NguMarc Eliot Stein, ngoMeyi 28, 2018
Akukho siganeko emhlabeni njengeForum yasekhohlo, eqala ukubakho kangangeentsuku ezintathu ezihlumayo ehlotyeni embindini wedolophu iManhattan, ukuqokelela abashiyekileyo, oonontlalontle, ii-anarchists, i-pacifists, ezendalo kunye nabemi abachaphazelekayo behlabathi kunye ukuxoxa. , ingxoxo mpikiswano nokubambana. Iqonga lasekhohlo ngo-2018 liza kuqalisa ngolwesiHlanu, nge-1 kaJuni kwiKholeji yaseJohn Jay- ngasentshona yeTimes Square nakwintshona yeZiko laseLincoln kwindawo ekuthiwa yiHell's Kitchen ngaphambi kokuba abaphuhlisi bezindlu abazizityebi bakhabe abasebenzi abaninzi. Abakhange bakwazi ukwenza amatshantliziyo ukuba ahambe.
World BEYOND War ziya kumelwa kwindibano ka-2018 yingxoxo yephaneli enesihloko “Imiceli mngeni yokulwa uxolo”. Esi siganeko seyure kunye nemizuzu engamashumi amahlanu sidibanisa izithethi ezine ezahlukileyo ezithethileyo ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo ngokuchasene nentlekele kunye nobubhanxa bemfazwe engapheliyo, kunye ne-United States yaseMelika eyandayo indima ebububi kule ntlekele. Ezi zithethi zine ziya kuba:
- URoxana Robinson, umbhali wenoveli eyaziwayo ye-2013 'iSparta', eyayixela ibali elisemagqabini lomntwana osemtsha wase-Marine owangcungcuthekiswa yi-PTSD emva kokubuya e-Iraq. Wayengumongameli weQela loMbhali ukusukela ngo-2014 ukuya ku-2017, kwaye ubhale ne-biografi yomzobi uGeorgia O'Keeffe, izincoko kunye nokugxekwa kweNew Yorker neWashington Post, kunye nentshayelelo yengqokelela yeentsomi ka-2017 emfutshane ethi 'Indlela eya Phambili: Intsomi evela kwiMfazwe yaphakade '.
- Alice Slater yi nxalenye World BEYOND War, Ukupheliswa kuka-2000, i-Global Network Against Weapons kunye ne-Nuclear Power in Space, i-Rideau Institute kunye ne-People's Climate Committee, kunye ne-United Nations NGO Representative ye-Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Ulilungu leNew York City Bar Association kwaye ubhale amanqaku amaninzi kunye nee-op-eds, ezibonakala rhoqo kwimithombo yeendaba yalapha nakwilizwe.
- UJoe LombardoUmququzeleli we-United National Antiwar Coalition kunye nommeli kwiTroy Area Council yezaBasebenzi. Umlweli wobomi bonke wobundlobongela kunye nobulungisa kwezentlalo, wayengumntu owayesakuba ngumqeshwa kwi-Vietnam-era National Peace Action Coalition kunye nelungu lase-Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace. Kwi-2018 wanceda ukuhlela iintlanganiso ze #SpringAgainstWar Spring Action kwizixeko ezahlukeneyo.
- UBob Keeler yintatheli ethathe umhlala-phantsi kunye nomzabalazo woxolo ongaphelanga Ngexesha lakhe leminyaka kwiNewsday, wayeyintatheli yaseSuffolk County, umphathi weofisi yaseAlbany, umhleli wephephancwadi leCawa, kunye nelungu lebhodi yabahleli. Uphumelele ibhaso likaPulitzer kuthotho malunga neparishi yamaKatolika eWestbury, eLong Island. Ukwiqela loxolo lamaKatolika uPax Christi kwaye uceba incwadi malunga nonqulo oluyingozi lwaseMelika kwezomkhosi.
