Catholic Workers Block Truax ANG Base, Occupy Wis. Governor’s Office
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Catholic Workers Block Truax ANG Base, Occupy Wis. Governor’s Office

Catholic Workers attending the Midwest Catholic Worker Faith and Resistance Gathering were among dozens who participated in nonviolent direct actions at Truax Air Force Base and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers’ office on Monday to oppose the deployment of F-35 fighter jets to the base.

Daniel Ellsberg Announces Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Calls for Resistance to Nuclear Weapons

Daniel Ellsberg Announces Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Calls for Resistance to Nuclear Weapons

Daniel Ellsberg released this letter announcing that he has terminal pancreatic cancer on March 2.
Ellsberg is best known for leaking the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times in June 1972; however, in his letter he calls his work for nuclear disarmament his greatest cause. Ellsberg is also the father of Robert Ellsberg, editor at Orbis Books and managing editor of The Catholic Worker newspaper from 1976-1978.