Wolemba Jerick Sabian, Epulo 30, 2020
kuchokera Pacific Daily News
World BEYOND War takhala ndi webinar Lachinayi kuti tikambirane zakukhudzidwa kwa asitikali aku US ku Guam.
Webusayitiyi, "Colonialism & Contamination: Mapu Opondereza Ankhondo aku US ku Chamorro People of Guam," ndi gawo limodzi la kampeni ya "Close Bases". Oyankhulawo anali Sasha Davis ndi Leilani Rania Ganser, omwe amalankhula zakusokonekera kwa magulu ankhondo aku US ku Guam.
World BEYOND War ndi gulu losagwirizana padziko lonse lapansi kuti lithetse nkhondo ndikukhazikitsa bata mwachilungamo, malinga ndi tsamba lake.
A Davis adafufuza zomwe zimayambitsa mabwalo ankhondo a US ku Pacific kuphatikiza Guam, Okinawa ndi Hawaii.
Ganser ndi womenyera ufulu wa a CHamoru omwe adakulira ku United States ndipo ndiwothandizirana ndi othandizira ku Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Ganser adati banja lake, monga ena ambiri, asitikali asintha chifukwa chazaumoyo komanso zakunja, zomwe zidamupangitsa iye ndi banja lake kukhala kutali ndi Guam.
Anayamba kufufuza ku Guam zaka zopitilira 10 zapitazo pomwe idakhala gawo lalikulu lankhondo laku US. Chifukwa Guam ndi koloni yaku US asitikali akuwona kuti chilumbachi ndi malo otetezeka kuposa malo ena omwe ndi mayiko odziyimira pawokha, adatero.
Asitikali aku US sakanakhoza kuchita momwe amasangalalira m'malo ngati Philippines ndi Japan, chifukwa chake ikuwona Guam ngati malo abwino omangirako chifukwa chazolowera, a Davis adati.
Koma anthu ambiri ku Guam adakwiya kwambiri ndipo adagwira ntchito yoletsa zida zina zankhondo yaku US zaku Guam, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti Pågat asagwiritsidwe ntchito monga momwe amafunira kuwombera, adatero. Izi zadzetsanso kuchepa kwa zomangamanga.
Zokhudza nkhondo
Ganser adati asitikali akupitiliza kuphunzira ngakhale Guam ikadali yotseka chifukwa cha mliri wa COVID-19.
A Ganger ati kusiyana pakati pa asitikali ndi anthu amderali kumawonekeranso kuchuluka kwa ndalama zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito pobwezeretsa nkhondo. Adagawana momwe agogo ake aakazi, omwe adapulumuka kunkhondo, adapatsidwa $ 10,000 pamazunzo ake pankhondo, koma asitikali agwiritsa ntchito $ 16,000 kufunsira anthu atsopano.
Davis adati ulamuliro ndi asitikali amayendera limodzi popeza asitikali aku US safuna kupatsa ulamuliro m'malo andale. Anatinso asitikali sakuganiza zachitetezo cha Pacific Islands, koma za iwo eni komanso dziko la US.
Zitsanzo zaposachedwa, za USS Theodore Roosevelt ikubweretsa mazana a milandu ya COV, ID-19 ndi Rim of the Pacific Exercise yomwe idakonzedweratu ku Hawaii, zikuwonetsa kuti asirikali sakuganizira za chitetezo cha anthu kumeneko, Davis adati.
Anati asitikali sangabweretse anthu masauzande ambiri ku US panthawi ya mliriwu koma akuchita bwino ku Pacific.
Mabasiketi siabwino oyandikana nawo ndipo amabweretsa phokoso, zovuta zachilengedwe ndipo sizosangalatsa kukhala nawo, adatero.
Tsamba lonse lathunthu "Chikoloni & Kuipitsa: Kupanga Mapu Opondereza Asitikali aku US ku Chamorro People of Guam" ilipo World BEYOND WarKanema wa YouTube.
