PFC Bradley Manning moved to Fort Leavenworth
Still awaiting trial, accused whistleblower PFC Bradley Manning has been moved from solitary confinement at the U.S. Marine base at Quantico, Virginia to medium-security status in…
April 2011
12 reports
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~ from Tacoma, Washington, by Lynne Greenwald
Concrete walls and locked doors cannot take away images of bright lights, fences and towers protecting tombs of unimaginable horrors. We remember fertile lands, natural forests…
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Headed to prison today, activist explains nonviolent witness: A journey from the U.S. Navy to Duluth Federal Prison Camp
A young sailor walks through his nuclear submarine, headed for the engine room. As he winds through the tight, crowded corridors he suddenly finds himself standing next to a…
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Thirty-seven people protesting drones are arrested at Hancock Air Base
Dozens of war protesters were arrested Friday afternoon, April 22 outside the main entrance of the New York Air National Guard’s base at Hancock Field. Thirty-seven protesters…
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Eleven women temporarily close Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant
Eleven women from Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire chained and locked the main gate of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vermont on Friday afternoon, April…
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Good Friday and Easter arrests at the Nevada Test Site, Livermore Labs, Pentagon and 10 Downing Street, London
NEVADA TEST SITE Easter Sunday Service Ends in 16 Arrests at Nuclear Test Site At 12 noon on April 24, 2011, 38 people gathered near the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). The…
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Persistent anti-nuclear activists in India jailed, shot by police; Tabrez Sohekar is killed
Opposition to the proposed six-reactor Jaitapur nuclear power complex at Maharashtra on India’s west coast reached new heights April 18 when police opened fire on more than 100…
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~ A letter from Bix (written several days before beginning “diesel therapy” to Tennessee)
After spending the first 2 1/2 weeks of his prison sentence for the Disarm Now Plowshares action at the SeaTac Federal Correction Facility, Jesuit priest Bill “Bix” Bichsel was…
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From civil disobedience to civil defiance
“Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is the numbers of people all over the world who have obeyed the dictates of the leaders of their…
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British activists blockade Queen’s backyard to brand energy giant’s nuclear power bid a “right royal rip-off”; two arrested
Campaigners brought rush hour traffic to a standstill on the morning of April 11 to protest against EDF Energy’s plans to build a new generation of nuclear power stations in the…
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27 Human Rights Activists Arrested at the White House Calling for the Closure of the School of the Americas and an End to U.S. Militarization
“Tight Budget?! Close the SOA!” Hundreds March to the White House On Sunday, April 10, 27 human rights activists were arrested in front of the White House when they staged a die-in…
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‘Disarmageddon’ peace activists rousted out of the Pentagon
PENTAGON POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST PEACEFUL PROTESTERS CALLING FOR END TO WAR AND HALT TO DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT by Joy First On April 8, 2011 at approximately noon, 25…
