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PEACEWORKS OCT./NOV. 2012
State-level trial on tap (continued from p.1)
Referring to his letter sent April 11 to KC‘s
chief prosecutor and the chief of police, Stoever restated his case to Franco. The Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty, signed into law and ratified by
the Senate in 1970, and which 189 nations have
signed, has a goal to reduce the number of nuclear
weapons and eliminate them.
Stoever said the Soviet Union and the U.S.
have each built down nuclear weapons from more
than 70,000 to about 5,113. There‘s a body of law
against the use of nuclear weapons, said Stoever,
and First Amendment rights to do protests. Stoever
felt it was important to risk arrest because of the
difference between what we have signed and what
we are doing.
“I don‟t want to be an executioner
nor a victim.”
Stoever spoke out about health hazards and
deaths of workers from contaminants at the
Bannister Federal Complex.
Picking up on a post-World War II phrase of
Albert Camus, Stoever said, ―I don‘t want to be an
executioner, nor a victim.‖
Potts, in her statement, began, ―I have a 12year-old daughter. Since her birth, I‘ve seen an
increase in the military-industrial complex, and it
worries me that she may not see anything but global
imperialism the rest of her life.‖
Potts feels Congress votes things through
―solely to keep jobs in their districts, after being told
by generals that they didn‘t need that equipment. In
all 435 U.S. districts, there are military-industrial
complex jobs.‖
Potts, who served in the Navy in the Persian
Gulf, said, ―I became aware of the extent of the U.S.
military‘s empire—we have nuclear weapons on
Trident submarines sitting on the floor of the Indian
Ocean. … Our president and secretary of state are
talking about other countries‘ desire to obtain nuclear
weapons, when (at the same time) we are getting
new money to build and refurbish nuclear weapons.‖
Franco commented, ―While this is a troubling
issue, this is also one of the few places where you
can protest. I didn‘t have that right when the Castro
government removed my family from Cuba.‖
While these trial highlights tell the story, we
celebrate that Stoever and Potts were able to state
their case.—By Lu Mountenay & Jane Stoever
From left, Midge Potts, Ron Faust, and Brian Terrell
prepare to march in front of City Hall and Municipal
Court before nuclear weapons resisters’ trials Oct. 12.
Photo by Jo Larmore
Free speech
(continued from p. 1)
―Punishing free speech and letting murder off
the hook is the order of the day in this courtroom,‖
said Brian Terrell of Maloy, Iowa, anticipating his sixmonth sentence, in his statement to Whitworth. Ron
Faust of Gladstone, Mo., said his conscience told
him, ―Someone needs to regulate the drones and
prevent the loss of more innocent lives,‖ and he did
not think ―punishing peaceful protesters gets us
anywhere. We ought to be a big enough nation that
we can handle a minority position.‖
Terrell and Faust, with colleague Mark
Kenney of Omaha, were arrested for refusing to
leave Whiteman Air Force Base on April 15, as they
asked to give the WAFB commander an indictment
of all involved in drone warfare, from President
Obama to the WAFB remote-control operators of
predator drones. Kenney pled guilty June 6 and is
serving a four-month sentence; Terrell and Faust
pled not guilty and later ―put drones on trial.‖ On Oct.
11, Whitworth told Terrell, ―Your record is almost
three full pages of convictions and imprisonment‖ for
past civil resistance, and told Faust, ―You have a
very minimal, almost nonexistent record.‖
So why the five-year probation for Faust? ―To
deter us from returning to Whiteman; especially to
deter the young, who agonize over whether to do
civil resistance,‖ said Eve Tetaz of Washington, D.C.
Faust, in his statement, noted, ―Brian, I, and
others were there (at WAFB) that day to protest the
drones, not causing harm to anyone. I protested
because ... the military has over-reached its
(continued on next page)
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Free speech(continued from previous page)
boundaries by spending too much money on
machines that make killing look easy.‖
On April 15, about 35 persons, called to the
site by Trifecta Resista and PeaceWorks members,
protested at the WAFB designated spot outside the
―Spirit Gate‖ entrance. About 25 persons approached
the guard shack with Terrell, Faust, and Kenney.
