Timapambana! Mtendere Mtetezi @ Zitetezo Expo 2018

kuchokera Auckland Peace Action, November 4, 2018

The 2018 Weapons Expo ndi msonkhano wotsatana nawo kuti atsekere umatha chaka. Lakhala sabata labwino kwambiri komanso lopambana pamsonkhano wamtendere ku Palmerston North, ndipo chidwi chofuna kulimbana chikukula kokha. Sizosavuta kuyimirira ku bizinesi yayikulu komanso yamphamvu kwambiri padziko lapansi - malonda a zida - koma zikuwonekeratu kuti ntchito yathu ndi malingaliro athu akubala zipatso.

Gulu losiyanasiyana la anthu omwe amapanga Peace Action Manawatū adagwira ntchito yovuta pagulu lawo. Anamanga chithandizo chenicheni ndi mgwirizano kuchokera m'magulu ampingo, othawa kwawo ndi magulu osamukira kumayiko ena, akatswiri ojambula komanso mabizinesi. Iwo anali oleza mtima komanso okopa, akuchita moona mtima komanso mokhulupirika pobweretsa nkhani ya Weapons Expo ku City ndi Council.

Adapeza thandizo lalikulu mkati mwa Khonsolo. Tsoka ilo adapezanso madera ena othandizira NZ Defense Viwanda Association kuchokera kwa Meya ndi Wachiwiri wake. Yemwe adagwirizana nawo pamwambowu popanda chilichonse chochokera kwa ma Khansala ena, ndipo adayesetsa kubisa momwe amalumikizirana ndi okonza mwambowo powauza kuti angomalumikizana naye yekha pafoni. Adalonjeza ku Expo, ndipo wayitanitsa paphwandopo kuti mwambowu udzachitidwenso mu Mzinda wamawa chaka chamawa. Khalidwe lake silodabwitsa chifukwa adapatsidwa mphamvu yowonjezera, koma zokhumudwitsa ambiri omwe adamuyitanitsa mnzake pazinthu zina. Okonza mwambowu adafunanso kukhwimitsa zotchinga msewu mosavomerezeka mozungulira malowa, kukakamiza mabungwe ofunika ammadera kuti atseke kapena kufikitsa ntchito zawo panthawi yamwambowo. Kutsutsa kwalamulo pazomweku kwachepetsa zovuta zoyipazi, koma pali kusamvetsetsa kwa Lamulo la NZ la Ufulu la NZ ndi Khonsolo, makamaka pankhani yokhudza ufulu wachibadwidwe komanso kuchita zionetsero.

Kukhalapo kwa apolisi a gargantuan komanso bajeti zakuthambo kwa $ 250,000 kudakulitsidwa kwambiri kuyambira chaka chathachi, ndipo adanenanso mwamphamvu kuti akufuna kuteteza nthumwi zivute zitani komanso kuvulala kulikonse.

Kufika kwa Weapons Expo kunali koyambirira kwa kuchoka kwawo ku Wellington patatha zaka 20 ku City. Izi zidachitika chifukwa chogwirizanitsa modabwitsa chaka chathachi ndi Peace Action Wellington - ponse paŵiri poyika nkhaniyi pamaso pa Khonsolo komanso wowerengera wachifundo (kapena mwina kungowerengera) Meya, ndikusintha anthu kudutsa mu mzindawu ndi dziko kuti adzatsikire. Cake Tin kwa maola ambiri oletsedwa.

Maziko ochitira izi chaka chino anali atayikapo kale zaka zitatu zopangira kampeni yokhazikika, kulumikizana komanso kukweza.

Malingaliro amasankho a masiku enieni mwambowu sanachitepo kanthu mwachangu zomwe zimayesa kuchedwetsa, kusokoneza komanso kukana kulowa kwa nthumwi zomwe zikufuna kudzakhala nawo pamsonkhanowu. Izi zathandizanso chaka chino. Patsiku loyamba, mipanda ndi zipata za mseu wotsekedwa zidagumulidwa ndikuyika mseu. Pambuyo pake panali kuwolokeredwa kwa mabasi omasulira ndi ntchito zitseko zolowera. Izi zidachedwetsa kuyamba kwa msonkhano pafupifupi maola atatu.

Kutsatira malowedwe atadutsa, mozungulira mwamtendere monsemo munasonkhanitsidwa Mendulo ndipo pambuyo pa zokambirana zapita ku malowo. Mazana a anthu am'deralo ndi anthu ochokera kudutsa ku Aotearoa adapita kukagulitsa malonda.

