Nini: NgoMvulo, Septemba 19, 2016, ukusuka 6: 00 - 7: 30 pm
Intoni: I-Vigil engabonakaliyo kunye neNkonzo yoMthandazo woXolo ngexesha le-AFA $ 300 + kwisidlo seplate (nceda uze nekhandlela) Njengoko sisenza lo mlindo, sikwenza oko sibambisene neCampaign Nonviolence, eya kuxhasa uthotho lwezenzo ezithatha iveki kuzwelonke. NgoSeptemba 18-25. Qaphela: http://www.paceebene.org/programs/campaign-nonviolence.
apho: I-Gaylord National Resort and Convention Centre, 201 Waterfront St., National Harbour, MD 20745.
Siza kudibana kwi-vigil kwikona ye-Waterfront St. kunye ne-St. George Blvd., ngqo ngaphesheya kwe-Gaylord National Resort (Jonga izikhokelo ezingezantsi)
Uxhaswa nguDorothy Day uMsebenzi wamaKatolika
Ngolwazi oluthe vetshe qhagamshelana: Art Laffin - 202-360-6416, artlaffin@hotmail.com
"Imfazwe ifanele isoloko ibahlazisa abathembekileyo...Cinga ngabantwana abalamba kwiinkampu zeembacu, ezi ziziqhamo zemfazwe. Uze ucinge ngamagumbi amakhulu okutyela, amaqela aphethwe ngabo balawula ishishini lezixhobo, abavelisa izixhobo. Thelekisa umntwana ogulayo, olambileyo kwinkampu yababaleki kunye namaqela amakhulu, ubomi obuhle obukhokelwa ngabaphathi bezorhwebo lwezixhobo."
— Pope Francis, 25 February 2014 Mass at the Vatican’s Santa Marta Chapel
"Kutheni kuthengiswa izixhobo ezibulalayo kwabo baceba ukuzisa ukubandezeleka okungathethekiyo ebantwini nakwibutho labantu? Okulusizi kukuba, impendulo, njengoko sonke sisazi, yeyemali nje: imali ezele ligazi, ngokufuthi igazi elimsulwa. Xa sijongana nolu kuthula kulihlazo nokubekek’ ityala, luxanduva lwethu ukujongana nale ngxaki kwaye siyeke ukurhweba ngezixhobo.”
- Pope Francis, Septemba 24, 2015 Intetho kwi-US Congress
Bahlobo Abathandekayo,
ukusuka NgoSeptemba 19-21, iGaylord National Resort and Convention Centre iphinda idlale ngokusingethe kuMbutho woMkhosi woMoya (AFA) “iNkomfa yoMoya kunye neSithuba kunye noMboniso weTekhnoloji,” into esiyibiza ngokuba “yiArms Bazaar.” I-AFA, ngokwewebhusayithi yayo, "lilizwi lamandla e-aerospace kunye nosapho loMkhosi woMoya." Ingqwalasela yeArms Bazaar yalo nyaka ithi: “Umoya, iSpace & Cyber Theme: Airmen, Industry, and Allies-IGlobal Security Team.” (jonga ngezantsi ulwazi oluthe kratya malunga ne-AFA Arms Bazaar) Ezinye iikontraka zezixhobo zezixhobo ze-150 ezithatha inxaxheba kulo nyaka i-Arms Bazaar idlale indima ebalulekileyo ekufudumeni kwe-US. Aba kontraka beengalo, abanjengoLockheed Martin, iGeneral Dynamics, iNorthrop Grumman kunye noRaytheon, bafumana inzuzo emfazweni kwaye ngokwenene bayabulala! Kodwa akuphelelanga apho. IPentagon kunye nabathengisi bezikhali abaninzi bazibophelele kwi-US yenyukliya / emkhosini / ukongama kwe-cyber kunye nomkhosi kunye nokulawula indawo.
