FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Trial Begins St. Paul Monday for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Against TORTURE

[MADELINE SIMON (madeline-mpls]

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TRIAL OF "THE OTHER RNC 8" PEACE ACTIVISTS BEGINS IN ST. 
PAUL MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14
 
Eight peace activists who engaged in nonviolent civil disobedience at the 
Republican National Convention to protest both the war in Iraq and U.S. 
prisoner torture policies, face trial beginning Monday morning, September 14, 
at 9 AM in Ramsey County District Court in St. Paul. The eight include 
full-time peace and social justice activists, homemakers, veterans, a nun, a 
retired general surgeon, and a college professor. They are Joshua Brollier, 
Steve Clemens, David Harris, Jeanne Hynes, Betty McKenzie, Dan Pearson, Mary 
Vaughan, and Joel Weisberg. The activists call themselves "the other RNC 8" to 
distinguish themselves from another group of 8 facing more serious charges in 
connection with protests at the convention. The 8 plan to cite International 
Treaties and the Nuremberg Tribunals in their defense. Although it took place 
near the site of the Republican Convention, the action was aimed at protesting 
the policies of both major political parties.

The arrests took place on August 31, 2009, during the Veterans for Peace silent 
antiwar memorial march. 


Peace,
Madeline