Stephon Barbour
Stephon Barbour
Henry Wallace Brigade
The 20 plus member Henry Wallace Brigade (named after late Louisville Kentucky activist Henry F. Wallace) traveled from Louisville Kentucky to Cuba December 2006/January 2007. Stephon Barbour was member.
Gaza
In late December 2009, Stephon Barbour, Ira Grupper, Ibrahim Imam and Sharon Wallace (all of Louisville), Russ Greenleaf (of New Albany) and Mateo Bernal (of New York City, previously from Louisville), were among the 1,300 Gaza Freedom Marchers who persisted tirelessly and nonviolently in an attempt to get into Gaza and march in solidarity with the victims of Israel’s January 2009 bloody siege.
But under pressure from Israel, the Egyptian government refused to let us in. Despite our many appeals to the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, we were told that our own government is supporting Israel’s blockade.[1]
References
- ↑ http://www.leoweekly.com/2010/02/crime-against-humanity/ LEO Weekly, Crime against humanity GUEST COMMENTARY February 17, 2010 BY LEOWEEKLY]