Culture-Jamming the War Machine

Wolemba Rivera Sun, World BEYOND War, November 16, 2022

M’mvula yamkunthoyo, ndinanyamula chikwangwani cholembera anthu usilikali n’kuchiponya m’maudzu aatali m’mbali mwa msewu. Ngati wina afunsa, sindinawononge” katundu wa boma. Ndinangosamutsa. Ndiganizireni ngati mphepo yamkuntho. Mphepo yamkuntho yokonda mtendere, yopanda chiwawa yolimbana ndi usilikali.

Ndani akudziwa kuti ndi miyoyo ingati yomwe ndapulumutsa ndi chinthu chophwekachi? Mwina inapulumutsa achinyamata omwe ankaganiza zolembetsa pamene ankakwera basi ya sukulu kudutsa zizindikiro izi kawiri pa tsiku. Mwina zithandiza anthu wamba osalakwa akunja omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi vuto lokonda nkhondo mdziko lathu. Mwina zidzachedwetsa kutenthetsa kopindulitsa kwa mafakitale ankhondo kuti azindikire kuti sangadalire mitengo yolembetsa.

Chikwangwani cholembera anthu usilikali chinali chimodzi mwa ziŵiri zokankhidwira m’mbali mwa msewu waukulu wa m’dera langa lakumidzi. Msewuwu umayenda molunjika pakati pa matauni onse asanu ndi limodzi a m’chigwa chathu. Munthu aliyense m’dera lathu amatsika mumsewu umenewu kukatenga zakudya, kukaonana ndi dokotala, kapena kutenga mabuku a laibulale. Mwana aliyense wasukulu mtawuni yanga amadutsa zikwangwani zolembera usilikali popita kusukulu zaboma. Kawiri patsiku, akubwera ndi kupita, ophunzira akusekondale amawona zilembo zakuda ndi zachikasu.

Zizindikiro zapabwalo zimalonjeza ntchito ndi ulendo. Amalonjeza ophunzira ndalama “zaulere” zophunzirira ku koleji komanso “mwayi wowona dziko.”

Kukankhira kumbuyo motsutsana ndi chikhalidwe cha nkhondo kungakhale kophweka monga kukweza zizindikiro za bwalozi ndikuzitaya kuti zisamawoneke m'nkhalango. Ndimatembenuzanso zikwangwani zolembera anthu ntchito pazikhomo zapa golosale. Ngati ndilidi pachiwopsezo chamtendere, nditsitsa mtengo wamfuti zoseweretsa ndi ziwonetsero za GI Joe pamalo ogulitsira, ndikuzibisa kuseri kwa skateboards ndi puzzles.

Tsiku lililonse, m'njira zambiri, chikhalidwe chankhondo chikunyengerera ana athu ndi ngwazi zawo zachiwawa, mafilimu ankhondo a sci-fi, masewera ankhanza owopsa a kanema, zotsatsa zokopa anthu, komanso malonje ankhondo pamasewera amasewera. Kodi ndi liti pamene mudawonapo msonkho kwa olimbikitsa mtendere pamasewera a mpira?

Kukhazikika mu ulamuliro wosatsutsika wa chikhalidwe cha nkhondo kumapangitsa kusiyana. Chaka chino, asilikali a US adalephera kukwaniritsa zolinga zake zolembera anthu. Izi zikutanthauza kuti pali achinyamata 15,000 omwe sanapusitsidwe kuti aike miyoyo yawo pachiswe polimbana ndi anthu akunja pazifukwa zokayikitsa. Ngati kuchotsa zizindikiro za bwalo la asilikali mumsewu wathu waukulu kumateteza mwana m'modzi ku imfa ndi chiwonongeko cha nkhondo, ndizofunika. Tikuwonani kunja uko.

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