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PRISONERS FOR PEACE DAY NEWSLETTER #3, DECEMBER1, 2014

http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2014/11/prisoners-for-peace-day-dec-1-2-014.html

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace and Justice.

What's at stake: In the struggle for human rights we find grounds for hope. In the history of humankind, and now including all species, the imagination of international rights is relatively new. Not until 1948 was what is now called human rights an established part of world politics. Structures of international justice are coming. Now many international human rights conventions and laws are legally in force in many nations, and laws to prevent cruelty to animals and the extinction of all creatures. International agencies exist to watch individual nations, to hold nations to high standards of respect and dignity. In 1979 Amnesty International cited nine countries for an "unblemished record." UNESCO proclaimed a World Day of Animal Rights. But the struggle continues. Rights are not inevitable. The generals who overthrew the elected president of Chile murdered thousands of Chileans. The revelations by Edward Snowden in 2013 of the repudiation by bipartisan US leaders of the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment prohibition of unwarranted searches and seizures shows how quickly and thoroughly rights can be lost despite a Bill of Rights. Throughout the world, rights depend upon the insistence for truth and justice by the people.

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protest Ferguson grand jury decision inFayetteville· By Todd Gill · 23 CommentsNovember 25, 2014 Fayetteville Police Sergeant Shannon Gabbard stops traffic while four protesters kneel in the crosswalk on College Avenue in front of the Washington County Courthouse Tuesday afternoon.

Photos by Todd Gill, Flyer staff

A peaceful protest began at around noon Tuesday in front of the Washington County Courthouse at the intersection of College Avenue and Dickson Street in Fayetteville.

The event was one of many demonstrations planned around the world in protest over the Ferguson, Missouri grand jury’s decision not to charge Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in Michael Brown’s Aug. 9 death.

About 75 people gathered in Fayetteville for Tuesday’s demonstration, including “The Fayetteville Four,” a group of local residents who’d previously announced plans to be arrested during the event.

The group – Jared Carter, David Garcia, Nik Robbins and Jane Stitt – waited about 30 minutes before entering the College Avenue crosswalk and kneeling on the street with their hands in the air while protesters chanted, “I’ve got my hands above my head, please don’t shoot me dead.”

The four people were escorted into the crosswalk by Fayetteville Police Sergeant Shannon Gabbard, who later said he’d helped coordinate the protest before the event began Tuesday.

Gabbard and a group of police officers stopped traffic and waited several minutes before Carter, Stitt, Robbins and

Garcia were handcuffed and escorted out of the street toward a police van.

The officers waited through about three traffic signal cycles before taking any action. Gabbard said the plan was to give the group enough time to make sure they were certain they wanted to be arrested.

“They were very passionate about the cause, but they were also very cooperative,” said Gabbard. “They really wanted

to get their message across.”

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Prisoners for Peace Day 2014

1 Dec 2014

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Each year on 1st December War Resisters' International and its members mark Prisoners for Peace Day,when we publicise the names and stories of those imprisoned for actions for peace. Many are conscientious objectors, in gaol for refusing to join the military. Others have taken nonviolent actions to disrupt preparation for war. This day is a chance for you to demonstrate your support for them.

WRI has a permanent Prisoners for Peace list, and we make a special effort to update for Prisoners for Peace Day on December 1st.

We invite you to put aside some time on December 1st, or a day close to it, to send cards that express your solidarity. You can find the names and address here: http://www.wri-irg.org/inprison

Many groups organise events around Prisoners for Peace Day, such as vigils, street stalls and write-ins. We will list them on this page. Write to hannah@wri-irg.org if you are planning an event for Prisoners for Peace Day and we will advertise it here.

For more information visit: http://wri-irg.org/campaigns/prisoners_for_peace

Events

Edinburgh, Scotland: The Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre will organise Letter Writing to Peace Prisoners on Saturday 6 December from 11am - 3pm

Mainz, Germany: Card-sending evening of DFG-VK Mainz. Join us writing and sending cards to the Prisoners for Peace, with live music, food and drink, films and photos showing peace actions in 2014: Thursday, 4th December 2014, 19 h, Bürogemeinschaft, Walpodenstr. 10.

Paris, France: 12 December in Paris, Union Pacifiste de France letter-writing evening

Seoul, Republic of Korea: Card-writing event on 6th of Dec. There will be songs, poems, a short video and letters from prison as well as from here to prison.

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The Nuclear Resister networks the anti-nuclear and anti-war resistance movement while acting as a

clearinghouse for information about contemporary nonviolent resistance to war and the nuclear threat.

