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Photo by Connie Springer

Gordon Maham, 96-years-old and a long-time anti-nuclear activist, died on July 9 at his farm in Ohio.  Gordon helped build the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and quit the Manhattan Project when he heard about Hiroshima and his role in building the bomb. He then lost his war industry draft exemption and served three years in federal prison as a post-war conscientious objector.  His life’s journey continues to inspire.

Read more about Gordon’s life…

Photo by Fr. Kim Sung-Hwan when he visited Dr. Song Kang-Ho and Br. Park Do-Hyun in prison on July 1

Latest update below posted July 31.

Since publication of the Nuclear Resister #170 (pdf), there have been new actions and several trials affecting those in prison for nonviolent resistance to navy base construction in Jeju Island, South Korea. The June edition of Gangjeong Village Story (pdf) reports that on May 31, a young woman named Gwak was arrested in Seoul and moved to Jeju prison the next day, June 1. She had been accused for her protest to stop explosives in March 2012 and was arrested by the court on May 31 for her refusal to respond to the court’s call. On June 5, she received a sentence of a 2,500,000 KRW fine (about $2,200) and was released.

Also on June 5, Prof. Yang Yoon-Mo was brought to court on new charges of property damage, violence, and obstruction of business.

Susan Lantz, Linda Pon Owens and Anneke Corbett receiving arrest citations

from Shut It Down

BRATTLEBORO, Vermont – Cited for disorderly conduct after blocking a public roadway and Entergy Corporation driveways Wednesday morning, June 12, eight members of the Shut It Down Affinity Group received court dates of July 23 in Windham County Courthouse.

Sergeant Mark Carrigan and Officer David Cerrito of the Brattleboro Police Department arrested the women after they blocked Glen Orne Drive near Entergy’s Vermont Yankee headquarters and while they blocked driveways into Entergy parking lots. The women carried a banner reading “Fuel Rods Equal Catastrophe” and read a statement urging closure of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon.

photo by Bob Block

CAMP DOUGLAS, WI – On May 28, five nonviolent activists attempted to deliver an indictment for war crimes to Volk Field Commander Colonel Dave Romuald.  They walked peacefully onto the base with the indictment in hand, and asked for a meeting with Colonel Romauld.  Instead of a meeting, they were promptly arrested, taken to the Juneau County jail in handcuffs, and charged with disorderly conduct and trespassing.  They were released several hours later after processing.

Arrested were Bonnie Block, Madison; Joyce Ellwanger, Milwaukee; Joy First, Mt. Horeb; Mary Beth Schlagheck, Windsor, and Kathy Walsh, Madison.  Between the five women, they have 25 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren that motivate them in this work.