Uxolo, abagqugquzeli bokusingqongileyo badibana eWashington, DC

Ukudala, inkcaso engenabundlobongela kwimfazwe - komnye nomnye kunye nokusingqongileyo - yinto evuselela kwaye ikhuthaze uBill Moyer. I-activist yelizwe laseWashington mva nje ebeseWashington, DC, kwi Akukho Mfazwe 2017: Imfazwe kunye neNgqongileyo Inkomfa ethe yadibanisa ezi ntshukumo zahlukeneyo rhoqo ngeveki yeenkcazo-ntetho, iindibano zocweyo kunye nobudlelwane.

Le nkomfa, ebibanjwe ngoSeptemba 22-24 kwiYunivesithi yaseMelika kwaye izinyaswe ngabantu abamalunga ne-150, ixhaswe ngu. Worldbeyondwar.org, ezibiza ngokuba "yintshukumo yehlabathi yokuphelisa zonke iimfazwe."

Kwi-2003, uMoyer waseka i-Backbone Campaign, esekelwe kwisiqithi saseVashon, eWashington. Apho, ukhokela uqeqesho kwiinkalo ezintlanu zeqela elithi “Ithiyori yoTshintsho”: ubutshantliziyo bobugcisa, ulungelelwaniso loluntu, umsebenzi wenkcubeko wokuchasa ingcinezelo, ukubalisa amabali kunye nokwenziwa kwemithombo yeendaba, kunye nezicwangciso zezisombululo zotshintsho olufanelekileyo. Isilogeni seqela sithi “Nxhathisa—Khusela—Yenza!”

“Inxalenye yengxaki yindlela yokwakha umbutho ongengowombono nje kodwa onceda abantu abaqhelekileyo,” utshilo uMoyer, owafunda inzululwazi yezopolitiko kunye nentanda-bulumko yaseMelika kwiYunivesithi yaseSeattle, iziko lamaJesuit. Utata kaMoyer wayefundele ukuba ngumJesuit, kwaye umama wakhe wayekhe wangunongendi, ke xa ebhekisa "inketho yokukhetha amahlwempu" ngexesha lencoko malunga nobutshantliziyo bakhe - "yintliziyo yam kum," watsho - ingathi iqengqeleka isuka elulwimini lwakhe.

“Isifundo esikhulu kule ntshukumo sesokuba abantu bakhusela into abayithandayo okanye into eyenza umahluko wezinto ezibonakalayo ebomini babo,” utshilo, kungoko abantu behlala bengazibandakanyi de isoyikiso sisemnyango wabo, ngokoqobo okanye ngokufuziselayo.

Kwinkomfa ye-No War, u-Moyer wayehleli kwiphaneli malunga ne-activism yokudala emhlabeni kunye noxolo kunye nabanye abaphembeleli ababini: uNadine Bloch, umlawuli woqeqesho weqela leNgxaki Enhle, ekhuthaza izixhobo zokuguqulwa kokungabikho kobudlova; kunye noBrian Trautman, weqela iVeterans for Peace.

Kwinkcazo-ntetho yakhe, uMoyer wathetha ngokulungelelanisa iSun Tzu Ubugcisa beMfazwe - inkulungwane yesihlanu yomkhosi waseTshayina - kwintshukumo yentlalo engenabundlobongela ngezenzo ezinjengokuxhoma ibhanile kwindawo yokuvalelwa efundeka "Ngubani uYesu anokugxothwa" okanye athintele i-Arctic rig yokugrumba nge-flotilla ye-kayaks.

Esi senzo, esibiza ngokuba "i-kayaktivism," yindlela oyithandayo, utshilo uMoyer. Uyiqeshe kutsha nje ngoSeptemba kuMlambo iPotomac, kufutshane nePentagon.

I-Kayaktivism kunye nenkomfa ye-No War yenzelwe ukutsalela ingqalelo kumonakalo omkhulu owenziwa ngumkhosi kwindalo. I-website ye-No War ibeka ngokucacileyo: umkhosi wase-US usebenzisa i-340,000 imigqomo yeoli ngosuku ngalunye, eya kubeka i-38th kwihlabathi ukuba lilizwe; Iipesenti ezingama-69 zeendawo zokucoca iSuperfund zinxulumene nomkhosi; amashumi ezigidi ezigcayiseli neziqhushumbisi ziye zashiywa ziimfazwe ezahlukahlukeneyo ehlabathini lonke; kunye nokugawulwa kwamahlathi, ityhefu yomoya kunye namanzi ngemitha kunye nezinye iityhefu, kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kwezityalo ziziphumo eziqhelekileyo zemfazwe kunye nomsebenzi womkhosi.

“Kufuneka sityikitye isivumelwano soxolo nesijikelezi-langa,” utshilo uGar Smith, umseki we-Environmentalists Against War nowayesakuba ngumhleli we-Earth Island Journal. USmith wathetha ngesigqeba sokuvula inkomfa, apho yena nabanye baphawule isigqebelo sokuba impi (nokuxhomekeka kwayo kumafutha efosili) inegalelo kutshintsho lwemozulu, ngelixa umlo wolawulo lwamafutha efosili (kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kokusingqongileyo okudala) ngoyena nobangela uphambili. yemfazwe.

Intetho ethi “Akukho oli yeemfazwe! Akukho mfazwe yeoli!” iboniswe ngokubalaseleyo eqongeni kuyo yonke inkomfa.

“Uninzi lwabantu lucinga ngemfazwe ngendlela yaseHollywood,” watsho uSmith, osandul’ ukuhlela le ncwadi Imfazwe kunye neNgqongileyo yokuFunda, imibhalo yayo embalwa eyayifumaneka ngaphandle kweholo yendibano, kunye neetafile ezizaliswe luncwadi, izikipa, izincamathelisi ezinkulu, amaqhosha nezinye izinto. "Kodwa kwimfazwe yokwenyani, akukho reel yokugqibela."

Intshabalalo - kubomi kunye nokusingqongileyo, utshilo uSmith - ihlala isisigxina.

Ngosuku lokugqibela lwenkomfa, uMoyer uthe useka iziko loqeqesho elisisigxina leearhente zokutshintsha kwiSiqithi saseVashon. Uza kusebenza kwenye iprojekthi, iSolury Rail, iphulo lokufaka umbane kwiindlela zikaloliwe kwilizwe liphela, ukuvelisa amandla ahlaziyekayo ecaleni koololiwe.

Ubize umlo ochasene nemfazwe, umbutho oxhasa ukusingqongileyo “ngumzabalazo wokomoya ekufuneka uliwe kwindawo yothando,” kwaye wakhala ngelithi eyona nto ifunekayo kukutshintsha kweparadigm, ukusuka apho kuthengiswa yonke into - umoya, amanzi. , "nantoni na engcwele" - kwenye apho imilinganiselo esisiseko kukuqonda ukuba "sonke sikule nto kunye."

[UJulie Bourbon ngumbhali ozimeleyo ozinze eWashington.]