Nini: NgoMsombuluko, Septemba 19, 2016, kusukela 6: 00 - 7: 30 pm
Ini: I-Vigil Nonviolent and Prayer Service for Peace ngesikhathi se-AFA $300+ idili lepuleti ngalinye (sicela ulethe ikhandlela) Njengoba senza lo mlindelo, lokho sikwenza ngokubambisana ne-Campaign Nonviolence, ezobe ixhasa uchungechunge lwezenzo ezithatha isonto lonke ezweni lonke kusukela. Septemba 18-25. Bheka: http://www.paceebene.org/programs/campaign-nonviolence.
kuphi: I-Gaylord National Resort and Convention Centre, 201 Waterfront St., National Harbor, MD 20745.
Sizohlangana ngomlindelo ekhoneni le-Waterfront St. nase-St. George Blvd., ngqo ngaphesheya kwe-Gaylord National Resort (Bheka izikhombisi-ndlela ngezansi)
Ixhaswe yiDorothy Day Catholic Worker
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe thintana: Art Laffin - 202-360-6416, artlaffin@hotmail.com
"Impi kufanele ihlale ihlazisa abathembekile...Cabanga ngezingane ezibulawa indlala emakamu ababaleki, lezi izithelo zempi. Bese ucabanga ngamakamelo okudlela amakhulu, amaqembu aphethwe yilabo abalawula imboni yezikhali, abakhiqiza izikhali. Qhathanisa ingane egulayo, elambile ekamu lababaleki namaqembu amakhulu, impilo enhle eholwa amakhosi okuhweba ngezikhali."
- UPapa Francis, Februwari 25, 2014 IMisa eVatican's Santa Marta Chapel
"Kungani kudayiswa izikhali ezibulalayo kulabo abahlela ukubangela ukuhlupheka okukhulu kubantu ngabanye nasemphakathini? Ngokudabukisayo, impendulo, njengoba sonke sazi, ingeyemali nje: imali ecwile egazini, ngokuvamile igazi elingenacala. Njengoba sibhekene nalokhu kuthula okuyihlazo nokunecala, kuwumsebenzi wethu ukubhekana nenkinga futhi simise ukuhweba ngezikhali.”
— UPapa Francis, Septhemba 24, 2015 Inkulumo kuKhongolose wase-US
Abangane Abathandekayo,
Kusukela Septemba 19-21, i-Gaylord National Resort and Convention Centre isiphinde yadlala indawo ye-Air Force Association (AFA) “Air & Space Conference and Technology Expo,” esiyibiza ngokuthi “i-Arms Bazaar.” I-AFA, ngokusho kwesizindalwazi sayo, "izwi lamandla e-aerospace nomndeni we-Air Force." Inhloso ye-Arms Bazaar yalo nyaka ithi: “Air, Space & Cyber Theme: Airmen, Industry, and Allies-A Global Security Team.” (bona ngezansi ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana ne-AFA Arms Bazaar) Abanye osonkontileka bezikhali abayi-150 ababambe iqhaza kulo nyaka i-Arms Bazaar babambe iqhaza elibonakalayo ekufudumeni kwe-US. Laba sonkontileka bezikhali, abafana no-Lockheed Martin, iGeneral Dynamics, iNorthrop Grumman kanye noRaytheon, benza inzuzo ngempi futhi bayabulala ngempela! Kodwa akugcini lapho. I-Pentagon kanye nabathengisi bezikhali abaningi bazinikele e-US yenuzi/ezempi/i-cyber superiority kanye nokulwa nokulawula isikhala.
