Na Gary Black, NewsMiner
FAIRBANKS - ʻO ka Noble Peace Prize nominee, ka mea kākau a me ka mea hana ʻo David Swanson e kamaʻilio nei ma Fairbanks i kēia hopena pule, kahi e kamaʻilio ai ʻo ia e pili ana i nā hana e hoʻopau i ke kaua a puni ka honua.
ʻO Swanson ka mea kākau o "War is a Lie" a me "When the World Outlawed War," a me ke alakaʻi o HoloholoNua.org a he luna hoʻolaha hoʻolaha no KohoAloha.org. Ke hele mua nei ʻo ia i Alaska no ka haʻiʻōlelo a ua kono ʻia ʻo ia e kamaʻilio e ka Alaska Peace Center a me ke Kulanui o Alaska Fairbanks Peace Club.
Ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻomalu maluhia, e kamaʻilio ʻo Swanson e pili ana i ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana o ke kaua i ka honua ma ke ʻano he koho kūpono a me ka mea hiki iā mākou ke hana e pale aku ai.
"He wahaheʻe ke kaua" i kākau ʻia ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi e kōkua i ka poʻe e ʻike i ka wahaheʻe e pili ana i ke kaua," wahi a Swanson ma ke kelepona i kēia pule mai kona home ma Virginia. "ʻO ka nui o nā mea a mākou e hopu ai i ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā kaua ma waho. ʻAʻole pono mākou iā Chelsea Manning a i ʻole Edward Snowden a i ʻole ka ʻaha kūkā ʻana, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, e kuhikuhi ana iā Manning lāua ʻo Snowden ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoheheʻe i nā palapala aupuni.
ʻOiai ke kūpaʻa nei ʻo Swanson i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka maluhia, ʻaʻole ʻo ia e makaʻu i kahi paʻakikī maikaʻi. I ka wehe ʻia ʻana o kāna kamaʻilio ʻana i ka lehulehu, ua kono ākea ʻo ia i ka poʻe ʻae ʻole i kona mau manaʻo e hele a komo i kahi paio puʻuwai.
"Ke kono ʻia nei nā mea a pau, ʻo ia hoʻi ka poʻe ʻae ʻole, a ke kū mau nei au no kahi kūkākūkā kīwila," wahi āna. "He waiwai ka kamaʻilio ʻana i nā mea kākoʻo maluhia, akā makemake wau i ke kūkākūkā. Pono nā poʻe ma Alaska e manaʻo nei he pono ke kaua, a e loaʻa iā mākou kēlā kūkākūkā.
ʻO ke ʻano politika o kēia manawa he mea ia e hoʻopā ai, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia e ʻaoʻao i ka wā e pili ana i kāna ʻōlelo aʻo.
"Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, loaʻa iā mākou ka hui pūʻali koa nui loa," wahi āna. "Ke hoʻohana nei ka US Department of Defense i kahi trillion dollars i kēlā me kēia makahiki no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ke kaua, a me ia, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopau i ka pōloli a i ʻole ka wai inu. Me nā ʻumi kaukani kālā, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻololi iā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a i ʻole ka honua, akā ua ʻae piha ʻia e nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua a ʻaʻole i nīnau ʻia. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka hoʻolimalima koa ma mua o ka hapalua o nā mea a Congress OK, a ʻaʻole i nīnau ka poʻe media i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ka nui o kā mākou e hoʻolilo ai a piʻi paha i lalo. "
ʻO ka hopena, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, makemake ʻo ia e ʻike i ka neʻe ʻana o ka moʻomeheu a me ka holomua ʻana i ka manaʻo he mea hiki ʻole ke kaua a kūlohelohe paha a ʻaʻohe mea e hiki ke hana no ia.
"He mea āu e ʻike ai i lohe nui ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma mua o nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe," wahi a Swanson. "ʻO ka maluhia ka mea maʻamau, ʻaʻole ke kaua, a ma ka US, ʻo 99 pakeneka o mākou ʻaʻohe mea pili me ia. ʻO ka poʻe hele i ke kaua ka poʻe e ʻeha.
Inā hele ʻoe
He aha: David Swanson haʻiʻōlelo
Ia: 7 pm Poaono
Kahi: Schaible Auditorium, Ke Kulanui o Alaska Fairbanks pā kula
Uku: noa e hele a wehe i ka lehulehu
