OMNI PRISONERS FOR PEACE DAY
NEWSLETTER. DECEMBER 1, 2013, Compiled
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Prisoners for Peace Day
2013
19 Nov 2013 — HBrock
1st December is Prisoners for Peace Day.
For over 60 years, War Resisters' International have, on this day, made known
the names and stories of those imprisoned for actions for peace. Many are
conscientious objectors, in gaol for refusing to join the military. Others have
taken nonviolent actions to disrupt preparation for war.
This day is a chance for you to
demonstrate your support for those individuals and their movements, by writing
to those whose freedom has been taken away from them because of their work for
peace.
While WRI has a permanent Prisoners for
Peace list, which we make a special effort to update for Prisoners
for Peace Day on December 1st.
We invite you to:
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Put aside some time on December 1st, or a day close to it, to send
cards that express your solidarity. You can find the names and address here:http://www.wri-irg.org/inprison,
or you can download the list as a pdf file below
·
Get your friends, peace group, class, faith or community group
together and organise a card-writing session;
·
Set up a stall in your town centre, perform a bit of street
theatre, or do whatever else it takes to attract attention and interest.
Events
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Britain : Card
writing drop-in session at the Merseyside C.N.D
Friday 29th November: 'Everybody is welcome to come in to the office between 12 – 3 at151 Dale Street, L2 2AH
More info: http://www.mcnd.org.uk/
Friday 29th November: 'Everybody is welcome to come in to the office between 12 – 3 at
More info: http://www.mcnd.org.uk/
·
Korea: World Without War are holding an event on November 30th
Saturday, 17:00 at Space Mindle(Mapo, Seoul) It will be a letter night with
poems and songs for Prisoners for Peace all over the world!
See http://www.withoutwar.org/?p=8382 for more info.
See http://www.withoutwar.org/?p=8382 for more info.
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Germany : Solidarity
with Prisoners for Peace
Card-Sending Party of DFG-VKMainz
Friday, 13th December 2013, 19 h, Rochusstr. 10
with live music, films and pictures, snacks and drinks, and a surprise guest
More information: www.dfg-vk-mainz.de
Card-Sending Party of DFG-VK
Friday, 13th December 2013, 19 h, Rochusstr. 10
with live music, films and pictures, snacks and drinks, and a surprise guest
More information: www.dfg-vk-mainz.de
Write to hannah@wri-irg.org if you are planning an event for
Prisoners for Peace Day and we will add it here!
More information,
visit: http://wri-irg.org/campaigns/prisoners_for_peace
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The Nuclear Resister
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Posted on June
13, 2013
The Nuclear Resister networks the anti-nuclear and
anti-war resistance movement while acting as a clearinghouse for information
about contemporary nonviolent resistance to war and the nuclear threat. Our
emphasis is on support for the women and men jailed for these actions.
This blog is the online companion to the quarterly Nuclear Resister newsletter, a more comprehensive
chronicle.
Posted on November
26, 2013
November,
2013
Dear friends,
All of us whose names appear below have something in common. At
some time between 1980 and today, each of our names appeared on the list of
imprisoned anti-nuclear and anti-war activists published by the Nuclear
Resister.
This letter is our unhesitating recommendation and appeal to you
to support the Nuclear Resister, a “chronicle of hope”.
The Nuclear
Resister has been and continues to be a crucial source of information for the
community of nonviolent resisters, prisoners of conscience and their
supporters. It helps to unify peace communities and build solidarity. It
reminds us of the global movement we are a part of and provides a space for us
to learn from and be inspired by each other.
Posted on November
26, 2013
November 2013 IN THIS E-BULLETIN JAILED WAR RESISTER GIVES
BIRTH, SEEKS EARLY RELEASE Support action needed NOW! FOUR ARRESTED IN
DRONE PROTEST INSIDE HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WOMEN ARRESTED AGAIN BLOCKING
GATE OF VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR PLANT JUDGE DECLARES HANCOCK BLOCKADERS NOT
GUILTY —————— Jailed war resister gives birth, seeks early release
Support action needed [...]
Posted on November
18, 2013
One of four drone protesters being arrested. Photo by Ted
Majdosz
by Luke
On the 18th of November, 26 activists against the US
His national security staffer was present and refused to even
call him to seek such a statement. As a result the protest escalated into
arrests.
