U.S. Plowshares on trial THIS WEEK 4disarmament@ Y-12 National Security Complex
Ciaron | 06.05.2013 10:42
U.S. Plowshares go to trial this week for disarmament action at Y-12 National Security Complex, the “Fort Knox of Uranium".
Greg Boertje and Michael Walli are old friends from my time in the United States. I lived & worked with Greg at Jonah House Baltimore and Michael at Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House in Washington D.C.
Greg Boertje and Michael Walli are old friends from my time in the United States. I lived & worked with Greg at Jonah House Baltimore and Michael at Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House in Washington D.C.
Along with Sister Megan Gillespie Rice, Greg Boertje & Michael Walli the "Transform Now Plowshares" go to trial THIS WEEK in Knoxville, Tennessee for bringing the prophesy of Isaiah to "beat swords into plowshares" to the heart of U.S. nuclear weapons production. The charges they face carry the threat of decades of imprisonment. Dozens of Catholic Workers & other anti-war resisters have converged in Knoxville to join local anti-war activists in accompanying the three to trial.
I encourage you to take the time to read the recent Washington Post article below and follow the trial on the "Transform Now Plowshares" website.
Photo Gallery:
http://tinyurl.com/bp6e8n8
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http://transformnowplowshares.wordpress.com/
* "The Prophets of Oak Ridge" by Dan Zak, Washiington Post
Last summer, in the dead of night, three peace activists penetrated the exterior of Y-12 in Tennessee, supposedly one of the most secure nuclear-weapons facilities in the United States. A drifter, an 82-year-old nun and a house painter. They face trial next week on charges that fall under the sabotage section of the U.S. criminal code. And if they had been terrorists armed with explosives, intent on mass destruction? That nightmare scenario underlies the government’s response to the intrusion. This is the story of two competing worldviews, of conscience vs. court, of fantasy vs. reality, of history vs. the future.
CHAPTER 1
Mission
The devil was just over Pine Ridge.
From the deserted parking lot on the edge of town, the three servants of God looked into darkness.
They clicked on their flashlights, pushed through the initial thicket of brush and began their trek, aiming for the black wooded slope.
First, the house painter: bearded, calm, quiet.
Second, the Catholic nun: gentle, grandmotherly, short of breath.
Third, the drifter: alert, intense, shouldering supplies.
They crept across the marshy field, led by some combination of God and Google Maps. Behind them was the city of Oak Ridge, Tenn., 30 minutes west of Knoxville. On the other side of Pine Ridge was Bear Creek Valley — cradle of the Y-12 National Security Complex, the “Fort Knox of Uranium,” birthplace of the heart of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima 67 years earlier.
It was, the house painter would later recall, as if the Almighty were guiding each step, across 1,000 feet of open field and up an embankment.
By 3 a.m. on Saturday, July 28, 2012, two career peace activists, with eight years jail time between them, and an 82-year-old nun had reached the first obstacle in their two-hour, one-mile hike toward one of the country’s most secure nuclear facilities.
ARTICLE CONTINUED.....
http://tinyurl.com/d8y7dlw
I encourage you to take the time to read the recent Washington Post article below and follow the trial on the "Transform Now Plowshares" website.
Photo Gallery:
http://tinyurl.com/bp6e8n8 Transform Now Plowshares
http://transformnowplowshares.wordpress.com/ * "The Prophets of Oak Ridge" by Dan Zak, Washiington Post
Last summer, in the dead of night, three peace activists penetrated the exterior of Y-12 in Tennessee, supposedly one of the most secure nuclear-weapons facilities in the United States. A drifter, an 82-year-old nun and a house painter. They face trial next week on charges that fall under the sabotage section of the U.S. criminal code. And if they had been terrorists armed with explosives, intent on mass destruction? That nightmare scenario underlies the government’s response to the intrusion. This is the story of two competing worldviews, of conscience vs. court, of fantasy vs. reality, of history vs. the future.
CHAPTER 1
Mission
The devil was just over Pine Ridge.
From the deserted parking lot on the edge of town, the three servants of God looked into darkness.
They clicked on their flashlights, pushed through the initial thicket of brush and began their trek, aiming for the black wooded slope.
First, the house painter: bearded, calm, quiet.
Second, the Catholic nun: gentle, grandmotherly, short of breath.
Third, the drifter: alert, intense, shouldering supplies.
They crept across the marshy field, led by some combination of God and Google Maps. Behind them was the city of Oak Ridge, Tenn., 30 minutes west of Knoxville. On the other side of Pine Ridge was Bear Creek Valley — cradle of the Y-12 National Security Complex, the “Fort Knox of Uranium,” birthplace of the heart of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima 67 years earlier.
It was, the house painter would later recall, as if the Almighty were guiding each step, across 1,000 feet of open field and up an embankment.
By 3 a.m. on Saturday, July 28, 2012, two career peace activists, with eight years jail time between them, and an 82-year-old nun had reached the first obstacle in their two-hour, one-mile hike toward one of the country’s most secure nuclear facilities.
ARTICLE CONTINUED.....
http://tinyurl.com/d8y7dlw
Ciaron
Homepage:
http://transformnowplowshares.wordpress.com/
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