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Plowshares trial kicks off with jury selection, opening statements by Wes Wolfe, Brunswick News, Oct. 21, 2019

October 23, 2019

At the controls of a B-52 Stratofortress in the film “Dr. Strangelove,” Slim Pickens as Maj. Kong opens up the internal communications and says to his crew, “Now look, boys,…

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Kings Bay Plowshares 7: Trial Begins for Liz McAlister & Others for Breaking Into Nuke Sub Base, Democracy Now, Oct. 21, 2019

October 23, 2019

Seven Catholic peace activists are going on trial in Georgia today for breaking into the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base on April 4, 2018. The activists, who are known as…

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Taking Next Steps Toward Nuclear Abolition by Kathy Kelly, Commondreams, Oct. 20,2019

October 23, 2019

Marianne Goldscheider worries that, similar to the 1930s, citizens of countries possessing nuclear weapons sleepwalk toward utter disaster. Read

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Day Two of Trial, Hours of Video Evidence and Sledge Hammers

October 23, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 22, 2019 CONTACTS:  Mary Anne Grady Flores, 607-280-8797, gradyflores08@gmail.com  Bill Ofenloch, 212-369-1590, billcpf@aol.com   Hours of Video During the Second Day of Plowshares Trial BRUNSWICK, GA…

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Kings Bay Plowshares Defendents Speak on Eve of Trial

October 22, 2019
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Jury Seated, Opening Statements at Plowshares Trial

October 22, 2019

BRUNSWICK, GA – We’re underway. A jury some feel hopeful about and opening defense statements illustrating the humanity of the seven Kings Bay Plowshares activists completed the first day of…

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Catholic Activists Stand Trial for Protesting Nuclear Weapons, The Nation by Sam Husseini, October 21, 2019

October 21, 2019

The members of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 face decades in prison for their nonviolent direct action at a naval base last year. On the morning of Saturday, October 19,…

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Statement from Fr. Steve Kelly, SJ for Brunswick Festival of Hope, Oct. 20,2019

October 21, 2019

In her distillation of years of sobriety Annie Lamott writes in Traveling Mercies “Courage is fear that has said it’s prayers”. Claiming inspiration from Isaiah 2: 4 and Martin Luther…

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Festival of Hope – Trial To Begin

October 21, 2019

Festival of Hope, Trial to Begin The Kings Bay Plowshares 7’s long-awaited trial finally begins today at 9 am with jury selection, more than a year and a half after…

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On Eve of Trial Judge Limits Plowshares’ Defense, Oct. 20,2019

October 21, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 20, 2019 CONTACTS:  Mary Anne Grady Flores, 607-280-8797, gradyflores08@gmail.com  Bill Ofenloch, 212-369-1590, billcpf@aol.com   On Eve of Trial Judge Limits Plowshares’ Defense BRUNSWICK, GA – The…

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