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Book: Justice Seekers, Peace Makers

Another Michael True work posted online this week: PDFs from his book Justice Seekers, Peace Makers. Don’t be surprised if some of these chapters show up as future posts on Pie and Coffee.

Video: The American Tradition of Nonviolence

Here’s a talk on “The American Tradition of Nonviolence” given by Michael True in 2006.

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Audio: The American Tradition of Nonviolence

Here’s a talk on “The American Tradition of Nonviolence” given by Michael True in 2006.

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No “permit process” for Worcester federal building

This is the text of a document submitted today to Judge Timothy S. Hillman by Ken Hannaford-Ricardi. Emphases added.

Dear Judge Hillman,

At our June 16, 2008 pre-trial conference, Assistant U.S. Attorney Karin M. Bell’s written reply to our motion for the right to present evidence in support of a defense of necessity stated that the defense should be excluded as a matter of law because: “the defendants in this case had a very specific legal alternative they could have pursued. They could have requested a permit to enter the courthouse to perform a short prayer in protest of the war in Iraq. Indeed, the defendants were provided with this information by the U.S. Marshall upon entering the courthouse to pray.”
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508 #40: Bad Sound Quality

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s conversation is one of the best ever, but due to sound problems is almost unintelligible. Panelists are Brendan Melican, Jeff Barnard, Cha-Cha Connor, Kevin Ksen, and Dave Maciewski.

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Topics include bears, Billy Breault, Barbara Haller, Counselor Palpatine, NebuAd, Tim Heard’s final blog post, “Q”, the Q, Mike’s pre-trial hearing, and lots of talk about hot dog vendors.

Pictured: The Commons is torn up again for a new ice skating rink.

A little no-trial vigil

Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Judge to decide on ‘necessity’ of prayer: Group says other anti-war tactics failed

(~~This isn’t on their website~~ . . . it is now.)

Today was originally supposed to be our trial, and since we mailed out many announcements some of us went to morning mass and the federal building in case some supporters hadn’t heard about the change. Two folks did show up.
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No necessity decision yet in “rosary arrest” pre-trial hearing; trial Sept 23

Today was the pre-trial hearing for the Worcester “rosary arrest” case. Note that I am a defendant in this case, and that while I will try to present a fair view of the proceedings, it will probably be biased.

The big news so far: the trial will be 9am, September 23, 2008.

Photos outside the courthouse.
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Tom Lewis retrospective at Worcester Art Museum, June 23-August 8

There will be a Tom Lewis retrospective from June 23-August 8, 2008, at the Worcester Art Museum. There will be a special reception July 10, 5-7:30pm, to coincide with the Catholic Worker National Gathering held in Worcester.

508 #39: Power failure

508 is a show about Worcester. Unsteady electricity from a storm earlier this week threatens to derail, then does derail, the show. Brendan Melican and Cha-Cha Connor appear briefly. Mostly it’s Bruce Russell.

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There was a big storm in Worcester. Cha-Cha went to New England’s first trans pride march. Mike reads the InCity Times: both unconvincing arguments against a shelter at 62 Elm St, and Rosalie Tirella channeling Jean Teasdale on “Sex and the City.”

Watch out for the latest WordPress hacks; they got the Worcester Republican blog, they could get you too. Mike’s pre-trial hearing is Monday. The Toxic Soil Busters debuted a short film about their project last night. It’s Bruce’s birthday; call the hotline if you want to leave a birthday greeting to be played on the show.

Note: the Charter ads have returned in this week’s Worcester Magazine.

Extra note: this is the greatest Worcester blog post in history.

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Patrick Duffy is confirmed

Patrick Duffy was one of 25 confirmed today at St. Peter’s in Worcester. I was honored to be his sponsor.

I occasionally see an article about what baby names are popular, but never confirmation names. So for the curious, here were the confirmation names: Patrick, Marcella, Sophia, Anne, Dwayne, Beatrice, William, John (Pat Duffy’s), James, Arthur, Angelica, Andrew, Christopher, Emmanuel, Marie, Elizabeth, Mateo (first name: Matthew), Concepcion, Andre, Clare, Manami, Sebastia, Daniel (first name: Daniel), Thea, Del Transito.

(We weren’t allowed to pick confirmation names when I was confirmed. Yes, I’m still bitter about that.)