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Since President Obama was inaugurated, there have been over two thousand six hundred arrests of activists protesting in the U.S. Research shows over 670 people have been arrested in protests…
On Jeju Island, South Korea, a jailed local opponent of a new U.S. navy base is in his 53rd day of a hunger strike. Korea’s most prominent film critic, University…
June 3 update to this post: Bonnie Urfer, Sr. Jackie Hudson, Sr. Carol Gilbert, Sr. Ardeth Platte, Jean Gump and Steve Baggarly were moved on May 28 to the Irwin…
DISARMAMENT ACTIVISTS CONVICTED IN KNOXVILLE FEDERAL COURT KNOXVILLE, TN Twelve disarmament activists were convicted of federal trespass following a three-day jury trial in U.S. District court here during which the…
Or, Day Two of the Y12 Resisters’ Trial by Ralph Hutchison On March 4, 2011, Judge Bruce Guyton heard arguments about the government’s motion to limit the testimony that Y12…
Trident Ploughshares and Faslane Peace Camp activists in Scotland jointly blockaded Faslane starting at 7 a.m. on May 10, shutting down the Trident submarine base for two hours. Four members…
Poulsbo, Washington, Saturday, May 7, 2011 – “Disarm, Disarm! The Sword of murder is not the balance of justice” rang out as nuclear resisters symbolically closed the United States’ largest…
© Nicolas Chauveau / Greenpeace At dawn on Monday, May 2, Greenpeace activists began blocking the construction of the European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) under construction at Flamanville, France. Two trucks…
[Blog editor’s note: the final arrest tally was 53, not 52 people.] by Joshua McElwee National Catholic Reporter KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fifty-two peace activists, most connected to Catholic Worker…
