Trident nuclear disarmament activist Steve Kelly, a Jesuit priest, begins his third year imprisoned in a county jail as he and his companions await sentencing.
Tag: Nuclear Disarmament
A Difficult Peace – Sean Reynolds
February 25, 2020 Nearly a thousand of us were gathered in Chicago beneath the alarming edifice of Chicago’s “Trump Tower.” Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani had been brutally murdered the day before in Iraq, withContinue reading
Afghanistan, Drones, Guantanamo, Iraq, Middle East, Nonviolent Resistance Actions, Nuclear Disarmament, Syria, Yemen
Let Us End Our Complicity in War – Bishop Gumbleton
We’re grateful for Bishop Thomas Gumbleton’s call to end complicity with war: although addressed to members of his own faith, his words challenge all who long to abolish war and weapons. Bishop Gumbleton traveled withContinue reading
Trident is the Crime – Kathy Kelly
by Kathy KellyOctober 25, 2019 On October 24, following a three-day trial in Brunswick, GA, seven Catholic Workers who acted to disarm a nuclear submarine base were convicted on three felony counts and one misdemeanor.Continue reading
Taking Next Steps Toward Nuclear Abolition – Kathy Kelly
by Kathy KellyOctober 20, 2019 My friend Marianne Goldscheider, who is 87, suffered a broken hip in July, 2018 and then, in June 2019, it happened again. When she broke her hip the first time,Continue reading
Plowshares’ Motions Denied, Trial Date Set for October 21
“The Perpetual War Stops Here” Dear Friends, thank you for supporting the Kings Bay Plowshares 7. Yesterday, 509 days after their arrest, a federal judge denied all the pre-trial motions by our friends. Today, theContinue reading
Activists Walk “Cease and Desist” Order into Nuclear Weapons Base
MEDIA ADVISORY – For Immediate Release July 10 2019 BÜCHEL, Germany — Eleven international peace activists entered the Büchel Air Base southwest of Frankfurt early this morning to deliver what they called a “Treaty EnforcementContinue reading
Hiroshima through Nagasaki Day, fast and vigil for the Kings Bay Plowshares 7
Announcing, to last from Hiroshima Day August 6th through Nagasaki Day August 9th in solidarity with the KINGS BAY PLOWSHARES 7 (http://www.kingsbayplowshares7.org), A FAST FOR PEACE in defense of life and against nuclear weapons. Continue reading
Kings Bay Plowshares, Awaiting Trial, Decry U.S. INF Withdrawal
The statement below was issued by the seven Kings Bay Plowshares activists now awaiting trial for their April 4, 2018 action symbolically disarming the nuclear weapons arsenal based at the Kings Bay Naval Base inContinue reading
March 2nd: Nuclear Nonproliferation Workshop
Voices Afghanistan delegate Sarah Ball will be a featured speaker at this March 2nd breakfast workshop in Chicago, where she’ll discuss her ongoing work with Voices advocating for nuclear disarmament of the United States andContinue reading