Make War No More! Martin Luther King Day of Nonviolent Resistance

Make War No More! Martin Luther King Day of Nonviolent Resistance at Lockheed Martin on Monday, January 18, 2010 in Valley Forge, PA.

About 50 people stood before the Valley Forge, PA complex of Lockheeed Martin in the bright sun and warmish air (compared to the days of recent frigid weather) holding signs and banners, and listening to excerpts from Dr. King's sermons and speeches. During a period of silence for the devastated people of Haiti, a bell tolled for all the victims.

Rabbi Arthur Waskow read a story (http://www.theshalomcenter.org/node/1671) written by him and his wife, Rabbi Phyllis Berman entitled The Long Narrow Pharaoh & the Midwives Who Gave Birth to Freedom. The diverse assembly of peacemakers shared in a Litany of the King Day Memorial before seven people entered and stood across the main driveway entrance wearing sandwich boards - on the front, a large picture of Dr. King with "Make War No More", or "It's About Justice", or "It's About Peace" printed underneath; on the back,
what one F-35 fighter plane made by Lockheed Martin or one day of war in Afghanistan equals in unmet human needs. The seven were eventually arrested and taken to the Upper Merion Police Station where they were cited for Disorderly Conduct and released. They are: Jackie Bauman, Beth Friedlan, Annie Geers, MJ Gentile, Mary Jo McArthur, Fr. Patrick Sieber, and Robert M. Smith.

Join us in 2010 as we continue to walk in the steps of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.

Comments

Local arrests for peace?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 4:22am

Local arrests for peace? This should be a feature!
Great photos from the event here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/puddinriver/sets/72157623263781498/

Brandywine's bete noire

Submitted by Rich Gardner on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 10:55pm

Lockheed Martin is apparently interested in privatizing space exploration.

The idea of outsourcing a portion of NASA's manned space program to the private sector gained momentum after recommendations from a presidential panel appointed last year. The panel, chaired by former Lockheed Martin Corp. Chairman Norman Augustine, argued that allowing companies to build and launch their own rockets and spacecraft to carry American astronauts into orbit would save money and also free up NASA to focus on more ambitious, longer-term goals.

There are of course huge problems with how safe such an initiative would be.

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