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Indawo yaseNew York City Tri-State, United States
Ubandakanyeke njani kwi-anti-war activism kwaye World BEYOND War (WBW)?
Ndichithe ixesha elininzi ebomini bam ndingahoyi kwaye ndingakhathali kwimicimbi yezangaphandle (kubandakanya imfazwe). Ngapha koko, ndandingaziqapheli nemicimbi yasekhaya. Ndatshata kwangethuba, ndachitha ixesha lam ndikhulisa abantwana, ndisebenza, ndisiya naxa ndibuya emsebenzini, ndilala, ndigcina indlu, kwaye ndihlangana nabahlobo kunye nosapho. Khange ndibenalo nexesha elininzi lezinto endizithandayo. Emva koko ndathatha umhlala-phantsi ngo-2014 emva kokusebenza iminyaka engama-33. Ekugqibeleni ndaba nexesha lokufunda izinto endandinomdla ngazo kunokuba ndifundele umsebenzi wam. Enye yeencwadi zokuqala endizithathileyo UWoward Zinn, "Imbali yaBantu yaseMelika". Ndothuka! Ukusuka apho, ndafumana "Imfazwe yiRacket" nguSmedley Butler. Ndiqale ukuqonda ukuba kuncinci kangakanani endikwaziyo malunga neentshukumisa ezinyanzelekileyo zemfazwe, malunga nemfazwe eyoyikisayo, ngobudenge bemfazwe, nangeziphumo ezibi ezininzi zemfazwe. Ndifuna ukufunda okungakumbi! Ndifumene uluhlu lokuposa ngenani loxolo kunye nemibutho yezobulungisa kwezentlalo. Into elandelayo uyazi, bendisiya kwimatshi nakwiindibano kwi-NYC naseWashington DC kunye neVeterans for Peace, CodePink, World BEYOND War, kunye nePace y Bene kunye nematshi yemozulu ye-NYC. Ndafunda njengokuba ndihamba. Ndiqale World BEYOND War Isahluko ekuqaleni kuka-2020 ukubona ukuba andinakwenza ngaphezulu. Ngokunikwa kwimbali yam, andinasigwebo kubantu abangawaziyo ngokupheleleyo umonakalo obangelwe yimfazwe kunye nomkhosi. Ndiyaqonda ukuba kunzima ukusebenza nokukhulisa usapho. Ndilapho ngenxalenye elungileyo yobomi bam. Kodwa ngoku ndiqinisekile ukuba abantu abaninzi kufuneka basebenze kwaye benze nantoni na abanokuyenza ukuze baphelise imfazwe kunye nokulwa. Ekuphela kwendlela yokujika le nqanawa kukuhamba kwabantu abaninzi. Ke ngoku ndisebenza ukugaya abantu abaninzi kumbutho woxolo kangangoko ndinako.
Ziziphi iintlobo zemisebenzi yokuzithandela onceda ngazo?
Njengomququzeleli wesahluko World BEYOND War kwiNew York City Tri-State Area, nantsi eminye yemisebenzi endiyenzayo:
- Ndinikela ngemiboniso echasene nemfazwe
- Ndiya kwimatshi nakwiindibano
- Ndinikela ngemibutho yoxolo
- Ndifundile ndaya kwii-webinars ukuze ndifunde ngakumbi
- Ndivotela abagqatswa boxolo (akukho baninzi)
- Ndisebenzisa imidiya yoluntu ukwenza imeko yoxolo
- Ndixhase ngezimali i Umnyhadala wabantu endaweni ka World BEYOND War ukwenza ityala kwabangengabo abasebenza ukuba basebenze kwimibutho yomkhosi
- Ndabhalisa "iLayibrari encinci" kwaye eyam ibizwa ngokuba yi "Little Peace Library". Kusoloko kukho iincwadi ezinxulumene noxolo kwilayibrari yam.
- Ndibhale inani le iziqwenga ze-Op-Ed zemfazwe eziye zapapashwa kwilizwe liphela
- Ndithatha inxaxheba kwimikhankaso yokubhala iileta kwinkomfa nemicimbi yezobulungisa kwezentlalo
- Ndibambisene namalungu amaQuaker kunye neBhunga loxolo lase-US ukuqhubela phambili iinjongo zethu kunye nokujonga phambili kwenye intsebenziswano
Ingcebiso yakho ephezulu kumntu ofuna ukubandakanyeka neWBW?
Kukho imiba enzima ngokwenene ekufuneka siyijongisisile njengesizwe kunye noluntu lwehlabathi. Imfazwe kunye nokulwa kwezemikhosi kume kwindlela yokujongana nezi zisongelo zinzulu (eneneni kuyandisa isoyikiso). Sidinga intshukumo yabantu ukuze siqinisekise abo basemagunyeni ukuba batshintshe ikhosi. Izibonda ziphezulu kakhulu kwaye isiphumo siya kuhlala ekubeni sinako na ukutshintsha. Ke, ingcebiso yam kukuba ungene kwaye uncede apho unokufumana khona. Musa ukoyikiswa. Zininzi iindlela zokunceda. Akunyanzelekanga ukuba ube yingcali. Ndicinga ukuba kubalulekile ukuba abantu bazi ukuba banokunika oko ishedyuli yabo okanye isipaji esivumayo. Akunyanzelekanga ukuba ibe ngumzamo osisigxina. Ingaba yiyure ngeveki. Nantoni na onokuyenza iya kukunceda!
