ʻAla Hoʻolaha Kauka: Leah Bolger

Ma kēlā me kēia e-nūpepa biweekly, hōʻike mākou i nā moʻolelo o World BEYOND War nā mea lawelawe a puni ka honua. Makemakeʻoe e hāʻawi manawaleʻa World BEYOND War? Leka uila greta@worldbeyondwar.org.

Location:

ʻO Corvallis, Oregon, USA

Kūpono kāu moʻolelo kūhelu. Ua hana ʻoe no ka US Navy no 20 mau makahiki ikaika, ke kau nei ma nā wahi a puni ka ʻāina, mai Iceland a i Tunisia. A laila ua hana ʻoe i 180 holoʻokoʻa, lilo i ka pelekikena mua wahine no Veterans For Peace. He aha nā mea i hoʻohuli ai iā ʻoe mai ke Komikina Navy i Pelekikena no ka Maluhia ʻo Pelekikena, a i kēia manawa ke Pelekikena Papa o World BEYOND War?

ʻO kēia kahi nīnau i nīnau iaʻu, a he maopopo. Ua komo wau i ka pūʻali koa no ke kumu like o ka hana o ka poʻe, a ʻo ia ka mea noʻu e pono ai i kahi hana, ʻaʻole no ka mea makemake wau e hana ikaika i ka hana koa US a me nā kulekele haole I kahi huahana o ka ʻōnaehana hoʻonaʻauao ma Missouri, ʻaʻole wau i aʻo ʻia e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala imperialist o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. A ʻoiai he wahine, ʻaʻohe nīnau noʻu e hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ke kūlana e pepehi ai i kekahi a i ʻole ka makaʻu i ka make wale nō iaʻu, no laila, ʻaʻole wau i kū mua i kēlā pilikia o ka noʻonoʻo. ʻOiai wau i ka hana koʻikoʻi, ʻaʻole wau i noʻonoʻo iaʻu he "koa," no laila ʻaʻole wau i hoʻololi i ka 180 piha. Ua ʻoi aku ia e like me ka neʻe ʻana mai kahi kūʻokoʻa i kahi kūlana antiwar.

Ma hope o ka lawelawe ʻana ma ka Pelekikena o VFP, he aha ka mea e hōʻeuʻeu iā ʻoe e pili pū me ʻoe World BEYOND War (WBW) i ka kiko?

ʻO ka poʻe hōʻaia no ka maluhia He hui nui, a haʻaheo wau no ka manawa aʻu i alakaʻi ai ma laila. ʻO ka VFP wale nō ka hui antiwar nui i hana ʻia e nā koa kūpuna, a lawe ʻia me ia kahi hilinaʻi e hoʻolohe ʻia. Kākoʻo nō wau i kā lākou hana, akā i ka manawa i kāhea aku ai ʻo David Swanson iaʻu e haʻi iaʻu e pili ana i ka manaʻo ma hope o kēia hui hou - e kamaʻilio i ke kahua o ke kaua ma kahi ala kūpono, ʻaʻole no ka hopena o ke "kaua o ka lā" - ʻo wau maoli nō. hoihoi. ʻO wau pū me WBW mai ka lā 1.

He aha nāʻano hana manawaleʻa āu e kōkua ai?

ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu inā hele kūlohelohe wau ia, a inā he 20 mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he luna i ka Navy, akā makemake wau e alakaʻi i nā alakaʻi i ka maʻamau. Ke lawelawe nei wau ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena o ka Papa alakaʻi o WBW. I nā lā mua he hoʻokahi wale nō limahana limahana mākou - David Swanson - a he mau mahina ke hiki ʻole iā mākou ke uku aku iā ia, no laila ua hana nui wau i ke kūkulu ʻana i kā mākou waihona lālā, ka ʻohi kālā ʻana, a me ka naʻauao, a ua ʻohi au i ka hoʻomalu. nā hana e like me ke kākau ʻana e mahalo i nā leka. I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, hoʻomau wau i ka hana i kēlā me kēia lā me David, e lilo ana i mea e like me kāna "wahine ʻākau." ʻO ke kumu, ʻo wau kekahi ʻāpana o nā mea āpau-ʻohi kālā, hoʻolālā hoʻolālā, hoʻolimalima limahana, hoʻolālā hālāwai kūkā, aʻo, etc.

He aha kāuʻoihana kiʻekiʻe no kekahi mea makemake e komo i loko o WBW?

He mea maʻalahi ka mea mua e hana ai kēlā me kēia - e lawe i ka hōʻailona maluhia! Ma ke kau inoa ʻana i kou inoa i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka WBW o ka Maluhia, e hui pū ʻoe ma luna o 75,000 poʻe ma nā ʻāina 175 ua pau loa nei i ka pau ʻana o ke kaua. Pau kāu kau inoa, e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā loulou i kā mākou hana, a hanana e hele ana ma kou wahi. E nānā i ka pūnaewele e ʻike inā aia kahi mokuna WBW ma kou wahi. Inā kēlā, e hoʻopili iā lākou a e komo pū me kā lākou hana. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe kokoke kokoke i kahi mokuna, ʻaʻole ʻoe i mākaukau e hoʻomaka i kahi, hiki nō iā ʻoe ke hoʻonohonoho i nā hanana e like me ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a hōʻike ʻia paha. E kāhea i ko mākou Luna hoʻonohonoho, Greta, a hoʻopiʻi ʻo ia iā ʻoe i nā ʻano waiwai āpau e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia.

He aha ka mea e hōʻeuʻeu ai iā ʻoe e kākoʻo ai i ka hoʻololi?

Ke hoʻomaopopo au i kekahi manawa ua paʻakikī nui ia e noho naʻauao a maikaʻi. Ma kēia kula, hele mai ka hoʻololi, a nui ka nui o nā pilikia a maʻalahi ke ʻano e hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke hoʻololi maoli. ʻIke mākou ua hiki ke loli ka nui o ka nohona, akā pono mākou e lilo i mea hoʻoikaika o ia hoʻololi. ʻAno ka manaʻo, ke ʻole a me ka nele i nā kūlana quo. Ke hoʻāʻo nei wau e hahai i nā ʻōlelo a Helen Keller: “hoʻokahi wale nō wau; aka, hoʻokahi nō wau. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hana i nā mea āpau, akā hiki naʻe i hiki iaʻu ke hana i kekahi mea; ʻAʻole au e hōʻole e hana i kekahi mea hiki iaʻu ke hana.

Kau ʻia 15 Kekemapa, 2019.

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