Mawonekedwe Ogwira Ntchito: Maya Garfinkel

Mwezi uno tinakhala pansi ndi Maya Garfinkel, yemwe ali World BEYOND War's watsopano waganyu Canada Organiser pamene Rachel Small ali patchuthi cha makolo mpaka March 2023. Maya (iye/iwo) ndi gulu komanso okonza ophunzira omwe ali ku Montréal, Canada pa Kanien'kehá:ka Territory. Pano akumaliza maphunziro ake a BA mu Political Science ndi Geography (Urban Systems) ku McGill University. Monga wophunzira wamaphunziro apamwamba, a Maya adapangana podutsa nyengo ndi kayendedwe ka mtendere ndi Divest McGill, Students for Peace and Disarmament ku McGill ndi kampeni ya Divest for Human Rights. Agwiranso ntchito zolimbikitsa anthu kuti azichotsa ukoloni, zotsutsana ndi tsankho, komanso demokalase ku North America.

Izi ndi zomwe Maya adanena za chifukwa chake ali ndi chidwi ndi zotsutsana ndi nkhondo, zomwe zimamupangitsa kukhala wokonzeka kukhala wokonzekera, ndi zina zambiri:

Location:

Montreal, Canada

Munayamba bwanji kuchita nawo zolimbana ndi nkhondo komanso zomwe zidakupangitsani kuti mugwire nawo ntchito World BEYOND War (WBW)?

Ndakhala ndikukonda zamtendere komanso gulu lodana ndi nkhondo (mwanjira ina) kuyambira ndili mwana. Monga munthu wa ku Israel-America, ndinakulira ndikudziwa za kufulumira komanso kugwirizana kwa ziwawa zokhudzana ndi nkhondo, ululu, ndi tsankho. Komanso, monga mdzukulu wa opulumuka ku Holocaust, nthawi zonse ndakhala ndikukhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kuzunzidwa ndi umunthu wankhondo m'njira yomwe imandilimbikitsa kuti ndipitirize kukhulupirira ndi kutenga nawo mbali mu gulu lamtendere. Ndinakopeka World BEYOND War chifukwa si bungwe lolimbana ndi nkhondo chabe, komanso bungwe lomenyera nkhondo kuti lipite kudziko labwino. Tsopano, ndikukhala ku Canada, ndadziwa zankhondo zankhondo zaku Canada zomwe zimafuna kuthetseratu nkhondo komanso kusintha koyenera. World BEYOND War Zopereka.

Kodi mukuyembekezera chiyani paudindowu?

Ndikuyembekezera mbali zambiri za udindowu! Ndine wokondwa chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa mgwirizano pakati pa migwirizano ndi maukonde osiyanasiyana omwe amabwera ndi udindowu. Kudziwana ndi okonza mapulani osiyanasiyana ochokera padziko lonse lapansi kumandisangalatsa kwambiri. Kupitilira apo, ndili wokondwa kudziwa mitu yathu yaku Canada ndikugwira ntchito yokonzekera komweko komwe, ndikupeza, pali mwayi wofotokozera komanso kumanga bwino. Ndikuyembekeza kupitiliza kuthandizira mitu ndi zochitika zina zakomweko ndi zinthu zomwe WBW ingapereke.

Ndi chiyani chinakuitanani kuti muyambe ntchito yokonza zinthu ndipo kukonzekera kumatanthauza chiyani kwa inu?

Ndinaloŵa m’kulinganiza monga wophunzira wa kusekondale wokonda mbiri ndi ndale. Ndidatenga nawo gawo pazokambirana zamagulu achichepere okhudzana ndi zovuta zosiyanasiyana zaku US koma pomwe kuwomberana ku Parkland, Florida kunachitika koyambirira kwa chaka cha 2018, ndidatsogolera gulu loyenda modzidzimutsa pasukulu yanga lomwe lidayambitsa mtundu wina, wamba komanso wachindunji, wamphamvu zokonzekera. mwa ine. Kuyambira pamenepo, kulinganiza zinthu kwakhala mbali yofunika kwambiri ya moyo wanga.

Pamapeto pake, chifukwa chotsutsana ndi nkhondo ndi zifukwa zina zomwe ndimakonzekera, kwa ine, nthawi zonse zakhala zokhudzana ndi kukhazikitsa njira zina zabwino komanso kukhulupirira kuti anthu amatha kukhala mwamtendere. Kuyika malingaliro ndi zochita zanga mogwirizana ndi ena kudzera mukukonzekera kumandipatsa chiyembekezo, ndipo zimandifikitsa patali kuposa momwe ndingathere ndekha. Kwenikweni, pamlingo uwu, sindingathe kudziwonera ndekha sindikukonzekera; Ndikungomva othokoza kuti ndapeza magulu ndi mayendedwe omwe ndapeza kuti ndikonzekere nawo.

