Elizabeth McAlister, born on this day in 1939, is an American peace activist and former nun of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. She was married to Philip Berrigan (1923 - 2002), a fellow Catholic activist, and both were excommunicated from the Catholic Church. Of her 29 years of marriage to Philip, 11 of them were spent separated because one of them was in prison. On April 4th, 2018, McAlister and six other people (known as the Kingsbay Plowshare Seven) entered the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia and performed symbolic acts of disarmament. On October 24th, 2019, McAlister was convicted on four counts in federal court in Brunswick, Georgia for entering and holding a symbolic disarming of the Trident submarine's nuclear weapons. In June 2020, McAlister was sentenced to time served, probation, and restitution. "True! The jail is tomb-like. But there was life there of which - to judge from his remarks - the priest knew nothing. There was hope that women built together in that tomb; there was love that they shared in a thousand small and large ways to make "the wilderness and dry land glad, the deserts rejoice and blossom" (Isaiah 35:1)."
- Elizabeth McAlister
Once again I can’t copy the mega info on mobile
Funny story:
After a show I was waiting for a bus. The stop was near where they parked the van, the bass player was chatting with some people waiting next to me.
One thing I heard was "I fucking hate cops, man" and I was like "oh wow they're legit"
Later he took out some beer, looked around, and was like "eh the cops might see" and put it away. Ngl I was a tiny bit disappointed
that's why you get a sexy cup. what an amateur. hahaha.