Lachiwiri m'mawa, May 30, 2017, gulu la anthu otsutsana ndi nkhondo m'ma mazana, adasonkhana pamsonkhano, ku 11am, ku Lincoln Memorial ku Washington, DC Anatsogoleredwa ndi pulezidenti wa Veterans for Peace, Barry Ladendorf. Iwo anafuna “kusiya nkhondo yosatha,” ndi kuyamba “kagulu kamtendere” kowona.
Mgwirizano wa mabungwe ena pafupifupi khumi odana ndi nkhondo, mtendere ndi chilungamo adalumikizana ndi Veterans for Peace pachiwonetsero champhamvu. Oyankhula asanu ndi anayi adatenga nawo gawo mu pulogalamu ya maola awiri, pamodzi ndi nyimbo zoperekedwa ndi Pat Scanlon, a Fugs ndi ena.
Okambawo adakweza mawu awo za mikangano yosatha yokhudzana ndi US padziko lonse lapansi ku Afghanistan, Iraq ndi Syria. Amagogomezera ng'oma zankhondo zomwe zikumenyedwa tsiku ndi tsiku chifukwa cha mkangano ndi North Korea, komanso, chifukwa cha a Neocons a hawkish ndi gulu lathu lankhondo la Military-Industrial Complex, nkhondo yotheka ku US, kuyambira ku 2017, ndi - Iran.
Pambuyo pa ziwonetsero pa Chikumbutso, ochita ziwonetsero adaguba, cha m'ma 2pm, kupita ku White House kukakumana ndi Purezidenti Trump. Kumeneko, adapempha msonkhano - mwamsanga ndi iye - kukambirana za "ndondomeko yankhondo" yake ndikuwongoleranso ndalama za boma kuzinthu zomwe zili pafupi ndi nyumba. Kalata yomwe a Ladendorf adalembera Purezidenti Trump idawerengedwa ndi m'modzi mwa anzawo kutsogolo kwa mpanda wa White House. Kuti mudziwe zambiri, pitani ku: facebook.com/events/1709862185979408/
Malinga ndi "Cost of National Security" yovomerezeka, okhometsa misonkho aku America akhala akulipira $ 8.36 miliyoni pa ola, kuyambira 2001, kuti athe kulipira ndalama zankhondo zathu zosatha. Kuti mudziwe zambiri za nkhaniyi, pitani ku: nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
Polankhula pamsonkhano wa White House anali Veterans for Peace activist, Bruce Gagnon. Ndiwonso wotsogolera wa "Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space." Adaphulitsa US / NATO War Machine ndikutchula White House ngati nyumba "yakuda, yakuda, yoyipa".
(Kanema Wapadera ku Baltimore Post-Examiner)
©Bill Hughes, 2017
