Five nuclear resisters arrested at Bangor naval base
On August 8th and 9th, about 120 people gathered at the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action in Poulsbo, Washington to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
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Activists gather at Livermore Lab to demand nuclear abolition
On August 6, 2026, peace activists and community members gathered outside the West Gate of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and to demand the abolition of nuclear weapons. Under…
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Two arrested at Lockheed Martin
On Hiroshima Day 2026, members of the Brandywine Peace Community gathered at Lockheed Martin in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, to call for nuclear disarmament. Two participants were arrested for trespassing while attempting to deliver their message.
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Fr. John Dear’s interview with Jack Cohen-Joppa
Fr. John Dear interviews longtime Nuclear Resister co-editor Jack Cohen-Joppa about more than four decades of grassroots resistance to nuclear weapons and war. Their conversation explores the history of nonviolent direct action, today’s renewed nuclear threat, and the continuing work…
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Uranium transport truck blockaded in northern Arizona
On the weekend of May 16-17, 200-300 people gathered near Red Butte, or Wii’i Gdwiisa, birthplace of the Havasupai people, to protest the Pinyon Plain Mine, a uranium mine owned by Energy Fuels Resources, Inc. The highly radioactive uranium is…
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Anti-war activist arrested after six days on top of 168’ bridge
A protester who camped out atop one of Washington’s bridges for six days has come down, ending his stand against artificial intelligence and the US-Israeli war in Iran. Guido Reichstadter, a Florida-based activist, was seen coming down on Wednesday from…
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Nine activists arrested at Kansas City nuclear weapons parts plant
Arriving at the Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC) at 5:30 a.m. on April 27 went as planned for the Midwest Catholic Workers Retreat and Resistance. But nothing between our arrival and the receipt of tickets by nine line-crossers was…
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No War on Iran: Veterans and military family members arrested at the Capitol
At noon on Monday, April 20, our Executive Director Mike Prysner and CCW client Tyler Romero were arrested alongside over 60 veterans and military family members, some with loved ones deployed to the Middle East, in a civil disobedience action…
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Man disarms U.S. warplane at Shannon Airport
[Update: Daithí O’Corrain was released on bail at the end of April.] Mid-morning on April 11, 47-year-old Daithí O’Corrain entered an unauthorized area of Ireland’s Shannon Airport, climbed up on the wing of a U.S. military plane and began to…