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Martha Hennessy – Summary of First Ten Weeks in Prison

March 11, 2021

March, 2021 This week marks my tenth at the Danbury Federal Prison Camp for women in Western Connecticut, where I’ve been sentenced for my part in the King’s Bay Plowshares…

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Martha’s March 4 Prison Reflection

March 10, 2021

March 4th, 2021 Albert Woodfox, in his book, Solitary, published in 2019, documents how the state of Louisiana was especially brutal in the treatment of prisoners at the infamous Angola…

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Patrick’s March 1 Reflections, “Hard Time”

March 3, 2021

“Hard Time” Prison Reflections from Patrick O’Neill (transcribed and edited by J. Mark Davidson) March 1, 2021 In this most recent reflection, Patrick shares his conversations with fellow prisoners –…

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Martha’s Feb. 17 Reflection, Ash Wednesday

March 3, 2021

February 17th, 2021 Ash Wednesday Women’s Federal Prison Camp Father Iwaji came to the camp this morning for Mass. The crucifix, chalice, and candlesticks were a sight for sore eyes.…

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Martha’s Jan. 30 Reflection

March 3, 2021

January 30th 2021 Today is Gandhi’s death day and I dipped into Robert Ellsberg’s All Saints, of which there are two copies in the Chapel library here. Gandhi brought nonviolence…

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Different Rules Apply, Feb. 24, 2021 Reflection from Patrick O’Neill

February 26, 2021

“Different Rules Apply” February 24, 2021 Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Support for Patrick O’Neill and Family (transcribed and edited from Patrick’s letters by J. Mark Davidson) We are with Patrick…

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Who Is Clare Grady and Why Should We Care that She is in Federal Prison? By Jeremy Kuzmarov, CovertAction Magazine – February 15, 2021

February 17, 2021

On April 4, 2018—a date symbolically chosen because it is the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination—Clare Grady and six other activists broke into the Kings Bay Submarine…

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Martha Hennessy Prison Reflection, Feb. 11

February 17, 2021

Martha Prison Reflection Feb. 11, 2021 Robert Ellsberg inspired me today with his writing of A. J. Muste in All Saints and “Blessed Among Us” in Give Us This Day.…

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Martha Hennessy’s Prison Diary, Dec. 15 – Feb. 4

February 17, 2021

Martha’s Prison Diary Dec. 15th 2020 Matt. 21: “Son go out and work in the vineyard today.” “John came in the way of righteousness, the lowly believed, you did not.”…

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Feb. 14 Update: Clare Grady Reports to Prison – Festival of Hope Highlights

February 14, 2021

CLARE 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…

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