Those three refused to leave when ordered to, and
Whitworth convicted them of trespass. ―The court‘s
decision is part of a widening disintegration of civil
liberties,‖ said Terrell at the sentencing. ―The court‘s
message is a chilling one: that a citizen‘s conditional
right to assemble to petition the government extends
only to places outside government facilities and
where the government does not have to hear it.‖
The B-2 bomber, which Terrell said is
―blasphemously nicknamed the ‗Spirit Bomber,‘‖ is
ready to deliver a first-strike nuclear payload to any
place on earth, according to WAFB online
information. The B-2s from WAFB ―first violated
Afghan airspace 11 years ago …and began killing
the people of Afghanistan,‖ Terrell added. ―The
crimes against humanity that began in October 2001,
with B-2 airstrikes on a defenseless civilian
population, continue today with drones operated
from that very same base.‖
For Faust‘s and Terrell‘s full sentencing
statements, see www.peaceworksKC.org.
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Carl Kabat protests nuclear weapons,
gets „time served‟
Father Carl Kabat of St. Louis, in a Municipal
Court trial Oct. 12 in Kansas City, Mo., got ―time
served‖ on two charges—trespassing this July 4 at
the site for the new KC Plant, and breaking probation
from his July 4, 2011, trespass. The city earlier
dropped a property charge against Kabat, now 79,
who had used bolt-cutters to open the chain-link
fence and enter the site after dark, July 3.
Judge Elena Franco and Kabat agreed he
would plead ―technically not guilty,‖ she would find
him guilty, he would forgo appeal, and he could
speak to the court. Recalling that German judges (in
1987) blocked the entry to the U.S. Air Force Base in
Mutlangen, West Germany, because nuclear
weapons were deployed there on Pershing II
missiles, Kabat told Franco, ―I invite you to go out to
the new plant‖ and block the entry. Franco listened.
Mentioning Henry David Thoreau‘s outcry
against the silence of collusion, Kabat said of the KC
Plant, ―Those bombs we make … we‘re responsible
for. It‘s not enough to hold an opinion. We must act!‖
Urging that we all go out to the plant, he said, ―It‘s
ours! We should be able to walk in the front gate and
walk around the 170-180 acres.‖
Video contest
Put yourself in the winner‘s circle! Create a
video by Jan. 7 about the April 2 initiative petition
(see story, p. 1), and you could win:
 $150 for first prize,
 $100 for second prize,
 $50 for third prize, or
 Honorable mention for
publishing your video on
YouTube.
Some topics you might want to give a whirl: jobs
and KC finances, health and the environment, peace
and federal financing, and whatever you dream up.
For background, see peaceworkskc.org and foolishinvestment.com; the latter has the contest
submission info. The project might be as simple as
writing a song and getting friends to belt it out, as
you‘re videoing. Questions? Contact Rachel MacNair
at 816-753-2057 or Amrita Burdick at 816-531-2228.
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Ann Wright, Ramsey Clark, Bill
Quigley, Kathy Kelly challenge KC
The night before the Sept. 10 ―drones on
trial‖ in Jefferson City, Mo., about 130 Kansas
Citians gathered for talks by witnesses for that
trial. (See story, p.6.) The KC, Mo., event at
Community Christian Church brimmed over with
harsh info and hope.
―We have officially never hit a civilian‖ in a
drone attack, said constitutional law expert Bill
Quigley, professor at Loyola University in New
Orleans. Reports, however, indicate at least 300400 noncombatants killed by drones in Pakistan,
said Quigley. ―U.S. law says premeditated murder
is illegal—a crime in all 50 states. What we call
civilians, once they‘re killed, the U.S. calls
terrorists. We don‘t even call them collateral
damage anymore.‖ Quigley asked, ―Can you
imagine what we would do if another country fired
a drone into our country?‖
Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark
said, ―Last week, I was in Pakistan. The people
there have always spoken well of the United
States, but not this time. The people are angry
that another country could kill on their soil. It tells
us we have to come to grips with our
government.‖ Mentioning huge demonstrations in
Karachi and Islamabad against the drone killings,
Clark warned that our country is losing Pakistan‘s
friendship fast. He challenged his listeners, ―Let‘s
stop the drones. They threaten the planet. Let‘s
stop the killing, for all the children.‖
Retired Col. Ann Wright, a 29-year veteran
of the Army and the U.S. diplomatic corps,
thanked Kansas Citians for launching the Trifecta
Resista, focusing on freedom for Bradley
Manning, a nuclear weapons-free world, and an
end to drone warfare. Early this year, she
brainstormed the Trifecta during breakfast with
PeaceWorks members and others.
