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As an activist he has organized and participated in the DC Anti-War Network (DAWN), National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, Declaration of Peace, Torture Abolition Survivor Support Coalition International (TASSC), Witness Against Torture, and the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Committee of Metropolitan Washington DC now a working committee of Washington Peace Center.
For the last several years he has organized and participated in acts of nonviolent civil resistance opposing torture and war.
On January 11, 2007 he was one of almost 90 people arrested by US Marshals for a nonviolent vigil, organized by Witness Against Torture, inside a US Federal Courthouse calling for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay concentration camp and for the release or fair trial of the prisoners.
In March 2007 he was one of 7 people, known as the Hart 7, arrested for an act of nonviolent civil resistance, called "The Tombstone Action" in the Hart US Senate Office Building at the time the US Senate voted for more Iraq war-funding. The Hart 7 defended themselves as Pro Se defendants at trial in July 2007 and were found not guilty by their jury.
Most recently he participated in another act of nonviolent civil resistance opposing the Iraq War. On September 20, 2007 he was one of 34 people arrested in the US Capitol Building participating in a die-in.
They were on trial in Washington DC from January 16 to 18 and were found not guilty of disorderly conduct but guilty of unlawful assembly.
On January 11, 2008 he was arrested with over 80 others inside and outside The United States Supreme Court calling for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay concentration camp. This nonviolent demonstration was a part of the Witness Against Torture call to shut down Guantanamo. He was put on trial with 34 Witness Against Torture Activists and subsequently found guilty of "Unlawful Free Speech" by Judge Wendell Gardner of the DC Superior Court.
He continues his work with NCNR, Washington Peace Center, and Witness Against Torture and the 100 Days Campaign initiated by Witness Against Torture.
See: www.witnesstorture.org
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Friday, December 12, 2008
President Obama Shut Down Guantanamo : "Yes You Can!" President Obama must shut down Guantanamo in the first 100 days of his administration
Friday, December 12, 2008President Obama Shut Down Guantanamo : "Yes You Can!" President Obama must shut down Guantanamo in the first 100 days of his administration
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
Convicted Criminal Considers the Cause, the Crime, and the Court Following an act of civil resistance calling for the closing of Guantanamo Bay detention camp and justice for the prisoners the author describes his trial with his fellow codefendants.
Thursday, June 5, 2008Convicted Criminal Considers the Cause, the Crime, and the Court Following an act of civil resistance calling for the closing of Guantanamo Bay detention camp and justice for the prisoners the author describes his trial with his fellow codefendants.
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Friday, February 1, 2008
We Need a Nonviolent Revolution: Resist in March We are the change that can bring about a peace with justice. Take action!
Friday, February 1, 2008We Need a Nonviolent Revolution: Resist in March We are the change that can bring about a peace with justice. Take action!
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Monday, January 21, 2008
Because I Know Following in the steps of King and Gandhi one activist addresses the court with his sentencing statement.
Monday, January 21, 2008Because I Know Following in the steps of King and Gandhi one activist addresses the court with his sentencing statement.
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Thursday, September 27, 2007
War Is Over If You Want It A peace activists wonders where his fellow citizens are and suggests ways we can end the war and occupation.
Thursday, September 27, 2007War Is Over If You Want It A peace activists wonders where his fellow citizens are and suggests ways we can end the war and occupation.
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Wednesday, November 22, 2006
A Case for Impeachment When people marched and protested against war and torture they also called for impeachment. Now, the Democrats control both houses of Congress. Will the people continue to call for impeachment?
Wednesday, November 22, 2006A Case for Impeachment When people marched and protested against war and torture they also called for impeachment. Now, the Democrats control both houses of Congress. Will the people continue to call for impeachment?
