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Munalowa nawo bwanji othandizira ankhondo ndipo World BEYOND War (WBW)?
Ndili m'ndende mu 2020, ndi nthawi yopuma yomwe inalipo kwa ine, ndidapanga mfundo yoti ndiyang'ane ndikuyesa kumvetsetsa nkhondo za ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan, chifukwa zinali zoonekeratu kuti nkhani zonena za chifukwa chake nkhondozi zidachitika. sindikuwonjezera kwenikweni. Ngakhale ndikudziwa kuti US idalowererapo ndikutumiza drone akuwomba mayiko ambiri m'moyo wanga wonse (monga Pakistan, Somalia, ndi Yemen), sindinkadziwa zambiri za kukula kwa makampeniwa kapena zifukwa zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito kuwalungamitsa. Zachidziwikire, sindinakayikire kuti chitetezo cha dziko ndicho chidali chomaliza kupitiliza kampeni izi, ndipo ndakhala ndikumva zonena zonyoza kuti nkhondozi zinali "zamafuta", zomwe ndikuganiza kuti ndizowona, koma zimalephera kufotokoza zonse. .
Pamapeto pake, ndikuwopa kuti ndiyenera kuvomereza zomwe Julian Assange adanena, kuti cholinga cha nkhondo ku Afghanistan chinali "kutsuka ndalama kuchokera kumisonkho ya US ndi Europe kudzera ku Afghanistan ndikubwerera m'manja mwa akuluakulu a boma. osankhika achitetezo chapadziko lonse lapansi, "komanso ndi Smedley Butler, kuti, mwachidule, "nkhondo ndi chiwonongeko." The Watson Institute akuti mu 2019 anthu wamba 335,000 adaphedwa pazaka 20 zapitazi zakuchitapo kanthu kwa US ku Middle East, ndipo kuyerekezera kwina kwapangidwa ndi ziwerengero zokwera kwambiri. Ine, pandekha, sindinayambe ndaphulitsidwapo bomba, koma ndikungoganiza kuti ndizowopsa kwambiri. Mu 2020, ndidakwiyira dziko lonse la US, koma "piritsi lakuda" ili la katangale weniweni womwe ukupitilira njira yolowererapo ya ndale zakunja idandilimbikitsa kuti ndichite nawo zotsutsana ndi mfumu komanso zolimbana ndi nkhondo. Ndife anthu omwe timakhala mu mtima wa ufumuwo, ndipo ndife omwe tili ndi mphamvu zambiri zopezeka kuti tisinthe zochita zake, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti ndi chifukwa cha anthu osawerengeka omwe akhala ndi mabanja awo, madera awo. , ndipo miyoyo inawonongedwa m’zaka 20+ zapitazi.
Kodi ndi ntchito zotani zomwe mukuthandizira?
Ndachita nawo zionetsero ndi zochitika zambiri komanso kugwira ntchito mongodzipereka ndi Food Not Bombs, ndipo pano ndikukonzekera ndi Divest Richmond kuchokera ku War Machine, yomwe imayendetsedwa ndi chithandizo kuchokera ku Code Pink ndi World BEYOND War. Ngati ndinu wina mderali ndipo mukufuna kudana ndi ufumu, chonde lembani fomu yolumikizirana patsamba lathu - titha kugwiritsa ntchito thandizoli.
Kodi malingaliro anu apamwamba ndi ati kwa munthu amene akufuna kuchita nawo zolimbikitsa nkhondo ndi WBW?
Pezani gulu ndikufikira momwe mungatengere nawo mbali. Pali anthu amalingaliro ofanana kunja uko omwe amasamala za zomwe mumachita ndipo kwenikweni sizimathera kuchuluka kwa ntchito yomwe ikufunika kuchitidwa.
Nchiyani chimakupangitsani inu kuti muzilimbikitsira kuti mulimbikitse kusintha?
