March 2014 — Reports | The Nuclear Resister

~ from Irwin County Detention Center, by Sr. Megan Rice
March 30, 2014
[Sr. Megan Rice has been transferred from the Irwin County Detention Center. You can write to her at: Megan Rice 88101-020, Metropolitan Detention Center, P.O. Box 329002…
~ from USP Coleman, Spring Statement by Leonard Peltier
March 28, 2014
Greetings my friends, relatives, supporters, and all those who support the cause of freedom, not only for Native Americans, but for all people. I know it’s sometimes not easy being…
Ten women arrested blocking the gate of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant
March 23, 2014
VERNON, Vermont—With signs encouraging green jobs and green energy, ten women from the Shut It Down Affinity Group held green balloons and waved as children and their parents…
Four Dutch activists arrested at Volkel Airbase, home to American nuclear bombs
March 23, 2014
March 21, from Susi Snyder, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Some news from the Netherlands, which is gearing up (and shutting down!) to host 53 heads of…
Peace campers board nuclear submarine at Faslane
March 20, 2014
Two campaigners from Faslane Peace Camp were arrested on Wednesday morning, March 19 aboard the Royal Navy submarine HMS Ambush at its berth in Faslane. Security at the site – home…
Greenpeace activists arrested protesting aging European nuclear reactors
March 18, 2014
On Tuesday, March 18 at 5:50 a.m., 60 Greenpeace activists from France, Germany, Belgium, Italy and Poland staged an occupation of the Fessenheim nuclear power plant, France’s…
Seven arrested in drone protest at Iowa Air National Guard Base
March 17, 2014
Seven people walked up to the gate of the 132nd Air National Guard Base in Des Moines, Iowa on Monday, March 17, carrying photos of some Afghan Peace Volunteers and victims of…
Two more arrests at Vandenberg Air Force Base
March 17, 2014
from the Santa Maria Times, by Janene Scully Activists from around the world held a Friday afternoon vigil [on March 14] at Vandenberg Air Force Base to oppose military programs…
London priest and Catholic Worker gets 28 day sentence for non-payment of fines
March 17, 2014
Fr. Martin Newell of the London Catholic Worker was arrested on March 14 after writing on the walls of the Ministry of Defence in London with charcoal. “Choose Life, No Trident…
34 arrests at Nevada nuclear test site/National Security Site
March 17, 2014
Over the first weekend in March, about 60 people took part in the 8th annual gathering of the Pacific Life Community (PLC). This year the group met at the Las Vegas Catholic…
Buy a sub! Help support peace prisoners
March 13, 2014
No, not a submarine, but a subscription — to the Nuclear Resister newsletter, a chronicle of nonviolent resistance to war and the nuclear threat, and a “Chronicle of Hope” that has…
Two arrested on Ash Wednesday at Vandenberg Air Force Base, one week after Supreme Court ruling
March 6, 2014
A week after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that military commanders can decide who can be on their installations, activist Dennis Apel and another protester were arrested again for…
Ash Wednesday arrest at Ministry of Defence in London
March 6, 2014
For 32 years Christians have gathered at the Ministry of Defence in London on Ash Wednesday to call on the government to repent and move away from nuclear war preparations. Members…
Five arrested at Beale drone base on Ash Wednesday
March 5, 2014
Five people – including members of the clergy and veterans – were arrested during an Ash Wednesday service around 8 a.m. today, March 5, at the gates of Beale Air Force Base, site…