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RT
October 11, 2017
Mary Anne Grady Flores, 58, is set to appear in the New York State Court of Appeals Wednesday, hoping to get her one-year jail term overturned. “I had been arrested twice at the Hancock Air [Force] Base, where there are drone assassinations happening on a daily basis,” Flores told RT. Those arrestsÃÂ ...
Common Dreams
October 10, 2017
In Grady Flores' 2014 sentencing she said, “Who is the real victim here? The commander of a military base whose drones kill innocent people halfway around the world, or those innocent people who are the real ones in need of protection from the terror of US drone attacks?" According to the Bureau ofÃÂ ...
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
October 7, 2017
Speakers included DeBenedette, army veteran Harry Pruyne, Ithaca Catholic Workers member Mary Anne Grady Flores and others. Flores, who was sentenced to prison after photographing an anti-drone protest outside the Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse in 2013, spoke out against theÃÂ ...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
October 6, 2017
Will Mary Anne Grady Flores be sent back to jail? ... bomb-bearing drones, non-violent protesters and peace activists started gathering outside its gates to protest the U.S. policy of drone warfare. The United States admits having killed about 200 civilians in drone strikes outside of declared war zones.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
October 6, 2017
Will Mary Anne Grady Flores be sent back to jail? ... bomb-bearing drones, non-violent protesters and peace activists started gathering outside its gates to protest the U.S. policy of drone warfare. The United States admits having killed about 200 civilians in drone strikes outside of declared war zones.
The Ithaca Voice
July 6, 2017
Local activist Mary Anne Grady Flores raised her concern that the community was not well enough aware of plans to receive another grant, and about the impact taking the money could have on Ithaca's sanctuary city status. “There might be concern that accepting this grant might jeopardize the city ofÃÂ ...
WRVO Public Media
November 11, 2016
Protesters argue that the colonel who took out the orders did so to get them off the base, not because they posed a threat. Fifty-nine-year-old anti-drone activist Mary Anne Grady Flores, who was convicted of violating the protection order for being at a protest at Hancock Field in February 2013, said the orderÃÂ ...
The Ithaca Voice
April 11, 2016
ITHACA, NY - Teresa Grady, matriarch of the activist family known for their involvement in anti-war protests and acts of civil disobedience including the "Camden 28," Plowshares ... An email statement from daughter Mary Anne Grady Flores indicates that she died peacefully around 1 a.m on Sunday. GradyÃÂ ...
PR Watch
February 29, 2016
David Swanson and Pacifica have released a new audio of the first interview of Mary Anne Grady Flores from jail in upstate New York, where she is serving a sentence for photographing Americans speaking out against the military's drone program. Ms. Grady Flores has also released a letter sharing herÃÂ ...
Huffington Post
January 19, 2016
The charges against Grady Flores, a Catholic involved with the Upstate NY Coalition to Ground the Drones & End the Wars, stem from a nonviolent protest over the military's use of drones at the Hancock base in February 2013, when she and eight others were arrested and charged with violating theÃÂ ...
The Ithaca Voice
July 24, 2014
... N.Y. — A sister of the Ithaca grandmother sent to jail for a year for her role in anti-drones demonstrations was arrested Wednesday during a protest and sent to jail. Clare Grady, of Ithaca, was charged with trespassing and violation of an order of protection. She is the sister of Mary Anne Grady Flores, whoÃÂ ...
National Catholic Reporter (blog)
July 23, 2014
A peace activist who received a one-year jail sentence stemming from an anti-drone protest has been freed from jail pending an appeal. Mary Anne Grady Flores was released Friday on $5,000 bail from the Onondaga County Justice Center in Syracuse, N.Y., after appearing before County Court JudgeÃÂ ...
The Ithaca Voice
July 14, 2014
Ithaca, N.Y. — Gasps filled the courtroom when the sentence for drones protester Mary Anne Grady Flores was announced last Thursday. An onlooker let ... (Image courtesy of the Upstate Drone Coalition website) ... Grady Flores is a lifelong activist with deep historical roots in civil disobedience movements.
RT
October 11, 2017
Granny protesting US drones fights jail sentence ... photographing an anti-drone protest outside a military base in Hancock, New York, ... Mary Anne Grady Flores, 58, is set to appear in the New York State Court of Appeals .... Activists argue they are engaged in “civil resistance” and trying to educate New ...
