Ammon Ashford Hennacy was an American Christian pacifist, anarchist, social activist, member of the Catholic Worker Movement, and Wobbly.
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Ammon Ashford Hennacy was an American Christian pacifist, anarchist, social activist, member of the Catholic Worker Movement, and Wobbly.
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Ammon Hennacy established the Joe Hill House of Hospitality in Salt Lake City, Utah, and practiced tax resistance.
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At the outbreak of World War I, Ammon Hennacy was imprisoned for two years in Atlanta, Georgia, for resisting conscription.
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Ammon Hennacy led a hunger strike and was punished with eight months in solitary confinement.
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Ammon Hennacy believed that adherence to Christianity required being a pacifist and, because governments constantly threaten or use force to resolve conflicts, this meant being an anarchist.
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In 1919, Ammon Hennacy married his first wife, Selma Melms, under common law.
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In May 1920, Ammon Hennacy graduated from the socialist Rand School of Social Science.
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Ammon Hennacy settled down in 1925, buying a farm and raising his two children.
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Ammon Hennacy refused to use force or self-defense even when threatened during his work, preferring instead to use nonresistance.
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Ammon Hennacy reduced his tax liability by taking up a lifestyle of simple living.
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Between 1942 and 1953, Ammon Hennacy worked as a migrant farm labourer in the southwest United States.
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Ammon Hennacy moved to New York City in 1953, and became the associate editor of the Catholic Worker.
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In 1958, Ammon Hennacy fasted for 40 days in protest of nuclear weapons testing.
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In 1961, Ammon Hennacy moved to Utah and organised the Joe Hill House of Hospitality in Salt Lake City.
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Ammon Hennacy was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World.
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Ammon Hennacy wrote about his reasons for leaving and his thoughts on Catholicism, which included his belief that "Paul spoiled the message of Christ".
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In 1968, Ammon Hennacy closed the "Joe Hill House of Hospitality" and turned his attention to further protest and writing.
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Ammon Hennacy's funeral was held at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Salt Lake City.
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Ammon Hennacy was a pacifist, a Christian anarchist, and an advocate of anarchism and nonresistance.
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Ammon Hennacy was extremely critical of what he described as the "institutional church" and state capitalism.
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Ammon Hennacy did not drink or smoke and was a vegetarian.
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Ammon Hennacy never paid federal income taxes because they pay for the military and war.
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Ammon Hennacy lived a life of voluntary simplicity and believed in what he called his "One-Man Revolution" against violence, sin, and coercion.
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