Laurel Krause is a writer and truth seeker dedicated to raising awareness about ocean protection, safe renewable energy and other environmental issues. She publishes a regular blog on these topics at MendoCoastCurrent. She is the co-founder and director of the Kent State Truth Tribunal. Before spearheading this effort for her sister Allison Krause, who was killed at Kent State University on May 4th, 1970, Laurel worked at new technology start-ups in Silicon Valley.
May 4th Kent State Human Rights & the United Nations
In early 2013 the Kent State Truth Tribunal (KSTT) submitted human rights questions to the United Nations for the United States to address. This year the United States is in the process of being reviewed by the United Nations, Human Rights Committee, readying for its formal review in October 2013. ...
UN to Review Whether the FBI Killed the Kids at Kent State
Written by Pat LaMarcheGwen Ifell and Oliver Stone were at Kent State this weekend to commemorate the May 4, 1970 shootings at the university that claimed four lives and wounded nine people. The celebrities will share their thoughts on what happened 43 years ago as the university dedicates its new ...
Allison Stood for PEACE & Against the Vietnam War on May 4, 1970
Allison Beth Krause, my sister, was one of four students killed in the May 4th Kent State Massacre. On May 4, 1970 joining millions of young Americans, Allison stood for peace and against the Vietnam War. Allison protested against the military occupation of her Kent State University campus. More than ...
Kent State Truth Tribunal's Submission Posted ONLINE at the UN Human Rights Committee Website
UN NEWS ~ The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner, Human Rights Committee released their 'List of Issues' to be asked of the United States regarding American Leadership's human rights record. Unfortunately the 'List of Issues' does not include our submission for the May 4th Kent State massacre. However, ...
To the United Nations: A Plea for Justice at Kent State
On February 9, 2013, the Kent State Truth Tribunal and Allison’s family submitted a list of issues to be considered by the United Nations, including Kent State questions to be asked at the United States’ Report on their Compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights before the ...
When Will Kent State University Exhibit Truth at Kent State?
Third installment in a four part series on the May 4th Kent State Massacre More than 42 years ago, four Kent State University students were murdered and nine were wounded on their campus during an anti-war demonstration against the Vietnam War. At the time of the massacre, more than 2,000 ...
Re-Election Advice to President Obama: Go After the Baby Boomer Vote
Last week’s presidential debates President Obama had a lot on his mind, obviously concerned about his re-election yet maybe something else was going on behind the scenes in American leadership. Offering President Obama a remarkable leadership opportunity that will ENSURE his re-election ~ Stand for BABY BOOMERS: Take the HISTORIC, ...
PROJECT CENSORED Kent State: Not One More Protester Death
Second installment in a four part series on the May 4th Kent State Massacre with special introduction from Kainah of Daily Kos, 9/25/12:In early January 1979, I sat in a Cleveland federal courtroom and listened to Judge William Thomas read a prepared statement agreed to by both the plaintiffs and ...
Kent State: Was It about Civil Rights or Murdering Student Protesters?
Written with Mickey HuffFrom the forthcoming book Censored 2013: Dispatches from the Media Revolution, intending to expose the lies of American leadership in order to uncensor the “unhistory” of the Kent State massacre, while also aiming toward justice and healing, as censoring the past impacts American Occupy protesters today. Due to ...
The Murders at Kent State Revisited
The killing of four students on the campus of Kent State, Ohio, on May 4, 1970, during a demonstration against Nixon’s expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia received new attention on April 23, 2012. The Obama administration’s Justice Department decided not to re-open the case in spite of evidence ...
To the Hague: Justice for the May 4th Kent State Massacre?
A KSTT email to the Int'l Criminal Court at the Hague:May 7, 2012To the International Criminal Court at the Hague,On May 4, 1970 Allison Krause, my sister, was shot dead by an Ohio National Guard bullet as she protested the Vietnam War, the American war draft and the military occupation ...
President Obama: Kent State Letter from Allison's Family
May 1, 2012President Barack H. ObamaThe White HouseWashington DC 20500Dear President Obama: Last week my mother Doris Krause urged me to write a personal letter to help you understand the May 4th Kent State Massacre from a mother's perspective, one parent to another. Voicing my reluctance to write again, I ...
4/21/12 ~ Kent State Peace is a VIRTUAL PETITION running for 30 Days from April 4th thru May 4th, 2012. WE ARE DEMANDING President Obama, Attorney General Holder and the Obama Admin OPEN an Immediate, Impartial Investigation into the New Evidence in the Kent State Massacre by May 4th. http://bit.ly/HcliUaSeeking ...
4/6/12 ~ Our third posting into 30 Days for Kent State Peace, a VIRTUAL PETITION to Pres Obama & AG Holder. Our Plea: EXAMINE the New Evidence in the Kent State Tape. It is going on TWO YEARS since new Kent State evidence emerged yet we have NOT RECEIVED ONE ...
4/5/12 ~ Yesterday we began 30 Days for Kent State Peace, our VIRTUAL PETITION of the Obama Administration. OUR PLEA is for an Immediate Investigate into the New Evidence in the May 4th Kent State Massacre. In 29 days it will be the 42nd anniversary of the slaughter of Allison ...
On May 4, 2012, it will be 42 years since the U.S. Federal Government took aim with live ammunition at student protesters at Kent State University, murdering four students & wounding nine by national guard gunfire.As Allison Krause's sister (one of four student protesters murdered), our family has been shocked ...
Mr President, Let Us Live in Peace on a Healthy Planet Earth
PRESIDENT OBAMA promised on October 27, 2007: "I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am President, it is the FIRST THING I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You ...
