Thursday, October 31, 2013

message to international penal aboliitionists re Unmanned: America's Drone Wars

From: Pepinsky, Harold E.
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 3:50 PM
To: Pat Magill; Lorraine Runga; Liz Remersvall; Paul Bailey; Maxine Boag; Tony Taylor
Cc: Louise Ludlow; Phyl and Rob Wilkins; Jackie Katounas; Jesma Magill; Russell Fairbrother; 'Idis Dunn'; Alan Burke; Helen Nesbit; Janice@primus.com.au
Subject: RE: Please watch Unmanned: America's Drone Wars, for free!

As I watched the father and children forthrightly tell what happened this morning at democracynow.org, as they had to 5 members of Congress at the Capitol yesterday, I felt that they were my neighbors, and (rare for me), I even teared up at the fear in which the young girl describes living, of terror from the sky.  In allowing myself these feelings, I recognize just how deep the barriers we have raised even to knowing our literal neighbors' and co-workers' lives, numbed ourselves to the necessity of prevailing through punishment that we in the US so succumb to.  I am reminded that my mother would tell me when I returned from law school that she would like awake nights haunted by lives being taken in our national name in Vietnam.  And as I have numbed myself to processing what I hear from survivors of ritual abuse, I am thankful that I can let myself face the victims of US national security, and trust that my fellow US residents will be able to survive watching with their defenses intact against accepting being haunted into paralysis as my mom was.  As we in my country come to recognize just how murderous our national history has been from Anglo-American conquest, perhaps we will find other ways to invest in securing rather than fighting lives.  love and peace--hal

Hal Pepinsky, pepinsky@indiana.edu, skype name halpep, "Peacemaking" at pepinsky.blogspot.com
 
519 Evergreen Circle, Worthington, OH 43085-3667, 1-614-885-6341

Please note:  My mind isn't big enough to handle social networking.  I do not respond to requests to befriend on Facebook or to become Linked In.  That leaves me free to take time to respond to email on this one account, and to answer home phone calls, which I very much enjoy receiving.  Thanks for your understanding.  love and peace--hal

From: Pat Magill [p.magill@slingshot.co.nz]
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 3:30 PM
To: Lorraine Runga; Liz Remersvall; Paul Bailey; Maxine Boag; Tony Taylor
Cc: Louise Ludlow; Phyl and Rob Wilkins; Jackie Katounas; Jesma Magill; Russell Fairbrother; 'Idis Dunn'; Alan Burke; Helen Nesbit; Janice@primus.com.au
Subject: FW: Please watch Unmanned: America's Drone Wars, for free!

Thank you Hal, ”sad stuff”

Pat Magill JP- Napier Community Mentor
Phone +64 6 835 9872 Mobile +64 27 749 0061



Mural displayed at the stairway of Napier and Family Courts

Early intervention is preventing incarceration

"In January 1986 Napier was designated by the Hon. Anne Hercus, Minister of Police and Social Welfare, for the study and implementation of positive alternatives to violence"


From: Pepinsky, Harold E. [mailto:pepinsky@indiana.edu]
Sent: Friday, 1 November 2013 7:30 a.m.
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Cc: Sarah Fiander
Subject: Please watch Unmanned: America's Drone Wars, for free!

Please pass along the chance to view Unmanned: America's Drone Wars for free.  Also, today's October 31 broadcast at democracynow.org spend the whole hour presenting the film, and has live interviews of the director and of a Pakistani father and two children, whose (grand)mother was killed by a drone strike, and who are featured in the film.
   We talked about surveillance and profiling.  This documentary shows the outcome of the most sophisticated military surveillance to use programs--profiles--of who are offenders: massive murder of innocents, and the toll it takes on drone pilots.  This reign of US terror has been going on for years.  It is especially important for us in the US to see what others see done to them in our name.  love and peace--hal

Hal Pepinsky, pepinsky@indiana.edu, skype name halpep, "Peacemaking" at pepinsky.blogspot.com
 519 Evergreen Circle, Worthington, OH 43085-3667, 1-614-885-6341

Please note:  My mind isn't big enough to handle social networking.  I do not respond to requests to befriend on Facebook or to become Linked In.  That leaves me free to take time to respond to email on this one account, and to answer home phone calls, which I very much enjoy receiving.  Thanks for your understanding.  love and peace--hal

From: Robert Greenwald [info@bravenew01.org]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 7:30 AM
To: Pepinsky, Harold E.
Subject: YOUR LINK to watch Unmanned: Americas Drone Wars is ready!
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Today is the day! My latest documentary Unmanned: America's Drone Wars is now available and here is your link to stream the film for free.
When I traveled to Pakistan last year, I was so moved by the people I met and the devastating loss they suffered from drone strikes, that I felt obligated to share their stories and ignite discussion about this atrocity. I cannot express how thrilled I am that you are joining the fight by watching this investigative film and spreading the word on this crucial issue.

Who else do you think needs to see this film? Can we count on you to ask them to sign up to watch this important film? Together, we can educate and engage enough people and work to change the U.S. drone policy. 

Thank you again,

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Hal Pepinsky, pepinsky@indiana.edu, skype name halpep, "Peacemaking" at pepinsky.blogspot.com
 519 Evergreen Circle, Worthington, OH 43085-3667, 1-614-885-6341

Please note:  My mind isn't big enough to handle social networking.  I do not respond to requests to befriend on Facebook or to become Linked In.  That leaves me free to take time to respond to email on this one account, and to answer home phone calls, which I very much enjoy receiving.  Thanks for your understanding.  love and peace--hal

Hal Pepinsky, pepinsky@indiana.edu, skype name halpep, "Peacemaking" at pepinsky.blogspot.com
 519 Evergreen Circle, Worthington, OH 43085-3667, 1-614-885-6341

Please note:  My mind isn't big enough to handle social networking.  I do not respond to requests to befriend on Facebook or to become Linked In.  That leaves me free to take time to respond to email on this one account, and to answer home phone calls, which I very much enjoy receiving.  Thanks for your understanding.  love and peace--hal

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