Other Lands Have Dreams From Baghdad to Pekin Prison – Kathy Kelly Koopje

In the spring of 2004, human rights activist Kathy Kelly, twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, was sent to Pekin Federal Prison for leading a protest at the School of the Americas. While in prison, Kelly’s organization, Voices in the Wilderness, was targeted by a US State Department lawsuit charging that Kelly violated US-imposed sanctions when she took humanitarian aid to Iraq during numerous visits over the last five years. In this fiercely eloquent book, Kelly recounts such trips to Iraq, tells …