August 2010 — Reports | The Nuclear Resister

Hiroshima & Nagasaki Memorial Actions
August 20, 2010
The 65th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were observed around the world on August 6 and August 9. A handful of the memorial events across the United…
Bomb Plant Construction Blocked
August 17, 2010
Construction on the first of three new nuclear weapons production facilities was brought to a halt on Monday, August 16, when demonstrators occupied the Kansas City, Missouri site…
Another War Tax Resister Jailed
August 17, 2010
Another man (hot on Frank Donnelly‘s heels), who had privately resisted payment of federal income tax, for reasons of conscience in opposition to war, has recently been prosecuted…
Celebrating Nuclear Resistance
August 12, 2010
Double-click on image to view in full-screen mode (18 minutes) Celebrating Nuclear Resistance from the Nuclear Resister on Vimeo. A slide show with music prepared for the…
Vanunu Out of Prison Again – Sign Petition for Freedom to Leave Israel
August 9, 2010
Please sign this petition, adding your signature to a letter that has been sent by Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate, and Gerry Grehan, Chair of the Peace People, Northern…
Record of Civil Resistance Keeps U.S. Activist Couple Out of Canada
August 4, 2010
Report from George & Maureen Kehoe Ostensen On July 22, 2010, we packed up our 1982 VW camper van and drove to Lubec with the intention of crossing the Canadian border to explore…
War Tax Resister Reports to Federal Prison
August 3, 2010
(From Larry Dansinger, Maine War Tax Resource Center, via NWTRCC.org) About 40-50 people rallied in Bangor, Maine, in support of war tax resister Frank Donnelly on June 14, 2010…
~ from Skenäs Prison, Sweden, by Martin Smedjeback
August 2, 2010
SERVING TIME FOR PEACE IN SWEDEN 17th of June, 2010 I am led into the central office of the prison Skenäs outside of Norrköping. Two guards help me to carry my stuff. “It looks…