Witness, Reflection, and Stories of Resistance to Empire
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Posted in Nonviolent Resistance on Nov 21st, 2007
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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Posted in Nonviolent Resistance on Nov 15th, 2007
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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Posted in Blackwater, Nonviolent Resistance on Nov 6th, 2007
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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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 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 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.