Trial: Liz McAlister, Et Al for Breaking Into Nuke Base

[Oss Rae]

I was glad to see this in the news this morning. There's so little discussion about the ongoing nuclear threat, which is much more dangerous than even climate change.

[anni]

LA Progressive recently posted this piece about the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 and what we can do to abolish nuclear weapons:

www.laprogressive.com/toward-nuclear-abolition/?utm_source=LA+Progressive+NEW&utm_campaign=c62f6ad735-LAP+News+-+20+April+17+PC_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_61288e16ef-c62f6ad735-286919349&mc_cid=c62f6ad735&mc_eid=30911fd29c

[Roberta]

This is a lovely tribute to brave protesters. I probably won’t go to jail to abolish nuclear weapons, but we can speak out, post, rattle cages of leaders, donate to activist groups, etc.

Oct 27, 2019 15:59:31 GMT -8 anni said:

LA Progressive recently posted this piece about the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 and what we can do to abolish nuclear weapons:

www.laprogressive.com/toward-nuclear-abolition/?utm_source=LA+Progressive+NEW&utm_campaign=c62f6ad735-LAP+News+-+20+April+17+PC_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_61288e16ef-c62f6ad735-286919349&mc_cid=c62f6ad735&mc_eid=30911fd29c

[Oss Rae]

Awk!!! This wasn't a nice story to wake up to in the morning!

NYT: Major U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Treaty Could Expire Without Being Replaced

The New York Times is reporting that the United States and Russia may be left without nuclear arms limitation treaties, which would allow the two countries to expand their nuclear arsenals without limits. President Trump pulled the United States out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces agreement. Now a Russian arms official says there may not be enough time to renegotiate and replace another more important nuclear agreement, the New START treaty, before it expires in early 2021.

Source (about the seventh story down): www.democracynow.org/2019/11/4/headlines

As usual, most Americans seem to remain in denial about the greatest threat to the planet that's also one of our biggest expenditures.

[Brian]

The Kings Bay Plowshares 7 were convicted on all counts on the fourth day of their trial, and they face up to 25 years in federal prison. Six of the seven are free pending sentencing; the other protester would not agree to the court's conditions for release. Here is the group's website containing daily accounts of the trial, other articles, videos and photos, and links to a petition and a GoFundMe page:

kingsbayplowshares7.org/#background

[Oss Rae]

More on this case and also Pope Francis calls nuclear weapons immoral. Daniel Ellsberg included in discussion (11-25-19):

www.democracynow.org/2019/11/25/pope_francis_nuclear_weapons_hiroshima_nagasaki

[Brian]

April 4 was the second anniversary of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7's acts of nonviolent resistance at the largest nuclear submarine base in the world.  It also marked the first day of the third year of incarceration for one of the seven, Father Steve Kelly, who is still awaiting federal sentencing in a Georgia county jail.  LA Progressive posted this wonderful report about Kelly by a friend of his:

www.laprogressive.com/kings-bay-plowshares/?utm_source=LA+Progressive+NEW&utm_campaign=80d68c7255-LAP+News+-+20+April+17+PC_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_61288e16ef-80d68c7255-286919349&mc_cid=80d68c7255&mc_eid=30911fd29c