Helen Woodson: 27 years behind bars for standing up to the military-indutrial complex. Political prisons, prisoners of conscience around the world, know this: We are with you and we remember, recount and revere your actions.
“She got how many years for doing what?” is the response most often heard when Helen Woodson’s name comes up. And it came up the other day on Portland Indymedia. Woodson, longtime activists may recall, is the anti-nuclear protesterswho has been behind bars for 27 years. She was released a couple of times but immediately engaged in non-violent protest actions and was jailed again. Can’t keep that woman’s conscience down… Back in November of 1984, Helen was part of the Silo Pruning Hooks action. She went to a Missouri nuclear missile silo along with Larry Cloud-Morgan, Fr. Carl Kabat OMI and Fr. Paul Kabat OMI. With sledgehammer and jackhammer, the group followed the biblical mandate of Isaiah to turn swords into plowshares. They were convicted and received a varied number of years of prison time for their action. She is scheduled to be released in September of this year. The Nuclear Prisoner is a website handled by Felice and Jack Cohen-Joppa, long-time activists themselves. It tracks and provides support for prisoners of conscience across the nation – and there are literally thousands of these political prisoners all across America.
And as the world knows, President Obama hit the Left Coast this week. Here's the link if you need another reason to question the impetus behind the sudden interest in Intel. Believe me when I say, Obama is not here to support salmon or spotted owls...
www.citizenstrade.org/oregon.php
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