Ndi Helen Keller
Poyamba, ndili ndi mawu oti ndiuze anzanga abwino, akonzi, ndi ena omwe andimvera chisoni. Anthu ena ali achisoni chifukwa amaganiza kuti ndili m'manja mwa anthu osakhulupirika omwe andisocheretsa ndikundikopa kuti ndikhale ndi zifukwa zomwe sizikondedwa ndikundipanga zomwe ndizanena. Tsopano, mulole zimveke kamodzi kokha kuti sindikufuna chifundo chawo; Sindingasinthe malo ndi m'modzi wawo. Ndikudziwa zomwe ndikunena. Zomwe ndimapeza ndizabwino komanso zodalirika monga wina aliyense. Ndili ndi mapepala ndi magazini ochokera ku England, France, Germany ndi Austria omwe ndimatha kuwerenga. Sikuti olemba onse omwe ndakumana nawo angathe kuchita izi. Ambiri aiwo amayenera kutenga dzanja lawo lachifalansa ndi lachijeremani. Ayi, sindinyoza akonzi. Ndiwo gulu logwira ntchito mopitirira muyeso, osamvetsetsa. Aloleni akumbukire, komabe, kuti ngati sindingawone moto kumapeto kwa ndudu zawo, sangathenso kulumikiza singano mumdima. Zonse zomwe ndikufunsani, abambo, ndi gawo lokongola komanso osakondera. Ndalowa nawo nkhondo yolimbana ndi kukonzekera komanso ndachuma chomwe tikukhalamo. Iyenera kukhala nkhondo mpaka kumapeto, ndipo sindifunsa kotala.
Tsogolo la dziko liri m'manja mwa America. Tsogolo la America likukhala kumbuyo kwa amuna ndi akazi ogwira ntchito a 80,000,000 ndi ana awo. Tikukumana ndi mavuto aakulu mu moyo wathu wa dziko. Ochepa omwe amapindula ndi ntchito ya anthu ambiri amafuna kukonza antchito ku gulu lankhondo lomwe lidzateteza zofuna za capitalists. Mukulimbikitsidwa kuti muwonjezere kulemetsa yolemetsa yomwe mumakhala nayo kale yolemetsa ya ankhondo akuluakulu ndi zombo zambiri zowonjezera. N'zotheka kukana kunyamula zida zankhondo ndi mantha-nthiti ndikuchotsa zolemetsa zina, monga limousines, steam yachts ndi malo a dziko. Simukusowa kupanga phokoso lalikulu pa izo. Pokhala chete ndi ulemu wa olenga mungathe kuthetsa nkhondo ndi dongosolo la kudzikonda ndi kusokoneza komwe kumayambitsa nkhondo. Zonse zomwe mukuyenera kuchita kuti mubweretsere kusintha kwakukulu ndikukonzeketsa manja anu.
Sitikukonzekera kuteteza dziko lathu. Ngakhale titakhala opanda thandizo monga Congressman Gardner akuti ife tiri, tilibe adani opanda nzeru zokwanira kuti tiyese ku United States. Nkhani yokhudza kuukira kochokera ku Germany ndi Japan ndi yonyansa. Germany ili ndi manja ake okwanira ndipo adzakhala otanganidwa ndi zochitika zake kwa mibadwo yambiri pambuyo pa nkhondo ya ku Ulaya.
Polamulira nyanja ya Atlantic ndi nyanja ya Mediterranean, ogwirizanawo sanathe kupeza amuna okwanira kuti agonjetse A Turks ku Gallipoli; ndipo adalephera kuti apite kunkhondo ku Salonica panthawi yowonongeka ku nkhondo ya ku Bulgaria. Kugonjetsedwa kwa America ndi madzi ndi zowawa zomwe zimangokhala anthu osadziwa komanso ziwalo za Navy League.
Komabe, kulikonse, timamva mantha akupita patsogolo ngati mkangano wankhondo. Zimandikumbutsa nthano yomwe ndawerenga. Munthu wina adapeza nsapato. Mnansi wake adayamba kulira ndikulira chifukwa, monga adanenera mwachilungamo, munthu amene wapeza nsapatoyo tsiku lina adzapeza kavalo. Atapeza nsapatoyo, amatha kumuveka nsapato. Mwana wa woyandikana naye tsiku lina atha kuyandikira ma hello amahatchi kuti amenyedwe, ndikufa. Mosakayikira mabanja awiriwa amakangana ndikumenyana, ndipo miyoyo ingapo yamtengo wapatali itayika chifukwa chopeza nsapato za akavalo. Mukudziwa nkhondo yomaliza yomwe tidakhala nayo tidatola mwangozi zisumbu zina m'nyanja ya Pacific zomwe tsiku lina zitha kukhala zokangana pakati pathu ndi Japan. Ndibwino kuti ndigwetse zilumba izi pakadali pano ndikuziyiwala kuposa kupita kunkhondo kuti ndizisunge. Sichoncho inu?
