Syracuse
Peace Council
2013 East Genesee St., Syracuse, NY 13210
spc(a)peacecouncil.net, (315)
472-5478
Ground
the Drones: End the Wars
The Trial
Judge's Decision p. 1,
2, 3,
4
Opening
Statements:
Martha Henessey
James Ricks, Jr.
Closing
Statements
Ron
Van Norstrand, Attorney -
video
transcript
Sam
Young, Attorney -
video
transcript
Brian Terrell,
defendant - video
transcript
Pete Bianco, defendant -
video
transcript
Mary Anne Grady Flores,
defendant -
video
transcript
Harry Murray, defendant -
video
transcript
Elliott Adams, defendant -
video
transcript
Danny Burns, defendant -
video
transcript
Mark Scibilia-Carver, defendant -
video
transcript
Cynthia Banas, defendant -
video
transcript
Jim Clune, defendant -
video transcript
Check
out the Democracy Now! interview
with drone resisters Ann Wright and Ed Kinane. Also on YouTube.
View the short slideshow.
The April 22 Action
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Several hundred people participated in peace walks, a rally and civil disobedience at Hancock Field on Friday, April 22. 37 people were arrested for dying in at the gates to the base from which "pilots" fly drone aircraft over Afghanistan
Check out our
video on Youtube
Post
Standard story with links to video and photo gallery
WSYR
Channel 9 Story
YNN
Story
CNY Central Channel 5 Story
The
Hancock 37 v. Official Lawlessness, Part One: Two Worlds by Nick Mottern
The
Hancock 37 v. The Drones, Part Two: Daffodils by Nick Mottern
Risa
C'DeBaca's facebook photo album
The Reaper (and its destruction) coming to Syracuse
until we stop itSyracuse's Hancock Air Field is the home of The Reaper drone aircraft which will be piloted from here in Syracuse for surveillance and attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and potentially elsewhere. It is one of only two such sites in the US.
This is a new step in our community taking a role in the war machine. Learn more below. To get involved contact the Peace Council.
Video of Kathy Kelly speaking in Binghamton on Drones & AfPak (scroll down)
Listen to Kathy Kelly Speaking on Drones & AfPak
Recorded on Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00 pm
May Memorial Unitarian-Universalist Society, 3800 E. Genesee St, SyracuseKathy Kelly, co-founder of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, has been nominated three times for a Nobel Peace Prize. She has travelled to Iraq many times, first to bring humanitarism supplies in violation of the US embargo and then to prevent the US invasion. She is an articulate and inspiring activist.
Why Central New York Should Say No!
Useful Articles
Drones and Dishonor by Ed Kinane (October 2009 Peace Newsletter)
The Reaper Comes to Syracuse's Hancock Field (Post-Standard)
"The Predator War" by Jane Mayer (The New Yorker, Oct. 26, 2009)
US drone attacks in Pakistan – canon don’t kill mosquito
Check out a cool slideshow