Pit Stop Ploughshares Head to Oct. 24th. Trial- Update & Call for Solidarity!

dublin | anti-war / imperialism | news report Tuesday July 26, 2005 15:10 by Pit Stop Ploughshares Defence Group ploughsharesireland at yahoo dot ie At Large!

They're on Trial for Us, We're on the Loose for Them!

Before the illegal invasion & bombing of Iraq, five
members of the pacifist Catholic Worker movement made their way into Shannon Airport and non-violently disarmed a U.S. navy war plane in the early hours of February 3rd. 2003.

The Pit Stop Ploughshares Deirdre Clancy, Nuin Dunlop, Karen Fallon, Ciaron O'Reilly & Damien Moran spent 4 to 11 weeks in Limerick Prison. They went to trial in March 2005 on two counts of Criminal Damage -€100 and $U.S.2.5million. Penalties if convicted carry a maximum of ten years imprisonment. The week of trial
saw 80 international & numerous Irish anti-war
activists converge on Dublin. It was a week of public witness against the war, evenings of celebration of the disarmament and public meetings concerning ongoing
Irish involvement in the war on Iraq.
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The March trial collapsed on 6th. day when the Judge called a mistrial, dismissed the jury and instructed the media not to report on the reasons for a mistrial.

Nuin & Karen have been allowed to leave the country to return a month before trial. Deirdre, Ciaron & Damien are required to sign on weekly, all a banned from a 5 mile radius if Shannon Airport.

The Pit Stop Ploughshares 5 return to trial at
Dublin's Four Courts on Monday October 24th. The trial is likely to run for a week. Pit Stop Ploughshares hope to run a series of events running up to and around the trial. They need your help. Please make contact.
Ph. 087 918 4552
[email protected]
www.peaceontrial.com

CONTENTS
1. Peace on Trial DVD
2. Accommodation Oct.24th. trial Dublin
3. August 6th. Hiroshima Day Peace Vigil
4. Dublin Ploughshares Benefit Gigs
5. Regional Ploughshares Benefit Gigs
6. Monday Anti-War Vigils
7. Sunday Evenings Open House at the Catholic Worker
8. Defendants Available for Public Meetings, Speaking
at Schools, Churches & Community Groups
9. Solidarity Vigils at Irish Embassies, Consuls &
Sites of Significance
10. Donations to Ploughshares Defence Fund"


1. DVD "Peace on Trial"
(35 minute DVD/Video on Pit Stop Ploughshares Trial)
Now Available!


The Pit Stop Ploughshares went to trial in Dublin,
Ireland during March 2005 charged with $US2.5 million "Criminal Damage" to a U.S. Navy War Plane at Shannon Airport(see www.peaceontrial.com). The plane was en
route to the invasion of Iraq. Following the
disarmament it turned around and headed back to Texas.

The 35 minute DVD/video covers the week of the trial as peace activists converged on Dublin from around Ireland, the U.S. & Europe. The DVD/video features the Pit Stop Ploughshares 5, U.S. Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Iraq Veteran Kelly Dougherty, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Mairead Corrigan Maguire, former U.N. Assitant Secretary General Dennis Halliday and "Voices in the Wilderness" founder Kathy Kelly. The video also contains file footage interviews with Dorothy Day and
Fr. Daniel Berrigan SJ.

The "Peace on Trial" video is an excellent resource
for schools, universities and community groups.

PRICE
€10 in Ireland (covers postage)
10 pounds in Britain (covers postage)
$20 in Australia (covers postage)
$15 in USA (covers postage)
*If in U.S. designate whether you need PAL or NTSC Format.
Make cheques to "Ploughshares Defence Fund"
518 South Circular Rd. Rialto Dublin 8 IRELAND

2. ARE YOU PLANNING TO ATTEND THE OCT 24TH. TRIAL

If you are planning to attend the trial of the Pit
Stop Ploughshares in Dublin starting October
24th.(will probably last 2 weeks)
Please make contact with
[email protected]

Initial indications of "possible" or "definite" at
this stage in relation to attendance would help us
organise. Make it clear if you are in need of
accommodation, we will do our best to accommodate!

If you can offer to billet/accomodate people please
make contact.

3. 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HIROSHIMA BOMBING AUGUST 6TH.

Remembering Hiroshima *Peace Vigil August 6th,
10am-12noon, U.S. Embassy Dublin.

4. DUBLIN PLOUGHSHARES BENEFIT GIGS

We are organising a benefit gigs in Dublin for the
Ploughshares Defence Fund.
*Thursday September 15th. 8pm
Lower Deck (Performers to be announced!)
*Thursday October 13th. 8pm
Lower Deck (Performers to be announced!)

5. REGIONAL PLOUGHSHARES BENEFIT GIGS

In the lead up to the October 24th trial we hope to
have a series of benefit gigs celebrating the Pit Stop Ploughshares disarmament of a U.S.Navy War Plane at Shannon Airport and opposition to the continued use of Shannon to facilitate the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Please make contact with us if you can help set up
gigs between mid-Sept & mid-Oct in
-Galway
-Cork
-Wexford
-Derry
-Belfast
-Oxford
-Liverpool
-Dublin

If you can help email
[email protected]
Ph. 087 918 4552

6. MONDAY ANTI-WAR VIGILS
Ploughshares maintain an anti-war vigil every Monday 4pm-6pm at the G.P.O. O'Connel St.

7. SUNDAY EVENINGS OPEN HOUSE AT THE CATHOLIC WORKER

Sunday Evenings
*6pm-Catholic Worker Liturgy
*7pm-Soup
*7.30pm Reflection & Discussion
Text or phone 087 918 4552 to RSVP or confirm.

8. DEFENDANTS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS, SPEAKING AT SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, COMMUNITY GROUPS

Ph. 087 918 4552
Email [email protected]

9. OCT 24TH - TRIAL DAY SOLIDARITY VIGILS AT IRISH EMBASSIES

If you can commit to a solidarity vigil with the Pit
Stop Ploughshares on the opening day of their trial -at an Irish Embassy or consul or a site of anti-war
significance, make contact so we can publicise
[email protected]

10. DONATIONS TO "PLOUGHSHARES DEFENCE FUND"

Donations can be lodged at any Bank of Ireland Branch.
Ploughshares Defence Fund
Account No. 80965573
Sort Code 900551
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