Staff Spotlight: Maya Garfinkel

Mwedzi uno takagara pasi naMaya Garfinkel, uyo ari World BEYOND War's achango hirwa Canada Organiser apo Rachel Small ari pazororo revabereki kusvika Kurume 2023. Maya (iye/ivo) inharaunda uye murongi wevadzidzi anogara muMontréal, Canada paKanien'kehá:ka Territory. Parizvino ari kupedzisa BA yake muPolitical Science uye Geography (Urban Systems) paMcGill University. Semunhu akapedza kudzidza, Maya akaronga pamharadzano yemamiriro ekunze uye mafambiro erunyararo naDivest McGill, Vadzidzi veRunyararo uye Kubvisa Zvombo paMcGill uye Divest for Human Rights campaign. Vakashandawo pakuunganidza zvakatenderedza decolonization, kurwisa rusaruraganda, uye democratization mhiri kweNorth America.

Hezvino izvo Maya aifanira kutaura pamusoro pekuti sei aine shungu dzekupokana nehondo-kuvaka-kuvaka, chii chinomuita kuti arambe achikurudzirwa semurongi, nezvimwe:

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Montreal, Canada

Wakapinda sei mukurwisa hondo uye chii chakakukwevera kuti ushande nayo World BEYOND War (WBW)?

Ndagara ndiine shungu dzekuita runyararo uye kurwisa hondo (neimwe nzira kana imwe) kubvira ndichiri mwana mudiki. SemuIsrael-muAmerica, ndakakura ndichinyatsoziva nezvekukurumidza uye kushamwaridzana kwemhirizhonga ine chekuita nehondo, kurwadziwa, uye rusaruro. Kupfuurirazve, semuzukuru wevakapona muHolocaust, ndagara ndiine hanya zvakanyanya nerufu uye hunhu hwehondo nenzira inondikurudzira kuti ndirambe ndichitenda uye ndichipinda mubato rerunyararo. Ndakakwezvwa World BEYOND War nekuti harisi sangano rinorwisa hondo chete, asiwo isangano rinorwira shanduko kuenda kunyika iri nani. Zvino, ndichigara muCanada, ndave kujairana nemhando yakasarudzika yeCanadian militarism inoda kutendeka kwekubvisa hondo uye shanduko yakarurama iyo. World BEYOND War Inopa.

Chii chaunonyanya kutarisira munzvimbo iyi?

Ndiri kutarisira zvakawanda zvezvinhu zvechinzvimbo ichi! Ndiri kufara pamusoro pehuwandu hwekubatana mukati memibatanidzwa yakasiyana-siyana uye network inouya nechinzvimbo ichi. Kuziva varongi vakasiyana-siyana vanobva kumativi ose enyika kunondifadza zvikuru. Kupfuurirazve, ndinofara chaizvo kusvika pakuziva zvitsauko zvedu zveCanada uye kushanda pakuronga kwenzvimbo uko, kwandinowana, kune mukana wakawanda wekunongedza zvakanyanya uye zvinobudirira kufamba-kuvaka. Ndinovimba kuenderera mberi nekutsigira zvitsauko uye zvimwe zvirongwa zvemuno nezviwanikwa zvesangano zvinogona kupihwa neWBW.

Chii chakakudana kuti utsvage basa semurongi uye kuronga kunorevei kwauri?

Ndakabatanidzwa mukuronga somudzidzi wechikoro chesekondari aifarira nhoroondo nezvematongerwe enyika. Ndakanga ndapinda munhaurirano dzeboka revechidiki maererano nenyaya dzakasiyana siyana dzemagariro muUS asi pakaitika kupfura kweParkland, Florida mukutanga kwa2018, ndakatungamira kubuda kwechikoro changu kwakasiyana, kwenzvimbo uye kwakananga, rudzi rwesimba rekuronga. mandiri. Kubva ipapo, kuronga kwave kuri chinhu chinokosha muupenyu hwangu.