Our emphasis is on support for the women and men jailed for these actions. This blog is the

online companion to the quarterly Nuclear Resister newsletter, a more

comprehensive chronicle.

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Two peace activists arrested at annual vigil to close Ft.

Benning’s School of the Americas

Posted on November 23, 2014

Photo by Anne Dowling

from SOA Watch

November Vigil Concludes with Solemn Funeral Procession to Fort Benning (home of

the School of the Americas) & Two More Civil Disobedience Arrests

Mass Mobilization to Shut Down Latin American Security Forces Training School, For-Profit Immigrant

Detention Center; Grassroots Mobilizations Connect Struggles against State Violence and Injustice

Columbus, Georgia – 2,500 human rights activists braved the rainstorms on Sunday, November 23

and converged at Fort Benning to call for an end to militarized state violence in the US and abroad.

Featured presenters came from Mexico, Colombia, Honduras, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala,

Nicaragua, Nigeria, Venezuela, and the US.

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Redefining “Imminent” – How the U.S. Department of

Justice Makes Murder Respectable, Kills the Innocent and

Jails their Defenders

Posted on November 16, 2014

April 2009 action at Creech Air Force Base. Photo by Jeff Leys.

from Voice for Creative Nonviolence

by Brian Terrell

Political language can be used, George Orwell said in 1946, “to make lies sound truthful and murder

respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” In order to justify its global

assassination program, the Obama administration has had to stretch words beyond their natural

breaking points. For instance, any male 14 years or older found dead in a drone strike zone is a

“combatant” unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving him innocent. We are also

informed that the constitutional guarantee of “due process” does not imply that the government must

precede an execution with a trial. I think the one word most degraded and twisted these days, to the

goriest ends, is the word “imminent.”

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Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern Arrested While Trying

to Attend David Petraeus Event in New York

Posted on October 31, 2014

McGovern leaving the police station

from The Dissenter, firedoglake.com

by Kevin Gosztola

Friday, October 31, 2014, 1:04 am

(update below)

Former CIA analyst and activist Ray McGovern was arrested [on October 30] as he attempted to

attend an event in New York City featuring former CIA director and retired military general, David

Petraeus. He was charged with resisting arrest, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct.

At 92nd Street Y, which describes itself as a “world-class cultural and community center,” Petraeus

was to appear with John Nagl, who recently wrote a book, Knife Fights about being an army tank

commander in the Gulf War of 1991. Neoconservative commentator Max Boot was to join them as

well.

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Father and 17-year-old daughter arrested at Beale Air

Force Base drone protest

Posted on October 30, 2014

photo by Guarionex Delgado

My Daughter and I Were Arrested Today By Military Police Guarding The World’s Most

Hated Weapon

by Mauro Oliveira

10/28/2014

It was a familiar and warm exchange of greetings and spirited talk. The small group of activists I was

with had called out to the military gate guards with a question concerning the spider web like

substance that seemed to be everywhere around the base; on cars, vegetation telephone poles,

fences, floating in the air and across the land. Men with sidearms and radios in camo fatigues

approached us.

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Four anti-nuclear grandmothers found guilty of Mother’s

Day trespass at Pilgrim nuclear power plant

Posted on October 23, 2014

Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel

Medical expert testifies in trial of Pilgrim nuke plant activists

from the Cape Cod Times

by Christine Legere

October 23, 2014

PLYMOUTH — It’s not safe to live on Cape Cod, according to an internationally known expert on the

medical and environmental dangers of nuclear power.

During the final day of the trespassing trial of four anti-nuclear activists from the Cape, Dr. Helen

Caldicott testified that it isn’t simply the potential for a major nuclear meltdown at the Pilgrim Nuclear

Power Station that should have people worried. Cancer-causing chemicals are constantly escaping

from the reactor into the air and water, she said.

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Nuclear weapons plant protester sentenced to 40 hours of

community service

Posted on October 22, 2014

From left, Jim Hannah, Mark Bartholomew, and Henry Stoever crossing the line at NNSA plant.

Nuclear resisters go to court in Kansas City

by Jane Stoever

Two folks who crossed a forbidden line, all to say they oppose nuclear weapons, came to Municipal

Court in Kansas City, Mo., for a hearing Oct. 21. Mark Bartholomew, of Holy Family Catholic Worker

House, pleaded “guilty” of stepping across the line, and Judge Elena Franco sentenced him to 40

hours of community service and two years of probation. Henry Stoever, peace lawyer, pleaded “not

guilty,” and Franco will try him for his resistance Friday, Dec. 19, at 1:30 p.m.

