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Friday, June 27th, 2008CNN: Stunned silence followed nuke plant implosion
YONGBYON, North Korea (CNN) — North Korea blew up part of its Yongbyon nuclear plant Friday, in full view of CNN and a handful of international broadcasters invited to witness this dramatic and symbolic event.
U.S. State Department official Sung Kim also attended, and called the move “a very […]
CTR interviews a client of mine, Jose Crespo
Friday, June 13th, 2008CourageToResist.org: PFC Jose Crespa questioning Iraq deployment
This morning Jose was given orders to fly out to Iraq and he declined to go. He is back at his post on increased restrictions but no charges have been filed yet.
I want to be hopeful
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008I’m in Paducah, KY right now (at a little bakery/coffee shop) and am about to plunge into some client work before hitting the road back home to Oklahoma.
But for now, I do feel the need to say something about the momentous, history-making win of of Barrack Obama in the Demo primary.
I want very badly to […]
News from the Ryan Jackson Court-Martial at Ft. Gordon, GA
Friday, May 30th, 2008Here’s the news that I emailed to supporters and friend of war resister Ryan Jackson. I was very honored to get to work on Ryan’s case and am very proud of how well he did in speaking truth to power at his court-martial today.
There will be more news soon at www.couragetoresist.org and at www.ryanjackson.info, but […]
Newly discovered attrocities of the Korean war
Sunday, May 18th, 2008Yahoo/AP: Thousands killed by US’s Korean ally
DAEJEON, South Korea - Grave by mass grave, South Korea is unearthing the skeletons and buried truths of a cold-blooded slaughter from early in the Korean War, when this nation’s U.S.-backed regime killed untold thousands of leftists and hapless peasants in a summer of terror in 1950.
With U.S. […]
Revolution March in D.C.
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008Youtube.com: Revolution March - July 12th - Washington, D.C.
This definitely sounds interesting. I myself am not a Ron Paul fan (because I don’t believe in capitalism), but I am encouraged to see this move of anti-war free market folks to push their agenda forward. I definitely think there is more commonality between these folks and […]
Shot at Dawn memorial
Friday, May 9th, 2008Wikiepdia: Shot at Dawn memorial
I don’t have time to post more about this (there’s so much I want to say), but it is a sad and mostly untold story. I was especially moved by reading the story of Harry Farr and also seeing the pictures of the memorial itself which has a statute of Hurbert […]
Support GI Resistance! Free Ryan Jackson!
Monday, April 21st, 2008This story from Courage to Resist is about a client of mine who is currently in pre-trial confinement as he is being prosecuted for following the higher law of conscience and refusing to participate anymore in the US military.
CourageToResist.org: Army imprisons outspoken war objector — PFC Ryan Jackson held in pre-trail confinement […]
Why we desperately need to cultivate a Culture of Non-Violence in Oklahoma
Saturday, April 12th, 2008NewsOK.com: Torture tape spurs shock in Alva
ALVA — As a mentally challenged man screamed and pleaded for his torture to end, his attackers held him down, shot him repeatedly with paintball and BB guns, and branded him with searing coat hangers.
“Mommy, mommy,” the victim screamed, to no avail.
His torturers videotaped the episode, with one so […]
Message to a 17 year old Guard recruit — You can still quit the military.
Friday, March 28th, 2008UPDATED 10:38 p.m., March 27, 2008: I have removed the name of the soldier mentioned in the news article as he requested me to do so in the comments.
MSNBC: ‘Congratulations, son — I’m proud of you’ — Father in Iraq surprises, touches son by giving Guard oath via video link
This story concerns me on […]