9,000 arrests in nine months call for CEASEFIRE NOW! « The Nuclear Resister

Photo by David SolnitFrom the Nuclear Resister(This chronicle of resistance is published in issues#202 and #203/204 ofthe Nuclear Resisternewsletter, and online at nukeresister.org. Last updated on July 11.)Since October of 2023, thousands of protests and actions around the world have called for a ceasefire and end to Israel’s occupation of theWest Bank and Gaza. In this day-by-day record of dissent, the Nuclear Resister has chronicledmore than 9,000 arrests (and counting) in the U.S. and Canada on over350 occasions across more than 125 cities and towns in 36 states and 5 provinces. Over 3,400 of these arrests have taken place on at least 70 university campuses. It marks the largest surge of anti-war arrests sincemid-April, 2003, when the Nuclear Resister reportedover 7,500 anti-war arrests in the U.S. alone inthe lead-upto and first weeks of the second U.S. invasion of Iraq.By “arrested,” we mean when a person is detained by police for any length of time and is not free to go or to co...