Ndi Kathy Kelly
“Kuwala kwanga kwakung'ono uku, ndikulola kuti kuwala! Mulole iwo kuwala, alole iwo kuwala, alole iwo kuwala."
Tangoganizani ana akuimba nyimbo zomwe zili pamwambazi mosilira, zomwe pamapeto pake zinakhala nyimbo yaufulu wa anthu. Kusalakwa kwawo ndi kutsimikiza mtima kwawo kosangalatsa zimatiunikira. Inde! Poyang'anizana ndi nkhondo, zovuta za anthu othawa kwawo, kuchuluka kwa zida ndi kusintha kwa nyengo komwe sikunathetsedwe, tiyeni tigwirizane ndi malingaliro a ana. Lolani ubwino kuwala. Kapena, monga abwenzi athu achichepere ku Afghanistan anenera, #Enough! Amalemba mawuwa, ku Dari, m'manja mwawo ndikuwawonetsa makamera, akufuna kufuula chikhumbo chawo chothetsa nkhondo zonse.
Chilimwe chapitachi, kugwirizana ndi Wisconsin activists, tidaganiza zowonetsa kukana izi pazizindikiro ndi zilengezo za kuyenda kwa mtunda wamakilomita 90 kuti tithetse kupha anthu omwe akufuna kuphedwa ndi ma drone kunja, komanso kusalangidwa kofananako komwe kumaperekedwa kwa apolisi omwe akuchulukirachulukira ankhondo akapha anthu a bulauni ndi akuda ku US.
Poyenda m'mizinda yaying'ono ndi matauni ku Wisconsin, otenga nawo gawo adagawira timapepala ndikuphunzitsanso kulimbikitsa anthu kuti aziyankha mlandu kwa apolisi am'deralo, komanso kutha kwa pulogalamu ya "Shadow Drone" yoyendetsedwa ndi US Air National Guard kuchokera ku Volk Field ya Wisconsin. Mnzathu Maya Evans adayenda mtunda wautali kwambiri kuti alowe nawo ulendowu: amagwirizanitsa Voices for Creative Nonviolence ku UK. Alice Gerard, wochokera ku Grand Isle, NY, ndiye woyenda mtunda wautali kwambiri, paulendo wake wachisanu ndi chimodzi wotsutsana ndi nkhondo ndi VCNV.
Brian Terrell adawona zomwe amayi amalankhula ndi Code Pink, monga gawo la kampeni ya Amayi Against Police Brutality, adanenanso kuti: chodabwitsa kuti ambiri mwa apolisi omwe amawaimba mlandu wopha ana awo anali omenyera nkhondo ku US ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq. Adakumbukira zomwe zidachitika mdziko muno, monga msonkhano wa NATO ku Chicago, mu 2012, omwe okonza ake adayesa kulemba anthu osakhalitsa achitetezo pakati pa omenyera nkhondo aku US. Asilikali akale, omwe akhumudwitsidwa kale ndi nkhondo, amafunikira thandizo, chithandizo chamankhwala ndi maphunziro aukadaulo koma m'malo mwake amapatsidwa ntchito zosakhalitsa kuti aloze zida kwa anthu ena pakanthawi kochepa.
Ulendowu unali wophunzitsa. Salek Khalid, bwenzi la Voices, adagawana nawo "Kupanga Gahena Padziko Lapansi: US Drone Ikugunda Kunja," ulaliki wake wozama wokhudza chitukuko chankhondo za drone. Tyler Sheafer, yemwe adalumikizana nafe kuchokera ku Progressive Alliance pafupi ndi Independence, MO, adatsindika za ufulu wokhala ndi moyo wosalira zambiri, kuchokera pa gridi ndi kuwononga mbewu zomwe zimabzalidwa pamtunda wa makilomita 150 kuchokera kunyumba, pamene omwe ali ku Mauston, WI adalandira Joe Kruse kuti alankhule za fracking ndi gulu lathu likufunika kusintha kagwiritsidwe ntchito ka mphamvu. Kukhoza kuletsa ndalama zathu ndi ntchito yathu ndi njira yofunikira yokakamiza maboma kuti aletse mphamvu zawo zachiwawa zapakhomo ndi zapadziko lonse.
Sitinali tokha. Tidayenda mogwirizana ndi anthu akumudzi ku Gangjeong, South Korea, omwe adalandira ambiri aife kuti tigwirizane nawo pagulu lawo loletsa usilikali pachilumba chawo chokongola cha Jeju. Kufunafuna mgwirizano wapakati pazilumba ndikuzindikira momwe amagawana nawo zovuta za Afghans olemedwa ndi US "Asia Pivot," anzathu ku Okinawa, Japan adzalandira kuyenda kuchokera kumpoto kupita kumwera kwa chilumbachi, kutsutsa ntchito yomanga US yatsopano. gulu lankhondo ku Henoko. M'malo moyambitsa nkhondo yatsopano yozizira, tikufuna kuunikira zodetsa nkhawa zathu ndi nkhawa zathu, kupeza chitetezo m'manja mwaubwenzi.
Pa August 26th, ena mwa omwe akuyendawo adzakana kusagwirizana ndi anthu ku Volk Field, kunyamula mauthenga okhudza nkhondo za drone ndi mbiri yamitundu m'makhothi amilandu ndi maganizo a anthu.
Nthawi zambiri timaganiza kuti moyo wotanganidwa ndi zosangalatsa za tsiku ndi tsiku ndi moyo wokhawo womwe ungatheke, pamene theka la dziko lapansi, kutipatsa ife zitonthozozo, ena osowa thandizo amanjenjemera ndi kuzizira kosathawika kapena mantha. Zakhala zolangiza pamayendedwe awa kuti tidzisudzule pang'ono, ndikuwona momwe kuwala kwathu kumawalira, kosabisika, pamsewu wodutsa m'matauni oyandikana nawo, mawu oimba omwe tamva kuchokera kwa ana omwe akuphunzira kukhala akuluakulu momwe angathere; kuyesera kuphunzira phunziro lomwelo. Nyimboyi imati, "Sindidzatero kuwalitsa: Ndingoti _let_ kuwala. Tikukhulupirira kuti mwa kutulutsa chowonadi chomwe chili kale mwa ife tingalimbikitse ena kukhala ndi moyo wawo, kuwalitsa kuunika kwaumunthu pa nkhanza zachiwawa, kunyumba ndi kunja, za machitidwe amdima omwe amalimbikitsa chiwawa. Pamaulendo ngati awa takhala ndi mwayi woganiza za moyo wabwinoko, kugawana mphindi za cholinga ndi malingaliro abwino ndi anthu ambiri omwe takumana nawo panjira.
Chithunzi chojambula: Maya Evans
Kathy Kelly (Kathy@vcnv.org) amagwirizanitsa mau a Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org)
