When they collected money for the North and South Vietnamese Red Cross Societies, the Treasury seized the donated funds.
On July 14, 1971, members of AQAG took to Baltimore Harbor in small boats and kayaks to blockade the Padma, a ship loaded with weapons the U.S. was secretly sending to Pakistan.
Media coverage of this quixotic action made national news and led to the stopping of U.S. support of Pakistan against Bangladesh.
[2] In the early seventies, AQAG, having abandoned its goal of transforming the Society of Friends, evolved into the Movement for a New Society, a self-styled "transformational network" dedicated to spreading the practice of non-violent practices throughout the social change networks in North America, and which would play a key role in the anti-nuclear movement of the 1970s.
These groups focused mainly on pacifist campaigns, community living, and local projects such as providing food and shelter for homeless people.