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    Defying the nuclear sword

    by Robert C. Koehler, Tribune Content Agency Sep 05, 2019 4 minutes

    ". . . and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore."

    These lost words -- Isaiah 2:4 -- are nearly 3,000 years old. Did they ever have political traction? To believe them today, and act on them, is to wind up facing 25 years in prison. This is how far we haven't come over the course of what is called "civilization."

    Meet the Kings Bay Plowshares 7: Liz McAlister, Steve Kelly, Martha Hennessy, Patrick O'Neill, Clare Grady, Carmen Trotta and Mark Colville. These seven men and

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