Edward Horgan ndi membala wa Board of Directors of World BEYOND War. Iye amakhala ku Ireland. Ed adapuma pantchito ku Irish Defense Forces ndi udindo wa Commandant pambuyo pa zaka 22 zomwe zinaphatikizapo ntchito zamtendere ndi United Nations ku Cyprus ndi Middle East. Wagwirapo ntchito zowunikira zisankho zopitilira 20 ku Eastern Europe, Balkan, Asia, ndi Africa. Ndi mlembi wapadziko lonse lapansi ndi Irish Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Wapampando komanso woyambitsa Veterans For Peace Ireland, komanso wolimbikitsa mtendere ndi Shannonwatch. Ntchito zake zambiri zamtendere zikuphatikizapo nkhani ya Horgan v Ireland, momwe adatengera Boma la Ireland ku Khothi Lalikulu chifukwa chophwanya kusalowerera ndale kwa dziko la Ireland ndi kugwiritsa ntchito asilikali a US pa bwalo la ndege la Shannon, ndi mlandu waukulu wa khoti chifukwa chofuna kumanga Purezidenti wa US George W. Bush ku Ireland mu 2004. Amaphunzitsa ndale ndi ubale wapadziko lonse wanthawi yochepa ku University of Limerick. Anamaliza maphunziro a PhD okhudza kusintha kwa United Nations mu 2008 ndipo ali ndi digiri ya master mu maphunziro amtendere komanso digiri ya BA mu History, Politics, and Social Studies. Akuchita nawo kampeni yokumbukira ndi kutchula ambiri momwe angathere a ana ofika miliyoni imodzi omwe amwalira chifukwa cha nkhondo ku Middle East kuyambira Nkhondo yoyamba ya Gulf mu 1991.
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Kumalo: Limerick, Ireland
Munalowa nawo bwanji othandizira ankhondo ndipo World BEYOND War (WBW)?
Choyamba, ndimakonda wolimbikitsa wamtendere m'malo mokhala wotsutsana ndi nkhondo.
Zifukwa zomwe ndidayanjanirana ndi olimbikitsa mtendere zidachokera pazomwe ndidakumana nazo ngati msirikali wamtendere wa United Nations kuphatikiza ntchito yanga yoyang'anira zisankho m'maiko 20 omwe adakumana ndi mikangano yayikulu komanso kafukufuku wanga wamaphunziro adanditsimikizira kuti pakufunika kutero mwachangu kulimbikitsa mtendere padziko lonse ngati njira ina yopita kunkhondo. Ndinayamba kuchita nawo zamtendere koyambirira kwa 2001 nditangozindikira kuti Boma la Ireland lalinganiza zoyambitsa nkhondo motsogozedwa ndi US ku Afghanistan polola asitikali aku US kuti adutse pa eyapoti ya Shannon popita ku Afghanistan kuphwanya malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi kusalowerera ndale.
Ndinayamba nawo WBW chifukwa ndinazindikira ntchito yabwino yomwe WBW ikugwira kudzera mukutenga nawo mbali pamisonkhano iwiri yamtendere ku Ireland, kuphatikiza Msonkhano Woyamba Padziko Lonse Wotsutsana ndi US / NATO Bases womwe udachitika mu Novembala 2018, ndipo Msonkhano womwe udakonzedwa ndi World BEYOND War - Njira Zopezera Mtendere ku Limerick 2019.
Kodi ndi ntchito zotani zomwe mukuthandizira?
Kuphatikiza pa kukhala wolimbikira ndi WBW, ndine mlembi wapadziko lonse lapansi ndi PANA, Irish Peace and Neutrality Alliance, membala woyambitsa Shannonwatch, membala wa World Peace Council, Wapampando wa Veterans For Peace Ireland, komanso kukhala wokangalika ndi magulu angapo azachilengedwe.
Ndidakonzekeranso ndikuchita nawo ziwonetsero ku eyapoti ya Shannon pazaka 20 zapitazi pomwe ndidamangidwa kangapo konse ndikuzengedwa milandu maulendo 6 mpaka pano, koma ndamasulidwa nthawi zonse mpaka pano.
Mu 2004 ndidatenga mlandu wa Khothi Lalikulu wotsutsana ndi Boma la Ireland chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito asitikali aku US ku eyapoti ya Shannon, ndipo pomwe ndidataya gawo ili, Khothi Lalikulu lidagamula kuti Boma la Ireland likuphwanya malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi osalowerera ndale.
Ndakhala ndikupita kumisonkhano yamtendere yapadziko lonse lapansi ndipo ndachezera mwamtendere mayiko otsatirawa: USA, Russia, Syria, Palestine, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, ndi Turkey.
Kodi malingaliro anu apamwamba kwa wina amene akufuna kuti alowe nawo ndi WBW ndi chiyani?
Malangizowa akugwiranso ntchito kwa aliyense amene akufuna kutenga nawo mbali pagulu lililonse la anthu amtendere: osaletsa, kutenga nawo mbali, ndikuchita chilichonse chomwe mungathe kuti mulimbikitse mtendere.
Nchiyani chimakupangitsani inu kuti muzilimbikitsira kuti mulimbikitse kusintha?
Panthawi yomwe ndimagwira ntchito yosungitsa mtendere ku United Nations, komanso poyang'anira chisankho padziko lonse lapansi, ndawonapo kuwonongeka kwa nkhondo ndi mikangano, ndikukumana ndi anthu ambiri omwe amenya nkhondo, komanso abale awo aphedwa pankhondo. Pakafukufuku wanga wamaphunziro, ndazindikira kuti mpaka ana miliyoni imodzi amwalira ku Middle East chifukwa cha zifukwa zokhudzana ndi nkhondo kuyambira pa Nkhondo Yoyamba ya Gulf ku 1991. Izi sizikundipatsa mwayi koma kuchita zonse zomwe ndingathe kuthetsa nkhondo ndi kulimbikitsa mtendere.
Kodi mliri wa coronavirus wakukhudzani bwanji?
Coronavirus sinachepetse chidwi changa chifukwa ndakhala ndikulowererapo milandu ingapo yokhudzana ndi zamtendere ku eyapoti ya Shannon ndipo ndakhala ndikugwiritsa ntchito misonkhano ya Zoom kuti ndichite nawo zinthu zamtendere. Ndasintha kuyang'anitsitsa kwachindunji kwa ndege zankhondo zaku US zomwe zikudutsa pa eyapoti ya Shannon ndi zamagetsi komanso kugwiritsa ntchito njira zotsata ndege pa intaneti.
