A short 3 min interview with Sister Jackie Hudson of "Conviction"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqkuU4_aU04
Link to other youtube clips of Sr Jackie
http://www.youtube.com/results?hl=en&q=%22Jackie%20Hudson%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=w1
From
Wednesday, August 03, 2011 1
It is with deep sorrow that I want to inform you of the death of Sister Jackie Hudson who passed away this morning in
After services in
Let us keep Jackie, her family, friends and community in our thoughts as we join our prayers with hers for a world at peace. I phoned the jail in Ocilla and asked that they have Ardeth or Carol phone home – due to a death of one of their sisters. Ardeth phoned a wee bit ago – prepared for Jackie’s death, especially by a powerful letter from Anne Montgomery who visited with Jackie the other day – but one is never prepared. So they pray with us – what a profound loss. What a woman that Jackie was. May more of us grow into her spirit.
Blessings,
Liz McAlister
Aug 4, 2011
The
‘I’ll go back to jail again, that’s fine’
http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/9175981.___I___ll_go_back_to_jail_again__that___s_fine___/
A BLIND woman who campaigns against nuclear weapons faces jail for
refusing to pay court fines and charges.
Susan Clarkson, 64, of Bath Street, in Cowley, will appear before
to prison if that is what it takes.”
Miss Clarkson, who works as a Christian volunteer with homeless people
in
pay the £553 in court fines, costs and compensation.
It resulted from her conviction for criminal damage and trespass at
the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Aldermaston on September 6
last year.
In the past Miss Clarkson has been arrested outside the White House
and the Pentagon for her direct action protests against atomic
weapons.
If sent to jail today it will be the
campaigner’s second stretch behind bars, but she told the
she was prepared to go to prison for her beliefs.
She said
Atomic Weapons Establishment.
“We made a gateway in the fence with gate cutters and hung up a sign
saying
activists and we would like Aldermaston not to exist as a place to
develop weapons.
“We made our gateway and went through it and knelt down to pray. We
knew we would be arrested.”
Despite being registered blind and walking with a white stick, Miss
Clarkson said she coped well with her last 10-day spell inside
Bronzefield prison in
She said
I am 64 and visually impaired, but it was interesting to be with the
women and talk to them.
“I was not treated badly , but I have to remember if I go again, it
might not be so nice.”
Miss Clarkson pleaded not guilty to the charges at Newbury
Magistrates’ Court, but was convicted by magistrates and on June 21
was given a conditional discharge for 18 months.
She was also ordered to pay compensation of £308 to AWE and £225 costs
to the Crown Prosecution Service.
She added
“As soon as I got the letter from Newbury Magistrates’ saying ‘you
must pay’ I wrote a letter back saying I willfully refused because I
had acted according to my conscience and I asked them to transfer my
case to
The Christian charity worker became involved in direct action against
nuclear weapons in 2001.
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Sr Susan Clarkson <srsusanclarkson@yahoo.co.uk>
St Francis CW House
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