Amayi, Kodi Olimbikitsa Mtendere Amachokera Kuti?

Ndi David Swanson, World BEYOND War, July 8, 2020

Msonkhano wa mtendere wa Kateri, womwe wakhala ukuchitikira kumpoto kwa New York kwa zaka 22, ichitika pa intaneti chaka chino, kulola aliyense padziko lapansi yemwe angakhoze kufika pa intaneti kuti apite ndi kumva ndi kulankhula ndi olimbikitsa mtendere a US - (Hey, World, kodi mumadziwa kuti US inali ndi olimbikitsa mtendere?) - monga Steve Breyman, John Amidon, Maureen Beillargeon Aumand , Medea Benjamin, Kristin Christman, Lawrence Davidson, Stephen Downs, James Jennings, Kathy Kelly, Jim Merkel, Ed Kinane, Nick Mottern, Rev. Felicia Parazaider, Bill Quigley, David Swanson, Ann Wright, ndi Chris Antal.

Inde, dzina langa lili pamndandanda umenewo. Ayi, sindikunena kuti ndine wodabwitsa. Koma ndakhala ndi mwayi wolankhula ku Kateri Peace Conference ndekha mu 2012 ndi 2014, ndipo idakonzedwa kuti ndikakhalekonso mu 2020 mpaka Trumpandemic itasintha machitidwe a aliyense.

Olankhula pa Zoom-Conference chaka chino, kuphatikiza Blase Bonpane wodabwitsa, yemwe adamwalira mu 2019, ndi olemba machaputala osiyanasiyana a buku latsopano lotchedwa. Kupotoza Arc: Kumenyera Mtendere ndi Chilungamo M'nthawi ya Nkhondo Yosatha. Aliyense adafunsidwa kuti alembe za chiyambi cha kudzipereka kwawo ku mtendere ndi chilungamo, mbali za ntchito yawo yamtendere, malingaliro awo pa zomwe zimayambitsa nkhondo ndi mtendere, ndi masomphenya awo a "world beyond war” ndi za ntchito yofunikira kuti afikireko. Ndinapatsa mutu wanga wakuti “Momwe Ndinakhalira Wolimbikitsa Mtendere.”

Ndangowerengapo mitu ya wina aliyense, ndipo ndi yowunikira kwambiri, koma osati zomwe ndimayembekezera. Ndinkayembekezera kuyankha funso lachibwana lomwe ndidatchula nalo mutuwu. Ndinkafuna kudziwa bwanji kuti anthu azikhala olimbikitsa mtendere? Sindikuganiza kuti bukuli linayankha funsoli mmene ndinkaganizira.

Ndizosangalatsa kudziwa kuti Medea Benjamin ali wamng'ono, bwenzi labwino la mlongo wake linatumizidwa ku Vietnam ndipo mwamsanga anamutumizira (mlongo) khutu la womenya nkhondo ku Vietcong kuti azivala ngati chikumbutso. Mlongo wake wa Medea anasanza, ndipo Medea anazindikira chinachake chokhudza nkhondo.

Ndizodabwitsa kuti Ed Kinane amakumbukira mikwingwirima khumi kumbuyo kwa mphunzitsi wa giredi XNUMX kuti imamuthandiza kukhala wokayikira maulamuliro onse.

Koma kodi kukumbukira zonsezi kumatiuza chiyani? Anthu ambiri anatumiza makutu kwa alongo awo. Anthu osaŵerengeka anakwapulidwa. Mwachiwerengero, pafupifupi palibe amene anakhala olimbikitsa mtendere.

Ndikapendanso nkhani zomwe zili m'bukuli, ndikuwona kuti palibe m'modzi mwa otsutsawo adaleredwa ndi omenyera mtendere kuti atenge maudindo a makolo awo m'mabungwe amtendere kapena mabizinesi. Ochepa kwambiri anaphunzira mtendere kusukulu. (Zimenezo zikhoza kusintha m’zaka zaposachedwapa.) Ena anasonkhezeredwa ndi ochirikiza ena, koma umenewo suli mutu waukulu. Ambiri adayenera kupeza njira yolimbikitsira mtendere atakula kuti ayambe ntchito zawo zamtendere. Palibe amene anakopeka ndi ndawala yotsatsa malonda ya madola mabiliyoni pachaka kapena maofesi olembera anthu ntchito m'dziko lonselo akupereka mabonasi akuluakulu ndi mabodza oterera, momwe anthu amakopekera kunkhondo.

Ndipotu ena mwa anthu olimbikitsa mtenderewa anayamba ngati omenyera nkhondo. Ena anakulira m’mabanja ankhondo, ena m’mabanja amene amadalira nkhondo, ena pakati. Ena anali achipembedzo, ena sanali. Ena anali olemera, ena osauka.

