Kings Bay Plowshares

Six of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7

The Kings Bay Plowshares are a group of seven Catholic peace activists who broke into the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base and carried out a symbolic act of protest against nuclear weapons.[1][2] The name of the action and the wider anti-nuclear Plowshares movement comes from the prophet Isaiah’s command to "beat swords into plowshares."

  1. ^ "Longtime Anti-Nuclear Activists Face Prison, Again, After Breaking Into Naval Base". NPR.org.
  2. ^ Elie, Paul. "The Pope and Catholic Radicals Come Together Against Nuclear Weapons". The New Yorker.