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Indawo:
Richmond, eVirginia, eU.SA
Ubandakanyeke njani kwi-anti-war activism kwaye World BEYOND War (WBW)?
Ngelixa ndandivalelwe ndodwa ngo-2020, kunye nexesha elisecaleni elikhoyo kum, ndenze inqaku lokujonga kwaye ndizame ukuqonda iimfazwe zase-Iraq nase-Afghanistan, kuba kwakucacile ukuba amabali okuba kutheni ezi mfazwe zisenzeka. udibanisa ngokwenene. Ngelixa bendinokuqonda ukuba i-US ingenelele kwaye yathumela Ugwayimbo lwedrone kumazwe amaninzi kubomi bam bonke (okufana nePakistan, iSomalia, kunye neYemen), bendingenalwazi lungako malunga nobungakanani bala maphulo okanye sisiphi na isizathu esisetyenzisiweyo ukuwathethelela. Ewe, bendingenamathandabuzo okuba ukhuseleko lukazwelonke luyinkxalabo yokugqibela ekuqhubeni la maphulo, kwaye bendisoloko ndisiva amazwi agxekayo okuba ezi mfazwe “zimalunga neoyile”, endicinga ukuba yinyani, kodwa iyasilela ukubalisa ibali elipheleleyo. .
Ekugqibeleni, ndiyoyika ukuba ndivumelane nento eyayibekwe nguJulian Assange, ukuba injongo yemfazwe yase-Afghanistan "yayikukuhlamba imali kwiziseko zerhafu zaseMelika kunye neYurophu nge-Afghanistan kwaye ubuyele ezandleni abaphezulu bezokhuseleko bezizwe ngezizwe, ”kunye noSmedley Butler, oko, ukubeka ngokulula, “imfazwe lixhoba.” Iziko leWatson liqikelelwa ngo-2019 ukuba bangama-335,000 abantu ababuleweyo kule minyaka ingama-20 idlulileyo yongenelelo lwase-US kuMbindi Mpuma, kwaye olunye uqikelelo lwenziwe ngamanani aphezulu nangakumbi. Mna, ngokobuqu, andizange ndiqhunyiswe ngebhombu, kodwa ndiyakwazi ukucinga nje ukuba iyoyikeka ngokupheleleyo. Ngo-2020, ndandinomsindo kwi-US ngokubanzi, kodwa le "pilisi imnyama" yorhwaphilizo lokwenyani oluqhubeka nesi simbo songenelelo lomgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle wandikhuthaza ukuba ndibandakanyeke kwi-anti-imperial kunye ne-anti-mfazwe. Singabantu abahlala entliziyweni yobukumkani, kwaye singabo banamandla amaninzi akhoyo okutshintsha ikhondo lezenzo zabo, kwaye leyo yinto endicinga ukuba ibangelwa ngabantu abangenakubalwa abaye baneentsapho zabo, uluntu. , kwaye ubomi butshatyalalisiwe kule minyaka ingama-20+ idlulileyo.
Ziziphi iintlobo zemisebenzi yokuzithandela onceda ngazo?
Ndithathe inxaxheba kuqhanqalazo oluninzi kunye nemisitho kunye nokwenza umsebenzi wokuvolontiya kunye noKutya hayi iiBombs, kwaye ngoku ndingumququzeleli kunye U-Richmond ohlukileyo ovela kuMatshini weMfazwe, eqhutywa ngoncedo oluvela kwi-Code Pink kunye World BEYOND War. Ukuba ungumntu okulo mmandla kwaye unomdla kwi-anti-imperial activism, nceda ugcwalise ifom yoqhagamshelwano kwiphepha lethu lewebhu - ngokuqinisekileyo sinokulusebenzisa uncedo.
Yeyiphi ingcebiso yakho ephezulu kumntu ofuna ukuzibandakanya ne-anti-war activism kunye ne-WBW?
Fumana i-org kwaye ufikelele kwindlela yokubandakanyeka. Kukho abantu abanengqondo efanayo apho abakhathalele imiba efanayo oyenzayo kwaye ngokusisiseko akukho siphelo kubungakanani bomsebenzi ekufuneka wenziwe.
Yintoni egcina ukuba uphefumlele ukuxhasa utshintsho?
