Letter to Judge Thompson Regarding Restitution By Steve Clemens Mennonista Blog Feb. 10, 2013 Chief Judge Jeffrey Thompson Winona County Courthouse 171 W. Third Street Winona , MN 55987 Dear Judge Thompson, I am writing to inform you that I will not willingly pay the court-ordered restitution of $200 as the result of our conviction More
Editor's Note: Far-reaching implications included terrorist charges for Republican National Convention activists in Minnesota, including the RNC 8. More details have come to light showing how the U.S. military infiltrated and spied on a community of antiwar activists in the state of Washington. Democracy Now! first broke this story in 2009 when it was revealed More
First it was tea. Then it was salt. Now it’s sand. Anti-frac sand activist Steve Clemens being arrested. (Rise Up Times, originally published in the Winona Daily News) PopularResistance.org February 18, 2014 Originally published on WagingNonviolence.org Successful nonviolent action often hinges on fusing the transcendent with the everyday. While it frames the struggle in visionary terms like More
Memo to Judge: Really?? by RALPH HUTCHISON counterpunch.org February 20, 2014 We’ve heard it from the bench in Oak Ridge city courtrooms and from state judges in Clinton, Tennessee. And on February 18 we heard it from a federal judge—there are two variations. The first: There are plenty of ways for you to protest and More
500 signatories include five Nobel prize winners. Writers demand 'digital bill of rights' to curb abuses Matthew Taylor and Nick Hopkins The Guardian Monday 9 December 2013 Clockwise from top left, eight of the people who have signed the petition: Hanif Kureishi, Björk, Arundhati Roy, Don DeLillo, Ian McEwan, Margaret Atwood, Tom Stoppard, and Martin Amis More than 500 of the More
500 signatories include five Nobel prize winners. Writers demand 'digital bill of rights' to curb abuses Matthew Taylor and Nick Hopkins The Guardian Monday 9 December 2013 Clockwise from top left, eight of the people who have signed the petition: Hanif Kureishi, Björk, Arundhati Roy, Don DeLillo, Ian McEwan, Margaret Atwood, Tom Stoppard, and Martin Amis More than 500 of the More
Nun sentenced: Along with Sister Megan Rice (an octogenarian nun), a federal judge sentenced two other protesters to more than five years, after the three broke into a high-security, nuclear weapons complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn. By Noelle Swan Christian Science Monitor Staff Writer / February 18, 2014 Click here for the video. Federal District Judge Amul More
By Chris Hedges truthdig.com Posted on Feb 9, 2014 In this photo from Oct. 16, 2006, lawyer Lynne Stewart enters Manhattan federal court for her sentencing. (AP/Louis Lanzano) The lynching and disbarring of civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart, who because she has terminal cancer was recently released from prison after serving four years of a 10-year sentence, is More
This is the single most impactful thing we can do right now to make sure that our communications are no longer subject to unconstitutional government spying. Be part of the biggest day of action for NSA surveillance reform in HISTORY. Dear Friend, In case you haven’t seen it yet all over the Internet— today’s the More
This is the single most impactful thing we can do right now to make sure that our communications are no longer subject to unconstitutional government spying. Be part of the biggest day of action for NSA surveillance reform in HISTORY. Dear Friend, In case you haven’t seen it yet all over the Internet— today’s the More
Putting Our Fate Into The Hands Of The Jurors Steve Clemens handcuffed Day 4 of Frac Sand Protest Trial - Part 1 By Steve Clemens Mennonista Feb 6, 2014 At 9 AM the jury was seated and defense witnesses continued their testimony. Veteran activist and Catholic Worker farmer, Mike Miles was the thirteenth defendant to More
When Law Becomes An IdolBy Steve Clemens Feb. 3, 2014 MinnonistaRelated Galleries> Photo Gallery: Frac Sand Protests (4/29/13) Thirty-five people were arrested for trespassing during a large protest against frac sand Monday morning staged at two separate locations in Winona. April 29, 2013Day 1 of Frac Sand Trial in Winona, MN"I don't have an opinion about More
