ndi Kathy Kelly, July 10, 2017, Nkhondo ndi Chiwawa.
Masiku angapo pa sabata, Laurie Hasbrook amafika maliwu ofesi kuno ku Chicago. Nthaŵi zambiri amavula chisoti chake cha njinga, kumasula mwendo wake wa pant, n’kukhala pampando wamuofesi kenako n’kuwerama kuti atiuze za nkhani za m’banja ndi zapafupi. Ana aamuna aŵiri aang’ono a Laurie ndi achichepere, ndipo chifukwa chakuti ndi achichepere akuda ku Chicago ali pachiwopsezo chomenyedwa ndi kuphedwa chifukwa chakuti anali anyamata akuda. Laurie amamvera chisoni mabanja amene ali m’madera ankhondo. Amakhulupiriranso mwamphamvu kuletsa mfuti zonse.
Posachedwapa, takhala tikuphunzira za kutsimikiza mtima kwakukulu kwa Ben Salmon, munthu wokana kulowa usilikali chifukwa cha zimene amakhulupirira pa nthawi ya nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lonse, amene anamangidwa m’malo molowa usilikali wa ku United States. Salmoni anaikidwa m'manda osadziwika ku Manda a Mount Carmel, kunja kwa Chicago.
Mu June, 2017, gulu laling'ono linakonzedwa ndi “Anzake a Franz ndi Ben” anasonkhana kumanda a Salmon kuti akumbukire moyo wake.
Mark Scibilla Carver ndi Jack Gilroy adathamangira ku Chicago kuchokera ku Upstate NY, atanyamula chithunzi cha kukula kwa moyo chomwe chili ndi chithunzi cha Salmon, atayima yekha pamalo omwe amawoneka ngati mchenga wa m'chipululu, atavala yunifolomu ya ndende yomwe inali ndi nambala yake ya ndende. Pafupi ndi chithunzicho panali mtanda wautali, wopanda kanthu, wamtengo. Rev. Bernie Survil, yemwe adakonza zaulonda pamanda a Salmon, adayika kandulo pansi pafupi ndi chithunzicho. Mdzukulu wa Salimoni anachokera ku Moabu, Utah, kudzaimira banja la Salimoni. Poyang’anizana ndi gulu lathu, iye ananena kuti banja lake linasirira kwambiri kukana kwa Salmon kugwirizana ndi nkhondo. Adavomereza kuti adatsekeredwa m'ndende, kuwopseza kuphedwa, adatumizidwa kukayezetsa matenda amisala, adaweruzidwa kuti akhale m'ndende zaka 25, chigamulo chomwe pamapeto pake chidasinthidwa, ndipo sanathe kubwerera kunyumba kwake ku Denver chifukwa choopa kuphedwa ndi adani. Charlotte Mates adawonetsa kutsimikiza mtima kwake kuyesa ndikutsatira mapazi ake, akukhulupirira kuti tonse tili ndi udindo waumwini wosachita nawo nkhondo.
Bernie Survil adayitanitsa aliyense pabwalo kuti apite patsogolo ndi kusinkhasinkha. Mike Bremer, mmisiri wa matabwa amene anakhala m’ndende kwa miyezi itatu chifukwa chokana usilikali chifukwa cha chikumbumtima, anatulutsa kapepala kamene kanapinda m’thumba n’kuyamba kuwerenga nkhani ya M’busa John Dear, imene inalembedwa zaka zingapo zapitazo, imene inalembedwa zaka zingapo zapitazo. Wokondedwa dziwani kuti Ben Salmon adachita kulimba mtima kwake dziko lisanamvepo za Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, kapena Mohandas Gandhi. Panalibe Wantchito Wachikatolika, panalibe Pax Christi, ndipo panalibe Nkhondo Yolimbana ndi Nkhondo yomuchirikiza. Adachita yekha, komabe adalumikizanabe ndi gulu lalikulu la anthu omwe amazindikira kulimba mtima kwake ndipo apitiliza kufotokoza nkhani yake kwa mibadwo yamtsogolo.
Zikadakhala kuti nzeru zake komanso za omenyera nkhondo ambiri ku US zikadapambana, US sakadalowa mu WWI. Nkhondo Yolimbana ndi Nkhondo, Michael Kazin, zongoganizira za momwe WW I ikanathera ngati US akanapanda kulowererapo. Kazin akulemba kuti: “Kupha anthuwo mwina kunapitirira kwa chaka china kapena ziŵiri, kufikira pamene nzika za m’maiko omenyana, amene anali kutsutsa kale kudzipereka kosalekeza kofunikira, anakakamizika atsogoleri awo kufikira kuthetsa. Ngati Allies, motsogozedwa ndi France ndi Britain, sanapambane chigonjetso chonse, sipakanakhala pangano lamtendere lachilango monga lomwe linamalizidwa ku Versailles, palibe milandu yopweteka kumbuyo kwa Ajeremani okwiya, motero palibe kuwuka, mocheperapo. chigonjetso, cha Hitler ndi chipani cha Nazi. Nkhondo yapadziko lonse yotsatira, imene inapha anthu 50 miliyoni, mwina sibwenzi inachitika.”
