The following are upcoming VFP Demonstrations:
BIW Lenten vigil – Ash Wednesday, March 5 @ 11:30 a.m.
BIW Lenten vigils – Saturdays March 8, 15, 22, 29, April 5, 12, 19 @ 11:30 a.m.
Indivisible – every Saturday at 11am in Monument Square.
The Lenten Vigil for Disarmament begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5th when we will gather from 11:30 to 12:30. across from the Administration building of Bath Iron Works on Washington Street and then walk down the street to leaflet the workers at the noon shift change. We witness against the continued production of the Aegis guided missile destroyers here at BIW by General Dynamics. The Vigil for Disarmament continues every Saturday in Lent: March 8, 15, 22, 29 and April 5, 12, and 19th at the same time and place. We recognize that the building of these warships, whose missiles kill indiscriminately, are a preparation for war which robs us of the ability to address the many needs not being met here in Maine and around the world. Our continued building of Aegis guided missile Destroyers is a crime against Peace. Lent calls us to repent and turn away from the Idolatry of the false god of militarism. True security comes not from our military industrial complex but from our ability to live justly with our sisters and brothers and to share our resources equitably. Each warship built keeps us from the Love needed to heal our Mother Earth. Disarmament (Resurrection!) calls us to turn away from warships and instead to begin healing the many crises that surround us. STOP THE WAR AGAINST THE POOR! Smilin’ Trees Disarmament Farm 763-4062
