Mwedzi wega wega, tinogovana nyaya dze World BEYOND War vanozvipira pasi pose. Unoda kuzvipira World BEYOND War? Email greta@worldbeyondwar.org.
Location:
New York, NY, USA
Wakabatana sei ne-anti-war activism uye World BEYOND War (WBW)?
Ini handina kunyanyo batana neanopokana-nehondo kurwira kusvika munguva pfupi yapfuura mukupedzisira 2020. Apa ndipo pandakasvika kune veWBW's Kwete Bases Campaign kuti ubatanidzwe nekupokana nemauto eUS ekune dzimwe nyika. Ndakaiswa mukutaurirana neWBW's Board President Leah Bolger uyo akandiisa mukutaurirana ne Overseas Base Kugadziriswa uye Kuvhara Mubatanidzwa (OBRACC), iyo WBW inhengo ye.
Ini ndinozeza kuzvidaidza kuti ndinopesana nehondo murwiri nekuti mupiro wangu wanga uchinyanya kuve wekutsvagisa zvakanyanya. Nekudaro, kutsvagisa kwangu nezve mabhesheni emauto kwakanditora kutenderera pasirese (zvirinani) ndokundiisa mukubatana nevamwe vevanhu vakazvipira kurwisa hondo, vanopokana nemhirizhonga, anti-capitalist, anti-racist, uye anti-militarist varongi uye varatidziri kutenderera pasirese. Ndiri kutarisira kuwedzera kubatanidzwa pasi nevamwe vavo muno muNew York.
Ndezvipi mabasa ezvipiri wamunobatsira?
Kunze kwekutsvagisa kwangu nezve mabhesheni emauto eOBACC ayo andakaita rombo rakanaka kuti ndive nerutsigiro rwemari rweWBW, ndiri chikamu chevanozvipira vese zviitiko pano. Kwete chete isu tinotumira zviitiko zvinotsigirwa neWBW, asi isu tinoshandawo kuita izvi a central hub yezviitiko kupa kune yakakura kurwisa-kurwa kufamba kutenderera pasirese.
Ndezvipi zvinokurudzirwa pamusoro peumwe munhu anoda kushamwaridzana neWBW?
Usambozvimisikidza pachako uye uzive nzvimbo yako. Tarisa kwete chete pane zvaunogona kuunza kune yakakura anti-hondo kufamba kutenderera pasirese asiwo izvo zvaunogona kuunza kunharaunda yako yemunharaunda. Kana iwe uchibva kuGlobal North, chena, uye nerunyararo kumashure, gara uchizviongorora uye kutarisana neako chinzvimbo. Gara uchiteerera asi usambotya kutaura uchipesana nevadzvinyiriri uye vanobatsira muhondo.
Ziva vateereri vako. Usatambise nguva yako kuyedza kushandura vanhu vakatozvipira kuita purofiti kubva kuhondo nekudzvinyirira. WBW musha wakanaka weizvi. Tarisa pane zviri kumusoro uye nevanhu vaunoda kuti usvike ipapo. Zvinowanzova nani kuva netariro pane kusava netariro mukuronga-kurwa kwehondo uye kuita zvechisimba. Chengetedza rako basa uye ongororo yakadzika mumamiriro ezvinhu ezuva uye usarasikirwe nekuona kwekugona kwekuchinja kukuru uye shanduko.
Chii chinoita kuti urambe uchifemerwa kutsigira shanduko?
Kuverenga nezve uye kudzidza kwevanhu vakanetseka uye vakaramba pamberi pangu. Kuzvichengeta mundangariro zvinopa kutyaira kusingagumi kwekusimudzira, kuramba, uye kurwira.
Usakanganwa nezvevasungwa vezvematongerwo enyika. Kunyanya nezvekurwisa-kurwira muhondo muUS, izvi zvave kusanganisira vanhu vakaita saJudith Alice Clark naKathy Boudin, pamwe naDavid Gilbert uyo arikuseri kwehusungwa nemutongo weupenyu hwese nekuda kweanopokana nehondo. Kunyanya zvakanyanya izvi zvinogona kusanganisira vanhu vakaita saMumia Abu-Jamal avo vakagara vachirwara nezvirwere zvinotyisidzira vachiregeredzwa vari vega muchitokisi chekufa. Hatina kusununguka kusvikira vasununguka.
Denda re coronavirus rakanganisa sei activism yako?
Kudzivirirwa uye kuchengetedzwa kwehutano nekutya kweCovid 19 kwakaita kuti ndinyanye kuzeya kuenda kune-zviitiko zvemunhu. Kubva zvakatanga denda iri, handina kuenda kumisangano ye-in-person kana kuratidzira. Pandaive ndichidzidza kuUK, ini ndaive netarisiro yekubatikana zvakanyanya pasi, asi denda rakakanganisa izvi zvakanyanya.
Nekudaro, kune nzvimbo chaidzo kunze uko kweanopokana nehondo. WBW inopa izvi. Mamwe masangano mazhinji anopa izvi zvakare. Enda kune webinars, mapoka ekuverenga, uye zviitiko zvepamhepo. Iwe uchiri kugona kuvaka radical uye inofambira mberi anti-hondo nzvimbo pamhepo. Asi usambofa wakakanganwa kuti kune nyika kunze kweizvi uye haazi magumo ese.
Yakatumirwa June 8, 2021.