Congress ikukonzekera kuteteza anthu a ku United States. Akukonzekera kuteteza likulu la amalingaliro a America ndi amalonda ku Mexico, South America, China, ndi zilumba za Philippines. Mwachidziwitso kukonzekera kumeneku kudzapindulitsa opanga makina ndi makina a nkhondo.
Mpaka posachedwapa ku United States kunagwiritsidwa ntchito ndalama zomwe amalandira ogwira ntchito. Koma ntchito yaku America ikugwiritsidwa ntchito pafupifupi mpaka pano, ndipo zinthu zathu zadziko zonse zapatsidwa. Komabe phindu limapitiliza kupeza ndalama zatsopano. Makampani athu omwe akutukuka pazida zakupha akudzaza golide m'mabanki aku New York ndi golide. Ndipo dola yomwe siikugwiritsidwa ntchito kupangitsa munthu wina kukhala kapolo sikukwaniritsa cholinga chake muukapolo. Dola imeneyo iyenera kuyikidwa ku South America, Mexico, China, kapena Philippines.
Sizinapangitse kuti Navy League ikhale yolemekezeka panthawi yomwe National City Bank ya New York inakhazikitsa nthambi ku Buenos Aires. Sizinangochitika mwangozi kuti osonkhana asanu ndi limodzi a bizinesi a JP Morgan ndi akuluakulu otetezeka. Ndipo mwayi sunapangitse kuti Mtsogoleri Mitchel asankhe Komiti Yake ya Ufulu kwa amuna chikwi omwe amaimira chuma chachisanu cha United States. Amuna awa amafuna kuti ndalama zawo zakunja zizitetezedwe.
Nkhondo yamakono yamakono yakhala ndi mizu yake yozunza. Nkhondo Yachibadwidwe inagonjetsedwa kuti agwire ngati akapolo a ku South kapena capitalists wa North ayenera kugwiritsa ntchito West. Nkhondo ya ku Spain ndi America inaganiza kuti United States iyenera kugwiritsira ntchito Cuba ndi Philippines. Nkhondo ya ku South Africa inaganiza kuti a British azigwiritsa ntchito migodi ya diamondi. Nkhondo ya Russia ndi Japan inaganiza kuti Japan iyenera kugwiritsira ntchito Korea. Nkhondo yamakono ndiyo kusankha yemwe adzagwiritse ntchito Balkans, Turkey, Persia, Egypt, India, China, Africa. Ndipo tikuponya lupanga lathu kuti tiwopseze ogonjetsa kuti agawane nawo zofunkhazo. Tsopano, antchito sakukhudzidwa ndi zofunkha; iwo sadzapeza chirichonse cha izo nkomwe.
Okonzekera okonzeka ali ndi chinthu china, ndipo chofunikira kwambiri. Iwo akufuna kuwapatsa anthu chinachake choti aganizire pokhapokha iwo atakhala osasangalala. Iwo amadziwa kuti ndalama zimakhala zotsika kwambiri, malipiro ndi otsika, ntchito sizatsimikizika ndipo zidzakhala zovuta kwambiri pamene mayiko a ku Ulaya akuyitanitsa mapulogalamu amtundu. Ziribe kanthu momwe anthu amagwira ntchito molimbika komanso mosalekeza, nthawi zambiri sangakwanitse kupeza moyo wabwino; ambiri sangathe kupeza zofunika.
Masiku angapo aliwonse timapatsidwa mantha atsopano pankhondo kuti tithandizire kufalitsa nkhani zawo. Atilowetsa pafupi ndi nkhondo ku Lusitania, Gulflight, Ancona, ndipo tsopano akufuna kuti ogwira nawo ntchito asangalale ndikumira kwa Persia. Wogwira ntchito alibe chidwi ndi zilizonse zombozi. Ajeremani atha kumira zombo zilizonse pa Nyanja ya Atlantic ndi Nyanja ya Mediterranean, ndikupha anthu aku America ndi aliyense - wogwira ntchito waku America akadalibe chifukwa choti apite kunkhondo.
