Minnesota: Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei i kā Marie Braun hoʻohiki i ka Maluhia a me ka Pono

Na Sarah Martin lāua ʻo Meredith Aby-Keirstead, Kaua Hou Nuhou, Iune 30, 2022

Minneapolis, MN - Ua make ʻo Marie Braun, 87, he mea hana lōʻihi a aloha ʻia a mahalo ʻia i ka neʻe ʻana o ka maluhia a me ka hoʻopono ma Twin Cities, ma Iune 27 ma hope o kahi maʻi pōkole loa.

ʻO ka pane a Dave Logsdon, Pelekikena o Veterans for Peace Mokuna 27, e hōʻike ana i ka hopena o nā mea he nui, "ʻO ia ka haʻalulu. He ikaika loa ʻo ia a hiki ʻole ke manaʻoʻiʻo i kēia nūhou. He kanaka nunui i loko o kā mākou neʻe maluhia a me ka hoʻopono. "

He lālā ʻo Marie Braun no Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) kokoke mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana he 40 mau makahiki i hala. Ma hope o kona hoʻomaha ʻana i ka makahiki 1997 mai ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa psychology āna i holo ai me kāna kāne ʻo John, ua hoʻohuli ʻo ia i kona manaʻo piha, ka ʻano hana like ʻole, nā mākau hoʻonohonoho kaʻao, ka ikaika palena ʻole a me ka mahanahana a me ka ʻakaʻaka i ka hana anti-kaua.

Ua huakaʻi ʻo ia i Iraq me Ramsey Clark, Jess Sundin a me nā mea ʻē aʻe ma kahi hui International Action Center ma 1998 i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻino ʻana o ka US i kēlā ʻāina. Hāʻawi ʻo Sundin i kēia hoʻomanaʻo iā Kaua hope!:

"He 25 wale nō koʻu mau makahiki i koʻu hele ʻana me Marie i Iraq no kahi ʻelele hui e kūʻē i nā hoʻopaʻi US a me UN i kumu nui ai ka make a me ka pilikia. He huakaʻi hoʻololi ola ia iaʻu, kahi i hiki ai ma nā ʻano he nui e Marie.

"Ua kōkua ʻo Marie i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā ʻohi kālā i uku i koʻu ala, a ua hāʻawi nui ʻo ia a me kāna kāne ʻo John iā lākou iho. ʻO ka ʻelele o ka makahiki 1998 ka ʻelele mua loa o ia ʻano i Iraq, a ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu e loaʻa iaʻu ka hilinaʻi e hana i kēlā huakaʻi me 100 mau malihini mai kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka ʻāina, inā ʻaʻole wau e huakaʻi me kahi mea kahiko o ka maluhia Minneapolis. ka neʻe ʻana.

“Ua lawe ʻo Marie iaʻu iho a me kekahi huakaʻi ʻōpio ma lalo o kona ʻēheu, a ʻaʻole i pau kāna aʻo ʻana ma ke kahua mokulele. Ke kipa ʻana i kahi haukapila pediatric a me Al Amiriyah bomb shelter, ʻaina ahiahi me ka ʻohana Iraqi o nā hoaaloha mai Minnesota a i ʻole ka hula me nā haumāna ma ke kula kiʻi. E ala mākou i ka pō e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ko mākou mau lā, a ʻo Marie ka pōhaku aʻu i hilinaʻi ai e hoʻoponopono i nā weliweli o ke kaua i hana ʻia e kūʻē i ka poʻe Iraqi aloha a lokomaikaʻi. Ua hoʻokō ʻo ia iaʻu.

"Hoʻi i ka home, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Marie i ka maʻamau no ke ʻano o ka hui honua. I ka manawa like, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i poina i kona ʻohana, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i pau i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hauʻoli a me ke kumu e ʻakaʻaka ai, a ua paipai mau ʻo ia i ka poʻe ʻōpio e like me aʻu e hana i hale no mākou i ka neʻe ʻana, "wahi a Sundin.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Marie i ka makaʻala i kēlā me kēia pule ma ke alahaka ʻo Lake Street i hala ʻole i hoʻokahi Pōʻakolu i kāna mau makahiki 23 o ke kaua kaua, mai ka US / NATO bombing o Yugoslavia a hiki i kēia lā me ka US / NATO i hoʻonāukiuki i ka hakakā ma Ukraine. No nā makahiki he nui ʻo lāua ʻo John ka mea nāna e lawe mai i nā hōʻailona, ​​i hana pinepine ʻia i kēlā pule, e noʻonoʻo ana i kēlā me kēia ʻāina a ka US e hoʻopā nei, hoʻopaʻa a noho paha.

I ka holo ʻana i Desert Storm, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia a me John i kahi hoʻolaha no nā lālā WAMM e puʻunaue i nā tausani o nā hōʻailona lawn i ʻōlelo ʻia "E kāhea i kāu luna ʻaha kūkā. Mai ʻōlelo aku i ke kaua ma Iraq. ʻAʻole ʻike wale ʻia kēia mau hōʻailona ma nā lau nahele o ko mākou kūlanakauhale akā ua noi ʻia e nā kaiāulu ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina.

No nā makahiki he nui, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Marie i kahi lawelawe ma ko lākou hale pule, ʻo Saint Joan of Arc, ma ka ʻahaʻaina o ka Holy Innocents. Ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i kēia hoʻomanaʻo no ka pepehi ʻana i nā keiki ma Palesetina e Herode, i mea hoʻomanaʻo no nā keiki o Iraq i pepehi ʻia e ka pana ʻana a me ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana o ʻAmelika.

Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Marie i nā lā lōʻihi ma nā keʻena o US Senators 'Wellstone, Dayton a me Coleman. Ua lawe mai ʻo ia i nā alakaʻi aupuni o ke kūlanakauhale e like me Cindy Sheehan, Kathy Kelly a me Denis Halliday, ka luna hoʻoponopono kanaka UN ma Iraq, a ʻike pono lākou e kamaʻilio me ka lehulehu o nā lumi kū. Ua hoʻomohala ʻo ia i kahi pūnaewele puni honua o nā mea hoʻoulu kaua kaua e hoʻokipa i nā huakaʻi kamaʻilio a e koi i nā luna i koho ʻia. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i waiho i kahi pōhaku i hoʻohuli ʻole ʻia i kāna hana kūʻē i ka imperialism US ma Iraq, kahi kūpaʻa āna i hoʻohana ai i kāna mea i hana ai.

Ua haʻi ʻo Alan Dale, ka mea hoʻokumu ʻo Minnesota Peace Action Coalition i ka moʻolelo, "ʻO Marie ka mea hoʻoikaika mau loa, e hana pū ana me nā poʻe he nui mai nā ʻano like ʻole, e mālama mau ana i kāna mau kumu ponoʻī. Lawe pinepine ʻo Marie ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoponopono hoʻomalu a i ʻole alakaʻi alakaʻi no nā kūʻē. I kekahi o nā kūʻē hoʻomanaʻo o ke kaua ʻo Iraq e hoʻomaka ana ma Loring Park, ua ʻākoakoa nā haneli he nui e hele. A laila hōʻea maila nā mākaʻi. Me he mea lā ʻaʻole naʻe ka makaʻi alakaʻi i ka manaʻo o kēia poʻe a pau e hele me ka ʻae ʻole mai. Ua koi ka makai alakaʻi i ka laikini kaʻa o kekahi no laila ua ʻike ʻo ia i kahi e hoʻouna aku ai i kahi palapala kiʻi, ʻōlelo ʻo Marie, 'Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kaʻu laikini kaʻa, akā e hele mau ana kāua.' I kēlā manawa, aia he 1000 a 2000 mau kānaka i ʻākoakoa. Haʻalele wale nā ​​mākaʻi a haʻalele. "

I ka makahiki 2010, ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā mea hoʻoulu kaua anti-war ma Minneapolis a puni ka Midwest e ka FBI no ko lākou maluhia a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka honua. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia kēia mau mea kākau ʻelua i ka poʻe i hoʻopiʻi ʻia i kahi jure nui a i manaʻo ʻia e ka FBI. Ua kōkua ʻo Marie iā mākou e hoʻonohonoho i kā mākou kūʻē ʻana ma o ke Kōmike e hoʻōki i ka FBI Repression. Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Joe Iosbaker, he mea hoʻoikaika mai Chicago i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, i kona hui pū ʻana, "Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au i kāna mea maikaʻi loa mai kāna mau hana me nā luna ʻaha kūkā a me nā senator ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Antiwar 23. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kēlā mau luna i koho ʻia e ʻōlelo i ko mākou pale ʻana me he mea lā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo. ʻaʻole naʻe iā Marie a me nā mea hoʻoikaika maluhia ma nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua! A ua pololei lākou.

No nā makahiki i hala iho nei ua noho ʻo Marie i ke Kōmike Kaua Hoʻopau WAMM. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mary Slobig, "ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo i ke Kōmike Kaua Hoʻopau me ka ʻole o kāna hoʻouna ʻana i ka papahana, hoʻopaʻa iā mākou i ka hana, a me ka lawe ʻana i nā memo. ʻO ia ko mākou pōhaku!”

Ua haʻi aku ʻo Kristin Dooley, ka luna o WAMM Kaua hope!, "ʻO Marie koʻu hoaaloha, koʻu kumu aʻo, a me kaʻu hoa hana i ka hana no nā makahiki he mau makahiki. He kanaka hana akamai loa ʻo ia. Hiki iā ia ke mālama i ke kālā, nā limahana, nā hoʻohou lālā, ka ʻohi kālā, ka paʻi ʻana a me ke kākau ʻana. Ua ʻoluʻolu ʻo ia e launa pū me nā mana hoʻomana, politika, kīwila a me nā mākaʻi. Ua hōʻike mai ʻo Marie iaʻu ua loaʻa iaʻu koʻu kua a ua lilo wau i mea hoʻoikaika maikaʻi loa no ka mea ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia iaʻu.

Ua hoʻoikaika ʻo Marie iā mākou e kāna kūpaʻa a ʻaʻole hopohopo e noi i ke komo ʻana a i ʻole ke kālā. Ua ʻōlelo ka hapa nui o mākou, "ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo ʻole iā Marie." He kia ʻo ia o ka neʻe ʻana o ka maluhia a he kumu hoʻoikaika nui no nā hana a me ka loli maikaʻi. He kumu aʻoaʻo akamai ʻo ia a haʻalele i nā hui ikaika a me nā kānaka e hoʻomau i ka hakakā. Ua lawe mai ʻo ia i ka mea maikaʻi loa i loko o mākou, a ʻo mākou a me ka hui maluhia e nalo iā ia ma mua o ka ʻōlelo.

¡Marie Braun Hōʻikeʻike!

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