47 Arrested In 8 Weeks Demanding: #ConvertBIW To Address #ClimateEmergency !

Members of the #Inouye22 being taken to jail  Photo credit: Sophia Bahlkow

Media coverage of our powerful Conversion Campaign news conference on June 21 was thin, but coverage is rolling in from both mainstream and alternative sources for our arrests on June 22.

And people ask what purpose it serves to be arrested.

They might well ask that of the 70 people reportedly arrested outside the New York Times the same day, demanding the mouthpiece of the wealthy cover climate as the emergency it is.

Supporter of Juliana v. U.S. youth climate lawsuit in Portland, Oregon June 4, 2019 Photo credit: Janet Weil

As of this morning, news of our arrest is trending in the Bangor Daily News' Most Popular list.

Here's a current list of coverage of our civil resistance.

The Common Dreams article is particularly rich as it offers context for the arrests -- remember when journalists did that? It also includes videos of some of our arrests as well as our press conference the previous day.


'Fund Climate Solutions Not Endless War' 22 Arrested Demanding US Build Windmills, Not War Ships  by Jon Queally, Managing Editor Common Dreams 6/23/19

22 BIW protesters arrested, charged; 8-week total of 47 by Liam Nee, News Center Maine 6/22/19

22 protesters arrested outside christening[sic] of destroyer at Bath Iron Works by Charles Eichacker, Bangor Daily News 6/23/19

Bath Police arrest 22 protesters outside BIW before war ship christening[sic] ceremony by Darcie Moore & Kathleen O'Brien, Times Record 6/22/19

Police arrest 22 protesters outside christening[sic] of warship at BIW by Darcie Moore Kennebec Journal & Waterville Morning Sentinel 6/22/19




(Note: The Portland Press Herald did run the Times Record article by Darcie Moore, but the PPH website has been down all morning so I can't share a link, only this photo my friend Maryellen Dunn sent me of the hard copy of the Saturday 6/22/19 edition.)

Bruce Gagnon of Global Network Against Nuclear Power & Weapons in Space being taken to jail. To order your Maine Natural Guard t-shirt and take the pledge to connect global heating to Pentagon carbon emissions, go here.
Photo credit: Sophia Bahlkow

Post-arrest press release, archived on Peace Action Maine's website (big thanks for media assists from Martha Spiess).

Video of our Conversion Campaign news conference the previous day, Friday, June 21, 2019 in Portland.

Jill Stein, Luke Sekera and Barry Dana after speaking at the Conversion Campaign news conference in Portland 6/21/19 Photo credit: Nickie Sekera

Jill Stein's archived video of the Conversion Campaign news conference where she and other Green Party US members spoke. Thanks to Jill for livestreaming our event on Facebook.