Coleen Rowley of Apple Valley, who is a member of Women Against Military Madness, and Barry Riesch of St. Paul, who is a member of Veterans for Peace, (bios below) are scheduled to leave the Twin Cities on Wednesday, April 17 to travel to the Mediterranean to join the International Freedom Flotilla this spring. This civilian aid mission will set sail in late April bringing life-saving aid to the people of Gaza to challenge Israel’s unlawful and murderous siege.
The flotilla consists of multiple ships carrying over 5,500 tons of urgently needed food and medicine for the Palestinian people who are being deliberately starved and experiencing disease and death. Rowley and Riesch will be among several hundred participants on this non-violent mission. With multiple aid groups suspending their operations in Gaza after Israel’s latest murder of aid workers, the flotilla’s mission is more critical than ever.
Rowley andRiesch would welcome the opportunity to share more about why they have joined this mission and why they feel that it is vital for Americans to pay immediate attention to what is being perpetrated against the Palestinian people of Gaza.
You can find information on the Freedom Flotilla Coalition at: https://freedomflotilla.org/
Coleen Rowley is a retired FBI agent and former Minneapolis Division Legal Counsel, who during a 24-year career, became a whistleblower about problems within the FBI that allowed the 9-11 attacks to occur. She was named one of TIME Magazine’s Persons of the Year in 2002. Since 2004, she’s been speaking at academic and other professional venues with an emphasis on ethical decision-making. She studied and strongly supports the rule of law – constitutionally and internationally. A long-time member of Women Against Military Madness and Veterans for Peace, she has publicly opposed war and war crimes for over two decades.
Barry Reisch is a retired carpenter and building inspector. He is also a Vietnam veteran, former national president of Veterans For Peace, and has been active in the anti-war movement in the Twin Cities and beyond for over thirty years. Engaging in this work, he has participated in delegations to Vietnam, South Korea, Cuba, and Mexico. As an environmental activist, he focuses on how the military is contributing to climate change. It is a life goal of his to leave the world a better place.
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