» Read more…

Activist begins 12 day prison term for refusing to pay an

unjust fine related to resistance to naval base

construction on Jeju Island, S. Korea

Posted on October 13, 2014

Sung-Hee (third from right) shortly before going to prison, with other members of the Gangjeong

International Team

by Sung-Hee Choi

(Sorry for my hurried translation)

I, Sung-Hee Choi, enter 12 days’ prison as of today’s date, October 13, refusing to judicial oppression

and enforcement of fines on me. (600,000 KRW, about $600 USD), even though I think that I am no-

guilty. It is not because I agree with imprisonment but I intend to expose the coercion of the judicial

oppression on the protesters against the Jeju naval base project through my unjust imprisonment.

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Three NSA drone protesters acquitted on one charge, low

fines on others

Posted on October 9, 2014

by Ellen Barfield

A quick but comprehensive trial today in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, Maryland for three women

who protested drone targeting at the National Security Agency at Ft Meade, Maryland, resulted in

acquittal on one charge and conviction but low fines on the other two charges.

» Read more…

Challenging Drone Warfare in a U.S. Court

Posted on October 8, 2014

Kathy Kelly and Georgia Walker speaking with supporters

by Kathy Kelly

On October 7, 2014, Kathy Kelly and Georgia Walker appeared before Judge Matt Whitworth in

Jefferson City, MO, federal court on a charge of criminal trespass to a military facility. The charge was

based on their participation , at Whiteman Air Force Base, in a June 1st 2014 rally protesting drone

warfare. Kelly and Walker attempted to deliver a loaf of bread and a letter to the Base Commander,

encouraging him to stop cooperating with any further usage of unmanned aerial vehicles, (drones), for

surveillance and attacks.

» Read more…

Australian peace activists detained and assaulted by SAS

on Swan Island

Posted on October 2, 2014

Australian peace activists inside Swan Island Military Facility. Swan Island Peace Convergence Photo

from Swan Island Peace Convergence

Before dawn on October 2, eight peace activists entered the top secret Swan Island military base near

Queenscliff, Australia. The group entered in the early hours of the morning to nonviolently disrupt

preparations for the imminent war in Iraq. Four of the activists were discovered, detained and

assaulted by SAS soldiers on the base. The treatment of the activists by the SAS bordered on torture.

The experiences of the four were:

- Forcibly stripped naked, handcuffed, struck on the face and choked

– Activists’ clothing were cut off with knives

– Hessian bags were placed over their heads and they were told “welcome to the bag, motherfucker”

and asked “do you want to go for a swim” before being dragged naked across the ground

– SAS personnel stood on activists’ heads and backs causing injury and said “If you move we will kick

you in the face”

– Dragged and dropped on the ground when they didn’t respond to questions

» Read more…

POLITICAL PRISONERS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE 2014, Google Search, Nov. 29, 2014, first page.

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Amnesty International

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Political Prisoners and Trials: A Worldwide Annotated Bibliography, 1900 Through 1993

James R. Bennett

McFarland & Company Incorporated Pub, 1995 - Reference - 363 pages

As defined by Amnesty International, a political prisoner is one who is detained because of her or his belief, color, sex, sexuality, ethnic origin, language, or religion, and has not employed or advocated violence. Arranged by country, over 3,500 articles from journals, pamphlets, organizational reports, and books on political prisoners and their trials. Each entry includes a brief, descriptive annotation. Sources were gathered from the OCLC database, bibliographies of standard works in the field (e.g. Totten and Kleg's Human Rights and Harlow's Barred), the Reader's Guide from 1900 through 1991, and the Alternative Press Index. Introduction pp. 1-25,

“Political Trials and Prisoners in the Twentieth Century.” Pp. 267-305 on US: The U.S. has imprisoned tens of thousands of its citizens for their beliefs—trade unionists, suffragettes, communists and socialists,

conscientious objectors, anti-war demonstrators, civil right protestors, and many more. For MORE on

political prisoners see OMNI’s newsletters on the subject (#1 June 18, 2012; #2 Jan. 18, 2013)

http://www.omnicenter.org/newsletter-archive/

Recent OMNI Newsletters:

Prisoners for Peace Day #3 11-29

Thanksgiving Day #5 11-27

Police Violence #3 11-25

Investigative Reporting #1 11-21

Vegetarian Action #13 11-12

Armistice Day #8 11-11

UN Children’s Day 11-10

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Prisoners for Peace Day 201319 Nov 2013 — HBrock

1st December is Prisoners for Peace Day. For over 60 years, War Resisters' International have, on this day, made known the names and stories of those imprisoned for actions for peace. Many are conscientious objectors, in gaol for refusing to join the military. Others have taken nonviolent actions to disrupt preparation for war.

