NguBrian Trautman, nge-10 ka-Agasti ka-2020
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Amagqala omkhosi kwakudala eyichasa imfazwe, ekhuthaza uxolo oluqinisekileyo, kwaye ekhusela amalungelo abantu nawaseburhulumenteni ngokuchasene nobundlobongela bukarhulumente kunye nezinye iindlela zengcinezelo. Benze igalelo elibalulekileyo kwimfazwe kunye noxolo kunye nentshukumo yezobulungisa kumashumi eminyaka.
Ukuthatha kwabo inxaxheba kwiNtshukumo yoBomi abaNtsundu (i-BLM) akukho nto yahlukileyo. Abantu abahamba ngeenyawo babonakale kakhulu ukuxhasa iimfuno zobuhlanga bobuhlanga, abaNtu, kunye nabantu boMbala (BIPOC). Inyaniso ephazamisayo, eqondwa liqela elikhulu lamagqala, kukuba ukugqwesa okumhlophe, ucalucalulo ngokobuhlanga kunye nokuphathwa gadalala kwamapolisa ekhaya kunxulumene kakhulu kwaye kuphenjelelwa ngumkhosi wama-imperiyale waseMelika / wemfazwe phesheya.
Ngolu lwazi, amagqala athabathe inxaxheba njengamajoni angadibaniyo ukufundisa malunga nonxibelelwano nokunxibelelana noluntu olungaphantsi kunye nolusingelwe phantsi ulwe okungekho sesikweni. Olunye bonakaliso lwakutsha nje lwalentshukumo 'luphawu lweVets' ePortland, OKANYE, iqela lamagqala emfazwe eliye lahlangana ukuphendula ukuthunyelwa kwamacandelo omanyano kulondlu kunye nokuhlaselwa ngogonyamelo obekusenziwa ngokuchasene nokuqhankqalaza.
Ngaphambi kwentshukumo yaBaphilayo abaMnyama, amagqala, kubandakanywa amagqala emfazwe, ababandakanyeka kwiinguqu ezingathatho ntweni kwintuthuko yendlela zendlela kunye nezinye izizathu. Umzekelo, ngo-1967, Veterans Veterans Against the War (VVAW) yenzelwe ukuba ichase kwaye ifune ukuphela kokungekho mthethweni Vietnam Imfazwe.
Imizamo yabo yoqhanqalazo iqhubekile phakathi kweminyaka yo-1970 kwimikhankaso emininzi ngaphakathi kwentshukumo yemfazwe. Enye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo yayiluqhanqalazo luka-Meyi1971 luka-XNUMX, isenzo esikhulu sokungathobeli umlo ngokuchasene nemfazwe ejonge ukuvala iiofisi zikarhulumente eCapitol Hill.
Ngeyee-1980s, amagqala ezopolitiko eluntwini athetha phandle ngokuchaseneyo nokungenelela kwe-US.
Nge-1 kaSeptemba ngo-1986, amagqala amathathu, kuqukwa neMedical Medal of Honoripi UCharles Liteky (ukuba nesibindi phantsi komlilo, ukuhlangula ngokwamajoni angama-20 amaMelika aphantsi kohlaselo olubi eVietnam), athabatha amanzi kuphela "iVets Fast for Life" kumanqanaba eCapitol, acela iMelika ukuba ingavumeli uhlaselo lweNicaragua.
Ngo-1987, kwabanjwa iinyanga ezintathu ngaphandle kwezimvo zokuchasa ukungahambisani nomkhosi ngokuchasene nomthetho kwi-Central America. Emva kwaloo nyaka e-Concord, CA, abagqatswa bokulwa bangenela uqhanqalazo lwendlala kunye nokuvalwa kwezindlu koololiwe bephethe izixhobo ezazibanjelwe eNicaragua nase-El Salvador.
Ngexesha loqhanqalazo. S. Brian Willson, a Vietnam igqala kunye nomnye wabathathu ababenze iiVets ngokukhawuleza zoBomi, wanqunyulwa imilenze ngololiwe owayengavumi ukuma.
Ngexesha le-1990s, amagqala ayegxile ngokukodwa ekunqandeni ukukhula kunye nokwandiswa kwe-impiriyalizim yase-US, kubandakanya iMfazwe yasePersi yasePersi, ukuthunyelwa kwezorhwebo zaseCuba, kunye nezohlwayo eziya ngakuyo e-Iraq.
AmaVeterans asebenze kakhulu emva kwexesha le-9/11, kunye neenzame ezingqalileyo zokugxila ekuchaseni oko kubizwa ngokuba “yiMfazwe ngeNgcaciso,” ingakumbi umthetho wase-USA PATRIOT kunye neemfazwe ezikhokelwa yi-US kunye noMbindi Mpuma. . Ngo-2002-03, inani elikhulu lamagqala labandakanyeka kuqhankqalazo lwe-antiwar kulo lonke ilizwe, lizama ukumisa ukuhlaselwa okucetywayo kwe-Iraq, nto leyo uninzi lwabalweli bezilwanyana lwalusazi ukuba alunangqondo kwaye lusekwe kubuxoki.
Ngo-2005, amagqala ajoyine uCindy Sheehan, umama wejoni elabulawa nguCasey Sheehan, kunye nabanye abaphembeleli boxolo e “Camp Casey” eTexas bafuna inyani kuMongameli Bush malunga neMfazwe engekho mthethweni ne-Iraq.
