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Ploughshares Trial Day 6
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Tuesday July 18, 2006 00:45 by justin morahan - peace people
Tense day waiting . The whole morning was given over to legal argument while the jury were asked to return at 2 p.m. |
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Ploughshares Trial Update Day 7 (J17)
They're in Court for Us, We're on the Loose for Them!
-www.peaceontrial.com
ploughsharesireland@yahoo.ie
134 Phibsborough Rd. Phibsborough Dublin 7, Ireland
Ph. 087 918 4552 (mobile)+353 87 918 4552 (international)1)
1) Kathy Kelly to Testify Tuesday July 18th.10.30 am Court 23 Four Courts
2) Jeb Bush in Town (Dublin) Friday July 21 st.12 noon Conrads Hotel
3) LINK-Anti-War Prison Solidarity Workshop
4) International Solidarity at Irish Embassies & Consulates
* Belfast Vigil & Leafletting Ongoing at Irish Tourist Bureau
5) Further Photos, Reports & Debates Arising from Kathy Kelly/ Jimmy Massey meetings in Dublin, Galway, Cork & Belfast
6) July 22nd. David Rovics Benefit Gig
7) International Supporters Accomodation
8) Financial Support for Ploughhsares Defence Fund
1) KATHY KELLY TO TESTIFY TUES (J18) COURT 23, DUBLIN'S FOUR COURTS
Renowned peace activist brings truth to the courtroom
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/77292
2) JEB BUSH IN TOWN (DUBLIN) FRIDAY 12 NOON CONRAD HOTEL
Death penalty enthusiast, brother of George Junior and possibly future Pesident of the United States of America, Jeb Bush, is coming to Dubin this Friday to speak at Conrad Hotel
hosted by Meteor. A variety of anti-war & human rights groups
are organising criticalreceptions. AY are hosting a noise demonstration at 12 noon
Conrads Hotel, Earlsfort Tce 12noon
Check lnk for map and more info
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/77238
IAWM, NGO Peace Allaince & PANA kick off their protest at 12.30pm.
3) PRISON SOLIDARITY WORKSHOP HELD
www.indymedia.ie
newswire
4) INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR SOLIDARITY VIGILS ON JULY 5TH. AT IRISH EMBASSIES, CONSULS & SITES OF SIGNIFICANCE
*Tuesday (J18) vigilling & leafleting continues once again outside the Irish Tourist Bureau in Belfast.
More info link below..
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/77267
*Photos & report from solidarity vigil held outside the irish Embassy in Warsaw, Poland.
http://poland.indymedia.org/pl/2006/07/21903.shtml
If you have friends travelling or living in other parts of the world. Approach them to stage a solidarity vigil on the first day of our trail at an Irish Embassy or Consul. Have them email us about their gathering'
The list of consuls & embassies, can be found on the link below.........
Related Link: http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/embassies/?m=e
5) REPORTS, PHOTOS & DEBATES ARISING FROM KATHY KELLY/JIMMY MASSEY PUBLIC MEETINGS IN DUBLIN, CORK, GALWAY & BELFAST
"How could you kill my...."
"Those words ring in my ears and haunt my dreams every night. Those words came from an Iraqi man after we shot into his car at a checkpoint near the Baghdad station. We had given a hand and arm signal to stop but they did not. There were four Iraqis in the car three of them were fatally wounded." - Former US Marine, Jimmy Massey.
Reports, Photos & Debates arising continued on
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/77230
* Extra Photos from Dublin Meeting & Liverpool Catholic Worker Resurfaces!
More photos including one of a resurfaced Liverpool Catholic Worker. The Liverpool CW was born out of the trial & acquittal of the Seeds of Hope" Ploughshares trial in July '96.
The Liverpool Catholic Worker saw a community of CW's & East Timorese exiles sustain a rhythym of steady resistance at British Aerospace, Warton, Lancashirre where the "Seeds of Hope" disarmament of aBritish Aerospace (BAe) Hawk Fighter which had taken place Jan' 03 The Hawk was in Indonesian Air Force markings days from export to Indonesia in its genocidal war on the people of East Timor.
