Wolemba Liz Remmerswaal, Okutobala 14, 2019
Msonkhano wachisanu wa Independent and Peaceful Australia (IPAN) Network udachitika posachedwa ku Darwin pa 2-4 August. Ndinapita nawo, ndikuwona kuti ndikofunikira kupereka ndi kuyimira New Zealand, mothandizidwa ndi World Beyond War ndi Kampeni Yotsutsana Ndi Maziko.
Unali msonkhano wanga wachitatu wa IPAN ndipo nthawi ino ndinali ndekhandekha ku New Zealand. Ndidapemphedwa kuti ndithandizire pamsonkhanowu za zomwe zikuchitika mgwilizano wamtendere ku Aotearoa, New Zealand, ndipo ndidanenanso za kufunika kothana ndi mavuto omwe amadza chifukwa cholamula komanso kugwira ntchito mogwirizana moyenera.
Mahihi wanga wakale ndi tsambaha ku Te Reo Maori adakambirana ndi akulu am'deralo, ndipo ndidamaliza nkhani yanga ndikumasulira kwa 'Kupumira Mphepo' motsogozedwa ndi mnzake wogwira nawo ntchito, monga timakonda kunyumba.
Msonkhanowu udatchedwa 'Australia ku Cross Roads ”. IPAN ndi bungwe laling'ono koma lothandizika lomwe limapangidwa ndi mabungwe opitilira 50 ochokera m'matchalitchi, mabungwe ndi magulu amtendere, akhazikitsidwa kuti azilimbikitsa kutsutsana ndi thandizo la Australia kupita ku nkhondo zaku United States. Inachitika nthawi ino ku Darwin kuti ipereke mphamvu kwa anthu am'deralo omwe akukayikira kuti pakhale dongosolo lankhondo lalikulu la US lomwe likuwoneka kwambiri m'derali.
Pafupifupi anthu 100 omwe adatenga nawo mbali adabwera kuchokera kozungulira Australia, komanso alendo ochokera ku Guam ndi West Papua. Chofunika kwambiri pamsonkhanowu chinali chiwonetsero champhamvu cha 60 kunja kwa Robertson Barracks chofunsa a 2500 US Marines omwe amakhala kumeneko kuti achoke. Wotchedwa 'Give' em the Boot 'lingalirolo linali kuwawonetsa ndi chosema cha boot chopangidwa ndi Nick Deane komanso a Tim Tams - omwe amawakonda - koma mwatsoka palibe amene analandira mphatsozo.
Kuwongolera kwa olankhula kunali kosangalatsa komanso kolemba pamitu yazaka zaposachedwa.
'Welcome to Country' lidaperekedwa ndi Ali Mills woimira anthu a Larrakia omwe akhala akuchita zikhalidwe zamtundu wa Darwin kwazaka zambiri, ndipo amayi awo a Kathie Mills, omwe adatenga nawo gawo, ndi ndakatulo yodziwika bwino, wolemba komanso wolemba nyimbo.
Ndizovuta kunena mwachidule zomwe zili mumsonkhano wolemera komanso wosangalatsa, koma kwa iwo omwe ali ndi nthawi ndizotheka penyani zojambula.
Msonkhanowu udakondwerera kupambana kwa International Campaign to kuthetsa Nuclear zida zokhazikitsa Pangano la United National lolembetsedwa ndi mayiko a 122, koma osati ndi Australia lomwe limapangitsa kuti sizingachitike ndi ambiri oyandikana nawo. Dr. Sue Wareham adakhazikitsa lipoti lawo laposachedwa lotchedwa 'Sankhani Anthu' komanso adabweretsa mendulo ya Nobel Peace Prize kuti onse awone (onani chithunzi).
Lisa Natividad, nthumwi ya India Guam Chammoro, yemwe adalankhula pamsonkhano wapita wa IPAN, adalibe nkhani zambiri zoti afotokozere kuyambira komaliza mwatsoka. Guam pano ndi gawo losalumikizidwa ku US ngakhale anthu ake alibe ufulu wovota kumeneko. Gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a malo ake limayendetsedwa ndi dipatimenti Yachitetezo ku US yomwe yabweretsa mavuto angapo azachilengedwe ndi zachilengedwe kuphatikizapo kuwunikira kwa radiation ndi kuipitsidwa kuchokera ku chida choyaka moto cha PFAS, komanso kupatula anthu m'malo awo opatulika chifukwa cha miyambo yachikhalidwe. Chiwerengero chomvetsa chisoni kwambiri ndichakuti chifukwa cha kusowa kwa ntchito kwa achichepere pachilumbachi ambiri aiwo amalowa usilikali ndi zotsatirapo zowopsa. Chiwerengero cha achinyamata omwe amwalira chifukwa chololedwa kuchita zankhondo ndiwokwera kwambiri, kasanu kuposa momwe amagwirira ntchito ku US.
