I-Last Draft Dodger: Asisazohamba!

NguCJ Hinke
Ikhishwe kusuka Ama-Radicals amahhala: Izikhulu Zokulwa Ejele nguCJ Hinke, ozayo kusukela ku-Trine-Day ku-2016.

Ubaba, uRobert Hinke, wayengeyena owepolitiki. Futhi wayengekho enkolweni. Noma kunjalo, wayengumuntu opude ngokuphelele.

Lapho ngisewumfana omncane kakhulu, wangiyisa komunye wemibukiso eminingi eyayiphikisana nesigwebo sentambo sezinhloli ze-athomu, u-Ethel noJulius Rosenberg. Wayenentshiseko futhi eqonde impilo yakhe yonke ngokumelene nesigwebo sentambo, iphutha elalingasoze lashintshwa.

Ubaba wayeneminyaka yobudala esalungiswa lapho i-US iziphonsa eMpini Yezwe II. Ukube wayazi ngabantu abenqaba ngenxa kanembeza, angizange ngimuzwe esitsho njalo. Futhi angikaze ngimbone evota.

Ubengumdlali webhola eRutger. Ngesikhathi ebizelwa ukuzilolonga ngokomzimba, waganisa omunye umdlali ukuthi aphuke ikhala ngokuthuka umama wakhe. Lapho iziphathimandla eziwuhlaka zimtshela ukuthi usengakwazi ukulwa, wagxila naye lowo mdlali webhola ukuba amphinde ekhaleni futhi. Wehlulekile okwesibili — i-septum ephambukile isho isosha elangakwazi ukugqoka imaskhi kagesi.

Ngivela esizukulwaneni 'sedada nesembozo'. Safundiswa esikoleni ukuthi ukucasha ngaphansi kwamadeski ethu nokumboza amakhanda kuzosisindisa kubhomu!

Bengingeyena umfana odlubulundayo. Ukuthembela ukuthembeka kufulegi kusengisizathu sokuthi nginqume kwesokudla ukusuka kwesobunxele. Kepha, lapho ngijoyina iCub Scouts, ngivele emhlanganweni ngizothatha isibambiso, ngangazi ukuthi angikwazi ukugqoka umfaniswano futhi ngilandele ama-oda; Ngilahle iphini lami ngenzondo futhi ngashiya isiteji.

Bengi-13 e-1963, lapho iKomidi Likazwelonke leNqubomgomo yeNyukleya ye-SANE idlula edolobheni lakithi eNutley, eNew Jersey, eholwa ngudokotela wezengqondo uDkt Benjamin Spock (1903-1998). Ngifunde ipheshana likaSANE mayelana nokubhujiswa okuqinisekiswa ngababili.

Ngaphandle kokungabaza isikhashana, ngajoyina imashi likaSANE ukuya kwiZizwe Ezihlangene ukusekela Isivumelwano Sokuvikela iNyukliya. Lokhu kwaba ukuboshwa kwami ​​kokuqala ngokungalaleli. E-New York City's Tombs, ngahlangana nama-transsexuals ami okuqala futhi ngafunda ukudlala i-blackjack ngisebenzisa ugwayi ngemali.

Ukusuka kuleli phuzu, ngifunde konke engingakuthola ngeHiroshima neNagasaki, nokuhlolwa kwezikhali zenuzi. Ngiqale ukufunda ulimi lwaseJapan ngonyaka olandelayo ukuze ngisondele kulolu daba kanye necala elibi elezwe yiMelika eJapan nasemhlabeni.

Abangani bomndeni bangingenise emhlanganweni wabangani abangasho lutho wokukhulekelwa nobufakazi babo bokuthula, bebona ukuKhanya kuwo wonke umuntu. Ama-Quaker ayisonto lesintu lokuthula kepha abangane bami abebehambele lo bebengakholelwa enkolweni, futhi nami bekungasho njalo. Akuzange kuthathe isithombe esiningi ngeminyaka nge-14 ukunquma ukuthi angizukubhalisa ukubhaliselwa eVietnam.

Kalula nje, ukuya empini kudlisa umshini wezempi. Uma ungakholelwa empini, kufanele wenqabe okusalungiswa.

Cishe ngalesi sikhathi ngaqala ukwenqaba ukukhokha izintela zempi emsebenzini wami wesikhashana. Lezi zenzo zaholela ngokunengqondo ekubeni ngumlimi wezitshalo: Uma ngingeke ngibulale, kungani kufanele ngikhokhe noma ngubani ukuba angibulale. Angazi noma yimiphi imifino; Empeleni bengingakaze ngizwe okunye kodwa bekungumbuzo wokwenza ukungabikhona kobuntu bokusebenzela kimi kungisebenzele. Ngiseyimifino namuhla.

