Today I walked onto the grounds of Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest war profiteer, in order to ask employees to reconsider their working on nuclear-related systems, including drones that (more…)
August 6, 2013
April 19, 2013
What does it mean when the public get entranced by one 19-year-old on the loose in Boston and so we accept a general lock-down of all the citizens of the city and environs?
Here’s my response to some Facebook posts and other panicky things I have heard re folks following the situation that is currently ongoing in Boston. (more…)
March 29, 2013
Good Friday arrest in the service of a peaceful world
For several years I have joined members of the Brandywine Peace Community at Good Friday demonstrations outside the Lockheed Martin facility in King of Prussia, PA. Lockheed Martin is the world’s largest war profiteer and nuclear weapons manufacturer. (more…)
January 21, 2013
Honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King with civil disobedience
I was arrested today at the King of Prussia facility of Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest war profiteer and nuclear weapons manufacturer. Today is the holiday when we particularly honor the birth and life of Martin Luther King. How better to do this than to act in accord with his own life and teachings? (more…)
October 4, 2012
Calling my Clearness Committee for a “peaceful uprising”
I request a Clearness Committee meeting to consider the following:
I believe we have an entrenched oligarchy, and I support a peaceful uprising to replace it. We have lost our government, which is no longer “of the people, by the people, for the people.” (more…)
July 26, 2012
Is (was) Paul a survivalist? Yes and No.
It’s interesting to consider that half a century ago, I had some things somewhat comparable to this rather over-the-top survivalist, stashed in the trunk of my car. I always kept (more…)
July 6, 2012
Calling all married/established activist couples – where are you?
Fran and I do many of our social actions together as a couple. We have always done some things separately, but we are often together. But in my experience we are the only married/established couple present (more…)
July 5, 2012
Whither Occupy?
Fran and I attended the Occupy National Gathering that was held in Philadelphia the week of July 4th, 2012. For part of the time we were a Friendly Presence assigned to the parking area (actually, the old grave yard) of the Meeting House at 4th and Arch Streets, where Occupiers congregated and slept at night. We were (more…)
June 4, 2012
NOT June 4, 1940
“We shall go on to the end, we shall resist throughout the world,
we shall resist on the seas and oceans,
we shall resist with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our rights whatever the cost may be, (more…)
April 19, 2012
What role for civil disobedience and arrest in our work for justice?
Meaningful and focused civil disobedience resulting in arrest can be a significant part of peaceful action for justice, but there is no reason for arrest to become the activists’ Red Badge of Courage. (more…)