Ndemanga ku North Carolina Action Action Event ku Raleigh, NC, August 23, 2014.
Zikomo pondiyitanira, ndikukuthokozani ku North Carolina Peace Action, komanso a John Heuer omwe ndimawawona ngati odzipereka komanso odzipereka mwamtendere. Kodi tingathokoze John?
Ndi mwayi kwa ine kutenga nawo gawo polemekeza Wopanga Mtendere Wophunzira wa 2014, iMatter Youth North Carolina. Ndatsatira zomwe iMatter wakhala akuchita mdziko lonseli kwazaka zambiri, ndakhala nawo pamilandu yomwe adabweretsa ku Washington, DC, ndidagawana nawo nawo pagulu, ndapanga intaneti pemphani nawo pa RootsAction.org, ndalemba za iwo ndikuwayang'ana akulimbikitsa olemba ngati Jeremy Brecher yemwe ndimalimbikitsa kuti ndiwerenge. Nayi bungwe lomwe likugwira ntchito mokomera mibadwo yonse yamtsogolo yamitundu yonse ndikuwatsogolera - ndikuwatsogolera bwino - ndi ana aanthu. Kodi tingawaombere m'manja?
Koma, mwina kuwulula zakanthawi kochepa komanso kudzikonda ndekha monga membala wa zamoyo zomwe sizinasinthe dziko lonse lapansi, ndine wokondwa kwambiri kuzindikira iMatter Youth North Carolina chifukwa mdzukulu wanga Hallie Turner ndi mphwake Travis Turner ali nawo. Ayenera kuwombera mmanja.
Ndipo gulu lonse lokonzekera iMatter, ndawuzidwa, likuyimiridwanso usikuuno ndi Zack Kingery, Nora White, ndi Ari Nicholson. Ayeneranso kuwombera m'manja kwambiri.
Ndimadzitamandira chifukwa cha ntchito ya Hallie ndi Travis, chifukwa ngakhale sindinawaphunzitse kalikonse, ndidawauza, asanabadwe, ndidauza mlongo wanga kuti apite kukakumananso ku sekondale, komwe adakumana ndi bambo yemwe adakhala wanga mlamu wamwamuna. Popanda izo, palibe Hallie kapena Travis.
Komabe, anali makolo anga - omwe ndikuganiza ndi lingaliro lomwelo (ngakhale pakadali pano ndimakana) amalandila ngongole zonse pazomwe ndichita - ndi iwo omwe adapita ndi Hallie kumsonkhano wake woyamba, ku White House kutsutsa payipi mchenga wa tar. Amandiuza kuti Hallie samadziwa kuti zinali chiyani poyamba kapena chifukwa chake anthu abwino anali kumangidwa, m'malo mwa anthu omwe adachita zoyipa kwa okondedwa athu ndikumangidwa kwathu. Koma pofika kumapeto kwa msonkhanowo, Hallie anali atatsala pang'ono kulowa, sakanachoka mpaka munthu womaliza atapita kundende kukazenga mlandu, ndipo anati mwambowu ndi tsiku lofunika kwambiri pamoyo wake mpaka pano, kapena mawu oti zotsatira zake.
Mwina, zikuwoneka kuti, linali tsiku lofunika, osati kwa Hallie komanso kwa iMatter Youth North Carolina, ndipo, ndani akudziwa, mwina - ngati tsiku lomwe Gandhi adaponyedwa m'sitima, kapena tsiku lomwe Bayard Rustin adalankhula Martin Luther King Jr. kuti apereke mfuti zake, kapena tsiku lomwe aphunzitsi adapatsa a Thomas Clarkson kuti alembe nkhani yonena ngati ukapolo uli wololeka - pamapeto pake likhala tsiku lofunika kwa ambiri a ife.
Ndimachita manyazi ndi zinthu ziwiri ngakhale, ngakhale ndili ndi kunyada konse.
