Mwedzi wega wega, tinogovana nyaya dze World BEYOND War vanozvipira pasi pose. Unoda kuzvipira World BEYOND War? Email greta@worldbeyondwar.org.
Location:
Wisconsin, US
Wakabatana sei ne-anti-war activism uye World BEYOND War (WBW)?
Muupenyu hwangu hwebasa ndaibatanidzwa nemibatanidzwa. Ndichiri nhengo yemubatanidzwa muretirement. Ndakanga ndiri mushandi wehurumende muWisconsin uye ndine mushandi wehurumende pamudyandigere. Ini zvakare ndiri pamudyandigere wechiuto ane makore matatu ekushanda uye makore 17 muNational Guard uye mareserves.
Republican Scott Walker paakava gavhuna weWisconsin muna 2011, ndakanyanya kurwisa mubatanidzwa wake, mitemo yevashandi vehurumende, uye kurwisa chirongwa cheWisconsin chekurega basa.
Nekuda kwekuita zvematongerwo enyika uku ndakasangana naVern Simula, nhengo yeVeterans For Peace (VFP) uye murwiri akasimba pazvinhu zvakawanda. Ndakava anoshingaira muchitsauko cheDuluth VFP.
Handichayeuki kuti ndakazviziva riini World BEYOND War, asi ndakaororwa zvikuru, zvikurukuru nebhuku reWBW, “A Global Security System: An Alternative to War.” Ndakatanga kusimudzira bhuku iri pakutara zviitiko neVFP.
Mukuedza kukura basa redu, imwe nhengo yeDuluth VFP, John Pegg, neni takasarudza kuronga a Duluth chitsauko cheWBW. Takaronga zviitiko zvakati wandei, kusanganisira zveInternational Day of Peace uye neinternet zuva rekuita kurwisa hondo muYemen. Isu tinoshanda takabatana naMbuya veRunyararo, WBW, Veterans For Peace, uye vamwe vanorwira runyararo nekururamisira kuti tiite kufamba kwakasimba munzvimbo yedu.
Ndeapi marudzi ezviitwa zveWBW zvaunoshandira pazviri?
Sezvo ndave murwi, chimwe chezvandinonyanyondinetsa ihuwandu hukuru hwekurasa mukushandiswa kwemauto. Imwe yemanyuko makuru emarara zvombo zvenyukireya. Muna 2022 Veterans For Peace vakaunza anti-nuke "Golden Rule Project” kuna Duluth. Kubva ipapo vanhu veko vakagadzira Twin Ports Campaign yekubvisa Nuclear Weapons. Chinangwa chedu ndechekupasisa zvisungo zvemuno zvinokurudzira kutambirwa kweChibvumirano cheKurambidzwa kweNuclear Weapons. WBW yakabatsira zvakanyanya nematurusi epamhepo ekuedza uku kwenzvimbo.
Ndeipi kurudziro yako yepamusoro kune mumwe munhu anoda kuve nechekuita neanti-war activism uye WBW?
Usaora mwoyo! Kukurudzira runyararo kuri kurwisa tsika dzechiuto dzeAmerica. Kuvaka tsika yerunyararo ihondo yenguva refu. Sezvo rwiyo "Ngarava Ichaenda” anodaro, “tiri kuvaka ngarava yatisingazombofa takafamba nayo… asi tichaivaka zvakadaro.” (Google it - rwiyo runokurudzira nezvevose vakasiyana siyana vakauya pamberi pedu).
Chii chinoita kuti urambe uchifemerwa kutsigira shanduko?
Zvingaita sokuti kutarisira uye kushandira nyika iri nani hakuna tariro. Asi taizova kupi nhasi kudai varevereri vose vomunguva yakapfuura nokuda kworugare neruramisiro vakanga varega? Hapana anomboziva maitiro aungave nawo uye mipiro midiki inogona kuwedzera. Kana iwe usiri chikamu chemhinduro iwe uri chikamu chedambudziko.
Denda re coronavirus rakanganisa sei activism yako?
Denda iri rakakanganisa zvikuru kushingaira kwangu kunyanya mukukwanisa kuita misangano yakatarisana. Vazhinji vevanhu vandinoshanda navo muVeterans For Peace naMbuya veRugare vaive vakura uye vari panjodzi. Vazhinji vavo havana kujairana nemisangano yepamhepo. Kumwero mukuru denda rakamisa mabasa edu uye masangano haasati apora.
Yakatumirwa May 15, 2023.
