RIP Daniel Berrigan, 1921-2016

Daniel Berrigan, a Catholic priest, was one of the best-known Vietnam war protestors.

Berrigan emerged as a radical Catholic voice against the war in the 1960s and won fame when he and his younger brother seized draft records of troops about to be deployed in Vietnam.

The pair and other Catholics burned the files in rubbish bins.

The brothers were convicted of destroying government property.

But when they were due to be sentenced they went into hiding before eventually being arrested.

Released from prison in 1972 the left-leaning Fr Berrigan continued his peace activism until in his 80s, founding the anti-nuclear weapons Plowshares Movement in 1980.

Fr Berrigan also protested against the Gulf War, the Kosovo War, the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and abortion.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.