Abantu abanegunya, ukuba abanalo uxinzelelo oluvela kwimikhosi yangaphandle yokoyika, banokwenza ngokusisiseko nantoni na abayifunayo. Uluntu olungakhathaliyo nolungenalwazi luyanceda ukugcina oku. Ubunyani bokoyikeka okwenziwa kubomi babantu ngephulo lokufa lamashumi eminyaka urhulumente waseMelika aliqhube kuMbindi Mpuma lingaphaya kwamandla am ukuba ndingakuqonda. Kodwa ndiyaqonda ukuba, okoko nje kungekho mntu wenza nantoni na, ke "ishishini njengesiqhelo" (kwaye umntu kufuneka enze ukugrumba okuncinci ukubona ukuba zingakanani na iimfazwe zongenelelo "zishishini njengesiqhelo" e-US) ziya kuqhubeka. Ndivakalelwa kukuba, ukuba uluhlobo lomntu onokuthi ayeke kwaye acinge ngendlela engqongqo ngayo ezi mfazwe, kutheni ziqhubeka zisenzeka, kwaye zikhonza izilangazelelo zakhe ngokwenene, ngoko unembopheleleko yokwenza okuthile ngayo, ukubandakanyeka kwinqanaba elithile lobutshantliziyo bezopolitiko malunga nokuba ngumba onjani owubona ungowona ubalulekileyo.
Ngaba ubhubhane we-coronavirus ikuchaphazele njani ukusebenza kwakho?
Ndicinga ukuba lo bhubhani wawuyeyona nto iphambili endenze ndabandakanyeka kubutshantliziyo. Ukubukela elona lizwe lityebileyo kwihlabathi alinamdla wokwenyani ekusindiseni abantu abaninzi abangenamakhaya, okanye amashishini amancinci angabaleki avala iingcango zawo, kwaye endaweni yoko akhethe ukuphinda anike ibheyile exhaswa ngumrhafi kwabathile abazizityebi abasele bekufutshane neziko. yamandla kunye nabahlobo babo, ndaqonda ukuba le yinkqubo ye-ponzi efanayo ukuba i-US yayiyimpilo yam yonke, kwaye ndiya kuba phantsi kobu bungqina ngokude nje mna kunye nabo bonke abanye apha baqhubeka beyinyamezela. Nam, njengabanye abaninzi, ndangena kwimeko ende yokuvalelwa yedwa, eyandinika ixesha elaneleyo lokucinga ngehlabathi, ndiphanda ngemiba yentlalontle, kwaye ndifune amaqela okubandakanyeka kwiindlela ezininzi zobutshantliziyo kwaye ndiye kuqhanqalazo oluninzi olwahlukeneyo, kubandakanywa uqhanqalazo lwe-Black Lives Matter, kunye noqhanqalazo oluchasene ne-ICE okanye inkululeko yasePalestine. Ndinombulelo ongazenzisiyo ngala mava kuba andifundise okuninzi ngehlabathi kunye neendlela ezahlukeneyo ezichaphazela abantu abohlukeneyo. Ndikholelwa ukuba, ukuba sonke besinokuthabatha ixesha lokukhathalela kungekuphela nje iingxaki zethu, kodwa nezo zabo basingqongileyo, besiya kwakha ihlabathi elilunge ngakumbi kunalo naliphi na ebesilazi.
Inxalenye yokuqonda ubunyani bezopolitiko e-US ibandakanya ukuqonda ukuba zidibana njani iingxaki zethu. Umzekelo, abantu baseMelika abafumani ukufikelela okuthembekileyo kukhathalelo lwezempilo kuba urhulumente uchitha uninzi lwemali ekuqhubhiseni abantu. Oko ekugqibeleni oku kuthetha ukuba ipesenti enkulu yabantu abakumgangatho ophantsi abakude kakhulu kumaziko olawulo abanako ukuya kugqirha ukuba bayagula, kwaye ipesenti enkulu yabemi iya kubandezeleka kakhulu kwaye lincinci ithemba ngekamva. Oku kukhokelela ekuphelelweni lithemba ngakumbi, kunye neyantlukwano engakumbi kunye nokwahlulwahlulwa kwezopolitiko, njengoko abantu abaninzi bebuthiya ngakumbi ubomi babo. Xa uqaphela ukunxulumana kwezi ngxaki, unokuthatha inyathelo lokukhathalela indawo ohlala kuyo, kuba uluntu lubakho kuphela xa abantu bedibana ukuze bancedene kwiingxaki zabo. Ngaphandle koko, akukho sizwe sokwenyani, akukho luntu lokwenyani, kwaye sonke sahlulelene ngakumbi, sibuthathaka, kwaye sodwa - kwaye yile meko kanye eyenza ukuba sonke sibe lula kakhulu ukusisebenzisa.
Ithunyelwe ngoDisemba 22, 2021.
