Margaret McKenna: Difference between revisions

Starting in the 1970s, McKenna participated in several acts of civil disobedience and was arrested several times.<ref name=Campellone>{{harvnb|Campellone|2010}}</ref> In 1987, she participated in a protests over the [[Iran–Contra affair]] during the bicentennial celebration of the signing of the constitution in Philadelphia.<ref name=Stevens>{{harvnb|Stevens|1987|p=A36}}</ref> In 1988 on Easter Sunday, McKenna and three other [[Plowshares Movement|plowshares]] activists accessed the third deck of the [[USS Iowa]]. They poured blood and beat on the ship's missile with hammers. At the same time, a banner that read "Follow the nonviolent Christ" was placed on the side of the ship.<ref name=Thompson>{{harvnb|Thompson|2009}}</ref> The group was charged with trespassing and was sentenced to four months in prison. In 2007, McKenna, as well as [[Aaron Weiss]], participated in a "die in" to protest the civilian casualties of the [[Iraq War]] on the grounds of [[the pentagon]].<ref name=JonahHouse>{{harvnb|Jonah House|2007}}</ref>