Minnesota: Tunawa da sadaukarwar Marie Braun ga Aminci da Adalci

Ta Sarah Martin da Meredith Aby-Keirstead, Yaki Baya Labarai, Yuni 30, 2022

Minneapolis, MN – Marie Braun, 'yar shekara 87, ta daɗe tana fafutuka kuma ƙaunatacciyar shugabar ƙungiyar zaman lafiya da adalci a cikin Twin Cities, ta mutu a ranar 27 ga Yuni bayan gajeriyar rashin lafiya.

Martanin Dave Logsdon, Shugaban Tsohon Sojoji don Zaman Lafiya Babi na 27, ya nuna irin martanin da mutane da yawa suka yi, “Irin wannan girgiza. Tana da ƙarfi sosai da wuya a yarda da wannan labarin. Wani kato ne a harkar zaman lafiya da adalci.”

Marie Braun ta kasance memba ce ta Mata Against Soja (WAMM) kusan daga farkonta shekaru 40 da suka gabata. Bayan ta yi ritaya a cikin 1997 daga aikin ilimin halin ɗan adam wanda ta gudu tare da mijinta John, ta mai da hankalinta gabaɗaya, ɗabi'ar aiki mara misaltuwa, ƙwarewar ƙungiyar almara, kuzari mara iyaka da zafi da ban dariya ga aikin yaƙi da yaƙi.

Ta yi tafiya zuwa Iraki tare da Ramsey Clark, Jess Sundin da sauransu a cikin tawagar Cibiyar Ayyuka ta Duniya a 1998 a daidai lokacin da Amurka ta kakaba wa wannan kasa takunkumi. Sundin ya ba da wannan ambaton Yaki Baya!:

"Ina da shekaru 25 kacal lokacin da na yi tafiya tare da Marie zuwa Iraki don tawagar hadin kai don kalubalantar takunkumin Amurka da na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya wanda ya haifar da mutuwa da wahala. Tafiya ce ta canza rayuwa a gare ni, wanda Marie ta yi ta ta hanyoyi da yawa.

"Marie ta taimaka wajen tsara masu tara kuɗi da suka biya hanyata, kuma ita da mijinta John sun ba da gudummawa mai yawa da kansu. Tawagar ta 1998 ita ce irinta ta farko zuwa Iraki, kuma ban tabbata ba zan sami kwarin gwiwar yin wannan tafiya tare da baki 100 daga ko'ina cikin kasar, idan ba na tafiya tare da wani tsohon soja na zaman lafiya na Minneapolis. motsi.

“Marie ta ɗauki ni da wani ƙaramin matafiyi ƙarƙashin reshenta, kuma shawararta ba ta tsaya a filin jirgin ba. Ziyara zuwa asibitin yara da mafakar bam na Al Amiriyah, abincin dare tare da dangin Iraqi na abokai daga Minnesota ko rawa tare da ɗalibai a makarantar fasaha. Mukan kwana da dare muna magana game da kwanakinmu, kuma Marie ita ce dutsen da na dogara da shi don aiwatar da mugunyar yaƙin da aka yi wa mutanen Iraqi masu ƙauna da karimci. Ta same ni.

"Komawa gida, Marie ta kafa ma'auni don yadda haɗin kai na duniya ya yi kama. A lokaci guda, ba ta manta da danginta, ba ta daina samun farin ciki da abin dariya ba, kuma ta kan karfafa wa matasa irina gwiwa da su yi wa kanmu gida a harkar,” in ji Sundin.

Marie ta fara bikin na mako-mako a gadar Lake Street wanda ba a rasa ko daya Laraba ba a cikin shekaru 23 na yaki da yaki, tun daga harin bam na Amurka / NATO a Yugoslavia har zuwa yau tare da Amurka / NATO ta haifar da rikici a Ukraine. Shekaru da yawa ita da John su ne suka kawo alamun, galibi waɗanda aka saba yin su a wannan makon, suna nuna kowace ƙasa da Amurka ke kai harin bam, takunkumi ko mamayewa.

A ci gaba da zuwa Desert Storm, ita da John sun shirya kamfen don mambobin WAMM don rarraba dubban alamun lawn da ke cewa "Ku kira dan majalisar ku. Ka ce a'a a yaki Iraki." Waɗannan alamun ba wai kawai sun mamaye ko'ina cikin ciyayi a cikin garinmu ba amma har da sauran al'ummomi a duk faɗin ƙasar.

Shekaru da yawa Marie ta shirya hidima a cocinsu, Saint Joan na Arc, a kan idin tsarkakan marasa laifi. Ta mayar da wannan tunawa da kisan gillar da Hirudus ya yi wa yara a Falasdinu, zuwa abin tunawa ga yaran Iraki da harin bama-bamai da takunkumin Amurka ya kashe.