Zochita za tsikuli zidachitika ndi magulu ambiri kuphatikiza Pacific Panthers, Political Organisation Aotearoa, People Against Prisons Aotearoa, Metropolitan Church ku Progress, ophunzira a St John's Theological College, Quaker, Tāmaki Makarau Anarchists, Berrigan House, Catholic Workers, Climate Justice Taranaki, Gulu Lobiriwira, World Beyond War, Nandolo Yamtendere, ogwirizana komanso azimayi.

Marichi anali ndi mphatso yakuwala komanso thambo. Zinali zabwino kwambiri ndi zidole zazikulu, nkhope zopaka utoto, ndi mauthenga osiyanasiyana amtendere ndi chilungamo. Kwa nzika za Palmy, zidali zochititsa chidwi kwambiri.

Osakhutira kuti apumule, mamembala a Peace Movement adayambiranso masana maphwando a ana a Mfiti ndi Warlocks ku "Njira yotsekeredwa" Women Center, kenako ndikuzungulira malo ochitiramo zochitika, osunga chitetezo ndi apolisi atcheru kwambiri.

Pamene Day 2 itazungulira, nyengo idalowa, koma mzimu wotsutsa udalibe. Tidali mamawa ndikutipatsa ntchito kuti tizipereka nawo ma hotelo kuzungulira mzindawo. Pamene basi yoyamba idawonedwa, malo osungika osadukiza adadumphadumpha kwakanthawi, ndikutsatiridwa ndi wokwera modekha yemwe adadumphadumpha padenga la basi. Kunali kugwetsa mvula - ayi, kwenikweni, yolusa. Wokwera uja atakwera, tinadziwa kuti basi sizikupita kulikonse kotero anthu ena amabwerera m'basi ina, ndipo mmodzi, awiri, atatu - wina wokwerayo anali pamwamba pa uyo, nawonso!

Mabasi opanda kanthu adawonedwa pamsewu kuchokera ku hotelo imodzi, kotero kuti anthu ena ochenjera adawatsekereza kumbuyo ndi kumbuyo ndi mabatani amiyala yoyikiratu malo oimikidwa. Pambuyo pake, panali pang'ono masewera olimbitsa mtima omwe amayendetsa basi akusuntha pomwe nthumwi zimayendetsa gule wa kukana. Kuia adayimba nyimbo zamtendere kunja kwa malo ogulitsira khofi pomwe nthumwi zidakonzekera kudikirira mayendedwe, pomwe omenyera anzawo adapita ndi nthumwi za anthu omwe amadutsa m'misewu.

Pomwe tidadzitcha tsiku, tidachedwitsanso omwe amafika pamsonkhano kwa maola atatu - ndipo ngakhale tidali ofowoka kumafupa - chochita chidali chothandiza. Tidakondwera ndi kupambana kwathu komanso mgwirizano wathu ku malo ojambula ojambula am'deralo - malo opambana komanso odabwitsa - momwe tidadutsa mowa wokhala ndi zakumwa zotentha komanso yummy kai.

Chochita chomaliza pa sabata chinali phokoso lazakudya zam'mawa - ku Hotel Coachman - akulimbana ndi wokamba nkhani ndi "chakudya". Zinali pang'ono kuwombeza kwa NZDIA kuti kulikonse komwe apite, tikakhaleko.

Pali zinthu zambiri zodabwitsa zokhudzana ndi ntchitoyi, koma chomwe chimadziwika ndi mphamvu yakukonzekera pamodzi. Ngakhale timakumana ndi mdani wokhala ndi zida zambiri kuposa gulu lathu - gulu lankhondo - tikupambana. Mphamvu zomwe tili nazo ndi mphamvu ya ambiri kutsutsana ndi ochepa, mphamvu yakupanga, kudziyimira pawokha komanso kudziyimira motsutsana ndi maulamuliro apakati komanso kutsatira zomveka.

Mphamvu izi zimatitsogolera ndikutipatsa chiyembekezo chakutsogolo. Amapereka zida zomangira dziko latsopano mu chipolopolo chakale.

Chifukwa chake tiyeni tipitilizebe - tiyeni tipitilizebe kumanga mayendedwe athu ndi kulumikizana kwathu wina ndi mnzake, tiyeni tikulitse kudzipereka kwathu polimbana ndi zovuta zambiri zomwe dziko lathu limakumana ndi wina ndi mnzake ngati abwenzi, abwenzi, okonda ndi mabanja.

Dziko lina ndilotheka. Ndizotheka. Zili kwa ife kuti zitheke.

Tikuwonani m'misewu!