Common Dreams
October 10, 2017
Oct. 11th Grandma Drone Protester, Mary Anne Grady Flores, Appeal ... The Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars is made ...
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
October 7, 2017
... Ithaca Catholic Workers member Mary Anne Grady Flores and others. ... unending war in Afghanistan, the U.S. drone wars in the Middle East, ...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
October 6, 2017
Will Mary Anne Grady Flores be sent back to jail? ... Base started dispatching bomb-bearing drones, non-violent protesters and peace activists started gathering outside its gates to protest the U.S. policy of drone warfare.
The Ithaca Voice
July 6, 2017
Local activist Mary Anne Grady Flores raised her concern that the community was not well enough aware of plans to receive another grant, and ...
Forward
December 22, 2016
Another activist in attendance was Mary Anne Grady Flores, an Ithaca “peace activist” most famous for her arrest while protesting drone warfare at a ... and other anti-Israel activists, and recently arranged for anti-Zionist Miko ...
WRVO Public Media
November 11, 2016
Andrew Cuomo announced a $30 million dollar airstrip that will test unmanned aircraft or drones will be built in central New York. The flight ...
The Ithaca Voice
April 11, 2016
ITHACA, NY - Teresa Grady, matriarch of the activist family known for their involvement in anti-war protests and acts of civil disobedience ...
PR Watch
February 29, 2016
David Swanson and Pacifica have released a new audio of the first interview of Mary Anne Grady Flores from jail in upstate New York, where ...
Huffington Post
January 19, 2016
Anti-Drone Activist Sentenced To 6 Months In Jail For Peaceful Protest ... Mary Anne Grady Flores, a grandmother of three from Ithaca, New York, was found ... a protection order that barred her and other activists from going near Col. ... over the military's use of drones at the Hancock base in February 2013, ...
BillMoyers.com
August 13, 2014
Mary Anne Grady Flores was recently sentenced to one year in prison ... words refer not to the use of drones, but the activities of anti-drone activists. .... City, but local activist Joanna Learner warned in an open letter to Sen.
The Ithaca Voice
July 14, 2014
Mary Anne Grady Flores smiles as she is escorted out of a ... A few dozen protesters, who have held several rallies at the base to decry the use of drones in overseas operations, ... (Image courtesy of the Upstate Drone Coalition website) ... Grady Flores is a lifelong activist with deep historical roots in civil ...
The Ithaca Voice
July 14, 2014
Mary Anne Grady Flores smiles as she is escorted out of a courthouse in ... Earl Evans against anti-drones protesters at the Syracuse Hancock Air Base. (Image courtesy of the Upstate Drone Coalition website) ... Grady Flores is a lifelong activist with deep historical roots in civil disobedience movements.
Haaretz
July 27, 2017
Mary Anne Grady Flores of Ithaca, N.Y., wears tape over her mouth during ... Israel's recent policy to ban activists who pursue peace and justiceÃÂ ...
The Ithaca Voice
July 6, 2017
Local activist Mary Anne Grady Flores raised her concern that the community was not well enough aware of plans to receive another grant, andÃÂ ...
Democracy Now!
December 27, 2016
MARY ANNE GRADY FLORES: No drone assassinations in our name. ... when President Obama started escalating the use of armed dronesÃÂ ...
WRVO Public Media
November 11, 2016
Andrew Cuomo announced a $30 million dollar airstrip that will test unmanned aircraft or drones will be built in central New York. The flightÃÂ ...
The Ithaca Voice
April 11, 2016
ITHACA, NY - Teresa Grady, matriarch of the activist family known for their involvement in anti-war protests and acts of civil disobedienceÃÂ ...
PR Watch
February 29, 2016
David Swanson and Pacifica have released a new audio of the first interview of Mary Anne Grady Flores from jail in upstate New York, whereÃÂ ...
Huffington Post
January 19, 2016
Anti-Drone Activist Sentenced To 6 Months In Jail For Peaceful Protest ... Mary Anne Grady Flores, a grandmother of three from Ithaca, New York, was ... the military's use of drones at the Hancock base in February 2013, when she ... In the meantime, drone activists are concerned about the precedent set byÃÂ ...
