Hammered by the Irish : how the Pitstop Ploughshares disabled a U.S. warplane, with Ireland's blessing /
"On a damp night in February 2003, as the U.S. prepared to invade Iraq, five Catholic Worker activists scrambled across runways and broke into a hangar at Shannon Airport. Swinging hammers and a pickaxe, they did more than $2.5 million damage to a U.S. Navy transport plane." "The five...
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Petrolia, Calif. : Oakland, Calif. :
CounterPunch ; AK,
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Hammered by the Irish : |b how the Pitstop Ploughshares disabled a U.S. warplane, with Ireland's blessing / |c Harry Browne ; introduction by Daniel Berrigan. |
| 260 | |a Petrolia, Calif. : |b CounterPunch ; |a Oakland, Calif. : |b AK, |c 2008. | ||
| 300 | |a xiv, 180 p. ; |c 20 cm. | ||
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| 520 | 1 | |a "On a damp night in February 2003, as the U.S. prepared to invade Iraq, five Catholic Worker activists scrambled across runways and broke into a hangar at Shannon Airport. Swinging hammers and a pickaxe, they did more than $2.5 million damage to a U.S. Navy transport plane." "The five were hit with the full weight of the law, and were quickly condemned by the media and much of the anti-war movement. But three-and-a-half years later a Dublin jury decided they were innocent of any crime." "This is the story of how a civilian airport in the west of Ireland became a "Pitstop of Death," and how an act of conscience touched the hearts and minds of twelve jurors, making political and legal history, in an epic of popular resistance."--BOOK JACKET. | |
| 599 | |a CRRA. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Iraq War, 2003-2011 |x Protest movements |z Ireland. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Vandalism |z Ireland |z Dublin. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Government property |x Vandalism |z Ireland |z Dublin. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Iraq War, 2003-2011 |x Public opinion. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Catholic Worker Movement. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Catholics |z Ireland |x Political activity. | |
| 970 | 0 | 1 | |t Prologue |p 1 |
| 970 | 1 | 1 | |l Ch. 1 |t An Irish Solution |p 9 |
| 970 | 1 | 1 | |l Ch. 2 |t Sowing the Seeds |p 25 |
| 970 | 1 | 1 | |l Ch. 3 |t The Spirit Moves |p 43 |
| 970 | 1 | 1 | |l Ch. 4 |t Getting Airborne |p 59 |
| 970 | 1 | 1 | |l Ch. 5 |t Inside and Out |p 77 |
| 970 | 1 | 1 | |l Ch. 6 |t Watch and Wait |p 91 |
| 970 | 1 | 1 | |l Ch. 7 |t The Trials Begin |p 109 |
| 970 | 1 | 1 | |l Ch. 8 |t Try Try Again |p 133 |
| 970 | 1 | 1 | |l Ch. 9 |t Conscience of the Community |p 155 |
| 970 | 0 | 1 | |t Epilogue |p 173 |
| 970 | 0 | 1 | |t Index |p 177 |
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