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PLAN A: Nuclear Armageddon

2022-03-17T17:47:43.712Z

Our team developed a simulation for a plausible escalating war between the United States and Russia using realistic nuclear force postures, targets and fatal...

Do You Hear What I Hear (1962) - performed live by William Patrick Corgan (2021)

2021-12-23T17:19:32.831Z

It was the Cuban missile crisis that motivated Mr. Regney to write the words of ''Do You Hear What I Hear?'' The sight of small children and the ominous signs of war inspired him to compose the words ''Pray for peace, people everywhere.'' They appear in the last of the carol's four stanzas.

Reflecting on the meaning and popularity of that carol and current trends in contemporary popular culture, Mr. Regney said, ''I am amazed that people can think they know the song - and not know it is a prayer for peace. But we are so bombarded by sound and our attention spans are so short that we now listen only to catchy beginnings.''

1985 interview: https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/08/nyregion/tow-songwriters-preparing-reunion.html

William Patrick Corgan performing “Do You Hear What I Hear”, written in October 1962 as a plea for peace during the Cuban crisis.
at Madame ZuZus, Highland Park, Illinois, December 18th 2021

Kings Bay Ploughshares 7 - Catholic peace activists found guilty, in Georgia, for protesting nuclear-armed ballistic submarines

2019-10-25T13:52:20.898Z

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Kings Bay Plowshares Head to Trial After Judge Refuses to Dismiss Charges

2019-08-30T20:44:00.996Z

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August 30, 2019

Seven Catholic peace activists are heading to trial on October 21 after a federal judge rejected a request to dismiss their charges. The activists were arrested in April 2018 after they secretly entered the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia armed with hammers, crime scene tape and baby bottles containing their own blood. The activists — who are known as the Kings Bay Plowshares — face up to 25 years in prison. Earlier this week, a judge rejected their attempt to cite the Religious Freedom Restoration Act as part of their defense. Kings Bay Plowshares defendant Patrick O’Neill appeared on Democracy Now! earlier this year to talk about their novel defense.

Patrick O’Neill: “You have to have a religious belief that is sincerely held. And you also have to show that you’ve been burdened by the government’s reaction to what you’ve done and that this burden is limiting your practice of your religion. … Our whole religious symbolism going into the base was clear. It was documented in our statement. It was documented by the blood. It was documented by scripture, by the Bible, by the spray painting of the religious scripture quotes.”

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The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons

2019-06-07T17:20:06.928Z

On the 7th of July 2017, 122 countries voted in favour of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Beatrice Fihn really does sum it up best in the film when she says, “The ability to kill massive amounts of people and inflict suffering and pain on civilians is not a sign of power and prestige. It’s what dictators do, it’s what human rights violators do, not respectable countries that want to have a good standing in the international community. And now it’s their turn to be on the outside.”

The film will be eventually available to the general public on YouTube, but for now any activists who want to organize a presentation of the film can do so by contacting the author and Pressenza co-director, Tony Robinson at tony.robinson@pressenza.com.