"Democracy requires civil disobedience." Howard Zinn

On the eve of the latest Plowshares trial -- the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 trial begins in Brunswick, GA on October 21 -- it's worth remembering -- and reviewing, historian Dr. Howard Zinn's briliant testimony on behalf of the AVCO Plowhares 7 during their trial in 1983. He concludes by observing that "The only way democracy can be restored in the area of foreign policy is if the American people assert themselves in various ways. Civil disobedience is not something outside the realm of democracy. Democracy requires civil disobedience. Without civil disobedience, democracy does not exist.