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Clergy members protesting in front of ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey (Original Post) FelineOverlord May 2025 OP
Excellent. Silent Type May 2025 #1
Ty electric_blue68 May 2025 #2
Reminds me of the Vietnam era SCantiGOP May 2025 #3
Yes, and didn't they attack nuclear missile silos for many years? summer_in_TX May 2025 #4
Yes, I remember that SCantiGOP May 2025 #8
Awesome 👏🏼 and very much needed✊🏼 benfranklin1776 May 2025 #5
Respect and thanks to all participants. Magoo48 May 2025 #6
Paul and Silas bound in jail struggle4progress May 2025 #7

SCantiGOP

(14,758 posts)
3. Reminds me of the Vietnam era
Mon May 12, 2025, 09:34 PM
May 2025

The Berrigan brothers were in the news a lot. One specific act was to burn several hundred stolen draft records, which earned them a couple of years in prison.

summer_in_TX

(4,278 posts)
4. Yes, and didn't they attack nuclear missile silos for many years?
Mon May 12, 2025, 09:58 PM
May 2025

Seems to me that was a regular protest of theirs.

benfranklin1776

(7,026 posts)
5. Awesome 👏🏼 and very much needed✊🏼
Mon May 12, 2025, 10:09 PM
May 2025

As Doctor King reminded us, and recent egregious illegal and dictatorial trampling of constitutional rights at that sordid facility, paid for with our tax dollars, have demonstrated: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” ✊🏼

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