Plowshares Actions and Civil Resistance: an ongoing chronicle of resistance to the empire

Chronology of some Resistance Actions
to record all resistance actions would require reams of paper
and megabites of cyberspace

2010
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Plowshares 8!

36 people arrested at Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Complex, Oak Ridge Tennessee during Resistance for a Nuclear Free Future Gathering celebrating 30 years of The Nuclear Resister, Nukewatch and Plowshares

Over 100 hold signs, hand out leaflets at Grand Central Station, NY
22 arrested "No Nukes begin with U.S." organized by WRL!

2009
January 17, 2009 Six Activists Disarm Weapons at UK weapons manufacturer
April Faith and Resistance Retreat (Holy Week)
........Pentagon
........Department of Energy
........White House
April 29, 2009, Christian Peace Witness for Iraq Sr. Carol Gilbert, Sr. Ardeth Platte and 19 others arrested at White House praying and witnessing for the end of US war and occupation in Iraq (images)
April 30, 2009 Witness Against Torture/Witness at end of 100 Days Campaign
June 2009 Road to No War nonviolent walk to 13 military sites in Hampton Roads, Virginia
......photos and description ... music video

August 5-9, 2009 Faith and Resistance Retreat Report
.....Pentagon Witness
.....Visit to Japanese Embassy
.....photo album of all actions during retreat
.....Reflection by Hibakusha Kazumi Tsuchida given at White House Witness

October 5, 2009 61 ARRESTED AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Hundreds demand Obama end Afghan and Iraq wars, close Guantanamo and Bagram, and surge spending on housing and jobs Press Release of Action **Photo Gallery **Liz McAlister's Talk at McPherson Square
Liz's talk on video Part 1 ** Part 2

2008
Swedish Plowshares and Disarmament Actions
January 11, 2008 International Day to Shut Down Guantanamo(400 march, 80 arrested)(jail reflection) (press release)
Ash Wed 2008 From Cathedral to White House
March 7, 2008 Interfaith Witness To End the War in Iraq-and Photo Album
March 19, 2008 Blockade of IRS organized by WRL
March 2008 HOLY WEEK FAITH AND RESISTANCE RETREAT Witness at Arms Bazaar, Pentagon and White House: Federal Court statements and sentencing
photo gallery of all the actions
April 30, 2008 Anzac Plowshares, New Zealand
May 2008: Catonsville 9 at 40: 40th Rememberance and Celebration and photo gallery
May 17, 2008 Andrews Air Force Base Turns away Vets, Peacemakers at Open House
photo gallery

August Faith and Resistance Retreat (photo gallery)
..... August 6, 2008 Pentagon
......August 7, 2008 Tour of USS Sterett
......August 8, 2008 Department of Energy
......August 9, 2008 White House
August 9, 2008 Peace Navy Resists USS Sterett Commissioning
September 2008 Southern Life Community B-52 witness at Oceana
October 2008 Sr. Carol Gilbert,OP and Sr. Ardeth Platte, OP labeled "terrorists" by Maryland State Police and Homeland Security
October 3, 2008 Keep Space for Peace, Northrop Grummond

October 15, 2008 The Hearland Speaks: a Peace Action Glimpsing the Beloved Community
December Faith and Resistance Retreat
.......Dec. 29, 2008 Pentagon
.......Dec. 30, 2008 Afghanistan and Iraqi Embassies
.......Dec. 30, 2008 Israeli Embassy
.......Dec. 31, 2008 DC Headquarters of Obama's Transistion Team

2007

January 11, 2007 International Day to Shut Down Guantanamo
March 16, 2007 Christian Peace Witness for Iraq: 222 arrested at the White House
April 9, 2007 The Arrested Development of a Minor
April 18, 2007 Witness Against Torture Walk in DC; chained to White House fence
Spring 2007 Faith and Resistance Retreat (with Jim and Shelley Douglass)
June 23, 2007 TASSC's Witness at 24 hour vigil at the White House
August 5, 2007 Faith and Resistance Retreat
August 6, 2007 Pentagon
August 7, 2007 Dept of Energy and Bechtel
August 8, 2007 Archdiocese of the Military Services
August 9, 2007 White House
September 2007 Kathy Boylan continues to pray that soldiers put down guns
September 20, 2007 Rivers of Blood, Capitol Crypt
October 20, 2007 Blackwater Protest
November, 2007 Ft. Huachuca: No Torture!
October 22, 2007 No War, No Warming
December 5, 2007 Supreme Court Vigil
December 10, 2007 Procession to the Military Archdiocese
December 28, 2007 Pentagon and Department of Energy
December 29, 2007 White House
December 30, 2007 Burmese Embassy

