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Wakabatana sei ne-anti-war activism uye World BEYOND War (WBW)?
Ndichiri kugara ndega muna 2020, ndine nguva yandaive ndawana, ndakazvisimbisa kuti nditarise uye kuyedza kunzwisisa hondo dzeIraq neAfghanistan, nekuti zvaive pachena kuti nhoroondo dzekuti sei hondo idzi dzaiitika. 't really add up. Ndichiri kuziva kuti US yakapindira ikatumira drone inorova nyika dzakawanda muhupenyu hwangu hwese (sePakistan, Somalia, neYemen), ndakanga ndisinganyatso ziva nezvehukuru hwemishandirapamwe iyi kana kuti zvikonzero zvipi zvakashandiswa kuzvipembedza. Ehe, ndakanga ndisina kupokana kuti kuchengetedzeka kwenyika ndiko kwaive kwekupedzisira kunetseka mukuenderera mberi nemishandirapamwe iyi, uye ndaigara ndichinzwa mashoko ekunyomba ekuti hondo idzi dzaive "zvemafuta", izvo zvandinofunga kuti ichokwadi, asi zvichitadza kutaura nyaya yakazara. .
Pakupedzisira, ndinotya kuti ndinofanira kubvumirana nezvakaiswa naJulian Assange, kuti chinangwa chehondo muAfghanistan chaive "kugeza mari kubva mumitero yeUS neEurope kuburikidza neAfghanistan uye kudzokera mumaoko emutero. transnational security elite, "uye naSmedley Butler, izvo, zvinyore, "hondo inzira." Watson Institute inofungidzira muna 2019 kuti vanhu zviuru mazana matatu nemakumi matatu vakaurayiwa mukati memakore makumi maviri ekupedzisira ebasa rekupindira kweUS kuMiddle East, uye kumwe kufungidzira kwakaitwa nenhamba dzakatokwira. Ini, pachangu, handina kumbobvira ndabhombwa, asi ndinogona kungofungidzira kuti inotyisa zvachose. Muna 335,000, ndakatsamwira US zvachose, asi iyi "piritsi dema" yehuwori chaihwo hunoenderera mberi nemaitiro ekupindira kwemitemo yekunze yakandikurudzira kuti ndiite zvekupokana nehumambo nekurwisa hondo. Isu tiri vanhu vanogara mumoyo weumambo, uye isu tisu tine simba rakawanda rinowanikwa kushandura nzira yezviito zvayo, uye ndicho chinhu chandinofunga kuti chine chikwereti kune vanhu vasingaverengeki vane mhuri dzavo, nharaunda. , uye hupenyu hwakaparadzwa mumakore makumi maviri+ apfuura.
Ndezvipi mabasa ezvipiri wamunobatsira?
Ndakatora chikamu mukuratidzira kwakawanda uye zviitiko pamwe nekuita basa rekuzvipira neFood Not Bombs, uye parizvino ndiri murongi na. Akaparadzaniswa Richmond kubva kuWar Machine, iyo inomhanya nerubatsiro kubva kuCode Pink uye World BEYOND War. Kana iwe uri mumwe munhu munharaunda uye unofarira anti-imperial activism, ndapota zadza fomu rekuonana riri papeji redu rewebhu - isu tinogona kushandisa rubatsiro.
Ndeipi kurudziro yako yepamusoro kune mumwe munhu anoda kuve nechekuita neanti-war activism uye WBW?
Tsvaga iyo org uye ubate kuti ungaite sei. Kune vanhu vane pfungwa dzakafanana kunze uko vane hanya nezvenyaya dzakafanana dzaunoita uye zvisingapere kuhuwandu hwebasa rinoda kuitwa.
Chii chinoita kuti urambe uchifemerwa kutsigira shanduko?
