Palibenso Nkhondo: Womenyera ufulu Kathy Kelly pa Resistance and Regeneration Conference

Wolemba John Malkin,  Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 7, 2022

Bungwe la mtendere lapadziko lonse lapansi World BEYOND War ikuchititsa msonkhano wapaintaneti kumapeto kwa sabata ino kuti akambirane zothetsa zankhondo ndikumanga machitidwe ogwirira ntchito, olimbikitsa moyo. The No War 2022: Resistance & Regeneration Conference ikuchitika Lachisanu-Lamlungu. World BEYOND War idakhazikitsidwa mu 2014 ndi David Swanson ndi David Hartsough kuti athetse kukhazikitsidwa kwankhondo, osati "nkhondo yamasiku ano." Dziwani zambiri za msonkhano wa Virtual Pochezera https://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2022.

Kathy Kelly yemwe adakhalapo nthawi yayitali adakhala Purezidenti wa World Beyond War mu March. Adayambitsa nawo Voices in the Wilderness mu 1996 ndipo adakonza nthumwi zambiri ku Iraq kuti zikapereke chithandizo chamankhwala mosagwirizana ndi ziletso pazachuma ku US m'ma 90s. Mu 1998 Kelly anamangidwa chifukwa chobzala chimanga pa silo ya nyukiliya pafupi ndi Kansas City monga gawo la Missouri Peace Planting. Adakhala miyezi isanu ndi inayi ku Ndende ya Pekin zomwe adalemba m'buku lake la 2005, "Other Lands Have Dreams: From Baghdad to Pekin Prison." (Counterpunch Press) The Sentinel posachedwapa analankhula ndi Kelly za nkhondo za drone, kuthetsa ndende ndi maulendo ake ambiri opita ku Afghanistan, Iraq ndi kwina kulikonse kukawona nkhondo za US ndikuthandizira kuthetsa kuvutika.

Ikwirireni mfutizo

Q: “Anenedwa kuti anthu ali okhoza kuganiza mozama za kutha kwa dziko kusiyana ndi kutha kwa ukapitalist. Mofananamo, iwo sangawone m’maganizo kutha kwa nkhondo. Ndiuzeni za kuthekera kothetsa nkhondo.”

Yankho: "Zomwe tikulimbana nazo zikuwoneka ngati zazikulu chifukwa magulu ankhondo ali ndi mphamvu zambiri pa oyimira osankhidwa. Iwo ali ndi zokopa zazikulu kuti apitirize kulimbikitsa ulamuliro umenewo. Zomwe akuwoneka kuti alibe ndi malingaliro abwino, "adatero Kelly.

"Ndakhala ndikuganiza za uthenga womwe ndinalandira pambuyo pa kuphedwa koopsa ku Uvalde, Texas kuchokera kwa mnzanga wachichepere, Ali, yemwe ndidapitako nthawi zambiri ku Afghanistan," Kelly anapitiriza. “Anandifunsa kuti, ‘Kodi tingathandize bwanji makolo amene ali ndi chisoni ku Uvalde?’ Izi zinandikhudza kwambiri, chifukwa nthawi zonse amayesa kutonthoza amayi ake omwe akumva chisoni ndi imfa ya mchimwene wake wamkulu, yemwe adalowa m'gulu la asilikali a Afghanistani chifukwa cha umphawi, ndipo anaphedwa. Ali ndi mtima waukulu kwambiri. Kotero, ndinati, 'Ali, kodi ukukumbukira zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zapitazo pamene iwe ndi abwenzi ako munasonkhana pamodzi ndi anthu a m'misewu omwe munkawaphunzitsa ndipo munatolera mfuti iliyonse yomwe mumatha kutenga?' Panali zambiri. Ndipo inu munakumba manda aakulu ndi kukwirira mfuti zimenezo. Ndipo inu munabzala mtengo pamwamba pa manda amenewo. Kodi mukukumbukira kuti panali mayi wina amene ankangoyang'ana ndipo analimbikitsidwa kwambiri, anagula fosholo n'kuyamba kubzala mitengo yambiri?'

