Companions on the Journey

From: Ellen Grady,  Nov 29, 2007
“When I turned myself in, with all my fears and doubts, I did it not only for myself. I did it for the people of Iraq, even for those who fired upon me-they were just on the other side of a battleground where war itself was the only enemy.

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from Kim Williams and Steve Baggarly
The 7 protesters arrested at Blackwater USA in October for recreating the Nisoor Square massacre at the company’s front door will go to trial on Wednesday, December 5th at 9:30 am.

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After being hit on September 4th by a “category 5″ Hurricane Felix, for the first time in our history here in Nicaragua we had 50 consecutive days of rain (reminded me of the annual monsoons in India). Over 300 deaths, 200,000 left homeless (the equivalent of over 10 million people in the United States), […]

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November 18, 2007 (from a phone conversation with Betsy Lamb)
Betsy Lamb, Jerry Zawada and Mary Burton Riseley were arrested today at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona, where officers are trained in torture techniques.
The three had statements to give to the people on the base, and were walking up to the guardpost. They walked over a short […]

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Tom Lewis writes:
Three of us in Worcester, Mass. managed to get together a small vigil and protest at the commissioning of the USS Sampson in boston on November 3, 2007. We were met by 10 or more Boston Police who would not let us get near our on the ship but with some […]

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Dear Friends,
I know Ellen’s been keeping you informed about my part in the protest at Blackwater Worldwide on 20 October in Moyock, NC. Immediately following our arrest we rode in a sheriff’s van to begin our four day experience of “southern hospitality”.
The skimpy portions and poor quality of the fare provided by our keepers did […]

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