Kathy Kelly

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Kathy Kelly


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The United States

Kathy Kelly grew up on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, and became a school teacher. In 1995 she helped found "Voices in the Wilderness," a Chicago-based group dedicated to circumventing the sanctions imposed upon Iraq. Made many trips to Iraq to deliver medicines and humanitarian aid, in violation of the sanctions. A war tax refuser, she has been arrested and jailed many times for non-violent acts of protest against U.S. policies. Arrested five times for the crime of planting corn on nuclear missile silos! Twice nominated for Nobel peace prizes. ...more

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I Would Find a Girl Walking

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Other Lands Have Dreams: Le...

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“Most of the time, if you treat people right, you don't have to be afraid of them.”
Kathy Kelly, Other Lands Have Dreams: Letters From Pekin Prison

“He also started calling me "Kat"....It was his way of trying to ingratiate himself to me. It was also the technique called "forced teaming," typical of con men, rapists, and serial killers as well as police officers appearing to be a friend, not an inquisitor.”
Kathy Kelly, I Would Find a Girl Walking

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