5 reports
IT’S TIME WE OCCUPIED CONGRESS by Joy First January 15, 2018 As I entered my jail cell at Capitol Police Headquarters in Washington, DC, I sat down on the cold steel bench and looked around thinking – here I am again. My eyes came to the mirror above the toilet and I noticed […]
Seven activists were arrested on January 11th for refusing to leave Rep. Steny Hoyer’s Washington, D.C. office unless the Congressman (and House Minority Whip) committed to bring a vote on legislation to end the U.S.-Saudi war against Yemen. Under intense bombardment and naval blockade, Yemen is poised to become the new century’s worst case of […]
Rally and Arrests at the White House to Close Guantanamo Attorneys Files Major New Guantanamo Lawsuits Human rights activists, attorneys, ex-military investigators, faith leaders, and torture survivors rallied on January 11 at the White House to mark the 16th year of the operation of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where “war on terror” […]
Four Catholic Workers were arrested on December 28 at a protest that connected King Herod’s murder of young children in his quest to kill the infant Jesus with the deaths of innocent people killed by U.S. drone strikes. The Des Moines Catholic Worker and Voices for Peace co-sponsored the Feast of Holy Innocents Faith and […]
Report of December 27-28, 2017 Holy Innocents Faith and Resistance Retreat and Pentagon Witness by Art Laffin, Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House On December 27-28, over 40 members of the Atlantic and Southern Life communities, and other peacemaking friends, gathered for a retreat at St. Stephen and the Incarnation Church in Washington, D.C., and a nonviolent witness at the Pentagon to commemorate […]