Pakupedzisira, chikonzero chekurwisana nehondo uye zvimwe zvikonzero zvakakosha zvandinoronga, kwandiri, zvagara zviri pamusoro pekuita dzimwe nzira dziri nani uye kutenda kuti vanhu vanokwanisa kurarama nerunyararo. Kuisa pfungwa dzangu nezviito mukubatana nevamwe kuburikidza nekuronga kunondipa tariro, uye kunondisvitsa kure kupfuura zvandaimboita ndiri ndega. Zvikurukuru, pachiyero ichi, handikwanise kuzvifananidza ndisiri kuronga; Ndinongonzwa kutenda kuti ndawana zvikwata uye mafambiro andawana kuronga nawo.

Iwe unoona sei anti-war activism seyakabatana nezvimwe zvikonzero?

Anti-war activism yakabatana nezvimwe zvikonzero mune dzimwe nzira dzakakosha! Ini ndinobva kumamiriro ekunze ekuronga mamiriro ekunze kuitira kuti kubatana kwakanyatsojeka kwandiri. Zvikonzero zviviri izvi hazvina kufanana chete mupfungwa yekuti injodzi dziripo pakurarama kwevanhu (dzine maitiro akagoverwa zvisina kuenzana) asi zvakare, chaizvo, dzinovimbana kuti dzibudirire. Kupfuurirazve, kune hukama hwakakomba pakati pezvimwe zvikonzero, kusanganisira kurongeka kwevakadzi, izvo zvandinoona kufanana kwakafanana nenyika yekurwisa hondo. Muchinzvimbo ichi, ndinotarisira kuva "chibatanidza", kubatanidza sangano rerunyararo kune dzimwe nyaya dzakaoma muCanada uye pasi rose, kunyanya izvo zvakakosha kuchizvarwa changu. Muchiitiko changu chese chekuronga, rudzi urwu rwekupindirana uye kupindirana kwemabasa kwave kuri chimwe chezvinhu zvinofadza uye zvinobereka zvibereko pane zvese.

Chii chinoita kuti urambe uchifemerwa kutsigira shanduko, zvisinei nematambudziko ese atiri kutarisana nawo semhuka uye sepasi?

Kunyangwe mamwe mazuva ari nyore pane mamwe, pakupedzisira, sarudzo yekuenderera hainzwi senge sarudzo zvakanyanya sekukosha. Ndinofemerwa nevanhu vandinoshanda navo, vari paWBW nekupfuura, kutsigira shanduko. Ini zvakare ndinofemerwa nemhuri yangu neshamwari, kunyanya hukama pakati pezvizvarwa izvo zvandinonzwa ndine rombo rakanaka kuva nazvo.

Iwe unofunga kuti denda rakakanganisa sei kuronga & activism?

Pane macro-level, ndinofunga kuti denda rakanganisa kurongeka nekuratidzira nekuratidza izvo zvaungaite mukupindura mamiriro ekukurumidzira zvinogona kunyatsonzwa uye kutaridzika. Ini ndinofunga dambudziko revarongi ndere kutora nguva iyoyo kuti tivake takatenderedza masangano ari kutitadzira, kunyangwe iwowo masangano akakwanisa kuita shanduko huru panguva yedenda. Pane imwe nhanho yekongiri, ndinofunga denda rakanganisa kuronga & activism nekuita kuti iwanikwe kune vakawanda kuburikidza nesarudzo dzechokwadi dzinoenda (kutonyanya) mainstream! Nekudaro, zvave zvakakoshawo kufunga kuti sarudzo dzemhando yepamusoro hadziwanikirwe sei nevanhu kana nzvimbo idzo tekinoroji isingawanikwe kana kushandiswa. Muchidimbu, shanduko-yakakonzerwa nedenda mukuronga nzvimbo yakurudzira hurukuro zhinji pamusoro pekuwanikwa mukuronga dzandinofunga kuti dziri kuuya nguva refu!

Chekupedzisira, ndezvipi zvaunofarira uye zvaunofarira kunze kwe World BEYOND War?

Ndinoda kubika (kunyanya muto), kuongorora mapaki akawanda eMontreal (zvakanakira hammock nebhuku), uye kufamba kana zvichibvira. Ndiri kuitawo basa rekusanganisa zvitendero paMcGill University. Zhizha rino, ndiri kutarisa nezvekutora mukana kune ese emahara ekunze emitambo uye mimhanzi inopihwa neguta sekuzorora kubva kumakirasi echiFrench uye kupedzisa thesis yangu.

Yakatumirwa Chikunguru 24, 2022.