The Nuclear Resister

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.

photo by Ellen Davidson

from Veterans for Peace

A dynamic protest outside the While House against the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba came to a climax on Wednesday, June 26 when Vietnam veteran Diane Wilson climbed over the White House fence.  Suddenly, there she was standing on the White House lawn like an apparition in her orange prison jumpsuit.  Wilson was quickly surrounded by heavily armed Secret Service agents and a menacing police dog.  She was arrested, charged with unlawful entry and turned over to police in Washington, D.C., where she was held overnight.

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.

by Kathy Kelly

May 29, 2013

A few evenings ago, as the sky began to darken here in Kabul, Afghanistan, a small group of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, (APVs), gathered for an informal presentation about WikiLeaks, its chief editor Julian Assange, and its most prominent contributor, Bradley Manning. Basir Bita, a regular visitor to the APV household, began the evening’s discussion noting that June 1st will mark the beginning of Bradley Manning’s fourth year in prison. Two days later his trial will begin, a trial which could sadly result in his imprisonment for a life sentence. June 1st also begins an international week of support and solidarity, aimed at thanking Bradley Manning. #ThankManning!

May 2013

Dear Friends of Jonah House,

      We are in a spirit of CELEBRATION!  June 1, 2013 marks 40 years since the original Jonah House community began its life together in Baltimore. June 1, 2013 also marks 18 years since the community moved, as a whole, from the Park Ave. row-house to St. Peter’s Cemetery and the house that peacemakers from all over the world helped to build. This summer Jonah House Community of Resistance will have new members to continue peace-making and caretaking the cemetery.  Amy and Ted Nee-Walker with Amber and Kevin Mason will be here forming a new part of the beloved community. Amy and Ted come to Jonah House from Mary House Catholic Worker in New York and Amber and Kevin from Dorothy Day Catholic Worker in Washington DC.