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Groups Back Officer Who Resists Iraq War 5-Day Walk to Illustrate Happy FORsooth Volume 17, No. 6 A publication of the Louisville Chapter of the Fellowship of Reconciliation www.louisville-for.org July-August 2006 Groups back officer who resists Iraq war 5-day walk FORsooth staff report The cause of Lieutenant Ehren Watada, to illustrate the first commissioned U.S. Army officer to publicly refuse deployment in Irag, gained support in Louisville July 10 as a happy and crowd at Central Presbyterian Church heard two peace activists call for letters and sad 9/11s protests on his behalf. Clare Bayard, an organizer with Friends The other anniversary on Sept. 11 - of Ehren Watada Support Committee, and this one observed with joy - will inspire Steve Theberge, the War Resisters Leagueís peace activists from around the nation to national Youth and Counter-Militarism Pro- walk from Nelson County, Ky. to down- gram organizer, stopped at the church as part town Louisville. of national speaking tour about the Hawaii The Gandhi-Merton Pilgrimage for native’s case. Peace and Non-violence will end Septem- They said they hope to use the case of ber 11 at Fourth Street and Muhammad Ali Watada, who is confined to a military base Blvd, the corner where celebrated Trappist in Washington state and prevented by a gag monk Thomas Merton had a realization in order from publicly speaking, as a way to photo courtesy thankyoult.org the late 1950s of love for the whole human strengthen opposition to the war. Lieutenant Ehren Watada, right picture, the first military officer to race, a moment that transformed him into a “One of the most important aspects of publicly refuse deployment to Iraq, gained support July 10 in powerful vehicle for peace and justice. our work is getting out there and talking to One of the pilgrims will be former folks and figuring out together what itís Louisville and at rallies around the nation, left. FOR national secretary Father John Dear, going to take to end this war. So this is a Bayard, who asked for letters to repre- Bayard said Watada will likely be said organizer Terry Taylor, director of step in that process,” Theberge said. sentatives and senators and to newspapers in court-martialed in October on seven Interfaith Paths to Peace, which is organiz- Bayard said the tourís strategy, in one support of Watada, also devoted a moment to charges, including contempt for superiors ing the pilgrimage. way, mirrors what the army is doing. She said the memory of someone who surely would and the president for denouncing the war The walk will start Sept 7 at Merton’s the pentagon is making an example of Watada have attended the program – Anne Braden, before the gag order. hermitage at Abbey of Our Lady of to deter others from refusing to fight. who died in March after more than 50 years She urged Watada’s backers to be force- Gethsemani in Trappist in southern “If they’re going to make an example of struggling against racism and militarism. ful in their support, saying if the Army pays Nelson County. out of him, then we better make this an Bayard noted the diverse set of groups a high price for its actions against him, it The date of the walk’s conclusion was example of how much we’re going to sponsoring the program – including the could hasten a U.S. pullout from Iraq. chosen not only for its being the fifth anniver- support soldiers who do this,” she said. sary of the 2001 terrorist attacks, but because Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and “Our support has to be really visible and th Bayard said Watada became opposed Political Repression, the Louisville FOR, really as broad as we can make it, to be it marks the 100 anniversary of Mohandas to the war after reading about it, but he does the Feminist Peace Network, the Louis- effective,” she said. “We are the majority in Gandhi unveiling his plan to use nonviolence not qualify for Conscientious Objector ville Peace Action Community and Inter- the world, those of us who are opposed to this to free India from British rule, Taylor said. status because he has said he is not opposed faith Paths to Peace. war, and we really are close to being a majority “This 52-mile, five day pilgrimage is to war in all hypothetical cases. Racism, she said, is a large barrier to in this country. So I think we can do it.” designed, in the manner of Gandhi and Watada has said in a written statement: social justice progress, adding: “Anti- Merton, to draw attention to the impor- “I hope that my example shows other racism is such a powerful catalyst for For more information about tance of finding non-violent solutions to soldiers that they too have the power to bringing us together and making our