Rhoqo ngenyanga, sabelana ngamabali World BEYOND War amavolontiya emhlabeni jikelele. Ufuna ukuzithandela World BEYOND War? Imeyile greta@worldbeyondwar.org.
Indawo:
EWisconsin, eU.S
Ubandakanyeke njani kwi-anti-war activism kwaye World BEYOND War (WBW)?
Ngexesha lomsebenzi wam ndandizibandakanya nemibutho yabasebenzi. Ndiselilungu lombutho kumhlalaphantsi. Ndandingumsebenzi karhulumente eWisconsin kwaye ndifumana umhlala-phantsi karhulumente. Ndikwangumhlala-phantsi emkhosini iminyaka emithathu ndisebenza kunye neminyaka eli-17 kuMkhosi weSizwe kunye noovimba.
Xa iRiphabhlikhi uScott Walker waba yirhuluneli yaseWisconsin ngo-2011, ndaba nomdla kakhulu ekuchaseni umanyano lwakhe, imigaqo-nkqubo echasene nabasebenzi bakarhulumente, kunye nokuhlaselwa kwenkqubo yaseWisconsin yomhlalaphantsi.
Ngenxa yeli phulo lezopolitiko ndadibana noVern Simula, ilungu leVeterans For Peace (VFP) kunye netshantliziyo elinamandla kwimiba emininzi. Ndaye ndabandakanyeka ngokukhutheleyo kwisahluko se-Duluth VFP.
Andikhumbuli ukuba ndaqaphela nini World BEYOND War, kodwa ndachukumiseka kakhulu, ngokukodwa yincwadi kaWBW ethi, “Inkqubo Yokhuseleko Yomhlaba Wonke: Inye indlela eya kwiMfazwe.” Ndaqala ukukhuthaza le ncwadi kwitheyibhile kwi-VFP.
Kwiinzame zokukhulisa umsebenzi wethu, elinye ilungu le-Duluth VFP, uJohn Pegg, sagqiba ekubeni silungiselele a Isahluko seDuluth seWBW. Silungiselele iminyhadala emininzi, kubandakanya uSuku loXolo lwaMazwe ngaMazwe kunye nosuku lwe-intanethi lokulwa nemfazwe yaseYemen. Sisebenza ngokubambisana nooMakhulu boXolo, iWBW, iVeterans For Peace, kunye nabanye abalwela uxolo nobulungisa ukwenza intshukumo eyomeleleyo kwindawo yethu.
Loluphi uhlobo lwemisebenzi yeWBW osebenza kuyo?
Ndikhe ndaligqala, enye yezona zinto zindixhalabisayo sisixa esikhulu senkcitho yasemkhosini. Omnye weyona mithombo inkulu yenkunkuma zizixhobo zenyukliya. Ngo-2022 iVeterans for Peace yazisa i-anti-nuke "Iprojekthi yoMthetho weGolide” kuDuluth. Ukususela ngoko abantu basekuhlaleni baye benza i Iphulo lamaTwin Ports lokubhangisa izixhobo zeNyukliya. Injongo yethu kukuphumeza izisombululo zasekuhlaleni ezikhuthaza ukwamkelwa kweSivumelwano sokuThintwa kwezixhobo zeNyukliya. I-WBW ibe luncedo kakhulu ngezixhobo ze-intanethi kulo mzamo wasekhaya.
Yeyiphi ingcebiso yakho ephezulu kumntu ofuna ukuzibandakanya ne-anti-war activism kunye ne-WBW?
Musa ukudimazeka! Ukukhuthaza uxolo kuphelisa inkcubeko yomkhosi waseMelika. Ukwakha inkcubeko yoxolo ngumzabalazo wexesha elide. Njengengoma "Inqanawe iya kuhamba” ithi, “sakha inqanawa ekusenokwenzeka ukuba singaze sihambe ngayo…kodwa siza kuyakha nokuba kunjalo.” (Google it - yingoma ekhuthazayo malunga nawo onke amatsha ntliziyo ahlukeneyo abeza phambi kwethu).
Yintoni egcina ukuba uphefumlele ukuxhasa utshintsho?
Kusenokubonakala ngathi ithemba nokusebenzela ihlabathi elilunge ngakumbi akuniki themba. Kodwa besiya kuba phi namhlanje ukuba bonke abathetheleli boxolo nokusesikweni bebeyekile ukuncama? Akukho mntu waziyo ukuba yeyiphi impembelelo onokuba nayo kwaye iminikelo encinci inokongeza. Ukuba awuyonxalenye yesisombululo uyinxalenye yengxaki.
Ngaba ubhubhane we-coronavirus ikuchaphazele njani ukusebenza kwakho?
Ubhubhani ubenempembelelo enkulu kubutshantliziyo bam ikakhulu ekukwazini ukuba neentlanganiso zobuso ngobuso. Uninzi lwabantu endisebenza nabo kwiVeterans For Peace kunye neGrandmothers for Peace babebadala kwaye basesichengeni. Uninzi lwabo aluzange luziqhelanise neentlanganiso ze-intanethi. Ubukhulu becala ubhubhane uye wayimisa imisebenzi yethu kwaye nemibutho ayikachacha.
Ithunyelwe ngoMeyi 15, 2023.
