Wolemba Art Laffin, April 30, 2018, Pax Christi USA.
"Ayi yoti anene ndi Khristu wopanda zida yatsimikizika pakuukitsidwa kwake. Mwa izi, dziko lapansi silingathe kukhala mboni… Uwu ndiulemerero wathu. Kuyambira Peter ndi Paul kupita kwa Martin Luther King, Jr. ndi Romero. Akhristu adziwa china chake chomwe "amitundu" sangathe kudziwa kapena kuphunzitsa - momwe angakhalire ndi kufa. Ndife mboni za kuuka kwa akufa. Timachita chiukiriro. Tili pachiwopsezo choukitsidwa. ” Daniel Berrigan (Umboni: The Word Made Fresh, p. 222-223)
Epulo 30th ndi chikumbutso chachiwiri cha imfa ya a Daniel Berrigan, SJ, wansembe wodziwika bwino waulosi, wopanga mtendere, wolemba komanso wolemba ndakatulo. Dan anali bwenzi lofunika kwa ine komanso ena ambiri. Mzimu wake umakhalabe m'mitima ya onse omwe adawakhudza mzaka zake zonse 94. Ndipo zolemba zake ndi ndakatulo zake zikupitilizabe kuphunzitsa ndikutsutsa.
Munthawi Yoyera Ino ya Isitala, ndakhala ndikuganizira mawu a Dan mu nkhani yake yovuta komanso yovuta kwambiri, "Makhalidwe Abwino Akuuka," kuchokera ku Testimony. Kodi timamvetsetsa bwanji za chiukitsiro munthawi ya tsankho, ziwawa, kuponderezana, kusagwirizana, nkhondo zosatha, kusakhazikika pazandale komanso kuwongolera mabungwe, komanso ziwopsezo zomwe zakhala zikuchitika zakutha kwanyukiliya komanso chisokonezo cha nyengo?
Ndikawerenga mawu a Dan, umu ndi momwe ndimawatanthauzira ndikugwiritsa ntchito momwe tikukhalira: Kuti tikhale mboni za kuuka kwa akufa tiyenera kunena kuti 'Ayi' kuziphuphu zovomerezeka ndi boma, tsankho, kuponderezana, kupanda chilungamo komanso zonse zomwe zimaika moyo pachiswe chilengedwe. Tiyenera kunena motsimikiza kuti 'Ayi' kwa ONSE omwe amagawa, kunyoza ndikuwononga! Tiyenera kuchita ndi chiyembekezo cha chiukitsiro — chiyembekezo chozikika pachikhulupiriro chakuti Yesu wagonjetseratu mphamvu za uchimo ndi imfa! Chifukwa chake, 'Inde' wathu pachikhulupiriro ichi amatikakamiza kukana mphamvu zakufa ndi zoyipa zomwe zili mdziko lathuli, kuti tiike pamtanda pamtanda ndikuuka!
A Dan Berrigan adationetsa momwe tingachitire umboni za kuuka kwa akufa. Zachidziwikire, "Ayi" wake ndi "Inde" adazikidwa mchikhulupiriro chake mwa Yesu wopachikidwayo. Umboni wachitsanzo chabwino wa Dan ndi umboni wamphamvu pachikhulupiriro cha chiukitsiro!
Ndi chiyembekezo ichi chomwe chidamukakamiza kuti apite pachiwopsezo kupita ku malo a nkhondo ku North Vietnam ku 1968, ndikukhala nawo pamaulosi awiri olosera zamtendere: Catonsville Nine Action (Meyi 17 izidzakumbukira zaka 50 za izi) ndi ma Plowshares Umboni eyiti.
A Dan, limodzi ndi mchimwene wake Phil komanso anthu ena 6 odzetsa mtendere, adachita zoyambirira zomwe zadziwika kuti "zolimira". Kuchitika kwa Plowshares Eight kunachitika pa Seputembala 9, 1980 ku General Electric Nuclear Re-kulowa Division ku King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Omwe asanu ndi atatu adadula pamphuno ya mphuno ya Mark 12 Nkhondo yanyukiliya, adathira magazi pazikalata ndikupereka mapemphero amtendere. Anagwidwa ndikuyamba kuwalipiritsa milandu yoposa khumi komanso misdemeanor.
M'mawu awo ochita, a Plowshares Eight adalengeza kuti: "Pokumana ndi GE timasankha kumvera lamulo la Mulungu la moyo, m'malo moitana anthu kuti afe. Kumenyedwa kwathu malupanga kuti akhale zolimira ndi njira yokwaniritsira kuitana uku kwa Baibulo. Pazomwe tikuchita, tikuyika chikhulupiriro cholimba mwa Yesu, yemwe adasintha mbiri ya anthu kudzera mu kufunitsitsa kwake kuvutika m'malo mopha. Tili ndi chiyembekezo cha dziko lathu komanso la ana athu pamene tidzagwirizana nawo. ”
Adaweruzidwa ndi mlandu wakuba, chiwembu komanso zolakwa zaupandu ndipo adakhala m'ndende zaka zisanu mpaka khumi. Chilangochi chidasumulidwa komanso kuyimitsidwa mpaka 1990. Adasungidwa ndikusungidwa mpaka miyezi ya 23 1 / 2 poganizira nthawi yomwe adakhala m'ndende kale.
