BCR #46: Against U.S. Nuclear Weapons

Martha Hennessy & Carmen Trotta & the Catholic Worker MovementWe spoke with two of the "stars" of the anti-nuclear proliferation movement -- Martha Hennessy and Carmen Trotta. They are members of the Catholic Worker Movement founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, committed to voluntary poverty, prayer, and hospitality for the homeless, exiled, hungry, and forsaken.Martha and Carmen are under house arrest for trespassing onto the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in St. Mary’s Georgia on April 4, 2018. Their team of seven entered the Strategic Weapons Facility—Atlantic Administration Building where the Trident nuclear missiles are stored. Their charges carry a maximum penalty of over 20 years in a federal prison. For more information -- Kings Bay Plowshare 7Becky and I were joined on the Gebhard's Beer Culture Porch by Antony Donovan of Witness Against Torture and members of the Michigan Catholic Worker Movement.Any questions or comments we might use on upcoming episode? Let us know what you think of BCR programming -- [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.