Starhawk
/Overview
Starhawk (née Miriam Simos) born St. Paul, MN June 17, 1951. Pacifist anarchist witch. Trained and led numerous nonviolent protests and arrests at Diablo Canyon nuclear site, 1981; Livermore Weapons lab, 1982; WTO Seattle, 1999; anti-Iraq War, 2003; Republican National Committee, 2004; Israel's wall, 2008.
Quotations
"Life is moved by a power deeper than the power of the gun and the bomb." (Dreaming the Dark, 1982, p. 3)
"We need women’s actions. . . to assert that compassion is not weakness and brutality is not strength, to dramatize our support for nurturing and life affirming values." ("Why We Need Women's Actions." Jan, 28, 2003; photo Facebook)