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Wayebandakanyeka njani nawe World BEYOND War (WBW)?
Ndibandakanyeke kumlo wokulwa nomlo ukususela ekuqaleni kweminyaka yee-1980 ndiselula. Bendihlala ndithatha inxaxheba kwimidlalo yeelali, kwimikhankaso yokubhala iileta, kunye nezikhalazo, phakathi kweminye imisebenzi ye-activist. Emva kwendibano yokulwa nemfazwe yaseIraq ngo-2003 ukusilela ukumisa uhlaselo, ndaphoxeka kangangexesha elithile kwaye kwiminyaka embalwa elandelayo ndakhangela indlela engcono yokuqinisa umlo ukuyeka iimfazwe. Arhente ka-2012 ndibandakanyeke ne I-Canada Initiative Peace Initiative ebesebenzela ukumisela isebe lezemali loRhulumente waseKhanada. Ngo-2016 ndaya kumsitho owawuseBellingham Unitarian Fellowship apho wayethetha khona uDavid Swanson. Ukususela ngoko ndiqalise ukufunda ngakumbi malunga World BEYOND War kwaye waqalisa ukufunda incwadi kaDavid Imfazwe lixoki. Ekugqibeleni ndaya kwinkomfa eToronto ngo-2018 ibizwa Akukho Mfazwe 2018. Ngeli xesha ndandiphefumlelwe ngu World BEYOND WarUmsebenzi kunye nenkomfa endenze isigqibo sokuba ndiza kuqala Isahluko Indawo yeVancouver. Ndiqale le nkqubo xa ndagodukayo kwaye isahluko sasiphezulu kwaye sisebenza ngo-2019.
Ziziphi iintlobo zemisebenzi yokuzithandela onceda ngazo?
Indima endikuyo ngoku ngumnxibelelanisi wesahluko World BEYOND War Vancouver. Ndinenxaxheba ekucwangciseni imicimbi yesahluko. Kumsitho wethu wokuqala uTamara Lorincz uthethe ngonxibelelwano oluphakathi kwe Ingxaki yemozulu, ubuGcisa kunye neMfazwe. Emva koko saba neminyhadala embalwa apho uDavid Swanson wayethetha ngeentsomi zemfazwe. Iividiyo zifumaneka Apha kwaye Apha.
Ndiyinxalenye yekomiti yokulungiselela #NoWar2021 ingqungquthela icwangciselwe uJuni 2021 e-Ottawa, kunye nenxalenye yomzamo wokwakha kwakhona umbutho woxolo waseCanada ngokwenza iCanadaan Peace Network.
Ingcebiso yakho ephezulu kumntu ofuna ukubandakanyeka neWBW?
Yiba nenxaxheba kwimisebenzi ye World BEYOND War Kwisahluko sakho sasekhaya. Fumana isahluko kwindawo yakho, ukuba akukho nanye, qala enye. Ngelixa usenza oku uqhubeke nokuzifundisa ukuze uqiniseke ekwenzeni imeko yokuba kutheni kufanelekile ukuba siphelise iimfazwe kubandakanya neziko lemfazwe.
Yintoni egcina ukuba uphefumlele ukuxhasa utshintsho?
Ndiyakholelwa ukuba ixesha lotshintsho olukhulu luyeza. Iingxaki ezininzi zibhengeza iingxaki ngemo eqhubekayo. Ngokwenene siyiplanethi enye, kwaye sabantu esinye esihlala kule planethi entle. Izenzo zethu ziyonakalisa kakhulu iplanethi kwaye siqala ukubona iziphumo ezothusayo zokuziphatha kwethu. Kolu hlobo lwendalo, imeko yokuphelisa zonke iimfazwe kunye neziko lemfazwe liba namandla. Ndihlala ndiphefumlelwe ngabantu abangenakubalwa kwihlabathi liphela elizabalazela ukuphelisa iimfazwe, ukucoca indalo esingqongileyo kunye nokudala ihlabathi elinobulungisa nelingene kuluntu wonke.
Ngaba ubhubhane we-coronavirus ikuchaphazele njani ukusebenza kwakho?
Izehlo ziye zaba yinto ebonakalayo kwaye kunqongophele ekunxibelelaneni nomntu, nangona kunjalo, kukho ukonyuka kwe-Intanethi. Oku kuzisa imiceli mngeni, kodwa namathuba athile.
Kuthunyelwe ngoJulayi 27, 2020.
