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The United States’ self-described “ironclad” support for the Israeli slaughter going on in Gaza this week is just part of an ongoing joint effort by two nuclear superpowers to inflict untold human suffering on the Palestinian people. When I interviewed Noble Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel years ago his message was simply that the Jewish…
Read MoreMay 2 Update: Carmen and Martha to Receive Early Release, Details on Viewing DePaul Award, May 4 & 5
Carmen Trotta and Martha Hennessy To Get Early Release, DePaul Award May 4 & 5 Viewing Details Martha Hennessy and Carmen Trotta have been told that they will be getting early release to home confinement in two weeks. Martha in Danbury FCI had requested home confinement through the CARES Act which provides for early release…
Read MoreFr. Steve Kelly, S.J., Freed from Prison Today with Time Served After three years and eight days imprisoned in various county jails and federal facilities since the Kings Bay Plowshares action, Fr. Steve Kelly walked out of the federal courthouse in Tacoma, WA today. He appeared before Magistrate Judge David Christel and admitted to the…
Read MoreApril 11, 2021 Ramsey Clark: A Remembrance by Paul Magno Ramsey Clark passed away last week at the age of 93. His legacy, post-government, was as a dissident lawyer and advocate. Among the many causes he supported and assisted was the Plowshares movement. In fact, even before openly supporting the Plowshares Eight after their initial…
Read MoreFr. Steve Kelly to Appear in WA Court Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Supporters Plan to Gather at Courthouse at 10 a.m. As a reminder, Fr. Steve Kelly, SJ, has been in jail and prison since way back at the KBP7’s arrest on April 5, 2018. Now he goes before a federal magistrate in Tacoma on…
Read MoreApril 9, 2021 Mark Colville Sentenced to 21 Months, Informs Court of Its Own Criminality BRUNSWICK, GA—More than three years after he and six other anti-nuclear activists entered Kings Bay Naval Base, home to six Trident nuclear submarines, a federal judge sentenced Mark Colville to 21 months in prison. Over a video conference, Judge Lisa…
Read MoreLink for Recording of the Third Anniversary Festival of Hope on Monday, April 5 The recording can be viewed on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx7__Pm4Tss We invite you to celebrate the third anniversary of the King Bay Plowshares disarmament action with a Zoom Festival of Hope on Monday evening. It will be in the form of a…
Read MoreThe third anniversary of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 action is approaching on April 4 which is Easter this year. Mark Colville has also decided to go forward with virtual sentencing on April 9 after numerous delays because of virus concerns. We are planning a Zoom Festival of Hope for Monday, April 5 at 7…
Read MoreCLARE GRADY REPORTS TO ALDERSON FEDERAL PRISON Clare Grady started her prison sentence on Wednesday, February 10. She is one of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 who entered the Trident nuclear submarine base in Georgia almost three years ago on April 4, 2018, to nonviolently and symbolically disarm omnicidal nuclear weapons. Her daughters, Leah and…
Read MoreWhat: A Festival of Hope for Kings Bay Plowshares Activist Clare Grady When: Sunday, February 7 Where: Zoom, YouTube, and Facebook The recording is available at the KBP7 Youtube https://kingsbayplowshares7.org/galleries/video-gallery/ Clare Grady, a storied activist from Ithaca, NY, was arrested in April, 2018 for peacefully protesting against Trident’s nuclear weapons. She is the sixth of…
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