{"id":1180,"date":"2019-04-19T21:50:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T02:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2019-05-03T16:24:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T21:24:52","slug":"ethics-of-war-and-peace-conference-good-friday-arrest-at-lockheed-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/?p=1180","title":{"rendered":"Ethics of War and Peace conference; Good Friday arrest at Lockheed Martin; War Tax Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"

The annual Ethics of War conference was held at Villanova in late March and I participated as usual. \u201cAs usual\u201d means that in the Q&A of plenary sessions, I gave my unique (for the conference) pacifist position on the topic. I made a point of speaking with the West Point cadets who attended and\u00a0\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>I felt the conversations to be valuable for us all. Conference will be back at West Point next year.<\/p>\n

Today is Good Friday and I attended the annual Good Friday observance at Lockheed Martin. I once again attempted to carry the U.N. Declaration for Abolishment of Nuclear Weapons to the workers at Lockheed Martin who are part of the system that makes these world-destructive weapons. \u00a0And I was once again arrested while walking up their driveway with my material, but I believe that our message was effectively delivered in other ways nevertheless.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week I did my usual war tax resistance for April 15. Sent in my 1040 and a check, but not for all the money that was owed. I practice a very simple WTR — I include a letter explaining why the check is $100 short — that this tax money was redirected to peaceful purposes – $50 to the Disabled American Veterans association and $50 to UNICEF. Recipients get a letter explaining how they came to receive the donation. The IRS often seizes the money one way or another, but at least I am not as complicit in this crime of government. .And I have successfully redirected more than $1000 of refused telephone war tax over the decades (and am still a phone tax resister).<\/p>\n

(p.s. We recently purchased a three-year-old Ford C-Max plug in hybrid. We selected this car for reasons of environmental concern, good price, and good transportation. Now I know much more about what \u201chybrid\u201d means. It has a gasoline engine for longer distances and more power, an electric motor for in-town driving and, most significantly, regenerative braking so that when you break at a light or stop sign, the energy of braking is re-captured and used to charge the battery. Very clever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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