Appeals include emphasis of international law, depleted uranium use, crimes against humanity

On Sept. 23, thirty-seven people were arrested sitting outside the gates of Naval Magazine Indian Island as part of a nationwide campaign called the Declaration of Peace. Among the arrested were Olympia residents Molly Gibbs and Bernie Meyer.

Protesters were also arrested at the port of Olympia and in Representative Rick Larsen's office in Bellingham.

Olympia activist Jeff Berryhill, Olympia City Councilmember TJ Johnson, and activist Molly Gibbs (2nd row from left) marched with Rev. Elizabeth Stevens, her son Daniel (front right), and over 200 others on a 3.7-mile trek to the Indian Island Naval Weapons Depot, September 23, 2006.

Photo by Jane Ramirez.

PRESS RELEASE- "The primary tools of death and destruction for the Iraq/Afghanistan occupation and war are contained at Indian Island," says Marion Ward, associate member with Veterans for Peace.

A group of 500 very diverse people gathered at HG Carroll Park, near Port Townsend, to protest the occupation of Iraq. Over 200 marched on a 3.7-mile walk to Indian Island Naval Weapons Depot, the largest on the west coast. Surrounded by 200 peaceful supporters, 37 non-violent, law-abiding folks were arrested.

Green Party candidate Aaron Dixon and supporters cross the bridge to Indian Island where a short time later 37 anti-war activists were arrested for blocking the entrance to the Indian Island Naval Weapons Depot. (Photo by Elliot Stoller)

On Wednesday afternoon, April 12, Judge Daniel Phillips in Kitsap County District Court in Port Orchard, declared a "mistrial" in the trial of four peace activists who were charged with "failure to disperse".

The four were charged for a demonstration on the morning of August 8, 2005, in which 19 demonstrators blocked the highway entrance to the Bangor Trident submarine base with a long banner that stated, "We Can All Live Without Trident." The demonstration was in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Incoming traffic was blocked for . . .

The notorious Oly Four -- Patricia Imani, Bryce Brown, Alice Zillah, Shannon Bushnell -- at the Kitsap County courthouse during their trial for failure to disperse at the Trident nuclear submarine base in Bangor. (photo by Scott Yoos)

by Alice Zillah

In mid-November, Shannon Bushnell, Patty Imani, Bryce Brown and I received letters from Kitsap County informing us that we would be prosecuted for "failure to disperse" dating from our action of nonviolent civil disobedience committed on August 8.

On that morning, we were four of the 19 people who stood and knelt in the middle of Luoto Road in Poulsbo, blocking the main gate to Bangor Submarine Base, home of the Trident nuclear submarine. Dozens of fellow peacemakers stood in vigil at the side of the road, offering us support as we were cuffed and put into police vans.

Alice Zillah, Shannon Bushnell, and Patty Imani blocking the main gate to Bangor Submarine Base, August 8, 2005. (photo by Scott Yoos)

by Holly Gwinn Graham

Plowshares Nuns, Sisters Jackie Hudson and Carol Gilbert, wrongfully convicted in 2002 of sabotage and damages to a nuclear missile silo, are out of federal prisons and on parole! Both have been allowed to remain in Washington and Maryland respectively. Sister Ardeth Platte remains in prison in Danbury CT until December.

Sisters Jackie Hudson, Ardeth Platte and Carol Gilbert.