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Greg Boertje-Obed released from jail

Posted on September 12, 2012

Michael Walli, Sr. Megan Rice, Greg Boertje-Obed

by Ralph Hutchison, OREPA

Greg Boertje-Obed was released from Blount County Detention Center at 8:30pm on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 to await trial, currently scheduled for February 26, 2013.

Greg’s release came as a result of his request for a detention hearing following the reset of the trial date from October to February. He had originally declined to seek release, but told the judge he was now prompted by the difficulty of trying to consult with co-defendants in preparing for trial and by family concerns.

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Jail reflection from Transform Now Plowshares activist Greg Boertje-Obed

Posted on September 2, 2012

Greg Boertje-Obed at a November 2011 protest at the construction site of the new Kansas City nuclear weapons parts plant

(published in issue #167 of the Nuclear Resister newsletter)

~from Blount County

The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
By the Lord has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes.  
– Psalm 118.22-23

When Megan, Michael and I were preparing for the witness that became the Transform Now Plowshares, we discussed this passage and were struck by how it might apply to the action we were considering. We learned of government and corporate plans to build a new factory for making “modernized” nuclear weapons, called the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF). Peace activists called for a campaign to halt the plans for this $7.5 billion death factory whose projected costs kept increasing. We knew that many of our international treaties committed us to stop building nuclear weapons and to reduce to zero our weapons of mass destruction.

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E-bulletin August 2012

Posted on August 28, 2012

The Nuclear Resister August, 2012 If you’d like a free issue of the new, comprehensive print edition of the Nuclear Resister,  send your mailing address to nukeresister@igc.org IN THIS E-BULLETIN:   1)  TRANSFORM NOW PLOWSHARES:  NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT ACTION AT Y-12 2)  SHAKIR HAMOODI BEGINS 3 YEAR SENTENCE FOR VIOLATING IRAQ SANCTIONS – Support Action Request 3) […]

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Jailed NATO 5 defendant beaten by sheriffs, hospitalized; attorneys seek evidence, supporters asked to question sheriff

Posted on August 28, 2012

Editors’ Note: Mark Neiweem spoke with a supporter last night (8/27) and, contrary to some reports, he is receiving mail while in solitary. Letters should be sent to him at the address listed in Inside & Out.

by Occupy Chicago Press Relations on Monday, August 27, 2012 at 4:51 a.m.

CHICAGO — On Thursday morning, August 23, attorneys for Mark Neiweem filed an emergency motion to preserve evidence related to a beating Neiweem sustained at the hands of Cook County sheriffs earlier in the week that sent him to the Cook County  Hospital.

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Sr. Anne Montgomery – Presente!

Posted on August 28, 2012

(From the Society of the Sacred Heart)

Anne Montgomery, RSCJ

Birth: November 30, 1926
Profession: March 5, 1951
Death: August 27, 2012

Prominent peace activist Anne Montgomery, RSCJ, died Monday, August 27 at Oakwood, the Society of the Sacred Heart’s elder care center in Atherton, California. Known around the world for her commitment to peace, Sister Montgomery was incarcerated many times after witnessing to peace and justice through acts of nonviolent civil disobedience, in protest of nuclear weapons. Her life will be celebrated in a Mass of Resurrection at Oakwood on a date yet to be determined.

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Three years in prison for war-time relief to Iraq

Posted on August 28, 2012

Iraqi-American Shakir Hamoodi will turn himself in to a federal prison on August 28 to serve a three year sentence for personal charity sent to family in Iraq in violation of the 1991-2003 sanctions on such trade. Family and friends of the Columbia, Missouri import grocer ask that supporters sign the petition for Presidential pardon, from the link at helphamoodi.org. Please see Inside & Out after August 29 for his prison address.

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E-bulletin June/July 2012

Posted on August 27, 2012

The Nuclear Resister June/July, 2012 IN THIS E-BULLETIN:   1)  FR. CARL KABAT ARRESTED AGAIN AT THE KANSAS CITY PLANT 2)  FORTY ACTIVISTS ARRESTED AT VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT 3)  FIFTEEN DRONE PROTESTERS ARRESTED AT HANCOCK AIR BASE 4)  ACTIONS AT SCOTLAND’S FASLANE TRIDENT BASE 5)  WOMEN RETURN TO ENTERGY HEADQUARTERS, 8 ARRESTED 6)  […]

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Bradley Manning supporters occupy Obama campaign offices

Posted on August 26, 2012

Oakland sit-in

 

Veterans led the way as supporters of imprisoned army private and accused whistleblower Bradley Manning occupied several Obama presidential campaign offices on the west coast. The August 16 sit-ins led to arrests in Oakland, California and Portland, Oregon.

In Oakland, about 100 people participated in the sit-in. Campaign staff eventually agreed to email their letter (see below) to the national headquarters. Six people continued to occupy the office and wait for Obama’s response, but were arrested instead.

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Nuclear Resister Issue #166

Posted on August 19, 2012

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Six peace protesters arrested at Nevada Test Site on Nagasaki anniversary

Posted on August 11, 2012

photo by by Mary Lou Anderson

from Nevada Desert Experience

Culminating a week of peace events as part of Nevada Desert Experience’s August Desert Witness, six protesters were arrested at the Nevada Test Site (Nevada National Security Site) on Thursday morning, August 9th, in memory of the victims of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, 67 years ago.

Dennis DuVall (of Prescott, AZ), Jim Haber (of Las Vegas, NV), Robert Majors (of Las Vegas, NV), John Owen (of Los Angeles, CA), Janice Sevre-Duszynska (of Lexington, KY), and Louis Vitale (of Oakland, CA) walked with a community of 15 other activists, including Johnnie Bobb and Deanna Bobb of the Western Shoshone nation, through the blazing, early morning sun in the Nevada desert, from the sunrise ceremony’s fire circle to the Nevada Test Site line.

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