Carol Gilbert

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Carol Gilbert,

anti-nuclear activist
.

Life

Born in 1947 in

plowshare activism
.

In 1998, Gilbert and four other protesters entered

Peterson Air Force Base and sprinkled blood on a fighter plane.[4]
The group was arrested and held in a federal prison until the charges were dropped.

In 2002, the same group of Sisters entered a Minuteman III missile silo in Colorado.

Nuremberg defense. They were sentenced to between 30 and 41 months in prison. Due to their activism, in 2005 and 2006 Gilbert and Platte were labeled as terrorists by the State of Maryland.[8][9]

See also

Notes

References and bibliography

  • Berrigan, Daniel (2005). Genesis: Fair Beginnings, Then Foul. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. .
  • Brasch, Walter M (2005). America's Unpatriotic Acts the Federal Government's Violation of Constitutional and Civil Rights. Lang, Peter Publishing. .
  • Head, Michael (2011). Crimes Against The State. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing. .
  • James, Joy (2007). Warfare in the American Homeland: Policing and Prison in a Penal Democracy. Durham: Duke University Press. .
  • LoBianco, Tom (2008). "Protesting nuns branded terrorists". The Washington Times. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  • "Maryland Nuns Branded as Suspected Terrorists". Fox News. 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  • Siers, Lucianne, O.P., Sister (2011). "In Memoriam: Elegy for a peacemaker: Sister Jacqueline Hudson". Dominican Life USA.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Strabala, William (2006). WMD, Nukes and Nuns. Algora Publishing. .