Antiwar Alternative Remembrance Day litany
SCM Canada, November 10, 2009This litany is adapted using *No Mas, no more!*, a song sung at the annual School of the Americas vigil. Substitute or add verses - all read (or sing) together the NO Mas, no more!, then voices can alternate in reading the paragraphs.
No mas, no more! We will stop these dirty wars
All our brothers and our sisters, we cry out: No mas, no more!
No mas, no more! Shout we all as peace-makers,
Compañeros, compañeras, we cry out: No mas, no more!
For all the countries ripped apart by violence and militarism, including those which have endured such suffering at the hands of the United States, Canada and local dictators – El Salvador, Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, Haiti, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Chile, the Congo, Sudan, South Africa, and more – we cry out...
*No mas...*
For all those soldiers on all sides of war whom this culture has sacrificed on the altar of greed, materialism, and conquest, and for all the marginalized communities where army recruiters tempt and trick already poor youth with broken promises – we cry out...
*No mas...*
For all the Indigenous peoples of the world, including those in the territories occupied by Canada, who have refused to be exterminated or assimilated, and who have resisted bravely in the face of power, defenders of the land, we cry out...
*No mas...*
For all those who today have the courage to speak out against the Culture of Death, facing overwhelming costs, we cry out...
*No mas...*
For all the ways in which we, ourselves, are still part of the Culture of Death – for our over-consumption, the raging inequalities of our society, racism and privilege, the idolatry of our economic system – we cry out...
*No mas...*
For the courage and compassion to break the cycle of violence, in our world, in our country, in our communities, and in ourselves, that we may become true peace-makers and seek justice for all – we cry out...
*No mas...*