"Ndikuganiza kuti anthu ambiri angayang'ane Ali, abwenzi ake ndi mayiyo ndikunena kuti ndi onyenga," adatero Kelly. "Koma kwenikweni anthu achinyengo ndi omwe amapitiliza kutikankhira pafupi ndi nkhondo ya nyukiliya. Potsirizira pake zida zawo za nyukiliya zidzagwiritsidwa ntchito. Onyengawo ndi omwe amaganiza kuti mtengo wankhondo ndiwofunika. Pamene kwenikweni zimawonongeratu chitetezo chomwe anthu amafunikira pa chakudya, thanzi, maphunziro ndi ntchito. "

Kukana mwa kupirira

Q: "Tili m'nthawi yomwe tikuwunikanso mbiri ya US. Anthu ndi zizindikiro zovuta ndi kuwulula zobisika za ukapolo, kupha fuko, zankhondo, apolisi ndi ndende komanso mbiri yobisika ya magulu otsutsana ndi machitidwe achiwawa amenewo. Kodi pali magulu ankhondo aposachedwa omwe aiwalika?"

Yankho: “Ndakhala ndikuganiza zambiri za nkhondo ya 2003 yolimbana ndi Iraq, yomwe idayamba ndi nkhondo yolimbana ndi Iraq mu 1991. Ndipo pakati pake panali nkhondo ya zilango zachuma. Zotsatira za zilangozo zatsala pang'ono kuzimiririka m'mbiri," adatero Kelly. "Zikomo zabwino Joy Gordon analemba buku lomwe silingafafanizidwe. ("Nkhondo Yosaoneka: United States and the Iraq Sanctions" - Harvard University Press 2012) Koma mungavutike kupeza zambiri zomwe magulu ambiri adasonkhanitsa atapita ku Iraq monga mboni zowona zachiwawa cha anthu osalakwa. anthu ku Iraq, pafupi ndi Israeli omwe ali ndi zida za 200 mpaka 400 za thermonuclear.

Kelly anapitiriza kuti: "Zonsezi ndizovuta kukana chifukwa cha kulimba mtima. “Tiyenera kumanga madera amtendere, ogwirizana komanso kupewa ziwawa zankhondo. Imodzi mwa makampeni ofunika kwambiri omwe ndidachitapo nawo inali kampeni yolimba mtima. Tidapita ku Iraq maulendo 27 ndikukonza nthumwi 70 zosamvera ziletso pazachuma ndikupereka chithandizo chamankhwala.

"Chofunika kwambiri pobwerera chinali khama la maphunziro. Anthu adagwiritsa ntchito mawu awo kukulitsa mawu omwe adabisika, "adatero Kelly. “Analankhula m’mabwalo a anthu, m’makalasi akuyunivesite, pamisonkhano yachipembedzo ndi zionetsero. Mungaganize kuti, 'Kumeneku kunali kuliza mluzu kwamtundu uliwonse, si choncho?' Koma kodi si zoona kuti mu 2003 dziko linayandikira kwambiri kuposa kale lonse kuti lithetse nkhondo isanayambe? Nditha kulira ngakhale tsopano poganiza kuti kuyesayesa kwalephera, komanso zomwe zatanthauza kwa anthu aku Iraq. N’zosalimbikitsa kudziwa kuti anthu anayesetsa kwambiri. Koma sitiyenera kutaya mfundo yoti mamiliyoni ambiri adabwera padziko lonse lapansi kuti atsutsane ndi nkhondo pomwe ma TV ambiri sanalankhulepo chilichonse, makamaka ku United States, za anthu wamba ku Iraq.