BillMoyers.com
August 13, 2014
Mary Anne Grady Flores was recently sentenced to one year in prison ... words refer not to the use of drones, but the activities of anti-drone activists. .... City, but local activist Joanna Learner warned in an open letter to Sen.
The Ithaca Voice
July 14, 2014
Mary Anne Grady Flores smiles as she is escorted out of a courthouse in ... Earl Evans against anti-drones protesters at the Syracuse Hancock Air Base. (Image courtesy of the Upstate Drone Coalition website) ... Grady Flores is a lifelong activist with deep historical roots in civil disobedience movements.
Forward
December 21, 2016
She uses her own children in her anti-Israel activism, and arranged for her 12-year old daughter to speak at the event. Another activist in attendance was Mary Anne Grady Flores, an Ithaca "peace activist" most famous for her arrest while protesting ...
San Diego Jewish World
December 19, 2016
(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Tunisian government claims it has found evidence of foreign involvement in the assassination of the head of the Hamas terror group's drone program, Mohammed Alzoari, outside his home in eastern Tunisia last week ...
Express.co.uk
December 16, 2016
More than a year on from the shocking revelation which occurred in Ithaca last year, the local school district has released a video of the event.
TheTower.org
December 15, 2016
In a video recently released by the Legal Insurrection blog, Bassem Tamimi and local activists Ariel Gold and Mary Anne Grady Flores can be seen speaking to students at the Beverly J. Martin Elementary School on September 18, 2015. PurportedlyÃÂ ...
Oneonta Daily Star
September 27, 2016
Coalition representatives Ed Kinane and Mary Ann Grady Flores will conduct the first segment of the workshop, according to a media release.
Mintpress News (blog)
September 8, 2016
Mary Anne Grady Flores of Ithaca, N.Y., wears tape over her mouth during a rally in the War Room at the state Capitol on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Albany, N.Y.
Mintpress News (blog)
September 5, 2016
Mary Anne Grady Flores of Ithaca, N.Y., wears tape over her mouth during a rally in the War Room at the state Capitol on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Albany, N.Y.
The Ithaca Voice
July 14, 2016
Appellate court to hear out Ithaca's grandma anti-drone protester case. Crime & Courts, News, Top ... Mary Anne Grady Flores was convicted in February of violating the order, issued against her and other protesters in 2012, by Col. Earl Evans, the ...
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
May 2, 2016
"We rejoice for Dan's incredible spirit, clarity and his prophetic voice," said local activist Mary Anne Grady Flores in an email to community members. "In thanksgiving for your life Dan, we sing your spirit home!" Berrigan published over 50 books in ...
National Catholic Reporter
April 11, 2016
Recently, Teresa's eldest child, Mary Anne Grady Flores, 59, was jailed at the Onondaga County Correctional Facility in upstate New York stemming from an anti-drone protest. On March 7, after close to two months in jail, Grady Flores was released on $5 ...
The Ithaca Voice
March 10, 2016
Mary Anne Grady Flores was arrested on Feb. 13, 2013 while taking photos of an anti-drone protest at the Hancock Air Base, which is co-located with Syracuse Hancock International Airport.
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
March 10, 2016
Drone protestor and Ithaca resident Mary Anne Grady-Flores had been imprisoned for violating an order of protection while photographing anti-drone protesters at the Hancock Field Air National Guard Base. She was released from the Onondaga CountyÃÂ ...
National Catholic Reporter
March 9, 2016
The army depot and air force base were later deactivated, but upstate New York is now a locale for the operation of military drones. ... Kelly, co-founder of Voices for Creative Nonviolence; Medea Benjamin, author of Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote ...
Toronto Star
March 8, 2016
But 58-year-old Mary Anne Grady Flores followed in his footsteps protesting 21st century drone warfare. She was arrested in February 2013 after photographing a protest at the Hancock airbase in Syracuse, N.Y.
Democracy Now!
March 8, 2016
In other news from upstate New York, a peace activist and grandmother has been released on $5,000 bail after 49 days in jail for photographing a protest at Hancock air base, where drones are piloted remotely. Mary Anne Grady Flores began a six-monthÃÂ ...
