.S. government’s fleet of killer drones.
Participants spread ashes memorializing those of children killed by U.S. drones overseas. The four women and two men who crossed the line also carried an indictment with them onto the base. They were charged with trespassing onto federal land and taken into custody by military police.
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Three Trident Ploughshares activists arrested at Faslane naval base in Scotland
On Sunday, February 22, three Trident Ploughshares activists were arrested at Faslane naval base after attempting to paint peace slogans on the perimeter fence. One person was charged with vandalism while the other two were detained after pinning a set of “Peace Pirate Articles” to the fence.
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Twelve nuclear abolitionists arrested at Lockheed Martin
To conclude the 2015 gathering of the Pacific Life Community, 80 activists held a colorful and lively demonstration on Monday, March 2 at Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale, California, protesting nuclear weapons work and other weapons for war.
After sharing poetry, litany, dancing and songs, twelve of the protesters spread across the entrance roadway with a 50 foot banner that read “Lockheed Weapons Terrorize the World” to stop traffic going into the weapons plant. They were arrested and charged with blocking traffic.
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Fr. Bill “Bix” Bichsel, S.J. – Presente!
Knowing that his life was drawing to an end, seventy friends of Catholic Worker, Jesuit priest and nuclear resister Fr. Bill “Bix” Bichsel sang one of his favorite songs at the beginning of the Pacific Life Community gathering in California. “Your face will shine through all our tears…. And when we sing another little victory song, precious friend you will be there.” He passed from this world less than 24 hours later, on Saturday evening, February 28. Rest in peace, Bix, precious friend.
Juanita Nelson – Presente!
Rest in peace, Juanita Nelson. Pacifist, farmer, civil rights activist, war tax resister, partner of Wally Nelson and co-founder of the Peacemakers group in 1948. Thank you, Juanita, for your shining example to us all in building a better world.
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