Ambiri adazindikira, ndipo akonzi adawona izi, kuti kupita kumayiko ena kunali gawo la kudzutsidwa kwawo. Ambiri adawona kufunikira kokhala ndi zikhalidwe zina kapena zikhalidwe zina ku United States kapena kunja kwake. Ena anagogomezera kuona zinthu zopanda chilungamo zamtundu wina. Ena anachita nawo zinthu zopanda chilungamo. Ena anaona umphaŵi ndipo kwenikweni anagwirizana ndi nkhondo monga malo amene chuma chosayerekezeka chinali kutayidwa. Angapo a olemba ameneŵa amakambitsirana za kufunika kwa maphunziro a makhalidwe abwino kuchokera kwa makolo awo ndi aphunzitsi ena, kuphatikizapo aphunzitsi akusukulu. Koma kugwiritsa ntchito maphunziro a makhalidwe abwino pa nkhondo ndi mtendere si ntchito yachibadwa. Nkhani za pawailesi yakanema ndi nyuzipepala za ku United States zingasonyeze kuti chikondi ndi kuwolowa manja zili ndi mbali yake yoyenera, pamene kukonda dziko lako ndi zankhondo zili ndi zawo.

Kwa mbali zambiri sizimanenedwa m'machaputala awa, koma aliyense wa olembawo ndi wopanduka, chinachake chokayikira ulamuliro umene Ed anakhala kapena wakhala. Popanda kuganiza mozama, kodziyimira pawokha, kokhazikika, kowukira, kopanda kutsutsa pang'ono zokopa, palibe aliyense wa anthuwa amene akanakhala olimbikitsa mtendere. Koma palibe aŵiri a iwo amene ali ofanana patali, ngakhale m’chipanduko chawo, ngakhale m’chilimbikitso chawo cha mtendere. Ambiri, ngati si onse, adafika potsutsana ndi nkhondo pang'onopang'ono, akufunsa poyamba nkhanza kapena nkhondo, ndipo pokhapokha atadutsa magawo angapo, akubwera kudzakonda kuthetsedwa kwa bungwe lonse. Ochepa a iwo angakhale akudutsabe m’magawo ena.

Mapeto omwe ndimapeza ndikuti ndimafunsa funso lopusa. Pafupifupi aliyense akhoza kukhala wolimbikitsa mtendere. Ambiri mwa anthuwa adakhala omenyera zifukwa zina poyamba, ndipo adapeza njira yawo pomvetsetsa zapakati pa nkhondo ndi imperialism ku mitundu yonse ya zopanda chilungamo zomwe tiyenera kuzigonjetsa. M'zaka zachitetezo chokulirapo komanso chodziwika bwino chamtendere, mabiliyoni a anthu atha kuchita pang'ono pang'ono. Koma m’nthaŵi ya nkhondo zovomerezedwa mofala, ngakhale zopeŵedwa mosasamala, zankhondo zosatha, awo amene amakhala ochirikiza mtendere, awo amene amafuna kukonzekera njira ya nyengo yachisonkhezero chamtendere chimene sichinachitikepo n’kale lonse chimene chidzadza ngati anthu apulumuka, amene ali m’gulu la anthu ochepa osankhidwawo. sizosiyana kwambiri. Pakhoza kukhala mamiliyoni ambiri a ife.

Vuto ndilakuti gulu lamtendere lilibe ndalama zolembera anthu onse ofunitsitsa komanso ochita zamtendere. Pamene bungwe langa, World BEYOND War, kulembera antchito atsopano, timatha kusanthula milu ikuluikulu ya oyenerera oyenerera. Tangoganizani ngati ife, ndi bungwe lililonse lamtendere, titha kulemba ganyu onse odzipereka! Tangoganizani ngati ife amene tatchulidwa m'bukuli tidalembedwa kuti tilowe m'gulu lamtendere ali aang'ono kusiyana ndi omwe tidapezamo mwachisawawa. Ndili ndi malingaliro awiri.

Choyamba, werengani Bending the Arc: Kumenyera Mtendere ndi Chilungamo M'nthawi ya Nkhondo Yosatha ndikuwona zomwe mukuganiza.

Chachiwiri, gulani tikiti yopita kumsonkhano. Ndalama zosonkhanitsidwa ndi World BEYOND War adzapita World BEYOND War, Voices for Creative Non-Violence, Upstate Drone Action, CODE PINK, Conscience International, ndi Revolution of Love. Onse abwereke mashelefu athunthu odzaza ndi anthu ndi kuwagwiritsa ntchito bwino! Monga momwe Steve Breyman ananenera m’mawu oyamba a bukhuli, “Makhalidwe abwino a chilengedwe chonse samapindika okha.