Kuzvipira Kuzvipira: John Miksad

Mwedzi wega wega, tinogovana nyaya dze World BEYOND War vanozvipira pasi pose. Unoda kuzvipira World BEYOND War? Email greta@worldbeyondwar.org.

Location:

New York City Tri-State Area, United States

Wakabatana sei ne-anti-war activism uye World BEYOND War (WBW)?

Ndakapedza chikamu chakanaka chehupenyu hwangu ndisingazivi uye ndisingakendengi kune dzimwe nyika (kusanganisira hondo). Zvemumba ndaive ndisina basa nazvo. Ndakakurumidza kuroorwa, ndaipedza nguva yangu ndichirera mhuri, kubasa, kuenda nokudzoka kubasa, kurara, kutarisira imba, uye kuva pamwe chete neshamwari nemhuri. Ndakanga ndisina kana nguva yakawanda yokuzvivaraidza. Ndakazoenda pamudyandigere muna 2014 mushure mekushanda kwemakore makumi matatu nematatu. Ndakazova nenguva yekuverenga zvinhu zvandaida kuziva pane zvandaifanira kuverenga kuitira basa rangu. Rimwe remabhuku andakatanga kutora raiva Howard Zinn's, "Nhoroondo yeVanhu veUnited States". Ndakarohwa nehana! Kubva ipapo, ndakawana "Hondo iRacket" naSmedley Butler. Ndakatanga kuona kuti ndaiziva zvishoma sei pamusoro pezvikonzero zvinonyadzisa zvehondo, pamusoro pokutyisa kwehondo, pamusoro pokupenga kwehondo, uye nezvemigumisiro yakaipa yakawanda yehondo. Ndaida kudzidza zvakawanda! Ndakawana mazita ekutumira mazita emasangano akawanda erunyararo nemagariro evanhu. Chinhu chinotevera chaunoziva, ini ndaienda kumacha uye misangano muNYC neWashington DC neVeterans For Peace, CodePink, World BEYOND War, uye Pace y Bene pamwe nekufora kwemamiriro ekunze eNYC. Ndakadzidza sezvandaienda. Ndakatanga a World BEYOND War chitsauko mukutanga kwa2020 kuona kana ndaigona kuita zvakawanda. Tichifunga nezvenhoroondo yangu, handina mutongo kune vanhu vasinganyatso ziva nezvekukuvara kunokonzerwa nehondo uye mauto. Ndinonzwisisa kuti zvakaoma chaizvo kushanda nekurera mhuri. Ndakanga ndiripo kwechikamu chakanaka chehupenyu hwangu. Asi iye zvino ndine chokwadi chokuti vanhu vakawanda vanofanira kushanda nesimba uye kuita zvose zvavanogona kuti vapedze hondo nehondo. Nzira chete yatichatenderedza ngarava iyi ndeyekufamba kukuru kwevanhu. Saka ikozvino ndinoshanda kuunganidza vanhu vazhinji kusangano rerunyararo sezvandinogona.

Ndezvipi mabasa ezvipiri wamunobatsira?

Semurongi wechitsauko che World BEYOND War muNew York City Tri-State Area, heano mamwe emabasa andinoita:

• Ini ndinopa mharidzo dzedzidzo dzekurwisa hondo
• Ndinopinda kumacha & rally
• Ini ndinopa kumasangano erunyararo
• Ndinoverenga uye ndinoenda kumawebinars kuti ndidzidze zvakawanda
• Ini ndinovhotera vamiriri verunyararo (hakuna vazhinji)
• Ndinoshandisa social media kugadzira nyaya yerunyararo
• Ndakatsigira a Folk Festival panzvimbo ya World BEYOND War kuita nyaya kune vasiri-activist kuti vashande mubato rekurwisa hondo
• Ndakahaya "Little Library" uye yangu inonzi "Little Peace Library". Muraibhurari yangu munogara mune mamwe mabhuku ane chekuita nerunyararo.
• Ndanyora akati wandei antiwar Op-Ed zvidimbu dzakaburitswa munyika yose
• Ndinopinda mumishandirapamwe yakawanda yekongiresi yekunyora tsamba panyaya dzemauto nemagariro evanhu
• Ndakabatana nenhengo dzeQuaker neUS Peace Council kuti tienderere mberi nezvinangwa zvedu uye kutarisira kumwe kubatana.

