NaBrian Trautman, Nyamavhuvhu 10, 2020
From ArtVoice
Varwi vehondo vagara vachiramba hondo, vachikurudzira runyararo, uye vachichengetedza kodzero dzevanhu uye dzeveruzhinji vachipokana nemhirizhonga yenyika nemamwe marudzi ekudzvinyirira. Vakaita zvakakosha kubatsira kune kurwa uye rugare nerunyararo mafambiro pamusoro pemakumi emakore.
Kupinda kwavo mubato reBlack Lives Matter (BLM) hakuna kusiyana. Veterans vanga vachioneka zvakanyanya mukutsigira kurwira rusaruraganda kunodiwa kwenzvimbo dzevatema, Vemadzinza, uye People of Colour (BIPOC) nharaunda. Chokwadi chinokanganisa, chinozivikanwa nevakawanda veteran, ndechekuti hukuru hwakachena, hutongi hwekusarudzana uye hutsinye hwemapurisa pamba hwakabatana zvakanyanya nekupenengudzwa nehondo yeAmerica impiretiya / hondo yekukunze.
Neruzivo urwu, veteran vakatora nzvimbo sevarwi vasina tsitsi kuti vadzidzise nezvehukama uhu uye nekubatsira nharaunda dzakasarudzika uye dzakasarudzika kurwisa kusaruramisira. Imwe yazvino kuratidzira kweichi chishandiso i 'Wall yeVets' muPortland, OR, boka revarwi vakaungana vachipindura kuiswa kwenzvimbo dzemapato eruzhinji kuguta iro uye kurwisa kwechisimba kwavakaita vanopokana neanopokana.
Pamberi pekufambiswa kweBlack Lives, veterans, kusanganisira veterans, vakaita zvinhu zvisirizvo zvemagariro ekushandura nzira mune zvuru nezviuru zvezvikonzero. Semuenzaniso, muna 1967, Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) yakaumbwa kupikisa uye kuda kupera kune zvisiri pamutemo Vietnam Hondo.
Kuedza kwavo kwekuratidzira kwakaenderera mberi mukutanga kwema1970s vachipfuura nematanho akawanda mukati mekurwira hondo. Imwe yakakosha yakanga iri 1971 Mayday kuratidzira, hukuru hwekusaterera veruzhinji vachipesana nehondo yaida kuvhara mahofisi ehurumende paCapitol Hill.
Munguva ye1980s, varatidziri vehondo vezvematongerwo enyika vakataura vachipesana nekupindira kweUS.
PanaSeptember 1, 1986, vatatu veterans, kusanganisira DRM Medal yeRukudzo inogamuchira Charles Liteky (kuti ushinge pasi pemoto, ununure iwe 20 mauto eAmerica akasungwa pasi pekurwiswa kukuru muVietnam), vakatora mvura chete "Vets Fast for Life" pamatanho eCapitol, vachibvunza America kuti isabvumire kupinda kweNicaragua.
Muna 1987, kusungwa kwemwedzi mitatu kwakaitwa panzeve Kanzuru yekupokana nehutongi hweReagan zvisiri pamutemo uye zvisiri pamutemo zvekupinda muchiuto kuCentral America. Gare gare iro gore muConcord, CA, veterans vakatora nzara nekuvharirwa murunyararo kwetemberi dzinofamba nezvombo zvakatarisana neNicaragua neEl Salvador.
Mukati mekuratidzira, S. Brian Willson, a Vietnam veteran uye mumwe wevatatu akange aita maVets Fast for Life, akachekwa makumbo nechitima chakaramba kumira.
Munguva yama1990s, veterans vaive vakanyanya kutarisa kumisa kukura uye kuwedzera kwehunhu hweUS, kusanganisira Hondo yePersian Gulf, iyo yekutengeserana yeCuba, uye zvirango zvehupfumi zvinopesana neIraq.
Veterans vanga vachishanda zvakanyanya munguva yepashure pe9 / 11 nguva zvakare, paine zvakatarwa zviito zvekutarisa zvinonzi "Hondo paNhamo," kunyanya iyo USA PATRIOT Act nehondo dzakatungamirwa neU.S. ku Middle East . Muna 2002-03, nhamba huru yevarwi vakapinda mukuratidzira kwehondo mukati menyika, vachiedza kumisa kupambwa kweIraq, iyo vazhinji veteran vaiziva kuti haina kuchenjera uye yakavakirwa panhema.
Muna 2005, veterans vakabatana naCindy Sheehan, amai vemauto akaurayiwa Casey Sheehan, nevamwe varwiri verunyararo pa "Camp Casey" muTexas kuti vade chokwadi kubva kuMutungamiri Bush nezve Hondo isiri pamutemo neyakaipisisa yeIraq.
Muna 2010, veterans, kusanganisira Pentagon Papers muridzo whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, vakaita kusateerera kwechivanhu kunze kweWhite House kuratidzira hondo dzeUS kuAfghanistan neIraq.