This day is a chance for you to demonstrate your support for those individuals and their movements, by writing to those whose freedom has been taken away from them because of their work for peace.

While WRI has a permanent Prisoners for Peace list, which we make a special effort to update for Prisoners for Peace Day on December 1st.

We invite you to:

· Put aside some time on December 1st, or a day close to it, to send cards that express your solidarity. You can find the names and address here:http://www.wri-irg.org/inprison, oryou can download the list as a pdf file below

· Get your friends, peace group, class, faith or community group together and organise acard-writing session;

· Set up a stall in your town centre, perform a bit of street theatre, or do whatever else it takes to attract attention and interest.

Events· Britain: Card writing drop-in session at the Merseyside C.N.DFriday 29th November: 'Everybody is welcome to come in to the office between 12 – 3 at 151 Dale Street, L2 2AH and to write a card. We look forward to seeing you.'More info: http://www.mcnd.org.uk/

· Korea: World Without War are holding an event on November 30th Saturday, 17:00 atSpace Mindle(Mapo, Seoul) It will be a letter night with poems and songs for Prisoners for

Peace all over the world!See http://www.withoutwar.org/?p=8382 for more info.

· Germany: Solidarity with Prisoners for PeaceCard-Sending Party of DFG-VK MainzFriday, 13th December 2013, 19 h, Rochusstr. 10with live music, films and pictures, snacks and drinks, and a surprise guestMore information: www.dfg-vk-mainz.de

Write to hannah@wri-irg.org if you are planning an event for Prisoners for Peace Day and we will add it here!

More information, visit: http://wri-irg.org/campaigns/prisoners_for_peace

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What We’re About

Posted on June 13, 2013

The Nuclear Resister networks the anti-nuclear and anti-war resistance movement while acting as a

clearinghouse for information about contemporary nonviolent resistance to war and the nuclear threat.

Our emphasis is on support for the women and men jailed for these actions. This blog is the online

companion to the quarterly Nuclear Resister newsletter, a more comprehensive chronicle.

» Read more…

Peace prisoners – past and present – ask for support for the NuclearResister

Posted on November 26, 2013

November, 2013

Dear friends,

All of us whose names appear below have something in common. At some time between 1980 and

today, each of our names appeared on the list of imprisoned anti-nuclear and anti-war activists

published by the Nuclear Resister.

This letter is our unhesitating recommendation and appeal to you to support the Nuclear Resister, a

“chronicle of hope”.

The Nuclear Resister has been and continues to be a crucial source of information for the community

of nonviolent resisters, prisoners of conscience and their supporters. It helps to unify peace

communities and build solidarity. It reminds us of the global movement we are a part of and provides a

space for us to learn from and be inspired by each other.

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E-bulletin November 2013

Posted on November 26, 2013

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

—————— Jailed war resister gives birth, seeks early release Support action needed [...]

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Four arrested in drone protest inside Hart Senate Office Building

Posted on November 18, 2013

One of four drone protesters being arrested. Photo by Ted Majdosz

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

assassinations.

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. They opened a passageway to allow entry and

exit to prevent anyone from using obstructed access as an excuse.

» Read more…

Eight women arrested blocking gate of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant

Posted on November 14, 2013

from the Shut It Down affinity group

BRATTLEBORO, VT—“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.

» Read more…

Imprisoned pregnant war resister seeks early release – letters requested

Posted on November 5, 2013

Mario and Kimberly Rivera. Photo courtesy Courage to Resist

from Courage to Resist

By James Branum and Courage to Resist. November 4, 2013

Fort Carson, Colorado – Imprisoned war resister PFC Kimberly Rivera has submitted a clemency

application seeking a reduction by 45 days in the 10 month prison sentence she received for seeking

asylum in Canada rather return to her unit in Iraq.

The request for clemency was based on humanitarian reasons due to pregnancy. Unless clemency is

granted, Private First Class Kimberly Rivera will be forced to give birth in prison and then immediately

relinquish custody of her son while she continues to serve the remainder of her sentence.

Unfortunately military regulations make no provision for her to be able to breastfeed her infant son

while she is in prison.

