I-Minnesotans ihlonipha uMartin Luther King no-Say Yebo ku-Peace, Cha ku-NATO

Ibhalwe nguMeredith Aby-Keirstead, April 5, 2019

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St. Paul, MN - Ngomhla zi-4 kuMbasa, abantu abangu-80 babuthana e-Minnesota State Capitol Building ukuze bahloniphe ifa likaDkt Martin Luther King Jr. nokusebenzisa amazwi akhe ukuhlaziya impi ye-North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Kokubili i-MLK ne-NATO zixhunywe ngosuku luka-Ephreli 4.

Ngo-April 4, 1967, uDkt. King wethula inkulumo yakhe ethi “Ngaphesheya kweVietnam” emelene nempi e-Riverside Church eNew York City. Wayezobulawa kabuhlungu ngemva konyaka owodwa, kuvulandi weLorraine Motel eMemphis, eTennessee.

Ngo-April 4, 1949, kwasayinwa iSivumelwano saseNyakatho Atlantic esiphawula ukuqaliswa kombimbi lwezempi olwaziwa nge-NATO.

Uhlelo lwaqala ezitebhisini ze-capitol ngezingoma zikaDade uBrigid McDonald, amagama ezethulo ka-Sue Ann Martinson kanye noMel Reeves, insimbi ekhala yama-Veterans for Peace, kanye nendumiso eya kuMfundisi iNkosi ka-Bishop Richard D. Howell Jr. wase-Shiloh Temple.

UMartinson, ilungu le-Women Against Military Madness, wavula umcimbi: “UMartin Luther King wabiza iVietnam njengophawu lwesifo esijulile somoya waseMelika. Namuhla sinolunye uphawu, iVenezuela. Wabikezela ukuthi sizomasha futhi sihambele imibuthano ngaphandle kokuba kube noshintsho oluphawulekayo empilweni yaseMelika kanye nenqubomgomo; manje sinezimpi ezingapheli futhi endabeni yaseVenezuela ukuzama ukuketula umbuso nosongo lwempi.” Wanezela, “Sikhuluma nokuthula okubili namuhla, okukodwa okwethulwa kwenkulumo ethi 'Ngaphesheya kweVietnam' kanye nomyalezo wayo wokulwa nezempi, umlayezo wokuthula ezinhlelweni ezisemthethweni ngoDkt. King njengazo ngo-Martin Luther King Day. Okunye ukuthula okuzungeze ububanzi kanye nezinga lezisekelo ze-US/NATO emhlabeni jikelele. "

Ngaphakathi kwe-capitol rotunda isixuku sizwe abethuli ababili abakhulu: USolwazi wase-University of Minnesota u-August Nimtz ngefa lamalungelo omphakathi lika-Martin Luther King Jr., kanye no-Major (Ret.) Todd E. Pierce ku-NATO.

Okungene phakathi nohlelo kube ukufundwa kwezinkulumo ezithi “Nginephupho” kanye nezinkulumo ezithi “Ngaphesheya kweVietnam” zabafundi besikole samabanga aphansi nabasesikoleni esiphakeme.

Umcimbi ubuxhaswe yiMinnesota Peace Action Coalition, Veterans for Peace Chapter 27 kanye neWomen Against Military Madness.