Biography
Carmen Trotta (born November 9, 1962) is an American pacifist and prominent activist in the Catholic Worker Movement. He has been involved in anti-war protests for decades, including opposition to the Iraq War, work with War Resisters League, and co-founding the faith-based group Witness Against Torture.
Trotta was one of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 who on April 4, 2018 entered the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia to symbolically protest the U.S. nuclear arsenal. He was convicted in federal court alongside his co-defendants for trespassing and destroying government property. Trotta was sentenced to 14 months in prison for his role in the action, though he served about six months before early release, consistent with the tradition among Plowshares activists of accepting prison as part of their witness against war and nuclear weapons.
The November 12, 2019 NYC Anarchist Black Cross compilation reproduces reporting on the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 jury verdict of October 24, 2019: conspiracy, destruction of property on a naval installation, depredation of government property and trespass. It describes the defendants other than Stephen Kelly as free at home awaiting sentencing, while Kelly remained jailed. The reported twenty- or twenty-five-year maximum was a possible penalty, not an imposed term or actual service. Later dispositions remain separately recorded. Source: https://nycabc.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/updates-12-nov-2019-1.pdf#page=2
The Catholic Worker reports that Carmen Trotta and a person identified only as Janella went to Washington, D.C. and were arrested at the August 6, 2000 retreat marking Hiroshima Day and the tenth anniversary of sanctions against Iraq. The report gives no individual charge, release date or detention duration. The Catholic Worker, October–November 2000, vol.LXVII no.6, original PDF page 6. Source: https://merton.bellarmine.edu/files/original/988bea858ac72ddbebb6f3a798f4ffbd552c5dcc.pdf#page=6
