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The soldier, the little girl and the big green rubber sheep
diciembre 12th, 2011I missed the perfect photo yesterday, because an ISM volunteer got in my way.
We were monitoring the Saturday afternoon settler tour, during which heavily armed soldiers accompany sympathizers of the Hebron settlers through the Old City. Often in the past, I've seen soldiers make a real effort to periodically move the tour groups to allow the residents of the Old City to pass to their homes, but there's a new Paratroopers brigade in town and they weren't allowing anyone by.
Next week will be better
diciembre 7th, 2011The chance to catch my breath hasn’t happened yet. I meant to give a blow by blow account of the interrogation at the airport, but then I lost my passport, so there have been the adventures dealing with that, and then today I almost found the passport but then had my wallet stolen.
“Encountering Rural Appalachia”- Jonesborough, TN Delegation 2011
noviembre 1st, 2011On the morning of October 28th, the day before our “Occupy Aerojet” action, I spent a couple hours in the neighborhoods around Aerojet Ordnance, handing out fliers about the storytelling and soil and water sampling we were to do the following day. The varied reactions serve as a portrait of the differing interests and concerns within the Campaign to End Depleted Uranium Munition Production in rural Tennessee.
My first stop was Davy Crockett High School, about a mile from Aerojet Ordnance on State Route 34.
Uncovering Depleted Uranium Munition-Jonesborough, TN Delegation
octubre 29th, 2011
A few months ago Depleted Uranium (DU) was a sinister weapon of war to my ears, albeit intangible and nondescript. Confronting Aerojet Ordnance, a DU weapon manufacturer outside Jonesborough, TN on this CPT Delegation, is serving as an immersion course in DU munitions and the physics and chemistry behind this radioactive waste. The fog is slowly lifting for me.
DU, A Multi-Faceted Issue - Depleted Uranium delegation: Jonesborough, TN - Oct 21-30, 2011
octubre 24th, 2011Now that I've been here in Jonesborough longer, I'm starting to feel less at a loss for where to start with the issue of DU. Two things in particular have helped that happen. First, on Saturday, our delegation helped Dr. Michael Ketterer of Northern Arizona University collect some more samples for his ongoing work in tracing the level and spread of DU contamination from Aerojet Ordnance. Then on Sunday, we had a press conference in Jonesborough, which connected us with a few people from the local community.
Unexpected questions - Depleted Uranium delegation: Jonesborough, TN - Oct 21-30, 2011
octubre 22nd, 2011The more I learn about depleted uranium, the more I realize how little we know for certain about its effects on quality of life and health. While we can say for certain that war kills, the details about DU's impact in the whole picture are conflicted and under-researched.
Where the sacred has met the profane in my fiction-writing life: The story behind my novel, Because the Angels
julio 22nd, 2011Where the sacred has met the profane in my fiction-writing life: The story behind my novel, Because the Angels
by Kathleen Kern
Account of Cliff Kindy's Deportation from Israel, January 17, 2011
julio 11th, 2011[Note: the following is an account written by Cliff Kindy about his deportation from Israeli in January 2011.]
Another week in Hebron; another unpleasant Saturday night.
mayo 29th, 2011Another week in Hebron; another unpleasant Saturday night.
I can't believe that this coming Thursday evening I will be finishing my stint with CPT. It's hard to remember everything that's happened in the last week, so I guess I'll go by pictures. Last Sunday, I stayed with friends in Jerusalem
Settlers burn ancient olive trees in Tel Rumeida
mayo 29th, 2011I'm basically putting this release on my blog, because we've already put the photos up in the photo gallery, and it may be a few days before this article appears on CPTnet. So for those who would like a preview: