Tompkins County Against War & Occupation

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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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PRESS RELEASE 3/17/09
For Immediate Release
Contact:  Malachy Kilbride, 202-841-2230; Robby Diesu, 631-241-5966
Peace Activists Arrested while Confronting the War Machine
Group dedicated to nonviolent action urge Secretary Gates to stop pursuing war against Afghanistan and Iraq
ARLINGTON, VA - Seven peace activists were arrested this morning as they attempted to meet with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at [...]

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Video by Danny Burns
December 29, 2008 - As part of a group of 60 people from the Atlantic Life Community, three mothers, Heidi Schloegel, Ellen Grady, and Clare Grady, were arrested outside the Israeli embassy. The group was petitioning embassy officials for an end to Israeli air strikes on Gaza. The three approached the embassy [...]

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Dec. 30th, 2009
Thirty people of Ithaca NY, including children gathered on the main artery Rt. 13, to protest the Israeli attacks on Gaza, holding banners as thousands of cars passed during rush hour in frigid weather for hours this afternoon. Many passed honking in support of the [...]

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For Immediate Release
November 11/11/08
Activists Win Appeal in Kuhl Protest Conviction. Convictions Reversed and Charges Dismissed.
The ACTIVISTS: Danny Burns, Mark Scibilia-Carver, Ellen Grady, Todd Saddler, and Chris Tate are NOW free to go about their business of convincing Congress, the Courts, and President-elect Barack Obama, that Supporting the Troops means bringing them Home [...]

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[ September 4, 2008; 4:30 pm; ] September 4, Thursday: Irakli Kakabadze, Fiction Writer, Ithaca City of Asylum Writer in Residence
4:30 pm, Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

A writer and peace activist, Irakli Kakabadze has been a leading figure in the nonviolent movement for social change in Georgia for more than two decades. A member of the Civic Disobedience [...]

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Finger Lakes For Peace
For Immediate Release
August 17, 2008
Activists to Appeal Convictions in Kuhl Protest.
Arguments to begin Tuesday August 19th at 1:00 PM
Danny Burns, Mark Scibilia-Carver, Ellen Grady, Todd Saddler, and Chris Tate are scheduled to appear in Stueben County Court at 1:00 PM this Tuesday August 19th with their attorney Ray Schlather, concerning the appeal [...]

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Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan. Screening of soldiers’ testimonies with discussion. Starts tonight, Friday April 4, and continues each Friday through June 20. 7:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Church in Ithaca, corner of Buffalo & Aurora Streets. Buffalo Street entrance in nthe arch rook upstairs.

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Published on Monday, March 17, 2008 by CommonDreams.org
by Jeff Cohen
In 1971 at age 19, I had a life-changing experience when I met dozens of Vietnam veterans who’d descended on my hometown of Detroit to testify at the “Winter Soldier” hearings organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War. In anguished presentations, the Vets painstakingly described the [...]

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Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW)
Click here to go to Winter Soldier testimonies on the IVAW web site (requires Flash 9 plug-in)
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Over 100 people joined the Syracuse Peace Council for a loud a spirited demonstration this afternoon. Following a gathering in Clinton Square, there was a march, led by our “Occupation Octopus” puppet, to visit the Federal Building, Military Recruitment office, Bank, and Newspaper office. Drums and chants echoed thru downtown streets. After our closing remarks [...]

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On Thursday, January 24, Superior Court Judge Russell Duke sentenced all seven defendants to time served for the Oct. 20 action at Blackwater’s headquarters in Noth Carolina —a re-enactment of the Sept. 16 massacre at Nisour Square. Among the five is Ithaca Peter DeMott who reported that Judge Duke said that the he did [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 11, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC – Early this afternoon, 70 activists organized by Witness Against Torture delivered a message to the U.S. Supreme Court demanding the shut-down of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo and justice for those detained there. 35 activists were arrested inside the Court building and another 35 [...]

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Co-defendants Chris Tate, Ellen Grady and Todd Saddler, attorney Ray Schlather, and Peter DeMott comment after Judge Chauncey Watches sentences Mark Scibilia-Carver to 30 days jail.

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Dear Friends,
I know Ellen’s been keeping you informed about my part in the protest
at Blackwater Worldwide on 20 October in Moyock, NC. Immediately
following our arrest we rode in a sheriff’s van to begin our four day
experience of “southern hospitality”. The skimpy portions and poor
quality of the fare provided by our keepers did very little [...]

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From: filmchic14
On October 20, 2007 peace activists gathered at the gates of Blackwater USA in Moyock, NC to protest the Massacre at Nisour Square that took place on September 16, 2007. Some of the Catholic Worker protesters staged a re-enactment of the scene to bring a human face to the thousands of nameless victims [...]

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From: videonation
The Nation’s Jeremy Scahill describes the rise of Blackwater USA, the world’s most powerful mercenary army.
The Nation’s Jeremy Scahill describes the rise of Blackwater USA, the world’s most powerful mercenary army.

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Dear Friends, Last night we received a call reporting on an action that Peter and other Catholic Workers from the East Coast were part of at the headquarters of Blackwater USA in the Great Dismal Swamp, NC. Below are photos of the action as well as their statement. Six of the group [...]

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