» Read more…

Nuclear resisters found guilty of trespassing at Bangor Trident base

Posted on October 25, 2013

(Left to right), Front row: Jerry, Denny; Back row: Bix, Susan, Betsy, Mary Jane & Ed

Federal Trial for the 2013 PLC Resisters: The Wrap Up

by Leonard Eiger

Greetings Pacific Life Community members and friends,

Seven members of the Pacific Life Communitystood trial in US District Court on Monday, October 21.

They were charged with trespassing, stemming from their arrests during the March 4, 2013 nonviolent

direct action at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor.

William “Bix” Bicshel, SJ; Susan Crane; Ed Ehmke, Betsy Lamb; Denny Moore; Mary Jane Parrine

and Jerry Zawada, OFM appeared before Chief Magistrate Judge Mary Alice Theiler in United States

District Court, Western District of Washington in Tacoma.

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Judge finds activists who blocked the entrance to NY drone base NOT GUILTY

Posted on October 25, 2013

HISTORIC ACQUITTAL OF ASH WEDNESDAY ANTI-DRONE WITNESS AT HANCOCK AIR

BASE, NY

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.”

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Update from the Transform Now Plowshares Support Team

Posted on October 6, 2013

Greg, Megan and Michael outside the federal courthouse before the start of their trial in Knoxville, May

2013. Photo by Felice Cohen-Joppa

Dear friends and supporters of the Transform Now Plowshares,

We continue to ask for your support and help. Sentencing for Sr. Megan Rice, Greg Boertje-Obed and

Michael Walli has been postponed until January 28, 2014. On October 1, we received word that

Judge Amul Thapar denied the motion to dismiss the sabotage conviction as well as denied the motion

for a new trial. For complete background information please

visitwww.transformnowplowshares@wordpress.com

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With chains, tubes, cakes and dragons, Welsh activists blockade Burghfield AWE nuclear weapons site

Posted on October 6, 2013

by Ray Davies, CND Cymru Vice Chair

The Welsh Blockade of Burghfield AWE on October 3 turned out to be one of the highlights of my year.

Our bus from Wales was full to overflowing with activists from Aberystwyth, Knighton, Cefn Forest,

Blackwood Cardiff, Builth, Llandeilo and Swansea, and we had to commandeer a second van to

transport our large dragons.

We were all in high spirits. Our love of peace was the motivation that drove us to act. After a night

without much sleep at the Friends Meeting House in Reading, we were up at 5 a.m. and off to the

nuclear bomb factory at Burghfield.

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Nine members of the Shut It Down affinity group arrested after chaining themselves to Vermont Yankee gate

Posted on September 19, 2013

Shut It Downers advance to the Vermont Yankee gate. Photo by Marcia Gagliardi

VERNON, Vermont—Making good on their promise to continue demonstrating at Entergy’s Vermont

Yankee nuclear power plant until an uncontaminated green field stands in place of the still-operating

nuclear reactor, on September 18 nine members of the Shut It Down Affinity Group chained

themselves to the gate and spray painted the words “Shut It Down Today” on Entergy’s driveway.

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GOOGLE SEARCH, PRISONERS FOR PEACE DAY, DEC. 1, 2013, FIRST PAGE

1. Campaigns: Prisoners for Peace Day | War Resisters' Internationalwww.wri-irg.org › Campaigns

1st December is Prisoners for Peace Day. For over 60 years, War Resisters' International have, on this day, made known the names and stories of those ...

2. December 1st: Prisoners for Peace Day | War Resisters' Internationalwri-irg.org/node/22725

4 days ago - 1st December is Prisoners for Peace Day. For over 60 years, War Resisters' International have, on this day, made known the names and stories ...

3. Golden Grove Inmates Celebrate International Peace Day | St ...stthomassource.com/.../golden-grove-inmates-celebrate-international-pea...

Sep 21, 2013 - Inmates at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility celebrated the U.N. International Peace Day at the prison Friday. A prison seems an ...

4. Merseyside CND » Blog Archive » Prisoners for Peace Daywww.mcnd.org.uk/2013/11/15/prisoners-for-peace-day/

Nov 15, 2013 - On Friday 29th November there will be a card writing drop-in session at the Merseyside C.N.D. office as part of Prisoners for Peace Day.

5. Coming up quick: Prisoners for Peace Day ... - War Resisters ...https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid...id...

Coming up quick: Prisoners for Peace Day on Sunday! Have a look for how to take part: http://www.wri-irg.org/PfP2013.

NEEDED: ORGANIZATION AND NEWSLETTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, CLIMATE CHANGE RESISTERS/PRISONERS.

END PRISONERS FOR PEACE DAY NEWSLETTER #2 2013

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