Ndi Ann Wright
Ndangouluka kumene maulendo 11—kuchokera ku Tokyo, Japan kupita ku Moscow, Russia.
Russia ndiye dziko lalikulu kwambiri padziko lapansi, malo opitirira gawo limodzi mwa magawo asanu ndi atatu a malo okhala padziko lapansi, omwe ndi aakulu kuwirikiza kawiri kuposa United States ndipo ali ndi mchere ndi mphamvu zambiri, zomwe ndi nkhokwe zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Russia ili ndi anthu pachisanu ndi chinayi padziko lonse lapansi okhala ndi anthu opitilira 146.6 miliyoni. Chiŵerengero cha anthu a ku U.S. cha 321,400,000 ndi chochuluka kuŵirikiza kaŵiri kuposa cha ku Russia.
Sindinabwerere ku Russia kuyambira koyambirira kwa 1990s pomwe Soviet Union idadzipatula ndikulola maiko atsopano 14 kupangidwa kuchokera pamenepo. Panthaŵiyo ndinali kazembe wa U.S. ndipo ndinkafuna kukhala nawo pa kutsegulidwa kwa mbiri yakale kwa Nyumba za Akazembe za U.S. m’dziko limodzi lopangidwa kumene. Ndinapempha kuti anditumize ku dziko lina la ku Central Asia ndipo posakhalitsa ndinapezeka ndili ku Tashkent, ku Uzbekistan.
Popeza kuti akazembe atsopanowo anali kuthandizidwa mwadongosolo ndi kazembe wa U.S. ku Moscow, ndinali ndi mwayi wopita ku Moscow kaŵirikaŵiri m’miyezi itatu yaifupi imene ndinali ku Uzbekistan kufikira pamene antchito a Kazembeyo anatumizidwa. Patapita zaka zingapo mu 1994, ndinabwerera ku Central Asia kukaona mzinda wa Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan kwa zaka ziwiri ndipo ndinapitanso ku Moscow.
Tsopano pafupifupi twente-patapita zaka zisanu, patatha zaka zoposa makumi awiri zakukhala mwamtendere ndi kusintha kwakukulu kuchokera ku mabungwe oyendetsedwa ndi boma kupita ku mabizinesi achinsinsi ndi Russian Federation kujowina G20, Council of Europe, Asia-Paciic Economic Cooperation (APEC), Shanghai Cooperation Organization ( SCO), Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) ndi World Trade Organization, U.S./NATO ndi Russia ali pankhondo yozizira ya m'zaka za m'ma 21 yodzaza ndi "masewero" akuluakulu ankhondo momwe kulakwitsa pang'ono. akhoza kubweretsa nkhondo.
On June 16 Ndidzalowa m'gulu la nzika 19 zaku US komanso m'modzi wochokera ku Singapore ku Moscow, Russia. Tikupita ku Russia kuti tichite zomwe tingathe kuti tipitirize milatho yamtendere ndi anthu aku Russia, milatho yomwe maboma athu akuwoneka kuti akuvutika kusunga.
Ndi mikangano yapadziko lonse lapansi, mamembala a nthumwi zathu amakhulupirira kuti ndi nthawi yoti nzika zamitundu yonse zinene mokweza kuti kulimbana kwankhondo ndi mawu owopsa si njira yothetsera mavuto apadziko lonse lapansi.
Gulu lathu limapangidwa ndi akuluakulu angapo aboma la U.S. opuma pantchito komanso anthu oimira mabungwe amtendere. Monga msilikali wopuma pantchito wankhondo waku US komanso kazembe wakale waku US, ndikulumikizana ndi wapolisi wopuma wa CIA Ray McGovern komanso Wachiwiri kwa National Intelligence Officer wopuma pantchito ku Middle East komanso katswiri wa CIA Elizabeth Murray. Ray ndi ine ndife mamembala a Veterans for Peace ndipo Elizabeth ndi membala wa Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action.. Atatu a ifenso ndife mamembala a Veterans Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.
Ochita mtendere kwanthawi yayitali Kathy Kelly wa Voices for Creative Non-Violence, Hakim Young wa Afghan Peace Volunteers, David ndi Jan Hartsough a Quakers, Nonviolent Peaceforce ndi World Beyond War, ) Martha Hennessy wa bungwe la Catholic Workers Catholic Workers ndi a Bill Gould amene anali pulezidenti wadziko lonse wa Physicians for Social Responsibility a pa msonkhanowu.
Nthumwizo zimatsogozedwa ndi Sharon Tennison, yemwe anayambitsa Center for Citizen Iniatives (CCI). Pazaka 3o zaka zapitazi Sharon anabweretsa anthu zikwizikwi aku America ku Russia ndi amalonda achinyamata aku Russia opitilira 6,000 kumakampani 10,000 m'mizinda yopitilira 400 yaku America m'maboma 45. Buku lake Mphamvu ya Malingaliro Osatheka: Zoyesayesa Zachilendo za Nzika Zachilendo Popewa Mavuto Apadziko Lonse, ndi nkhani yochititsa chidwi yobweretsa nzika za US ndi Russia pamodzi m'dziko la wina ndi mnzake kuti amvetsetse bwino komanso mwamtendere.
M’chizoloŵezi chopita kumene maboma athu sakufuna kuti tipite kuti tikaone zotsatira za kusokonekera kwa njira zopanda chiwawa zothetsa mikangano, tidzakumana ndi mamembala a mabungwe a boma la Russia, atolankhani, mabizinesi mwinanso akuluakulu aboma kuti afotokoze. kudzipereka kwathu kuzinthu zopanda chiwawa, osati nkhondo.
Anthu a ku Russia akudziwa bwino kuphedwa kumene kwachitika chifukwa cha nkhondo, ndipo anthu a ku Russia oposa 20 miliyoni anaphedwa pa nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse. Ngakhale kuti sizinali zofanana ndi imfa za ku Russia, mabanja ambiri ankhondo aku US amadziwa zowawa za kuvulala ndi imfa kuchokera ku nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse, nkhondo ya Vietnam ndi nkhondo zomwe zikuchitika ku Middle East ndi Afghanistan.
Timapita ku Russia kuti tikalankhule ndi anthu a ku Russia zokhudza ziyembekezo, maloto ndi zinthu zimene anthu aku America akuopa ndiponso zimene anthu aku America akuyembekezera ndiponso kuti athetse mavuto amene alipo pakati pa US/NATO ndi Russia. Ndipo tidzabwerera ku United States kuti tikafotokozere zomwe tikuonera ziyembekezo, maloto ndi mantha a anthu aku Russia.
Za Mlembi: Ann Wright anatumikira zaka 29 ku US Army/Army Reserves ndipo anapuma pantchito ngati Mtsamunda. Anali kazembe waku US kwa zaka 16 ndipo adatumikira ku maofesi a kazembe a US ku Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan ndi Mongolia. Adatula pansi udindo wake mu Marichi 2003 motsutsana ndi nkhondo ya Purezidenti Bush ku Iraq. Ndiwolemba nawo "Disent: Voices of Conscience."
