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Member of Olympia Port Militarization Resistance and works as an IT specialist. He was arrested after participating in nonviolent civil disobedience in the Port of Olympia in November of 2006 and the Port of Tacoma in March of 2007.
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66 Arrested in Washington State Blocking War Shipments at Port of Olympia
More than 400 antiwar demonstrators marched through Olympia, Washington Saturday to protest the war in Iraq and the police brutality aimed at demonstrators in the past two weeks. Since November 7th, at least 66 people have been arrested and 150 others injured for trying to prevent military equipment from leaving the Port of Olympia. [includes rush transcript]November 19, 2007 | Story
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By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
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