Kondwerani Tsiku Lankhondo: Lonjezani Mtendere Ndi Mphamvu Zatsopano

Wolemba Gerry Condon, Novembala 8, 2020

Novembala 11 ndi Tsiku Lankhondo, ndikuwonetsa zida zankhondo zomwe zidathetsa nkhondo yoyamba yapadziko lonse ya 1918. pa "ora la khumi ndi limodzi la tsiku la khumi ndi chimodzi la mwezi wa khumi ndi chimodzi." Pochita mantha ndi kuphedwa kwamakampani mamiliyoni asitikali ndi anthu wamba, anthu aku US komanso padziko lonse lapansi adayambitsa kampeni yoletsa nkhondo kamodzi. Mu 1928 Secretary of State of US ndi Unduna wa Zakunja ku France adapatsidwa Mphotho Yamtendere ya Nobel chifukwa chothandizana nawo Mgwirizano wa Kellogg-Briand, yomwe idalengeza kuti kupanga nkhondo ndizosaloledwa ndikupempha mayiko kuti athetse kusamvana kwawo mwamtendere. Mgwirizano wa United Nations, womwe udasainidwa ndi mayiko ambiri mu 1945, udalinso ndi mawu ofanana, "kupulumutsa mibadwo yotsatira ku mliri wankhondo, womwe kawiri mu nthawi ya moyo wathu wabweretsa chisoni chosaneneka kwa anthu… ” Zachisoni, komabe, zaka zana zapitazi zadziwika ndi nkhondo pambuyo pa nkhondo, komanso kuchuluka kwa nkhondo.

Omwe tili ku US omwe tili ndi nkhawa ndi zankhondo padziko lonse lapansi sitiyenera kuyang'anitsitsa kutengera mphamvu yayikulu yamagulu azankhondo, monga Purezidenti Dwight Eisenhower anachenjeza. 

US ilibe malo ochepera 800 padziko lonse lapansi, atolankhani aku khothi lathunthu kuti "titeteze chitetezo chathu chadziko." Izi si zofuna za anthu ogwira ntchito tsiku ndi tsiku, omwe amayenera kulipira ndalama zankhondo zomwe zikukula, komanso omwe ana awo amuna ndi akazi amakakamizidwa kukamenya nkhondo kumayiko akutali. Ayi, izi ndi zofuna za One Percent wodziwika yemwe amapindula chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito zachilengedwe, ntchito ndi misika yamayiko ena, komanso ndalama zawo mu "makampani achitetezo."

Monga Martin Luther King adalengeza molimba mtima mwa iye Pambuyo pa Vietnam mawu, "...Ndinkadziwa kuti sindingatchulenso mawu anga motsutsana ndi ziwawa za anthu oponderezedwa m'zigawozo ndisanalankhule momveka bwino kwa amene amachititsa zachiwawa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi lero: boma langa. ”

Pambali pa gulu lalikulu lankhondo laku US pali magulu ochepa ooneka. Mabungwe azamalamulo aku US monga CIA alowa m'magulu ankhondo omwe amayesetsa kupeputsa ndikuwononga maboma omwe sakondera olamulira aku US. Nkhondo zachuma - aka "sanctions" - zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kupangitsa chuma "kukuwa," zimabweretsa imfa ndi mavuto kwa masauzande.

Kuipiraipira, oyang'anira a Obama / Biden adakhazikitsa One Trillion Dollar, pulogalamu yazaka 30 kuti "apange" zida za zida za nyukiliya zapamtunda, zam'mlengalenga komanso zapanyanja. Ndipo oyang'anira a Trump achoka mwadongosolo pamipangano yofunika kwambiri yokhudza zida zanyukiliya, zomwe zimapangitsa Bulletin of Atomic Scientists kusuntha Doomsday Clock yawo mpaka masekondi 100 kuyambira pakati pausiku. Kuopsa kwa nkhondo yankhondo yayikulu kuposa kale, malinga ndi akatswiri ambiri - makamaka chifukwa cha kuzungulira kwa US / NATO ku Russia komanso gulu lankhondo laku US ku Pacific, lomwe likuwopseza nkhondo yayikulu ndi China.

