Kathy Kelly, U.S. Anti-War Activist/Visitor to Ireland, Jailed in U.S. on 450 Mile Peace Walk

by Ciaron - Catholic Worker/Plowshares Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:01

Website to Anti-War Walk from Chicago to Republican Convention,
St. Paul Minnesotta
http://vcnv.org/witness-against-war

Voices for Creative Nonviolence
http://vcnv.org/

by Counterpunch Wed Aug 13, 2008 22:34

LINK- Kathy Kelly's Previous Reflections on the War & Prison

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by Photos, Refelction, Background Thu Aug 14, 2008 23:46

The Walkers
http://vcnv.org/the-walkers

A Reflection from 13 Arrested at Ft. McCoy
http://vcnv.org/walk-blog-josh-brollier-civil-disobedie...ccess

Photos from Ft. Mc Coy Action
http://vcnv.org/waw-photos/fort-mccoy-sv/index.html

by Ciaron Sat Aug 16, 2008 18:40

Word from Nukewatch
Kathy is now outta jail and back on the 450 mile walk to the Republican Convention.

Her incarceration on an old warrant for her past nonviolent resisiance to part of the U.S. nuclear first strike
system that is now defunct (in the meantime they have been working on more technologically effiecient ways of killing us all)
points to how the U.S. Empire never forgets the oldest of percieved
slieghts. They are still tracking down resisters from the Vietnam War period over there!....long after the
Presidencies of anti-Vietnam War Clinton and Draft Dodger Bush.

It is also testament to the longetivity of Kathy Kelly's opposition to war preperations, genocidal sanctions and war.
Kathy was a wonderful presence both in the witness box, on the streets and in the pub during our three Pitstop trials
in Dublin. She did a great cover of Randy Newman "Drop the Big One" for us. Scroll down for a snap of Kathy outside the
Four Courts www.peaceontrial.com

General background on the anti-war walk.......
http://vcnv.org/witness-against-war

by 6News Walk Vid Report Tue Aug 19, 2008 22:07

Walk Against the Wars

click here to see video
http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S546610.shtml?cat=10217

(ABC 6 NEWS) - They're walking more than 450 miles to prove the point that they want an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It's been a long walk for Kathy Kelly. She's part of the Witness Against War group, that's making its way from Chicago to St. Paul.

"We've just crossed into the wonderful state of Minnesota after walking through Illinois and Wisconsin," said Kelly.

The trip started on July 21. The walkers hope to reach the Twin Cities right before the Republican National Convention.

"We hold both parties responsible," Kelly said.

"Just the walking has in itself been a blessing, and it's been wonderful to have formed a community along the road and to be received by so many fine people," said Kelly.

But not everyone along the way has been so welcoming.

Some members of the group were arrested for trying to enter Fort McCoy in Wisconsin.

Drivers are upset about the group's message.

"This morning somebody leaned out of his car. He was so angry, he said an expletive and don't rebuild Iraq. We need that money. It's our money," Kelly said.

"It's a good way to get the word out," said Paul Melling, a veteran of the Iraq War who also drives the protester's support bus.

"I've gotten a lot of support from these people they've helped me out a lot you know so I try and support them," said Melling.

"We've certainly been happy to receive the hospitality of so many people through this Midwestern walk," said Kelly.

The group says it will march on with its message to stop the fighting overseas.

by Audio Interview Mon Aug 25, 2008 06:20

Kathy Kelly of Voices for Creative Nonviolence 58 min radio interview
while on the Walk Against War
http://speakingtruth.org/post/view/597

Kathy Kelly is currently co-coordinator of Voices for Creative
Nonviolence http://vcnv.org/, is active with the Catholic Worker
movement and since becoming a pacifist has refused payment of all
federal income tax for 25 years. ...

SpeakingTruth.org articles - http://speakingtruth.org/rss

by Resentencing..... Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:11 Madison, USA

Friends, On November 5 the US Attorney in Madison, Wisconsin filed a
"Motion for Re-sentencing" in US District Court against several peace
activists who had not paid fines after being convicted for an alleged
trespass in August of 2008 at Ft. McCoy, an army training base from
which soldiers are deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, . see-
http://vcnv.org/waw-blog/13-arrested-at-fort-mccoy-for-...q-war

The USAttorney is asking the court to re-sentence Jeff Leys, Kathy
Kelly, Eileen Hansen, Renee Espeland, Joshua Brollier and me to 30
days in jail. "Briefs in opposition" to the government's motion were
due today. Below is the response that I wrote and mailed in to the
court.

In the mean time, nine who returned to Ft McCoy this last August and
who were arrested for trespass
(http://vcnv.org/blurring-the-lines-how-i-was-jailed-by-...tters)
have not been charged to date.
What happens next in either case is anyone's guess. the resistance continues!
peace, Brian

by 2 Jailed for 14 days Fri Jan 29, 2010 15:31 U.S.A.

Date: Thu, Jan 28, 2010

Long time Catholic Worker Brian Terrell and Joshua Brollier were sentenced today to 14 days for
trespass at Ft. McCoy, in August of 2008. They were taken directly
from the Federal Courthouse in Madison to begin serving the sentence
immediately following the 10am hearing.

Today’s hearing before Judge Magistrate Stephen Crocker in US
District Court was a re sentencing motion filed by the government
against the two for failure to pay the $75 fine imposed by the court
in a bench trial last January. Judge Crocker began by hearing from
Terrell on his motion opposing the resentencing. Terrell argued that
it would be improper to impose a jail sentence at this stage since
jail was not a sentence that could have been imposed at the time of
the original sentencing under the Monroe County trespassing ordinance.
(In the bench trial before Judge Crocker in January 2009, for
instance, defendants were not offered representation by public
counsel, specifically because jail time was not a potential
consequence for the alleged crime.)

Further, Brollier and Terrell contested the government’s contention
that “alternatives to jail are not sufficient deterrence”. Terrell
spoke eloquently about the example of friends and mentors like Dorothy
Day, Daniel and Phillip Berrigan and Daniel Ellsberg. He noted that
“putting these people in chains and locking them in cages” served not
as a deterrent to him and others, but rather as an inspiration to act
with similar courage.

Brollier noted that their actions of August 8, 2008 did not take
place in a vacuum, and that the state of the world must be considered
along with their actions. It is not permitted to yell fire in a
crowded theater if there is no fire. But if there is a fire, we are
duty bound to alert people to the danger.

Both defendants agreed that they were not seeking to go to jail, but
were willing to do so, in part, to stand in solidarity with those who
have no such choice. Speaking from recent experience in Washington DC
city jail where Terrell met inmates who were unable to pay even a
small fine to get out, he said “in a world where jails exist and some
can pay and walk away while others cannot pay and their lives are
ruined, I would rather go to jail”.

After Judge Crocker declared the sentence of 14 days, both
defendants stated a preference to begin serving that time immediately.
Brollier said he would “rather get this done and get back to the
important work of resisting these wars and also to alleviating the
suffering” that is so often the result. The two were escorted out by
federal marshals to begin serving their sentence in Dane County jail.