Ngo-2010, amagqala, kubandakanya nePentagon Papers, u-Daniel Ellsberg, wenza isenzo sokungathobeli esidlangalaleni ngaphandle kwe White House ukukhalazela iimfazwe zase-US e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq.
Ngexesha le-2011 Occupy Wall Street (OWS) ngokuchasene nokungalingani kwezoqoqosho, amagqala ajoyina efuna ubulungisa bezoqoqosho. Bakwakhusele noqhankqalazo kupatho gadalala lwamapolisa kwaye babonelela ngengcebiso ngobuchule kubaququzeleli bentshukumo.
I-Veterans enegalelo kwiphulo lokukhokela i-Native-Standing Rock elikhokelwe ngo-2016 ukuya ku-17. Amawakawaka amagqala agxothiwe ukuya eNyakatho Dakota ukuxhasa ukumelana nokunganyamezeleki kweMelika yaseMelika kurhulumente kunye nobundlobongela bobuqhetseba kwimihlaba yesivumelwano esingcwele.
Ukuphendula ubuzwe obuMhlophe bukaDonald Trump, i-anti-pistant rhetoric kunye nokuvalwa kwakhe kokuhamba kwamaSilamsi kunye nobunye ubuhlanga, imigaqo-nkqubo ye-xenophobic, abagqatswa basungulwa #VetsVsHate kunye neVeterans Challenge Islamophobia (VCI) ngo-2016.
Ngexesha loqhankqalazo lwakutsha nje lweBMM ePortland, oluye lukhula ngakumbi xa abalawuli bakaTrump bethumele iiarhente zobumbano ukuba zijongane nabo, UMike Hastie, igqala laseVietnam kunye nelungu leVeterans for Peace (VFP), bazama ukulumkisa amagosa ngenkohlakalo eyenziwa kwimfazwe. Ngalo mzamo, wayetshizwe ngepepile kwinqanaba elikufutshane kwaye wagxothwa kude.
Uphefumlelwe nguChris David, igqala loMkhosi wamanzi ohlaselwe ngamapolisa omanyano kwinyanga ephelileyo ngaphandle kwenkundla yasePortland, 'iWall of Vets' ikhule njengamandla oxolo angenabundlobongela ababeka imizimba yabo njengekhaka ekukhuseleni ilungelo labantu lokuhlangana ngoxolo kunye noqhankqalazo. Amagqala ayatsho ukuba bayaqhubeka nokuzalisekisa izifungo zabo kuMgaqo-siseko nakubantu baseMelika ngokukhusela amalungelo abo oLungiso lokuQala.
Njengamagqala awabakhokelayo kwimikhankaso yangaphambili kunye namaphulo okulwa ubundlobongela baseburhulumenteni, 'iWall of Vets' zisebenzisa ilungelo labo lokuba ngamagqala ukwandisa amazwi abo bacinezelweyo. 'IWall of Vets' ngomnye wemizekelo yakutshanje yamagqala ehlangana kwaye asebenzise iqonga lawo ukukhanyisa ukuphathwa ngokungekho sikweni koluntu lwethu olunezinto ezisweleyo. Zimanyene nezinye 'iindonga' zomntu (umzekelo, 'iWall of Moms') ezenzileyo ekuphenduleni ubuqhetseba bukaTrump.
Amagqala ngoku aqala ukwenza izahluko kwezinye iidolophu, okuya kuvumela ukuzibophelela okwandisiweyo ukunqanda nokuphelisa ukuhlaselwa ngobundlobongela kwabo baqhankqalaza ngoxolo ngabahlali bakaTrump.
Ukurhoxisa kunye nokucinezela ukungavisisani kwezopolitiko nokungathobeli eluntwini ligunya elithandwayo kunye necebo lolawulo loorhulumente. AmaVeterans ayabukhumbula ubundlobongela anokuthi abenakho urhulumente wobuzwilakhe kunye nokuhlala emkhosini. Bayazi ukuba sinoxanduva lokuma kwezi zinto zisongelayo kwidemokhrasi, inkululeko kunye nenkululeko.
Amagqala ajoyine umzabalazo woxolo nobulungisa ngenxa yezizathu ezahlukeneyo. Kwabanye, kukuzilolonga komoya woxolo lwangaphakathi kunye nokuphiliswa. Kwabanye kukubiza ukukhusela nokusebenzela uluntu olungathathi ntweni kwimibutho ehlukumezayo okanye urhulumente. Kwabanye kusaxhomekeke ekuxolelweni ngokwenza urhulumente wabo njengesixhobo solwakhiwo lobukumkani kunye nokwenza ulwazi ngemfazwe. Kwabanye, kukuqhubeka okungekho mthethweni kokuzikhusela kwabo bantu base-US noMgaqo-siseko wethu.
Kuma veteran amaninzi, kukudityaniswa kwezi ntshukumo kunye nezinye. Kodwa nantoni na ebanyanzela ukuba bakhusele amalungelo abantu kunye noluntu kwaye balwele uxolo, bakwenza ngamandla okuziphatha kunye nakwinkonzo yokwenene kwabanye. I 'Wall yeVets' ibonise ukuba ngokuqinisekileyo bayaqhubeka nelifa elide kunye nelibalulekileyo ngomsebenzi wabo woxolo.
U-Brian Trautman ligqala lomkhosi, umlweli wezomthetho kwezentlalo, kunye notitshala ozinze e-Albany, NY. Kwi-Twitter nakwi-Instagram @brianjtrautman.
