Names of those arrested: Chantal de Alcuaz Jerica Arents Beth Brockman Don Cunning Erica Ewing Ellen Graves Martha Hennessey Sherrill Hogan Kathy Kelly Joanne Lingle Joan Pleune Manijeh Saba Helen Schietinger Eve TetazContinue reading
Category: Torture
Obama Must Bring Us a Waterfall of Pardons
The U.S. will soon be governed by a president who banked his campaign on vilifying Muslims and undocumented immigrants and on promising to maintain the devalued legal status of Black lives. The next twoContinue reading
Surviving Solitary By Frank Pauc
Caliph Muab’El is a well-built man, muscular and fit. He has a friendly face, and a ready smile. When I met Caliph, he was wearing a black shirt and his locks hung down to hisContinue reading
Without Due Process From Mass Incarceration to Assassination by Maya Evans
Without Due Process From Mass Incarceration to Assassination VCNV organised a 150 mile peace walk between 28th May to 10th June, from downtown Chicago to Thomson Prison, a new supermax federal facility due to open nextContinue reading
Illinois Activists Protest Solitary Confinement in 150-Mile Walk
The federal government’s plan to add 1,900 new isolation cells at the Thomson Correctional Center is being opposed by some Illinois activists. (Federal Bureau of Prisons) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A group of Illinois activists isContinue reading
Activists Complete 150-mile March to Thomson Prison
In late May and early June, Chicago group Voices for Creative Nonviolence held a 150-mile walk against indefinite detention, solitary confinement, and the racist U.S. prison system. For two weeks, a group of 20 justiceContinue reading
Tea Project, March 31 – April 16
war | torture | detention | absurdity | tenderness | human | love Organized by Links Hall Associates Amber Ginsburg & Aaron Hughes Links Hall RSVP | Facebook | Tea-Project.org Links Hall presents the Tea Project, an ongoing dialogue thatContinue 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
Flowers from Guantanamo
Here in Kabul, young friends with the Afghan Peace Volunteers look forward to learning more about “The Tea Project” in late December, when Aaron Hughes arrives, an artist, a U.S. military veteran, and a coreContinue reading