Sen. Schumer’s
Foreign Affairs/National Security staffer complained that the protesters were a
“fire hazard,” drawing a rebuke that the drones are a worse hazard. He offered
to discuss matters in the hallway, protesters knew better and stayed in his
office. They opened a passageway to allow entry and exit to prevent anyone from
using obstructed access as an excuse.
Posted on November
14, 2013
from the Shut It Down affinity group
BRATTLEBORO, VT—“Where are your flood seals, VY?” the Shut It Down affinity group asked at the gates of
the Entergy Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant on the afternoon of November 12.
Carrying a banner
equating catastrophe with the meltdowns at Fukushima , Japan
Posted on November
5, 2013
Mario and Kimberly Rivera. Photo courtesy Courage to Resist
from Courage to
Resist
By James Branum and Courage to Resist. November 4, 2013
The request for clemency was based on humanitarian reasons due
to pregnancy. Unless clemency is granted, Private First Class Kimberly Rivera
will be forced to give birth in prison and then immediately relinquish custody
of her son while she continues to serve the remainder of her sentence.
Unfortunately
military regulations make no provision for her to be able to breastfeed her
infant son while she is in prison.
Posted on October
25, 2013
(Left to right), Front row: Jerry, Denny; Back row: Bix, Susan,
Betsy, Mary Jane & Ed
Federal Trial for the 2013 PLC Resisters: The Wrap Up
by Leonard Eiger
Greetings Pacific Life Community members and friends,
Seven members of
the Pacific Life Communitystood trial in US District Court on
Monday, October 21. They were charged with trespassing, stemming from their
arrests during the March 4, 2013 nonviolent direct action at Naval Base
Kitsap-Bangor.
William “Bix”
Bicshel, SJ; Susan Crane; Ed Ehmke, Betsy Lamb; Denny Moore; Mary Jane Parrine
and Jerry Zawada, OFM appeared before Chief Magistrate Judge Mary Alice Theiler
in United States District Court, Western District of Washington in Tacoma
Posted on October
25, 2013
HISTORIC
ACQUITTAL OF ASH WEDNESDAY ANTI-DRONE WITNESS AT HANCOCK AIR BASE, NY
In a historic decision, five Catholic Worker activists were
acquitted October 24 of disorderly conduct charges for blocking the main
entrance to Hancock Air Base, home of the 174th Attack Wing of the Air National
Guard, Syracuse , New York Afghanistan
The five went “pro se,” defending themselves in the De Witt town
court of Judge Robert Jokl.
In his closing
statement Fr. Bill Picard said, “We pray for you, Judge Jokl, to have the
courage to do the right and courageous thing.”
Posted on October
6, 2013
Greg, Megan and Michael outside the federal courthouse before
the start of their trial in Knoxville
Dear friends and supporters of the Transform Now Plowshares,
We continue to ask
for your support and help. Sentencing for Sr. Megan Rice, Greg
Boertje-Obed and Michael Walli has been postponed until January 28, 2014.
On October 1, we received word that Judge Amul Thapar denied the motion to
dismiss the sabotage conviction as well as denied the motion for a new trial. For
complete background information please visitwww.transformnowplowshares@wordpress.com
Posted on October
6, 2013
by
Ray Davies, CND Cymru Vice Chair
The Welsh Blockade of Burghfield AWE on October 3 turned out to
be one of the highlights of my year.
Our bus from Wales
was full to overflowing with activists from Aberystwyth, Knighton, Cefn Forest ,
Blackwood Cardiff, Builth, Llandeilo and Swansea
We were all in
high spirits. Our love of peace was the motivation that drove us to act. After
a night without much sleep at the Friends Meeting House in Reading
Posted on September
19, 2013
Shut It Downers advance to the Vermont Yankee gate. Photo by
Marcia Gagliardi
VERNON,
Vermont—Making good on their promise to continue demonstrating at Entergy’s
Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant until an uncontaminated green field stands
in place of the still-operating nuclear reactor, on September 18 nine members
of the Shut It Down Affinity Group chained themselves to the gate and spray
painted the words “Shut It Down Today” on Entergy’s driveway.
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