O Novema 28, 2018, i luga o le 100 US scholars, intellectuals, and activists na lomia le tusi tatala i le Senator Bernie Sanders i lalo ma valaaulia isi e faaopoopo o latou igoa i ai. Sanders o loʻo galue e faʻamalosi se palota fou a Senate i le faʻauʻuina, poʻo le itiiti ifo o le faʻaitiitia, US auai i le taua i Yemen. O le sainia o le tusi o loʻo i lalo na faʻamoemoe e faʻamalosia na laasaga ma, i le mea moni, ia uunaia Sanders agai atu i teteega sili atu i le militarism ma le lagolago mo le filemu.
I le aso Novema 27th, na lolomi ai e Senator Sanders se tusi fou, O fea tatou te o ai mai iinei: lua tausaga i le Resistance. O le tusi o loʻo aofia ai le 38 vaega, o le tasi e talanoa i faiga faʻavae a le malo ae le tuʻuina atu ni fuafuaga tuʻufaʻatasia. I le afiafi o Novema 27th Sanders na saunoa mo se itula i le George Washington University, sa ola i luga ole C-Span 2. Na ia talanoaina ni autu eseese, ae na te leʻi tauaina le faigamalo mai fafo - sei vagana ua fesiligia o ia e se tagata fesili mo se faigamalo fou, ma sa tuuina atu e le Senator Sanders se tali 2-minute na taulai atu i Yemen, lea na ia maua ai le sili atu leotele o le afiafi.
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TEXT OF LETTER:
Matou te tusi atu ia te oe o ni tagata o le US, ma le faʻaaloalo tele mo au faiga faʻavae.
Matou te lagolagoina le tulaga o le sili atu i le 25,000 tagata na sainia se talosaga i le taimi o lau faʻataʻitaʻiga a le peresetene e faʻamalosia oe e faʻatau militarism.
Matou te talitonu o Dr. King e saʻo e taʻu mai o le faʻailoga, le tele o meafaitino, ma le militani e manaʻomia le luʻitauina faʻatasi, nai lo le eseese, ma e tumau pea lenei mea.
Matou te talitonu o lenei mea e le gata o fautuaga aoga, ae o se amio taua, ma - ae le o se mea faʻapitoa - lelei faiga palota faʻapolokiki.
I le taimi o lau tauvaga a le peresetene, na fesiligia oe i taimi uma pe faapefea ona e totogiina le manaʻoga o tagata ma le siosiomaga e ono mafai ona totogi mo ni vaega itiiti o tupe faʻaalu a le militeri. O lau tali na tumau pea le faigata ma aofia ai le faʻatupuina o lafoga. Matou te talitonu o le a sili atu ona aoga le tele o taimi e taʻua ai le i ai o le militeli ma lona tau tau. "O le a ou tipiina le 4% o le faʻaaluina i luga o le Pentagon e leʻi faʻasalaina" o se tali maualuga i soo se auala i soʻo se faʻamatalaga o soʻo se fuafuaga faʻavae.
O le tele o mataupu tatou te talitonu e tatau ona faia e faia i totonu se vitio lafo i lau itulau Facebook i le amataga 2018. Ae e masani lava ona toesea mai au faʻamatalaga lautele ma fuafuaga faʻavae. Lau lata mai 10-fuainumera fuafuaga leai se taʻua o faiga faʻavae mai fafo.
Matou te talitonu o lenei mea e le faia e le na o se mea e faʻaaogaina. Matou te talitonu o loʻo tuʻuina atu mea e aofia ai le le faʻaogaina. Ua maeʻa tupe faʻaalu a le militeri 60% o tupe faʻaalu. O se faiga faʻavae lautele e aloese mai le taʻua o lona ola e le o se faiga faʻavae lautele. Pe tatau ona faʻaauau pea tupe faʻaalu a le militeri poʻo lalo pe le tumau? O le fesili muamua lenei. O loʻo matou taulimaina iinei ma se aofaiga o tupe e sili atu ma le faʻatusatusa i mea e mafai ona maua e ala i le faʻasoa o tagata mauʻoa ma faʻapotopotoga (o se mea matou te fiafia i ai).
