Wolemba Dave Lindorff, World BEYOND War, July 12, 2020
Dave Lindorff kumanzere kumanja, kuyang'ana kutali ndi kamera, ku Pentagon pa Oct. 21, 1967.
Ndakhala wotsutsa komanso wolemba nkhani zandale kuyambira 1967, pomwe ndidakwanitsa zaka 18 ndili wamkulu pasukulu yasekondale ndipo, nditazindikira kuti Nkhondo ya ku Vietnam inali yamilandu, ndidaganiza zosatenga khadi yolembera, kuti ndisiye kugwiritsa ntchito kugwa kwotsatira kukoleji kwa kudzitchinjiriza kwa wophunzira pakulembetsedwa, ndikukana kuwona ngati kuyitanidwako kudadza liti. Lingaliro langa latsimikizika kuti mu Okutobala pomwe ndidamangidwa pa Mall of Pentagon panthawi ya Chiwonetsero cha Mobe, ndidakokedwa pamzere kapena magulu ankhondo, omenyedwa ndi oyang'anira aku US ndikuponyedwa m'galimoto kuti ndikawapereke kundende ya ku Occoquan, VA ku dikirani kuweruzidwa kuti mulandidwe mlandu ndikupewa kumangidwa.
Koma ichi chikufunikira funso: Chifukwa chiyani ndinakhala wogwira ntchito zankhondo, wotsutsana ndi Kuyambitsa pomwe ena ambiri a m'badwo wanga anavomera kulembedwa ndipo anapita kukamenya nawo nkhondoyo, kapena kawirikawiri, ndinapeza njira zanzeru zopewera nkhondoyo kapena kupewa kulembedwa (kunena kuti mafupa amatuluka ngati Lipenga, kapena kusaina National Guard ndikusayang'ana) "malo ena achilendo" ngati a GW Bush, kunena kuti a Conscience Objector Consenceor, kutaya kulemera kambiri, kuyambitsa kukhala "fag," kuthawira ku Canada, kapena chilichonse chomwe chinagwira ntchito).
Ndikulingalira ndiyenera kuyamba ndi amayi anga, "wokonza nyumba" wokoma yemwe adachita zaka ziwiri ku koleji akuphunzira maluso aukatswiri ku Chapel Hill ndipo adatumikira monyadira ngati Navy WAVE nthawi ya WWII (makamaka akugwira ntchito muofesi yunifolomu ku Brooklyn, NY Bwalo la Navy).
Amayi anga anali obadwa wachilengedwe. Wobadwira (kwenikweni) komanso wobadwira mnyumba yayikulu yamatabwa (yomwe kale inali holo yovina) kunja kwa Greensboro, NC, anali "Tom boy" wakale, nthawi zonse osagwira nyama, kulera otsutsa amasiye, ndi zina zambiri. Amakonda zamoyo zonse ndipo amaphunzitsa kuti kwa ine ndi mng'ono wanga ndi mlongo wanga.
Anatiphunzitsa momwe titha kugwira achule, njoka, ndi agulugufe, mbozi, ndi zina zotero, momwe tingaphunzirire za izo pakuzisunga pang'ono, komanso za kuwalola kuti apitenso.
Amayi anali ndi luso lapadera pankhani yakulera nyama zazing'ono, kaya inali mbalame yagwa kuchokera chisa, yopanda mawonekedwe komanso yowoneka ngati mwana, kapena ana achichepere achigololo omwe adamupereka ndi munthu yemwe adagunda mayi ndi galimoto ndipo tidawapeza atakungidwa cham'mbali mwa msewu (tidawalera ngati ziweto, kuwalola ammadzi kukhala mnyumbamo ndi amphaka athu ndi Setter ya ku Ireland).
Ndinali ndi chidwi chaching'ono cha zaka 12 ndi mfuti imodzi ya Remington .22 yomwe ndidapambana bambo anga a profesa wa uinjiniya ndi amayi anga osafuna kundilola kuti ndigule ndi ndalama zanga. Ndili ndi mfuti ija, ndi mphako ndi zipolopolo zina zomwe ndimatha kugula ndekha kuchokera ku sitolo ya m'deralo, ine ndi anzanga omwe anali ndi mfuti a msinkhu wofanana tinkakonda kuwononga nkhalango, makamaka kuwombera pamtengo, kuyesera kuwadula ndi kuwomberana ndi mitengo ikuluikulu ing'onoing'ono ndi mphako, koma nthawi zina kutsata mbalame. Ndikuvomereza kuti ndinamenya ochepa patali, osawapeza nditawaona akugwa. Zinangokhala zowonetsa kuwonetsa luso langa powapatsa osati kuwapha, zomwe zimawoneka ngati zosamveka. Ndipamene ndidapitako kukasaka grouse sabata imodzi ndisanathokoze Thanks ndi bwenzi langa labwino Bob yemwe banja lake linali ndi mfuti zingapo. Cholinga chathu pa ulendowu chinali kuwombera mbalame zathu ndikuziphikira tchuthi kuti tidye. Tinakhala maola ambiri osawona grouse iliyonse, koma pamapeto pake ndimayipukusa. Ndinawombera mwamphamvu pamene inkanyamuka ndipo timapepala tating'ono tomwe tinamenya tinagwetsa koma tinathawira kuthengo. Ndidathamangira pambuyo pake, ndikungotsala pang'ono kuphulitsa mutu wanga, yemwe mwachisangalalo adaphulitsa yekha mbalame yomwe ikuthawa pomwe ndimayithamangira. Mwamwayi kwa ine adandisowa ine ndi mbalame ija.
