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"For the last 25 years, the 51-year-old Kelly has been nowhere near the sidelines. She has been willing to go anywhere in the world—Bosnia, Haiti, the West Bank—to do whatever she can to help victims of violence and demonstrate for peace. As long as the activity is non-violent, she has been willing to be arrested again and again. She has been willing to go to jail again and again. She has even been willing to die." —Chicago Tribune
In the spring of 2004, human rights activist Kathy Kelly, twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, was sent to Pekin Federal Prison for leading a protest at the School of Americas. While in prison, Kelly's organization, Voices in the Wilderness, was targeted by a US State Department lawsuit charging that Kelly violated US-imposed sanctions when she took humanitarian aid to Iraq during numerous visits over the last five years.
In this fiercely eloquent book, Kelly recounts such trips to Iraq, tells the largely unknown story of the School of Americas, and describes daily life inside a federal prison, where America's poor are warehoused. Like Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Kelly's powerful narrative gives voice to the unheard millions suffering at home and abroad.
In the spring of 2004, human rights activist Kathy Kelly, twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, was sent to Pekin Federal Prison for leading a protest at the School of Americas. While in prison, Kelly's organization, Voices in the Wilderness, was targeted by a US State Department lawsuit charging that Kelly violated US-imposed sanctions when she took humanitarian aid to Iraq during numerous visits over the last five years.
In this fiercely eloquent book, Kelly recounts such trips to Iraq, tells the largely unknown story of the School of Americas, and describes daily life inside a federal prison, where America's poor are warehoused. Like Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Kelly's powerful narrative gives voice to the unheard millions suffering at home and abroad.
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