World BEYOND War Wamkela uMongameli weBhodi eNtsha

By World BEYOND War, Matshi 20, 2022

World BEYOND War uthi ndlela-ntle kwaye ndiyabulela kuMongameli wethu weBhodi omangalisayo kule minyaka isixhenxe idlulileyo u-Leah Bolger, kunye nokwamkela ngochulumanco njengoMongameli wethu weBhodi omtsha olilungu elide leBhodi yethu yeeNgcebiso uKathy Kelly.

UKathy Kelly uhlala eUnited States, kodwa uhlala kwenye indawo. Imigudu kaKathy yokuphelisa iimfazwe iye yakhokelela ekubeni ahlale kwiindawo ezinemfazwe nakwiintolongo kule minyaka iyi-35 idluleyo. Kwi-2009 kunye ne-2010, uKathy wayeyinxalenye yeeVoices ezimbini ze-Creative Nonviolence abathunywa abatyelele ePakistan ukuze bafunde ngakumbi ngemiphumo yokuhlaselwa kwe-drone yase-US. Ukusukela ngo-2010 ukuya kowama-2019, eli qela laququzelela abathunywa abaninzi ukuba batyelele e-Afghanistan, apho baye baqhubeka nokufunda ngeengxwelerha zohlaselo lwase-US. Amazwi aphinde anceda ukulungiselela uqhanqalazo kwiziseko zomkhosi wase-US ezisebenza ngohlaselo oluxhobileyo lwedrone. Ngoku ungumququzeleli wephulo le-Ban Killer Drones.

UKathy uthi: “Malunga namashumi amane eminyaka eyadlulayo, umcholacholi weendaba onobubele, uRobert McClory, wagqiba kwelokuba abhale inqaku elide ngemigudu yam yokuzama ukulwa. Ndaye ndaba ngumamkeli werhafu yemfazwe, ndachitha unyaka entolongweni ngenxa yokutyala umbona kwiindawo ezigcina imijukujelwa yenyukliya, yaye ndandisandul’ ukubuya ndivela kuchitha iinyanga ezintandathu eIraq, ebudeni nasemva kowe-1991 'Iphulo leDesert Storm.' Indlela ecacileyo kaBob McClory enamagama yandinika isishwankathelo sento awayekholelwa ukuba yayizezona zintshukumisa zam ziphambili, kunye nentetho yohlobo oluthile lwentshukumo yam yokuzalwa: Ngamazwi akhe: 'Ngoko ukholelwa ukuba abona bantu bahluphekayo kufuneka bahlale behamba phambili, ukuba ukungabi nalugonyamelo ngokwenene kunokulitshintsha ihlabathi, yaye akufanele uvumele ukuphazamiseka kukuthintele ekwenzeni ngokuvisisana neenkolelo zakho ezinzulu.’

“Ndizive ndinombulelo ongazenzisiyo ‘ngokuxhoma umnqwazi wam’ kunye noluntu oluthandekayo lwemimoya ezalanayo kule minyaka idlulileyo, kodwa, inyani, ngekhe ndilindele ukubona inethiwekhi yehlabathi yamatsha ntliziyo azinikeleyo ewamkela ngokupheleleyo umbono World Beyond War. Olunjani uvuyo ke, ukubukela ukuvela kweWBW. Ndinombulelo, ndinombulelo ongazenzisiyo, ngokulungela kolu luntu ukuphelisa imfazwe. Ukususela kwiincoko zokuqala xa uDavid Swanson, uDavid Hartsough, uLeah Bolger, u-Alice Slater kunye nabanye baqala ukubumba umbono kunye neziseko zephulo, ndibukele intyatyambo yokuzinikela kwiiyantlukwano. Iindlela ezisebenzayo zokufundisa abantu zikhula ngokwasemzimbeni, kwaye isibakala sokungabi naofisi kwindawo enye emhlabeni bubungqina obumangalisayo bomanyano lwehlabathi. Amagama kaDag Hammerskjold athi qatha engqondweni: 'Kuyo yonke into eyenzekileyo, enkosi. Kuba konke oko kuya kubakho, Ewe.’”

