Kuwonera Kodzipereka: Bill Geimer

Mwezi uliwonse, timagawana nkhani za World BEYOND War odzipereka padziko lonse lapansi. Mukufuna kudzipereka World BEYOND War? Imezani greta@worldbeyondwar.org.

Location:

Victoria, Canada

Munalowa nawo bwanji othandizira ankhondo ndipo World BEYOND War (WBW)?

Nditatumikira monga mkulu wa gulu la akasinja, ndinasankhidwa kukhala m’sukulu ya usilikali ya zamalamulo. Cholinga changa chinali choti ndidzakhale msilikali ngati bambo anga. Sindinalipidwe, kupatula pamene sukulu inali kunja kwa masiku asanu ndi awiri kapena kuposerapo. Munthawizo, ndidafotokozera 82d Abn Div ku Ft Bragg NC. Ndimalandira malipiro owonjezera ngati ndingapeze nthawi yodumpha mundege yamtundu wina. Zonse zimene zinayamba kusintha m’chaka cha chipwirikiti cha 1968, ndipo zinafika pachimake pa msonkhano wa 1969 ndi Joan Baez, amene anandisonyeza mphamvu yakusachita chiwawa. Ndinasiya usilikali, n’kukhala phungu wa zamalamulo ku Haymarket Square, nyumba ya khofi yolimbana ndi nkhondo ku Fayetteville, NC, ndipo ndinaimira anthu okana usilikali chifukwa cha zimene amakhulupirira.

Nditasamukira ku Canada mu 2000, ndinakhala zaka zinayi ndikulemba Canada: Mlandu Wopewa Nkhondo za Anthu Ena. Mwamwayi, ndidapeza buku la David Swanson Nkhondo ndi Bodza. Zinawoneka kwa ine kuti ndidalemba zina ngati buku la ku Canada la buku la David, ndi mosemphanitsa. Ndidalumikizana naye ndipo ndakhala ndikugwira ntchito ndi WBW kuyambira pamenepo.

Kodi ndi ntchito zotani zomwe mukuthandizira?

Ndine wogwirizanitsa mutu wa World BEYOND War Victoria. Ndagwira ntchito posachedwa ndi gulu laling'ono, loyendetsedwa ndi WBW, pamutu wotsitsimula gulu lamtendere la Canada. Ntchito yanga yapano ndi Mabelu a Mtendere, mndandanda wa zochitika zomwe zinathandizidwa ndi WBW kuti azikumbukira zaka 75 za kuphulika kwa mabomba ku Hiroshima ndi Nagasaki.

Kodi malingaliro anu apamwamba kwa wina amene akufuna kuti alowe nawo ndi WBW ndi chiyani?

Musayambe ndi kulingalira zomwe mungathe kufinya pakapita nthawi kuti mutenge nawo mbali. M’malo mwake, sankhani zimene mungachite kapena kuchirikiza ndi mtima wonse ndiponso mosangalala. Kaya ndi chidwi chanu chapadera kapena mumadzipereka kuchitapo kanthu komwe WBW yayamba kale, mwayi ndi wakuti phindu la gulu lamtendere, komanso kukhutira kwanu, zidzakulitsidwa polowa nawo WBW.

Nchiyani chimakupangitsani inu kuti muzilimbikitsira kuti mulimbikitse kusintha?

Lingaliro langa la gulu, la umodzi ndi anthu onse, komanso zitsanzo zabwino kwambiri zoperekedwa ndi odzetsa mtendere, masiku ano komanso zaka zambiri.

Kodi mliri wa coronavirus wakukhudzani bwanji?

M'njira zina zabwino. Ndili ndi nthawi, mwachitsanzo, yolimbikitsa Zochitika za Bells for Peace zambiri monga ma webinars enieni m'malo mwa zochitika zapa-munthu. (Ndinkaganiza kuti Zoom ikuyenera kupita mwachangu!) Kumbali ina, mliriwu udatseka ntchito yanga yolemba kuti ilimbikitse kumvetsetsana kwa mibadwo yambiri ndi mgwirizano pakati pa ochita mtendere. Ndinkachita zoyankhulana ndi ana asukulu a kusekondale komweko pomwe mliri udafika ndipo sukulu idatsekedwa.

Yolembedwa June 18, 2020.