Osatopa

Ndi Kathy Kelly, World BEYOND War Purezidenti wa Board, Disembala 19, 2022
Ndemanga zochokera pamwambo woyamba wapachaka wa WBW wopindula pa intaneti

Kwa zaka zingapo zapitazi ambiri aife takhala tikukumana ndi zoom mafoni. Kuwona nyumba ndi maphunziro kumandisangalatsa, ngakhale ndimadzimva kuti ndine wopusa. Chabwino, kumbuyo kwanga nthawi zonse ndi chithunzi chojambulidwa cha St. Oscar Romero, bishopu wamkulu wa El Salvador yemwe adatembenuka, adagwirizana ndi osauka kwambiri, adanyoza nkhondo, ndipo adaphedwa.

Ena a inu mukudziwa za gulu lankhondo laku US ku Fort Benning, GA lomwe limaphunzitsa asitikali aku Salvador kuti azichita zinthu zosowa, kuzunza, kupha komanso kupha anthu. Zaka makumi angapo zapitazo, abwenzi atatu, Roy Bourgeois, Larry Rosebough, ndi Linda Ventimiglia, adavala zotopa zankhondo ndikulowa m'malo. Iwo anakwera pamtengo wautali wa paini wakumwera, ndiyeno anayatsa bokosi la boom limene linaphulitsa mawu a Romero pansi monga ngati akuchokera kumwamba: “M’dzina la Mulungu m’dzina la abale ndi alongo athu ovutika mu El Salvador, ndikupemphani. inu, ndikukulamulani, - siyani kuponderezana! Lekani kupha!

Roy, Larry ndi Linda anatsekeredwa m’ndende. Archbishop Romero anaphedwa, koma mawu omveka bwino amenewo akali nafe. Letsani kuponderezana! Lekani kupha!

Nkhondo si yankho.

Ndakhala ndikuwerenga zolembedwa za a Phil Berrigan, woyambitsa gulu la Plowshares, yemwe adasintha kuchokera ku msilikali kupita kusukulu kupita kugulu lomenyera nkhondo. Anayamba kuyankhula ndikuchitapo kanthu m'gulu lomenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe, kenako munkhondo yolimbana ndi Vietnam ndipo, kwazaka zambiri, kutsutsa zida zanyukiliya. Anamuyerekezera ndi mneneri wa “jack-in-the-box”. A US adapereka chilango chautali m'ndende ndipo nthawi zonse ankabweranso, ndikuwuza abwenzi kuti: "Tikumane ku Pentagon!" M'mawu ake omaliza ku Pentagon, potsutsa nkhondo yaku US yolimbana ndi Afghanistan, Phil adachonderera anthu omwe adasonkhanawo kuti: "Musatope!"

Anzake awiri osatopa a Phil ali m'chipatala usikuuno, ku San Francisco. Jan ndi David Hartsough ali ndi banja lawo, mozungulira bedi lachipatala la David pomwe ali muvuto lalikulu. Jan anapempha anzake onse a David kuti amugwire mu kuwala.

Davide watsogolera World BEYOND War, osatopa ndi kuchita zachiwawa ndipo nthawi zonse amatilimbikitsa kuti tisamachite zachiwawa. Ndikupangira toast kwa David ndi Jan Hartsough. M'chikho changa muli tiyi yachakudya cham'mawa cha ku Ireland chifukwa sindinkafuna kuwoneka wotopa popereka sawatcha.

Inde, tiyeni tikweze magalasi athu, tikweze mawu athu, ndipo, chofunika kwambiri, tipeze ndalama.

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Posachedwapa, atolankhani anaika maganizo awo pa munthu wina wogulitsa zida wa ku Russia, Bambo Bout, ndipo anamutcha kuti Merchant of Death. Koma tazunguliridwa ndi kulowetsedwa ndi a Merchants of Death padziko lonse lapansi monga opanga zida.

Tikuyenera tipeze ndalama zoti zitithandize kukweza mawu athu, kudzudzula nkhondo ndikuthandizira kumveketsa kulira kwa ozunzidwa kwambiri pankhondo.

Usikuuno, ndikuganiza makamaka za ana omwe ali m'madera ankhondo, ana omwe akuwopsyeza mabomba, zigawenga za usiku, kuwombera mfuti; ana amene akukhala m’nkhondo zozunguliridwa ndi chuma, ambiri a iwo ali ndi njala kwambiri moti sangalire.

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Nkhondo si yankho. Kodi tingathe kuthetsa nkhondo? Ndikukhulupirira kuti titha ndipo tiyenera.

Zikomo chifukwa chothandiza World BEYOND War khazikitsani ndondomeko zoganiziridwa bwino pamene tikufikira ndi kuphunzira kuchokera kumagulu omwe akuchulukirachulukira m'maiko onse padziko lapansi.

Tichite moni ndikutsogozedwa ndi oyera anthawi yathu. Tiloleni tizindikire za moyo wa wina ndi mzake ndikumanga mgwirizano wosatopa. Ndipo mulole David Hartsough achitidwe mu kuwala. Kutsogolera kuwala mokoma. Kutsogolera ku a World BEYOND War.