With the 20 years of truly massive damage inflicted on the globe by the U.S. “war on terror” – 65 million displaced, 4.5 million killed, devastated cultures and smashed hopes – some…
Category: Legal Actions
1/14/22 U.S. Peace Activist to Again Stand Trial in Germany for Nuclear Weapons Protests
From Nukewatch A long-time U.S. peace activist will be tried on four charges of trespassing Monday, January 17, 2022 beginning at 9 a.m., in District Court in Cochem, Germany, charges that stem…
10/28/21 Upstate Drone Action Visits Sen. Schumer’s Office Then Heads to the Base
From Upstate Drone Action | Original Article Six Upstate Drone Action members witnessed today against weaponized drones at NYS Senator Chuck Schumer’s office in Syracuse, in concert with Ban Killer Drones’ (BKD)…
10/28/21 Citizens Blockade Beale Drone Base, Demand $30 Million in Reparations for Kabul Family
By Toby Blome Wheatland Gate (for the morning commute) Arriving in the dark of the morning to “greet” the early base commuters, we brought out the most visible banners first. When daylight…
6/9/21 Mark Colville Reported to Prison
From The Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Mark Colville reported to The Brooklyn Detention Center in the afternoon yesterday, June 8, to serve the remainder of his 21 month sentence. He had been…
5/27/21 Martha Hennessy and Carmen Trotta released from prison
From The Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Martha Hennessy was released yesterday, May 26, from Danbury prison after 5 1/2 months confinement to a halfway house in Manchester, New Hampshire which is about…
5/2/21 Carmen Trotta and Martha Hennessy To Get Early Release
From The Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Martha Hennessy and Carmen Trotta have been told that they will be getting early release to home confinement in two weeks. Martha in Danbury FCI had…
4/13/21 Fr. Steve Kelly, S.J., Freed from Prison Today With Time Served
From Kings Bay Plowshares 7 After three years and eight days imprisoned in various county jails and federal facilities since the Kings Bay Plowshares action, Fr. Steve Kelly walked out of the…
3/19/21 Anti-War Activists Protest On Iraq War 18th Anniversary
By Erik Mc Gregor From Erikmcgregor.com | Original Article One of World Can’t Wait’s “Stop U.S. Wars!” posters. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS New York, NY – Anti-War activists gathered on…
2/5/21 Peace Activists Conduct a Public Shaming of the University of Arkansas for its Links to a Prominent Nuclear Bomb Parts Supplier for the U.S. Government
By Jeremy Kuzmarov From Covert Action Magazine | Original Article Protesters opposing nuclear weapons development at the University of Arkansas. (January 22, 2021) [Source: Photo courtesy of Pauline Mtpl] See article…
1/25/21 Activists block trucks at company transporting weapons to Saudi Arabia, demand Canada stop fuelling war in Yemen
From World Beyond War Hamilton, Ontario – Members and allies of anti-war organizations World Beyond War and Labour Against the Arms Trade are blocking trucks at Paddock Transport International, a Hamilton-area transportation…
1/1/21 NYers Took a New Year’s Polar Bear Plunge Urging City Council to Pass Councilmember Danny Dromm’s Nuclear DIisarmament Legislation
From Erik McGregor Photography | Original Article CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS Rockaway Beach, NY – New York-based members of Nobel Laureate ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons gathered…
12/10/20 Carmen and Martha to Report to Prison Monday, December 14
From The Kings Bay Plowshares 7 After a year of waiting since being convicted after trial in October 2019, two of the seven KBP defendants begin their sentences on Monday, December 14….
11/18/20 Remaining Plowshares 7 Defendants Sentenced
From The Kings Bay Plowshares 7 On Nov. 12, 2020, two more of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 were sentenced by video conferencing with Judge Wood in the court in Brunswick, GA….
11/6/20 Sentencing Update of Last Four KBP7
From Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Judge Lisa Godbey Wood, presiding over the trial and sentencing of the Kings Bay Plowshares in Brunswick, GA, has denied any further continuances for sentencing as requested…