Jordan Steele-John, Senate wachinyamata wa Green Party yemwe adatenga udindo kuchokera ku Scott Ludlam, ndi wokamba chidwi kwambiri yemwe akuchita zojambulajambula ngati wolankhulira Peace, Disarmament and Veteran Affairs, yemwe adasinthidwa mbiri yoteteza. Jordan adaganizira zofuna kupatsa ulemu nkhondo m'malo polimbikitsa mtendere ndi cholinga chake chofuna kuthana ndi mikangano. Adanenanso za zovuta zazikulu zomwe zikuchitika pakusintha kwanyengo mchigawochi komanso kunyoza boma kuti likuchepetsa kwambiri ndalama zomwe zimawononga ubale ndi mayiko ena.
Dr. Margie Beavis kuchokera ku Medical Association for the Prevention of War adapereka chithunzithunzi chokwanira cha momwe anthu aku Australia amakaniridwira kugwiritsira ntchito bwino ndalama za anthu komanso momwe ndalama zomwe zimakhalapo mwachitsanzo chifukwa chodandaula chifukwa cha zovuta zowonongeka zimapangitsa azimayi kuchitidwa nkhanza.
Warren Smith waku Maritime Union of Australia adalankhula za nkhawa za mgwirizanowu zokhudza $ 200 biliyoni zomwe zidzagwiritsidwe ntchito pazinthu zomwe zidagulidwa chifukwa champhamvu ndi Gulu Lankhondo la Australia ndi kuchuluka kwantchito komwe kwataya chifukwa cha automata. Mtendere ndi Chilungamo ndizowunika kwambiri mgwirizanowu ku Australia.
Susan Harris Rimmer, Pulofesa Wothandizira ku Yunivesite ya Griffith ku Brisbane, adanenanso za kufunikira kochita nawo nkhani zandale pamutu wokhudza momwe angatetezere Australia, momwe Australia yodziyimira payokha ikupanga malangizo atsopano pazinthu zakunja ingapindulitse anthu a Pacific ndikupanga tsogolo labwino komanso lamtendere.
Ena omwe adachita chidwi ndi a Henk Rumbewas omwe adalankhula za kukwera kwamphamvu ku West Papua komanso kulephera kwa mfundo zakunja kwa Australia kuti athe kuthana ndi ufulu wa West Papuans, komanso
Dr. Vince Scappatura wochokera ku Macquarie University ku Australia-US Alliance pakukulira mikangano ndi China.
Pazakhudzidwa zachilengedwe tidamvako a Robin Taubenfeld kuchokera ku Friend of the Earth pamlingo wokonzekera ndikuwonetsa nkhondo pazomwe anthu angakwanitse kusintha pakusintha kwanyengo ndi kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe, a Donna Jackson ochokera pagulu ladziko la Rapid Creek m'malo mwa anthu a Larrakia kuipitsidwa kwa Rapid Creek ndi njira zina zamadzi mu Northern Territories, ndi Shar Molloy ochokera ku likulu la Darwin Zachilengedwe pazakukhudzidwa kwa chiwopsezo cha asitikali ankhondo pamtunda pena panyanja pazama chilengedwe.
A John Pilger adabwera ndikugawana makanema okhudzana ndi momwe China idawonedwera ngati chiwopsezo m'derali m'malo moopsezedwa, komanso momwe azizungu monga a Julian Assange sathandizira, pomwe Dr. Alison Bronowski adawunikiranso zochitika zapadziko lonse lapansi.
Zinthu zingapo zabwino zidatuluka mumsonkhanowu kuphatikizapo cholinga chokhazikitsa mabungwe, makamaka ku Australia, New Zealand, Pacifica ndi Southeast Asia, cholinga chogawana chidziwitso ndikuyimirira pamodzi ngati oimira zolinga zomwe zidagwirizana zamtendere, chilungamo ndi ufulu, nkhondo zotsutsana ndi zida za nyukiliya.
Msonkhanowu udavomerezanso kuti athandizire kukhazikitsa Ndondomeko Yoyanjanira Nyanja ya South China, kulimbikitsa UN Charter ndi Mgwirizano wa Amity ndi Cooperation ku Southeast Asia, kuthandizira anthu aku West Papua ndi Guam pomenyera ufulu wawo. Ndidavomerezanso kuvomereza kampeni ya ICAN yoletsa zida za nyukiliya, ndikuvomerezanso kufunitsitsa kwa anthu aku India kuti adzilamulire pawokha komanso kudzipereka kudzipereka.
Msonkhano wotsatira wa IPAN ukhala muzaka ziwiri ndipo ndingaupangire iwo komanso bungwe kwa aliyense amene akufuna kusintha mdera lathu, ndipo ndikuyembekeza momwe gulu lathu lolumikizirana lingathandizire pokambirana ndi kuchitapo kanthu munthawi zovuta ndi zovuta izi .
