Desert Voices Vol 23, Number
2
Late Summer 2010
Dear Friends,
Nevada Desert Experience's Late
Summer 2010 issue of Desert Voices is available
for viewing or printing from our website. I'm very happy
to report that NDE founder, mentor and friend, Fr.
Louis Vitale, OFM was released from prison after
a 6 month sentence for taking a stand against torture
trainings for Latin American military personnel at Ft.
Benning Georgia. He's out in time to appear in court
in Las Vegas on September 14 as a member of the Creech
14 who were arrested with us during the Sacred Peace
Walk in 2009 at Creech Air Force Base. Then he has a
trial in Santa Barbara for an arrest at Vandenberg.
If you want to see him you may need to come for our
September
Desert Witness (see below). Because of delays in
producing this newsletter, the two lead features are
full of new issues and analyses; I hope you agree that
the information is thought-provoking and inspiring.
Thank you for your ongoing interest and support. NO
NUKES!
-Jim Haber, NDE Coordinator
View
the Late Summer Desert Voices Newsletter
Handout about the movie Countdown to Zero, from United
for Peace & Justice's Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining
Security Working Group
August
Desert Witness handouts
Events for your calendar:
August and
September Desert Witnesses (including major gatherings/memorials/vigils/trials,
Sept. 10 to 14 in Cactus Springs and Las Vegas-"At
65, It's Time to Retire the Bomb" and "Our
Grief is Still Not a Cry for War"
2011 Sacred
Peace Walk (April 18 orientation and Passover Seder
to Monday April 25, including Easter mass at the gate
to the Nevada Test Site (more events will be coming,
including Keep Space for Peace Week in October and the
Martin Luther King Birthday Parade in January)
CONTENTS
OF VOL 23. #2
Countdown to...Lots o' Nukes (a collection
of resources and critiques of a new "blockbuster
documentary" Countdown to Zero that may or may
not have nuclear disarmament as a goal)
Drones, Not Droning on Drones (including
eye-opening information and perspective from Jeremy
Scahill, investigative reporter with The Nation Institute;
also, new postcards to President Obama decrying the
drone strikes are available)
Here & There with NDE (including
important links for follow up information for all the
amazing conferences, actions and celebrations NDE has
participated in over the last 3 months) See also our
Gallery of Galleries to see even more images and video
clips.
Vandenberg Witness (an update on work
and actions at CA's central coast air force base with
which NDE is linked
I'll Be Back! (Sounds like a threat,
but we'll take it as a promise. Brief intern Elisabeth
Gustafson describes her work and stay with NDE.
Please consider sending
a contribution, or even joining NDE's Friends of
the Desert by signing up to contribute either monthly
or quarterly. Summer is dry in the desert, and similarly,
donations only trickle in at this time of year. Large
and small gifts, we're grateful for them all. Thank
you. Blessed Be. Peace and All Good.
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Desert Voices
Vol 23, Number 3
Autumn 2010
Creech 14 Get Their Day In Court: Judge Makes No Decsion--A
Historic Moment for Peace
What's In A Name? Re-Branding the "NTS" into
"NNSS"
Nuclear Resister Roundup (summaries
of 2010 actions)
Fr. Louis' Vitale's Appeal for Your Support
Announcement of Sacred
Peace Walk 2011: April 18-25
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