Minnesota: Kukumbukira Kudzipereka kwa Marie Braun ku Mtendere ndi Chilungamo

Wolemba Sarah Martin ndi Meredith Aby-Keirstead, Nkhondo Back News, June 30, 2022

Minneapolis, MN - Marie Braun, 87, womenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe komanso mtsogoleri wokondedwa komanso wolemekezeka mu gulu lamtendere ndi chilungamo ku Twin Cities, adamwalira pa Juni 27 atadwala kwakanthawi kochepa.

Mayankho a Dave Logsdon, Purezidenti wa Veterans for Peace Chaputala 27, akuwonetsa zomwe ambiri adachita, "Zodabwitsa. Iye ndi wamphamvu kwambiri moti n’zovuta kukhulupirira nkhani imeneyi. Ndi chimphona bwanji mu gulu lathu lamtendere ndi chilungamo. "

Marie Braun anali membala wa Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) pafupifupi kuyambira pomwe idakhazikitsidwa zaka 40 zapitazo. Atapuma pantchito mu 1997 kuchokera ku machitidwe a psychology omwe adathamanga ndi mwamuna wake John, adayang'ana chidwi chake chonse, magwiridwe antchito osayerekezeka, luso lodziwika bwino lamagulu, mphamvu zopanda malire komanso chisangalalo ndi nthabwala pantchito yolimbana ndi nkhondo.

Adapita ku Iraq ndi a Ramsey Clark, a Jess Sundin ndi ena pagulu la International Action Center ku 1998 pachimake cha zilango zankhanza za US motsutsana ndi dzikolo. Sundin adapereka chikumbutso ichi Menyani Bwino!:

"Ndinali ndi zaka 25 zokha pamene ndinapita ndi Marie kupita ku Iraq kwa nthumwi za mgwirizano kuti nditsutsane ndi zilango za US ndi UN zomwe zinayambitsa imfa ndi mavuto ambiri. Unali ulendo wosintha moyo kwa ine, womwe unatheketsedwa m’njira zambiri ndi Marie.

“Marie anathandiza kulinganiza zosonkhetsa ndalama zimene zinandilipirira, ndipo iye ndi mwamuna wake John iwo eni anapereka ndalama zambiri. Nthumwi za 1998 zinali zoyamba zamtundu wake kupita ku Iraq, ndipo sindikutsimikiza kuti ndikanakhala ndi chidaliro choyenda ulendowu ndi alendo 100 ochokera m'dziko lonselo, ngati sindikadayenda ndi msilikali wamtendere wa Minneapolis. kuyenda.

"Marie anadzitengera ndekha ndi msungwana wina woyenda pansi, ndipo uphungu wake sunayime pabwalo la ndege. Kuyendera chipatala cha ana komanso pobisalira bomba la Al Amiriyah, chakudya chamadzulo ndi banja la abwenzi aku Iraq aku Minnesota kapena kuvina ndi ophunzira kusukulu yaukadaulo. Tinkagona usiku kwambiri tikumakambirana za masiku athu, ndipo Marie anali thanthwe limene ndinkatsamirapo kuti ndithane ndi zoopsa za nkhondo zomwe zinkachitika kwa anthu a ku Iraq achikondi ndi owolowa manja. Adandimaliza.

"Kunyumba kwathu, Marie adakhazikitsa muyeso wa momwe mgwirizano wapadziko lonse umawonekera. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, sanaiŵale banja lake, sanasiye kupeza chisangalalo ndi zochititsa kuseka, ndipo nthaŵi zonse ankalimbikitsa achinyamata ngati ine kudzipangira nyumba m’gululi,” anatero Sundin.

Marie adayamba kuyang'ana mlungu uliwonse pa mlatho wa Lake Street womwe sunaphonye Lachitatu limodzi pazaka zake za 23 zotsutsana ndi nkhondo, kuyambira ku mabomba a US / NATO ku Yugoslavia mpaka lero ndi US / NATO inayambitsa mikangano ku Ukraine. Kwa zaka zambiri iye ndi John ndi omwe amabweretsa zizindikilo, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimangopangidwa sabata imeneyo, kuwonetsa dziko lililonse lomwe US ​​​​inaphulitsa, kuvomereza kapena kukhala.

Pofika ku Desert Storm, iye ndi John adakonza kampeni yoti mamembala a WAMM agawire zikwangwani masauzande ambiri zomwe zimati "Imbani aphungu anu. Nenani kuti ayi kunkhondo ku Iraq. " Zizindikirozi sizinali zofala m'kapinga mu mzinda wathu komanso zinapemphedwa ndi madera ena m'dziko lonselo.

