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
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Jailed war resister gives birth, seeks early release
Support action needed NOW!
Jeff Paterson, Courage to Resist. November 26, 2013
Under public pressure, Balboa Medical Center reversed it’s stated policy and allowed Mario Rivera to be at his wife’s side during the delivery of their son Matthew last night. War resister Kimberly Rivera is currently serving a ten month military prison sentence for having taken her family to Canada in order to refuse redeployment to Iraq in the early days of the illegal and immoral invasion.
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Four arrested in drone protest inside Hart Senate office building
from dc.indymedia.org, by Luke
On the 18th of November, 26 activists against the US drone killing program packed into pro-drone Senator Schumer’s office demanding he issue a statement denouncing the use of armed drones for assasinations.
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.
Read more here.
Women arrested again blocking gate of Vermont Yankee nuclear plant
“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, women of the affinity group cited recent federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission reports of flood seal failures at the Vermont Yankee plant.
If flood seals fail, safety systems fail.
Read more here.
Judge declares Hancock blockaders not guilty
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. Hancock is a Reaper drone hub whose technicians pilot weaponized drones over 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.”
Read more here.
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