16th September 2000
Plowshare Nuns
News Release

Our release from the El Paso County Jail and the dismissal of felony charges reflects again the attempt to keep the wall of secrecy surrounding the U.S. Space Command and the complicit Aerospace Corporations.

In this time of de-escalation of worldwide conflict and disarmament treaties, the U.S. Space Command Nerve Center forges ahead, keeping concealed the billions of dollars in present and future budgets and total force planning for militarization and weaponization of outer space.

We leave Colorado Springs committing ourselves to:

  • unmasking the whole plan of dominance and exploitation of space
  • continuing the "hammering of swords into plowshares"
  • joining the October 7th International Day of Protest and Actions against Star Wars

We will continue to preach the good news that God is our only true security, that "nonviolence or nonexistence" is essential for future generations, that our sisters and brothers make up the entire world and should never be targeted as enemy, that we must learn stewardship pf God's creation, not the destruction of it.

We pray and invite police, military, court and jail personnel, Pentagon and Corporate employees and all peoples to join us in this new and holy vision for 2020 and beyond.

Signed:
Sister Elizabeth (Liz) Walters IHM
Sr. Jackie Hudson OP
Sr. Anne Montgomery RSCJ
Sr. Ardeth Platte OP
Sr. Carol Gilbert OP