Here is a letter that was in yesterdays Guardian from Margarettas son Jake asking people to send letters and cards to his mother: My mother, the anti-war activist and writer Margaretta DArcy, is serving a three-month sentence in Limerick prison for trying to stop the violation of Irish neutrality by US military planes, which stop over at Shannon airport on the way to and from the war in Afghanistan. She took peaceful direct action to stop crime being committed by lying down on the runway of the airport. Margaretta, the widow of playwright John Arden, is 79 and undergoing treatment for cancer. Imprisoning her for an act of conscience is inhumane. I call upon the Irish government to release her immediately and for the British government to use its influence to secure her release. To keep her spirits up while she remains in prison, I urge readers to send cards c/o Limerick Prison, Mulgrave Street, Limerick, Ireland. Jake Arden London
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 09:30:45 +0000
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