Articles by Mike Ferner

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Bringing Gaza Home
Mike Ferner | Veterans For Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Dec 2024

24 Dec 2024 – In Ft. Wayne, Indiana, this September, I was arrested for blocking the entrance to Raytheon Corp.  For my defense, I planned to bring Gaza home to jurors from Allen County, home to Ft. Wayne, with wire service photos and by extrapolating the effects of the U.S.-Israeli genocide in Palestine to their own county. The same approach can be used for any city in the world.

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WAAAHHHH…but we don’t wanna get arrested!!
Mike Ferner, PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service, 15 Feb 2016

As the macho, gun-toting, testosterone-addled cowboys who took over the wildlife refuge in Oregon call it quits, their pitiful whine can be heard all the way to Florida: “Waaahhh…but we don’t wanna get arrested…” Seems they could use a few lessons in toughness from nonviolent peace and justice activists.

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