On Sept. 9, Wright asked all who joined in
the April 13-15 Trifecta Resista to stand and said,
―You went from Fort Leavenworth, with Bradley
Manning (he‘s been in prison there); to Kansas
City, with its nuclear weapons plant; to Whiteman
Air Force Base, with its drone operations. I‘m so
proud of all of you!‖
Wright said she‘d go to Pakistan this fall
with about 30 others ―in solidarity with families of
victims of U.S. drone attacks. We‘ll apologize to
PEACEWORKS OCT./NOV. 2012
them‖ for the deaths inflicted on their
communities. She said the United States has
assassinated four Americans—the first in Yemen
in 2002. ―Every Tuesday, President Obama picks
out the names of people we‘ll target and go after
the next week,‖ she added. ―I call on those people
at Whiteman Air Force Base to look into their
consciences and see what they‘re doing.‖
Kathy Kelly thanked Brian Terrell and Ron
Faust for their resistance April 15 at Whiteman
AFB. ―Brian and Ron will be tried tomorrow for
trying to offer the hand of friendship,‖ she said.
Then came a story: In 2009, Kelly was in
Afghanistan. Someone asked her, ―Do the people
in your country know about these drone attacks?‖
Kelly reflected, ―I remember blinking and saying,
‗Well, no.‘‖ So the questioner asked, ―Where is
your democracy?‖
Kelly offered hope Sept. 9: ―Since 2009, in
part because of the actions by people in this
room, we‘ve got 67 percent of the U.S. public warweary and tired. People know there‘s something
profoundly wrong in being able to kill in this kind
of mechanized, robotized warfare.‖
Thanks, musicians!
Music-makers Bob and Diana Suckiel
headlined the music fundraiser Sept. 7 for
Trifecta Resista events such as “drones on
trial.” Others joined in, singin’ and
strummin’ and stompin’—Rosy’s Bar & Grill,
Betse Ellis, the Rosell Brothers. Thanks, all!
PEACEWORKS OCT./NOV. 2012
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UNplaza Art Fair —
best ever!
Thanks to the artists,
friends, and gift-gatherers who made our
Sept. 22-23 UNplaza Art Fair the best
ever—beautiful art, lots of fun. This annual
fund-raiser attracted about 100 artists and
crowds of buyers.—Photos by Jim Hannah
Lonnie Boston shares info about
the Urban Ranger Corps.
Scarlett Swall, maker of “Swall’s Dolls,”
shows off this year’s PeaceWorks T-shirt,
designed by Patti Nelson.
Rachel MacNair asks people to “vote” for
one of three yard signs, looking forward to
the April 2 ballot (see p. 1 story).
Rick McCale displays paintings and metal
art creations.
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Resisters found
guilty in „drones
on trial‟ in Jeff City
Jefferson City, Mo.: In the first federal trial related
to drone warfare, Judge Magistrate Matt
Whitworth of the U.S. District Court, Western
District of Missouri, ruled Sept.10 that two civil
resisters were guilty of trespass at Whiteman Air
Force Base, near Knob Noster, Mo. (See story on
Oct. 11 sentencing, p. 1.)
“The U.S. needs to stop the drones completely,
destroy the technology, dismantle our nuclear
forces, and try to live in peace with the rest of the
world,” Ramsey Clark tells the media Sept. 10.
