Bangena ngoLwesithathu ebusuku April 4. Bezibiza ngamaKings Bay Plowshares, bahamba bayokwenza umyalo womprofethi u-Isaya othi: “khanda izinkemba zibe ngamakhuba”.
Laba abayisikhombisa bakhethe ukuthatha isinyathelo ngesikhathi kuqeda iminyaka engu-50 kwabulawa uMfundisi uDkt Martin Luther King, Omncane owanikela ngempilo yakhe ekuxazululeni izinkinga ezintathu zokulwela impi, ukucwasa ngokwebala kanye nokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo. Esitatimendeni salo elihambe nalo, leli qembu licaphune uNkosi, owathi: “Umgqugquzeli omkhulu wobudlova emhlabeni (namuhla) uhulumeni wami.”
Bephethe izando namabhodlela ezingane ezinegazi labo, laba abayisikhombisa bazama ukuguqula izikhali ezibhubhisayo.
Isizinda seKings Bay Navel savulwa ngo-1979 njengetheku leNavy's Atlantic Ocean Trident. Kuyisizinda semikhumbi-ngwenya yenuzi esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Kukhona abayisithupha abasebenzisa imicibisholo eyi-ballistic subs kanye ne-guided missile subs ezinze e-Kings Bay.
Izishoshovu ziye ezindaweni ezintathu ezisekelweni: Ibhilidi lokuphatha, ukufakwa kwetshe lesikhumbuzo le-D5 Missile kanye nezindawo zokugcina izikhali zenuzi. Izishoshovu zasebenzisa amateyipu enkundla yobugebengu, izando namabhanela afundeka kanje: Umqondo wokugcina wokucwasa ngokwebala ukubulawa kwabantu, uDkt. Martin Luther King; I-logic yokugcina ye-Trident i-omnicide; Izikhali zenuzi: ezingekho emthethweni - azinasimilo. Baphinde balethe icala lokumangalela uhulumeni wase-US ngamacala aphikisana nokuthula.
Izishoshovu endaweni yokugcina izikhali zenuzi kwakungu-Elizabeth McAlister, 78. Jonah House, Baltimore, Steve Kelly, SJ, 69 Bay Area CA kanye noCarmen Trotta, 55, NY Catholic Worker.
Izishoshovu esakhiweni sokuphatha kwakunguClare Grady, 59, Ithaca Catholic Worker kanye no-.Martha Hennessy, 62, NY Catholic Worker.
Izishoshovu ezikhumbuzo ze-Trident D5 kwakunguMark Coleville, 55, Amistad Catholic Worker New Haven. CT noPatrick O'Neil, 61, Fr. Charlie Mulholland Catholic Worker Garner NC
Zonke izishoshovu ziboshiwe. Akekho olimele.
Lesi yisenzo sakamuva kweziyi-100 ezifanayo emhlabeni wonke eziqala ngo-1980 e-King of Prussia PA.
ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe Thintana:
Ikhasi le-facebook le-Kingbayplowshares
Paul Magno, 202-321-6650
UJessica Stewart 207-266-0919
UBrian Hynes 718-838-2636
