Tompkins County Against War & Occupation

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 [...]

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Last December, as reported in the Ithaca Journal, it looked like Pte. Trevor Loope was on track for an administrative discharge. AWOL soldier to receive administrative discharge, lawyer says. Instead, Trevor is now facing a “sanity board” where a panel of forensic psychologists will try to divine the state of his mind while [...]

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[ May 27, 2009 to June 6, 2009. ] Despite the difficulties with parking for an event downtown just after the Ithaca Festival parade, 50 people attended the screening and discussion. If you missed the Ithaca screening, you still can see it in Oneonata (May 29), Corning (June 1), Cortland (June 4), Binghamton (June 5), or other locations in the Mohawk Valley and Sugerties scroll down for schedule).

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR INFORMATION:

April 9, 2009
Jeff Leys - 773-619-2418

Www.nevadadesertexperience.org

Indian Springs, NV – Late this afternoon, fourteen peace activists were arrested at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada. The arrests occured during a ten day vigil which seeks to raise public awareness of the increasing use of unmanned drones in the war in [...]

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UPDATE 4/5/09 click here.
Contact: Katherine Fuchs, National Organizer, 202-332-0994 (office), 414-324-4228 (mobile), organizer[at]endtheoccupation[dot]org
Contact: Andrew Stachiw, Hampshire College Students for Justice in Palestine, 860-208-1404 (mobile), hampshiresjp[at]gmail[dot]com
Washington, DC (April 2)-The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and allied organizations participating in a national boycott campaign against Motorola welcomed news that Motorola Israel Ltd. has sold its [...]

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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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Press release, Students for Justice in Palestine (Hampshire College), 12 February 2009
Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, has become the first of any college or university in the US to divest from companies on the grounds of their involvement in the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
This landmark move is a direct result of a two-year intensive campaign [...]

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U of R Students to Occupy Academic Building for Peace and in Solidarity with Gaza
Posted Fri, 02/06/2009 - 10:57 by Bryan Casler on http://rochesterivaw.org
University of Rochester Students for a Democratic Society (UR-SDS)
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627

Rochester, NY - 02/06/09– Students from the University of Rochester and members of the local Rochester community will be [...]

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Representatives MAURICE HINCHEY (NY 22nd), ERIC MASSA (NY 29th) and DANIEL MAFFEI (NY 24th) have signed, but Michael Arcuri (NY 24th) has not. Why?
Congressman John W. Oliver
Press Release
Congressman John W. Olver
1111 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-2101
Tel: 202-225-5335
Fax: 202-226-1224
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 28, 2009
OLVER LEADS CONGRESSIONAL EFFORT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA
63 [...]

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Press Release
By Coastal Municipalities Water Utility
January 10, 2009
Gaza, Palestine
Due to the current situation in the Gaza Strip that was imposed by the Israeli military operations since Saturday 27/12/2008, the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility “CMWU” hereby announces its inability to (failure) maintain its services in both the water sector in terms of production and distribution and [...]

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[ January 15, 2009; 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. January 20, 2009; 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. January 22, 2009; 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. January 27, 2009; 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. ] TUES. Jan 20 & THURS. Jan 22, 3:30 -5:30 PM
Rt. 13 & Clinton st.- Ithaca, NY
(near CVS and Wegmans Bridge)

On this historic Inauguration Day, let us send a message to our new President Obama, that
YES WE CAN stand with the people of Gaza and the rest of Palestine!
YES WE CAN hold Israel accountable to the [...]

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UPDATE: Heidi Schloegel of the Bronx,NY, Ellen Grady and Clare Grady of Ithaca, NY, were released at 6:30 pm today from the DC jail, and were seen in Washington DC Superior Court this evening, with a court date set to appear on Jan. 29th, 2009. The three mothers were charged with unlawful entry [...]

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Press Advisory
More info: Tod Ensign, Citizen Soldier (212) 679-2250 (O) or (917) 647-5676
AWOL Afghan War Vet to Appear at Ithaca Common Council’s Mtg on Dec. 3d to Seek Its Support

December 3, 2008, 7:00 pm, public meeting, Ithaca Common Council, City Hall, Ithaca, N Y
Pvt. S. Trevor L. formerly of Ft Drum, NY will speak at [...]

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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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Russia’s attack on the Republic of Georgia, the tiny Eastern European country to its east, grabbed headlines this August. But Georgia’s biggest enemy is the idea that war is the solution to the territorial conflict-or any conflict-says Irakli Kakabadze, a Georgian writer, poet, and playwright who fled his native country in 2007 when his life was threatened as the result of his writing, antiwar, and human rights activism. “Peace is a dangerous idea to some people,” he observes.
Kakabadze will give a free public reading of his work this year’s Voices of Freedom event, scheduled for 3:00 p.m., Saturday, October 4, at the Unitarian Church of Ithaca.

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PBS cameras captured an IVAW member who unfurled banners reading “YOU CAN’T WIN AN OCCUPATION” and “McCAIN VOTES AGAINST VETS” during John McCain’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, Thursday, September 4, 2008.
http://tompkinsagainstwar.blip.tv

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Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were arrested by the Minneapolis Police Department. Charged with conspiracy to riot. Footage from Rick Rowley and Brandon Jourdan. ›Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC on Twin Cities Indymedia.
Goodman and two Democracy Now producers have been arrested on felony charges at the RNC.
>From John [...]

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Join the forum discussion on this postFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2008
Contact: Katherine Hughes
katherinehugh [at] gmail.com
Dr. Dhafir Support Committee
Syracuse Doctor Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Helping Iraqi People Heads to Appeals Court August 28 in New York City
Oral arguments in the case of Dr. Rafil Dhafir and the Help the Needy charity [...]

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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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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 10, 2008
FURTHER INFORMATION Dan Pearson 312-286-8535 Erin Cox 773-391-0040
13 ARRESTED AT FORT MCCOY IN IRAQ WAR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
Fort McCoy, WI - On August 10, thirteen people were arrested at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin. They attempted to enter the military base to talk with National Guard and Army Reserve [...]

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