—Photo by Mike Nickells
On April 15, defendants Ronald Faust of
Gladstone, Mo., and Brian Terrell of Malloy, Iowa,
a co-coordinator of Voices for Creative
Nonviolence, sought to present to the Whiteman
AFB commander an indictment of all involved in
drone warfare. The defendants said Sept. 11 they
were not guilty of trespass but had simply tried to
bring a grievance to a government authority about
drone strikes that kill an estimated 49 untargeted
persons for every one target. More than 50 supporters of Faust and Terrell packed the
courtroom.
PEACEWORKS OCT./NOV. 2012
During the trial, constitutional law expert
Bill Quigley, professor at Loyola University in New
Orleans, said the defendants were exercising their
rights April 15 under the First Amendment to the
Constitution.―My grandfather went to jail in
Birmingham to oppose Bull Connor,‖ said Quigley,
noting that when the Supreme Court overturned
laws against sit-ins at restaurants and protests
outside courtrooms, ―there were 3,000 people in
jail.‖ Quigley reminded the court that 100 years
ago, the nation had no child labor laws, no vote
for women, no civil rights legislation. The First
Amendment protects ―vigorous dissent,‖ said
Quigley. ―The idea of trespass is not more
important than the First Amendment. Our
Constitution trumps the statutes‖ for trespass.
Witness Kathy Kelly, of Voices for Creative
Nonviolence, told the court she came to
Whiteman AFB April 15 to support the defendants‘
presentation of the ―Indictment for Violation of
Human Rights,‖ a statement against drone
warfare. She and Terrell had visited families of
drone victims. Goat-herders at a refugee camp in
Kabul, Afghanistan, introduced them to a child
whose arm was amputated by a drone. Kelly said
she felt responsible ―to go as close as I could to
the people‖ suffering from drone bombings, and
explained that she and Terrell were raising their
voices here on behalf of the voiceless abroad.
The defense had proposed that former
Attorney Gen. Ramsey Clark and (retired) Col.
Ann Wright testify about the illegality of drone
warfare and citizens‘ responsibilities under
international treaties. The prosecution opposed
those topics, and the judge excluded them.
Wright, who resigned her diplomatic post
in 2003 to protest the Iraq War, was permitted by
Whitworth to testify only on base security issues.
She suggested the commander might have
assigned guards to Terrell, Faust, and Kenney on
April 15 and let them hand their indictment to the
commander. Instead, the base arrested the three
and had 40-50 military police in riot gear march
against about 40 supporters. After the trial, Wright
said the defendants‘ and supporters‘ work ―gives
hope to people in other parts of the world that
there are Americans who are fighting drones, and
we aren‘t going to get stopped!‖
(continued on next page)
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Resisters target drones,
nuclear weapons at talks
PeaceWorks sponsored the presentation
―Drones and Nuclear Weapon Triggers in Our
Backyard‖ by Brian Terrell and Midge Potts at All
Souls Unitarian Universalist Church on Oct. 11.
Both of these social activists-protesters (and
others present) have for years challenged the
military-industrial complex.
John Burris observed that at age 77, he
worries about the sort of world his greatgrandchildren are growing up in. He suggested
we all bear some responsibility for tolerating so
much ―rotten stuff‖ (nuclear madness) handed
down to us in the name of national security.
Ron Faust said he was still trying to sort
out his sentence of five years‘ probation, issued
that day. Henry Stoever said he and Potts would
be sentenced the next day on a charge of
trespassing at the nuclear weapons parts plant.
Terrell, given six months in federal prison,
said the issues surrounding drones and nuclear
weapons center in the erosion of civil liberties,
shown in the sentences given. He, Faust, and
Potts all emphasized the strong prejudice factor in
judges‘ treatment of them as protesters.
Most of the discussion focused on drone
technology to support U.S. military incursions in
other lands. The drones are high-tech machines
flying in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and other sites.
They are operated remotely from Whiteman AFB
and about 30 other control centers in the USA.
Drones are in the air 24/7, scanning the ground
for targets, usually persons chosen for
assassination.
A question arose as to whether those
operating drones from 7,000 miles away would
experience PTSD as combat veterans do. One
observation was that any distance factor from
points of drone assassinations is illusory. The
drone operators see the killings and injuries they
are inflicting in real time on their video
screens.Many of the operators have nightmares.
