Episode 9: Kings Bay Ploughshares

On April 4, 2018, seven Catholic activists entered the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in St. Mary's Georgia to symbolically disarm the Trident nuclear submarines housed there. They are now awaiting trial and face up to 25 years in prison. On this week of their upcoming oral arguments in Georgia, which coincides with the anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, three of them, Martha Hennessy, Carmen Trotta and Clare Grady, tell us what they did and why. 1:00 -- The antinuclear activists: "on the wrong side of history"? 2:43 -- Martha, Carmen, and Clare introduce themselves7:55 -- Clare takes issue with my use of the word "illegal" (oops!) 9:17 -- The teachings of Jesus and the institutional Church10:42 -- What is the real "criminal conspiracy"? 11:15 -- Acting in the 40 year tradition of the Ploughshares movement17:30 -- The significance of the date19:20 -- Why the Kings Bay Naval Base? 20:20 -- What is happening next week and the 4 points to dismiss the charges and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act23:13 -- Why they did this: time to "up the ante" and silence as complicity28:30 -- What are the "delusions to which we as a country are addicted"? 34:11 -- Is the nuclear issue a thing of the past? 35:07 -- Carmen provides a brief overview of past possibilities for disarmament and how the U.S. provoked a new Cold War37:10 -- Where does the legal case stand now? When is the trial? 39:22 -- Events happening THIS WEEK in Georgia and D.C.40:28 -- The nuclear issue as it stands today43:38 -- "Gangster Grannies"Read their indictment of Trident: https://kingsbayplowshares7.org/about/indictment-1/Sign the petition to dismiss all charges: https://kingsbayplowshares7.org/act-now/See upcoming events happening Aug. 6 - 11, 2019 in Georgia and D.C.: https://kingsbayplowshares7.org/events/Read The Long Loneliness written by Martha's grandmother, Dorothy Day: https://www.amazon.com/Long-Loneliness-Autobiography-Legendary-Catholic/dp/0060617519Listen to interviews with Martha and Clare on the Nonviolent Direct Action podcast: Jack Gilroy interviews Clare Grady -- https://player.fm/series/nonviolent-direct-action/nda-1-clare-grady-kings-bay-plowshares-activistEllen Grady interviews Martha Hennesy -- https://player.fm/series/nonviolent-direct-action/nda-12-swords-into-plowsharesOther things mentioned in the podcast: Camden 28 -- http://www.pbs.org/pov/camden28/Pacem In Terris -- http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-xxiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_j-xxiii_enc_11041963_pacem.htmlIsaiah Chapter 2: http://www.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/2Nuremberg Principles: http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/draft_articles/7_1_1950.pdfThe Doomsday Machine by Daniel Ellsberg: https://www.amazon.com/Doomsday-Machine-Confessions-Nuclear-Planner/dp/1608196704"Beyond Vietnam" speech by MLK, Jr.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1Ru2p8OfUCivil Trial of MLK finds conspiracy involving elements of the U.S. government: https://ratical.org/ratville/JFK/Unspeakable/MLKconExp.htmlicanw.org -- http://www.icanw.org -- International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear WeaponsAlrighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age -- https://www.amazon.com/Almighty-Courage-Resistance-Existential-Nuclear/dp/0735212317Every nuclear explosion since 1945: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLCF7vPanrYFind us at: www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.comFind our podcast/RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171Support the showFind CAM here:  https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.comRSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast