Na Brian Trautman, 10 ga Agusta, 2020
daga Muryar Art
Tsohon soji ya dade yana adawa da yaki, da inganta zaman lafiya, da kare hakkokin bil'adama da kare hakkin bil adama da sauran zalunci. Sun ba da gagarumar gudummawa ga antiwar da zaman lafiya da kuma tabbatar da adalci a cikin shekarun da suka gabata.
Kasancewarsu a cikin Black Lives Matter (BLM) ba wani bambanci bane. Tsohon soja ya kasance a bayyane sosai a cikin tallafawa bukatun adalci na kabilanci na Baƙi, 'Yan asalin Duniya, da na Al'umma mai launi (BIPOC). Gaskiya mai rikitarwa, wanda yawancin magabata suka yarda da ita, ita ce cewa fararen fata, wariyar launin fata da cin mutuncin 'yan sanda a gida yana da alaƙa da haɓakawa da sojojin mamaya na Amurka.
Tare da wannan ilimin, tsoffin sojoji sun dauki matsayin azzaluman mayaƙa don ilmantar da waɗannan haɗin haɗin gwiwar da taimaka wa marasa galihu da al'ummomin da aka katange su yaƙi zalunci. Daya daga cikin sabbin bayyanannun wannan gwagwarmayar shine '' Wall of Vets '' a Portland, KO, wani rukunin tsoffin sojoji wadanda suka hallara sakamakon mayar da rukunin sojojin tarayya zuwa waccan garin da kuma mummunan tashe-tashen hankula da suka yiwa masu zanga-zangar adawa.
Kafin yunƙurin don Rayayyun Rayuka, tsoffin sojoji, gami da mayaƙa masu faɗan, sun himmatu ga ayyukan canji na zamantakewar al'umma ta hanyoyin magabata da kuma dalilai iri daban-daban. Misali, a shekarar 1967, Vietnam Veterans yaki da yakin (VVAW) an kafa su don adawa da neman kawo karshen haramtattun abubuwa Vietnam Yaki.
Yunkurin gwagwarmayar su ya ci gaba ne a farkon farkon 1970s a cikin yakin neman zabe da yawa a cikin motsi na antiwar. Ofayan mafi mahimmanci shine zanga-zangar Mayday ta 1971, rashin biyayya ga civilan ƙasa game da yakin da ke da niyyar rufe ofisoshin gwamnati a Dutsen Capitol.
A shekarun 1980, tsoffin masu fafutuka sun yi tir da tsoma bakin Amurka.
Ranar 1 ga Satumabar, 1986, tsoffin magabata uku, wadanda suka hada da lambar karba ta Majalisa ta karimci Charles Liteky (don karfin gwiwa a karkashin wuta, da kansa ya ceci sojojin Amurka 20 da aka jefa a karkashin rauni a Vietnam), suka dauki "Vets Fast for Life" kawai kan matakan Capitol, suna masu neman Amurka da kar ta kuskura ta mamaye Nicaragua.
A shekarar 1987, an gudanar da fitintinun na tsawon watanni uku a wajen sauraron karar Majalisa don adawa da matakin gwamnatin Reagan ba bisa ka'ida ba da kuma sabawa tsarin mulkin soja a Amurka ta Tsakiya. Daga baya a waccan shekarar a cikin Concord, CA, tsoffin sojoji sun yi yajin aikin gama gari da kuma dakatar da kwanciyar hankali na jiragen kasa masu jigilar makaman da ke makaman Nicaragua da El Salvador.
Yayin gudanar da zanga-zangar S. Brian Willson, a Vietnam tsohon soja kuma daya daga cikin ukun da suka yi Vets Fast for Life, wani jirgin da ya ƙi tsayawa ya yanke ƙafafunsa.
A shekarun 1990s, tsoffin mayaƙa sun fi mai da hankali kan dakatar da haɓaka da kuma faɗaɗa mulkin mallaka na Amurka, gami da Yakin Gasar Farisa, takunkumin kasuwanci na Cuba, da takunkumin tattalin arziki kan Iraki.
Tsohon soja ya kasance mai matukar tasiri a zamanin bayan-9/11 kuma, tare da kokarin ayyukan kai tsaye an mayar da hankali kan tsayayya da abin da ake kira "War on Terror," musamman Dokar PATRIOT ta Amurka da yaƙe-yaƙe da mamaye Amurka a Gabas ta Tsakiya. . A cikin 2002-03, da yawa daga tsoffin mayaƙa sun shiga cikin zanga-zangar adawa a duk faɗin ƙasar, suna ƙoƙarin dakatar da mamayar da Iraki ta gabatar, wanda yawancin mayaƙan da suka san ba su da hikima kuma sun danganta da ƙarairayi.
A cikin 2005, tsoffin sojoji sun shiga cikin Cindy Sheehan, mahaifiyar sojan da aka kashe Casey Sheehan, da sauran masu rajin tabbatar da zaman lafiya a "Camp Casey" a Texas don neman gaskiya daga Shugaba Bush game da haramtacciyar hanya da kuma mummunan yakin Iraki.