Potts expressed thanks for PeaceWorks‘
persistence in resisting drone and nuclear
developments and said she is pleased to be part
of the ongoing efforts. She stressed the need for
protesters to ―claim the space for justice and civil
rights.‖She said this sort of action is not civil
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disobedience (law breaking) but acting in accord
with our Constitutional rights of free assembly and
speech.
—By Dick Howard
of Independence, Mo., historian emeritus of
Community of Christ
„Drones on trial‟
(continued from previous page)
Whitworth‘s rejection of Clark marked the
first time Clark was not allowed to testify in court
as an expert witness. Clark said after the trial,
―We are part of a long struggle—I‘ve been at it for
84 years. We have to plan harder, work harder.
The world is in far more danger than when I was
born, probably progressively so. Right now we‘re
madly designing more efficient ways to take
human life. We have to awaken people, with love
out front.‖
The evening of the trial, 24 of the resisters‘ supporters traveled from Jefferson City to
Whiteman AFB, gathering under the stars, singing
for peace, and holding signs such as ―Ground the
Drones!‖ There Clark said the drone operators are
allowed ―to be judge, jury, and executioner,
contrary to all sense of justice.‖
Terrell e-mailed supporters Sept. 11, ―Our
efforts have been and continue to effectively
spread questions, doubts, and even outrage over
remote-control murder at long distance by drones
from Whiteman and other bases. Their willingness
to kill from long distance must be exceeded by our
commitment to love from a distance.‖
Terrell noted that he and Faust were
unable to raise an international law defense.
Whitworth rejected Clark‘s testimony on the U.N.
Charter and the responsibility of citizens to resist
the crimes of their government under the
Nuremberg Principles. Terrell recalled Whitworth‘s
comment during a pre-trial conference call that
international law does not ―trump‖ domestic law.
This, says Terrell, is in contradiction to the
Constitution, Article VI, that incorporates treaties
into the ―supreme law of the land.‖
Faust e-mailed friends Sept. 11, ―I think
about everybody realized that we won the trial.
Change is slow, but we got the message out.‖
View the YouTube videos of remarks by
Ramsey Clark, Col. Ann Wright, Bill Quigley, and
Kathy Kelly at the Trifecta Resista Drone Trial
Press Conference.
—By Jane Stoever
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without new
nuke funds
July 22, Thursday, Peace for the Holy Land: A Christian View
(events in KC, Mo., unless otherwise noted)
David Wildman, Executive Secretary for Human Rights and Racial Justice at the
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for the 9 a.m. hearing
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the Nov.
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Oct.
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pm-midnight,
Unfinished
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pm,
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fliers
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Organizing
training
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Ann
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Bill
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or
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11th
Anniversary
Memorial
Event,
inc. an art
peace
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for
next
election;
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story,
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points out, however, that the
potluck, 7:30 p.m. ceremony.
courthouse, 80 Lafayette St., Jefferson City,
administration
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Aug. Mo.;
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nuke-parts
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(see
story
below).
billion
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next
10
years
to
upgrade
the
conference
(see
story, p. 1).
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U.S. nuclear
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Oct.science
26-28, Peace Colloquy
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3151 Olive,
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Sept.to20,
11 am,
trialChurch,
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at new
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Christ
Temple
in
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Info:
PeaceWorks
members
will
help
staff
this
year‘s
Peace
Colloquy
at
the
and resistance
to
nuclear
weapons-making
(beginning
at
10
a.m.
Sat.,
Aug.
14,
at
By
all
means,
press
senators
to
ratify
the
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story,
page
3).
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Christ
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in
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Mo.,
Oct.
26-28.
The
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Linwood
United)
and
hear
presentations
and
a
concert
Aug.
14,
7-10
p.m.,
at
All
Locust (see story, p. 5).
new START. It does have verification
Ceremony,
free and
open
to the
public,
will honor
Dr. Tadatoshi Akiba, advocate for
Souls Unitarian Universalist
Church. Contact
Jane
Stoever
if you
can attend
the
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Hope”
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