work Lieutenant Ehren Watada’s case, the world’s most difficult problems,” In- choose right over wrong and that freedom actually effective.” visit www.thankyoult.org. terfaith Paths said. is something that can never be taken away.” For more information, contact Taylor at (502) 214-7322 or e-mail Much riding on high court case from city [email protected]. by Gracie Lewis more information, contact me at the for us to discuss where we need to go from Kentucky Alliance at (502) 778-8130 or here and get in on the argument before the Rev. Jesse Jackson came to Louis- Nancy DeMarta at (502) 214-0985. Supreme Court. ville June 28 to inform us about two Rev. Jackson gave us a history lesson on Now that Louisville is in the spotlight, cases currently before the U.S. Supreme the impact of Supreme Court cases on our it would be a great time for us to mobilize Court that would turn back a century of nation, saying that any time a case is brought a grassroots movement. We have no prob- struggle for equality. before the Supreme Court, it will have rami- lem with allowing Crystal Meredith’s son Two years ago, the U.S. District Court fications, adding there are no “narrowly ap- to allow Bloom Elementary, but race mat- upheld the Jefferson County Public Schools plied Supreme Court decisions.” ters and there is no change in the notion of student assignment plan. What is most disturbing about these white supremacy in Louisville. Discrimi- Crystal D. Meredith of Louisville cases is that they will impact on opportuni- nation still exists in our school system. wanted her son to go to Bloom Elementary, ties for minorities and women in educa- Jackson said we need to mobilize a but — because of this plan — she said, he tion, employment, minority contracts and 10,000-person rally to send a message to was denied because he is white. voting rights. America that “we won’t go back!” There is a similar case in Seattle. Both “Whenever the playing field is level, (continued on page 7) cases will be heard when the Supreme we’re even,” Jackson said. Court is back in session in September. In September, the NAACP will be the Fellowship of Reconciliation Louisville Chapter 2236 Kaelin Avenue Louisville, KY 40205-2608 The Kentucky Alliance will be setting host of a conference on the implementing ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED forums to discuss the impact of these cases of the Brown versus Board decision of at 502/458-8056 Call F.O.R. and the current situation in our schools. For 1954. This would be a great opportunity INSIDE The woman who went up a tree and came down a hero ............ p. 2 Deathspeak – military euphemisms reach new low.................... p. 4 Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 962 Reviewer looks at Louisvillian against executions ..................... p. 5 Louisville, KY U.S. Postage PAID Mideast crisis rivets labor column’s attention ............................ p. 6 Julia Butterfly Hill asks Two activists in area die Peace and justice advocates are David C. Sauter, 34, formerly of crowd ‘what is your tree?’ mourning the loss of two Louisvillians, Dahlonega, Ga. died July 4 at University of one who was blessed with a long life and Louisville Hospital. He was married to Aleve by Ken Nevitt sitting, but rather she asked all in atten- another who died tragically young. Douglas, with whom he worked on many dance to consider their response to the Ruth Weinstock, 99, died June 28. peace and justice initiatives. He was a found- Julia Butterfly Hill was not at Bellarmine question, “What is your tree?,” meaning, The Brooklyn, N.Y. native, retired regis- ing member of Sapat, a musical group, and an University, for the scheduled June 8 event what is it that you will commit yourself to, tered nurse and nurse’s union organizer employee of the University of Louisville. titled “One Makes the Difference.” in order to improve our world. Hill has was particularly active against nuclear Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, That is because on that day, she was helped found the Circle of Life Founda- weapons and had frequently protested Otis; his parents, Tom and Bonnie Sauter; a one hundred feet up a walnut tree in Los tion, whose mission statement said it is the Vietnam War. She was married for 60 sister, Julie Benna (Michael); and his mother- Angeles. But the 200 or so who had been geared to “inspire, support, and network years to the late Marty Weinstock and is and father-in-law, Roscoe and Gwen Douglas. invited to listen to this activist and individuals, organizations, and communi- survived by daughters Frances environmentalist were not disappointed. ties, so together we can create environ- Weinstock, M.D.
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