Munkhani iliyonse yamakalata amtunduwu, timagawana nkhani za World BEYOND War odzipereka padziko lonse lapansi. Mukufuna kudzipereka World BEYOND War? Imezani greta@worldbeyondwar.org.
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Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Nkhani yanu yanu ndiyosangalatsa. Munagwira ntchito ya US Navy kwa zaka 20 yogwira ntchito, yozungulira padziko lonse lapansi, kuyambira ku Iceland kupita ku Tunisia. Ndipo kenako mudapanga 180 yathunthu, ndikukhala purezidenti woyamba wa dziko la Veterans For Peace. Zomwe zidakulitsa kutembenuka kwanu kukhala a Navy Commander kukhala a Veterans For Peace President, komanso now President wa World BEYOND War?
Ili ndi funso lomwe ndimafunsidwa kwambiri, ndipo ndizomveka. Ndinalowa usilikali pazifukwa zofananirana ndi zomwe anthu ambiri amachita, ndikuti ndimafunikira ntchito, osati chifukwa ndikufuna kuchita nawo zankhondo zaku US / zakunja. Monga chida chamaphunziro azamaphunziro a Missouri, sindinaphunzitsidwe za mbiri ya dziko la United States. Ndipo, monga mayi, panalibe funso kuti ndikadaphedwa pa kupha munthu kapena kuwopa kufa ndekha, choncho sindinakumanenso ndi vuto la chikumbumtima. Ndili pantchito yogwira, sindinadziyese ngati "wankhondo", kotero sindinasinthe kwenikweni 180. Zinali monga kusamuka osatenga nawo mbali kupita kumalo ankhondo.
Mutakhala purezidenti wa VFP, ndizomwe zidakupangitsani chidwi kuti mulimbane nazo World BEYOND War (WBW) makamaka?
Ankhondo a Mtendere ndi bungwe labwino, ndipo ndine wonyadira nthawi yomwe ndimakhala mu utsogoleri kumeneko. VFP ndiye bungwe lokhalo lankhondo lomwe lili ndi omenyera nkhondo, ndipo izi zimabweretsa kudalirika komwe kumamvedwa. Ndimathandizirabe ntchito yawo, koma David Swanson atandiuza kuti andiuze za lingaliro lomwe bungwe latsopanoli lidayambitsa - kuthana ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa nkhondo moyenera, osati motsatira "nkhondo yamasiku ano" - ndinali chidwi. Ndakhala ndi WBW kuyambira Tsiku 1.
Kodi ndi ntchito zotani zomwe mukuthandizira?
Sindikudziwa ngati ndimabwera mwachilengedwe, kapena ngati zinali zaka 20 ngati msilikali wa Navy, koma ndimakonda kutenga utsogoleri wamba. Panopa ndimagwira ntchito ngati Purezidenti wa WBW Board of Directors. M'masiku oyambilira tinali ndi m'modzi wantchito wanthawi yochepa - David Swanson - ndipo panali miyezi yomwe sitimatha kumulipira, chifukwa chake ndimagwira ntchito molimbika pomanga mamembala athu, kupeza ndalama, ndi maphunziro, ndipo ndidayamba ntchito yoyang'anira ntchito monga kulemba makalata othokoza. Popita nthawi, ndimapitilizabe kugwira ntchito ndi David tsiku lililonse, ndikukhala ngati "mkazi wamanja" wake. Kwenikweni, ndakhala gawo la zonse - kusonkhetsa ndalama, kukonza njira, kulembera anthu ntchito, kukonzekera msonkhano, maphunziro, ndi zina zambiri.
Kodi malingaliro anu apamwamba kwa wina amene akufuna kuti alowe nawo ndi WBW ndi chiyani?
Chinthu choyamba aliyense ayenera kuchita ndi chophweka - tengani mtendere! Mwa kusaina dzina lanu pa WBW Declaration of Peace, mudzalumikizana ndi anthu a 75,000 m'maiko a 175 omwe onse adzipereka mpaka kumapeto kwa nkhondo. Mukangosayina, mudzalandira zosintha pa ntchito yathu, ndipo zochitika kumapitilira mdera lanu. Onani tsamba lawebusayiti kuti muwone ngati pali gawo la WBW mdera lanu. Ngati ndi choncho, lumikizanani nawo ndipo pezani nawo zochitika zawo. Ngati simunayandikire chaputala, ndipo simunakonzekere kuyamba chimodzi, mutha kukonzekera zochitika monga kuwonera filimu kapena kuwonetsa. Lumikizanani ndi Director Director wathu, Greta, ndipo adzakukolowekerani ndi zinthu zamtundu uliwonse kuti izi zikhale zosavuta.
Nchiyani chimakupangitsani inu kuti muzilimbikitsira kuti mulimbikitse kusintha?
Ndivomereza kuti nthawi zina zimakhala zovuta kukhala wodalirika komanso wolimbikitsa. Mundime iyi, kusintha kumabwera pang'onopang'ono, ndipo mavuto ndi akulu kwambiri kotero ndizosavuta kumva kuti simungathe kusintha. Tikudziwa kuti kusintha kwakukulu pamakhalidwe kumatha kuchitika, koma tikuyenera kukhala gawo lolowerera. Kupanda chidwi, kusayang'ana ndi kusachita zabwino kumangopangitsa mkhalidwewo. Ndimayesetsa kutsatira mawu a Helen Keller: “Ndine m'modzi chabe; komabe ndine m'modzi. Sindingachite zonse, komabe nditha kuchita china chake; Sindingakane kuchita zomwe ndingachite. ”
Yolembedwa December 15, 2019.
