Juanita Nelson, Presente!
Rest in peace, Juanita Nelson. Pacifist, farmer, civil rights activist, war tax resister, partner of Wally Nelson and co-founder of the Peacemakers group in 1948. Thank you…
March 2015
7 reports
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Seven activists arrested closing Hancock drone base gate with giant books
At 9:15 a.m. on March 19, the 12th anniversary of the U.S.’ illegal invasion of Iraq, seven members of the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars shut the main…
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Appeal arguments for Transform Now Plowshares sabotage charge heard by three judges in Cincinnati federal courthouse
Ahmedabad, India. Mahatma Gandhi and a company of nonviolent satyagrahi set out from the Sabarmati ashram and began his march to Dandi where, twenty-four days later, he would take…
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Fr. Bill “Bix” Bichsel, S.J. – Presente!
Knowing that his life was drawing to an end, seventy friends of nuclear resister Fr. Bill “Bix” Bichsel sang one of his favorite songs at the beginning of the Pacific Life…
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Break-In at Y-12: How a handful of pacifists and nuns exposed the vulnerability of America’s nuclear-weapons sites
The Y-12 National Security Complex sits in a narrow valley, surrounded by wooded hills, in the city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Y-12 and Oak Ridge were built secretly, within about…
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Thirty-four anti-drone protesters arrested blocking two access gates to Creech Air Force Base
LAS VEGAS — Anti-drone protesters who said they wanted to spotlight war crimes and connect with pilots were arrested on March 6 after trying to block the entrance Friday at a US…
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Twelve nuclear disarmament activists arrested at Lockheed Martin in California
To conclude the 2015 gathering of the Pacific Life Community, 80 activists held a colorful and lively demonstration on Monday, March 2 at Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale, California…
