Daniel Berrigan: Forty Years After Catonsville

Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges recently spoke to Father Daniel Berrigan, who at 87 is observing the 40th anniversary of a crucial act of civil disobedience in Catonsville, Md.

[Frankie]

Thank you Daniel Berrigan for STILL inspiring peacemakers in a time when it's so easy just to run with the crowd and believe in war. People bad-mouth civil action because they do not have the courage to do what you did. I pray this nation changes and stops bullying others. I pray we get enough courage to stop making war.