Chimodzi ndikuti akulu timasiya ana athu kuti azitha kuchita nawo zandale mwangozi m'malo mowaphunzitsa mwadongosolo komanso ponseponse, ngati kuti sitikuganiza kuti akufuna miyoyo yopindulitsa, monga ngati tikuganizira kuti moyo wabwino ndi munthu wathunthu zabwino. Tikupempha ana kuti azitsogolera chilengedwe, chifukwa ife - ndikulankhula pamodzi za onse opitilira 30, anthu a Bob Dylan adati asadalire mpaka atakwanitsa zaka 30 - sitikuchita izi, ndipo ana akutenga ife kubwalo lamilandu, ndipo boma lathu likuloleza omwe akuwatsogolera kuti awononge chilengedwe kuti akhale omenyera ufulu anzawo (kodi mungaganizire kuti mungadzipereke kukasumilidwa limodzi ndi wina yemwe akukumana ndi mlandu? Ayi, dikirani, inenso ndikasungeni!), ndipo omenyera ufulu anzawo, kuphatikiza National Association of Manufacturers, akupereka magulu amilandu omwe mwina amawononga ndalama zambiri kuposa masukulu omwe Hallie ndi Travis amapitako, ndipo makhothi akugamula kuti ndi ufulu wa munthu aliyense mabungwe omwe sianthu kuwononga kukhalapo kwa dziko lapansi kwa aliyense, ngakhale zili zomveka zomwe zikunena kuti mabungwe adzasiya kukhalanso.
Kodi ana athu ayenera kuchita monga tanena kapena momwe timachitira? Ayi! Ayenera kuthamanga mosemphana ndi chilichonse chomwe takhudza. Pali zosiyana, inde. Ena a ife timayesa pang'ono. Koma ndikuyesetsa kuthana ndi chikhalidwe chomwe chimatipangitsa kuti tizinena mawu ngati "tayani kutali" ngati kuti kulibe, kapena kunena kuwonongedwa kwa nkhalango "kukula kwachuma," kapena kuda nkhawa ndi mafuta ndi momwe tidzakhalire mafuta akadzatha, ngakhale tapeza kale kasanu zomwe tingathe kuwotcha bwinobwino ndikukhalabe pa thanthwe lokongolali.
Koma ana ndi osiyana. Kufunika koteteza dziko lapansi ndikugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zoyera ngakhale zitakhala zovuta zochepa kapena zoopsa zina, sizachilendo kapena zachilendo kwa mwana kuposa theka la zinthu zina zomwe amapatsidwa koyamba, monga algebra, kapena kusambira kukumana, kapena amalume. Sanakhale zaka zambiri akuwuzidwa kuti mphamvu zowonjezeretsa sizigwira ntchito. Sanakhazikitse mtima wokonda dziko lako womwe umatilola kuti tizikhulupirira kuti mphamvu zowonjezekanso sizingagwire ntchito ngakhale timazimva zikugwira ntchito m'maiko ena. (Ndiyo fizikiki yaku Germany!)
Atsogoleri athu achichepere ali ndi zaka zochepa zophunzitsira zomwe Martin Luther King Jr. adazitcha kukondetsa chuma, nkhondo, komanso kusankhana mitundu. Akuluakulu amatseka njira m'makhothi, kotero ana amapita kumisewu, amakonzekera ndikusokoneza ndikuphunzitsa. Ndipo ayenera, koma akutsutsana ndi maphunziro komanso njira yantchito komanso zosangalatsa zomwe zimawauza kuti alibe mphamvu, kuti kusintha kwakukulu sikungatheke, ndikuti chinthu chofunikira kwambiri chomwe mungachite ndikuvota.
Tsopano, akulu akuuzana kuti chinthu chofunikira kwambiri chomwe angachite ndikuvota ndichabwino, koma kunena kuti kwa ana omwe sanakwanitse kuvota kuli ngati kuwauza kuti asachite chilichonse. Timafunikira ochepa mwa anthu athu omwe akuchita zosemphana ndi chilichonse, kukhala ndi moyo ndikupuma modzipereka. Tifunikira kukana kopanda zachiwawa, kuphunzitsanso, kuwongolera zida zathu, kunyanyala, magawidwe, kukhazikitsidwa kwa njira zodalirika monga zitsanzo za ena, ndikulepheretsa dongosolo lokhazikika lomwe limatitsogolera modekha komanso mosekerera. Misonkhano yokonzedwa ndi iMatter Youth North Carolina imawoneka ngati ikuyenda molondola kwa ine. Chifukwa chake, tiwathokozenso.
