Ithaca Catholic Worker, Mary Anne Grady Flores’ first letter since being sentenced to six months in January. Greetings, Dear Friends— Joy swept through our cell block, Jamesville County Jail, Pod 4, Thursday, January 28. ThatContinue reading
Category: Nonviolent Resistance Actions
Phil Runkel, Dorothy Day Archivist and Activist, Found Guilty of Trespassing in Wisconsin
Joy First writes about Phil Runkel’s action and trial. On Friday February 19 Phil Runkel was found guilty of trespassing in Juneau County, WI by Judge Paul Curran after a 22 minute trial. Phil had joinedContinue reading
Jerry Berrigan Memorial, Twelve Activists Arrested at Hancock Air Drone Base
On Thursday morning, January 28, thirty life sized cutouts of Syracuse peacemaker Jerry Berrigan blockaded the main entrance of Hancock Air National Guard Base outside Syracuse, NY. The cutouts were accompanied by twelve nonviolent droneContinue reading
Grandmother and Long-time Activist Joyce Ellwanger Guilty of Trespass in Wisconsin
Joyce Ellwanger was found guilty of trespassing by Judge Paul Curran in Juneau County court on Friday January 22, 2016. Though Curran never formerly pronounced a verdict saying Joyce was guilty, he said she trespassedContinue reading
Being Where I Really Need to Be
Friday January 8 marked another day of flying to Washington, DC for a week of activism – again. I was feeling sad leaving my family for a week and not looking forward to what IContinue reading
Citizen Activists Arrested on U.S. Capitol Steps Urging President Obama to Deliver a Real State of the Union
CITIZEN ACTIVISTS ARRESTED ON U.S. CAPITOL STEPS URGING PRESIDENT OBAMA TO DELIVER A REAL STATE OF THE UNION HIGHLIGHTING INCOME INEQUALITY, MILITARISM, RACISM & CLIMATE CHAOS WHO: Members of the National Campaign for NonviolentContinue reading
Surveillance and Surveys
In Kabul, where the Afghan Peace Volunteers have hosted me in their community, the U.S. military maintains a huge blimp equipped with cameras and computers to supply 24 hour surveillance of the city. Remotely pilotedContinue reading
Wisconsin Anti-Drone Action: Five Months Later Activists Are in Court
Father Jim Murphy Sentenced to Five Days in Jail in Wisconsin for Anti-drone action Father Jim Murphy of Highland, WI was found guilty of trespass during a bench trial on January 4, 2016. With JudgeContinue reading
Visits and Conversations in a Kabul Winter
Here in Kabul, last week, at the Afghan Peace Volunteer (APV) community home that hosts me, I watched Abdulhai and visiting activist Aaron Hughes work out ways to secure the greenhouse which they had partiallyContinue reading