East Timor is now free of a genocidal Indonesian military occupation, expert witness at the trial, Jose Ramos Horte, is now East Timor's Prime Minister, the "Seeds of Hope" gather iin Liverpool for their 10th. anniversary.
The Liverpool CW faced a sustained backlash from the BAe corporation & British state that included high court injunction, arrests & infiltration by Lancashire Special Branch & a private intelligence corporation (that also ran 6 agents in Campaign Against the Arms Trade).
(See "The Damage Done Alan Fossey & the Liverpool Catholic Worker" as a subsection of
http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=sh...part1
Before their understandable disintergration the Liverpool CW's produced a wonderful t-shirt inspired by a derogotory remark by the then Home Secretary Jack Straw at a Confernce on Prison "Scousers are always up to Something!" You betcha Jack! Later popularised by the punk rock director Alex Cox ("Repo Man", "Sid & Nancy", "Walker" "Highway Patrolman") on dodgy late night British TV & while making his latest film "Revenger's Tragedy. He later adopted the t-shirt as a signature for his film production company "Avenging Angel"
Continued on link below.....
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/77286
6) SAT. JULY 22ND. DAVID ROVICS TO PLAY BENEFIT GIG FOR PIT STOP PLOUGHSHARES IN DUBLIN
"The Bull & Castle" (opposite Christchurch Cathedral" at the top of Dame St.)
5-7 Lord Edward St.
Christchurch D2
Dublin
*ENTRY by donation
7) INTERNATIONAL SUPPORTERS COMING TO TRIAL & HOSPITALITY NEEDS
As we go into the second week of trial we are understandably losing a lot of our international supporters who have been working fulltime on trial support & understandably have to return home. 2 London CW's left last Friday, our 2 New York CW's are due to leave this coming Wednesday. Jimmy Massey leaves today (Tuesday). We grow more dependant on local support rising to the occasion.
*If you are planning to come to trial and need help with accomodation please mail ploughsharesireland@yahoo.ie
We can't guarantee accomodation if you turn up spontaneously, so please email us first if you need help with accomodation.
*If you are based in Dublin and can offer a bed or floor space to an international peace activist please mail us and state for which dates you can offer accomodation
ploughsharesireland@yahoo.ie
8) TRIAL DONATION DETAILS
PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION TO TRIAL EXPENSES:
You can do so by donating in the following ways.......
"Ploughshares Defence Fund"
134 Phibsborough Rd.
Dublin 7
IRELAND
Donations can be lodged at any
Bank of Ireland branch:
"Ploughshares Defence Fund"
Account No. 80965573 Sort Code 900551
*If you are in the U.S. and wish to donate, please make cheques payable to
"Kim Driscoll"
2400 Tuna Canyon Rd.
Topanga
CA. 90290
More information
www.peaceontrial.com
ploughsharesireland@yahoo.ie
http://www.peaceontrial.com
This afternoon was taken up with the question of what evidence can be presented to a jury. Briefly, lawyers for the defence made submissions that it was the jury's role to decide on the merits of the evidence and not the function of a judge to deny them that opportunity no matter his or her opinion as to the quality of the evidence. Obviously in order for the jury to do so they must be able hear the evidence first and so, it is argued, a judge ought to allow the evidence to be presented. Lawyers for the prosecution will reply tomorrow morning before the judge makes a ruling and the trial resumes with the jury present.
"Asked if Governments could be tried if they didn't follow these rules, he replied that in the 1980s the US was found, by the International Court of Justice, to have been in breach of international law. (Nicaragua versus the United States)."
I take it that this "he" refers back to Dr. Allain, since Junior Counsel for the Defence, Muireann Brogan, is a woman. I note this because non-Irish readers might otherwise be confused.
Best,
Coilín.
PS: Hey, Liberty Belle! Welcome to Dublin! :-)
Will you get media coverage for the case Stateside?
The "he" does refer to "the witness" who is of course Dr Allain, replying to Junior Counsel Muireann Brogan.
Today (Wed) at 2.30 the judge will rule on the legal defense.
Closing arguments are set for Thursday and on Friday the jury will be instructed by the judge and sent out to reach a verdict.