O se vaega itiiti o tupe faʻaalu a le militeri maeʻa fia ai, leai se vai mama, ma faʻamaʻi eseese i le lalolagi atoa. E le mafai e se tulafono fesoasoani alofa ona aloese mai le i ai o le militeli. Leai se talanoaga o saolotoga kolisi or mama malosi or felauaiga lautele e tatau ona le taʻua le nofoaga o loʻo alu ai le miliona tala tala i le tausaga.
Taua ma sauniuniga mo le taua o nisi o faʻaumatia, pe a le o pito i luga, o lo tatou natura siosiomaga. Leai se tulafono faʻavae e mafai ona le amanaiaina i latou.
O le Militarism o le punavai sili lea o le soloia o saolotoga, ma le maualuga o faamaoniga mo le malupuipuia a le malo, luga foafoa of tagata sulufaʻi, pito i luga o le tulafono o tulafono, luga tagata faʻafaigofie o le xenophobia ma le matua, ma o le mafuaaga sili tatou te lamatia ai le apocalypse. E leai se vaega o lo tatou olaga faʻalapotopotoga e le o amanaiaina e le mea na taʻua e Eisenhower o le falemaʻi o falemaʻi.
O le lautele o le US alofaga tipiina faʻaletupe o le militeri
E oʻo lava i le sui o le Trump tautino o taua talu mai le 2001 ua le lelei, o se faʻamatalaga e foliga mai e le afaina ai o ia i le aso palota.
Se Tesema 2014 Gallup poll o malo 65 ua maua le Iunaite Setete ma mamao ese le atunuu ua manatu i le tele o lamatiaga i le filemu i le lalolagi, ma a Pew poll i le 2017 na maua le tele o vaega i le tele o atunuu na faʻamaonia le maimoaina o le Iunaite Setete o se taufaʻatau. O se Iunaite Setete e nafa ma le saunia o vai inu mama, aʻoga, vailaau, ma sola eletise i isi o le a sili atu ona malupuipuia ma feagai ma le le fiafia i le salafa o le lalolagi; o le taunuuga o le a tau ai se vaega o mea o loʻo teu faʻafaigaluega i le faia o le United States e le fiafia ma e le fiafia i ai.
Economists i le Iunivesite o Massachusetts i Amherst tusia o le faʻaaluina o le militeli o se faʻaletupe tau tamaoaiga ae le o se polokalama o galuega.
Matou te viia oe i au faiga faʻavae. Matou te iloa o le peresetene o le peresetene na mamafa ia te oe, ma matou te le mananao e siitia le manatu le mautonu na faatoilaloina oe. Matou te ofoina atu la matou fautuaga i se agaga faauo. O nisi oi matou sa galulue e lagolagoina la outou tauvaga a le peresetene. O isi oi matou e tatau ona galulue, ma galulue malosi, mo lau filifiliga na avea oe ma sui tauva mo le filemu.
