Ka Brian Trautman, la 10 Phato 2020
From ArtVoice
Basebetsi ba ntoa ea sesole ke khale ba hanela ntoa, ba khothalletsa khotso e ntle, le ho sireletsa litokelo tsa botho le tsa sechaba khahlanong le pefo ea mmuso le mefuta e meng ea khatello. Ba kentse letsoho haholo ho ntoa ea ntoa le khotso le toka ho theosa le mashome a lilemo.
Ho nka karolo ha bona mokhatlong oa Black Lives Matter (BLM) ha ho joalo. Li-Veterans li 'nile tsa bonahala haholo ho ts'ehetsa litlhoko tsa toka ea morabe ea batho ba batšo, matsoalloa le batho ba mebala (BIPOC). 'Nete e tšoenyang, eo bongata bo boholo ba maseterata bo e elelloang, ke hore bophahamo bo bosoeu, bohloeki bo hlophisehileng le bokhopo ba sepolesa lapeng bo hokahane haholo le ho susumetsoa ke sesole sa ntoa sa imperianse / ntoa ea kantle ho naha.
Ka tsebo ena, baitseki ba ntoa ba nkile karolo e le bahlabani ba seng sesole ho ruta ka khokahano eo le ho thusa sechaba se ikemetseng le se sotlehileng ho loants'a ho hloka toka. E 'ngoe ea lipontšo tsa morao-rao tsa ts'ebetso ena ke' Wall of Vets 'e Portland, OR, sehlopha sa baitseki ba ntoa ba neng ba bokane ho arabela ho tlisoa ha litho tsa mmuso tse ikopantseng toropong eo le tlhaselo e mabifi eo ba e entseng khahlanong le boipelaetso ba antiracism.
Pele ho mokhatlo oa batho ba batšo, batho baitsekong ba ntoa, ho kenyeletsoa li-veteran tsa ntoa, ba ile ba kenya letsoho liketsong tse sa fetoheng tsa boithabiso ka mekhoa e mengata le ka mabaka a fapaneng. Mohlala, ka 1967, Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) e thehiloe ho hanyetsa le ho batla ho felisoa ha tlolo ea molao Vietnam Ntoa.
Boiteko ba bona ba boipelaetso bo ile ba tsoela pele lilemong tsa pele tsa bo-1970 nakong ea matšolo a mangata ka har'a mokhatlo oa ntoa. E 'ngoe ea bohlokoa ka ho fetisisa e ne e le boipelaetso ba 1971 Mayday, ketso e kholo ea sechaba ea ho se mamele ntoa khahlanong le ntoa e ikemiselitseng ho koala liofisi tsa mmuso Capitol Hill.
Lilemong tsa bo-1980, baitseki ba matla ba baitseki ba ile ba bua khahlano le ho kenella ha US.
Ka la 1 Loetse 1986, ma vetera a mararo, ho kenyelletsa le Medali ea Medal ea Honor Karl Liteky (bakeng sa sebete ka mollo, a pholosa masole a 20 a Amerika a hlonngoeng tlasa tlhaselo e boima Vietnam), a nka "Vets Fast for Life" mehateng ea Capitol, a kopa America hore e se lumelle tlhaselo ea Nicaragua.
Ka selemo sa 1987, ho ile ha tšoaroa teko ea likhoeli tse tharo kantle ho nyeoe ea melao-motheo ea ho hanyetsa ho kenella hoa sesole ho seng molaong le ho se molaong hoa sesole Amerika Bohareng. Hamorao selemong sona seo naheng ea Concord, CA, baitsekisi ba mapolesa ba ile ba kena ntoeng ea tlala le lithibelo tsa khotso tsa bo-ralitereke tse nkileng libetsa tse isitsoeng Nicaragua le El Salvador.
Nakong ea boipelaetso, S. Brian Willson, a Vietnam lesole le leng ho ba bararo ba neng ba entse Vets Fast for Life, o ile a khaoloa maoto ke terene e hanneng ho emisa.
Lilemong tsa bo-1990, ma-veteran a ne a tsepamisitse maikutlo ho emeng kholo le keketseho ea bohloeki ba Amerika, ho kenyeletsoa Ntoa ea Kopano ea Persia, embargo ea khoebo ea Cuba, le likotlo tsa moruo khahlanong le Iraq.
Ma-Veterans a ntse a le mafolofolo haholo ka morao ho nako ea kamora 9/11 hape, ka boiteko bo otlolohileng bo shebileng haholo ho hanyetsana se bitsoang "Ntoa ea Tšabo," haholo-holo Molao oa USA PATRIOT le lintoa le mesebetsi e etelletsoeng pele ke Amerika Bochabela bo Hare. . Ka 2002-03, palo e kholo ea ma veteran e ile ea kenella molemong oa boipelaetso ba ntoa naheng ka bophara, e leka ho emisa tlhaselo e reriloeng ea Iraq, eo barekisi ba bangata ba ntoa ba neng ba tseba hore ha e bohlale ebile e thehiloe mashanong.
Ka 2005, ma-veteran a ile a ikopanya le Cindy Sheehan, mme oa lesole le bolailoeng Casey Sheehan, le baitseki ba bang ba khotso "Camp Casey" Texas ho batla 'nete ho Mopresidente Bush mabapi le Ntoa e seng molaong le e mpe ea Iraq.
