Tiri Kukunda! Rugare Action @ Weapons Expo 2018

From Auckland Peace Action, November 4, 2018

I2018 Weapons Expo uye mushandirapamwe unotevera urikuvhara uri kupera kwegore. Yakave yevhiki inotyisa uye inobudirira yehurumende yorugare muPalmerston North, uye chido chokuramba uchirwadza chakangokura zvakasimba. Hazvamborori nyore kumira kumabhizimisi makuru uye ane simba panyika - zvombo zvekutengesa - asi zvakajeka kuti basa redu uye mazano edu ari kubereka michero.

Iboka revanhu vakasiyana-siyana vanoumba Rugare Action Manawatū vakapinda mubasa rinotambudza munharaunda yavo. Vakavaka kutsigira kwechokwadi uye kubatana kubva kumapoka ekereke, vapoteri uye mapoka emapoka, vanoita zvekare uye mabhizinesi. Vaive vaine mwoyo murefu uye vachikurudzira, vachiita nekuvimbika uye kuvimbika mukuunza nyaya yeZviso zveZviyo kuGuta uye neDare.

Vakawana rubatsiro rwakakura mukati memuDare. Zvinosuruvarisa kuti vakawanawo zvimwe zvigadziro zvekutsigira NZ Defense Industry Association kubva kuMaire uye Mutevedzeri wake. Munhu wekare akanga abvumirana nechiitiko chacho pasina ruzivo rwevamwe VaMakurukota, uye akaedza kuvanza hukuru hwekukurukurirana kwake nevanogadzirisa chiitiko nekuvatungamira kuti vataure naye chete nefoni. Akapa mukana wekuzarura kuEexpo, uye akadana pachena kuti chiitiko chizoitwa muGuta zvakare gore rakatevera. Mifambiro yake haishamisi yakapiwa mumiririri we simba, asi kuodza mwoyo kune vazhinji vakange vamudana kuti mubatsiri kune dzimwe nyaya. Vatori venhau vaitsvagawo kuti vaite gwaro risina mvumo rakapoteredza nzvimbo, vachimanikidzira masangano emunharaunda ekuvhara kana kupedza mabasa avo munguva yechiitiko chacho. Dambudziko repamutemo kune izvi rakaderedza zvakanyanya kunaka, asi kune kusava nekunzwisisa kweNZ Bill yeHurumende neHurumende, zvikurukuru maererano nekodzero dzevanhu dzekusununguka kwekufamba nekupikisa.

Kuuya kwemapurgantuan mapurisa uye bhadharo yezvemadhora e $ 250,000 yakanyatsoputika kubva mugore rapera, uye yakanyatsoratidza chido chekudzivirira vatumwa chero kupi zvayo uye pamwe nekuwanda kwekukuvara.

Kuuya kweEpoons Expo kwaive kwakatangira nekuparara kwaro kubva kuWellington mushure memakore 20 muGuta. Ichi chaiva mugumisiro wekushamisa kwegore rakapera kwakarongeka neRugare Action Wellington - zvakare kuburikidza nekutaura nyaya pamberi peDare uye kune vamwe vanonzwira tsitsi (kana zvichida kuverenga kwazvo) Meya, uye kuronga vanhu muguta rose nenyika The Cake Tin kwemaawa ekuvhara.

Chikonzero chechiito chegore rino chakange chave chakaiswa nematatu pamwe nemakore ekugara muchikwata, kushandura uye kuwedzera.

Nzira dzekusarudza kwemazuva chaiwo echiitiko chacho dzave dzisina kuita zvechisimba zviito zvinoda kunonoka, kuvhiringidza uye kukanganisa kupinda kwavatumwa vari kutsvaka kupinda musangano. Izvi zvakabudirira zvakare gore rino. Pazuva rimwe, masvingo uye masuo emugwagwa usingabvumirwi akaparadzana uye akaiswa mumugwagwa. Izvi zvakateverwa nekuputika mabhuku ekupa mabhazi mabasa uye mabasa pavanopinda masuo. Idzi idzi dzakarambidza kutanga kwemusangano kwemaawa anenge matatu.

Kutevera kubva pamablockades, kufamba kwakasimba kwekugara kwakaungana mu Square uye mushure mokutaurirana kuenda kune imwe nzvimbo. Mazana evanhu vomunharaunda uye vanhu vanobva kumativi ose Aotearoa vaifamba vachirwisana nezvombo zvekutengesa.

