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Photo by Ted Majdosz

by National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, www.PopularResistance.org

Fifty people protested killer drones at the main gate of the CIA on Saturday, June 29, and six individuals were arrested. The action was organized by the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR], a group that has been active in challenging U.S. invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries, abolishing torture, closing Guantanamo, and bringing an end to drone warfare.

from Disarm the Drones

On the morning of June 3, six peace activists representing “Disarm the Drones” were  the first activists in Britain to be arrested and charged for anti-drones related offences.  They were kept overnight at Lincoln police station after they planted a peace garden in RAF Waddington and went to court the next morning.  The group was charged with conspiracy and intent to trespass and cause criminal damage.  The conspiracy charge was soon dropped.  They are scheduled for a preliminary hearing in court on July 4.

The nonviolent peace activists  – the “DISARM the Drones 6” –  managed to breach security at Britain’s top security drone control base in Lincoln. Their threat was considered so serious that their homes were raided by police at night while they were in jail and computers were seized.

May 2013

Dear Friends of Jonah House,

      We are in a spirit of CELEBRATION!  June 1, 2013 marks 40 years since the original Jonah House community began its life together in Baltimore. June 1, 2013 also marks 18 years since the community moved, as a whole, from the Park Ave. row-house to St. Peter’s Cemetery and the house that peacemakers from all over the world helped to build. This summer Jonah House Community of Resistance will have new members to continue peace-making and caretaking the cemetery.  Amy and Ted Nee-Walker with Amber and Kevin Mason will be here forming a new part of the beloved community. Amy and Ted come to Jonah House from Mary House Catholic Worker in New York and Amber and Kevin from Dorothy Day Catholic Worker in Washington DC.  

Credit for time served; Also, powerfully written legal brief filed with the court by attorney Roger Hunko

Fr. Steve Kelly, SJ was given a 60 day sentence on March 20 by Judge Settle for violating conditions of supervised release put in place at the end of his prison sentence for the Disarm Now Plowshares action. It’s expected he will be released in 9 days, since he’s been held in custody since a Good Friday arrest at Lockheed Martin in California, and gets credit for most of the time served. Then his Disarm Now Plowshares file will be closed. [later note: Kelly is scheduled for release on May 24.]

Attorney Blake Kremer, part of the legal team for the Disarm Now Plowshares, reports that there were eloquent statements in court made by Steve and supporters. Kremer also forwarded this powerful legal brief written and filed with the court for today’s hearing by Steve’s standby counsel for the Plowshares trial, Roger Hunko (also available here):

photo by Ted Majdosz

from a report by Art Laffin

May 17th marked the 100th day of the hunger strike of Guantanamo prisoners, with protests and vigils around the world calling for an end to indefinite detention, torture and the closing of Guantanamo.  In Washington, D.C., a noon-time vigil on Pennsylvania Ave. in front of the White House brought the hunger-strikers urgent plea for justice to President Obama.

Shortly after the vigil ended, fourteen people, most of whom are members of Witness Against Torture (WAT), walked onto the White House sidewalk in the “picture postcard” area and held a nonviolent witness. A huge banner was unfurled: “Immoral, Illegal, Ineffective — No Torture, No Guantanamo.”