In this compelling collection of oral histories, more than
seventy-five peacemakers describe how they say no to war-making in
the strongest way possible--by engaging in civil disobedience and
paying the consequences in jail or prison. These courageous
resisters leave family and community and life on the outside in
their efforts to direct U.S. policy away from its militarism. Many
are Catholic Workers, devoting their lives to the works of mercy
instead of the works of war. They are homemakers and carpenters and
social workers and teachers who are often called "faith-based
activists." They speak from the left of the political perspective,
providing a counterpoint to the faith-based activism of the
fundamentalist Right.
In their own words, the narrators describe their motivations and
their preparations for acts of resistance, the actions themselves,
and their trials and subsequent jail time. We hear from those who
do their time by caring for their families and managing communities
while their partners are imprisoned. Spouses and children talk
frankly of the strains on family ties that a life of working for
peace in the world can cause.
The voices range from a World War II conscientious objector to
those protesting the recent war in Iraq. The book includes sections
on resister families, the Berrigans and Jonah House, the Plowshares
Communities, the Syracuse Peace Council, and Catholic Worker houses
and communities.
The introduction by Dan McKanan situates these activists in the
long tradition of resistance to war and witness to peace.
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