A shekara ta 2010, tsoffin sojoji, wadanda suka hada da Pentagon Papers mai ba da fata mai suna Daniel Ellsberg, sun yi wani tawaye ga farar hula a wajen fadar White House don nuna adawarsu ga yaƙin Amurka a Afghanistan da Iraki.
A yayin yunkurin 2011 Occupy Wall Street (OWS) akan rashin daidaito tattalin arziki, tsoffin sojoji sun shiga neman adalci na tattalin arziki. Sun kuma kare masu zanga-zangar daga cin zarafin 'yan sanda kuma sun ba da dabara ta dabara ga masu shirya motsi.
Tsohon soja ya ba da gudummawa ga kamfen na jagorancin Dutse a cikin 2016-17. Dubun dubata an tura sojojin soji zuwa North Dakota don tallafawa resistancean asalin ƙasar Amurka don nuna adawa da tashe-tashen hankula a ƙasashe kan yarjejeniyar alfarma.
Saboda mayar da martani ga farar fata dan kishin kasa, Donald Trump, wariyar launin fata, bakin haure da haramcin tafiye tafiye da musulmai da sauran wariyar launin fata, manufofin kishin kasa, tsoffin magabata sun kaddamar da #VetsVsHate da Veterans Challenge Islamophobia (VCI) a shekarar 2016.
A yayin zanga-zangar BLM ta kwanan nan a Portland, wanda kawai ya kara tsananta lokacin da gwamnatin Trump ta tura wakilan tarayya don su fuskance su, Mike Hastie, Bajamushe ɗan asalin Vietnam kuma memba na Veterans For Peace (VFP), yayi ƙoƙari ya gargaɗi jami'an game da kisan-kiyashi da ake aikatawa a cikin yaƙi. Don wannan yunƙurin, an tofa masa barkono a kurkusa kuma ya tura shi.
Davidaddara daga Chris David, Tsohon Sojan Ruwa wanda ɗan sanda ya ci zarafinsa a watan da ya gabata a gaban kotun Portland, 'Wall of Vets' ya girma a matsayin mayaƙan zaman lafiya marasa ƙarfi waɗanda suka ɗora jikunansu a matsayin garkuwar kare haƙƙin mutane don haɗuwa cikin lumana da zanga-zanga. Tsoffin sojan sun tabbatar da cewa suna ci gaba da cika alkawarin da suka yi wa Kundin Tsarin Mulki da kuma mutanen Amurka ta hanyar kare hakkinsu na Kwaskwarimar Farko.
Kamar yadda yake tare da tsoffin sojan da suka gabace su a ƙungiyoyi na baya da kamfen yaƙi da tashin hankalin jihar, 'Bangon Vets' suna amfani da damar matsayinsu na tsoffin sojoji don ƙara muryar waɗanda aka zalunta. 'Bangon Vets' ɗayan misalai ne na tsofaffin mayaƙan da ke haɗuwa tare da amfani da dandamali don haskakawa kan rashin adalci da ake yi wa yawancin al'ummominmu da ba su da wadata. Sun haɗu tare da sauran 'bangon' mutane (misali, 'Bangon uwaye') waɗanda suka ƙirƙira don mayar da martani ga dabarun zalunci na Trump.
A yanzu tsoffin shugabannin suna kirkiro surori a wasu biranen, wanda hakan zai ba da damar fadada himma don hanawa da dakatar da kai hare-hare kan masu zanga-zangar adawa da lumana ta hanyar rundunoni na 'yan sanda na soja.
Tabbatarwa da danniyar rashin yarda da siyasa da rashin biyayya ga jama'a shine ikon da aka fi so da kuma dabarun sarrafa gwamnatoci. Tsoffin sojoji suna tuna laifukan da gwamnatin mai iko da ikon mamaye sojoji ke iya yi. Sun san cewa muna da aikin jama'a don tsayawa kan wadannan barazanar da ake yi wa dimokiradiyya, 'yanci da walwala.
Tsohon soja ya shiga gwagwarmaya don zaman lafiya da adalci saboda dalilai mabambanta. Ga waɗansu, motsa jiki ne don kwanciyar hankali da warkarwa. Ga wasu kira ne don kare da bautar da al'ummomin da ke fama da rauni daga kamfani ko hukuma. Ga sauran har yanzu, batun biyan kuɗi ne don biyan buƙatun gwamnatinsu a matsayin kayan aiki don gini da kuma tallafar yaƙi. Ga wasu, wani ci gaba ne na kare mutuncin jama'ar Amurka da Tsarin Mulkinmu.
Ga yawancin magabata, wasu abubuwa ne na haɗin gwiwar waɗannan abubuwan karfafa gwiwa da sauransu. Amma duk abin da ya tilasta su kare 'yancin ɗan adam da na jama'a da kuma yaƙi don zaman lafiya, suna yin hakan ne da ƙarfin halin kirki kuma cikin kyakkyawar sabis ga waɗansu. 'Wall of Vets' sun nuna cewa hakika suna ci gaba da kasancewa mai tsayi da mahimmanci gado ta hanyar aikin zaman lafiya.
Brian Trautman tsohon soja ne, mai fafutukar tabbatar da adalci, kuma malami a Albany, NY. A shafin Twitter da Instagram @brianjtrautman.
