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Transform Now Plowshares!
The July 28th Transform Now Plowshares action at the Y-12 facility has created quite a stir in the corporate press. We hope to change the dialogue from one of security of nuclear weapons facilities to one of how nuclear weapons make the world insecure. Click here to check out the Transform Now Plowshares Website.
Posted on November 13, 2012 by Subversive Peacemaker
A bit of history. On August 6, 1993 Susan Crane and Maxina Ventura engaged in a creative nonviolent direct action at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratories as a statement against its work and contamination of surrounding communities. Continue reading →
Posted on January 7, 2011 by Disarm Now Plowshares
Friends,
Steven Leeper, Chairperson of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, spent the week with us during the Disarm Now Plowshares trial – observing, supporting and testifying, and sharing his experience and knowledge with others. Mike McCormick interviewed Steve on Saturday, December 11th, on KEXP Radio, Seattle. Steve gave a rich explanation of the purposes and functions of Mayors for Peace and the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, provided perspective on the trial, and spoke directly about the world “nuclear weapons crisis.”
Steve Kelly is out of the hoosegow!!! He was released on May 24th.
Steve Kelly was arrested by Santa Clara Police in front of the Lockheed Martin missile plant during the recent Good Friday vigil there. He was held to be picked up by Federal Marshals to begin serving time for parole violation from his Disarm Now Plowshares sentence. He was transferred by federal marshals on April 16th to the Alameda County Jail in Oakland (aka the Glenn Dyer Detention Center).Steve then took the scenic route to the Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump, Nevada, and then to SeaTac Federal Detention Center. On May 20th Steve appeared before Judge Benjamin Settle, who gave him 60 days with time served. He served that time at SeaTac and was released on May 24th.
Updates on the whereabouts of other imprisoned anti-nuclear and anti-war resisters can be found at The Nuclear Resister