"Kodi anthu onse omwe adachita ziwonetsero zotsutsana ndi nkhondo adaphunzira bwanji za Iraq? Ngati simusamala mndandanda, ku United States kunali a Veterans for Peace, PAX Christi, Magulu Amtendere Achikhristu (omwe tsopano amatchedwa Magulu Okhazikitsa Mtendere), Fellowship of Reconciliation, Nyumba za Antchito Achikatolika zomwe zidapanga nthumwi, American Friends Service Committee, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Muslim Peace Fellowship ndi gulu lomwe ndinali nalo, Voices in the Wilderness, "Kelly adakumbukira. "Maphunzirowa adakwaniritsidwa kuti anthu ambiri adziwe m'chikumbumtima, nkhondoyi ndi yolakwika. Onse anachita zimenezi moika moyo wawo pachiswe. Mmodzi mwa abwino kwambiri a Code Pink adaphedwa ku Iraq, Marla Ruzicka. Anthu a Gulu la Christian Peacemaker adabedwa ndipo m'modzi wa iwo adaphedwa, Tom Fox. Womenyera ufulu waku Ireland waphedwa, Maggie Hassan. "

World beyond war

Q: "Ndiuzeni za No War 2022 Resistance and Regeneration Conference."

A: "Pali achinyamata ambiri amphamvu World Beyond War kumanga mgwirizano pakati pa anthu a permaculture omwe ali okhudza kukonzanso nthaka, komanso kuona ngati njira yolimbana ndi nkhondo," Kelly anafotokoza. "Akugwirizanitsa pakati pa kukumana komvetsa chisoni kwa nyengo ndi nkhondo.

"Anzathu ambiri achichepere ku Afghanistan akukumana ndi kuthedwa nzeru ndipo ndachita chidwi kwambiri ndi madera omwe ali ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu omwe apanga malangizo othandiza momwe angapangire dimba ladzidzidzi, ngakhale mulibe dothi labwino kapena madzi osavuta. ,” Kelly anapitiriza. “Gulu lina la anthu olima kumwera kwa dziko la Portugal laitana anzathu achichepere asanu ndi atatu a ku Afghani, omwe akufuna malo otetezeka, kuti agwirizane ndi dera lawo. Tathanso kutsegula malo otetezeka a amayi ku Pakistan, komwe kufunikirako kuli kwakukulu kwambiri. Tikuwona kusuntha kwina kuti tichepetse mantha ndi mantha, zomwe nthawi zonse zimayambitsa nkhondo. Nkhondo siitha ikadzatha. Palinso gulu lachisangalalo ku Sinjajevina, Montenegro komwe anthu akukana mapulani oti akhazikitse gulu lankhondo m'dera lokongolali. ”

Ukraine

Funso: “Anthu ambiri amathandizira dziko la US kutumiza zida zankhondo mazana mamiliyoni mazana a madola ku Ukraine. Kodi si njira zawo zothanirana ndi nkhondo kuwonjezera pa kuwomberana kapena kusachita kalikonse?”

Yankho: “Oyambitsa nkhondo amapambana. Koma tiyenera kumangoganizira momwe zingakhalire ngati oyambitsa nkhondowo alibe mphamvu. Ndipo tikukhulupirira kuti izi zichitika posachedwa chifukwa zomwe zikuchitika ku Ukraine zikungobwerezabwereza kuti United States ikamenye nkhondo ndi China, "adatero Kelly. "US Navy Admiral Charles Richard adati nthawi iliyonse akachita masewera ankhondo ndi China, United States imaluza. Ndipo kuti njira yokhayo yopambana ndi yakuti United States igwiritse ntchito chida cha nyukiliya. Ananenanso kuti ngati nkhondo itakumana ndi China, kugwiritsa ntchito zida za nyukiliya kudzakhala "mwayi, osati zotheka." Izi ziyenera kutichititsa mantha ngati tisamalira ana athu, zidzukulu, mitundu ina, minda. Kodi mungaganizire ziŵerengero za othaŵa kwawo amene adzakhala akuthaŵa m’nyengo yaphompho ya nyengo yachisanu ya nyukiliya, kudzetsa njala ndi kulephera kwa zomera?