Ndidapeza grouse yanga yovulala pomaliza ndikumugwira, ndikunyamula nyama yomwe ikulimbana nayo. Manja anga adakha magazi msanga chifukwa cha mabala omwe amatuluka magazi omwe adayambitsidwa ndikuwombera kwanga. Ndinali ndi manja anga mozungulira mapiko a nyama kotero kuti sichingalimbane koma inali kutangwanika ndikuyang'ana pozungulira. Ndinayamba kulira, nditachita mantha ndimasautso omwe ndinayambitsa. Bob anabwera, nayenso wakwiya. Ndinali kuchonderera, "Kodi timatani? Kodi timatani? Ndikumva zowawa! ” Palibe aliyense wa ife amene anali ndi chidwi chokwinya khosi lake laling'ono, lomwe mlimi aliyense akadadziwa momwe angachitire nthawi yomweyo.
M'malo mwake, Bob anandiuza kuti nditulutse gaya ndikuyika kumapeto kwa mfuti ya mfuti yake kumbuyo kwa mutu wa mbalameyo ndikukoka. Pambuyo pa "blam!" Ndinapezeka ndikugwira thupi la mbalame lopanda khosi kapena mutu.
Ndabweretsa kupha kwanga kunyumba, amayi anga adachotsa nthenga ndikuziwotchera ine Pothokoza, koma sindinadye. Osangoti chifukwa chinali chodzaza ndi mfuti, koma chifukwa chodzimva kuti ndi wolakwa kwambiri. Sindinawomberenso kapena kupha dala chinthu china chamoyo.
Kwa ine kusaka kwa agogo kunali koti kusanduke; chitsimikiziro cha lingaliro lomwe ndidaleredwa ndi amayi anga kuti zinthu zatsopano ndizopatulika.
Ndikulingalira kuti zotsatira zazikulu pa ine zinali nyimbo zamtundu. Ndinkakonda kwambiri kuimba gitala komanso kuimba nyimbo za makolo ku America. Kukhala m'tawuni ya yunivesite ya Storrs, CT, (UConn), pomwe malingaliro andale onse anali kuthandizira ufulu wachibadwidwe, komanso kutsutsa nkhondo, komanso komwe kukopa kwa a Weavers, Pete Seeger, Trini Lopez, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, etc., zinali zakuya, ndipo kukhala mwamtendere kumangobwera mwachilengedwe. Osati kuti ndinali wandale ndili wachinyamata. Atsikana, akuthamangira ku X-Country ndikumangoyenda, ndikumangoyenda pa khofi mlungu uliwonse m'chipinda chamagulu a Congregational pafupi ndi sukulu, ndikusewera gitala ndi anzanga kudadzaza masiku anga kunja kwa sukulu.
Kenako, ndili ndi zaka 17 ndipo mkulu woyang'aniridwa ndi omwe adalembedwayo mu Epulo, ndidasainira nawo pulogalamu yophunzitsa zaumunthu yomwe imafanana ndi zipembedzo komanso nzeru, mbiri, komanso zaluso. Aliyense m'kalasi amayenera kuchita nawo makanema ambiri pamagawo onsewa, ndipo ndidasankha nkhondo yaku Vietnam kukhala mutu wanga. Ndidamaliza kufufuza za nkhondo yaku US komweko, ndinaphunzira, powerenga mu Wowona, Liberation News Service, Ramparts ndi zofalitsa zina ngati izi ndidaziphunzira zankhanza zaku US, kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo kwa anthu wamba komanso zoopsa zina zomwe zidanditembenukiratu kunkhondo, kukhala wokakamiza, komanso kundiyendetsa njira ya moyo wonse wokonda zankhanza komanso utolankhani.
Ndikuganiza, ndikuyang'ana m'mbuyo, kuti malingaliro anga adakonzedwa ndi chikondi cha amayi anga chinyama, chopatsidwa mchere ndikudziwitsa kupha nyama pafupi ndiwokha ndi mfuti, gulu la mayendedwe achikhalidwe, ndikumaliza ndikukumana ndi zenizeni zolemba ndi zowona zowopsa zankhondo yaku Vietnam. Ndikufuna kuganiza kuti pafupifupi aliyense amene akukumana ndi zochitikazi akanatha pomwe ndidathera.
DAVE LINDORFF wakhala mtolankhani kwa zaka 48. Wolemba mabuku anayi, amapezekanso pawebusayiti ina KochiKenSanga
Ndiwopambana mu mphoto ya 2019 ya mphotho ya "Izzy" Yopadera Yodziwika Yodziwika kuchokera ku Ithaca, NY-based Park Center for Independent Media.
