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Climate Activists Argue Criminal Acts Legally Excusable Under Necessity Doctrine

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Many civil disobedience activists in the 1960s and 70s attempted to use it to justify their illegal actions in protests over foreign wars or nuclear power, for example, but achieved little to no success. In 2013, Massachusetts District Attorney C. Cohan, supra. note 3, at 120. DeChristopher. , 3d 1082, 1096 (10th Cir.

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Raytheon Makes Nuclear War More Likely

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Leonora LaPeter Anton | Tampa Bay Times | August 24, 2012 Seventy-five protesters, many dressed in pink, gathered outside the local production plant of Raytheon on Thursday, denouncing the defense contractor for its role in drone warfare. USA: "Raytheon, shame on you," they chanted. Children die because of you."

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The "Patriots" at Raytheon

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Leonora LaPeter Anton | Tampa Bay Times | August 24, 2012 Seventy-five protesters, many dressed in pink, gathered outside the local production plant of Raytheon on Thursday, denouncing the defense contractor for its role in drone warfare. USA: "Raytheon, shame on you," they chanted. Children die because of you."

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Ukraine conflict a boon for defense industry

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Leonora LaPeter Anton | Tampa Bay Times | August 24, 2012 Seventy-five protesters, many dressed in pink, gathered outside the local production plant of Raytheon on Thursday, denouncing the defense contractor for its role in drone warfare. USA: "Raytheon, shame on you," they chanted. Children die because of you."

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How Biden’s Foreign-Policy Team Got Rich

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Leonora LaPeter Anton | Tampa Bay Times | August 24, 2012 Seventy-five protesters, many dressed in pink, gathered outside the local production plant of Raytheon on Thursday, denouncing the defense contractor for its role in drone warfare. USA: "Raytheon, shame on you," they chanted. Children die because of you."

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Washington Post Runs Pro-War Column Without Disclosing Author’s Raytheon Ties

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Leonora LaPeter Anton | Tampa Bay Times | August 24, 2012 Seventy-five protesters, many dressed in pink, gathered outside the local production plant of Raytheon on Thursday, denouncing the defense contractor for its role in drone warfare. USA: "Raytheon, shame on you," they chanted. Children die because of you."

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15 people arrested during peaceful 'free Palestine' protest in Louisville

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Leonora LaPeter Anton | Tampa Bay Times | August 24, 2012 Seventy-five protesters, many dressed in pink, gathered outside the local production plant of Raytheon on Thursday, denouncing the defense contractor for its role in drone warfare. USA: "Raytheon, shame on you," they chanted. Children die because of you."