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September 9, 2010

30th Anniversary of Plowshares 8 Action
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And today marks the thirtieth anniversary of the anti-nuclear weapon
action by a group that came to be known as the Plowshares Eight. On
September 9th, 1980, Plowshares movement founders Phil Berrigan, Dan
Berrigan, Elmer Maas and five others hammered on nuclear warheads at the
General Electric plant in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, and poured
blood over company files. The action has inspired dozens of similar
actions at nuclear and military sites worldwide in the ensuing three
decades.



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