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"The nuclear energy industry & its support elements in gov't. are practicing actively a form of despotism," -- Sam Lovejoy on toppling nuclear plant wind tower as form of civil disobedience. #tdih 1974. His case increased awareness of nuclear power threat. zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/love…
Lovejoy defended himself & invited Howard Zinn as expert witness.

Zinn told court that the tower-toppling was in best tradition of Gandhi, Thoreau, & Abolitionists, including Elijah P. Lovejoy, Sam’s distant cousin, who was murdered by pro-slavery mob.
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Judge Smith asked if true civil disobedience didn’t demand both strict nonviolence & acceptance of lawful punishment. Zinn replied that destruction of property was not violent when life was at stake. “Violence,” he said, “has to do with human beings, not property.” #HowardZinn100

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