Alongside the obstructionist campaign of the nonviolent direct action camp at the construction site of Jabiluka uranium mine, on Nagasaki Day two activists brought hammers, blood, and the faith tradition of Ploughshares direct disarmament actions to the "first stage of the nuclear war assembly line." Treena Lenthall and Ciaron O'Reilly wrote some of the names of the victim cities on the uranium mining equipment - Nagasaki, Chernobyl, Missan - and poured blood, symbolic of the blood spilt by:

* nuclear weapon strikes at Hiroshima and Nagasaki;
* nuclear weapons testing in Pakistan, India, Australia, the Nevada Desert, the Pacific and Khazakstan;
* nuclear accidents at Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and nuclear waste dumps world wide; and
* the use of depleted uranium rounds against the people of Iraq that has left radiated battlefields and the citizenry with soaring cancer rates.

The pair then hammered on mining and road-building equipment before being arrested and jailed.

Both refused to post bond, and are in jail pending trial for trespass and property damage in late November.

Lenthall has worked with people with disabilities and been active in nonviolent resistance to training and arming of Indonesian troops in their war against the people of East Timor. O'Reilly, co-founder of Catholic Worker communities in Brisbane and Liverpool, served 13 months in a U.S. prison for his part in the ANZUS Plowshares disarmament action of January, 1991.

Both were also arrested July 17 for trespass on the Jabiluka lease. They faced the judge August 17 on this charge, were convicted and sentenced to 15 days in jail, concurrent with their present residence at Berrimah Prison, Darwin.

Letters of support can be sent to Treena Lenthall and Ciaron O'Reilly c/o Jabiluka Ploughshares, Berrimah Prison, PO Box 1407, Darwin NT 0801, Australia.
Donations may be sent to "Swords into Ploughshares", 145 Fairfield Road, Fairfield, Brisbane QLD 4011 Australia.