Makina onse a dongosolo ayendetsedwa. Pamwamba pa kudandaula ndikudandaula kuchokera kwa antchito kumveka liwu la ulamuliro.
“Anzanga,” imatero, “antchito anzathu, okonda dziko lako; dziko lanu lili pachiwopsezo! Pali adani kumbali zonse za ife. Palibe chilichonse pakati pathu ndi adani athu kupatula Nyanja ya Pacific ndi Nyanja ya Atlantic. Onani zomwe zachitika ku Belgium. Talingalirani zomwe zidzachitike ku Serbia. Kodi mungadandaule za malipiro ochepa pomwe dziko lanu, ufulu wanu kwambiri, uli pachiwopsezo? Ndi zovuta ziti zomwe mumapilira poyerekeza ndi manyazi okhala ndi gulu lankhondo lachijeremani lopambana lomwe likuyenda mumtsinje wa East? Siyani kulira kwanu, khalani otanganidwa ndikukonzekera kuteteza moto wanu ndi mbendera yanu. Pezani gulu lankhondo, tengani wankhondo; khalani okonzeka kukumana ndi adaniwo ngati anthu aufulu omwe ndinu omasuka. ”
Kodi antchito adzayenda mumsampha umenewu? Kodi adzapusitsidwa kachiwiri? Ndikuopa choncho. Anthu akhala akuthandizira kuti awonetsere mtundu umenewu. Ogwira ntchito amadziwa kuti alibe adani koma ambuye awo. Iwo amadziwa kuti mapepala awo a chiyanjano sali chilolezo cha chitetezo cha iwo okha kapena akazi awo ndi ana awo. Iwo amadziwa kuti kutukumuka moona mtima, kuvutikira molimbika ndi zaka zovuta zimawabweretsera iwo kanthu koyenera kuti azigwiritsitsabe, kuyenera kulimbana nawo. Komabe, mozama m'mitima yawo yopusa amakhulupirira kuti ali nalo dziko. O akhungu opanda pake!
Ochenjera, kumtunda kwa mapiri amadziwa kuti antchito ndiopusa komanso opusa. Amadziwa kuti ngati boma lidzawaveke khaki ndikuwapatsa mfuti ndikuwayambitsa ndi gulu la mkuwa ndikuwombera zikwangwani, apita kukamenya nkhondo molimba mtima kwa adani awo omwe. Amaphunzitsidwa kuti amuna olimba mtima amafera ulemu dziko lawo. Ndi mtengo wotani womwe ungalipire pakuchotsa - miyoyo ya anyamata mamiliyoni ambiri; mamiliyoni ena opunduka ndi khungu kwa moyo; kukhalapo kwakhala kowopsa kwa mamiliyoni ochulukirapo amunthu; kukwaniritsidwa ndi cholowa cha mibadwo kudasesedwa m'kamphindi- ndipo palibe amene angakhale ndi mavuto onsewa! Nsembe yoyipa iyi imamveka ngati chinthu chomwe mumafera ndikuyitcha dziko kudyetsedwa, kuvekedwa, kusungidwa ndi kukutenthetsani, kuphunzitsa ndi kusamalira ana anu. Ndikuganiza kuti ogwira ntchito ndiwodzikonda kwambiri kuposa ana aanthu; Amagwira ntchito mwakhama ndikukhalira kufera dziko la ena, malingaliro a anthu ena, ufulu wa anthu ena komanso chisangalalo cha anthu ena! Ogwira ntchito alibe ufulu wawo wokha; sali omasuka akawakakamiza kugwira ntchito maola khumi ndi awiri kapena khumi kapena asanu ndi atatu patsiku. samakhala aufulu akadalipira chifukwa chovutikira. Sakhala omasuka pomwe ana awo ayenera kugwira ntchito m'migodi, mphero ndi mafakitale kapena kufa ndi njala, komanso pomwe azimayi awo atha kutengeka ndi umphawi kumoyo wamanyazi. Sakhala omasuka akagwidwa zigoli ndikumangidwa chifukwa chonyanyala ntchito kuti awonjezere malipiro komanso chilungamo chomwe ndi ufulu wawo monga anthu.