Kwa zaka zambiri Marie adakonza msonkhano ku tchalitchi chawo, Saint Joan waku Arc, paphwando la Holy Innocents. Anasintha kukumbukira kuphedwa kwa ana ku Palestine ndi Herode, kukhala chikumbutso cha ana a Iraq omwe anaphedwa ndi mabomba a US ndi chilango.

Marie adakonza ntchito zamasiku ambiri ku maofesi a Senators a US Wellstone, Dayton ndi Coleman. Adabweretsa atsogoleri amitundu yamatauni ngati Cindy Sheehan, Kathy Kelly ndi Denis Halliday, wogwirizira ntchito zothandiza anthu ku UN ku Iraq, ndipo adawonetsetsa kuti alankhula ndi makamu a anthu oyimilira okha. Adapanga gulu la anthu olimbana ndi nkhondo mdziko lonse kuti achite nawo maulendo olankhula komanso kukakamiza akuluakulu osankhidwa. Sanasinthe chilichonse pantchito yake yolimbana ndi ma imperialism a US ku Iraq, kulimba mtima komwe adagwiritsa ntchito pa chilichonse chomwe adachita.

Alan Dale, woyambitsa Minnesota Peace Action Coalition akufotokoza nkhaniyi, "Marie anali wolimbikira kwambiri, akugwira ntchito ndi anthu osiyanasiyana ochokera m'madera osiyanasiyana, nthawi zonse amatsatira mfundo zake. Marie nthawi zambiri ankakhala wogwirizanitsa ntchito zamtendere kapena mtsogoleri wotsogolera ziwonetsero. Pa chimodzi mwa ziwonetsero zokumbukira zaka zankhondo yaku Iraq kuyambira ku Loring Park, anthu mazana ambiri adasonkhana kuti aguba. Kenako apolisi anafika. Wapolisi wamkuluyo akuwoneka kuti wasokonezeka kuti anthu onsewa akukonzekera kuguba popanda chilolezo chawo. Wapolisi wotsogolera anafuna laisensi yoyendetsa galimoto ya munthu wina kuti adziwe kumene angatumize masamoni, Marie anati, 'Mungakhale ndi laisensi yanga yoyendetsa galimoto, koma tigubabe.' Panthawiyo, panali anthu 1000 mpaka 2000 omwe anasonkhana. Apolisiwo adangosiya ndikuchoka. "

Mu 2010, omenyera nkhondo ku Minneapolis ndi kuzungulira Midwest adayang'aniridwa ndi a FBI chifukwa chamtendere komanso mgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi. Olemba onsewa adaphatikizidwa mwa omwe adatumizidwa ku khoti lalikulu ndipo amayang'aniridwa ndi FBI. Marie anatithandiza kukonza kukana kwathu kudzera mu Komiti Yoletsa Kuponderezedwa kwa FBI. Joe Iosbaker, wogwirizira wa ku Chicago yemwe adatchulidwanso, adakumbukira mgwirizano wake, "Ndimakumbukira bwino kwambiri zomwe anachita ndi congresspersons ndi maseneta m'malo mwa Antiwar 23. Kupeza akuluakulu osankhidwawo kuti alankhule podziteteza kunkawoneka ngati kosatheka kwa ine; koma osati kwa Marie ndi omenyera mtendere wakale ku Twin Cities! Ndipo iwo anali olondola. "

Kwa zaka zingapo zapitazi Marie adatsogolera WAMM End War Committee. Mary Slobig adati, "Sindingayerekeze Komiti Yomaliza Yankhondo popanda iye kutumiza ndondomeko, kutigwira ntchito, ndikulemba zolemba. Iye ndiye thanthwe lathu!”

Kristin Dooley, mkulu wa WAMM adanena Menyani Bwino!, “Marie wakhala bwenzi langa, mlangizi wanga, ndi mnzanga m’zolimbikitsa kwa zaka zambiri. Anali wochita zachipongwe modabwitsa. Amatha kusamalira ndalama, ogwira ntchito, kukonzanso umembala, kusaka ndalama, kusindikiza ndi kulemba. Adalumikizana mofunitsitsa ndi akuluakulu achipembedzo, andale, aboma komanso apolisi. Marie anandidziwitsa kuti ali ndi nsana wanga ndipo ndinakhala wolimbikitsana bwino chifukwa ankandikhulupirira. "

Marie anatilimbikitsa ndi kudzipereka kwake ndipo sanachite mantha kupempha kuti achitepo kanthu kapena ndalama. Ambiri a ife tanenapo kuti, “Simungakane kwa Marie.” Iye anali mzati wa gulu lamtendere komanso wolimbikitsa kwambiri zochita ndi kusintha kothandiza. Analinso mlangizi ndi mphunzitsi waluso ndipo amasiya mabungwe amphamvu ndi anthu kuti apitirize kulimbana. Adatulutsa zabwino mwa ife, ndipo ife ndi gulu lamtendere tidzamusowa kwambiri.

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