by Steve Clemens My trials were 7 months apart, almost to the day. One was in neighboring Ramsey County, the other in my home county of Hennepin. Both were for the same charge: criminal trespass and both ended with a somewhat similar sentence: continuance towards dismissal with conditions. In Ramsey County it was “no same […]
from Kimber Heinz, War Resisters League Hi all, We’re only one week away from the May 3rd direct action for nuclear disarmament at Grand Central Station! Below you’ll find the most up-to-date version of the scenario and you can find information at http://www.warresisters.org/node/960 about the War Resister’s League’s presence throughout the weekend at the international […]
Fifty Catholic Workers from the Midwest held a demonstration to contrast the Works of Mercy and the Works of War outside the Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois on April 26, 2010. The group highlighted the ever-increasing U.S. military budget. At 9:00 a.m., five activists sprawled out in front of the building–dramatizing the human costs of […]
Ft. Huachuca protester Joshua Harris, from Santa Barbara, California, appeared in U.S. District Court in Tucson, Arizona on Friday morning, April 23. Representing himself in court, Harris pleaded guilty to two charges: trespass and refusing to provide a truthful name. In his pre-sentencing statement, Harris spoke about why he protested at Ft. Huachuca, and justified the use of civil disobedience as necessary to nonviolently achieve social justice in a violent world.
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Inspired by Tales of Resistance
by Allison McGillivray
Thirty years. That’s a good amount of time. Enough time to raise two children, to earn a permanent ban-and-bar letter from your local Air Force base, to survive consecutive disappointing presidencies, and to stockpile the necessary paperwork to keep an unknowing intern busy for two straight months with no end in sight.
I’m not complaining, being the unknowing intern. When I met Felice and Jack a few years back, they had mentioned their project of archiving the Nuclear Resister information and my ears perked…
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Resistance for a Nuclear Free Future
CELEBRATING 3 DECADES OF
THE NUCLEAR RESISTER AND NUKEWATCH
July 4th weekend, 2010
At Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee
and the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The Nuclear Resister, Nukewatch and the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (OREPA) invite you to join us for a national gathering, culminating with nonviolent anti-nuclear direct action, July 3-5, 2010, to declare our independence from nuclear weapons and nuclear power.
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From the Nuclear Resister #155, October 17, 2009 Plans are well underway for public demonstrations in support of nuclear disarmament at the United Nations next May, outside the critical Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. Eight international and nineteen national organizations from around the world have put together a coordinated call and petition to “urge […]
Our annual tribute to citizens who make Tucson a better place
Tucson Weekly
December 24, 2009
by Anna Mirocha, Weekly Staff
Felice and Jack Cohen-Joppa
They’ve spent the past three decades offering hope to political prisoners
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A calendar of Direct Action for Nuclear Disarmament 2010