Christliche Friedensstifter Teams

CPT entstand 1984 als Reaktion auf einen Aufruf, dass Christen die gleiche Disziplin und Selbstaufopferung für die gewaltfreie Friedensarbeit aufbringen sollten wie das Militär für die Kriegsführung.

Auf Einladung von lokalen Friedens- und Menschenrechts– gruppen schickt CPT heute Teams in Krisengebiete und Gegenden mit viel Militärpräsenz in der ganzen Welt und bindet damit die weltweite Kirche in eine organisierte, ge- waltfreie Alternative zum Krieg ein.

CPT verfolgt die Vision von unbewaffneten Interventionen, die von überzeugten Friedensstiftern durchgeführt werden. Diese sind bereit, im Zuge mutiger Aktionen Verletzungen und sogar den Tod zu riskieren, um tödliche Konfliktsituationen mit Hilfe der gewaltfreien Macht von Gottes Wahrheit und Liebe zu transformieren.
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Info-Reise Kanada - Ureinwohner

In deutscher Sprache - 2.-14. April 2012

Neben den Teams ausgebildeter Friedensstifter im Dauereinsatz gibt es regelmäßige Info-Reisen in die Krisengebiete.  In Begegnungen und Gesprächen lernen Teilnehmende die Realität in einem Konfliktgebiet kennen.  Nach der Rückkehr berichten sie von den Erfahrungen in ihren Gemeinden.  Teilnahme an einer Info-Reise ist Voraussetzung für ein CPT-Training und Bewerbung als Mitarbeiter/in eines Friedensstifter-Teams.

Wer an Teilnahme interessiert ist, kann über cpt@dmfk.de Kontakt aufnehmen.

AL-KHALIL (HEBRON): The Israeli Paradigm, Part II

May 26th, 2012
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In the first part of my reflection, I noted that historian Ilan Pappé challenged us to bring into the discourse of Israel and Palestine the words “Settler-colonialism,” “occupation” and “apartheid” and that the situation in Hebron supports the truth of these words:

Our neighbor in the old city of Hebron—where her family has lived for hundreds of years— requires a permit to live on Shuhada Street in but cannot go out of her front door.  When we walk through our neighborhood, I we see gun watchtowers and checkpoints.  On one street running near the Ibrahimi mosque, a concrete barrier divides the street in two.  The left half of the street is for Israelis and the right side is for Palestinians.  Israelis can drive on their part of the street but the Palestinian side is too narrow for cars.

Soldiers guard Palestinian house that settlers have occupied, March 2012

CHICAGO: CPT marches on NATO

May 23rd, 2012
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As NATO war makers gathered for their summit in Chicago, dozens of CPTers and CPT supporters marched with thousands from throughout the city and around the world.  The marchers called for an end to military madness and gave witness to the way of nonviolence that will midwife a just and peaceable society.  Several CPTers played key roles in nonviolence training and as peace guides.  The spirit of the march is exemplified in these photos by CPTer Tim Nafziger.
 

Prayers for Peacemakers, May 23, 2012

May 22nd, 2012
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PRAYERS FOR PEACEMAKERS, May 23, 2012

Give thanks with CPT for the more than fifty First Nation representatives who made a Freedom Train journey across Canada’s West opposing Enbridge corporation’s proposed tar sands pipeline through their territory. Pray that support for their efforts will continue to grow.

COLOMBIA: Four things you should know about Colombia's armed conflict

May 22nd, 2012
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Contrary to what major world news sources say, the war in Colombia is about more than drugs.  So much of what the global north consumes comes from Colombia—flowers, bananas, coffee, chocolate, gold, oil, coal, palm oil—so why do we know so little about this country?  The war in Colombia has been raging for the last forty-eight years, which begs the question, "why?"  To get to the heart of that question, here are four things everyone should know about Colombia's armed conflict…

 3. It is the most dangerous place for a union organizer in the world.


Names of assassinated Coca Cola union members

More union members are killed in Colombia than in the rest of the world combined.  In October, the United States and Colombia signed a Free Trade Agreement that will ensure the ongoing extraction of natural resources and the continued threats to the security of union members.  Over 2,500 trade unionists have been killed in Colombia in the last 20 years and in 98% of the cases, no one was brought to justice.  Human rights organizations brought these concerns to the US and Colombian governments before the signing of the FTA and the Labor Action Plan, meant to secure the rights of union workers.  However, worker rights have deteriorated.  In 2011, thirty trade unionists were murdered and four unionists have been killed thus far in 2012.

AL-KHALIL (HEBRON) REFLECTION: The Israeli Paradigm, Part I

May 21st, 2012
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 I have been reading Ilan Pappé’s (1) book Forgotten Palestinians.  I find his writing to be informative and thought provoking and so was excited a couple weeks ago, when the team and I got a chance to hear Pappé speak at the Alternative Information Centre in Beit Sahour.

What Pappé said offered an alternative to much of the discourse surrounding Israel and Palestine.  Pappé argued that most people, even those who see themselves as being pro-Palestinian, still speak and think within the paradigm (2) created by Zionists.

According to Pappé, in this paradigm of peace the Zionists saw that they must establish full control over the West Bank, to fulfill their vision of the State of Israel.  He likened the situation in the West Bank to that of a prison.  If Palestinians within the West Bank are willing to work within the framework of the paradigm and ‘behave,’ they will receive rewards and benefits, and the prison will resemble an open detention center where people have some freedoms and can move around somewhat freely.  These benefits, Pappé stated, could even incorporate a state, but it would be a state without sovereignty, and a state that was still within the Zionist paradigm, and therefore still ultimately under Zionist control.  However, if the Palestinians dare to challenge the paradigm they will find themselves in a maximum-security prison where Israel severely restricts their rights and limits their freedoms.

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Palestine / Israel delegation Tue, 05/22/2012 Mon, 06/04/2012
Colombia delegation Thu, 05/24/2012 Wed, 06/06/2012
Colombia delegation Thu, 07/12/2012 Wed, 07/25/2012
Aboriginal Justice delegation - Treaty #3 Area (Northwest Ontario) Fri, 08/10/2012 Mon, 08/20/2012
Colombia delegation Thu, 09/20/2012 Wed, 10/03/2012
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