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November 16, 2020

Sixth Kings Bay Plowshares Anti-Nuclear Activist Sentenced to Prison
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Anti-nuclear activist Martha Hennessy was sentenced to 10 months in
prison, the sixth member of the Kings Bay Plowshares to receive a
sentence after the seven activists broke into the Kings Bay Naval
Submarine Base in 2018 to protest U.S. nuclear weapons programs.
Hennessy is the granddaughter of Dorothy Day, the founder of the
Catholic Worker movement.


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