Ka selemo sa 2010, ma-veteran, ho kenyeletsoa mololi oa Pentagon Papers, e leng Daniel Ellsberg, o ile a etsa ketso ea ho se mamele sechaba ka ntle ho White House ho ipelaetsa ka lintoa tsa US Afghanistan le Iraq.
Nakong ea motsamao oa 2011 Occupy Wall Street (OWS) khahlano le ho se lekane hoa moruo, bahlabani ba ile ba kenella ho batla toka ea moruo. Ba boetse ba sirelletsa baipelaetsi khahlano le tlhekefetso ea sepolesa mme ba fana ka likeletso tsa maano ho bahlophisi ba mekhatlo.
Li-Veterans li ile tsa kenya letsoho letšolong la ho emisa Letlapa la Maemo la Native le etelletsoeng pele ka 2016-17. Liketekete tsa veterans ba tsamaisoa ho North Dakota ho ts'ehetsa ho hanyetsa ha Native American ho lintoa tsa naha le tsa likhoebo libakeng tse fapaneng tsa selekane.
Ha a araba boits'oaro bo bobe ba naha ea Donald Trump, rhetoric e khahlanong le bajaki le thibelo ea hae ea maeto a Mamoseleme le khethollo ea morabe o mong, maano a xenophobic, mavetera a phatlalalitse #VetsVsHate le Veterans Phephetso Islamophobia (VCI) ka 2016.
Nakong ea boipelaetso ba haufinyane ba BLM naheng ea Portland, e ileng ea mpefala ha bolaoli ba Trump bo romella baemeli ba mmuso ho ba khahlanyetsa. Mike Hastie, lesole la Vietnam le setho sa Veterans For Peace (VFP), o lekile ho lemosa balaoli ka bokhopo bo etsoang ntoeng. Bakeng sa boiteko bona, o ile a fafatsoa pepere haufi le eena mme a sutumetsa hole.
E bululetsoe ke Chris David, Sesole sa Sesole sa Metsing se ileng sa hlekefetsoa 'meleng ke mapolesa a kopaneng khoeling e fetileng kantle ho lekhotla la Portland,' Wall of Vets 'e ile ea hola joalo ka lebotho la khotso le se nang pefo le ileng la beha' mele ea lona joalo ka lithebe ho sireletsa tokelo ea batho ea ho bokana ka khotso le boipelaetso. Ma-veteran a tiisa hore ba ntse ba tsoela pele ho phetha likano tsa bona ho Molaotheo le ho batho ba USA ka ho sireletsa litokelo tsa bona tsa Sehlomathiso sa Pele.
Joalo ka bo-ralitaba ba neng ba ba etelletse pele mekhatlong le matšolong a khahlano le pefo ea mmuso, 'Wall of Vets' e sebelisa monyetla oa boemo ba bona joalo ka maqheku ho holisa mantsoe a ba hatelletsoeng. 'Wall of Vets' ke e 'ngoe ea mehlala ea morao-rao ea ma-veterans a kopaneng hammoho le ho sebelisa sethala sa bona ho bonesa leseli mabapi le tšoaro e leeme ea sechaba sa rona se haelloang ke lichelete. Ba kopane le 'marako' a mang a batho (mohlala, 'Wall of Moms') a thehileng ho latela maqheka a bompoli a Trump.
Li-veteran hona joale li ntse li theha likhaolo ka bongata metseng e meng, e tla lumella boitlamo bo atolositsoeng ba ho thibela le ho emisa litlhaselo tse mabifi khahlanong le boipelaetso ba khotso khahlanong le boipelaetso ke lihlopha tsa mapolesa tse ikhethileng tsa Trump.
Ho faposa le ho hatella ho se utloe hoa sechaba ka lipolotiki le ho se mamele sechaba ke leano le ratoang la mebuso. Mekaubere ea ntoa e ela hloko litlolo tsa molao tseo mmuso oa bompoli le sesole se khonang ho li khona. Baa tseba hore re na le boikarabello ba sechaba ho ema khahlanong le litšokelo tse teng ho demokrasi, tokoloho le tokoloho.
Veterans e kenella ho loanela khotso le toka ka mabaka a fapaneng. Bakeng sa ba bang, ke boikoetliso bo matla ba ho boloka khotso le ho fola. Bakeng sa ba bang ke pitso ea ho sireletsa le ho sebeletsa sechaba se tlokotsing molemong oa mokhatlo o hlekefetsang kapa mmuso. Bakeng sa ba bang, e se e le ho koahela libe tsa 'muso oa bona e le sesebelisoa sa ho aha' muso le ho etsa ntoa e matlafatsang. Bakeng sa ba bang, ke tsoelopele e se nang boikemelo ea ts'ireletso ea bona ea batho ba US le Molaotheo oa rona.
Bakeng sa li-veteran tse ngata, ke motsoako o mong oa li susumetso tsena hammoho le tse ling. Empa eng kapa eng e ba qobellang ho sireletsa litokelo tsa botho le tsa sechaba le ho loanela khotso, ba ho etsa ka matla a boitšoaro le ka ho sebeletsa ba bang e le kannete. 'Wall of Vets' e bonts'itse hore kannete ba ntse ba tsoela pele lefa leo le lelelele le bohlokoa ka mosebetsi oa bona oa khotso.
Brian Trautman ke sesole sa Sesole, mochochisi oa toka ea sechaba, le mosuoe ea lulang Albany, NY. Ho Twitter le Instagram @brianjtrautman.
