Companions on the Journey http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj Witness, Reflection, and Stories of Resistance to Empire Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Arrests at Vandenburg AFB including Steve Kelly, S.J. http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/08/13/arrests-at-vandenburg-afb-including-steve-kelly-sj/ http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/08/13/arrests-at-vandenburg-afb-including-steve-kelly-sj/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:27:05 +0000 admin2 http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/08/13/arrests-at-vandenburg-afb-including-steve-kelly-sj/ Guadalupe (CA) Catholic Worker Dennis Apel and Fr. Steve Kelly, S.J. were arrested outside
the main gate of Vandenberg AFB on August 9, commemorating the 63 anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki (Photos attached). At our annual Hiroshima/Nagasaki day commemoration vigil, Dennis and Fr.
Steve were arrested for violation of their “Ban and Bar” letter that they received for the May 19, 2007 witness and arrest, which prohibits their presence on or near the base for life.

Mike Wisniewski (LACW) also was given a warning to leave or face arrest for violating his  “Ban and Bar”,  but he chose to leave the vigil area. Dennis, Fr. Steve, Mike, and Jeff Dietrich from the LACW,
face another hearing on Sept. 18 for the May 19, 2007 action.

Michael Wisniewski <mikewiz50(at)riseup.net>

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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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]]> http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/03/14/priests-who-protested-torture-policy-released-from-prison/feed/ We Will Not Be Silent: YouTube video http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/03/14/we-will-not-be-silent-no-funding-for-war-2/ http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/03/14/we-will-not-be-silent-no-funding-for-war-2/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:00:17 +0000 admin2 http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/03/14/we-will-not-be-silent-no-funding-for-war-2/ Clip of Senate being told that “We Will Not Be Silent” 

]]> http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/03/14/we-will-not-be-silent-no-funding-for-war-2/feed/ We Will Not Be Silent: War Protesters Arrested in Senate http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/03/14/we-will-not-be-silent-no-funding-for-war/ http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/03/14/we-will-not-be-silent-no-funding-for-war/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:41:12 +0000 admin2 http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/03/14/we-will-not-be-silent-no-funding-for-war/ 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, March 12, 2008, NCNR members went into the gallery of the U.S. Senate as Ghosts of the Iraq War.  (more…)

]]> http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/03/14/we-will-not-be-silent-no-funding-for-war/feed/ Martin Luther King, Jr. Still a Prophet For Our Time http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/03/08/martin-luther-king-jr-still-a-prophet-for-our-time/ http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/03/08/martin-luther-king-jr-still-a-prophet-for-our-time/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:12:59 +0000 admin2 http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/03/08/martin-luther-king-jr-still-a-prophet-for-our-time/ 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 in 1956. It was very shocking to me
to see the overt signs of racism. A close friend in the squadron (more…)

]]> http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/03/08/martin-luther-king-jr-still-a-prophet-for-our-time/feed/ Betsy Lamb, Jerry Zawada, Mary Riseley Sentenced to Probation, Fine and Community Service http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/04/betsy-lamb-jerry-zawada-mary-riseley-sentenced-to-probation-fine-and-community-service/ http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/04/betsy-lamb-jerry-zawada-mary-riseley-sentenced-to-probation-fine-and-community-service/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:48:21 +0000 admin2 http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/04/betsy-lamb-jerry-zawada-mary-riseley-sentenced-to-probation-fine-and-community-service/ Feb. 4, 2008 Today in court, defendants Betsy Lamb, Fr. Jerry Zawada and Mary Burton Riseley entered stipulations to the facts of trespass and failure to obey an officer, in return for prosecution dismissal of the conspiracy charge. After much dialogue between the court, the defendants and attornies for the prosecution and defense, Magistrate Jacqueline Marshall sentenced each defendant to two years of supervised probation, plus a $5,000 fine or 500 hours of community service.

]]> http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/04/betsy-lamb-jerry-zawada-mary-riseley-sentenced-to-probation-fine-and-community-service/feed/ John Dear, S.J. Nominated for 2008 Nobel Peace Prize http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/01/john-dear-sj-nominated-for-2008-nobel-peace-prize/ http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/01/john-dear-sj-nominated-for-2008-nobel-peace-prize/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:50:36 +0000 admin2 http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/01/john-dear-sj-nominated-for-2008-nobel-peace-prize/ 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 Dear to you and support his nomination.

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]]> http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/01/john-dear-sj-nominated-for-2008-nobel-peace-prize/feed/ Pioneering Blackwater Protesters Given Secret Trial and Criminal Conviction http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/01/pioneering-blackwater-protesters-given-secret-trial-and-criminal-conviction/ http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/01/pioneering-blackwater-protesters-given-secret-trial-and-criminal-conviction/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:43:25 +0000 admin2 http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/01/pioneering-blackwater-protesters-given-secret-trial-and-criminal-conviction/ 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 question were not the armed thugs who gunned down 17
Iraqi civilians and wounded more than 20 others in Baghdad’s Nisour
Square last September. They were seven nonviolent activists who had
the audacity to stage a demonstration at the gates of Blackwater’s
7,000-acre private military base in North Carolina to protest the
actions of mercenaries acting with impunity — and apparent immunity
– in their names and those of every American.

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]]> http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/01/pioneering-blackwater-protesters-given-secret-trial-and-criminal-conviction/feed/ Jerry Zawada Reflects on Jeremiah’s Complaint http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/01/jerry-zawada-reflects-on-jeremiahs-complaint/ http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/01/jerry-zawada-reflects-on-jeremiahs-complaint/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:31:57 +0000 admin2 http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/01/jerry-zawada-reflects-on-jeremiahs-complaint/ Reflection on Jeremiah's Complaint - Part One (Jer. 20: 7-18) God, you're pretty clever. You led me on a path I didn't expect - or even wanted. I feel duped. You overpowered me and now I'm stuck. I'm ridiculed all day long. Everyone mocks me: "What are you trying to prove anyway? You're not accomplishing anything. Things are never going to change; you can't fight city hall, Get real!"

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]]> http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/01/jerry-zawada-reflects-on-jeremiahs-complaint/feed/ Judge Rejects Plea Agreement in Torture Protest Case http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/01/judge-rejects-plea-agreement-in-torture-protest-case/ http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/01/judge-rejects-plea-agreement-in-torture-protest-case/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:20:57 +0000 admin2 http://www.jonahhouse.org/coj/2008/02/01/judge-rejects-plea-agreement-in-torture-protest-case/ January 26, 2008
Felice or Jack Cohen-Joppa:    520-323-8697

JUDGE REJECTS PLEA AGREEMENT IN TORTURE PROTEST CASE

At Friday morning’s (January 25) hearing in federal court in Tucson,
Magistrate Jacqueline Marshall rejected a proposed plea agreement
between Army prosecutor Capt. Evan Seamone and Torture on Trial
defendant Frances Elizabeth (Betsy) Lamb.  (more…)

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