Marie ta shirya ayyuka na tsawon kwanaki a Sanatocin Amurka Wellstone, Dayton da ofisoshin Coleman. Ta kawo shugabannin gari kamar Cindy Sheehan, Kathy Kelly da Denis Halliday, mai kula da ayyukan jin kai na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Iraki, kuma ta tabbatar da cewa sun yi magana da taron jama'a na tsaye-kawai. Ta kirkiro wata hanyar sadarwa ta masu fafutukar yaki da yaki a fadin jihar don daukar nauyin rangadin magana da kuma matsawa zababbun jami'ai. Ba ta bar wani abu ba a cikin aikinta na yaki da mulkin mallaka na Amurka a Iraki, tsayin daka ta yi amfani da duk abin da ta yi.

Alan Dale, Minnesota Peace Action Coalition wanda ya kafa ya ba da labarin, “Marie ta kasance mai fafutuka mai tsayin daka, tana aiki tare da mutane da yawa daga wurare da yawa, koyaushe tana kiyaye ka'idodinta. Marie sau da yawa ta ɗauki matsayin mai kula da wanzar da zaman lafiya ko shugabar marshal don zanga-zanga. A daya daga cikin zanga-zangar tunawa da yakin Iraki da aka fara a Loring Park, daruruwan mutane ne suka taru domin yin maci. Sai 'yan sandan suka iso. Babban dan sandan ya yi kamar a gefensa duk wadannan mutane sun shirya yin tattaki ba tare da izininsu ba. Shugaban ‘yan sandan ya bukaci lasisin direban wani don ya san inda zai aika sammaci, Marie ta ce, 'Kuna iya samun lasisin tuki na, amma har yanzu za mu yi tafiya.' A lokacin, mutane 1000 zuwa 2000 sun taru. ’Yan sandan sun yi sallama suka tafi.”

A cikin 2010, masu fafutukar yaƙi da yaƙi a Minneapolis da kewayen Midwest FBI sun yi niyya don zaman lafiya da fafutukar haɗin kai na duniya. Duk waɗannan marubutan an haɗa su cikin waɗanda aka yi wa sammaci ga babban juri da FBI ta yi niyya. Marie ta taimaka mana wajen tsara juriyarmu ta hanyar Kwamitin Tsaya Damuwar FBI. Joe Iosbaker, wata mai fafutuka daga Chicago wadda ita ma aka sammace ta, ta tuna da irin hadin kai da ta yi, “Na tuna da irin kokarin da ta yi da ‘yan majalisa da kuma ‘yan majalisar dattawa a madadin Antiwar 23. Samar da wadanda zababbun jami’an da aka zabe su su yi magana domin kare mu ya zama kamar ba zan iya misaltuwa a gare ni ba. amma ba ga Marie da jiga-jigan masu fafutukar zaman lafiya a garuruwan Twin! Kuma sun yi gaskiya.”

Shekaru da yawa da suka gabata Marie ta jagoranci Kwamitin Karshen Yaƙi na WAMM. Mary Slobig ta ce, "Ba zan iya tunanin Kwamitin Ƙarshen Yaƙi ba tare da ta aika da ajanda, ta riƙe mu mu yi aiki, da kuma yin bayanin kula. Ita ce dutsen mu!”

Kristin Dooley, darektan WAMM ya fada Yaki Baya!, “Marie ta kasance abokiyata, mashawarta, kuma abokin tarayya a cikin gwagwarmaya shekaru da yawa. Ta kasance ƙwararriyar mai fafutuka. Ta iya sarrafa kudi, ma'aikata, sabunta membobinta, tara kuɗi, latsawa da rubutu. Da son rai ta yi mu'amala da hukumomin addini, siyasa, farar hula da 'yan sanda. Marie ta sanar da ni cewa tana da bayana kuma na zama ƙwararren mai fafutuka saboda ta yarda da ni.

Marie ta yi mana kwarin gwiwa ta jajircewarta kuma ba ta jin tsoron neman shiga ko kuɗi. Yawancin mu mun ce, "Ba za ku iya ce wa Marie a'a ba." Ta kasance ginshiƙi na motsin zaman lafiya kuma mabuɗin mai ƙarfafa ayyuka da canji mai tasiri. Ta kasance ƙwararriyar jagora kuma malami kuma ta bar ƙungiyoyi masu ƙarfi da daidaikun mutane don ci gaba da gwagwarmaya. Ta fito da mafi kyawu a cikinmu, kuma mu da kungiyar zaman lafiya za mu yi kewarta fiye da baki.

Marie Braun Presente!

Za a iya aika abubuwan tunawa ga Matan da ke Hauka Soja a 4200 Cedar Avenue South, Suite 1, Minneapolis, MN 55407.