Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - The Necessity of the Necessity Defence: from the Winooski 44 to Plowshares 7

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A conversation between anti-nuclear protester Martha Hennessy - facing sentencing for 'beating swords into plowshares' at the Trident Submarine Base in Georgia, with lawyers Bill Quigley and Bill Nelson, and Nukewatch activist John LaForge, discussing the important of the Necessity Defense in anti-nuclear trials, with reference to the case of the Winooski 44 of 1984.
 

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  • Production Date: 05/17/2020
  • Catalog Number: none
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  • Series: none
  • Length: 00:55:33
  • Town: Burlington
  • Geography: Burlington
  • Event Type: General
  • Content Type: Other

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1 Saturday July 11, 2020 at 5:30 AM
2 Saturday July 11, 2020 at 11:30 AM
3 Tuesday July 14, 2020 at 11:30 PM
4 Wednesday July 15, 2020 at 4:30 AM
5 Wednesday July 15, 2020 at 10:30 AM
6 Wednesday July 15, 2020 at 11:30 PM
7 Thursday July 16, 2020 at 4:30 AM
8 Thursday July 16, 2020 at 10:30 AM
9 Friday July 17, 2020 at 1:00 PM

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