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Garry Thomas (Anthropology) Covers the Trial of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 in Brunswick, GAContributed by Garry Thomas on 10/25/19
His "Letters from Georgia” can be read at: And he can be heard on the nightly news broadcast at 6:00 p.m. on Community Radio WRFI/88.1 Ithaca, 91.9 Watkins Glen: https://www.wrfi.org/category/news/kings-bay-plowshares-trial/ The trial concluded on Thursday, October 25, with all seven protesters found guilty on all four counts: conspiracy, depredation and destruction of government property, and trespass. Sentencing will be in 60-90 days. They could each face up to 20 years in prison. Garry Thomas (Anthropology) Covers the Trial of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7in Brunswick, GA Comment from
prodriguez on
10/25/19
thank you Garry, for covering one of the most important movements and civil society activism currently in existence. so important thank you!
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Garry Thomas, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, has been covering the trial of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 in Brunswick, GA, for the Ithaca Voice as a “pro bono” correspondent. Seven anti-nuclear protesters, including Clare Grady from Ithaca, were arrested for a “civil resistance” action they carried out at the Trident submarine base in Kings Bay, GA, on April 4, 2018, the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.