The first part of the show is clips from yesterday’s (July 11th) rally on the steps of Northampton City Hall to\u00a0 defend Niberd Abdalla.\u00a0 According to the Gazette,\u00a0 “Abdalla, 57, was arrested on June 8 when he attended his bi-yearly check-in with ICE, as he had without incident for the past seven years. ”\u00a0 Niberd has lived in the US, in particular Easthampton and Florence, for over 40 years.\u00a0\u00a0 He is currently detained and threatened with deportation to Iraq, which he fled as a teenager in the 1970s.\u00a0 In this clip, his wife Ellen McShane talks about how it feels to have her beloved husband taken away, simply for not being able to get the right paperwork.<\/p>\n
Other speakers include Dr. Marty Nathan and ACLU attorney Bill Newman.<\/p>\n
The rest of the show (maybe after 15 min) is Anne Moore, who moved to downtown Northampton 4 years ago, talking about some of the things she’s involved in – Nonviolent Peaceforce, SURJ, Northampton Committee to Stop War, a penpal correspondence with a man imprisoned at Pelican Bay, CA, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The first part of the show is clips from yesterday’s (July 11th) rally on the steps of Northampton City Hall to\u00a0 defend Niberd Abdalla.\u00a0 According to the Gazette,\u00a0 “Abdalla, 57, was arrested on June 8 when he attended his bi-yearly check-in with ICE, as he had without incident for the past seven years. ”\u00a0 Niberd … Continue reading #109: free Niberd rally, Anne Moore – Nonviolent Peaceforce<\/span>