Witness, Reflection, and Stories of Resistance to Empire
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Posted in Fort Huachuca, Nonviolent Resistance on Mar 14th, 2008
March 14, 2008
For more information, contact Felice or Jack Cohen-Joppa, 520-323-8697
Franciscan Fr. Louis Vitale and Jesuit Fr. Stephen Kelly were
released today from California jails, after serving five month
sentences as federal prisoners.
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Posted in Nonviolent Resistance on Mar 14th, 2008
Clip of Senate being told that “We Will Not Be Silent”
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Posted in Nonviolent Resistance on Mar 14th, 2008
Members of the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance again went inside the U.S. Capitol with a message to end the funding of the Iraq War. On September 20, 2007, thirty four NCNR activists did a die-in at the Capitol Crypt to plead with Congress to stop funding an illegal occupation of Iraq.
This time, on Wednesday, […]
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Posted in Fort Huachuca, Nonviolent Resistance on Mar 8th, 2008
Imperial County Jail - Fr. Louie Vitale
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day - January 21, 2008 - 40 years later
a reflection from prison by Louie Vitale: February 2008
Two years ago at this time, I was in a Georgia jail. I could not help
but remember having lived in southern Georgia (Valdosta) while
training with the U.S. Air Force […]
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Posted in Nonviolent Resistance on Feb 1st, 2008
In support of The Reverend Father John Dear, S.J. : Nobel Peace Prize 2008
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Dr Leo Rebello, World Peace Envoy from Bombay, India and Dr Charles Mercieca, President of International Association of Educators for World Peace, USA have nominated the Reverend Father John Dear, SJ for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. I commend Father […]
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Posted in Blackwater, Nonviolent Resistance on Feb 1st, 2008
By Jeremy Scahill <jeremy.scahill@gmail.com>
Printed on January 29, 2008
AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/story/75244/
Last week in Currituck County, N.C., Superior Court Judge Russell
Duke presided over the final step in securing the first criminal
conviction stemming from the deadly actions of Blackwater Worldwide,
the Bush administration’s favorite mercenary company. Lest you think
you missed some earth-shifting, breaking news, hold on a moment. The
“criminals” in […]
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Posted in Nonviolent Resistance on Dec 20th, 2007
Shut It Down Affinity Group implores Vermont Yankee to consider safety
concerns
contact: Marcia Gagliardi
VERNON, Vermont. State and local police arrested six women of the Shut It Down Affinity Group Tuesday as they implored Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant officers to allow them to present safety concerns to newly-appointed safety officer Ricardo Fernandes and his counterpart […]
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Posted in Blackwater, Nonviolent Resistance on Dec 11th, 2007
Friday, December 07, 2007 From Kim Williams and Steve Baggarly
Here’s the local piece on yesterday’s trial. There is also an article at dailyadvance.com called “7 Blackwater Protesters Found Guilty” by John Henderson.
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Posted in Nonviolent Resistance on Nov 29th, 2007
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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Posted in Blackwater, Nonviolent Resistance on Nov 27th, 2007
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.