Jeju Island peace activist jailed for refusing to pay protest fine
On June 4, Korean peace activist Park Geun-gil entered the Jeju Prison to serve time instead of paying a fine of 4.6 million KRW (around US$4,000). At the rate of 100,000 KRW/day…
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Poor People’s Campaign Ties Struggles for Justice Together
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival launched the day after Mother’s Day with rallies and nonviolent civil disobedience at more than 30 state capitals…
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Five people arrested on Memorial Day at Kansas City nuclear weapons plant
“Emotionally powerful.” That’s how Bennette Dibben, a PeaceWorks Board member, describes the rally, die-in, and civil resistance that PeaceWorks-KC sponsored May 28, Memorial Day…
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Six arrested protesting role of Hanscom AFB in nuclear war preparations
Six peace activists were arrested on May 27 at the gate of Hanscom Air Force Base in Lincoln, Massachusetts as they protested the role of the base in nuclear war planning. Hanscom…
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Two peace activists arrested on Armed Forces Day at drone command center in Iowa
Veterans for Peace and Des Moines Catholic Worker 2nd Annual Armed Forces Day “Stop the Killing” Rally and Direct Action at Iowa Air National Guard Drone Command Center On May 19…
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Kings Bay Plowshares in court for arraignment, bond hearing
by Patrick O’Neill, Kings Bay Plowshares At a May 17 bond hearing in United States District Court in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S. Attorney Karl Knoche told U.S. Magistrate Stan Baker…
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Ten arrested blockading entrance to Bangor Trident nuclear sub base
Ten cited in peaceful demonstration at Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor, WA Silverdale, WA, May 12, 2018: Forty-two activists were present at the Bangor Trident submarine…
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Police arrest and detain Indian experts opposing uranium mines
Farmers near the uranium mine and mill at Tummalapalle, in India’s Andrha Pradesh state have been protesting contamination of soil and groundwater and the depletion of their…
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How do you tell the kids that Grandma is in jail for resisting nuclear weapons?
by Frida Berrigan “Our grandma is in jail,” Madeline tells a woman wrestling a shopping cart at Target. “She went over a war fence and tried to make peace,” Seamus adds helpfully…
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Bond denied for Kings Bay Plowshares activists
Seven Catholic plowshares activists were arrested early Thursday morning, April 5 at the Kings Bay Naval Base in St. Mary’s, Georgia. They entered the base late in the evening of…
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Seven Kings Bay Plowshares activists arrested inside Trident nuclear submarine base
(Updates at the Kings Bay Plowshares Facebook page here, and website here) Seven Catholic plowshares activists were detained early Thursday morning, April 5 at the Kings Bay Naval…
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Four women arrested at Creech protesting drone warfare
Four women – Toby Blome, Eleanor Levine, Susan Witka and Maggie Huntingon – were arrested on April 3 while blocking the entrance to Creech drone base in Nevada. The funeral procession and action, protesting drone warfare, was part of the Codepink Drone Resistance Week at Creech.
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