SAINIA E
Elliott Adams, Taitaifono, Vaega o le filemu a le Meta, Team Training, ma muamua le Peresetene, Veterans For Peace
Christine Ahn, Pule Faʻatonu, Women cross DMZ
Shireen Al-Adeimi, Polofesa Lagolago, Iunivesite a le Setete o Michigan
Hisham Ashur, Amnesty International o Charlottesville, VA
Medea Peniamina, Failautusi, CODEPINK mo le Filemu
Karen Bernal, Taitaifono, Faʻamasinoga Faʻaauau, Kalefonia Democratic Party
Lea Bolger, Taitai o le Komiti Faʻatonu, World BEYOND War; Peresitene muamua, Veterans For Peace
James Bradley, tusitala
Philip Brenner, Polofesa, Iunivesite a Amerika
Jacqueline Cabasso, Pule Sili, Western Legal Legal Foundation; National Co-convener, United for Peace and Justice
Leslie Cagan, pule filemu ma le amiotonu
James Carroll, tusitala o Fale o Taua
Noam Chomsky, Polofesa, Iunivesite o Arizona; Polofesa (faʻamalolo), MIT
Helena Cobban, Peresitene, Just World Educational
Jeff Cohen, Foafoa o le FAIR ma le co-faavaeina o RootsAction.org
Marjorie Cohn, tagata aʻoga faʻaalia; Peresitene muamua, Lawild Lawyers Guild
Gerry Condon, Peresitene, Veterans For Peace
Nicolas JS Davies, tusitala, tusitala
John Dear, tusitala, Taaloga Faʻaleagaina
Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, tusitala
Mel Duncan, Faʻatonu Faʻatonu, Nonviolent Peaceforce
Carolyn Eisenberg, Polofesa o Talafaasolopito ma American Policy Foreign, Hofstra University
Michael Eisenscher, National Coordinator Emeritus, US Labor Against the War (USLAW)
Pat Elder, Sui o le Komiti Faʻatonu, World BEYOND War
Daniel Ellsberg, tusitala, faalēmataʻu
Sui o Jeffrey Evangelos, Maine House of Representatives, Friendship, Maine
Jodie Evans, co-faavae CODEPINK
Rory Fanning, tusitala
Robert Fantina, Sui o le Komiti Faʻatonu, World BEYOND War
Mike Ferner, Peresetene Muamua, Veterans For Peace
Margaret Fugalaau, Co-Faatonu, Resistance Lelei
Carolyn Forché, Polofesa o le Iunivesite, Georgetown University
Bruce K.Gagnon, Coordinator, Global Network faasaga i Auupega & Malosiaga Nuclear i le Avanoa
Pia Gallegos, Peresetene Muamua, Adelante Progressive Ccuscus of the Democratic Party of New Mexico
Lila Garrett, tagata talimalo
Ann Garrison, Lipoti a le Black Agenda Report
Joseph Gerson (PhD), Peresetene, Talanoaga mo le Puipuiga o le Filemu ma le Puipuiga Masani
Chip Gibbons, Tusitala; Aiaiga Faʻavae ma Tulafono, Puipuia Aia Tatau ma le Tetee
Charles Glass, tusitala o Na Latou Faʻatasi Naʻo Oe: O Le Tala Moni o le Starr Uso, Ofisa Faalilolilo Peretania i le Nazi-Faʻatasi Falani
Van Gosse, Polofesa, Franklin & Marshall College
Arun Gupta, Tusitala Tutoatasi
Hugh Gusterson, Polofesa o le poto masani ma mataupu faava o malo, George Washington University
David Hartsough, Co-Founder, World BEYOND War
Patrick T. Hiller, Ph.D., Pule Faatonu, Polokalame Puipuiga o Taua, Jubitz Family Foundation
Mataio Hoh, Uso Sinia, Nofoaga Tutotonu mo Faiga Faʻavae Faʻavaomalo
Odile Hugonot Haber, Sui o le Komiti Faʻatonu, World BEYOND War
Sam Husseini, Ofisa Sinia, Institute for Public Accuracy
Helen Jaccard, sui, Veterans For Peace
Dahr Jamail, tusitala, fai tusitala
Tony Jenkins, Faatonu o Aoaoga, World BEYOND War
Jeff Johnson, Peresitene, Washington State Labor Council
Steven Jonas, MD, MPH, failautusi, tusitala o Le 15% Solution
Rob Kall, talimalo, Telefoni i Lalo; tagata lolomi, OpEdnews.com
Tarak Kauff, sui auai, Veterans For Peace; Faatonu Pule, Filemu io Tatou Taimi
Kathy Kelly, Co-Coordinator, Leo mo le Faagaioiga Lelei
John Kiriakou, faʻamaonia le CIA faʻamaualuga ma muamua saʻiliili tagata sinia, US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Michael D. Knox, PhD, Taitaifono, US Peace Memorial Foundation
