John Penley
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John Rhodes Penley[1] (born May 3, 1952) is an American activist and photographer known for documenting activism and protest in New York City’s East Village[2][3] in the 1980s and 1990s[4]. He was associated with the Youth International Party. In 2011, Penley organized a drum circle near then-Mayor Bloomberg's town house[5] to protest the mayor's order to remove protesters and their property from Zuccotti Park, site of the Occupy Wall Street Protest. In January 2017, Penley organized an anti-nuclear demonstration in Washington, DC.[6] He served a year in prison in the 1980s for trespassing[7] at the Savannah River Nuclear Weapons Site, after being extradited from Nicaragua.[8] He was arrested at the Savannah River Site again in 1990 while protesting.[9] Penley, a native of Asheville, North Carolina, photographed a Ku Klux Klan rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in July 2017,[10] organized to protest the city's plan to tear down the Robert E. Lee Monument, which commemorated General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.[11] The following month, Penley returned to Charlottesville to photograph[12] the Unite the Right rally in August 2017.[13] Penley is a Navy veteran[14] currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he advocates for health services for veterans.[15][16] In the East Village, one of Penley's roommates in the 1990s was the musician Cat Power, who continued to pay her share of the rent after moving out.[17] Penley's collection of New York City's East Village and Lower East Side photographs and related papers are held in the Tamiment Library at New York University.[18]
Penley is a longtime friend of attorney and political activist Stanley Cohen, who at Penley's behest[19] tried to negotiate the release of American aid worker Peter Kassig, who was held hostage and later executed by ISIS.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Guide to the John Penley Photographs and Papers TAM.501". dlib.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ Callahan, Maureen (2008-07-31). "IT TAKES AN EAST VILLAGE". New York Post. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ Gotthardt, Alexxa (2017-01-20). "How Artists Have Amplified the Art of the Protest Sign". Artsy. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ↑ Moynihan, Colin (2008-02-08). "Reporter Sans Portfolio Is a de Facto East Village News Bureau". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ "Occupy Wall Street Attempts 24-Hour Drum Session In Mayor Bloomberg's Neighborhood". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ↑ Gardiner, Thomas. "Nuclear activist previously arrested at SRS leads nuclear protest at inauguration". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ↑ "Protestors Link SRP, A-Bombing". Aiken Standard: 1. 1982-08-09.
- ↑ Yeoman, Barry (2016-07-21). "The Republican National Convention, Day Four: Scenes from "A Dog Park, But for Humans"". INDY Week. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ↑ amNY (2017-01-07). "No nukes! No Trump! Don's arms-war boasts trigger D.C. protest | amNewYork". www.amny.com. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ↑ amNY (2017-07-13). "Klan slammed at Charlottesville, VA, Lee statue protest | amNewYork". www.amny.com. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ↑ "Viva Las Vegas! Activist makes radical relocation". Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ↑ "As Trial Begins, Unite the Right Defendants Find Themselves in Changed Circumstances". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ↑ amNY (2017-08-18). "Cops let C'ville alt-right rally rage out of control: Photog | amNewYork". www.amny.com. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ Now, Cannabis (2021-09-29). "VA Still Punishes Veterans for Using Medical Cannabis". Cannabis Now. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ Hill, Jessica (2021-11-28). "Transit services for Las Vegas veterans struggle to keep pace with demand - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper". lasvegassun.com. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ Now, Cannabis (2018-08-21). "Vets to Protest For Medical Marijuana Outside VA Headquarters". Cannabis Now. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ Callahan, Maureen (2008-07-31). "IT TAKES AN EAST VILLAGE". New York Post. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ↑ "Guide to the John Penley Photographs and Papers TAM.501". dlib.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ↑ "The race to save Peter Kassig | Ali Younes, Shiv Malik, Spencer Ackerman and Mustafa Khalili". the Guardian. 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
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