"Pankhani ya Ukraine, United States ikuyembekeza kufooketsa Russia ndikuchepetsa omwe akupikisana nawo kuti akhale opambana padziko lonse lapansi," Kelly anapitiriza. "Pakadali pano, anthu aku Ukraine akugwiritsidwa ntchito mwachipongwe ngati ma pawn omwe ali pachiwopsezo cha kufa. Ndipo Russia ikukankhira ku kugwiritsidwa ntchito koyipa kwa chiwopsezo cha nyukiliya. Anthu opezerera anzawo anganene kuti, 'Mungachite bwino kuchita zimene ndikunena chifukwa ndili ndi bomba.' Ndizovuta kwambiri kuthandiza anthu kuona njira yokhayo yopitira patsogolo ndi mgwirizano. Njira ina ndiyo kudzipha pamodzi.”

Nkhondo yolimbana ndi osauka

Q: "Mwakhala kundende komanso kundende nthawi zambiri chifukwa cha zochita zanu zotsutsana ndi nkhondo. N’zosadabwitsa kuti anthu ambiri omenyera ufulu wa anthu amene amapita kundende n’kuwonjezera kuthetsa ndende pa zochita zawo.”

Yankho: “Nthawi zonse kunali kofunika kuti anthu olimbikitsa mtendere apite kundende n’kuona zimene ndimatcha ‘nkhondo yolimbana ndi osauka.’ Sizinali choncho kuti njira yokhayo yothetsera mankhwala osokoneza bongo kapena chiwawa m’madera oyandikana nawo ingakhale kumangidwa. Pali njira zina zambiri zofunika zothandizira anthu kuchiritsa ndi kuthana ndi umphawi, zomwe ndizomwe zimayambitsa ziwawa zambiri," adatero Kelly. Koma andale amagwiritsa ntchito zinthu zachinyengo; 'Ngati simundivotera, mudzakhala ndi madera achiwawa pafupi ndi khomo lanu lomwe lidzawonongera kwanu.' Chimene anthu amayenera kuopa chinali kukwera kwa gulu lankhondo la mafia ku United States. Kaya ndi zapakhomo kapena zapadziko lonse lapansi, pakasemphana maganizo cholinga chake chiyenera kukhala kukambirana ndi kukambirana, kuti nthawi yomweyo aletse kuyimitsa moto ndi kuletsa zida zankhondo kumbali iliyonse, kudyetsa oyambitsa nkhondo kapena kulimbikitsa magulu achifwamba. ”

Osayang'ana kumbali

Yankho: “Mawu atatuwa sayang’ana kumbali ali m’maganizo mwanga. Ndikapita ku Afghanistan sindingayang'ane kutali ndikuwona ma blimps ndi ma drones ku Kabul, kuyang'anira ndikuyang'ana, nthawi zambiri, anthu osalakwa, "adatero Kelly. “Anthu ngati Zemari Ahmadi, yemwe amagwira ntchito ku bungwe la NGO la California lotchedwa Nutrition and Education International. Ndege ya Predator inaponya mzinga wa Hellfire ndipo mtovu woyenga wokwana mapaundi zana unatera pa galimoto ya Ahmadi ndi kumupha iye ndi abale ake asanu ndi anayi. Dziko la United States linaponya mizinga ya drone m’malo okolola mtedza wa paini ndikupha anthu 2019 m’chigawo chakutali cha Nagarhar mu Seputembala, 42. Anaponya mizinga m’chipatala ku Kunduz ndipo anthu 18 anaphedwa. Pansi pa nthaka ya Afghanistan pali zida zosaphulika zomwe zikupitiliza kuphulika. Tsiku lililonse anthu amagonekedwa m'zipatala, manja ndi miyendo zikusowa, kapena sakhala ndi moyo. Ndipo oposa theka ndi ochepera zaka XNUMX. Choncho, simungayang’ane kumbali.”