Chinthu chachiwiri chomwe ndikuchititsidwa nacho manyazi ndikuti sizachilendo kuti bungwe lamtendere lifike kwa omenyera ufulu wawo posankha munthu woti azimulemekeza, pomwe sindinamvepo zakomwe. Hallie ndi Travis ali ndi amalume awo omwe amagwira ntchito mwamtendere, koma amakhala mchikhalidwe chomwe chisonkhezero chomwe chimalandira ndalama ndi chisamaliro ndikuvomerezeka, pamlingo wochepa womwe aliyense amachita komanso wotsalira kwambiri ma 5Ks motsutsana ndi khansa ya m'mawere ndi mtunduwo of activism amene alibe otsutsa enieni, ndi activism zachilengedwe. Koma ndikuganiza kuti pali vuto ndi zomwe ndangochita komanso zomwe timakonda kuchita, ndiko kuti, kugawa anthu kukhala omenyera ufulu kapena omenyera zachilengedwe kapena omenyera ufulu wosankha kapena omenyera nkhondo kapena omenyera ufulu watsankho. Monga tidazindikira zaka zingapo zapitazo, tonse timaphatikiza 99% ya anthu, koma omwe akukangalika amagawanikidwadi, momwemonso ndi malingaliro a anthu.
Mtendere ndi chilengedwe, ndikuganiza, ziphatikizidwa kukhala mawu amodzi oti peacenveloalism, chifukwa palibe mayendedwe omwe angapambane popanda enawo. iMatter akufuna kukhala ngati tsogolo lathu. Simungachite izi ndi nkhondo, ndi zinthu zomwe zimafunika, ndi chiwonongeko chomwe chimayambitsa, pachiwopsezo chomwe chimakula tsiku lililonse likadutsa kuti zida za nyukiliya ziziphulika mwadala kapena mwangozi. Ngati mungadziwe momwe mungapangire mtundu wina kuti muwombere mfuti kwinaku mukuwombera mivi yake kuchokera kumwamba, zomwe palibe amene adaziwona, zomwe zimakhudza mlengalenga ndi nyengo zingakhudze mtundu wanu. Koma ndizopeka. Zochitika zenizeni padziko lapansi, chida cha nyukiliya chimakhazikitsidwa mwadala kapena mwangozi, ndipo zina zambiri zimayambitsidwa mwachangu kulikonse. Izi zakhala zikuchitika kangapo, ndipo chifukwa choti sitimayang'ananso izi zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zocheperako pang'ono. Ndikulingalira mukudziwa zomwe zidachitika makilomita 50 kumwera chakum'mawa kwa pano pa Januware 24, 1961? Ndizowona, asitikali aku US mwangozi adaponya bomba ziwiri zanyukiliya ndipo adakhala ndi mwayi kuti sanaphulike. Palibe chodandaula, atero a John Oliver, ndiye chifukwa chake tili ndi ACHIWIRI a Carolinas.
iMatter imalimbikitsa kusintha kwachuma kuchokera ku mafuta ndikupanga mphamvu zowonjezekeranso ndikugwira ntchito zokhazikika. Zikanakhala kuti madola trilioni angapo pachaka akuwonongedwa pazinthu zopanda ntchito kapena zowononga! Ndipo pali, padziko lonse lapansi, ndalama zosayerekezekazo zikugwiritsidwa ntchito pokonzekera nkhondo, theka lake ndi United States, magawo atatu mwa anayi a United States ndi mabungwe ake - ndi zambiri zomwe zidatsalira pa zida zaku US. Kwa kachigawo kakang'ono chabe, njala ndi matenda zitha kuthana ndi vuto lalikulu, komanso kusintha kwa nyengo. Nkhondo imapha makamaka potenga ndalama kutali ndi komwe zikufunika. Pazigawo zochepa zokonzekera kunkhondo, koleji imatha kukhala yaulere pano ndikuperekedwa kwaulere kumadera ena adziko lapansi. Tangoganizirani olimbikitsa zachilengedwe ambiri omwe tikadakhala nawo ngati omaliza maphunziro awo kukoleji sakanakhala ndi ngongole ya makumi a madola posinthana ndi ufulu wamunthu wamaphunziro! Kodi mumazilipira bwanji osapita kukagwira ntchito kwa owononga dziko lapansi?
