the Nuclear Resister
October, 2012
IN THIS E-BULLETIN:
1) BACKCOUNTRY ARRESTS AT VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE
2) 71 ACTIVISTS ARRESTED ON THEIR WAY TO ANTI-NUCLEAR PROTEST IN INDIA
3) JEJU NAVAL BASE CONSTRUCTION IS STEPPED UP – RESISTANCE CONTINUES
4) VETERANS ARRESTED IN NYC ON AFGHANISTAN WAR ANNIVERSARY
5) SIX ANTI-NUCLEAR ACTIVISTS ARRESTED AT HINKLEY POINT
6) DRONE PROTEST SHUTS DOWN HANCOCK AIR BASE, 17 ARRESTED
7) TWELVE WOMEN CHAIN THEMSELVES ACROSS DRIVEWAY OF VERMONT YANKEE
8) BRIAN TERRELL RECEIVES 6 MONTH SENTENCE FOR DRONE PROTEST ACTION
9) WRITE A NOTE OF SUPPORT TO ANTI-NUCLEAR & ANTI-WAR PRISONERS
10) UPCOMING NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTIONS
Backcountry arrests at Vandenberg Air Force Base
For the first time in nearly a decade, nonviolent civil resisters caused a disruptive breach of the backcountry security zones at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) on October 20 and 21, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. VAFB enforces a sweeping global pattern of violent high-tech military abuse.
Three participants were arrested for federal trespass and others eluded base security patrols.
Read more here.
71 activists arrested on their way to anti-nuclear protest in India
[Breaking news: Monday, October 29 – Around 2,000 anti-nuclear activists were stopped, with several arrested by police, in Chennai, India as they gathered at the state assembly to protest the Koodankulam nuclear power plant. The nuclear fuel has already been loaded in the plant, which is waiting for approval from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board for commissioning.]
from DiaNuke.org
On October 28, about 29 activists from different organizations lending support to the people of Koodankulam against the nuclear power plant were taken under preventive detention by Tamilnadu police. This comes at a time when PMANE, along with solidarity movements from across the state, had decided to hold a peaceful and democratic protest demonstration in front of the Tamilnadu State Legislature on the 29th of October (when the assembly session begins). In an attempt to sabotage the plan and to prevent the people from voicing their views against Koodankulam nuclear power plant, the Tamilnadu police have resorted to the undemocratic practice of preventive detention.
Read more here.
Jeju naval base construction is stepped up – resistance continues
Construction of the controversial navy base on Jeju Island, South Korea, is accelerating. In the last week, after months of delays due to local protest, a 24/7 operation has begun. Round-the-clock resistance in Gangjeong village has followed with dozens of people sustaining a blockade at the construction gate, sometimes in pouring rain and at night under the glare of broad banks of bright lighting installed to illuminate the work yard.
Read more here.
Veterans arrested in NYC on Afghanistan War anniversary
Twenty-five people, most of them U.S. military veterans, were arrested while laying flowers at a war memorial in New York City October 7. They were engaged in a peaceful vigil to honor those killed and wounded in war and to oppose the U.S. war in Afghanistan as it entered its 12th year.
Read more here.
Six anti-nuclear activists arrested at Hinkley Point
On October 8, six protesters were arrested during a mass trespass at the Hinkley Point nuclear power station in Somerset, England.
Around 30 people went over the perimeter fence of the land earmarked for two new EPR mega-reactors next to the existing power plant just after dawn. Three people attached themselves to the fence with bicycle locks. More than 20 others gathered outside the main gate.
Read more here.
Drone protest shuts down Hancock Air Base, 17 arrested
On the morning of October 25, forty concerned citizens created a blockade of Hancock Air National Guard Base outside Syracuse, NY. MQ-9 Reaper drones are operated by remote control from the base, and are used to carry out attacks in Afghanistan and possibly other countries. The activists say this use of drones violates international and domestic law, and amounts to war crimes.
Read more here.
Twelve women chain themselves across driveway of Vermont Yankee
by Marcia Gagliardi
Attired in hazmat suits to highlight the danger of radiation emissions from the Entergy Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, twelve women of the Shut It Down Affinity group chained themselves across the driveway Wednesday afternoon, October 17, before Vernon police arrested them for trespass.
Read more here.
Brian Terrell receives 6 month sentence for drone protest action
On October 11, Brian Terrell and Ron Faust were sentenced at U.S. District Court in Jefferson City, Missouri. Brian was sentenced to 6 months in prison, and will later be informed where he needs to report on November 30. Ron was sentenced to five years of probation.
The two men had been arrested with Mark Kenney on April 15 during a drone protest at Whiteman Air Force Base. Mark will complete his 4 month prison sentence on November 16.
Read more here.
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