Koma US idalowa mu WWI, ndipo kuyambira nthawi imeneyo nkhondo iliyonse yaku US yadzetsa kukwera kwa zopereka za okhometsa misonkho kuti asungire MIC, gulu lankhondo lankhondo lankhondo, lomwe lili ndi mphamvu yophunzitsa anthu aku US ndikutsatsa nkhondo zaku US. Kuwononga ndalama pazankhondo kumayenderana ndi kuwononga ndalama pagulu. Kuno ku Chicago, komwe chiwerengero cha anthu omwe anaphedwa ndi mfuti ndichokwera kwambiri m'dzikoli, asilikali a US amayendetsa makalasi a ROTC akulembetsa achinyamata a 9,000 m'sukulu za boma ku Chicago. Tangoganizani ngati mphamvu zofanana zidaperekedwa polimbikitsa njira ndi njira zopanda chiwawa, komanso njira zothetsera nkhondo yolimbana ndi chilengedwe komanso kupanga ntchito "zobiriwira" pakati pa mibadwo yaying'ono kwambiri ku Chicago.
Ngati titha kugawana nawo kukhumudwa kwa Laurie pamaso pa zida ndi kusalingana, taganizirani zotsatira zomwe zingatheke. Sitingalole kutumizidwa kwa zida za US kwa achibale achifumu aku Saudi omwe akugwiritsa ntchito zida zawo zaposachedwa za laser ndi zida za Patriot kuti ziwononge zida ndi anthu wamba aku Yemen. Pafupi ndi njala komanso kusautsidwa ndi kufalikira kowopsa kwa kolera, Yemenis imapiriranso ziwopsezo zandege za Saudi zomwe zawononga misewu, zipatala ndi zimbudzi zofunika kwambiri komanso zimbudzi. Anthu okwana 20 miliyoni (m'madera omwe akuvutika kwambiri ndi masewera a US), sangayembekezere kufa chaka chino chifukwa cha njala yolimbana ndi mikangano, mutakhala chete. Maiko anayi okha, Somaliland, Southern Sudan, Nigeria ndi Yemen akuyenera kutaya munthu mmodzi mwa atatu mwa anthu omwe anamwalira pankhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse. Palibe chilichonse mwa izo chomwe chingakhale chachilendo m'dziko lathu lapansi. M’malo mwake, mwinamwake atsogoleri achipembedzo akanatikumbutsa mwamphamvu za nsembe ya Ben Salmon; m'malo mopita ku chiwonetsero chapachaka cha Air and Water, (chiwonetsero chankhondo cha US chomwe chikuwonetsa "mafani" miliyoni), anthu aku Chicago amapita kumanda komwe Ben adayikidwa.
Panthawiyi, manda a Phiri la Karimeli amadziwika kuti ndi malo amaliro a Al Capone.
Kagulu kakang’ono ka kumandako kunali mayi wina wa ku Code Pink, wansembe wachiJesuit wodzozedwa kumene, antchito angapo achikatolika, mabanja angapo omwe kale anali achipembedzo cha Katolika ndipo sanasiye kutumikira ena ndi kulimbikitsa chilungamo, anthu asanu amene atumikira anthu ambiri. miyezi yambiri m’ndende chifukwa chokana kulowa usilikali chifukwa cha zimene amakhulupirira, komanso akatswiri atatu a zamalonda ku Chicago. Tikuyembekezera kusonkhana, ku Chicago ndi kwina kulikonse, kwa anthu omwe adzalandira kuitana kokonzekera kwa omwe adakondwerera, pa July 7.th, pamene oimira maiko 122 anakambitsirana ndikupereka chiletso cha UN pa zida za nyukiliya. Izi zidachitika pomwe akuluakulu ankhondo omwe anali ndi zida zoopsa adalamulira msonkhano wa G20 ku Hamburg, Germany.
Laurie akuganiza zopanga kulumikizana kwamtendere, mwamtendere pakati pa achinyamata aku Chicago ndi anzawo ku Afghanistan, Yemen, Gaza, Iraq, ndi mayiko ena. Ben Salmon amatsogolera zoyesayesa zathu. Tikuyembekeza kudzayenderanso manda a Salmon pa Tsiku la Armistice, Novembara 11, pomwe anzathu akukonzekera kukhazikitsa cholembera chaching'ono chokhala ndi izi:
"Palibe nkhondo yolungama."
Ben J. Salmon
- Oct. 15, 1888 – Feb. 15, 1932
Usaphe
Mawu: Ben Salmon, Mtetezi wa Okana Usilikali, Mwachilolezo cha Bambo William Hart McNichols, www.frbillmcnichols-sacredimages.com
Kathy Kelly (kathy@vcnv.org) amagwirizanitsa Voices for Creative Nonviolence, www.vcnv.org
