download Read more of Josh’s experiences and thoughts in Ithaca, Trumansburg, and beyond on contagiousloveexperiment.wordpress.com. In mid-July of 2009, Peace Now Ithaca, a local group in the Fingerlakes rgion of upstate New York that had organized a successful campaign to designate Ithaca a Sanctuary City for war resisters, received word that 21-year old Iraq veteran and [...] [...]
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On the night of May 30th of this year, we found ourselves stuck in the middle of a police riot against the crowd of queer & trans folks in Chicago, which has left us now in a very sensitive situation. In short, while in Chicago for a queer & trans activist convergence, we were part of an approximately 100 queer and trans folk-crowd walking in Boystown, or, the ‘gay nightclub district.’ Police showed up, and without rhyme, reason, or warning, hit people in the crowd with patrol cars. More cops ran into the crowd and grabbed queers, seemingly at random, and proceeded to beat them with batons and extendable asps. What followed can only be described as bedlam and a bloody evening. [...] Josh Stieber, the Iraq vet turned conscientious objector who is on a walking across the nation on a pilgrimage he has dubbed “contagious love experiment”, will be interviewed live on WHCU 780 am at about 8:15 am during Saturday morning’s peace walk from Jacksonville to T-burg. The interview should be available as a podcast [...] [...] [ July 17, 2009; 6:30 pm; July 18, 2009; ] 21-year-old Josh Stieber, an Iraq vet turned conscientious objector, was deployed to Baghdad as part of the Surge from Feb 07 to Apr 08. He’ll be in Ithaca on Friday and in Trumansburg on Saturday as he travels across the country, sharing his experiences and learning everything he can. Check out his blog at Contagious [...] [...] Immediate Release: Saturday, July 11 at 12 Noon Specialist Trevor Loope, 24, of Austin,. TX who faced a year in prison and a Bad Conduct discharge at Special Court Martial for AWOL was discharged administratively by order of Ft Drum’s Commander, Gen. Michael Oates on Friday, July 10th. Because Loope possessed an Honorable Discharge from an [...] [...] Syracuse woman plans to be part of group to defy US law, aid Cubans The Post-Standard – Syracuse.com – Syracuse,NY,USA Syracuse woman plans to be part of group to defy US law, aid Cubans. She will be among members of several groups that will meet in Texas and go to Cuba with the Pastors for Peace [...] [...] Take Action Now – Sign the Online Petition Demand the Release of Rep. Cynthia McKinney, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, all aid workers and supplies NOW! Last night, Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former [...] [...] |
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