Wolemba Karina Andrew, Whidbey News-Times, September 24, 2022
Bungwe la Whidbey Environmental Action Network linapambana mphoto kuchokera ku bungwe lopanda phindu lapadziko lonse chifukwa cha mlandu wawo wopambana wotsutsana ndi Navy ku Thurston County mu April.
World BEYOND War, bungwe lapadziko lonse lodzipereka ku nkhondo zopanda chiwawa ndi kuthetsa nkhondo padziko lonse lapansi, linapatsa anthu anayi ndi mabungwe ochokera m'mayiko anayi osiyanasiyana Mphotho Yothetsa Nkhondo poyamikira zoyesayesa zawo zamtendere. WEAN ndi opambana ena atatu adalandira mphotho zawo pamwambo wa Sept. 5. Izi ndi World Beyond WarChaka chachiwiri kupereka mphoto.
Mu Epulo chaka chino, WEAN adapambana mlandu kukhothi ku Thurston County Superior Court yomwe idapeza kuti Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission idakhala "mwachipongwe komanso mosasamala" polola gulu lankhondo la United States kugwiritsa ntchito mapaki aboma pophunzitsira zankhondo. Woweruza wina anachotsa chilolezo choti apitirize kuphunzira m’mapaki a boma.
World BEYOND War Mtsogoleri wamkulu David Swanson adati WEAN idalandira mayina angapo a Mphotho ya War Abolisher chifukwa cha ntchito yake.
"Tidachita chidwi kwambiri ndi momwe adalimbikira komanso mwaluso komanso momwe adagwirira ntchito bwino, komanso kuchita bwino komwe adapeza," adatero, ndikuwonjezera kuti ndikofunikira kuwunikira kupambana pakulimbikitsa mtendere zikachitika kuti apereke mapulani kwa ena. ndi zolinga zofanana.
Swanson adati adayamikiranso momwe mlandu wa WEAN umaphatikizira kulengeza mtendere ndi chilungamo cha chilengedwe, ponena kuti anthu nthawi zambiri samazindikira momwe zinthu ziwirizi zimagwirizanirana kwambiri. Asilikali ndi nkhondo, adatero, ndi zina mwazinthu zomwe zimawononga chilengedwe.
Woyambitsa WEAN a Marianne Edain anawonjezera kuti cholinga cha WEAN ndikusunga ndi kusunga zachilengedwe, ndipo nkhondo ndi kukonzekera nkhondo ndi zina mwazinthu zowononga kwambiri zachilengedwe zomwe ziyenera kulimbana nazo.
“Dziko lamtendere ndi dziko lokhazikika pazachilengedwe,” iye anatero.
Zomwe gulu la Navy likuchita m'mapaki a boma la Washington zidasokoneza chilengedwe komanso anthu okhalamo komanso alendo omwe akuyesera kugwiritsa ntchito mapaki kuti asangalale, adatero Swanson. Kulola kuti mapaki agwiritsidwe ntchito mwanjira imeneyi kumapangitsa kuti chikhalidwe cha nkhondo chikhale chachilendo, chinachake World BEYOND War cholinga chothetsa.
"Pali kuvomereza kochuluka kwa mkwiyo pansi pa mbendera ya kukonzekera nkhondo," adatero. "Kulikonse komwe anthu amakankhira kumbuyo, makamaka akapambana, akuyenera kukwezedwa ndikukondwerera."