Vanhu vane masimba, kana vasina kumanikidzwa nemauto ekunze kuti vatye, vanogona kuita chero chavanoda. Veruzhinji vasina hanya uye vasina ruzivo vanobatsira kuchengetedza izvi. Chokwadi chekutyisa chakaitwa pahupenyu hwevanhu nehondo yemakumi emakore yerufu iyo hurumende yeUS yakaitwa kuMiddle East handikwanise kuinzwisisa. Asi ini ndinonzwisisa kuti, chero pasina munhu anoita chero chinhu, ipapo "bhizinesi semazuva ese" (uye mumwe chete anongoda kuchera zvishoma kuti aone kuti hondo dzekupindira dziri "bhizinesi semazuva ese" kuUS) dzichaenderera mberi. Ini ndinonzwa kuti, kana iwe uri rudzi rwemunhu anomira uye kufunga nezvekuti hondo idzi hadzina kurongeka sei, nei dzichiramba dzichiitika, uye zvadzinofarira zvadzinoshumira chaizvo, saka une chisungo chetsika chekuita chimwe chinhu nezvazvo, kuita mune imwe nhanho yekuratidzira kwezvematongerwo enyika maererano nezve chero nyaya yaunoona ichinyanya kukosha.
Denda re coronavirus rakanganisa sei activism yako?
Ini ndinofunga denda raive, pane zvirinani kana kuipa, chinhu chikuru chakaita kuti ndiite zvekuratidzira. Kuona nyika yakapfuma kwazvo pasirese havana chido chechokwadi chekuponesa vanhu vasingaverengeki vachiwira mukushaya pekugara, kana mabhizinesi madiki asingaverengeki achivhara mikova yavo, uye pachinzvimbo chekusarudza kupazve mutero unotsigirwa nemari yekubhadhara kune vashoma vakapfuma vepamusoro vatove pedyo nepakati. yesimba neshamwari dzavo, ndakaona kuti iyi ndiyo yakafanana ponzi chirongwa icho US yakanga iri hupenyu hwangu hwose, uye kuti ndaizova pasi pechokwadi ichi chero bedzi ini nevamwe vose pano vakaramba vachitsungirira. Iniwo, sevamwe vazhinji, ndakapinda munzvimbo yakareba yekuvharirwa, izvo zvakandipa nguva yakakwana yekufunga nezvenyika, kutsvaga nyaya dzemagariro, uye kutsvaga mapoka ekuita maitiro mazhinji ekuratidzira uye kuenda kune akawanda akasiyana kuratidzira, kusanganisira kuratidzira kweBlack Lives Matter, pamwe nekuratidzira kupokana neICE kana kusunungurwa kwePalestine. Ndinotenda zvikuru nezviitiko izvi pakuti zvakandidzidzisa zvakawanda pamusoro penyika uye nzira dzakasiyana-siyana dzinokanganisa vanhu vakasiyana. Ndinodavira kuti kana tose tikatora nguva yokuva nehanya kwete bedzi nezvinetso zvedu timene, asi izvo zvevose vakatipoteredza, taigona kuvaka nyika iri nani zvikuru kupfuura ipi neipi yatingave takaziva.
Chikamu chekunzwisisa chokwadi chezvematongerwo enyika muUS chinosanganisira kunzwisisa kuti matambudziko edu akabatana sei. Semuyenzaniso, vanhu vekuAmerica havawanikwi kuwana rubatsiro rwehutano nekuti hurumende inoshandisa mari yakawanda pakubhomba vanhuwo zvavo. Izvi zvinoguma zvichireva kuti chikamu chikuru chevanhu vari mumapoka epasi avo vari kure kure nenzvimbo dzemasimba havagone kuenda kuna chiremba kana vachirwara, uye chikamu chikuru chevanhu vachatambura nekusagadzikana kukuru uye vane tariro shoma yeramangwana. Izvi zvinotungamirira kukunyanya kupererwa nezano, uye kupatsanurana kwakawanda uye zvematongerwo enyika, sezvo vanhu vakawanda vanosvika pakuvenga hupenyu hwavo zvakanyanya. Kana waona kubatana kwematambudziko aya, unogona kutora matanho ekutarisira nharaunda yako, nekuti nharaunda inongovapo kana vanhu vakaungana kuti vabatsirane pamatambudziko avo. Pasina izvozvo, hapana rudzi chairwo, hapana nzanga chaiyo, uye isu tose takaparadzana, hatina simba, uye tiri toga - uye ndicho chimiro chaicho chinoita kuti isu tose tive nyore kushandisa.
Yakatumirwa December 22, 2021.