Sitife mfulu pokhapokha amuna omwe akukhazikitsa malamulo ndikuimira zofuna za moyo wa anthu ndipo palibe chidwi china. Sewero silipanga munthu mfulu kunja kwa kapolo wothandizira. Sipanakhaleko mtundu waulere ndi wa demokalase padziko lapansi. Kuchokera nthawi yamakedzana amuna adatsatira ndi kukhulupilira khungu amuna amphamvu omwe anali ndi ndalama komanso ankhondo. Ngakhale pamene magulu ankhondo anali atakwera pamwamba ndi akufa awo iwo adalima mayiko a olamulira ndipo athyoledwa zipatso za ntchito yawo. Iwo amanga nyumba zachifumu ndi mapiramidi, akachisi ndi makedora omwe sankakhala ndi kachisi weniweni wa ufulu.
Pamene chitukuko chakula kwambiri antchito akhala akapolo ochulukirapo, mpaka lero iwo ali ochepa kuposa mbali za makina omwe amagwira ntchito. Tsiku lililonse amakumana ndi ngozi za sitima, mlatho, skyscraper, sitima yonyamula katundu, sitima, sitima zamatabwa, zinyumba zamatabwa ndi min. Kupitiliza ndi kuphunzitsa pazitsulo, pamsewu ndi pamtunda ndi m'nyanja, amasunthira magalimoto ndi kudutsa pamtunda kupita kunthaka zinthu zomwe zimapangitsa kuti tikhale ndi moyo. Ndipo mphotho yawo ndi yotani? Mphotho yochepa, nthawi zambiri umphaŵi, ndalama, msonkho, ziphuphu komanso malipiro a nkhondo.
Kukonzekera komwe antchito akufuna ndikupanga ndikukhazikitsanso moyo wawo wonse, monga zomwe sizinayesedwepo ndi atsogoleri kapena maboma. Ajeremani adazindikira zaka zapitazo kuti samatha kukweza asitikali abwino m'malo otakasuka kotero adathetsa malowa. Adawonetsetsa kuti anthu onse ali ndi zochepa zofunikira pachitukuko - malo ogona abwino, misewu yoyera, yabwino ngati chakudya chochepa, chithandizo chamankhwala choyenera komanso chitetezo choyenera kwa ogwira ntchito. Ichi ndi gawo laling'ono chabe lazomwe ziyenera kuchitidwa, koma ndizodabwitsa kuti gawo limodzi lokonzekera bwino lathandizira Germany! Kwa miyezi khumi ndi isanu ndi itatu idadzitchinjiriza yokha kuti isawukire kwinaku ikupitilizabe nkhondo yolanda, ndipo magulu ake ankhondo akupitilizabe mwamphamvu. Ndi bizinesi yanu kukakamiza kusintha kumeneku ku Administration. Pasakhale kuyankhulananso pazomwe boma lingachite kapena lomwe lingathe kuchita. Zinthu zonsezi zachitidwa ndi mayiko onse olimbana nawo mwankhanza pankhondo. Makampani onse oyendetsedwa bwino amayendetsedwa bwino ndi maboma kuposa mabungwe wamba.
Ndi ntchito yanu kuyimitsa payeso yowonjezereka kwambiri. Ndi ntchito yanu kuti muwone kuti palibe mwana yemwe amagwira ntchito kumalo osungirako mafakitale kapena mgodi kapena sitolo, komanso kuti palibe wogwira ntchito mwangozi kapena matenda. Ndi ntchito yanu kuwapangitsa kuti akupatseni mizinda yoyera, opanda utsi, dothi ndi kusokonezeka. Ndi ntchito yanu kuti akupatseni malipiro amoyo. Ndi ntchito yanu kuti muwone kuti kukonzekera kotereku kumayendetsedwa mu dipatimenti iliyonse pa dzikoli, mpaka aliyense akhale ndi mwayi wobadwa bwino, wodyetsedwa bwino, wophunzitsidwa bwino, wanzeru komanso wogwira ntchito kudziko nthawi zonse.
Limbani motsutsana ndi malamulo onse ndi malamulo ndi mabungwe omwe akupitiriza kupha mtendere ndi mabungwe a nkhondo. Gonjetsani nkhondo, pakuti popanda inu palibe nkhondo ingagonjedwe. Gwiritsani ntchito mabomba okwirira ndi gasi ndi zipangizo zina zonse zakupha. Gonjetsani kukonzekera zomwe zikutanthauza imfa ndi chisoni kwa anthu mamiliyoni ambiri. Musakhale osayankhula, akapolo omvera mu gulu lankhondo. Khalani amphamvu mu gulu la zomangamanga.
Gwero: Helen Keller: His Socialist Years (International Publishers, 1967)