Laurel Krause's Open Letter on Kent State to President Obama
Mailed on May 6, 2011Dear Mr. President,My sister Allison Krause was killed at Kent State on May 4, 1970. I co-founded the Kent State Truth Tribunal with Emily Kunstler and we opened our doors for the first of three tribunals last year right around this time.On May 1-4, 2010 we ...
Nuclear Power, Kent State & Arthur Krause
HERE WALKS my dad, Arthur Krause with Reverend John Adams and other protesters on his last trip back to Kent State. His daughter, Allison Krause, was slain at Kent State in the student protest against the Vietnam war on May 4, 1970, a day that forever changed our family and ...
President Obama -- Consider Mendocino Energy
Dear President Obama,Continuing to hear comments that you, your administration and your cabinet members consider nuclear power as a clean, renewable solution is most alarming.Mr. President, let’s consider the nuclear event occurring in Japan right now and learn the simple truth that any safe renewable energy portfolio DOES NOT include ...
Dear President Obama: Please Honor Allison on International Women's Day
Dear President Obama, My sister Allison Krause was one of four students killed by national guard gunfire at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Allison protested the Vietnam war and the military occupation of her campus that day. Here's my writing, also published at Rep Kucinich's request in the ...
Krause to Congress: This Wednesday, December 1st Examine the Kent State Tape
The government crossed the line in the killing of four young peoplein the killing of our Allisonas she rallied against the war on May 4, 1970A civil rights battle on U.S. soil in our timesKent State is personal for us yet important for allRepresentative Dennis Kucinich upon learning of the ...
Kent State: The Death of Innocence and the First Amendment
Since the beginning of 2010, the Kent State Truth Tribunal has been focused on collecting and understanding the truth about the circumstances that surrounded the killing of four students and the wounding of nine others at Kent State University in Ohio on May 4, 1970. As new evidence emerges that ...
Shining a Light on the Kent State Shootings of 1970
This last weekend on August 7 and 8, the Kent State Truth Tribunal (KSTT) traveled to San Francisco to record and preserve narratives from west coast-based original witnesses to and participants in the 1970 Kent State shootings. My sister Allison Krause was one of the four students killed at Kent ...
Back in spring 1970, just after the shootings at Kent State, the Kent State University (KSU) campus went on lockdown and every KSU student was forced to leave within hours, many for good. Since we formed the Kent State Truth Tribunal (KSTT), I have heard many KSTT participants recollect their ...
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June 8th, 2013
May 4th Kent State Human Rights & the United Nations
In early 2013 the Kent State Truth Tribunal (KSTT) submitted human rights questions to the United Nations for the United States to address. This year ...
May 6th, 2013
UN to Review Whether the FBI Killed the Kids at Kent State
Written by Pat LaMarcheGwen Ifell and Oliver Stone were at Kent State this weekend to commemorate the May 4, 1970 shootings at the university that ...
May 3rd, 2013
Allison Stood for PEACE & Against the Vietnam War on May 4, 1970
Allison Beth Krause, my sister, was one of four students killed in the May 4th Kent State Massacre. On May 4, 1970 joining millions of ...
April 6th, 2013
Kent State Truth Tribunal's Submission Posted ONLINE at the UN Human Rights Committee Website
UN NEWS ~ The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner, Human Rights Committee released their 'List of Issues' to be asked of the United ...
February 20th, 2013
To the United Nations: A Plea for Justice at Kent State
On February 9, 2013, the Kent State Truth Tribunal and Allison’s family submitted a list of issues to be considered by the United Nations, including ...
October 19th, 2012
When Will Kent State University Exhibit Truth at Kent State?
Third installment in a four part series on the May 4th Kent State Massacre More than 42 years ago, four Kent State University students were ...
October 8th, 2012
Re-Election Advice to President Obama: Go After the Baby Boomer Vote
Last week’s presidential debates President Obama had a lot on his mind, obviously concerned about his re-election yet maybe something else was going on behind ...
March 15th, 2011
President Obama -- Consider Mendocino Energy
Dear President Obama,Continuing to hear comments that you, your administration and your cabinet members consider nuclear power as a clean, renewable solution is most alarming.Mr. ...
October 5th, 2010
Kent State: The Death of Innocence and the First Amendment
Since the beginning of 2010, the Kent State Truth Tribunal has been focused on collecting and understanding the truth about the circumstances that surrounded the ...
September 21st, 2012
Kent State: Was It about Civil Rights or Murdering Student Protesters?
Written with Mickey HuffFrom the forthcoming book Censored 2013: Dispatches from the Media Revolution, intending to expose the lies of American leadership in order to uncensor ...
October 8th, 2012
Re-Election Advice to President Obama: Go After the Baby Boomer Vote
Last week’s presidential debates President Obama had a lot on his mind, obviously concerned about his re-election yet maybe something else was going on behind ...
June 8th, 2013
May 4th Kent State Human Rights & the United Nations
In early 2013 the Kent State Truth Tribunal (KSTT) submitted human rights questions to the United Nations for the United States to address. This year ...
April 6th, 2013
Kent State Truth Tribunal's Submission Posted ONLINE at the UN Human Rights Committee Website
UN NEWS ~ The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner, Human Rights Committee released their 'List of Issues' to be asked of the United ...
October 19th, 2012
When Will Kent State University Exhibit Truth at Kent State?
Third installment in a four part series on the May 4th Kent State Massacre More than 42 years ago, four Kent State University students were ...
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