EDITOR’S NOTE: The following essay was written by Susan Crane who began serving a 229 day prison sentence in June 2024 for nonviolent actions at Buchel air base in Germany, where U.S. nuclear weapons are stored. Among her many acts of resistance over the years, Susan participated in the Disarm Now Plowshares action at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor on November 2, 2009. When not acting up and doing time, Susan lives and works at the Redwood City Catholic Worker. Thanks to The Nuclear Resister for supporting Susan while behind bars, and for sharing this essay. October 11, 2024 While I’m in […]
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Golden Rule protests USS Nimitz, Indian Island Weapons Depot, and Trident Nuclear Sub Base
NEWS FLASH FROM THE GOLDEN RULE Veterans For Peace’s Golden Rule peace boat joined an on-the-water protest outside the Indian Island Weapons Depot near Port Townsend, Washington on Thursday, September 5. As it happened, the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier was being loaded up with weapons at the time. Will it be headed back for the Middle East? This was part of with the Week of Action for Solidarity with the Palestinian People – coordinated protests by Veterans For Peace chapters in over 25 US cities. One day earlier, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, the Golden Rule protested outside the Bangor Trident […]
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A prison comic: “Why is my Grandma in Prison?”
Some of you reading this will remember Susan Crane as a longtime peacemaker and nuclear resister, and member of the Disarm Now Plowshares action in 2009. On that fateful day she and four other activists entered the high security nuclear warhead storage area at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Washington in the early morning hours of November 2nd, All Souls Day, to call attention to the illegality and immorality of the existence of the first strike Trident weapons system. Crane and her comrades were given significant prison sentences for their nonviolent action for a world free of the threat of nuclear omnicide. […]
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We Must Oppose Israel’s Dangerous Gamble Before It’s Too Late
A failure to stop Israel’s genocide of Palestinians gambles with the fate of humanity as a whole. EDITOR’S NOTE: After reading this important essay by Kathy Kelly, please click the link for the Action Alert to Urge Governments to Use UN General Assembly Res 377 “Uniting For Peace” for Peace in Palestine. By Kathy Kelly* August 7, 2024 Following World War II, Albert Camus posed a “formidable gamble” to those who had survived a tragedy of immense proportions. “We’re in history up to our necks,” he observed, yet we must wager that “words are more powerful than munitions.” “Leave or […]
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One is (More Than) Enough
I’ll admit, I take some comfort in not knowing how many near miss nuclear accidents have occurred at Bangor. One is enough. Bangor is the garage and headquarters for a fleet of 8 Trident Nuclear Subs. 20 missiles and 90 warheads. Bangor’s 7,000 acres on Hood Canal (not including the open water in the blast zones) are located 20 miles from Seattle. This is the largest concentration of deployed nuclear weapons in the world (1094 nuclear warheads). But back to accidents. When subs return after a tour, they have their tires rotated. Except in this case it’s missiles. Two missiles […]
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