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February 18, 2006
Diane Wilson of Code Pink Released from Jail
Unreasonable Woman Diane Wilson was released from jail today after serving more than 75 days of her 120 day sentence. The charges stemmed from a banner drop at a Dow Chemical factory. Wilson was arrested in Houston back in December after interrupting a speech being given by VP Dick Cheney. (indy media coverage: http://www.houston.indymedia.org/news/2005/12/46033.php)
Diane says she's delirous to be out of jail, and was humbled by the experience. (see her letter from a Texas jail here ) The time spent behind bars gave her the opportunity to reflect on situtations like Guantanamo Bay where inmates have no outside contact at all. The environmentalist and anti-war activist described herself as more committed then ever to the cause of social justice.
Despite what she's been through "I have no regrets" says Wilson. Diane confirmed she will return to Houston on Monday night to join peace mom Cindy Sheehan at her Tea Party outside the Bush's church. Diane will return to court on Tuesday morning charges of posession of a fake I.D., the same I.D. she used to infiltrate the DeLay Fundraiser.
More here:
Diane's daughter arrested:
http://www.houston.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/46904.php
Info on the Sheehan protest here:
http://www.houston.indymedia.org/news/2006/02/47382.php
Learn more and donate to Diane's legal fund here:
http://www.chelseagreen.com/2005/items/unreasonablewoman/fromjail
Posted by Lyn Wall at February 18, 2006 12:57 PM | Permalink
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Great. Now stay out of jail and keep focused.
Posted by: John Cobarruvias at February 18, 2006 03:10 PM
John, I hope you were trying to be funny in your advice to Diane Wilson. Didn't you read the account of her daughter's visit, which turned into jail time for her, too, on phony trumped-up ugly Repug charges? We're dealing with criminals who run the jails and the country here, son, and they're not in jail. Sometimes, as Ralph Waldo Emerson discovered when he went to visit Henry David Thoreau who was in jail for refusing to pay a one-dollar tax because it would be spent on something he was opposed to, the person on the inside is occasionally moved to participate in an exchange like this:
Emerson: "What are you doing in there, Henry?"
Thoreau:"What are you doing OUT THERE, Reverend?"
In an increasingly fascist country, some people are going to have a hard time staying out of jail. What are the rest of us going to do?
Posted by: Muriel Stubbs at February 21, 2006 01:49 AM