Kodi mukuwona bwanji zotsutsana ndi nkhondo ngati zolumikizana ndi zifukwa zina?

Kulimbana ndi nkhondo kumalumikizidwa ndi zifukwa zina m'njira zina zofunika kwambiri! Ndimachokera ku chikhalidwe chokonzekera chilungamo cha nyengo kotero kuti kugwirizana kumamveka bwino kwa ine. Zoyambitsa zonsezi sizili zofanana m'lingaliro lakuti ndizoopsa zomwe zimakhalapo pa moyo waumunthu (omwe zotsatira zake zimagawidwa mosagwirizana) komanso, kwenikweni, zimadalirana kuti apambane. Komanso, pali kugwirizana kwakukulu pakati pa zifukwa zina, kuphatikizapo bungwe lachikazi, zomwe ndikuwona kufanana kofanana ndi dziko lodana ndi nkhondo. Pamalo awa, ndikuyembekeza kukhala "cholumikizira", kulumikiza gulu lamtendere kuzinthu zina zovuta ku Canada komanso padziko lonse lapansi, makamaka zomwe zili zofunika kwambiri kwa m'badwo wanga. Pazochitika zanga zonse zokonzekera, mtundu uwu wa ntchito zodutsana ndi zosiyana siyana zakhala chimodzi mwazinthu zosangalatsa komanso zopindulitsa kwambiri.

Ndi chiyani chomwe chimakupangitsani kukhala olimbikitsidwa kulimbikitsa kusintha, ngakhale tikukumana ndi zovuta zonse zomwe tikukumana nazo monga zamoyo komanso dziko lapansi?

Ngakhale masiku ena ndi osavuta kuposa ena, pamapeto pake, kusankha kupitiriza sikumamveka ngati kusankha monga kofunika. Ndimalimbikitsidwa ndi anthu omwe ndimagwira nawo ntchito, ku WBW ndi kupitirira apo, kuti alimbikitse kusintha. Ndimalimbikitsidwanso ndi abale anga ndi anzanga, makamaka ogwirizana amitundu yosiyanasiyana omwe ndimamva kuti ndili ndi mwayi kukhala nawo.

Mukuganiza kuti mliriwu wakhudza bwanji kulinganiza ndi kuchitapo kanthu?

Pamlingo waukulu, ndikuganiza kuti mliriwu wakhudza kulinganiza ndi kuchitapo kanthu powonetsa zomwe gulu likuchita pothana ndi vuto ladzidzidzi limatha kumva komanso kuwoneka ngati. Ndikuganiza kuti chovuta kwa okonza mapulani ndikutenga nthawiyo kuti tisunthe kuzungulira mabungwe omwe akutilepheretsa, ngakhale mabungwe omwewo adatha kusintha kwambiri panthawi ya mliri. Pamlingo wokulirapo, ndikuganiza kuti mliriwu wakhudza kulinganiza ndi kuchitapo kanthu popangitsa kuti anthu ambiri azipezeke kudzera muzosankha zomwe zikuyenda (ngakhale zochulukirapo)! Komabe, kwakhala kofunikiranso kulingalira momwe zosankha zenizeni sizimafikika mosavuta kwa anthu kapena malo omwe ukadaulo sukupezeka / wosavuta kugwiritsa ntchito. M'malo mwake, kusinthika koyambitsa mliri m'malo okonzekera kwachititsa kuti pakhale zokambirana zambiri zokhuza kupezeka pakukonza zomwe ndikuganiza kuti zikubwera nthawi yayitali!

Pomaliza, ndi zinthu ziti zomwe mumakonda komanso zomwe mumakonda World BEYOND War?

Ndimakonda kuphika (makamaka supu), kufufuza mapaki ambiri a Montreal (makamaka ndi hammock ndi bukhu), ndikuyenda ngati nkotheka. Ndimagwiranso ntchito yophatikiza zipembedzo ku McGill University. Chilimwe chino, ndikuyang'ana kwambiri kugwiritsa ntchito mwayi pa zikondwerero zonse zakunja zakunja ndi nyimbo zomwe mzindawu ukuyenera kupereka ngati mpumulo ku makalasi achi French ndikumaliza maphunziro anga.

Inatulutsidwa July 24, 2022.