Witness, Reflection, and Stories of Resistance to Empire
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Posted in Blackwater, Nonviolent Resistance on Oct 27th, 2007
Hey, there!
Whew. Ya gotta move when the Spirit says move!
Five days locked up sure makes one grateful for rain, trees, air, life!
It was a good thing to witness with the other women inmates, “in” for street crimes.
It was healing to them for me simply to listen to their troubles and encourage them
to take back control […]
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Posted in Blackwater, Nonviolent Resistance on Oct 23rd, 2007
Marisol Hugo sends a link to her local news with an interview of Catholic Workers in jail
after the Blackwater action in NC:
http://www.wavy.com/global/story.asp?s=7249332
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Posted in Blackwater, Nonviolent Resistance on Oct 22nd, 2007
Dear Friends, Last night we received a call reporting on an action
that Peter and other Catholic Workers from the East Coast were part
of at the headquarters of Blackwater USA in the Great Dismal Swamp,
NC. Below are photos of the action as well as their statement. Six
of the group are being held on a $1000. bail, […]
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Posted in Blackwater on Oct 21st, 2007
Seven Protesters Arrested at Blackwater’s Headquarters by Bill Sizemore
Seven people were arrested Saturday at Blackwater Worldwide’s front
entrance after protesters re-enacted the Sept. 16 shooting incident in
Baghdad involving Blackwater contractors in which 17 Iraqis died.
It was the first protest at the 10-year-old private military company’s
headquarters, a reflection of its heightened profile since the Baghdad
shootings stirred Iraqi […]
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Posted in Fort Huachuca, Nonviolent Resistance on Oct 17th, 2007
Published on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 by CommonDreams.org
by Bill Quigley
TUCSON, Arizona — October 17 — Louis Vitale, 75, a Franciscan priest, and Steve Kelly, 58, a Jesuit priest, were each sentenced today to five months in federal prison for attempting to deliver a letter opposing the teaching of torture at Fort Huachuca in Arizona. […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 13th, 2007
It was the fall of 1976 as I recall it that we had our first gathering of the ALC - a bow and response and compliment (as well as complement) to the Pacific Life Community and the awesome work that folks were doing there in resistance. We have 31 years under our belt with many […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 13th, 2007
Southern Life Community Gathering
Blackwater USA Protest
October 19-21, 2007
The Southern Life Community will be gathering in Virginia Beach the weekend of October 19-21.
The Southern Life Community is a gathering of faith-based war resisters in the southeast, organized by Virginia and North Carolina Catholic Worker communities.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 13th, 2007
Amos and Vinnie, the new Jonah House donkey.
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Posted in Nonviolent Resistance on Oct 13th, 2007
October 5th
Friends,
Frank Cordaro just received thirty days in the Polk County jail after pleading guilty to criminal trespass.
Cordaro, and two other defendants Renee Espeland and Aaron Glynn appeared at the Polk County Court House at 1:00 p.m. today to face trespassing charges they received after the September 21st occupation of Senator Grassley’s office.