50th Anniv. "Catonsville Nine" 1968 Landmark Vietnam Protest: Events, Amy Goodman May 5
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May 4, 2018, The Baltimore Sun, "Weekend Events Kick Off 50th Anniversary of Catonsville Nine Protest"
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-co-catonsville-nine-events-20180503-story.html
Fifty years ago, in May, 1968 the Catonsville Nine were nine Catholic activists who burned draft files to protest the Vietnam War. On May 17, 1968, they went to the draft board in Catonsville, Maryland, took 378 draft files, brought them to the parking lot in wire baskets, dumped them out, poured over them home-made napalm (an incendiary used extensively by the US military in Vietnam), and set them on fire. Then they sang, prayed, spoke with reporters and waited to be arrested by the Baltimore County police.
“Our apologies, good friends, for the fracture of good order, the burning of paper instead of children, the angering of the orderlies in the front parlor of the charnel house. We could not, so help us God, do otherwise.”
The Catonsville Nine were tried in federal court in Baltimore in October 1968. Large demonstrations occurred outside the Federal Courthouse on Calvert Street during the trial. The nine were found guilty of destruction of U.S. property and were sentenced to a total of 18 years jail.
The Catonsville Nine inspired many other anti-draft and anti-military actions in the 1960s and 1970s, including the D.C. 9, Silver Spring 3, Chicago 8, Harrisburg 7 and Camden 28. It is unknown how many persons were not drafted because of these actions.
May 17, 1968, historic protest burning of military draft cards with homemade napalm by Catholic activists Daniel Berrigan, Phillip Berrigan and seven others- the Catonsville 9.
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- 50th Anniv. Events: Wkend MAY 4-6, 2018 & MAY Monthly Schedule for the Catonsville 9 - http://www.catonsville9.org/
*AMY GOODMAN Will Give the Keynote Speech on the Catonsville 9* Saturday, May 5, 10:30-11:45 am.
Amy will also participate in two panel discussions, at 1:00 and 3:15 with notables including Frida Berrigan.
Amy Goodman is an American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter, and author. Since 1996, Goodman has hosted Democracy Now!, an independent global news program broadcast daily on radio, television and the Internet. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Thomas Merton Award in 2004, a Right Livelihood Award in 2008, and an Izzy Award in 2009 for “special achievement in independent media”. In 2016, she was criminally charged in connection with her coverage of protests of the Dakota Access pipeline.
- MAY 2018 CALENDAR OF EVENTS, CATONSVILLE 9 -
CATONSVILLE NINE EXHIBITION AT UMBC LIBRARY 4/23/2018 – 5/31/18
•CATONSVILLE NINE SYMPOSIUM AT SHRIVER PEACE CENTER AT UMBC 5/4/2018
•CATONSVILLE NINE COMMEMORATION ACTIVITIES IN CATONSVILLE 5/5/2018
•AMY GOODMAN CATONSVILLE NINE SPEECH 5/5/2018
•CATONSVILLE NINE COMMEMORATIVE ACTION 5/6/2018
•CATONSVILLE NINE PRAYER SERVICE 5/6/2018
•HIT AND STAY: A HISTORY OF FAITH AND RESISTANCE (A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY JOE TROPEA AND SKIZZ CYZYK) 5/10/2018
•OPENING RECEPTION / FILM SCREENING OF INVESTIGATION OF A FLAME WITH DIRECTOR LYNNE SACHS 5/12/2018
•ACTIVISM & ART: THE CATONSVILLE NINE 50 YEARS LATER EXHIBITION 5/13/2018 –
•CATONSVILLE NINE VIGIL 5/17/2018
•THE TRIAL OF THE CATONSVILLE NINE BY THE SALEM PLAYERS 5/17/18, 5/18/18, 5/19/18, 5/25/18, 5/26/18 & 5/27/18
•TRIAL OF THE CATONSVILLE NINE (A FILM BY GORDON DAVIDSON) 5/19/2018
1971 (A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY JOHANNA HAMILTON) 5/21/2018
More on sponsors, films, exhibits, events & info., http://www.catonsville9.org/
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I saw a brief article about this weekend's events. Enjoy if you go and let us know how it was if you like. I'll post in DMV groups now.