David Krieger, Peresitene, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Jeremy Kuzmarov, faiaoga, Tulsa Community College; tusitala o Ua Toe Afio Mai Rusia
Peter Kuznick, Polofesa, Iunivesite a Amerika
George Lakey, tusitala; Co-Founder, Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT)
Sarah Lanzman, tagata faʻaosooso
Joe Lauria, Editor-in-Chief, Consortium News
Hyun Lee, National Organizer, Women Cross DMZ
Bruce E. Levine, fomaʻi suʻesuʻe; tusitala o Teteeina o le Puleaina o le Pulega
Nelson Lichtenstein, Polofesa, UC Santa Barbara
Dave Lindorff, failautusi
John Lindsay-Polani, Faʻatonu, Polokalama e taofi ai le US Arms i Mekisiko
David Lotto, Psychoanalyst, Faatonu o le Journal of Psychistory
Catherine Lutz, Thomas J. Watson, Jr Family Professor of Anthropology and International Studies, The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs ma le Matagaluega o Anthropology, Brown University
Chase Madar, tusitala ma le tusitala
Eli McCarthy, Polofesa o Faamasinoga ma Suesuega o le Filemu, Aʻoga o Georgetown
Ray McGovern, o le CIA analyst muamua ma le peresitene briefer
Myra MacPherson, tusitala ma le tusitala
Bill Moyer, Pule Sili, Taualoa i tua
Elizabeth Murray, sui usufono, Veteran Intellectual Professionals for Sanity
Michael Nagler, Foafoa ma le Peresetene, o le Center Metta Center mo le Faʻaleagaina
Dave Norris, Peresetene Mayor, Charlottesville, VA
Carol A. Paris, MD, Peresetene Muamua ua mavae, Fomaʻi mo se Polokalame Faʻalesoifua Maloloina
Miko Peled, tusitala o Le Alo o le Faʻasologa: Faʻamalaga o se Isaraelu i Palesitina
Gareth Porter, tusitala, fai tusitala, tagata tusitala
Margaret Power, Polofesa, Illinois Tech
Steve Rabson, Polofesa o Faʻasalalau, Brown University; Veteran, United States Army
Ted Rall, tusitala, tusitala o Bernie
Betty Reardon, Faʻatonu, International Institute on Education Peace
John Reuwer, Sui o le Komiti Faʻatonu, World BEYOND War
Mark Selden, Saienisi Sinia, University Cornell
Martin J. Sherwin, Polofesa o le Iunivesite o Talafaasolopito, Iunivesite o George Mason
Tim Shorrock, tusitala ma le tusitala
Alice Slater, Sui o le Komiti Faʻatonu, World BEYOND War; UN UN NGO Rep., Nuclear Age Peace Fdn
Donna Smith, Taitaifono Komiti Faufautua a le Atunuʻu, Progressive Democrats o Amerika
Gar Smith, Faatonu Sili, Siosiomaga e tetee atu i Taua
Norman Solomon, National Coordinator, RootsAction.org; Faatonu Sili, Institute for Public Accuracy
Jeffrey St. Clair, Co-tusitala, Le Big Heat: Lalolagi i luga o le Vai
Rick Sterling, tagata galue ma le tusitala
Oliva Stone, tusitala
Rivera Sun, Tusitala ma le Faʻaaogaina o Fuafuaga Faataʻitaʻi
David Swanson, Faatonu, World BEYOND War; Sui Komiti Komiti Faufautua, Veterans For Peace; tusitala o Taua o se Pepelo
Brian Terrell, Co-Coordinator, Leo mo le Faʻasagaga Lelei
Brian Trautman, Sui Usufono a le Atunuu, Veterans For Peace
Sue Udry, Pule Faʻatonu, Puipuia Aia Tatau ma le Tetee
David Vine, Polofesa, Matagaluega o Anthropology, Iunivesite a Amerika
Donnal Walter, Sui o le Komiti Faafoe, World BEYOND War
Rick Wayman, Sui Faatonu, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Barbara Wien, Polofesa, Iunivesite a Amerika
Jan R. Weiberg, Faaali Atu! Amerika
Ann Wright, Faletua o le US Army Colonel ma le sui o le US diplomats na faamavae e tetee i le taua a Amerika i Iraki
Greta Zarro, Pule Faatonusili, World BEYOND War
Kevin Zeese, Co-Faatonu Sili, Faiga Faʻavae Lelei
Stephen Zunes, Polofesa o Faiga Faʻapolokiki, Iunivesite o San Francisco
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