Daga Felice Cohen-Joppa, Popular Resistance
A ranar Lahadi, 9 ga Oktoba, mutane 120 daga jihohin Amurka 17 da Mexico, Australia, Jamus da Netherlands sun kammala wani taron ma'aikatan Katolika a Las Vegas tare da zanga-zangar a Cibiyar Tsaron Kasa ta Nevada (NNSS, wacce a da ake kira da cibiyar gwajin nukiliya ta Nevada). da Creech Air Force Base.
An gudanar da sallar asuba a cikin sahara daura da babbar kofar shiga wurin gwajin makamin nukiliya. Wata ƙungiya mai fafutuka ce ta jagoranci ƙungiyar yayin da suke ɗauke da alamu, banners da malam buɗe ido kala a kan hanyar zuwa ƙofar. Talatin da daya daga cikin masu fafutuka sun tsallaka kan kadarorin NNSS kuma an kama su da laifin yin kutse. Ba a jima aka kawo su aka sake su ba.
Wurin mai fadin murabba'in mil 1,360 shi ne inda Amurka ta gwada fashewar makaman nukiliya sama da 1,000 daga sama da kasa daga 1951 zuwa 1992. Yanzu ana amfani da shi don gwaje-gwaje da horar da tsaro masu alaka da tarin makaman nukiliya na kasar. Kwanaki uku kacal bayan zanga-zangar, an tayar da wani fashewa a karkashin kasa a can don gwada hanyoyin gano fashewar makaman nukiliya a karkashin kasa.
NNSS tana kan yankin Western Shoshone Nation, wanda gwamnatin Amurka ta amince da shi a cikin Yarjejeniyar Ruby Valley ta 1863. Majalisar kasa ta Western Shoshone ta ayyana al'ummarsu a matsayin Yanki mai 'yanci na Nukiliya. Sun yi tir da yunkurin gwamnatin Amurka na rusa yarjejeniyar, kuma sun yi yaki a mayar musu da filayensu.
Bayanin laifukan da aka rubuta a cikin kwatancensu yana cewa: “Idan mutane biyu ko fiye suka taru domin tada zaune tsaye, ko kuma suka aikata wani abu na haram, ba su watse ba, a lokacin da alkali ya so ko ya umarce su. Adalci na zaman lafiya, sheriff, coroner, constable ko wani jami'in gwamnati, wadanda suka aikata laifin suna da laifi. "Kungiyar ta yi wani ɗan gajeren tazara zuwa babbar hanyar 95 zuwa Cactus Springs, inda suka ci abincin rana a Haikali na Goddess kafin su ci gaba. zuwa Creech Air Force Base, cibiyar ayyukan yaki da marasa matuka na Amurka. Aƙalla motocin ƴan sandan birnin Las Vegas 30 ne suka tarbe su a wurin, da ƙarin jami'ai da mataimakansu. Yayin da gungun masu zanga-zangar ke wasa, kuma magoya bayansa suna rike da alamu a kusa, Ma'aikatan Katolika goma sha uku daga ko'ina cikin Amurka sun tare babbar kofar ginin. Sun rike da alamomin da ke dauke da "Killer Drones: Illegal and Fasika" da sauran sunayen fararen hula da hare-haren jiragen Amurka suka kashe. An tuhume su da yin taro ba bisa ka'ida ba kuma an kai su gidan yari na Clark County da ke Las Vegas.
Wanda aka kama Brian Terrell ya ce, “Sabanin zargin da ‘yan sandan Metro na Las Vegas ke yi, ba mu taru a sansanin sojojin sama na Creech don kawo cikas ga zaman lafiya ba ko kuma mu aikata wani abu da ya sabawa doka. Makasudin taron namu shi ne mu kawo cikas ga yakin da kuma neman a kawo karshen haramtacciyar aikin kashe-kashen da jirage marasa matuka suka aikata daga can ta hanyar sarrafa nesa.” (Ammon Hennacy, ma'aikacin Katolika, mai son zaman lafiya, anarchist da Wobbly wanda ya zo Las Vegas a 1957 don nuna adawa da gwajin makamin nukiliya, kuma ya mutu a shekara ta 1970, ya taɓa cewa game da irin wannan tuhuma, “Ba na dagula zaman lafiya ba, na kasance cikin damuwa. war).