Ngiqale ukunikela ngaso sonke isikhathi sami samaqembu e-pacifist ku-5 Beekman Street eningizimu Manhattan. Ngiqale ehhovisi likazwelonke i-Student Peace Union futhi ngafundiswa umdilizwa wabahlaziyi baseMelika, u-AJ Muste. Ngifaka imizamo yami kwiWar Resadors League kanye neKomidi le-nonviolent Action, ngisebenza kaningi emaphepheni abo ezindaba futhi ngisiza ngemeyili.

Ngalesi sikhathi kubonakale ukushiswa kwamakhadi amaningi njengokubhikisha kwezepolitiki. Ukushiswa kwamakhadi okusalungiswa nokubuyiselwa kwemvelo kwenzeke kusukela kwaqala i-SSA 'yokuthula' e-1948 kodwa ukucekelwa phansi kwamakhadi okusalungiswa akuzange kwenziwe okungekho emthethweni kuze kube kudluliswa isenzo esikhethekile seCongress e1965. Phakathi kokuqala ukushiswa, e1965, bekungumngane wami, uMsebenzi waseKhatholika uDavid Miller, e-Whitehall Street Induction Center eNew York. Iziphikiso ezisalungiswa ze-30,000 ngoJulayi 1966 zikhuphukele ku-46,000 ngo-Okthoba.

Iqembu lethu elincane, kufaka phakathi uDkt Spock, laboshwa ngalolo suku ngokufaka iminyango yesikhungo. Nokho, ngangizimisele ukuthi angisoze ngibe nekhadi elalingelokushiswa. Kodwa-ke, ngasithokozela lesi senzo sobunye sokuhlubuka lapho omunye wabaphathi bami abangibhalile engiphathiswe okwakhe! Lesi senzo salandelwa ikomidi le-Fifth Avenue Peace Parade Committee, elaliholwa nguNorma Becker, engisize ukuhlelela uMashi 26, 1966 noSybil Claiborne waseGreenwich Village Peace Center.

Sicabange ukuthi sibe yiqembu elisha lezinsizwa ezineminyaka yobudala, i-Resistance. Ngasebenza isikhathi esigcwele se-The Resistance futhi ngagcina ngakhethwa ukuthi ngixhumane namaqembu amaningi ahlukene akha i-Mobe ekuhleleni iSky Mobilisation Ukuqeda Impi eVietnam ngo-Ephreli 15, 1967.

Lokho kuwa, umfelandawonye wethu we-pacifist wamasha wawela umngcele waya eMontréal lapho umbukiso womhlaba wonke we-1967, i-Expo '67, wawubanjelwe enhlokodolobha yaseFrance Canada. Izwe laseMelika lalikhombe idome enkulu ebizwa ngokuthi yi-geodeic dome edizayinwe ngumdwebi wesikhathi esizayo uBuckminster Fuller ngebhande lakhona lesizwe. Sasigqoke izikibha ezidwetshwe ngeziqubulo ezilwa nempi ngaphansi kwezingubo zethu zomgwaqo sangena embukisweni futhi sehla ezitebhisini ezihambayo ukuze sigibele esakhiweni saso. Saboshwa ngesitebhisi futhi sasuswa, futhi sabanjwa ngobusuku obandulela ukukhululwa ngaphandle kwecala eTilongweni laseBordeaux lango-1908. Vele, senza izindaba zomhlaba wonke. Uyemukelwa eCanada!

I-Resistance kwakuyimvubelo ekhulisa iMobe; siphakamise isinkwa ukwenza kwenzeke. ISky Mobe yavela ekomitini kazwelonke lokuhlanganisa iMpi ukuze kuphele Impi eVietnam, eholwa nguDave Dellinger, owayehola i-100,000-solid Confiding the Warmaker to march on the Pentagon on October 21, 1967.

I-682 yethu yaboshwa ePentagon, ukuboshwa okukhulu kakhulu kokungalaleli komlando emlandweni waseMelika. (Yebo, abanye abantu bafaka izimbali emiphongolweni yezibhamu zeNational Guardsmen zisigcina singenile futhi amanye amasosha asijoyina — ngikubonile!)

I-Mobe yakhiwa izinsalela eziningi zendabuko kepha eziningi ze- 'New Left', zaba ngabafundi beDemocratic Society kanye nabanye ababambe iqhaza empini efana ne-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, iBlack Panthers, iCongress of Racial Equity, i-Industrial Abasebenza Umhlaba, kanye namaYippies.

Njengommeleli wenhlangano, ngaya emhlanganweni wokuqala wezwe Wobblies kanye nomhlangano wokuqala wamaKhomanisi aseMelika selokhu wethusa uMbomvu uMcCarthy. Ngabona umsebenzi wami njengobamba umfelandawonye wenhlangano ungazibandakanyi kwezepolitiki. Ubudlova kwakuyindlela yokuzihlula yohulumeni omkhulu.