Ndezvipi zvinokurudzirwa pamusoro peumwe munhu anoda kushamwaridzana neWBW?

Pane nyaya dzakakomba dzatinofanira kugadzirisa senyika uye senharaunda yenyika. Hondo nemauto zvinomira munzira yekugadzirisa kutyisidzira uku (zvinotowedzera kutyisidzira). Tinoda sangano revanhu kuti vatende kuti vane masimba vachinje maitiro. Mamiriro acho akanyanya kukwirira uye mhedzisiro ichazorora pakuti isu tine kugona kuchinja. Saka, zano rangu nderekuti svetuka uye ubatsire paunogona. Usatya. Pane nzira dzakawanda dzekubatsira. Haufanire kunge uri nyanzvi. Ndinofunga zvakakosha kuti vanhu vazive kuti vanogona kupa izvo chirongwa chavo kana chikwama chinobvumira. Hakufaniri kuva kushanda kwenguva yakazara. Inogona kuva awa pavhiki. Chese chaunogona kuita chichabatsira!

Chii chinoita kuti urambe uchifemerwa kutsigira shanduko?

Ndine muzukuru ane 15 months. Ndinofemerwa kubatsira kuvaka nyika umo Oliver mudiki anogona kubudirira. Parizvino, pane nyaya dzakawanda dzatinofanira kugadzirisa. Chekutanga imamiriro akashata edemocracy yedu. Yakaputsika uye ichityisidzirwa zvakanyanya zuva nezuva. Isu (vazhinji) tinoda kurwira masimba kubva kumakambani uye nevapfumi (vashoma). Chikamu changu ndinonzwa kuti hapana chichagadziriswa kusvikira tagadzirisa dambudziko iri. Vapfumi nevane simba vacharamba vachipesvedzera marongero (kusanganisira hondo nemauto) anozvibatsira ivo kwete vanhu nepasi kudzamara tadzoreredza democracy yedu.

Nehurombo, panguva imwechete kune 3 kumwe kutyisidzira kukuru kune chengetedzo yedu uye chengetedzo iyo inofanirwa kugadziriswa. Ndidzo kutyisidzira kwakawanda kwedambudziko remamiriro ekunze, kutyisidzira kweCOVID (pamwe nedenda remangwana), uye kutyisidzira kwekunetsana kwenyika dzese uko kunokwira nemaune kana kusaziva kuhondo yenyukireya.

Ndinoziva kuti vanhu vakawanda vari kutamburira kuwana chouviri, kuchengeta denga pamusoro pavo, kurera mhuri dzavo, uye kukurira zvose zvipfuramabwe nemiseve zvinokandwa kwatiri. Neimwe nzira, neimwe nzira, isu tinofanirwa kuzvibvisa kubva kuzvinhu zvezuva nezuva totarisa kumwe kutarisisa kwedu uye simba rakaungana pane uku kutyisidzira kukuru kuriko uye kusunda vakuru vedu vakasarudzwa (nekuda kana kusada) kubata nazvo. Idzi inyaya dzatinosangana nadzo senyika. Kutaura zvazviri, nyaya idzi dzinotyisidzira vanhu vemarudzi ose. Nekuda kweichi chokwadi, zviri pachena kwandiri kuti paradigm yekare yemakwikwi, kurwisana, uye hondo pakati pemarudzi haichatibatsiri (kana yakamboita). Hapana nyika inogona kugadzirisa izvi kutyisidzira kwepasirese iri yoga. Kutyisidzirwa uku kunogona kugadziriswa chete kuburikidza nekuedza kwekubatana kwepasi rose. Tinoda kutaurirana, diplomacy, zvibvumirano uye kuvimbana. Sezvakataurwa naDr King, tinofanira kudzidza kugara pamwe chete sehama nehanzvadzi kana kuti tichaparara pamwe chete nemapenzi.

Denda re coronavirus rakanganisa sei activism yako?

Ini ndakashandisa kukiya kuti ndidzidze zvakawanda sezvandaigona nekuverenga uye kuenda kune akawanda webinars anogarwa na World BEYOND War, CodePink, Quincy Institute, The Brennen Center, The Bulletin of Concerned Scientists, ICAN, Veterans For Peace, nevamwe. Pane nguva dzose bhuku rine chekuita nerunyararo pane yangu yekurara.

Yakatumirwa Gumiguru 11, 2021.