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CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PLOWSHARES 8 "SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES" ACTION IN KING OF PRUSSIA, PA
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Brandywine Peace Commuity | 08.17.2010
On September 9, 1980, eight religious peace and anti-nuclear weapons activists entered a General Electric (now: Lockheed Martin) plant in King of Prussia and with hammers damaged/“disarmed” two Mark 12A warhead casings...The Brandywine Peace Community invites you to join with the Atlantic Life Community, and other peacemakers, in King of Prussia, PA on Sunday, September 5 to publicly celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Plowshares 8 and to re-dedicate ourselves to the works of justice and peace... And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks… – Isaiah 2:4. Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Plowshares 8! On September 9, 1980, eight religious peace and anti-nuclear weapons activists entered a General Electric (now: Lockheed Martin) plant in King of Prussia and with hammers damaged/“disarmed” two Mark 12A warhead casings. Participants in the first “swords into plowshares” action were called the Plowshares 8. They were tried the following spring in the Montgomery County Court in Norristown, PA. and found guilty of burglary, conspiracy, and criminal mischief. The Brandywine Peace Community was the organizing and support base for the Plowshares 8 as well as the similar GE 5 action in Philadelphia, October, 1981. Responding to the Biblical admonition to "beat swords into plowhares, the Plowshares 8 was the start of a new form of nonviolent resistance to nuclear weapons and war, in which people - not content to wait on governments and their promises of peace - acted directly and democratically to disarm the weapons of war and global violence. Nearly seventy-five plowshares actions have occurred over the past thirty years across the country and in Europe, many involving long prison sentences for its participants. For more on the Plowshares 8 and other plowshares actions, visit http://www.craftech.com/~dcpledge/brandywine/plow/Chronology.html and The Brandywine Peace Community invites you to join with the Atlantic Life Community*, and other peacemakers, in King of Prussia, PA on Sunday, September 5 to publicly celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Plowshares 8 and to re-dedicate ourselves to the works of justice and peace, stopping Lockheed Martin (the world’s largest war profiteer and U.S’s chief nuclear weapons contractor), abolishing nuclear weapons, and ending war. Sunday, September 5, 2p.m. Bell-Tolling Vigil at corner of Mall & Goddard Boulevards, Music - Speakers - Statement of the Plowshares 8 … Recommended parking in lot for UA King of Prussia 16 movieplex just across from Lockheed Martin main driveway entrance. Public transit from Philadelphia: SEPTA, www.septa.com, routes #124 or #125 which stops immediately across the street from Lockheed Martin main driveway entrance. Demonstration will be followed by a short car caravan through King of Prussia, with a stop at the nearby former GE plant (now: Lockheed Martin) where the Plowshares 8 action occurred on September 9, 1980. (*The Atlantic Life Community will be holding its next retreat over the Labor Day weekend in Camden, NJ, and will include participants in Plowshares actions over the years.) For more information, including directions/map to Lockheed Martin, King of Prussia, PA, and much more, visit www.brandywinepeace.com or call (610) 544-1818 Brandywine Peace Community |
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