Yintoni egcina ukuba uphefumlele ukuxhasa utshintsho?
Ndinomzukulwana oneenyanga ezili-15 ubudala. Ndiphefumlelwe ukuba ndincedise ekwakheni umhlaba apho uOliver omncinci anokuchuma khona. Okwangoku, mininzi imiba ekufuneka siyijongile. Eyokuqala yimeko eyoyikekayo yedemokhrasi yethu. Iphukile kwaye isongelwa ngakumbi yonke imihla. Thina (abaninzi) kufuneka silwe namandla sibuyele kude kumashishini nakwizityebi (ezimbalwa). Icandelo lam livakalelwa kukuba akukho nto iya kulungiswa de sijongane nale ngxaki. Izityebi kunye nabanamandla baya kuqhubeka nokuchaphazela imigaqo-nkqubo (kubandakanya imfazwe kunye nokulwa) ezinceda zona kunabantu kunye neplanethi de sibuyisele inkululeko yethu.
Ngelishwa, kwangaxeshanye zintathu ezinye izoyikiso ezinkulu kukhuseleko lwethu ekufuneka ziqwalaselwe. Zizoyikiso ezininzi zobunzima bemozulu, izoyikiso ze-COVID (kunye nobhubhane wexesha elizayo), kunye nesoyikiso sempixano yamazwe aphela eba ngabom okanye ngokungazi inyuka iye kwimfazwe yenyukliya.
Ndiyazi ukuba abantu abaninzi bayasokola ukuziphilisa, ukugcina uphahla phezu kweentloko, ukukhulisa iintsapho zabo, kunye nokujongana nazo zonke izilingi kunye neentolo ubomi eziphosa kuthi. Ngandlela thile, ngandlela thile, kufuneka sizikhuphe kwimicimbi yemihla ngemihla kwaye sigxile kwezinye zeengqwalaselo zethu kunye namandla esihlangeneyo kwezi zisongelo zinkulu ezikhoyo kwaye sityhalele amagosa ethu anyuliweyo (ngokuzithandela okanye ngokungathandabuzi) ukujongana nawo. Le yimicimbi esijongene nayo sisisizwe. Ngapha koko, le micimbi isoyikisa bonke abantu bazo zonke iintlanga. Ngenxa yeli nyani, kuyacaca kum ukuba iparadigm endala yokhuphiswano, ungquzulwano, kunye nemfazwe phakathi kweentlanga ayisasisebenzisi (ukuba ikhe yakwenza oko). Akukho sizwe sinokujongana nezi zoyikiso zehlabathi lilodwa. Ezi zoyikiso zinokuqwalaselwa kuphela kwimizamo yokusebenzisana kwehlabathi. Sifuna unxibelelwano, ubuchule, izivumelwano kunye nokuthembana. Njengoko uGqirha uKing watshoyo, kufuneka sifunde ukuhlala kunye njengabazalwana noodade kungenjalo siza kutshabalala kunye njengezidenge.
Ngaba ubhubhane we-coronavirus ikuchaphazele njani ukusebenza kwakho?
Ndisebenzise ukuvala indawo yokufunda ukuze ndifunde kangangoko ndinako ngokufunda nangokuya kwii-webinars ezininzi ezisingathwe ngu World BEYOND War, CodePink, Quincy Institute, IZiko laseBrennen, iBulletin yeeNzululwazi eziKhathazayo, i-ICAN, amaGqala oXolo, nabanye. Kuhlala kukho incwadi enxulumene noxolo kwindawo yam yokulala ebusuku.
Ithunyelwe ngo-Okthobha i-11, i-2021.
Izimpendulo ze-3
Oku kuhle kakhulu! Umphefumlo olungileyo… (kunye notatomkhulu!)
Enkosi ngokwabelana ngohambo lwakho, John. Ndiyavuma abantwana bethu kunye nabazukulwana abenza lo msebenzi ungxamise kwaye undifanele.
Bendicinga ngemfazwe ngelixa ndifunda iindaba zamva nje zeendaba ezivela eUkraine. Into eyabangela ukuba ndicinge ngokubhekisele kwiNgqungquthela yaseGeneva kunye nebango lomkhosi waseRashiya owaphula isithembiso sawo sokuthobela loo mithetho. Ngaloo ngcinga kwafika ukuqonda ukuba uBuntu bukwindlela embi njengoko sinemigaqo nemiqathango yolawulo kunye nenkqubo yokuphendula kwimfazwe. Ndicinga ukuba akufuneki kubekho imfazwe yencwadi yomthetho, ukuba imfazwe ingaze ivunyelwe phantsi kwayo nayiphi na imeko, kwaye kufuneka kwenziwe zonke iinzame zokuzisa eso siphelo. Ndikhumbula amazwi omshumayeli, igqala lemfazwe yaseKorea, owathetha la mazwi “xa kungekho themba ngekamva, akukho mandla ngoku”.