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Fr. 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…
Read MoreCarmen Trotta’s statement from prison on the TPNW becoming international law We certainly owe a debt of gratitude to those who conceived and advocated for this international obligation. An obligation, one would think for human beings, for human dignity and our actualization, our destiny. For Americans, the timing of the treaty’s adoption into international law…
Read More“I’m Going in there with Hope” – Patrick O’Neill Driving through Ohio, about to begin a 14-month sentence for his part in the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 disarmament action Patrick O’Neill didn’t sound like someone about to enter federal prison within minutes. “I’m going in there with hope. There’s cause for optimism right now.” At…
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