Mtendere, omenyera zachilengedwe amakumana ku Washington, DC

Kutsutsa kopanda chiwawa kwa nkhondo - wina ndi mzake komanso chilengedwe - ndizomwe zimalimbikitsa ndikulimbikitsa Bill Moyer. Wothandizira boma la Washington posachedwapa anali ku Washington, DC, chifukwa cha Palibe Nkhondo 2017: Nkhondo ndi Chilengedwe Msonkhano womwe udasonkhanitsa magulu awa nthawi zambiri amapatukana kumapeto kwa sabata la zokambirana, zokambirana ndi mayanjano.

Msonkhanowu, womwe unachitika pa Seputembara 22-24 ku American University ndipo anthu pafupifupi 150 adapezeka nawo, adathandizidwa ndi Worldbeyondwar.org, yomwe imadzitcha "gulu lapadziko lonse lothetsa nkhondo zonse."

Mu 2003, Moyer adayambitsa Backbone Campaign, yomwe ili ku Vashon Island, Washington. Kumeneko, amatsogolera maphunziro m'magulu asanu a "Lingaliro la Kusintha" la gulu: kulimbikitsa mwaluso, kulinganiza anthu, ntchito zachikhalidwe zotsutsana ndi kuponderezana, kufotokoza nkhani ndi kupanga mafilimu, ndi njira zothetsera kusintha koyenera. Mawu agululi ndi "Resist - Teteza - Pangani!"

Moyer, yemwe anaphunzira sayansi ya ndale ndi filosofi ya ku America pa yunivesite ya Seattle, yomwe ndi yunivesite ya Seattle, ananena kuti: Abambo ake a Moyer adaphunzira kukhala Mjesuiti, ndipo amayi ake nthawi ina anali sisitere, ndiye akamanena za "kusankhira anthu osauka" pokambirana zachitetezo chake - "ndizomwe zili pamtima kwa ine," adatero - akuwoneka kuti akugudubuzika pa lilime lake.

"Phunziro lalikulu m'gululi ndiloti anthu amateteza zomwe amakonda kapena zomwe zimapangitsa kusintha kwakuthupi m'miyoyo yawo," adatero, chifukwa chake anthu nthawi zambiri samatenga nawo mbali mpaka chiwopsezo chili pakhomo pawo, kwenikweni kapena mophiphiritsira.

Pamsonkhano wa No War, Moyer adakhala pa gulu lolimbikitsa kulenga dziko lapansi ndi mtendere ndi anthu ena awiri: Nadine Bloch, wotsogolera maphunziro a gulu lokongola la Trouble, lomwe limalimbikitsa zida zosinthira zopanda chiwawa; ndi Brian Trautman, wa gulu la Veterans for Peace.

M'mawu ake, Moyer adalankhula za kusintha kwa Sun Tzu Art of War - zolemba zankhondo zaku China zazaka za zana lachisanu - ku gulu lopanda chiwawa pogwiritsa ntchito zinthu ngati kupachika chikwangwani pamalo otsekeredwa chomwe chimalembedwa kuti "Kodi Yesu angathamangitse ndani" kapena kutsekereza chobowola ku Arctic ndi flotilla ya kayak.

Izi, zomwe amazitcha "kayaktivism," ndi njira yomwe amakonda kwambiri, adatero Moyer. Anagwiritsa ntchito posachedwa mu September mumtsinje wa Potomac, pafupi ndi Pentagon.

Kayaktivism ndi msonkhano wa No War cholinga chake ndikuwonetsa kuwononga kwakukulu komwe asitikali amachita ku chilengedwe. Webusaiti ya No War ikufotokoza momveka bwino: asilikali a ku United States amagwiritsa ntchito migolo ya 340,000 ya mafuta tsiku lililonse, yomwe ikanakhala 38th padziko lonse lapansi ngati likanakhala dziko; 69 peresenti ya malo oyeretsa a Superfund ndi okhudzana ndi asilikali; mamiliyoni makumi ambiri a mabomba okwirira ndi mabomba okwiririka asiyidwa m’mbuyo ndi nkhondo zosiyanasiyana padziko lonse; ndi kudula mitengo mwachisawawa, poyizoni wa mpweya ndi madzi ndi poizoniyu ndi poizoni zina, ndi kuwononga mbewu ndi kawirikawiri zotsatira za nkhondo ndi ntchito zankhondo.

"Tiyenera kusaina pangano lamtendere ndi dziko lapansi," adatero Gar Smith, woyambitsa bungwe la Environmentalists Against War komanso mkonzi wakale wa Earth Island Journal. Smith adalankhula pamwambo wotsegulira msonkhanowo, pomwe iye ndi ena adawona zodabwitsa kuti nkhondo (yodalira mafuta oyaka) imathandizira kusintha kwanyengo, pomwe kumenyera kuwongolera kwamafuta (ndi kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe komwe kumapanga) ndiye chifukwa chachikulu. cha nkhondo.

Mawu akuti: “Palibe mafuta ankhondo! Palibe nkhondo zamafuta! adawonetsedwa mowonekera papulatifomu pa msonkhano wonse.

“Anthu ambiri amaganiza za nkhondo m’mawu ochititsa chidwi a ku Hollywood,” anatero Smith, amene posachedwapa anakonza bukhuli Nkhondo ndi Environment Reader, makope oŵerengeka amene anali kupezeka kunja kwa holo ya msonkhano, limodzi ndi matebulo ounjikidwa pamodzi ndi mabuku, T-shirts, zomata zazikulu, mabatani, ndi zinthu zina. "Koma pankhondo yeniyeni, palibe chomaliza."

Kuwonongeka - kwa miyoyo ndi chilengedwe, Smith adanena - nthawi zambiri kumakhala kosatha.

Patsiku lomaliza la msonkhano, Moyer adati akukhazikitsa malo ophunzitsira okhazikika a osintha kusintha pachilumba cha Vashon. Akhalanso akugwira ntchito ina, Solutionary Rail, kampeni yopangira magetsi njanji m'dziko lonselo, kuti apange mphamvu zongowonjezwdwa m'mphepete mwa njanji.

Iye adatcha gulu lodana ndi nkhondo, lochirikiza chilengedwe "kulimbana kwauzimu komwe kuyenera kumenyedwa kuchokera kumalo achikondi," ndipo adadandaula kuti chomwe chikufunika ndikusintha kwamalingaliro, kuchokera pomwe zonse zimagulitsidwa - mpweya, madzi. , “chilichonse chopatulika” — kwa munthu amene mfundo yofunika kwambiri ndiyo kuzindikira kuti “tonse tili m’zimenezi.”

[Julie Bourbon ndi wolemba pawokha wokhala ku Washington.]