[HCCN] Support Frank Donnelly--Brief Rally on Mon., June 14 at 8:30 AM in Bangor

[Larry Dansinger]

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SUPPORT WAR TAX RESISTER FRANK DONNELLY--RALLY ON JUNE 14 AT 8:30 AM  
OUTSIDE THE BANGOR FEDERAL BUILDING (POST OFFICE) ON HARLOW STREET.

PLEASE COME FOR THIS BRIEF RALLY, AND JOIN THOSE IN THE COURT ROOM  
SHOWING SUPPORT FOR FRANK BEGINNING AT 9 AM, IT WOULD SHOW SUPPORT  
FOR HIS BELIEF OF NOT SUPPORT OR PAYING FOR US WARS AND MILITARISM.  
(The sentencing process may drag out thru the morning and maybe  
afternoon; we don't expect everyone to stay for the whole process.)  
FRANK DONNELLY WILL ALSO MAKE A STATEMENT TO ANY PRESS AND SUPPORTERS  
AFTER THE SENTENCE, TENTATIVELY AT 3 PM ALSO OUTSIDE THE FEDERAL  
BUILDING.



The following is the press release on this event:

Tax Resister to Be Sentenced on June 14 in Bangor for Opposing War

Long time war tax resister and peace advocate Frank Donnelly will  
appear for sentencing because of his war tax resistance on June 14 at  
9 AM in Federal Court in Bangor. Donnelly, who pled guilty in  
November, 2009, for under-reporting his gross income on tax returns  
for 2002, 2003, and 2004, faces up to three years in prison.

A rally in support of Donnelly is planned for 8:30 AM on that morning  
outside the Federal Court House and Post Office on Harlow Street in  
Bangor. A statement by Donnelly following the sentencing will take  
place later that day outside the Federal Building. The time of  
Donnelly's statement is tentatively set for 3 PM, but it may be  
delayed to later in the afternoon if the sentencing hearing has not  
finished by that time.

Donnelly has been an opponent of war since the Vietnam War era, when,  
after joining the army as a youth, he stopped wearing his uniform in  
opposition to the war. He was jailed in a military stockade for four  
months in 1971 because of his opposition. He began to refuse his  
taxes at that point so that he would not pay for similar military  
tragedies. He has been active in the Ellsworth area volunteering for  
groups such as Habitat for Humanity, a local soup kitchen, and  
various peace organizations.

I don't see any difference between our children and the ones the U.S.  
goes around the world to kill, summed up Donnelly.

Thousands of people in the United States have refused to pay taxes  
for war since the late 1940's. Almost without exception, the IRS has  
attempted, sometimes successfully and sometimes not, to seize money  
from those war tax resisters but not go to court. For reasons unique  
to Donnelly's case, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has chosen to  
criminally prosecute him.

"People who believe in peace, not war, should be thanked, not  
prosecuted," said Larry Dansinger, a Frank Donnelly supporter who  
works with the Maine War Tax Resistance Resource Center. "Every  
administration in recent decades, both Democrat and Republican, has  
kept us in war and created a huge, and unnecessary, military. The  
only way to stop this drain on our resources is to not pay for it,"  
he continued.

The 8:45 AM rally will include brief speeches by one or two of  
Donnelly's supporters. Then many will go into the court room for at  
least part of his sentencing hearing before federal judge John Woodcock.

For more information about events on June 14, contact: Larry  
Dansinger, (207) 525-7776 or rosc at psouth.net.

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