Three more Kings Bay Plowshares activists sentenced

Martha Hennessy, Clare Grady and Carmen Trotta were sentenced last week for their part in the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 action that took place on April 4/5 2018 on the Georgia submarine base. Hennessy, the sixth of the Kings Bay Plowshares defendants to be sentenced, was ordered to serve 10 months incarceration as well as three years supervised probation and restitution. This was a downward departure from the guidelines of 18 to 24 months recommended by the probation department. The day before, Trotta was sentenced to 14 months, also a downgrade from the expected sentence. Grady was sentenced to one year and one day which is also well below the guidelines. The remaining defendant, Mark Colville, will be sentenced in December. Earlier this year, Liz McAlister was sentenced to time served. Fr. Steve Kelly was sentenced to 33 months incarceration, three years of supervised release and restitution. He has served 30 months in pretrial confinement so should have completed this sentence with the addition of good time. O’Neill was sentenced to 14 months in prison and the same probation and restitution. At the moment, prison sentences look unlikely to be served during the covid pandemic.

Beyond Nuclear board members on EnviroCloseup

Rachel Carson Council President & CEO, Bob Musil, is featured in this edition of Karl Grossman’s “Enviro Close-Up,” a progressive half-hour TV program broadcast nationwide and internationally since 1991. Musil discusses the work and politics of Rachel Carson and the role of the Rachel Carson Council in today’s environmental movement.

Karl Grossman is a veteran investigative reporter who is the author of six books and Professor of Journalism at the State University of New York at Old Westbury. Grossman is also a Board member of Beyond Nuclear and a regular contributor to Truthout, CounterPunch, and other publications.

Anti-Nuclear Pacifists Get Federal Prison Terms for Nonviolent Protest

The most dedicated peace activists you’ve never heard of are headed to federal prison amid a deadly pandemic.

As reported by Elise Swain in The Intercept.

Webinar: Straight Answers on San Onofre Radiation Risks

In partnership with the Coalition for Nuclear Safety, the Samuel Lawrence Foundation is pleased to present an online forum, "Is it Safe to Live Near San Onofre Nuclear Plant?" at noon Pacific US time on Thursday, November 19. Hosted by Dr. Ian Fairlie, an expert on radiation biology, the discussion provides an alternative to the obfuscation and stonewalling we have come to expect at meetings of Southern California Edison's Community Engagement Panel. Our boycott presentation is scheduled for the same day as Edison's CEP meeting.

Is it Safe to Live Near San Onofre Nuclear Plant? Online Zoom forum with Dr. Ian Fairlie Noon to 1 p.m. (PST) Thursday, November 19 RSVP here. Dr. Fairlie will address the risks of radioactive releases at San Onofre, the insufficiency of official modeling for radiation exposure, and any other questions you may have -- without delay and without referring you to Edison propaganda. Ian Fairlie, PhD, is an independent consultant on radioactivity.

Event: Why hasn't Canada signed the UN nuclear weapons ban treaty?

Join a webinar on Thursday, November 19, 6:30pm Easter UN time, on the need for Canada to sign the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty. Featuring Liberal MP Hedy Fry, NDP MP Heather McPherson, Green Party MP Elizabeth May, Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe and Setsuko Thurlow, survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima who jointly accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Register here.