The Nuclear Resister

Linda Pon Owen assists Frances Crowe in chaining herself with others across the Vermont Yankee driveway.

from Marcia Gagliardi, Shut it Down affinity group

VERNON, Vermont — 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.

Workers scheduled to leave their day shift at the plant were detained by Entergy officials and Vernon police during the arrest while Vernon Sergeant Bruce Gauld arranged transportation for the arrestees to the police department less than a mile from the power plant.

Brian Terrell – photo by Jo Larmore

Punishing Free Speech and Letting Murder Off the Hook, Justice Denied in Missouri

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.  Their sentencing statements are below.

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.

photo by Ellen Rachel Davidson

 from Veterans for Peace

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.

The vigil was held at Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza in lower Manhattan and began with a program of music and speakers including Vietnam veteran Bishop George Packard, Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Chris Hedges, and Iraq combat veteran Jenny Pacanowski. At 8:30, the protesters began reading the names of the New York soldiers killed in Vietnam who are commemorated at the plaza and the military dead in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Singing “Aye But I Wull Sit Here” – an old song from the Holy Loch Protest in the 60’s

by Jane Tallents

After a busy day of workshops, singing practice, banner making and eating good food provided by Faslane Peace Camp on Saturday, September 15, we headed out to Faslane on Sunday morning to raise our voices in protest against Trident. Over 50 people spent the day singing peace songs old and new and enjoying soup, rolls and cake at the Jeely Peace cafe. The array of colourful banners on the fences couldn’t be missed by passing traffic. Two visitors from Bhopal told us of the campaign for justice for the survivors of the chemical disaster in 1984.

Another day of protest and nonviolent resistance at the site of navy base construction on Jeju Island. Photo via http://cafe.daum.net

In the last few weeks, four more men have been jailed for actions taken in opposition to the Korean navy base under construction at Gangjeong, on Jeju Island.

On September 6, as the controversial World Conservation Congress (WCC) convened nearby in Jungmun, five people climbed onto the Samsung-made caisson dock at Hwasoon port in protest of the naval base. Samsung is the prime contractor for the project, and also principle sponsor of the WCC. The WCC refused to condemn the on-going destruction of the Gureombi Rock coastline, a World Heritage site.