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Wisconsin, U.S
Munalowa nawo bwanji othandizira ankhondo ndipo World BEYOND War (WBW)?
Pa moyo wanga wa ntchito ndinkachita nawo mabungwe. Ndidakali membala wa bungwe lopuma pantchito. Ndinali wogwira ntchito m'boma ku Wisconsin ndipo ndimapuma pantchito. Ndinenso wopuma usilikali ndikugwira ntchito zaka zitatu ndi zaka 17 mu National Guard and reserves.
Pamene Scott Walker wa ku Republican anakhala bwanamkubwa wa Wisconsin mu 2011, ndinakhala wotanganidwa kwambiri kutsutsa ndondomeko zake zotsutsana ndi mgwirizano, zotsutsana ndi anthu ogwira ntchito za boma, komanso kuukira pulogalamu ya Wisconsin yopuma pantchito.
Chifukwa cha ndale izi ndinakumana ndi Vern Simula, membala wa Veterans For Peace (VFP) komanso wotsutsa mwamphamvu pazinthu zambiri. Ndinakhala wotanganidwa ndi mutu wa Duluth VFP.
Sindikukumbukira kuti ndinazindikira liti World BEYOND War, koma ndinachita chidwi kwambiri ndi buku la WBW lakuti, “A Global Security System: An Alternative Nkhondo.” Ndidayamba kutsatsa bukuli pakuyika zochitika ndi VFP.
Pofuna kukulitsa ntchito yathu, membala wina wa Duluth VFP, John Pegg, ndi ine tinaganiza zokonza a Duluth mutu wa WBW. Tapanga zochitika zingapo, kuphatikiza Tsiku la Mtendere Padziko Lonse komanso tsiku lapaintaneti lothana ndi nkhondo ku Yemen. Timagwira ntchito mogwirizana ndi Grandmothers for Peace, WBW, Veterans For Peace, ndi ena omenyera mtendere ndi chilungamo kuti apange gulu lamphamvu mdera lathu.
Ndi ntchito zamtundu wanji za WBW zomwe mumagwira ntchito?
Popeza ndinali msilikali wankhondo, chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe ndimadetsa nkhawa kwambiri ndi kuwononga ndalama zambiri zankhondo. Chimodzi mwa magwero aakulu a zinyalala ndicho zida za nyukiliya. Mu 2022 Veterans For Peace adabweretsa anti-nuke "Ntchito ya Golden Rule” kwa Duluth. Kuyambira pamenepo anthu am'deralo apanga Kampeni Ya Twin Ports Yothetsa Zida Zanyukiliya. Cholinga chathu ndikupereka zigamulo za m'deralo zolimbikitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa Pangano la Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. WBW yathandiza kwambiri ndi zida zapaintaneti zoyeserera kwanuko.
Kodi malingaliro anu apamwamba ndi ati kwa munthu amene akufuna kuchita nawo zolimbikitsa nkhondo ndi WBW?
Musataye mtima! Kulimbikitsa mtendere kukuchepetsa chikhalidwe chankhondo zaku America. Kumanga chikhalidwe chamtendere ndizovuta kwanthawi yayitali. Monga nyimbo "Sitima Idzayenda” akuti, “tikumanga ngalawa yomwe mwina sitidzayendapo… (Google it - ndi nyimbo yolimbikitsa yokhudza omenyera ufulu osiyanasiyana omwe adabwera patsogolo pathu).
Nchiyani chimakupangitsani inu kuti muzilimbikitsira kuti mulimbikitse kusintha?
Zingawoneke ngati kuyembekezera ndi kugwirira ntchito dziko labwino n'kopanda chiyembekezo. Koma kodi tikanakhala kuti lerolino ngati ochirikiza onse akale a mtendere ndi chilungamo akanasiya? Palibe amene angadziwe zomwe mungakhale nazo komanso zopereka zazing'ono zimatha kuwonjezera. Ngati simuli mbali ya yankho ndinu gawo la vuto.
Kodi mliri wa coronavirus wakukhudzani bwanji?
Mliriwu unakhudza kwambiri zochita zanga makamaka pakutha kuchita misonkhano yapamaso. Ambiri mwa anthu omwe ndimagwira nawo ntchito mu Veterans For Peace and Grandmothers for Peace anali achikulire komanso omwe anali pachiwopsezo. Ambiri aiwo sanagwirizane ndi misonkhano yapaintaneti. Pamlingo waukulu mliriwu unayimitsa ntchito zathu ndipo mabungwe sanachirebe.
Yolembedwa Meyi 15, 2023.
