Please join us for a
PeaceVigil in Ithaca
in the spirit of the Peace March on Washington, DC this Saturday (Jan.27)
Saturday, January 27, 2007
11:30am - 1pm
corner of Clinton St. and Rte. 13 (near CVS)

This six DVD set includes nearly 15 hours of testimony from the Citizens' Tribunal on Iraq plus you get a 7th bonus disk. We are asking $60. You will find some video clips on the Tribunal page.

For an order form click here This is a 300K pdf file. To see an html rendition of the booklet that comes with the DVD set and which catalogues all the video contents click here
The actual booklet is printed on archival paper, your virtual copy is not.

St. Patrick's Four Release Party: Seg#1 Peter DeMott

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Sunday, September 17,2009
(Peter DeMott’s release date!),

1:00-4:00 pm Southside Community Center
305 S. Plain St, Ithaca

• Refreshments provided.
  
• Reflections from the defendants.
  
• Ideas and inspiration for the future.
  

We are grateful for the generous outpouring of support on the part of the community, during the trials and after sentencing. We want to celebrate that generosity and join together for the first time since the sentencing in January.
We know that the war goes on.
Drawing on this spirit of generosity can give us both hope and determination to continue the resistance to war.
We have much to celebrate and much work ahead for peace and justice.

If you have questions about the event,
call Mary at 256-9733.

Here is a short reflection by Peter DeMott:

The level of violence in war-ravaged lands grows daily more widespread, more horrific, more relentless. Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, (and soon Iran?) all witness bloodshed, bombing and barbarism, even as the voices of many people working for peace around the world go unheeded.

The violence continues as it has for millennia. In James Hillman's book A Terrible Love of War, it states: "During the five thousand six hundred years of recorded history, fourteen thousand six hundred wars have been recorded. Two or three wars each year of human history." Violence has ever and ever will beget more violence.

Modern war, because of the proliferation of weapons and because of their increased destructive capabilities, claims more and more lives, primarily from the civilian sector. In solidarity with the victims of wars past, wars present and wars yet to come, and from a sense of "enlightened self interest," we each need to rededicate ourselves to peacemaking lest the human family annihilate itself in a final paroxysm of bloodletting. How any one of us or any group of us takes up this most vital work depends on our particular set of circumstances. But take it up we must.

Dear Friends,

I am sitting on the top bunk with my bags of mail and papers. This week I have received almost twice as much mail as I usually do. Perhaps some folks have leaned through my letters or the grape vine that I have had a hard time of it, especially the three weeks from mid April to mid May. To all who have sent letters of concern, support, encouragement, and love, I thank you. It has been a great help knowing that our thoughts and prayers connect us. Because I am not able to write lengthy letters to all of you and keep up with the demands here at FDC Philly, I am writing this letter for all who want a fuller update on what's going on with me.

Come Celebrate Daniel Berrigan's Birthday!

Join Amy Goodman, Pete Seeger & Special Guests in a night of music and poetry to celebrate Priest, Poet & Peace Activist Daniel Berrigan's 85th Birthday.

This past Friday, May 19th, Teresa Grady, of the St. Patrick's Four, was released from Danbury Federal Detention Camp. She was greeted by a group of us who traveled to receive her, including her son Michael who came in from California.

Last Thursday, May 18th, Peter DeMott was released from the Federal Detention Center in Brooklyn after serving four months prison time. His family drove him to his new residence, a halfway house, to finish his eight month sentence in mid September in Binghamton NY. Peter sounded wonderful when he called during his trip to the halfway house. We met him at the bus station in Ithaca, Monday, after a job interview and he looked wonderful. He has since found employment in Ithaca, NY. One of the stipulations of the halfway house is that he must pay 25% of his income to cover the cost of his bed at the house. Mail can be addressed to:

Monday, April 3rd 2006

Well here I am, locked into my cell for bringing two slices of bread and some milk into my room, for eating as a snack (small meal) later in the day. The C.O. (officer on duty in our P.O.D.) does not like me, because of my politics. She is on duty in our POD as a regular CO which makes it very often that I have to relate to her. When Clare was here, I seemed to be less effected by her. She was very mean to Clare. Now she has me to focus her meanness on. Whenever she can, she tries to publicly humiliate me. It is clear to the other inmates that she does not like me. There are a few CO’s who are like that.

Teresa Grady
Broome County Jail
Journal Entries

March 28, 2006

Dear Ones,

Today I was witness to an abuse of power, much greater than the norm (after all we are in jail) in the women’s General Population on the part of approximately 20 to 30 jail employees. The employees included the mean morning lieutenant Connors with grey hair and a mustache; Ken Moore, the deputy administrator (he was carrying a paper in his hand); and someone filming the whole scene as it unfolded.

"Death is indispensable, it is an absolutely necessary part of life. A flower itself dries and disappears to give space to another that is born. The harvest of last year is the seed of this year. Life takes us to death and death takes us to life. This is the sacred circle of the infinite love of God. Simply I ask that God gives me the grace to accept death with a grateful heart."