Anthu omwe ali ndi mphamvu, ngati alibe kukakamizidwa ndi mphamvu zakunja kuti achite mantha, akhoza kuchita chilichonse chimene akufuna. Anthu osasamala komanso osadziwa bwino amathandizira kuti izi zisungidwe. Zowona za zoopsa zomwe zachitika pamiyoyo ya anthu ndi kampeni ya imfa yazaka makumi angapo yomwe boma la US lachita ku Middle East sindingathe kumvetsetsa. Koma ndikumvetsetsa kuti, bola ngati palibe amene amachita chilichonse, ndiye kuti "bizinesi monga mwanthawi zonse" (ndipo wina amangofunika kukumba pang'ono kuti awone kuti nkhondo zolimbana ndi nkhondo zilidi "bizinesi monga mwanthawi zonse" ku US) zipitilira. Ndikuona kuti, ngati muli mtundu wa munthu amene mungaime ndi kuganizira mmene nkhondo zimenezi zilili zosalongosoka, chifukwa chake zikupitirira kuchitika, ndiponso zimene zofuna zake zimatumikiradi, ndiye kuti muli ndi udindo wochitapo kanthu pa zimenezi, kutenga nawo mbali pazandale pa nkhani iliyonse yomwe mukuwona kuti ndiyofunika kwambiri.
Kodi mliri wa coronavirus wakukhudzani bwanji?
Ndikuganiza kuti mliriwu unali, zabwino kapena zoyipa, chomwe chidandipangitsa kuti ndichite zolimbikitsa. Kuwonera dziko lolemera kwambiri padziko lapansi kulibe chidwi chenicheni chopulumutsa anthu osawerengeka omwe akusowa pokhala, kapena mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono osawerengeka kutseka zitseko zawo, ndipo m'malo mwake amasankha kuperekanso ndalama zothandizira okhometsa msonkho kwa olemera ochepa omwe ali pafupi kwambiri ndi malowa. mphamvu ndi abwenzi awo, ndinazindikira kuti ichi chinali chiwembu chofanana cha ponzi chomwe US wakhala moyo wanga wonse, ndipo kuti ndidzakhala pansi pa izi malinga ngati ine ndi ena onse pano ndikupitirizabe kupirira. Inenso, monga ena ambiri, ndinalowa m'malo okhazikika kwa nthawi yayitali, zomwe zinandipatsa nthawi yokwanira yoganizira za dziko lapansi, kufufuza za chikhalidwe cha anthu, ndi kufunafuna magulu ochita ziwonetsero zambiri ndikupita kukachita zionetsero zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza ziwonetsero za Black Lives Matter, komanso ziwonetsero zotsutsana ndi ICE kapena kumasulidwa kwa Palestina. Ndine wokondwa kwambiri chifukwa cha zochitikazi chifukwa zandiphunzitsa zambiri za dziko lapansi komanso momwe nkhani zosiyanasiyana zimakhudzira anthu osiyanasiyana. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ngati tonse titapatula nthawi kuti tisamangoganizira za mavuto athu okha, komanso a anthu onse otizungulira, tingamange dziko labwino kwambiri kuposa limene tinkadziwa.
Chimodzi mwa kumvetsetsa zandale ku US ndikumvetsetsa momwe mavuto athu amalumikizirana. Mwachitsanzo, anthu aku America sapeza mwayi wopeza chithandizo chamankhwala chifukwa boma limagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zambiri kuphulitsa anthu wamba. Izi zikutanthauza kuti anthu ambiri m'magulu apansi omwe ali kutali kwambiri ndi malo akuluakulu sangapite kwa dokotala ngati akudwala, ndipo chiwerengero chachikulu cha anthu chidzavutika kwambiri ndi kusakhazikika. chiyembekezo chochepa cha m'tsogolo. Izi zimadzetsa kusimidwa kochulukira, ndi kugawikana kochulukira ndi kugawanikana kwandale, pomwe anthu ambiri amadana ndi miyoyo yawo. Mukazindikira kugwirizana kwa mavutowa, mutha kuchitapo kanthu kuti musamalire dera lanu, chifukwa dera limakhalapo pokhapokha anthu asonkhana pamodzi kuti athandizena pamavuto awo. Popanda izi, palibe dziko lenileni, palibe dziko lenileni, ndipo tonse ndife ogawanika, ofooka, komanso tokha - ndipo ndi chikhalidwe chimenecho chomwe chimatipangitsa tonsefe kukhala osavuta kugwiritsa ntchito.
Yolembedwa December 22, 2021.
