Nuclear and war resister Frances Crowe dies, age 100 – Presente!
100 Years of love, persistence, resistance…Frances Crowe, Presente! (March 15, 1919 – August 27, 2019) With gratitude for her life, which has been an example and an inspiration to…
August 2019
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Six arrested on Hiroshima anniversary attempting to deliver U.N. nuclear ban treaty to Lockheed Martin, #1 nuclear weapons contractor
from the Brandywine Peace Community On August 6, Hiroshima Day, nuclear disarmament activists in Pennsylvania remembered the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, which…
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Federal judge rules against Kings Bay Plowshares’ motion to dismiss charges under RFRA, October 21 trial date set
UPDATE: Trial date set for October 21. BRUNSWICK, GA – On August 26, a federal judge denied all the pre-trial motions of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7. The activists had urged U.S…
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Two blockaders arrested at Des Moines Drone Command Center
The Des Moines Catholic Worker and Veterans for Peace ended their third annual 24/7 Vigil from August 6 – 9 at the Des Moines Cathedral with a rally and direct action August 9 at…
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Chelsea Manning will remain confined another year, steep daily fines continue
from the Sparrow Project Judge Says Chelsea Manning Can Pay Fines, Despite Evidence to the Contrary Alexandria, VA — On Monday, August 5, 2019, Judge Anthony Trenga denied Chelsea…
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France jails nuclear dump opponent after re-occupation of dump site
On July 18, opponents of the country’s planned underground nuclear waste dump announced that they had routed a small police presence from the contested site in northeast France…
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Federal judge hears Kings Bay Plowshares’ motion to dismiss charges under RFRA
BRUNSWICK, GA – On August 7, the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 made oral arguments in federal court concerning the denial of the pre-trial motions to dismiss the charges against them…
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Woman arrested after dousing herself in red paint in the road leading to Scotland’s Faslane Trident nuclear sub base
“Never Again” (verb) A 29-year-old woman was arrested on August 6 at the North gate of Faslane Naval Base, home to Trident, Britain’s nuclear arsenal of warheads and submarines…
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Forty-two demonstrators arrested during Livermore Lab protest
from Livermore, CA Patch The “Designing Armageddon at Livermore Lab” rally marked the 74th anniversary of the U.S. bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Toni McAllister August 6…
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Eleven people cited at Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor, marking the 74th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing
Sixty people were present on August 5th at a flash mob demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. The demonstration was in the roadway at the Main…
