Anti-War Actions

Karen Fallon, a TP Pledger and resident of Faslane Peace Camp, is one of the five activists who as part of the ongoing resistance at Shannon airport in Ireland, peacefully disarmed a US warplane that was headed for Iraq. Within the month, 3 of the 4 companies that were contracted for the war against Iraq, to ferry US troops and weapons, had left Ireland.

Update: The first trial remained unfinished after being ruled a mistrial. A new trial date has been set for October 24th 2005 at Dublins Four Courts. Bail conditions have been relaxed and Karen has been allowed to return home.

14 March 2005 MisTrial Declared for Shannon Peace Activists

23 July 2003 Karen Fallon’s Bail Conditions Up For Review

18 June 2003 Pitstop Ploughshares: Trial Date and Location Changed

3 June 2003 Pitstop Ploughshares in Court 24th June

18 April 2003 Shannon Ploughshares Activist Released On Bail

In the early hours of Monday 3rd February, the five activists cut their way into Shannon Airport, County Clare. They constructed a shrine on the runway to Iraqi children killed and threatened by U.S./British bombardment and sanctions. They then began to take up the runway, working on its edge with a mattock. The activists approached the hanger housing the US Navy plane which had just finished undergoing repair. They painted "Pit stop of death" on the hanger’s roller door, and began the dismantling of the hanger. Others including Karen, entered the hanger to disarm the repaired US warplane.

The five activists were arrested by Gardai and held in Limerick Prison. Karen served 3 months in jail, and as with the other four activists, she is currently out of prison but under strict bail conditions. Under these bail conditions Karen has to remain in Dublin until the trial, which is likely to be early 2004. All the five activists are facing the possibility of a max 10 year sentence. Justice needs to be reached in court so that Karen is found NOT GUILTY and can return home. The war was illegal, not Karen’s actions.

Karen Fallon (31), from Scotland, has lived at Faslane Peace Camp for the last two years. She is a scientist and a Trident Ploughshares pledger.

The other four activists are Deirdre Clancy, Ciaron O’Reilly, Damien Moran & Nuin Dunlop.

Prisons Within Prisons

The reaffirmation process: Conscience Clarification

By locking up your body they think to lock up your mind - but they are in a prison of their own making while we are truly free.

Any democratic power which goes to war or is complicit in the preparation or support to a war against the will of its people creates its own prison. A prison of lies, deceit, hypocrisy and associated murder, a prison without walls, a prison of its honesty. As impotent as I feel against the impending war I know within myself that I am not alone. There are thousands of us the world over in jail and on the streets doing everything for peace.

My liberty was given up in protest against war in a fight for peace. Although my body is in prison my conscience is clear and my mind is free!

Can the US British and Irish Governments say the same in all honesty? I think not. The International Court against War Crimes has just been established in the Hague. The US Government refuses to acknowledge it as do many others. The US and UK are still accountable for their actions in this war and may find themselves appearing before this court in due course along with all collaborators. Think on it!

Karen, Limerick Prison, 20^th March 2003

Links

http://www.indymedia.ie

http://www.catholicworker.org

http://www.ploughsharesireland.org

http://www.refuelingpeace.org>

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