Zida 79% ku Middle East zimachokera ku United States, osawerengera za gulu lankhondo laku US. Zida zaku US zinali mbali zonse ziwiri ku Libya zaka zitatu zapitazo ndipo zili mbali zonse ziwiri ku Syria ndi Iraq. Kupanga zida ndi ntchito yosayembekezereka ngati ndaziwonapo. Zimathetsa chuma. Madola omwewo omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pa mphamvu zoyera kapena zomangamanga kapena maphunziro kapena ngakhale kudula msonkho kwa omwe si mabiliyoniyone kumabweretsa ntchito zambiri kuposa ndalama zankhondo. Nkhondo imalimbikitsa ziwawa zambiri, osati kutiteteza. Zida ziyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito, kuwonongedwa, kapena kuperekedwa kwa apolisi am'deralo omwe ayamba kuwona anthu akumaloko ngati adani, kuti zida zatsopano zitha kupangidwa. Ndipo njirayi ndi, mwa njira zina, yowononga kwambiri chilengedwe chomwe tili nacho.
Asilikali a ku US anawotchera kupyolera mu migodi ya 340,000 tsiku ndi tsiku, monga momwe anawerengera mu 2006. Ngati Pentagon inali dziko, ikanaika 38th kuchokera ku 196 mu mafuta. Ngati mutachotsa Pentagon kuchokera ku United States, ndiye kuti United States ikanakhala yoyamba popanda wina aliyense kulikonse. Koma inu simungapulumutse mlengalenga kutentha kwa mafuta ochuluka kuposa momwe mayiko ambiri akudyera, ndipo akanapulumutsa dziko lonse choipa chomwe asilikali a US amatha kuchita nawo. Palibe bungwe lina ku United States limene limadya mafuta ochuluka monga asilikali.
Chaka chilichonse, US Environmental Protection Agency imagwiritsa ntchito $ 622 miliyoni kuyesa momwe angatulutsire mphamvu popanda mafuta, pamene asilikali amathera mazana mabiliyoni madola oyaka mafuta pa nkhondo zomwe zimagonjetsedwa komanso pamadansi omwe amayang'anira mafuta. Madola milioni omwe amagwiritsira ntchito msilikali aliyense kuntchito kwa chaka chimodzi akhoza kupanga 20 ntchito yowonjezera mphamvu pa $ 50,000 aliyense.
Nkhondo m'zaka zaposachedwa zasandutsa malo akulu osakhalamo ndipo zachititsa othawa kwawo makumi ambiri. Malinga ndi a Jennifer Leaning aku Harvard Medical School, akuti "akumenyana ndi matenda opatsirana chifukwa choyambitsa matenda padziko lonse lapansi." Kutsamira kumagawaniza kuwononga chilengedwe munkhondo m'magawo anayi: "kupanga ndi kuyesa zida za nyukiliya, kuphulika kwa mlengalenga komanso panyanja, kubalalitsa ndi kulimbikira kwa mabomba okwirira ndi maimidwe oyikidwa m'manda, ndikugwiritsa ntchito kapena kusungira olamulira ankhondo, poizoni, ndi zinyalala." Lipoti la dipatimenti ya boma ku United States mu 1993 linanena kuti mabomba okwirira ndi “poizoni woopsa kwambiri komanso wafala kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.” Mahekitala mamiliyoni ku Europe, North Africa, ndi Asia akutsekedwa. Gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a nthaka ku Libya limabisa mabomba okwirira ndi zida zankhondo zosadziwika za nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse.
Zochita za Soviet ndi US za Afghanistan zatha kapena zowononga midzi zikwi zambiri ndi madzi. Anthu a ku Taliban akhala akugulitsa matabwa ku Pakistan, zomwe zimachititsa kuti mitengo iwonongeke. Mabomba a US ndi othawa omwe akusowa nkhuni awonjezera kuwonongeka. Mitengo ya Afghanistan ili pafupi. Zambiri mwa mbalame zosamuka zomwe zimadutsa ku Afghanistan sizinayambe. Mpweya wake ndi madzi zakhala zikupaka poizoni ndi mabomba ndi rocket propellants.