Nkhani Yabwino Yotsutsa Nuclear

Izi zonse ndizowopsa, monga ziyenera kukhalira. Koma palinso nkhani yabwino. Pa Okutobala 24, 2020, Honduras idakhala dziko la 50 kuvomereza Pangano la UN Poletsa Zida za Nyukiliya. M'magulu otsogola omwe akufotokoza kuti ndi "gawo latsopano la zida zanyukiliya," Pangano ayamba kugwira ntchito pa Januware 22. Panganoli likunena kuti mayiko omwe akuvomereza sayenera "kupanga chilichonse, kuyesa, kupanga, kupanga kapena kupeza, kukhala kapena kusunga zida za nyukiliya kapena zida zina zanyukiliya."

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) - bungwe la ambulera ndi kampeni yamagulu ambiri padziko lonse lapansi - lati kubwera kwa mphamvu, "chinali chiyambi chabe. Panganolo likangogwira ntchito, magulu onse a States adzafunika kukwaniritsa zofunikira zawo panganolo ndikutsatira zoletsedwazo.

Ngakhale US kapena iliyonse ya mayiko asanu ndi anayi okhala ndi zida za nyukiliya ndiwo osainira Panganoli. M'malo mwake, US yakhala ikukakamiza mayiko kuti achotse siginecha yawo. Mwachiwonekere, US ikuzindikira kuti Panganoli ndichamphamvu padziko lonse lapansi chomwe chingapangitse kukakamiza zida zanyukiliya.

"Mayiko omwe sanalowe mgwirizanowu adzamvanso mphamvu zake - titha kuyembekeza kuti makampani asiya kupanga zida za nyukiliya komanso mabungwe azachuma kuti asiye kugulitsa makampani opanga zida za nyukiliya."

Mwina sipangakhale nkhani yabwinoko yoti mugawane pa Tsiku la Armistice. Zachidziwikire, kuthetsedwa kwa zida za nyukiliya kuyenda limodzi ndi kuthetseratu nkhondo. Ndipo kuthetsedwa kwa nkhondo kuyendera limodzi ndi kutha kwa kuzunzidwa kwa mayiko ang'onoang'ono ndi mayiko akulu. Omwe tili nawo "m'mimba mwa chirombo" tili ndi udindo waukulu - komanso mwayi wabwino - wogwirira ntchito limodzi ndi anthu padziko lapansi kuti tipeze dziko lamtendere, losatha.

Chifukwa Novembala 11 limakondweretsedwanso ngati Veterans Day, ndikoyenera kuti omenyera nkhondo atsogolera pakubwezeretsanso Tsiku la Armistice.  Veterans For Peace yapereka chiganizo champhamvu. Mitu ya VFP ikukonzekera zochitika za Tsiku la Armistice, makamaka pa intaneti chaka chino.

Veterans For Peace ikuyitanitsa aliyense kuti ayimire mwamtendere Tsiku Lankhondo. Kuposa kale lonse, dziko likukumana ndi nthawi yovuta. Mikangano yakula padziko lonse lapansi ndipo US ikuchita zankhondo m'maiko angapo, osatha. Kuno kunyumba tawona kuwonjezeka kwa asitikali athu apolisi komanso kuwukira mwankhanza anthu omwe akutsutsana ndi kuwukira anthu boma. Tiyenera kukakamiza boma lathu kuti lithe kulowerera munkhondo zomwe zingaike dziko lonse pachiwopsezo. Tiyenera kukhazikitsa chikhalidwe chamtendere.

Pa Tsiku la Armistice timakondwerera chikhumbo chachikulu cha anthu padziko lapansi pamtendere, chilungamo ndi kukhazikika. Timadzitsimikizira tokha kuti tithetsa nkhondo - isanatifikitse.

Nkhondo, ndi chiyani chabwino? Palibe kanthu! Nenaninso!

Gerry Condon ndi wankhondo wakale wazaka zaku Vietnam komanso wotsutsa pankhondo, komanso Purezidenti waposachedwa wa Veterans For Peace. Amagwira ntchito ku Administrative Committee of United For Peace and Justice.