Our friends who took part in the Disarm Now Plowshares action last year—which involved breaching a nuclear weapons base in Washington State to protest the first strike Trident weapons system—were recently honored by Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility. The above video contains interviews with all five activists facing trail December 7th in Tacoma. As always, their words are insightful and inspiring.
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