Wolemba Janet Parker, The Cap Times, May 9, 2022
Patsiku la Amayi ndikulankhula ndikuyenda mtendere kwa ana athu onse. Nkhondo si yankho.
Nkhani zambiri zaku US zikufanana ndi chithandizo cha anthu aku Ukraine ndikutumiza zida zambiri. Uku ndikulakwitsa koopsa. United States iyenera kuthandizira kuyimitsa moto kwanthawi yomweyo ndi zokambirana zamtendere.
World Beyond War ndi gulu lapadziko lonse lapansi lomwe cholinga chake ndikuthetsa nkhondo. Zikumveka zosatheka? Zaka XNUMX zapitazo, anthu ambiri ankanena kuti kuthetsa ukapolo n’kosatheka.
Yurii Sheliazhenko ali pa bolodi la World Beyond War. Iye ndi wolimbikitsa mtendere ku Kyiv ku Ukraine. Mu April, Sheliazhenko anafotokoza, "Chomwe tikusowa sikukwera kwa mikangano ndi zida zambiri, zilango zambiri, kudana kwambiri ndi Russia ndi China, koma ndithudi, m'malo mwake, tikufunikira zokambirana zamtendere."
Kuyambira pa Epulo 9, ku Madison takhala tikuchita Maulendo a Mtendere mlungu uliwonse ku Ukraine ndi dziko lonse lapansi. Mayendedwe amtendere ndi njira yopanda chiwawa yokhala ndi nthawi yayitali m'mbiri. Magulu amayenda kukayitana mtendere ndi kuponyera zida. Ulendo umodzi wamtendere mu 1994 unayambira ku Auschwitz, Poland, ndipo miyezi isanu ndi itatu pambuyo pake unathera ku Nagasaki, Japan.
Kuno ku Wisconsin mu 2009, gulu la Iraq Veterans Against the War ndi ena adatsogolera ulendo wamtendere kuchokera ku Camp Williams kupita ku Fort McCoy. Tinapempha kuti nkhondo ya ku Iraq ithe, yomwe panthawiyo inali m’chaka chake chachisanu ndi chimodzi. Pafupifupi anthu wamba aku Iraq a 100,000 adaphedwa pankhondoyi, koma kufa kwawo sikunamveke bwino m'ma TV athu.
Maulendo athu amtendere akhala akufupi - kuzungulira Monona Bay, kuchokera ku Nyanja ya Monona kupita ku Nyanja ya Mendota. Kunja kwa Madison, tidzayenda mwamtendere ku Nyanja ya Yellowstone pa Meyi 21. Tikuyenda m'misewu ndi njira zanjinga - zabwino panjinga za olumala, scooters, strollers, njinga zazing'ono, ndi zina zotero. Malo ndi nthawi zamayendedwe athu a mlungu ndi mlungu zimayikidwa Pano. Pazoyitanira mubokosi lanu, tipezeni pamzere peacewalkmadison@gmail.com.
Tikuyenda kuti tikweze mawu a omenyera mtendere omwe akuyimira molimba mtima ku Ukraine ndi Russia. Timanyamula mbendera ya buluu ndi yoyera, yopangidwa ndi otsutsa aku Russia chaka chino kuti awonetsere kutsutsa nkhondo.
Timathandizira Vova Klever ndi Volodymyr Danuliv, amuna aku Ukraine omwe anasiya dziko lawo mosaloledwa chifukwa chokana kulowa usilikali chifukwa cha zimene amakhulupirira. Klever anati, “Chiwawa si chida changa.” Danuliv adati, "Sindingathe kuwombera anthu aku Russia."
Timathandizira womenyera ufulu waku Russia Oleg Orlov, yemwe anati: “Ndimamvetsa kuti ineyo ndi anzanga tingapatsidwe mlandu waukulu. Koma tikuyenera kuchitapo kanthu…
Sabata yatha wojambula waku Ukraine Slava Borecki adapanga chojambula chamchenga ku UK, chomwe adachitcha "chopempha mtendere." Borecki adati, "mbali zonse ziwiri zidzaluza zivute zitani chifukwa cha imfa ndi ziwonongeko zomwe zachitika chifukwa cha nkhondoyi."
Kuwona zoopsa za nkhondo ku Ukraine, timakwiya, mantha ndi chisoni. Anthu ochulukirachulukira akuphedwa ndipo mamiliyoni apangidwa kukhala othawa kwawo. Njala ili pafupi. Kafukufuku sabata ino akuwonetsa kuti anthu asanu ndi atatu mwa 10 ku US akuda nkhawa ndi nkhondo yanyukiliya. Komabe boma lathu likutumiza zida zambiri. Kupha ndi mlandu wokhawo womwe umatengedwa kuti ndi wovomerezeka ukachitika pamlingo waukulu wokwanira.
Tsiku lina m'tsogolo, nkhondo ya Ukraine idzatha ndi zokambirana. Bwanji osakambirana tsopano, anthu ambiri asanafe?
Lockheed Martin, Raytheon ndi makampani ena a zida ali ndi chilimbikitso champhamvu kuti achedwetse kutha kwankhondo. Mtolankhani Matt Taibbi adathyola a nkhani yofunika sabata yatha m'makalata ake a Substack: Timawonera malonda a ogulitsa zida pankhani popanda kuzindikira. Mwachitsanzo, Leon Panetta akufunsidwa, yemwe amadziwika kuti anali mlembi wakale wa chitetezo. Akufuna kutumiza zida zambiri za Stinger ndi Javelin ku Ukraine. Sakuwulula kuti Raytheon, yemwe amapanga miviyo, ndiye kasitomala wake wakampani yolimbikitsa anthu. Amalipidwa kuti azikankhira mizinga kwa anthu.
Timanyamula chikwangwani pamaulendo athu amtendere chomwe chimati, "Opanga zida ndi opambana okha."
Poyenda, nthawi zina timalankhula. Nthawi zina timayenda mwakachetechete. Nthaŵi zina timaimba nyimbo yakuti “Pamene Ndiuka.” Tinaphunzira kuchokera kwa amonke a m'dera la Thich Nhat Hanh wokonda mtendere wa Buddhist wa Vietnamese.
Takulandirani kuti muyende nafe ku mtendere.
Janet Parker ndi wolimbikitsa mtendere komanso mayi ku Madison.
