Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares, a sculpture by Evgeniy Vuchetich in the United Nations Art Collection. Shows a burly man swinging a hammer into a sword. By Neptuul - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32412758

Today in #LaborHistory 10/9/1967: #Plowshares movement began when Father #DanielBerrigan & the Plowshares 8 trespassed onto #GeneralElectric & beat on parts for #Minuteman missiles & poured blood on documents. Many other actions & many activists imprisoned, incl Berrigan brothers.

#OTDIH Aug 7th 1995 - Six arrested after disarming weapons at VA shipyard and at Lockheed plant, San Jose, CA.

#DirectAction #NonViolentCivilDisobedience #NVDA #AntiWar #AntiWarMovement #Plowshares #PlowsharesMovement #AntiNuke #AntiNukeMovement #NoNukes #NoWar #StopWar #EndWar #EndWars #PeaceNow 🕊️

If we are an empire, then, like Romans, we’ve sacrificed Gaul to the Visigoths, the empire will collapse. If we are a republic, we are already dead. The #plowshares must peel away slices of republic and offer them to the gods.

#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry #blueskypoets

©Gerry White, 2025