Summer 2024

IN THIS E-BULLETIN

DRONE WHISTLEBLOWER DANIEL HALE IS FREE!!

NUCLEAR RESISTERS SUSAN CRANE AND SUSAN VAN DER HIJDEN IN GERMAN PRISON 

CEASEFIRE ARRESTS ACROSS THE U.S. AND CANADA TOP 9,000 IN NINE MONTHS

TWO WOMEN ARRESTED AT USAF LAKENHEATH

LEONARD PELTIER DENIED PAROLE

TEN ARRESTS AT KANSAS CITY NUCLEAR WEAPONS PARTS PLANT 

ACTIVISTS BLOCKADE HOLLOMAN DRONE BASE

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PLEASE SUPPORT IMPRISONED ANTI-NUCLEAR AND ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS – THE NUCLEAR RESISTER NEEDS YOU! 

Drone whistleblower Daniel Hale is free!!

Daniel Hale was released from federal prison to home confinement in February, more than a decade after his arrest for disclosing documents and speaking publicly about the limits and failures of U.S. drone warfare. An ankle monitor was attached to supervise his location at all times until the completion of his sentence on July 5. He served most of his time behind bars at the notorious Communications Management Unit (CMU) of the federal prison at Marion, Illinois, where his correspondence, phone calls and visits were limited and closely monitored.  

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Nuclear resisters Susan Crane and Susan van der Hijden in German prison 

On June 4, Catholic Workers Susan Crane (from Redwood City, California) and Susan van der Hijden (from Amsterdam) entered Rohrbach prison in Germany for protesting the U.S. nuclear weapons stationed at Germany’s Büchel Air Force Base. On July 30, they moved to an open prison in Koblenz. The two women had participated in a series of fence-cutting actions and occupations starting in 2018. Crane is serving 229 days, and van der Hijden is serving 115 days – “substitute” sentences for nonpayment of financial penalties. Crane’s prison sentence is the longest ever imposed in the 25-year-long series of rallies, protests, marches, peace camps and civil resistance directed at the NATO nuclear weapons base. Dozens of Germans, as well as two other U.S. citizens and one Dutch national, have done prison time in Germany for related go-in actions. 

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Ceasefire arrests across the U.S. and Canada top 9,000 in nine months

Last October, the Nuclear Resister began compiling a chronicle of arrests of people calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas and an end to the occupation. At the end of June, we published this day-by-day account of more than 9,000 such arrests in the U.S. and Canada. This day-by-day record of dissent includes more than 9,000 arrests (and counting!) at over 350 actions in 125 cities and towns across 36 states and five provinces. Over 3,400 of these arrests have taken place on at least 70 university campuses. Full reporting on this ongoing war resistance is featured in issue #202 and issue #203/204 of the Nuclear Resister. For a free sample copy, email nukeresister@igc.org with your name and postal address, which will not be shared.  

Two women arrested at USAF Lakenheath  

Angie Zelter and Ginnie Herbert were arrested at a demonstration at a U.S. air force base in Suffolk, England on July 20, and were held for nearly 24 hours before being released from custody. The arrests came on the sixth day of a peace camp established outside USAF Lakenheath to protest the return of U.S. nuclear weapons to the U.K. After a rally outside the base, five women walked through the main gate to deliver a letter to the base commanders. When police gave a warning they’d be arrested, three of the women left, while Zelter and Herbert said they would stay until a base commander was available to meet with them. Both were arrested and taken to Bury St Edmunds Police Station, where they were questioned and released on bail, with formal charges to be given at a later date.      

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Leonard Peltier denied parole  

Seventy-nine-year-old Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier, who has spent nearly 50 years in prison, was denied parole on July 2. The U.S. Parole Commission set his next hearing in 2026. Peltier, who was wrongly accused of the murder of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge reservation in 1975, is in very bad health, suffering from a variety of significant medical issues. Before the decision, Peltier wrote, “Do not weep if I am not granted parole. Cry freedom. Coalesce yourselves, galvanize your relationships, establish alliances. In the power of our people we find strength. Hold your head up high. It is not over, until it is over.”  

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Ten arrests at Kansas City nuclear weapons parts plant     

Catholic Workers and friends participating in the Midwest Catholic Worker Faith and Resistance Retreat in Kansas City, Missouri held a demonstration on April 15 at the Kansas City Nuclear Security Campus, where nuclear weapons parts are built. Three people were arrested after putting “crime scene – do not enter” tape on a large construction vehicle in the field being cleared for the construction of new buildings to expand capacity at the “campus”. Seven others were arrested after crossing the purple property line. All ten were taken in handcuffs to a police station, where they were processed and released.

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Activists blockade Holloman drone base

Six activists were arrested while blocking the main gate to Holloman Air Force Base on the morning of April 24 during the morning commute, in a protest against the use of military drones. Holding a banner reading “Holloman: Stop Training Drone Assassins”, they chanted “We will not be complicit, stop the drone killing, stop the genocide.” Within ten minutes, Otero County sheriff officers arrived and arrested the blockaders. The action was part of a week of nonviolent actions outside Holloman, a U.S. military drone base near Alamogordo, New Mexico.     

Read more here.

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The Gloo Factory – South Tucson’s progressive, union strong print shop – has printed buttons, stickers, signs, banners, flyers and more for the Nuclear Resister over the years… and now, they’ve made a brand new edition of the Nuclear Resister t-shirt! The t-shirts are 100% natural color, heavy-weight cotton and made in the U.S. You can buy yours now! Available in medium, large and extra large for only $20 plus $10 shipping in the U.S. Please inquire about the cost of shipping to other countries by emailing nukeresister@igc.org.  

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