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Kings Bay Plowshares 2nd Anniversary Virtual Celebration

Kings Bay Plowshares
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On the 2nd Anniversary of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 disarmament action at the Trident sub base in Georgia, friends, musicians and poets express their support for the defendants as they still await sentencing by the Federal Courts. Featuring: Medea Benjamin, Kathy Kelly, Russell Rickford, Jeanine Hill Fletcher, Bill Quigley, Luke Nephew , Ched Myers and Elaine Enns, And friends. Musicians: Richie Stearns , Karan Casey, Tom Chapin and the Chapin Sisters, Drank the Gold- Oona Grady and James Gascoyne Take Action to commemorate the anniversary of the Kings Bay Plowshares Seven’s nuclear weapons protest. Tell Congress that now, more than ever, it’s time to wash our hands of Trident. On March 23, the Tribune & Georgian announced the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Camden County. That same day, the U.S. Navy announced it had awarded a contract for up to $592.3 million to prepare the Kings Bay Naval Base for new Trident nuclear submarines. The plan to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal is projected to cost as much as $2 trillion. Meanwhile, we are failing to keep people healthy and safe during the Covid-19 crisis. Clearly, our priorities have to change. For more info on talking points: https://kingsbayplowshares7.org/2020/... ...more
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Kings Bay Plowshares 2nd Anniversary Virtual Celebration
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2020Apr 5
On the 2nd Anniversary of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 disarmament action at the Trident sub base in Georgia, friends, musicians and poets express their support for the defendants as they still await sentencing by the Federal Courts. Featuring: Medea Benjamin, Kathy Kelly, Russell Rickford, Jeanine Hill Fletcher, Bill Quigley, Luke Nephew , Ched Myers and Elaine Enns, And friends. Musicians: Richie Stearns , Karan Casey, Tom Chapin and the Chapin Sisters, Drank the Gold- Oona Grady and James Gascoyne Take Action to commemorate the anniversary of the Kings Bay Plowshares Seven’s nuclear weapons protest. Tell Congress that now, more than ever, it’s time to wash our hands of Trident. On March 23, the Tribune & Georgian announced the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Camden County. That same day, the U.S. Navy announced it had awarded a contract for up to $592.3 million to prepare the Kings Bay Naval Base for new Trident nuclear submarines. The plan to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal is projected to cost as much as $2 trillion. Meanwhile, we are failing to keep people healthy and safe during the Covid-19 crisis. Clearly, our priorities have to change. For more info on talking points: https://kingsbayplowshares7.org/2020/...

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