NguDave Lindorff, World BEYOND War, Julayi 12, 2020
UDave Lindorff ngasezantsi ngasekunene, ejonge kude nekhamera, kwiPentagon ngo-Oct. 21, 1967.
Ndibe ngumtshutshisi kunye nentatheli ye-activist ukusukela ngo-1967, xa ndandineminyaka eli-18 ubudala njengesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kwaye, ndigqibile ukuba iMfazwe yaseVietnam yayilulwaphulo-mthetho, ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndingayiphathi eyikhadi eliyidrafti, ukweqa ukusebenzisa ukuwa okulandelayo kubhaliso lwekholeji ukurhoxiswa komfundi ekungenisweni, kunye nokwala ukubona ukuba kwaye kufike nini ukubizwa kwam. Isigqibo sam siqinisekisiwe ukuba ngo-Okthobha xa ndandibanjelwe eMall ePentagon ngexesha leMobe Demonstration, ndirhuqelwa emgceni okanye kumkhosi oxhobileyo, ndibethwa ngabaphathi baseMelika kwaye baphoswa kwinqwelo yokusiwa kwintolongo yase-Occoquan, VA ukuya balinde ukuxoxwa kwetyala labo ngaphandle kwemvume kunye nokuxhathisa izityholo zokubanjwa.
Kodwa ke umbuzo ngumbuzo: Kutheni le nto ndaba ngumlwi wokulwa, ukulwa nokuSungulwa xa uninzi lwabaninzi bezizukulwana zam bakwamkela ukubhaliswa kwaye baya kulwa kuloo mfazwe, okanye rhoqo, bazama iindlela zobulumko zokuphepha umlo okanye ukuthintela uyilo (ibango lesitshizi elinjengeTrump, okanye ubhalisela i-National Guard kwaye ujonge "akukho zithumelo zangaphandle" ezifana no-GW Bush, esithi Isimo somntu onelungelo lokuziphatha, ukuphulukana nobunzima obuninzi, ukwenza ukuba "yintsuba") abalekele ku Canada, okanye nantoni na esebenzayo).
Ndicinga ukuba kufuneka ndiqale nomama, "umenzi wasekhaya" oswiti owenza iminyaka emibini yokufunda ekholejini izakhono zobunobhala eChapel Hill kwaye wakhonza ngeqhayiya njengoMkhosi wamaza waselwandle ngexesha leWWII (ubukhulu becala esenza imisebenzi yeofisi enxibe iyunifomu eBrooklyn, NY Iyadi yomkhosi wamanzi).
Umama wam wayeyindalo yendalo. Uzalelwe (ngokoqobo) kwaye wazalelwa kwindlu enkulu yemithi (eyayisakuba yiholo yomdaniso) ngaphandle kwe Greensboro, NC, wayeyindumasi “Tom boy,” ehlala ebamba izilwanyana, ekhulisa abagxeki abaziinkedama, njlnjl. loo nto kum kunye nomnakwethu omncinci kunye nodadewethu.
Usifundise indlela yokubamba amasele, iinyoka, kunye nohlobo lwebhabhathane, njalo njalo, indlela yokufunda ngazo ngokuzigcina kancinci, kwaye ke malunga nokulunga kokuzivumela, nazo.
Umama wayenobuchule obumangalisayo xa kufikwa ekukhuliseni izilwanyana ezincinci, nokuba yayiyintaka yentaka ewile evela kwindlwane, engenamthungo kwaye ijongekile ngaphandle kosana, okanye iircinons ezincinci zomntwana zisiwe kuye ngumntu obethe umama ngenqwelo. kwaye sibafumane baxinekile ecaleni kwendlela (sabakhulisa njengezilwanyana zasekhaya, savumela itamest ukuba ihlale endlwini kunye neekati zethu kunye ne-Setter yaseIreland).
Ndandinomtsalane oneminyaka eli-12 ubudala ngompu omnye u-Remington .22 ngompu endaphumelela kuwo ngunjingalwazi wobunjineli kunye nomama wam owayenqikaza ukundivumela ndithenge ngemali yam. Ngalo mpu, kunye nomngxunya kunye nezinye iimbumbulu endikwazi ukuzithengela kwivenkile yehardware yalapha, mna nabahlobo bam abanemipu abalinganayo babesenza umonakalo emahlathini, ubukhulu becala bedubula emithini, bezama ukuzisika ngemigca yokubetha kwiitranki ezincinci ezinamanqaku angenanto, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha ujolise kwiintaka. Ndiyavuma ukuba ndibethe ezimbalwa kumgama omde, ndingaze ndibabone emva kokubabona bewile. Yayingumbandela wokubonisa ubuchule bam ekujongeni kunokubabulala, okwakubonakala ngathi yinto engekhoyo. Kuze kube yilapho ndakhe ndaya kuzingela i-grouse ngeveki ngaphambi koMbulelo kunye nomhlobo wam olungileyo uBob owayenosapho olunemipu emininzi. Injongo yethu kolo hambo yayikukudubula iintaka zethu siziphekele iholide esiza kuyisebenzisa. Sichithe iiyure singaboni grouse, kodwa ndaye ndayihambisa enye. Ndidubule ngokungxolayo xa yayisusa kwaye iipellethi ezimbalwa zentsimbi eyayibethileyo yayiwisa phantsi kodwa yabalekela ehlathini. Ndayibaleka ndayilandela, ndaphantsa ukuvuthelwa yintloko yam, owathi ngenxa yovuyo wadubula eyakhe intaka ebalekayo njengokuba bendiyileqa. Ngethamsanqa lam ebendikhumbula sobabini nentaka.