Gawo la Plowshares Eight lalimbikitsa zochitika zofananira za 100 mpaka pano, ziwiri zomwe, mu 1982 ndi 1989, zonse zomwe zimayang'aniridwa ndi sitima yapamadzi ya Trident ballistic missile, ndinapatsidwa mwayi wokhala nawo.
Chaposachedwa kwambiri izi zidachitika pa Epulo 4, 2018, pomwe opanga mtendere asanu ndi awiri achikatolika adalowa King's Bay Naval Base ku St. Mary, Georgia. Maziko adatsegulidwa ku 1979 ngati doko lanyanja la Atlantic Ocean la sitima zapamadzi zisanu ndi chimodzi za Trident zomwe zimatha kuwononga ziwonetsero za 3,600 Hiroshima. Elizabeth McAlister, wazaka 78, Nyumba ya Yona, Baltimore; Bambo Fr. Steve Kelly SJ, wazaka 69, Bay Area, California; Carmen Trotta, wazaka 55, Wogwira Ntchito ku Katolika ku New York; Clare Grady, wazaka 59, Wantchito Wakatolika; Martha Hennessy, wazaka 62; Wogwira Ntchito ku Katolika ku New York; A Mark Colville, a zaka 55, Amistad Catholic Worker, New Haven, Connecticut; ndi Patrick O'Neill, wazaka 61, Fr. Wolemba Katolika wa Charlie Mulholland, Garner, North Carolina; adasankha kuchita nawo chikondwerero cha 50 cha kuphedwa kwa Martin Luther King, Jr., yemwe adapereka moyo wake kuyankhula ndi magulu atatu akuluakulu ankhondo, tsankho komanso kukonda chuma. Atanyamula nyundo ndi mabotolo achichepere okhala ndi magazi awo, adayesetsa kuchotsa zida zowononga anthu ambiri.
M'mawu awo, a Kings Bay Plowshares adalengeza kuti:
"Tikubwera ku Kings Bay kuti tidzayankhe kuyitanidwa kwa mneneri Yesaya (2: 4) kuti" tisande malupanga akhale zolimira "potulutsa zida zakupha kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, sitima yapamadzi ya Trident… Zida za nyukiliya zimasokoneza malamulo, kulimbikitsa azungu, Kupititsa patsogolo nkhondo zopanda malire komanso kuwononga chilengedwe komanso kuwonetsetsa kuti palibe vuto lililonse laumbanda kwa anthu… Dziko lolungama ndi lamtendere limatheka tikamayanjana ndi mapemphero. Malupanga Akukhala Mapulawo! ”
Ochita zamtendere adapita kumasamba atatu pamunsi: nyumba yoyang'anira, kukhazikitsa zipilala za D5 Missile ndi zida zosungira zida za nyukiliya. Anagwiritsa ntchito ziwonetsero zapaupandu, nyundo ndi zilembo zolembedwa kuti: "Nkhani yayikulu yothetsa kusankhana mitundu ndi kuphedwa kwa Mbusa Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." Mfundo zomveka za Trident ndizosiyana ndi "zida za Nyukiliya: zosaloledwa komanso zopanda chiwerewere." idabweretsanso mlandu woti boma la US liziwononga milandu yamtendere.
Onse omwe atenga nawo mbali adamudziwa Dani. M'modzi ndi mlamu wake, a Liz McAlister. Ndipo winayo, m'bale Jesusit, Steve Kelly. Pa nthawi yomwe anali kunyumba yamaliro a Dani, Kelly adalimbikitsa kuti a Dan, ndi mchimwene wake Phil, apatsidwe ulemu woti "Madokotala a Tchalitchi!"
Awiriwa pakali pano akuimbidwa mlandu wambiri komanso mlandu woperewera ndipo akumangidwa popanda chindende kundende ya Camden County.
Kuchokera kundende, a Elizabeth McAlister, adafotokozera izi motere:
"Chiyembekezo chodzitukumula ndi mutu wa limodzi la mabuku opitilira makumi asanu a mchimwene wanga wakale Daniel Berrigan (RIP ndi Presente!) Zingakhale bwino kunena kuti tinabwera ku Kings Bay Submarine osatsutsika kuti titha kupanga pang'onopang'ono, ngati sikutha, misala ikuthamangira kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe chathu chokongola. Ndipo sikuti kukokomeza mopambanitsa. Mabwato asanu ndi limodzi a Trident omwe amawaganizira kuti a King Bay njira yawo yakunyumba amakhala ndi mphamvu zowononga zowononga zamoyo zonse Padziko Lapansi. Kodi okhwima asanu ndi awiri okalamba angapangire chiyani?
