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Nine Peace Activists Arrested at Volk Field

Voices for Creative Nonviolence engaged with a number of Wisconsin peace groups to organize an 8-day 90-mile walk across southwest Wisconsin from August 18-25. The purpose of the walk was…

Resentencing of Transform Now Plowshares trio to happen by phone

from the Transform Now Plowshares The September 15, 2015 resentencing of Megan Rice, Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed on their remaining depredation conviction for their July 2012 Transform Now Plowshares…

From John Dear, explaining why we need to nonviolently resist nuclear weapons

Bob Dylan and America’s 70-Year Nuclear Nightmare from The World Post/Huffington Post by John Dear A few years ago, Bob Dylan gave a powerful interview to Rolling Stone. The editor…

Nuclear disarmament activists arrested at the Pentagon, Lockheed Martin, Bangor Trident Base, Kansas City nuclear weapons plant, Livermore Lab and Vandenberg AFB, marking 70th anniversary of atomic bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

Twelve arrests at Trident nuclear submarine base marking the 70th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings Fourteen peace activists risked arrest at a West Coast nuclear weapons base early…

Fr. Carl Kabat arrested after splashing paint on sign at new Kansas City nuclear weapons plant

On August 9, at about 7 a.m., Fr. Carl Kabat splashed red paint on a National Security Campus sign at the new Kansas City nuclear weapons plant. “The deed is…

Three activists arrested after infiltrating a joint U.S./Australian military training exercise site

From the Morning Bulletin Three men infiltrated a military training exercise at Shoalwater Bay in Australia on the morning of July 8. Before dawn, three Christian peace pilgrims entered Shoalwater…

Prison sentence for Spanish anti-nuclear activist

A Spanish anti-nuclear campaigner has been sent to prison for 17 weeks for refusing to pay €6,000 for what he called “energy and harmful pollutants” as a protest against the…

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Mother’s Day action at Pilgrim nuclear power plant

Cape Downwinders amped up their campaign to shut down the aging Pilgrim nuclear power plant with a Mad As Hell Mother’s Day Rumble on May 10. “Bring food, noisemakers and…

Freedom for Sr. Megan Rice, Michael Walli & Greg Boertje-Obed!!

The Catholic nun and two military veterans & Catholic Workers spent 2 years in prison for their 2012 Transform Now Plowshares direct disarmament action at the Y-12 nuclear weapons complex…

Court orders release of Sr. Megan Rice, Greg Boertje-Obed and Michael Walli

This news just in from an attorney for the defendants, Bill Quigley: “Sixth circuit just ruled. Defendants are to be released on their own recognizance. Immediately.” Details to follow, including…

Five nuclear abolition activists arrested at Mother’s Day action at Kitsap-Bangor Trident sub base

by Leonard Eiger, Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action Activists Make Statement at Nuke Base: Our Children Deserve Better! Activists briefly blockaded the entrance to a West Coast nuclear weapons…