NguKathy Kelly, November 10, 2017, I-Progressive.
UWilfred Owen, imbongi yaseNgilandi owabulawa esenzweni kanye ngesonto elilodwa ngaphambi kokuba i-Armistice eyaqeda ukuphela kweMpi Yezwe I isayinwe, yabhala ngezinkathazo zokuhlala emanzini kanye nokulwa nempi yegesi.
Kuphela kulokhu okutshelayo, u-Abrahama wenqaba ukulalela ingelosi ekhuthaza ukuba indodana ingasindiswa. Le ndoda endala "yabulala indodana, nengxenye yenzalo yaseYurophu, ngayinye."
Kwabulawa abantu abayizigidi ezingamashumi amathathu noma balimala kanti ezinye izigidi ezingu-7 zathunjwa ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe I. Ezinye ze-50 ezigidini ezingu-100 zabulawa isifo sofuba esadalwa yimpi. "Akukaze kube nini," ubhala umbhali kanye nenhlangano yezishoshovu uDavid Swanson, "abantu babebonile ukubulawa okunjalo okuzimboni, kanti amashumi ezinkulungwane awela ngosuku ukushona izibhamu kanye negesi yobuthi."
IWest ekhunjulwe nekhathele idluliselwe kuNovemba 11, i-1918, usuku lapho impi iphelile, njengoba ukulethwa kwayo kusuka ekudleni.
Ku-1938, Congress limenyezelwe Usuku lwe-Armistice usuku olusemthethweni olunikezelwe imbangela yokuthula emhlabeni. Ku-1954 leli holide laliyi iqanjwe kabusha Usuku lwama-Veterans futhi lube nesigameko esimweni sokuthi ifulege ligijimise futhi libheke ezempi.
Manje, amalungu eqembu Ama-Veterans for Peace basebenza ngaphesheya kwe-US ukuze babuyisele inhloso yokuqala yaseSuku Lokuzivikela. Basebenzisa ukubiza ukusekelwa ngokwanele kwengqondo nokubonakalayo kwabalindi bezilwane, ukubasiza ukuba babhekane nezinkathazo eziphoqelelwe ukuba zikhuthazelele. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, bazama ukuqeda izimpi.
Kulo nyaka ngoNovemba 11, ku-11 am, izahluko ze-Veterans for Peace kuzo zonke i-United States zizoshaya izingxingo, zikhumbule leyo minithi ku-1918 ngenkathi, njengo-Kurt Vonnegut wabhala, "Izigidi zabantu ngezigidi zabantu zayeka ukuhlaselwa."
"Lesi senzakalo singaphezu nje kokukhunjulwa okungokomlando," kusho u-Ed Flaherty, ilungu le-Iowa City Chapter of Veterans for Peace. "Kulolu suku, mayelana nesidingo sethu sokucindezela ukuguqula umkhankaso wempi nokuthatha umthwalo omuhle wokudala ukuthula okuhlala njalo."
Ukubhala egameni likaTom Paine isahluko e-Albany, eNew York, uJohn Amidon uchaza ukuthi abakwa-veteran bazobe "behamba ngenhloso" ngosuku lwamaVeterans bendawo ngoba bahlezi ngoba "asihambanga."
"Indoda endala" enenkani ekhoneni lika-Owen yenqaba ukungenela kwezingelosi kumxosha ukuba akhethe ukuphila ngaphezu kokufa. Akudingeki siqhubeke senza iphutha elifanayo.
Usuku lwe-Armistice lusinikeza ithuba lokuvuma ukungabi nabuthakathaka okunobuthakathaka kwezingxabano ezihlomile, ukungcola kwemali yethu yokusetshenziswa kwempi, kanye nomthwalo wemfanelo esiwahlanganyela ekuqedeni zonke izimpi.
Kathy Kelly udidiyela iqembu Amazwi we-Creative Nonviolence.