there are more people in prison for anti-nuclear actions than there have been for more than a decade

http://www.nukeresister.org/2011/06/16/the-nuclear-resister-needs-funds-please-help/

The Nuclear Resister needs funds – please help!
Posted on June 16, 2011

June 6, 2011

Dear friends,

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Of course, we’d rather there be no reason to risk arrest and endure imprisonment. But that’s not the case.

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We are heartened by the arrest of 53 Catholic Workers and friends on May 2 at the construction site of the new Kansas City nuclear weapons plant – the largest number of anti-nuclear arrests at an action in the U.S. in three years. (The group included many first time arrestees, including former Nuclear Resister intern Allison McGillivray and her fiancé Sam Yergler.)

We are heartened by the women of Shut it Down! in Vermont who repeatedly put their bodies on the line to demand closure of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, resulting in repeated arrests.

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We are heartened by all of the people around the country and world who called and emailed the Irwin County (Georgia) Detention Center over Memorial Day weekend when Sr. Jackie Hudson was having severe chest pain, urging that she be taken to the local hospital emergency room, which finally happened after several days. Heart problems were ruled out, and evaluation will continue.

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