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Slideshow/Soundtrack-Celebrating 30 Years of Plowshares Actions & Anti-Nuclear Resistance

category international | anti-war / imperialism | other press author Wednesday August 25, 2010 09:43author by Plowshares Report this post to the editors

On September 9th. 1980 the Plowshares 8 entered the General Electric factory at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA and began to disarm first strike nuclear weapons components under construction.

The folks at Nuclear Resister have put the following slideshow/soundtrack together to mark the 30th. anniversary of the Plowshares movement, Nukewatch and Nuclear Resister. It is a very inspiring and uplifting presentation. Makes ya wanna get off the bench and back into the fray.......

Music & Slideshow - "Celebrating 30 Years of Anti-Nuclear Resistance" (18 minutes)

http://vimeo.com/14103255

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author by Plowsharespublication date Wed Sep 01, 2010 14:12author address King of Prussia, PA, USAauthor phone Report this post to the editors

PEACE DEMONSTRATION TO CELEBRATE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF ‘PLOWSHARES 8’
LANDMARK ANTI-NUCLEAR WEAPONS ACTION IN KING OF PRUSSIA, PA, USA

Area peace and anti-nuclear activists, organized by the Brandywine Peace Community, from throughout the region and other places on the East Coast will on Sunday, September 5, celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the “Plowshares 8” with a peace demonstration and ceremony of rededication to justice and peace. The peace demonstration and ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. in front of the Lockheed Martin building complex, located at 230 Mall Boulevard (Mall & Goddard Boulevards) in King of Prussia, PA, directly behind the King of Prussia Mall.

On September 9, 1980, eight peace activists – The Plowshares 8 (including two Catholic priests and a Catholic nun)—entered a General Electric plant (now Lockheed Martin) in King of Prussia and hammered on nuclear warhead casings. The following spring in the Montgomery County Court in Norristown, PA, all eight were tried and found guilty of burglary, conspiracy, and criminal mischief. The eight, who included legendary activists Daniel Berrigan and his brother, Philip,

Continued on link.......

http://www.phillyimc.org/en/king-prussia-sunsept-5-peac...kheed

 
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