NguMarc Eliot Stein, uJanuwari 29, 2019
Eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule, ngoJanuwari 2014, izishoshovu ezimbalwa zokuthula zasebenzisa umqondo ababekade bekhuluma ngawo: inhlangano entsha elwa nempi ezinikele ekuphikiseni zonke izimpi, ngaphandle kokukhetha, futhi ihlose ukugxila nobulungu bamazwe omhlaba.
Lokhu kwakuyimvelaphi World BEYOND War, futhi ngichitha ihora kule nyanga ngikhuluma ngalomlando nabantu abathathu abaye bakusiza ukukhulisa inhlangano kusukela ekuqaleni kwayo okuthobekile: David Hartsough, David Swanson noLeah Bolger.
David Hartsough ungumsunguli we World BEYOND War nombhali Ukuhamba Ngokuthula: I-Global Adventures Yommeli Wempilo Yonke. UHartsough uye wahlela imizamo eminingi yokuthula ezindaweni ezinjengezindawo zaseSoviet Union, eNicaragua, eFippines naseKosovo. E-1987 Hartsough yakha i-Nuremberg Izenzo ezivimbela izitimela zamamondi ezithwele amakhompi eNyakatho Melika Ngo-2002 wabambisana ne-Nonviolent Peaceforce enamaqembu okuthula asebenza ezindaweni eziphikisana emhlabeni wonke. U-Hartsough uboshiwe ngenxa yokungalaleli komphakathi okungaphezu kwezikhathi ze-150.
UDavid Swanson ungumlobi, isishoshovu, umlobi wezindaba kanye nomsakazo womsakazo. Ungumqondisi we World BEYOND War nomkhankaso womkhankaso weRootsAction.org. Amabhuku ka-Swanson ahlanganisa RootsAction.org. Amabhuku ka-Swanson ahlanganisa Impi Ngamanga futhi Lapho iMpi Yezwe Ephuliwe, kanye ne Ukuphulukisa i-Exceptionalism, Impi Akukaze Imane, Futhi Impi engekho: I-Case for the Abolition. Ungumbhali we-co-author I-Global Security System: I-Alternative to War. Uyabhuloza DavidSwanson.org futhi I-WarIsI-ICrime.org. Uyabamba I-Talk Nation Radio, i-podcast yamasonto onke.
Leah Bolger ethatha umhlalaphansi ku-2000 evela e-US Navy esikhundleni se-Commander ngemuva kweminyaka engamashumi amabili enkonzweni yomsebenzi osebenzayo. Umsebenzi wakhe wawuhlanganisa iziteshi zomsebenzi e-Iceland, eBerdada, eJapane naseTunisia nase-1997, okhethiwe ukuba abe yiNhlangano YaseMpi Ye-Navy ohlelweni lwe-MIT Security Studies. ULeya wathola i-MA kuZwelonke Ezokuphepha kanye Neziqhinga Zezobuchwepheshe ezivela kwi-Naval War College e-1994. Ngemuva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi, waba nomthelela kakhulu ku-Veterans For Peace, kuhlanganise nokhetho njengomongameli wokuqala wesifazane kazwelonke ku-2012. Kamuva ngalolo nyaka, wayeyingxenye yokuthunyelwa komuntu we-20 ePakistan ukuhlangabezana nezisulu zezimpi ze-US drones. Ungumdali nomxhumanisi we-"Drones Quilt Project," umbukiso ojikelezayo okhonza ukufundisa umphakathi, futhi uqaphele izisulu ze-US combat drones. Ku-2013 wakhethwa ukwethula i-Ava Helen neLinus Pauling Memorial Peace Lecture e-Oregon State University. Njengamanje ukhonza njengoSihlalo weKomiti Yokuxhumanisa World BEYOND War.
Njengoba saxoxa iminyaka emihlanu World BEYOND War, sasivame ukuzithola sixoxa ngezinkinga ezinye izishoshovu zezombusazwe, abahleli bomphakathi, abaholi abakhethiwe noma izintatheli kumele nazo zibhekane nalokhu: yini esishukumisela ukuba siqhubeke sizama ukwenza lokho esikwenzayo, futhi yiziphi izinselelo esibhekene nazo, futhi yiziphi izinselelo esibhekene nazo ugqozi?
Ingxoxo yesikhathi sehora idonse isici esisha esithakazelisayo lapha World BEYOND War: uchungechunge olusha lwe-podcast. Sicela ujabulele isiqephu sokuqala nge-SoundCloud, futhi sizobuyekeza lesi sixhumanisi ngokukhetha okuningi kokulalela okuyi-podcast ngokushesha uma bekhona. Sazise ukuthi ucabangani!