Njengamandla amakhulu omkhosi wehlabathi, i-US ngumthengisi wezixhobo ze-#1 kunye ne-$ 46.6 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zokuthengiswa komkhosi kwi-2015. I-US ibonelela ngezixhobo kuninzi lwamahlakani e-NATO kunye noMbindi Mpuma njengeTurkey, i-Israel, ne-Saudi Arabia. Ukuthengiswa kwezixhobo zase-US kuMbindi Mpuma kukhuthaza iimfazwe ezixhaphakileyo kulo mmandla, njengoko i-US iqhubeka nokufuna ukutshabalalisa i-ISIS. Kwikhonsathi kunye neekontraka zezixhobo ezithatha inxaxheba kwi-AFA Arms Bazaar, i-US ibandakanyeka kungenelelo lomkhosi ngokuthe ngqo e-Iraq, e-Afghanistan naseSyria, iyaqhubeka nenkxaso yayo yasemkhosini kwi-Israeli ehlala kwi-West Bank naseGaza, isoyikisa iRashiya ngokubandakanyeka kwayo e-Ukraine. , iqhubela phambili ne "pivot" yomkhosi e-Asia-Pacific ukugrogrisa kunye nokuqulatha i-China, kunye nokuhlaselwa kwe-drone yemivuzo ePakistan, eYemen naseSomalia.
Urhulumente wase-US uqhubela phambili nokuthunyelwa kwe-"Missile Defense" ejikeleze i-China kunye neRashiya, oko kukwaphulwa okucacileyo kwesivumelwano sakhe se-Anti-Ballistic missile kunye neRashiya. Ngaphaya koko, i-US iceba ukuchitha i-1 yeetriliyoni zeedola kule minyaka ingamashumi amathathu izayo ukuze iphucule eyayo izixhobo zenyukliya, endaweni yokulandela indlela yokwenyani yokuthotywa kwezixhobo. Umkhosi wase-US ukwangoyena mthengi mkhulu wehlabathi wamafutha efosili ewonakalisa ngokuthe ngqo imozulu yomhlaba. Amaxhoba akhalela okusesikweni, yaye umhlaba, phantsi kohlaselo lwemihla ngemihla, uyancwina!
Ngexesha layo leentsuku ezintathu zeArms Bazaar, i-AFA ixhasa phantse iiforamu ezingama-40 ezijongana nendlela i-US enokuphucula ngayo izixhobo zayo zokufudumala kunye nekhono le-cyber ukuze ilawule umhlaba kunye nendawo. Vula NgoMvulo, Septemba 19, I-AFA ibambe i-$ 300 + ngesidlo sepleyiti ehlonipha i-airmen ebalaseleyo, kunye emva kweentsuku ezimbini kuya kuba nesinye isidlo esikwanjalo. Siyayigxeka i-AFA Arms Bazaar ngokuba iyini na: ihlazo elibi kuThixo, ubusela kumahlwempu, kunye nesisongelo kubantu kwihlabathi liphela!
Ngubani oya kuthethela amahlwempu namaxhoba, njengoko abathengisi bezixhobo befumana ingeniso enkulu kwizixhobo zabo ezibulalayo nobugcisa bokubulala? Ngubani oya kukhusela umhlaba wethu ongcwele kunye nendalo esingqongileyo? Sifuna ngokungxamisekileyo, kunanini na ngaphambili, ukuchasa ngokungekho mthethweni yonke imfazwe kunye nobundlobongela-ukusuka e-Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan naseGaza, ukuya eFerguson, NYC, Baltimore, Charleston, Orlando, DC nakwezinye iindawo. Sisonke, masiqhubeke senze konke okusemandleni ethu ukuseka uluntu oluyintandane, ukuphelisa ingxaki yemozulu, ukuphelisa ubuhlwempu kunye nokudala ihlabathi elingenazo izixhobo zenukliya kunye nezixhobo eziqhelekileyo, iidrones ezibulalayo, imfazwe, inzondo yobuhlanga kunye nengcinezelo. Egameni likaThixo, osibizayo ukuba sithande kwaye singathiyi, sibulale iidemon kwaye sibulale, lixesha lokuphelisa le Arms Bazaar!
Nceda ujoyine kunye namalungu oMsebenzi wamaKhatholika weDorothy Day, uPax Christi kunye nabanye abaxolisi njengoko sifuna ukuthi EWE kuBomi kunye no-HAYI ovakalayo kubathengisi bokufa kunye nabaxhasi bemfazwe.
Ngo mbulelo,
Art Laffin
