Carmen Trottais a pacifist and a member of theCatholic Worker Movement,[1]Trotta has been an opponent of the war in Iraq.[2]He has been an associate editor of theCatholic Worker,and has served on the executive committee of theWar Resisters League.
Carmen Trotta | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 9, 1962 |
| Education | Grinnell College |
| Occupation | associate editor |
| Employer | Catholic Worker |
Education
editTrotta graduated fromGrinnell Collegein 1984.
Pacifist and human rights actions
editTrotta helped organize the April 20, 2002 march on Washington to oppose theWar on Terror.
On May 30, 2008, he was sentenced to ten days in jail for protesting abuses atGuantanamoin front of theU.S Supreme Court.[3]
He was a founding member ofWitness Against Torture,[4]and as a member of that group, he was the first person arrested in the "100 Days Campaign"protest at the White House, against the prison atGuantanamo Bay Detention Camp[5][6]
Kings Bay Plowshares
editOn April 4, 2018, he took part in theKings Bay Plowsharesaction.[7]
Bibliography
edit- Brown, Anna J., ed. (November 18, 2008).Witness Against Torture: the campaign to shut down Guantánamo.Yellow Bike Press.ISBN978-1-60725-507-9.OCLC428980304.
References
edit- ^Elie, Paul(November 8, 1998)."The Patron Saint of Paradox".The New York Times(November 8).RetrievedApril 28,2010.
- ^O'Grady, Jim (January 27, 2002)."Civil Disobedience Keeps Its Allure; Only the Wars and Causes Change"(newspaper article).The New York Times.RetrievedJune 22,2008.
- ^Sadowski, Dennis."Eleven Activists Sent to Jail for Demonstrating at U.S. Supreme Court".Catholic News Service.Archived fromthe originalon July 29, 2008.RetrievedJune 22,2008.
- ^edited by Anna J. Brown (November 18, 2008). Brown, Anna J. (ed.).Witness Against Torture: the campaign to shut down Guantánamo.Yellow Bike Press.ISBN978-1-60725-507-9.OCLC428980304.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^Arthur Delaney (April 30, 2009)."Anti-torture Protestors Arrested in Droves Outside the White House".Huffington Post.RetrievedDecember 17,2009.
- ^The United States and torture: interrogation, incarceration, and abuse.Cohn, Marjorie, 1948-. New York: New York University Press. 2012.ISBN9780814769829.OCLC778271101.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: others (link) - ^"Explainer: Who are the Kings Bay Plowshares 7, the Catholics convicted of protesting nuclear weapons?".America Magazine.November 20, 2019.RetrievedDecember 29,2020.