ULeah Bolger wayenguMongameli weBhodi World BEYOND War ukusuka 2014 ukuya March 2022. Uzinze Oregon kunye California eUnited States kunye Ecuador. U-Leah wathatha umhlala-phantsi ngo-2000 kuMkhosi waManzi wase-US kwinqanaba lokuba yiNkumanda emva kweminyaka engamashumi amabini ekwinkonzo esebenzayo. Umsebenzi wakhe wawuquka izikhululo zemisebenzi e-Iceland, eBermuda, eJapan naseTunisia kwaye ngo-1997, wakhethwa ukuba abe nguMntu woMkhosi waseNavy kwinkqubo ye-MIT yoKhuseleko lweNkqubo. U-Leah wafumana i-MA kuKhuseleko lweSizwe kunye neMicimbi yeQhinga kwiKholeji yeMfazwe yaseMkhosini ngo-1994. Emva kokuthatha umhlala-phantsi, wasebenza kakhulu kwiVeterans For Peace, kubandakanywa unyulo njengowasetyhini wokuqala umongameli wesizwe ngo-2012. Kamva ngaloo nyaka, waba yinxalenye ye Igqiza labantu abangama-20 ukuya ePakistan ukuya kudibana namaxhoba ogwayimbo lwase-US. Ungumdali kunye nomnxibelelanisi we "Drones Quilt Project," umboniso ohambahambayo ofundisa uluntu, kwaye uqonde amaxhoba e-drones yokulwa yase-US. Ngo-2013 wonyulwa ukuba abonise i-Ava Helen kunye ne-Linus Pauling Memorial Peace Lecture kwiYunivesithi yase-Oregon State.

ULeah uthi: “Abanye kuni basenokuba bevile ukuba mna nomyeni wam uBart sifudukela e-Ecuador kweli hlobo. “Sichulumancile kakhulu ngesi sahluko sitsha kuthi, kodwa oko kuthetha ukuba sobabini siza kuwushiya umsebenzi wokulwela imfazwe obungundoqo kubomi bethu kule minyaka ili-16+ idlulileyo. Ndiyemka njengomongameli weBhodi yeWBW yabaLawuli, kwaye ndiyavuya ukubuyisela iintambo kuKathy Kelly, inkosikazi endingenakuhlonipha ngakumbi. Andikwazi ukucinga umntu ongcono kwesi sikhundla.

“Ukubandakanyeka kwam kwi-WBW kwaqala xa uDavid Swanson endibiza endibuza ukuba ndingaba nomdla na ekuphononongeni ukuba nokwenzeka kokwenza umbutho oza kujongana nokudilizwa kweziko lemfazwe. Ngoku, ngaphezu kweminyaka esi-8 kamva, ndingatsho ukuba ukuba yinxalenye yalo mbutho umangalisayo ukususela ekuqaleni kuye kwaba lelona xesha livuyisayo ebomini bam. Ndinebhongo ngayo yonke into eyenziwe yiWBW ukusukela kwincoko yokuqala phakathi kukaDavid Swanson kunye noDavid Hartsough malunga nombono wabo, ukuba yintoni namhlanje. Kwasekuqalekeni, eyona nto iphambili kugxininiso kuthi ibikukudala into ebiyeyamazwe ngamazwe, kuba siyazi ukuba izakuthatha umzamo wehlabathi ukuba singaze siyiphelise imfazwe. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, abantu kumazwe ali-192 batyikitye isiBhengezo soXolo se-WBW, kwaye i-30 yamalungu angama-53 abasebenzi bethu, iBhodi yabaLawuli kunye neBhodi yeeNgcebiso basuka kumazwe angaphandle kwe-US.

“Andinandawo yaneleyo yokudwelisa zonke izinto esizifezileyo; endaweni yoko ndiya kusebenzisa esi sithuba ukubulela abantu abamangalisayo endisebenza nabo yonke imihla. Amalungu asi-7 abasebenzi be-WBW yinkcazelo 'yeQela lamaPhupha.' Andikwazanga ukucela iqela labantu abaqeqeshiweyo, abazinikeleyo, abanetalente: uGreta Zarro, uMlawuli oQuquzelelayo, uPhill Gittins, uMlawuli wezeMfundo, uAlex McAdams, uMlawuli woPhuhliso, uMarc Eliot Stein, uMlawuli weTekhnoloji, uRachel Small, uMququzeleli waseKhanada, Alessandra Granelli , Umphathi weMedia yeNtlalo, kwaye kunjalo, uDavid Swanson, umququzeleli kunye noMlawuli oyiNtloko, kwaye ngaphandle kwakhe bekungekho iWBW. Andinakutsho ukuba ndiya kuphoswa ziintlanganiso zabasebenzi zeveki nganye, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo ndiya kuyikhumbula imvakalelo yokuba yinxalenye yeqela elisebenza kunye ngenjongo entle. Nangona loo njongo inzima, ndiziva ndiqinisekile ukuba i-WBW isendleleni efanelekileyo, kwaye iya kuqhubeka ikhula kwaye yenza inkqubela phambili ekufezeni kwayo. Ndinombulelo kakhulu ngokuba yinxalenye yento ekhethekileyo.

"Ngoxolo, uthando kunye nomanyano,

“Leya”