Munguva ye2011 Occupy Wall Street (OWS) kufamba kurwisa kusaenzana kwehupfumi, veterans vakabatana mukuda kururamisira kwehupfumi. Ivo zvakare vakachengetedza varatidziri kubva mukushungurudzwa nemapurisa uye vakapa zano rehunyanzvi kune vanoronga mafambiro.
Veterans vakabatsira kuNative-inotungamirwa Standing Rock rock mushanduko ya 2016-17. Zviuru zve veterans vakaiswa kuenda kuNorth Dakota kunotsigira maNative American kuramba nyika uye mhirizhonga pamakambani matsvene echibvumirano.
Mukupindura kune chena waDonald Trump wechizvarwa chena, anopesana nevanobva kune dzimwe nyika uye kurambidzwa kwake kwekufamba kwevaMuslim uye mamwe masangano, xenophobic zvirevo, mavetera akatanga #VetsVsHate uye Veterans Challenge Islamophobia (VCI) muna 2016.
Munguva yezviratidziro zvichangobva kuitika zveBMM muPortland, izvo zvakazongowedzera kana hutongi hwaTrump vakatumira vamiriri vedare kuzosangana navo, Mike Hastie, vetera weVietnam uye nhengo yeVeterans For Peace (VFP), vakaedza kunyevera mapurisa nezvehutsinye hwaitwa muhondo. Nekuedza uku, akapeperetswa-apfapfava padyo padhuze nekubva asundira kure.
Akafuridzirwa naChris David, Navy Veteran uyo akarwiswa chaiko nemapurisa ehurumende mwedzi wapfuura kunze kwedare rePortland, iyo 'Wall of Vets' yakakura seuto risingaite runyararo vakaisa miviri yavo senhovo mukudzivirira kodzero yevanhu yekuungana nerunyararo. uye kuratidzira. Vakarwa muhondo iyi vanoti vari kuenderera mberi nekuzadzisa mhiko dzavo kubumbiro remitemo nekuvanhu veUSA nekuchengetedza kodzero dzavo dzeFirst Amendment.
Sezvakaita nevarwi vekare vakavatangira mukufamba kwekutanga uye nemishandirapamwe yekurwisa mhirizhonga yenyika, iyo 'Wall of Vets' irikushandisa rombo rechinzvimbo chavo sevarwi vekare kuwedzera mazwi evanodzvinyirirwa. Iyo 'Wall yeVets' ndeimwe yeazvino mienzaniso yevekare veterans vachiuya pamwechete uye vachishandisa chikuva chavo kupenya mwenje pane kusaruramisira kurapwa kwenzvimbo dzedu dzakanyanya kushomeka. Ivo vakabatana nemamwe 'madziro' evanhu (semuenzaniso, iyo 'Wall of Moms') iyo yakaumba mukupindura hunyanzvi hwaTrump.
Varatidziri ava kuita gadzira zviga mune mamwe maguta, izvo zvinozobvumidza kuzvipira kwakawanda kudzivirira nekumisa kurwiswa kunorwisa vanopikisa vatungamiriri vehondo vaTrump.
Kudzorera uye kudzvinyirira kupokana kwezvematongerwo enyika uye kusapandukira kwevanhu isimba rinodiwa uye nzira yekudzora yehurumende. Veterans vanoziva mhosva dzinogona kuitwa nehutongi nehutongi. Ivo vanoziva kuti isu tine basa reruzhinji kusimuka kune izvi zviripo kutyisidzira kurusununguko, rusununguko uye rusununguko.
Veterans vanobatana nekutambudzika kurunyararo uye kururamisira nekuda kwezvikonzero zvakasiyana. Kune vamwe, iko cathartic kurovedza runyararo rwemukati uye kupora. Kune vamwe kudana kuchengetedza uye kushandira nharaunda dzakadzivirirwa kubva kuboka rinoshungurudza kana hurumende. Kune vamwe vachiri, zviri zvekuyananisa kuita kwavo hurumende kudhiza sechishandiso chekuvaka-humambo uye kurwa kwehondo. Kune vamwe, iko kusapfuurira mberi kwekudzivirira kwavo kwevanhu veUS uye Bumbiro redu.
Kune vakawanda veterans, iko kumwe kusangana kwekurudziro uku pamwe nevamwe. Asi chero chinovamanikidza kuti vadzivirire kodzero dzevanhu uye zveveruzhinji uye vanorwira rugare, vanozviita nesimba retsika uye mukushandira vamwe zvechokwadi. Iyo 'Wall yeVets' yakaratidza kuti ivo vari chaizvo kuenderera mberi iro rakareba uye rakakosha nhaka kuburikidza nebasa ravo rerunyararo.
Brian Trautman muuto wemauto, murwiri wezvemitemo anorwira, uye mudzidzisi akavakirwa muAlbany, NY. Pa Twitter ne Instagram @brianjtrautman.