Zviito zvezuva iri zvakapindwa nemapoka akasiyana siyana anosanganisira Pacific Panther, Political Organisation Aotearoa, People Against Prisons Aotearoa, Metropolitan Church in Progress, St John's Theological College vadzidzi, Quaker, Tāmaki Makarau Anarchists, Berrigan House, Vashandi veKaturike, Climate Justice Taranaki, iyo Green Party, World Beyond War, iyo Peas yeRunyararo, vanobatana uye vakadzi.

Musika wakanga uine chipo chinoshamisa chebhuruu uye kupisa kwezuva. Yakanga iri nyaya inonakidza nemapopi makuru, achinyemwerera zviso zvakagadzirwa, uye nemashoko mazhinji akasiyana ehugare neruramisiro. Kune vagari vemaPalmy, zvaive zvechokwadi kunyatsocherechedza.

Hazvigutsikane nekuzorora, nhengo dzeRugare Movement dzakadzokorora masikati nevevana veWenchikwi neWarlocks party pa "nzira yevakadzi" yeChirongwa chevakadzi, ndokubva vafamba-famba zviitiko zvepakati, nekubudirira kuchengetedza kuchengeteka nemapurisa zvakakwirira.

Apo Zuva 2 rakapoteredza, mamiriro okunze akapinda mukati, asi mweya wekumanikidza hauna. Takasimuka mangwanani uye takatumirwa kugovera mahotera akapoteredza guta. Apo bhasi rekutanga rakanga raonekwa, kubhururuka kwepromptu kwakasvetuka panzvimbo panzvimbo kwekanguva, kuteverwa nemumwe munhu aifamba achinyanya kukwira pamusoro pedenga rebhazi. Yakanga ichidururira mvura - kwete, chaizvo, kugadzika pasi. Imwe nguva imwe chete iyo yakasimuka, takanga tichiziva kuti bhazi rakanga risingaendi kwairi kuitira kuti vamwe vashandi vaende kune rimwe bhazi, uye imwe, maviri, vatatu - mumwe muchengeti akanga ari kumusoro kweyo, zvakare!

Bhurocha risina kuonekwa rakasimudzika pasi mumugwagwa kubva kune imwe hotera, naizvozvo vamwe mapenzi vakadzivhara mberi uye shure ne wheelie bins vakamira pamakumbo. Mushure meizvozvo, pakanga pane zvishoma zvemutambo wekubata-iyo-inofamba bhasi sezvo vamiririri vakamhanyisa gamba rekudzivisa. Kuia sang peace nziyo kunze kwechitoro chekofi apo vaparidzi vakanga vaita sequestered vachimirira kutakura, asi vamwe vashanduri vakapinda kune mumwe munhu akaenderera mberi akashinga mumigwagwa.

Apo patakazoidana zuva rimwe, takanga tanonoka kupinda musangano kwemaawa matatu - uye kunyange isu takanga tanyatsoputika kumapfupa - chiito chakanga chakabudirira. Takapemberera kubudirira kwedu nekubatana kwatinoona nzvimbo yevhidhiyo-nzvimbo yakaisvonaka uye inoshamisa yekusika-kwatakaburitsa kupopotedzana nemidziyo inopisa uye yummy kai.

Chiito chekupedzisira chevhiki ndechekudya kwemangwanani kwemazuva ano - paIcon Coachman - inotarisa kuparidzirwa "post-Event" hurukuro uye kudya. Yakanga iri shoma yekuputira kuNZDIA kuti pose pavanoenda, tichavepo.

Kune zvinhu zvizhinji zvinoshamisa pamusoro pekugadzirira uku, asi iyo inomira ndiyo simba rekuunganidza pamwe nekuita. Kunyangwe tinotarisana nemuvengi wepamberi akave nani-chaizvoizvo hondo - tiri kukunda. Simba ratinayo ndiro simba revakawanda rinopesana nevashoma, simba rekugadzirisa, kuzvimirira uye kuzvidzora kune hutungamiri hwemagariro uye kusagadzikana kwekunyoresa.

Aya masimba anotitungamirira uye anotipa tariro yeramangwana. Vanopa zvivako zvekuvaka zvenyika itsva muhomwe yekare.

Saka ngatirambei tinei-ngatirambei tichivaka kufamba kwedu uye kushamwaridzana kwedu, ngatitsvei kuzvipira kwedu kutarisana nematambudziko akawanda ayo nyika yedu iri kutarisana uye kune mumwe kune shamwari, shamwari, shamwari uye mhuri.

Imwe nyika inogoneka. Zviri mukati medu. Zviri kwatiri kwatiri kuzviita.

Kuona iwe mumigwagwa!