Terrell, Alexandria Addesso, Kathy Boylan, Kelsey Chalmars, Austin Cook, John Heid, Steve Jacobs, Allison McGillivray, Phil Runkel, Scott Schaeffer-Duffy, Claire Shaeffer-Duffy da Sam Yrgler an sake su daga gidan yari sa'o'i 5-7 bayan haka. Marcus Collonge ya ƙi sanya hannu a cikin littafin kuma an sake shi da yamma.
Allison McGillivray ta bayyana bayan zamanta a gidan yari, "Ayyukan da na yi na juriya, kamar yadda ba shi da mahimmanci, wani yunƙuri ne na sanya jikina a cikin hanyar da ba a kula da shi ba tare da yakin basasa. Wannan karfi na daular ba wai kawai ba bisa ka'ida ba ne kuma mara gaskiya, tabo ne a kan kyawawan manufofin Amurka na 'yanci da 'yanci. Na yi sa'a na tsaya da sunan zaman lafiya tare da sabbi kuma gogaggun masu adawa, kuma na samu damar bayyana matakin da na dauka ga 'yan sanda da masu gadin gidan yari da fursunoni baki daya. Kurkuku wuri ne na bakin ciki da muni da sanyi. Cibiyar ce da ke tilasta masu gadi da fursunoni su zama abokan gaba, rarrabuwar da ke shiga cikin tunanin mu na mai kyau da mara kyau a duniya a waje. Duk da haka, akwai tausayi da kulawa tsakanin matan da ke cikin gidan da ake tsare da su, alamun da ke nuna cewa ɗan adam yana ɗaukar fiye da ɗaurin kurkuku don a danne shi. A ƙarshe, wannan aikin da ba shi da mahimmanci ya kawo mani ƙwarewa mai mahimmanci. Ina tsammanin Ammon Hennacy ta ce mafi kyau, 'Ba na ƙoƙarin canza duniya. Ina ƙoƙarin hana duniya canza ni.'
Scott Schaeffer-Duffy ya lura, "Zaluntar masu gadi a cikin kulle Las Vegas ya wuce gona da iri kamar glitz a kan Strip da kuma karyar cewa jirage marasa matuka makamai ne. Yana da ban sha'awa don samun farin ciki na taron ma'aikatan Katolika, don yin shaida a wurin gwajin gwaji da Creech Air Force Base, don ciyar da lokaci a cikin haɗin kai tare da matalauta a kulle, sa'an nan kuma, Claire da ni, don jin dadin kyan gani na Sion National Park. Akwai alheri fiye da isa a cikin ɗan adam da kyau a duniya don ƙarfafa juriya ga yaƙi da duk rashin adalci. "
Ma'aikacin Katolika na Las Vegas ne ya shirya shi, taron na kwanaki uku ya fara ne tare da raba tunani a wuraren tarurrukan teburi da yawa, jawabi mai ban sha'awa daga Ma'aikatan Katolika na dogon lokaci Willa Bickham da Brendan Walsh na Gidan Viva na Baltimore, buɗe Mike tare da wasan kwaikwayo ta mawaƙa, mawaka da masu ba da labari da mawaka, da cin abinci da addu’a.
Ƙungiyar Ma’aikatan Katolika, waɗanda Dorothy Day da Peter Maurin suka kafa a birnin New York a shekara ta 1933, suna aiki don ƙirƙirar “sabuwar al’umma a cikin ɓangarorin tsohuwar al’umma, al’ummar da za ta fi sauƙi a zama nagari.” Daga Gidan yanar gizon Ma'aikatan Katolika: “A yau al’ummomin ma’aikatan Katolika 236 sun kasance masu jajircewa ga rashin tashin hankali, talauci na son rai, addu’a da kuma baƙunci ga marasa matsuguni, gudun hijira, masu yunwa da waɗanda aka yashe. Ma’aikatan Katolika na ci gaba da nuna rashin amincewarsu da rashin adalci, yaki, wariyar launin fata da tashin hankali iri-iri.”
