Slavers ikkevoldelige kamp på De Dansk-Vestindiske Øer
Shelley Moorhead fra de tidligere Dansk-Vestindiske Øer er formand for foreningen Carida, bevægelsen for Virgin Islands forsoning. Danske skoler fortæller at slaveriet blev afskaffet af Peter von Scholten, men han blev faktisk tvunget til det af helten Buddhoe fra St. Croix under et oprør i 1848, fortæller Shelley:
Det er klart, at rent politisk set blev slaveriets afskaffelse gjort officielt af Peter von Scholtens proklamation. Men for befolkningen, blev det gjort officielt med deres handlinger, og af de strategier, der blev anvendt. General Buddhoe bar denne titel på grund af sin militære strategi, men førte en krig uden konventionelle våben. Den 3. juli 1848 om morgenen blev der blæst i et konkyliehorn, og det signalerede begyndelsen af en meget grundig tilrettelagt plan. Tusindvis af slaver af afrikansk oprindelse klædt i hvidt, mødtes på Fort Frederik i Frederiksted, og krævede deres frihed. Fortet var militærets og regeringens forpost for Danmark i den vestlige del af St. Croix.
Beskeder gik ud til plantageejerne for få dem til komme og hjælpe militsen. Men da soldaterne gik til arsenalerne for at få fat i våbnene og placere kanonerne, opdagede de hurtigt, at de mange krudtposer og tønder, der skulle have været fyldt med krudt, i stedet var blevet fyldt op med sand. Og at alt krudtet var blevet smidt i havet! Vi havde ikke våben, så vi havde ikke behov for krudtet.Så fortæl mig, hvad ville du have gjort - i denne situation, hvor du har en fæstning, som er omringet af måske mere end 10.000 afrikanske slaver, der kræver deres frihed - hvis du var i Peter von Scholten sko?
Interviewet er fra 2010, men aktuelt da statsminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen rejste til De Vestindiske Øer i anledning af 100-året for salget af øerne til USA. Læs resten på Modkraft.dk.
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> Peace prize for drone researcher: Refuses to make weapons
”I don't want to build drones for the military”, wrote Dylan Cawthorne in the Danish trade magazine for engineers - and for this attitude the peace organisation ”Aldrig Mere Krig” (”Never More War”) has now honoured him with the association's Peace Rose. Cawthorne is an aerospace engineer and associate professor at the Drone Centre at the University of Southern Denmark.
Cawthorne warns of a ”militarization of public Danish universities”, and that he himself is exposed to ”increased pressure from management to work on military projects”, with ”financial gain as the primary motive”.
Despite the pressure, Cawthorne refuses to work on military projects, and will insist on developing only civilian drones – for the benefit of healthcare and similar humanitarian tasks: ”Then I can combine my love of flight and fabrication, with my dream of making the world a better place.”
The Peace Rose was awarded to Dylan Cawthorne on Sunday the 10th of September in front of his artwork ”Kites for Peace”. The award certificate from the peace organisation honours Cawthorne for ”the courage to demand technology for peace and not for war”.
”In a world where science has made our leaders all too skilled at creating havoc and causing destruction, but not at solving their conflicts peacefully, it is important for daring individuals to speak out against the onslaught of militarisation”, said Tom Vilmer Paamand, who is chairman of the peace organisation, at the presentation:
”Freedom of research is threatened, just as freedom of speech is, when suddenly there is no room for sober thoughts against war. That is why people like Dylan Cawthorne, who dare anyway, are so badly needed.”
”Aldrig Mere Krig” is the Danish section of War Resisters' International, and has been handing out its Peace Roses for over 50 years. Over the years, the prize has been given for many forms of action, and to many types of actors - from dock workers to artists, journalists and even to a commander of the special forces. And in a similar case to Cawthorne's, to the engineering company Rambøll, which at that time had a philosophy of not wanting to ”make money from the arms industry”.
Tom Vilmer Paamand - september 2023
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> Peace prize for drone researcher: Refuses to make weapons
”I don't want to build drones for the military”, wrote Dylan Cawthorne in the Danish trade magazine for engineers - and for this attitude the peace organisation ”Aldrig Mere Krig” (”Never More War”) has now honoured him with the association's Peace Rose. Cawthorne is an aerospace engineer and associate professor at the Drone Centre at the University of Southern Denmark.Cawthorne warns of a ”militarization of public Danish universities”, and that he himself is exposed to ”increased pressure from management to work on military projects”, with ”financial gain as the primary motive”.
Despite the pressure, Cawthorne refuses to work on military projects, and will insist on developing only civilian drones – for the benefit of healthcare and similar humanitarian tasks: ”Then I can combine my love of flight and fabrication, with my dream of making the world a better place.”
The Peace Rose was awarded to Dylan Cawthorne on Sunday the 10th of September in front of his artwork ”Kites for Peace”. The award certificate from the peace organisation honours Cawthorne for ”the courage to demand technology for peace and not for war”.
”In a world where science has made our leaders all too skilled at creating havoc and causing destruction, but not at solving their conflicts peacefully, it is important for daring individuals to speak out against the onslaught of militarisation”, said Tom Vilmer Paamand, who is chairman of the peace organisation, at the presentation:
”Freedom of research is threatened, just as freedom of speech is, when suddenly there is no room for sober thoughts against war. That is why people like Dylan Cawthorne, who dare anyway, are so badly needed.”
”Aldrig Mere Krig” is the Danish section of War Resisters' International, and has been handing out its Peace Roses for over 50 years. Over the years, the prize has been given for many forms of action, and to many types of actors - from dock workers to artists, journalists and even to a commander of the special forces. And in a similar case to Cawthorne's, to the engineering company Rambøll, which at that time had a philosophy of not wanting to ”make money from the arms industry”.
Tom Vilmer Paamand - september 2023
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