Ndiza kumodareyitha le ngxoxo, kwaye ndikhethe izithethi ezine kuba nganye nganye ibonisa indawo eyahlukileyo yokungena kumzabalazo obalulekileyo wokuxhathisa ukungqinelana koluntu lwethu njengoko siphinda iimpazamo kunye nokusilela kokuziphatha kwangaphambili. Isithethi ngasinye sithethile ngesibindi kwaye siphindaphinda malunga nezinto abakholelwa kuzo, kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba ingxoxo yethu yephaneli iya kugxininisa zombini izinto ezifanayo ezixhasa bonke abatshakazi boxolo kunye nokwahluka okubambekayo kwezimvo, ukugweba, indlela okanye isimo sengqondo esihlala sisahlula. Ndicinga ukuba inye into esiza kuvumelana ngayo sisidingo esingxamisekileyo sokuqhubela phambili injongo yethu. Nantsi into engeyiyo kwingxoxo esiza kuba nayo:
“Bahlala njani abo balwela uxolo emfazweni? Intshukumo yomlo namhlanje iyadodobala kwaye ayinasijolo, kwaye iplanethi yonke ibonakala ngathi ilele ukuya kwintlekele. Iipaneli zethu zibandakanya ababhali, iintatheli kunye nabaququzeleli abagcine umoya wabo ujongene nabantu abangakhathaliyo, ukugculelwa kunye nokungaqondi. Yintoni abayifundileyo malunga noluntu kunye neengqondo zeli hlabathi lethu likhoboka emfazweni? Amatshantliziyo angangena njani embindini weyona ngxaki inenkohlakalo eyakhe yaziwa yiplanethi yethu? Siza kufumana ntoni apho? Eli qela lijolise ekuvuseleleni izimvo ezintsha kunye neendlela ezintsha zethemba, intsebenziswano kunye nokuphazamiseka kotshintsho.
I-Forum ye-Left 2018 izakuquka neminye imicimbi ebalulekileyo neyahlukeneyo, kubandakanya oku kulandelayo:
- Misa iiMfazwe eKhaya nakwamanye amazweIbanjwe nguMbutho oMnyama woXolo, noAbayomi Azikiwe, Ajamu Baraka, Bernadette Ellorin, Margaret Kimberley, Joe Lombardo, Efia Nwangaza
- Ulwahlulo oluvela kwiMfazwe yeMfazweIbanjwe nguCODEPINK, kunye noAriel Gold, uMarc Eliot Stein, uAdam Hockenberry
- The I-Trump Regime Yokwandisa iMilitarism: emhlabeni kunye nasemoyeni ngeedronesIbanjwe liHlabathi alinakulinda, kunye noDebra Sweet, uEd Kinane, uNick Mottern
- Inkqubo eyaphukileyo: Indlela esiye ngayo apha: noJane Sanders, uJumaane D. Williams, uGayle McLaughlin, uRichard D. Wolff
- Ubaleka njani uMntu oQhelekileyo kwiOfisi yoLuntu: NgoMarni Halasa, uLouis Flores, uSander Hicks, uMichael Friedman
- Ukuxhathisa okungafunekiyo kunokuba namandla njani? Ndikunye noDavid Slesinger, uRichard Ochs, uJulio Torres
- Imvukelo yaMazwe "eSithole": IHaiti, iAfrika, kunye neCaribbean Phendula kwiTrumpIndwendwe nguHaiti Liberte, kunye noNathaniel Wood, uKim Ives, uMamadou Niang, uRay Laforest, uMilton Allimadi
- Isikhalo Esingapheliyo kwiindaba eziQhekezayo- Ukufundwa kwa-Israyeli-Palestinakunye noSam Friedman, Farid Bitar, Gordon Gilbert, Lynne Lopez-Salzedo
- Ukulwa iMfazwe yase-US kunye ne-Disinformation kwi-Iran nase-YemenIbanjwe yiChicago ALBA Solidarity, kunye noDan Kovalik, uSara Flounders, uStansfield Smith, uBen Norton
