apo: Muvhuro, September 19, 2016, Kubva 6: 00 - 7: 30 pm
chii: A Nonviolent Vigil and Prayer Service for Peace panguva yeAFA $300+ pamabiko endiro (ndapota uyai nekenduru) Sezvo isu tichiita kusvinura uku, tinozviita takabatana neCampaign Nonviolence, uyo achange achitsigira vhiki-refu dzezviitiko munyika yose kubva. Svondo 18-25. Ona: http://www.paceebene.org/programs/campaign-nonviolence.
apo: Gaylord National Resort neContent Center, 201 Waterfront St., National Harbor, MD 20745.
Tichasangana pakurindira pakona yeWaterfront St. neSt. George Blvd., yakananga mhiri kweGaylord National Resort (Ona Mafambiro Pazasi)
Inotsigirwa naDorothy Day Catholic Worker
Kuti uwane rumwe ruzivo bata: Art Laffin - 202-360-6416, artlaffin@hotmail.com
"Hondo inofanira kugara ichinyadzisa vakatendeka...Funga nezvevana vari kufa nenzara mumisasa yevapoteri, izvi zvibereko zvehondo. Uye ipapo funga nezvedzimba huru dzokudyira, dzemapati anobatwa naavo vanodzora indasitiri yezvombo, vanogadzira zvombo. Enzanisa mwana anorwara, ane nzara mumusasa wevapoteri nemapato makuru, hupenyu hwakanaka hunotungamirirwa nevatenzi vezvombo zvekutengeserana."
Pope Francis, Kukadzi 25, 2014 Misa paVatican's Santa Marta Chapel
"Nei zvombo zvinouraya zviri kutengeswa kune avo vanoronga kuunza kutambura kusingatauriki pavanhu vamwe navamwe nenzanga? Zvinosuruvarisa, mhinduro, sezvatinoziva tose, ndeyemari chete: mari yakanyura muropa, kazhinji ropa risina mhosva. Tichitarisana nekunyarara kunonyadzisa uye nemhosva, ibasa redu kutarisana nedambudziko uye kumisa kutengeswa kwezvombo. "
— Pope Francis, Gunyana 24, 2015 Hurukuro kuCongress yeUS
Vadiwa Shamwari,
From Svondo 19-21, iyo Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center yave kutamba zvakare kune Air Force Association (AFA) "Air & Space Conference uye Technology Expo," yatinodaidza kuti "Arms Bazaar." Iyo AFA, maererano newebhusaiti yayo, "izwi resimba remuchadenga uye mhuri yeAir Force." Chinangwa cheArms Bazaar yegore rino ndechekuti: "Mhepo, Space & Cyber Theme: Airmen, Indasitiri, uye Allies-A Global Security Team." (ona pazasi rumwe ruzivo nezve AFA Arms Bazaar) Vamwe zana nemakumi mashanu emakondirakiti ezvombo ari kutora chikamu mumakore ano Arms Bazaar vakaita basa rakakosha mukudziya kweUS. Aya makondirakiti emaoko, saLockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman naRaytheon, vari kuita purofiti kubva kuhondo uye vari kuuraya chaiko! Asi handizvo zvoga. Pentagon nevazhinji vatengesi vezvombo vakazvipira kuUS nyukireya / mauto / cyber hukuru uye mauto uye kutonga nzvimbo.
Sesimba guru remauto pasi rose, US ndiyo #1 mutengesi wezvombo ane $46.6 bhiriyoni kunze kwenyika kutengesa kwemauto kwe2015. US inopa zvombo kune akawanda eNATO uye Middle East vanobatana seTurkey, Israel, neSaudi Arabia. Kutengeswa kwezvombo zveUS kuMiddle East kuri kukonzera hondo dzakapararira mudunhu iri, sezvo US ichienderera mberi nekutsvaga kwayo kuparadza ISIS. Mukubatana nevagadziri vezvombo vari kutora chikamu muAFA Arms Bazaar, US inopindira muuto rakananga muIraq, Afghanistan neSyria, inoenderera mberi nerutsigiro rwayo rwechiuto rwekutorwa kweIsrael kweWest Bank neGaza, inotyisidzira Russia pamusoro pekubatanidzwa kwayo muUkraine. , inoenderera mberi ne "pivot" yayo yemauto muAsia-Pacific kutyisidzira uye kuve neChina, uye inobhadhara kuuraya drone kurwiswa muPakistan, Yemen neSomalia.
Hurumende yeUS inoenderera mberi nekutumira kwayo "Missile Defense" yakatenderedza China neRussia, kutyora kuri pachena kwechibvumirano chayo cheAnti-Ballistic missile neRussia. Zvakare, iyo US inoronga kushandisa $ 1 trillion mumakore makumi matatu anotevera kugadzirisa nyukireya yayo, pachinzvimbo chekutevera nzira chaiyo yekubvisa zvombo. Mauto eUS ndiye zvakare mutengi mukuru wepasi rose wemafuta ezvicherwa izvo zviri kukanganisa zvakananga mamiriro ekunze epasi. Vanyajambwa vanochemera ruramisiro, uye pasi, mukurwiswa zuva nezuva, rinogomera mumarwadzo!
Munguva yemazuva matatu Arms Bazaar, iyo AFA iri kutsigira anoda kusvika makumi mana maforamu achigadzirisa maitiro ayo US anogona kunatsa midziyo yayo yekudziya uye kugona kwecyber kuitira kuti itonge pasi nenzvimbo. On Muvhuro, September 19, iyo AFA inobata $300+ pamabiko endiro yekukudza airmen akatanhamara, uye mazuva maviri gare gare achaita mumwe mabiko akafanana. Tinoshora AFA Arms Bazaar nezvairi: kuzvidza Mwari kunonyadzisa, kuba kubva kuvarombo, uye kutyisidzira vanhu pasi rese!
Ndiani achataura achimiririra varombo nevaya vanenge vawirwa nenjodzi, sezvo vatengesi vezvombo vachiwana mhindu huru kubva muzvombo zvavo zvinouraya noruzivo rwokugadzira zvinhu zvinouraya? Ndiani achadzivirira pasi redu dzvene uye zvakatipoteredza? Isu tinoda nekukurumidza, kupfuura nakare kose, kuti tirambe tisina mhirizhonga hondo dzese nemhirizhonga-kubva kuIraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan neGaza, kuFerguson, NYC, Baltimore, Charleston, Orlando, DC uye kumwewo. Pamwe chete, ngatirambei tichiita zvose zvatinogona kuti tigadzirise Nharaunda Inodiwa, kupedza dambudziko remamiriro ekunze, kubvisa urombo uye kugadzira nyika isina zvombo zvenyukireya uye zvakajairwa, mhondi drones, hondo, ruvengo rwemarudzi uye udzvinyiriri. Muzita raMwari, anotidaidza kuti tide uye tirege kuvenga, kuita dhimoni uye kuuraya, yave nguva yekugumisa iyi Arms Bazaar!
Ndokumbira ubatane nenhengo dzeDorothy Day Catholic Worker, Pax Christi nevamwe vanoita runyararo sezvatiri kutsvaga kutaura YES kuHupenyu uye NO inonzwika kune vatengesi verufu nevabatsiri vehondo.
Nokuonga,
Art Laffin