Tikubwera ndi nyundo kuti tikhomerere chovala champhamvu cha chida… .. Tikubwera ndi magazi (athu) kudzazindikiritsa cholinga cha zida ngati kukhetsa kwa magazi ndipo inde.
Timabwera ndi odula mabatani kuti aphwanye mipanda yomwe imateteza zida zomwe zimapereka moyo ku moyo wonse.
Koma koposa zonse, timabwera ndi mawu athu ndi moyo wathu. Timakweza mawu mofuula kuti tichotsere zida. Zonsezi tikuika moyo wathu pachiwopsezo ndi ziwalo komanso chiyembekezo chathu chodzapempha kuti: chotsani zida. ”
A Martha Hennessy, mdzukulu wa a Dorothy Day yemwe ali mgulu la Akatolika ku New York City, adapereka chithunzi cha zomwe King Bay Plowshares adachita kuchokera kundende: "Tinayenda mumdima, nyenyezi pamwamba, ndi Orion paphewa pathu ndikuchepa mwezi ukutuluka mochedwa. Tamandani Mulungu Wokondedwa, chifukwa cha mphatso iyi ya Edeni. Kunali ntchentche zamoto ndi achule akusefukira kuti tisasangalale. Ndipo kuganiza malingaliro a Trident ndikuwononga Chilengedwe. Kodi Mulungu adanong'oneza chiyani makolo anga kenako kwa ine? Malupanga Kukhala Mapulawo! Sitikutanthauza kupangitsa aliyense kukwiya, koma bwanji osintha magazi athu ndi nyundo kukhala utoto wopopera ndi odulira ma bolt? (Pakulemba zikalata, Woweruza ananena kuti ali ndi odulira mabatani ndi utoto wopopera, koma adanyalanyaza dala kutchulidwa kwa magazi ndi nyundo zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito pochita izi)
Bwanji mupitilizabe kupaka guwa lansembe lonyengali? Tinayenda mgulu la ankhondo lomwe limasunga chiwonongeko chomaliza, ndipo tinapemphera mphamvu ya uthenga, wa umboni womwe umatha kufikira makutu ambiri; Kutembenuka kwa ufulu wakudzisankhira ku ntchito yopatsa moyo komanso kutali ndi imfa yakuchita zabodza.
Tidamangiriza tepi yapaupandu pamiyala yamtunduwu komanso pakhomo la Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic (SWFLANT), malo omwe nkhondo ikulonjeza kuti itenga zonse zomwe timakonda. Tikufuna kutsutsa zida zankhondo izi pazomwe zili: zachiwerewere, zosaloledwa, komanso zoyipa. Zolinga zathu zopusa zikufuna kuwona dziko lomwe mavuto azicheperako, atsogoleri athu ayamba kudziwa tanthauzo lake ngati atenga zida zanyukiliya. Kuchita kwathu ndikuitana onse kuti asinthe mitima yawo zomwe zidzatibweretsere kusintha kwenikweni. "
Sindikukayika momwe Dan angawonere mboni ya Kings Bay Plowshares. Iye akulemba kuti: "Sitinakumanenso ndi chiukitsiro, chomwe ndikumasulira: chiyembekezo chomwe chikuyembekeza ... Mwano wotsutsana ndi chiyembekezochi umatchedwa choletsa, kapena sitima zapamadzi za Trident, kapena nkhondo zankhondo, kapena kunyanyala, kapena, chida chilichonse cha zida za nyukiliya ...
Ichi ndichifukwa chake timalankhula mobwerezabwereza za 1980 ndi zochitika zonse zolimira kuyambira, momwe ena akupitilizabe kugwira ntchito kuti aswe ziwanda pamiyoyo yathu ya Mars, za nkhondo ndi mphekesera za nkhondo, nkhondo zosagawika, nkhondo zofunikira chabe nkhondo, nkhondo zopambana, ndipo sitikunena nawo za chiyembekezo. Kwa ife, kumangidwa mobwerezabwereza kumeneku, kumangidwa kosaneneka, moyo wa magulu athu ang'ono, kulangizidwa posachita zankhanza, tili ndi mfundo zakuukitsa. ”
Ndasangalatsidwa kwambiri ndi kulimba mtima kwa ma King Plowshares, omwe ndi abwenzi anga komanso ena ambiri omwe azikondwerera zomwe achita. Umboni wawo waulosi ndi umboni wowonekera wa chowonadi cha Uthenga Wabwino komanso chiyembekezo cha Isitala. Tiyeni tichite zonse zomwe tingathe kuti tithandizire ma Plowshares a Kings Bay, ndi mabanja awo ndi madera awo, pomwe akupitiliza umboni wawo wokhala ndi chiyembekezo m'ndende komanso pomwe akukumana ndi makhothi.
Monga Dani, amakhulupirira kuti mphamvu ndi maulamuliro ndi mphamvu zaimfa sizidzakhalanso ndi mawu omaliza.
(Art Laffin ndi membala wa Dorothy Day Catholic Worker ku Washington, DC ndipo ndi mkonzi wa Swords Into Plowshares)
