STATEMENT: PAUPERS PLOWSHARES

There is an ongoing holocaust of the poor. People are literally dropping dead in all corners of the world for lack of necessities. On this Good Friday, the poor are being CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST. They hang on the cross waiting to be relieved of the burden of our nuclear swords.

These weapons rob the poor of their sustenance. The very existence of these planes constitutes a first strike against the poor. The money used for them should have been used for the poor.

We have come to the N.A.D.C. today from Pauper's Field. We bring with us a list of people dumped there en masse to be forgotten in death much as they were forgotten in life. We are here in their spirit to rename this facility as the real Paupers Field.  In their name we ask that these weapons not be used again.

We share the same vision of the world as that of the Prophet Isaiah. It is a world where everyone can lie down together, unbothered by the fear and insecurity of war. These weapons must be beaten into plowshares for this vision to have even a fleeting chance of piercing the armor of violence and insensitivity.