Plowshares Movement

The plow blade movement is an international movement of peace activists.

This arose out of a circle, peace and political activist Catholic priests and nuns, including Philip Berrigan, Daniel Berrigan, Anne Montgomery, Helen Woodson, Jean Gump, Daniel beading and Carl Kabat.

The actions are non-violent acts of civil disobedience, in which people symbolically, but real disarm weapons. The aim is to draw attention to the immorality and danger of war preparations and to bring an open public debate in order to arrive at a global disarmament.

The first action of the organization was held on September 9, 1980, when the eight activists broke into a nuclear weapons factory from General Electric and two warhead sleeves destroyed with hammers. Then they poured their own blood on design drawings and waited in prayer until their arrest.

Other activists of the ploughshare Movement: Wolfgang Star Stone ( Germany ), Martin Newell (England), Susan van der Hijden (Netherlands), Annika Spalde (Sweden ), Per Herngren (Sweden), Stellan Vinthagen, Ann -Britt star Feldt, Angie Zelter (England)