2006

January 25, 2006 Protest at the NSA as Pres. Bush visits
March 1, 2006 Ash Wednesday Witness Against Torture at the White House
March 20, 2006 March to the Pentagon
Spring 2006 Faith and Resistance Retreat (Pentagon action and jail witness )
June 20, 2006 Weapons of Mass Destruction Plowshares (North Dakota missile silo)
July 8, 2006   13 Peace Activists Arrested at National Security Agency
August 5-6, 2006 Faith and Resistance Retreat(Elmer Maas, presente!, Enola Gay, Conviction)
Aug 6, 2006 vines and fig trees planted inside Atomic Weapons Establishment, UK
Sept. 3, 2006 Cleveland National Air Show
September 26, 2006 John Dear and friends at Federal Building in New Mexico
Sept. 27, 2006 Declaration of Peace
Oct. 17, 2006 16 Arrested at White House: Bush signs Military Commissions Act
Nov. 16, 2006 Nuns collect canned food for military families
Nov. 19, 2006 Two priests arrested at Ft. Huachuca bringing letter against torture
Dec. 27-30 2006 Faith and Resistance Retreat (DOE, Pentagon, White House)

2005

Feb. 28, 2005 Protest US Orchestrated Coup & Occupation of Haiti
March 23 - 26, 2005 Holy Week Retreat (Wes and Sue, Dirty Laundry, Arms Bazaar)
August 5-9, 2005 60th Anniversary of the US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Sept. 26, 2005 371 Arrested at White House; 41 at Pentagon
Oct. 13, 2005 Over conscience, Long time teacher loses job...
Dec (Advent)2005 Witness Torture: March to Guantanamo
Dec. 27-30 2005 Faith and Resistance Retreat (IMF, Pentagon, White House)

2004

Jan 8, 2004 Holding American Hostage to Oil
Feb. 19, 2004 Wake Up Weyerhaeuser: Protect Forests Now
April 8, 2004 Silo Pruining Hooks II
Holy Week 2004 Faith and Resistance Retreat
May 2004 ELF Nonviolent Action on Mother's Day
Memorial Day Action at WWII Memorial, D.C.
June 1, 2004 Pentagon Witness
August 2004 Faith & Resistance Retreat
Oct. 2, 2004 Adopt-a-Silo Action, Liturgy at N-8
November 2004 SOA Watch Gathering at Fort Benning,
Dec. 6, 2004 Witness from Isaiah Wall to Recruiting Center, NYC
Dec 14, 2004 Uranium Weapons Protesters Found ‘Not Guilty'
Dec 27-30, 2004 Faith and Resistance Retreat (White House arrests)

2003

Feb 3, 2003 Pit Stop Plowshares, Ireland
March 17, 2003 Blood at Recruiting Center, Four Activists Act for Life Ithaca NY
Nov. 2003 School of the Americas Watch Witness
Oct. 2003 Demonstrators were kept far away from NATO delegates, Colorado
December 29, 2003 Blood Poured on the Pentagon

2002

Oct. 6, 2002 Sacred Earth and Space Plowshares (Colorado missile silo)

2000

September 9, 2000 Sacred Earth and Space Plowshares

1999

Dec. 19, 1999 Plowshares vs. Depleted Uranium (A-10 Warthog)

1998

May 17, 1998 Gods of Metal Plowshares

1997

Feb. 12, 1997 Prince of Peace Plowshares (Bath Iron Works, Maine)

1996

July 27, 1996 Weep for Children Plowshares

1983

November 24, 1983 Griffiss Plowshares (Rome NY, B-52)

1968

May 17, 1968 Catonsville Nine

1967

October 27, 1967 Baltimore Four pour blood on draft files

1967-1973 Peacemaking-Resistance to War-Images

1914 The Life and Witness of Ben Salmon