Mwina simusamala zandale, mwambiwo umangonena, koma ndale zimakusamalirani. Izi zimapita kunkhondo. A John Wayne adapewa kupita kunkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse popanga makanema kuti alemekeze anthu ena omwe akupita. Ndipo ukudziwa zomwe zidamuchitikira? Adapanga kanema ku Utah pafupi ndi malo oyesera nyukiliya. Mwa anthu 220 omwe adagwira nawo kanemayo, 91, m'malo mwa 30 omwe akadakhala wamba, adadwala khansa kuphatikiza John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, ndi director Dick Powell.
Tikufuna njira ina. Ku Connecticut, Peace Action ndi magulu ena ambiri achitapo kanthu polimbikitsa boma la boma kuti likhazikitse ntchito yoti isinthe zida zankhondo kukhala zamtendere. Mabungwe antchito ndi oyang'anira amathandizira. Magulu azachilengedwe ndi amtendere ndi gawo lake. Ndi ntchito yambiri yomwe ikuchitika. Zikuwoneka kuti zidalimbikitsidwa ndi nthano zabodza zankhondo yomwe ikuchedwa. Koma ngakhale titapanga izi kapena ayi, chilengedwe chiyenera kusintha zinthu zathu ku mphamvu zobiriwira zidzakula, ndipo palibe chifukwa chomwe North Carolina sayenera kukhala dziko lachiwiri mdziko muno kuchita izi. Muli ndi Lolemba labwino pano. Bwanji osakhala ndi chikhalidwe masiku onse pachaka?
Zosintha zazikulu zimawoneka zazikulu zisanachitike kuposa pambuyo pake. Zachilengedwe zafika mwachangu kwambiri. A US anali kale ndi zida zankhondo zanyukiliya kumbuyo pomwe anamgumi anali kugwiritsidwabe ntchito ngati gwero la zopangira, mafuta, ndi mafuta, kuphatikizaponso sitima zapamadzi zanyukiliya. Tsopano anamgumi, pafupifupi mwadzidzidzi, akuwoneka ngati zolengedwa zanzeru zozizwitsa zomwe ziyenera kutetezedwa, ndipo sitima zapamadzi zanyukiliya zayamba kuwoneka ngati zachikale, ndipo kuwonongeka kwa phokoso komwe Navy imaponyera m'nyanja zapadziko lapansi kumawoneka ngati kopanda tanthauzo.
Milandu ya iMatter imayesetsa kuteteza kudalirika kwa anthu pamibadwo yamtsogolo. Kutha kusamalira mibadwo yamtsogolo, malinga ndi malingaliro ofunikira, kuli kofanana ndi kutha kusamalira anthu akunja patali mlengalenga osati nthawi. Ngati titha kuganiza za anthu ammudzi mwathu monga omwe sanabadwe, omwe tikukhulupirira kuti atiposa tonse, titha kuganiza kuti akuphatikizapo 95% ya omwe ali moyo lero omwe sapezeka United States of America, ndi mosemphanitsa.
Koma ngakhale zachilengedwe komanso zoyeserera mwamtendere sizinali zoyenda limodzi, timayenera kujowina nawo ndi ena angapo kuti tikhale ndi mgwirizano wa Occupy 2.0 womwe tikufunika kusintha. Mwayi waukulu wochita izi ukubwera mozungulira Seputembara 21 womwe ndi Tsiku la Mtendere Padziko Lonse komanso nthawi yomwe msonkhano ndi zochitika zosiyanasiyana zanyengo zizichitika ku New York City.
Ku WorldBeyondWar.org mupeza zida zamtundu uliwonse kuti musungire zochitika zanu zamtendere ndi chilengedwe. Mupezanso ziganizo zazifupi zazigawo ziwiri pofuna kuthetsa nkhondo zonse, mawu omwe asainidwa miyezi ingapo yapitayi ndi anthu m'maiko a 81 ndikuwuka. Mutha kusaina papepala pano madzulo ano. Tikufuna thandizo lanu, achinyamata ndi achikulire. Koma tiyenera kukhala okondwa makamaka kuti nthawi ndi manambala ali mbali ya achichepere padziko lonse lapansi, kwa omwe ndikunena pamodzi ndi Shelley:
Dzuka ngati Mikango atagona
Nambala yosadziŵika,
Sungani matangadza anu padziko ngati mame
Chimene chimagona pa iwe-
Ndinu ambiri - ndi ochepa.