Ndayifumana i-grouse yam eyenzakeleyo ekugqibeleni ibrashi kwaye ndayibamba, ndithatha isilwanyana esinzima. Izandla zam zakhawuleza zaba ligazi kumanxeba okophayo abangelwa kukudutyulwa kwam. Bendinezandla zam ndijikeleze amaphiko ezilwanyana ukuze zingalwi kodwa bekungxangile ukujonga macala onke. Ndaqala ukulila, ndisoyika ngenxa yentlungu endandiyibangele. Wenyuka uBob, naye ecaphukile. Bendicela, "Senza ntoni? Senza ntoni? Yimbandezelo! ” Akukho namnye kuthi owayenobugqwetha bokusongela intamo yakhe encinci, nalapho nawuphi na umfama wayenokwazi ukuyenza kwangoko.
Endaweni yoko, uBob wandixelela ukuba ndibambe i-grouse ngaphandle kwaye ndibeke isiphelo somgqomo wesibhamu sakhe esalayishwe emva kwentloko yentaka. Emva kwesandi esikhulu "blam!" Ndizibone sendibambe umzimba omileyo womzimba wentaka ungenantamo okanye ntloko.
Ndizise ukubulala kwam ekhaya, umama wazikhupha iintsiba wazosa kum ngombulelo, kodwa andikhange ndikwazi ukuyitya. Ayikuko nje kuba yayizele kukudubula, kodwa ngenxa yeemvakalelo zokuziva unetyala kakhulu. Andizange ndiphinde ndidubule okanye ndibulale enye into ephilayo ngabom.
Kum ukuzingela kwegrouse kwakuyinto yokujika; ukuqinisekiswa kwembono endikhuliswe ngayo nguMama ukuba izinto eziphilayo zingcwele.
Ndicinga ukuba impembelelo enkulu elandelayo kum yayingumculo womculo. Ndandibandakanyeke kakhulu kwisiginkci kunye nomdlali womculo wesintu waseMelika. Ukuhlala edolophini eyunivesithi yaseStorrs, CT, (UConn), apho umbono wezopolitiko ngokubanzi yayiyinkxaso yamalungelo oluntu, kunye nenkcaso emfazweni, nalapho impembelelo yabaluki, uPete Seeger, uTrini Lopez, uJoan Baez, uBob Dylan, njl., yayinzulu, kwaye ukuba noxolo kwavela ngokwendalo kuloo ndawo. Ayikuko ukuba ndandipolitiki kwishumi elivisayo. Amantombazana, ebaleka i-X-Country kunye ne-t rack, ejamming kwivenkile yekofu yeveki kwigumbi lasekuhlaleni leCawa yamaCongregational kufutshane nekhampasi, kunye nokudlala isiginkci nabahlobo kugcwalise iintsuku zam ngaphandle kwesikolo.
Ke, njengoko ndandineminyaka eyi-17 kwaye umntu omkhulu ejonge ukubhaliswa ngo-Epreli, ndasayinela inkqubo efundiswa liqela loluntu ebonisa inkolo kunye nefilosofi yokuthelekisa, ezembali kunye nezobugcisa. Wonke umntu eklasini kwafuneka enze intetho yemultimedia echukumisa onke loo macandelo, kwaye ndikhethe iMfazwe yaseVietnam njengesihloko sam. Ndigqibile ndiphanda ngemfazwe yase-US apho, ndafunda, ngokufunda kwi Yinyani, INkonzo yeendaba yeNkululeko, iiRamparts kunye nolunye upapasho olu ndifundileyo malunga nengxwabangxwaba yase-US, ukusetyenziswa kwe-napalm ebantwini kunye nezinye izinto ezothusayo eziye zandiguqula ngokusisigxina emfazweni, ndaya kwisigqibo sokudizayina, kwaye yandibeka kwindlela yobomi beentshukumo ezigwenxa kunye nobuntatheli.
Ndicinga, ndijonga ngasemva, ukuba ikhosi yokucinga kwam yayilungiselelwe uthando lukamama lwezilwanyana, enetyiwa ngamava okubulala isilwanyana kufutshane nangobuqu ngompu, indawo yentshukumo yabantu, kwaye ekugqibeleni sijongane nenyani Uyilo kunye nenyaniso yokoyikekayo kwimfazwe yaseVietnam. Ndifuna ukucinga phantse nabani na onamava ngewayephelele apho ndaphela khona.
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