Njengamandla amakhulu ezempi emhlabeni, i-US ingumdayisi wezikhali ongu-#1 ngokuthengiswa kwezempi kwamanye amazwe okungamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-46.6 ngonyaka ka-2015. I-US ihlinzeka ngezikhali kumadlelandawonye amaningi e-NATO kanye naseMpumalanga Ephakathi njengeTurkey, Israel, neSaudi Arabia. Ukuthengiswa kwezikhali kwe-US eMpumalanga Ephakathi kubhebhethekisa izimpi ezisabalele esifundeni, njengoba i-US iqhubeka nokuzama ukucekela phansi i-ISIS. Ekhonsathini nosonkontileka bezikhali ababambe iqhaza ku-AFA Arms Bazaar, i-US ibambe iqhaza ekungeneleleni kwezempi e-Iraq, Afghanistan naseSyria, iyaqhubeka nokusekelwa kwayo kwezempi ekuthatheni i-Israel iWest Bank neGaza, isongela iRussia ngokubandakanyeka kwayo e-Ukraine. , iqhubeka "ne-pivot" yayo yezempi e-Asia-Pacific ukuze isongela futhi iqukathe i-China, kanye nokuhlasela kwendiza ebulalayo e-Pakistan, Yemen naseSomalia.
Uhulumeni wase-US uqhubekisela phambili nokuthunyelwa kwawo "kweMissile Defense" ezungeze iChina neRussia, okuwukwephula okusobala kwesivumelwano sakhe se-Anti-Ballistic missile neRussia. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-US ihlela ukusebenzisa i- $ 1 trillion eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu ezayo ukuze ithuthukise izikhali zayo zenuzi, esikhundleni sokuphishekela indlela yangempela yokuqeda izikhali. Amasosha ase-US aphinde abe umthengi oyedwa omkhulu emhlabeni wonke wamafutha ezinto ezimbiwa phansi aphazamisa ngqo isimo sezulu somhlaba. Izisulu zikhalela ubulungisa, futhi umhlaba, ngaphansi kokuhlaselwa kwansuku zonke, uyabubula emihelo!
Ezinsukwini zayo ezintathu i-Arms Bazaar, i-AFA ixhasa cishe izinkundla ezingama-40 ezikhuluma ngokuthi i-US ingacwengisa kanjani amathuluzi ayo okufudumala kanye nekhono le-cyber ukuze ikwazi ukubusa umhlaba nendawo. Vuliwe NgoMsombuluko, Septemba 19, i-AFA ibambe idili lika-$300+ ngepuleti ngalinye elihlonipha ama-airmen avelele, futhi emva kwezinsuku ezimbili uzokwenza elinye idili elifanayo. Siyayigxeka i-AFA Arms Bazaar ngokuthi iyini: ihlazo elihlazisayo kuNkulunkulu, ukweba abampofu, kanye nosongo kubantu emhlabeni wonke!
Ubani oyokhulumela abampofu nezisulu, njengoba abathengisi bezikhali bezuza inzuzo enkulu ngezikhali zabo ezibulalayo nobuchwepheshe bokubulala? Ubani ozovikela umhlaba wethu ongcwele nendawo ezungezile? Sidinga ngokuphuthumayo, kunanini ngaphambili, ukumelana ngokungenabudlova yonke impi nodlame-kusuka e-Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan naseGaza, kuya eFerguson, NYC, Baltimore, Charleston, Orlando, DC nakwezinye izindawo. Ngokubambisana, masiqhubeke nokwenza konke esingakwenza ukusungula Umphakathi Othandekayo, ukuqeda inkinga yesimo sezulu, ukuqeda ubumpofu nokudala izwe elingenazo izikhali zenuzi nezivamile, ama-drones abulalayo, impi, inzondo yobuhlanga kanye nengcindezelo. Egameni likaNkulunkulu, osibizayo ukuba sithande futhi singazondi, sikhiphe amadimoni futhi sibulale, sekuyisikhathi sokuqeda le-Arms Bazaar!
Sicela uhlanganyele namalungu e-Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, u-Pax Christi kanye nabanye abadali bokuthula njengoba sifuna ukuthi YEBO Ekuphileni kanye no-CHA ozwakalayo kubathengisi bokufa nabazuzi bempi.
Ngokubonga,
Art Laffin