Bengiqhuba okukhulu ukwelulekwa kwezinsizwa ezineminyaka engakashayi isikhathi se-The Resistance. Iningi lamaphilisi ami e-pacifist ayeya ejele, agwetshwe iminyaka emithathu kuya kwemihlanu ngaphansi kweSelection Service Act. Ngethembekile bengingakulindele okuncane. Ubaba wami wayengajabule ngalokhu, kodwa akazange azame ukungikhuba nami. Ngiqale ukuklaya izeluleko eCanada, okuthiwa ama-'dodger 'kanye nabahlaseli bezempi kanye, futhi wajabula lapho ngifunela intombazane yaseCanada yamaQuaker ngenkathi ngihlela uDaniel Finnerty noCharles Funnell Kuthunyelwe: Handbook for the Draft-Age Emigrant kwe-Philadelphia Resistance e-1967.

NgoMeyi 6, i-1968, ezinsukwini ezinhlanu ngemuva kokuzalwa kwami ​​kwe-18th, sabamba umbukiso phambi kwe-Federal Building eNewark, eNew Jersey, lapho kwakuhlelelwa khona ukuzilolonga kanye nokuzilawula. Kodwa-ke, ngalolo suku abantu abangaphezu kwe-1,500, abajabulele i-Bread and Puppet Theatre noGeneral Hershey Bar, (umphathi weParadise Selection Service, uGen Lewis B. Hershey), wabungaza ukugubha ukwenqaba kwami ​​ukubhalisa. Zazingekho izindondatho noma zomzimba ngalolo suku. Le mbewu yahlafunwa yaphenduka yonke imisebenzi eqokiwe.

Ngaphezu kwe-2,000 yabasekeli bami basayine isitatimende bethi babelulekile, bangisiza futhi bangivimba ukuthi ngenqabe okusalungiswa, isenzo esiphethe izinhlawulo ezifanayo ezingokomthetho zeminyaka emihlanu ejele kanye nenhlawulo ye- $ 10,000. Sazibhekisa kwiFederal Marshal eseNewark evele yenqaba ukungibopha. Futhi ngangiphathe ibhashi lamazinyo!

Igama elithi 'evader' linokukhala okungaqondakali kukho, kungathi umuntu uyigwala. Kudingeka sishintshe umbono ngoba okuwukuphela kwento abaphikisi abahamba ngayo kungukulunga. Ama-COs abizwa futhi, ngokuzizwa, 'ama-shirkers' noma 'ama-slackers'. Ukuphela kwento esiyihluphayo ukukhipha amaketanga ezempi.

Ngangihlelile kakade ukuthuthela eCanada. Kodwa-ke, nganginezinto ezimbalwa ezimbalwa okufanele ngizenze ukuqeda impi.

Ihlobo lami le-1968 ngichithwe ePolaris Action Farm ye-New England Committee ye-Nonviolent Action, egxilwe epulazini le-1750 elasemakhaya iVoluntown, eConsticut. Ngaleli hlobo, iqembu elinophiko lwasendlini oluzibiza ngamaMunutemen lalihlela ukuhlasela ipulazi le-CNVA futhi libulale wonke onogada. Amaphoyisa ayazi ngalesi sakhiwo kodwa akasazisanga ngoba ecabanga (ngokufanele) ukuthi sizoxwayisa abakwaMinutemen.

Abanqobi abahlanu abalungile bafika eseshonile ubusuku bango-Agasti futhi babeka isikhali ngokuzenzekelayo ku-tripod enkundleni. Ngaleso sikhashana, amaphoyisa aseColoudicut State Amaphoyisa ahlasela amaMinutemen emlilweni. Enye yemizuliswano ishaye imbobo okhalweni lomunye wabahlali bethu, uRoberta Trask; wayedinga ukuhlinzwa okukhulu nokuvuselelwa. Iminyaka ethile, ngabhalela enye yamaMininut ejele. INew England CNVA ihlala njengeVoluntown Peace Trust.

Ihlobo lami le-1969 ngichithwe ngisebenza no-Arlo Tatum, uGeorge Willoughby, Bent Andressen nabanye eCentral Committee for Conscierv Objectors ePhiladelphia, ukwelulekwa kwabesilisa abangaseneminyaka engu-10 ubudala kanye nokuhlela uhlelo lwe-11th lwe-CCbook's Handbook for Conscious Conservence. Ngaba nenhlanhla yokuhlala nezishoshovu zokugcina ukuthula u-Wally noJuanita Nelson. Angikaze ngihlangane nezishoshovu ezizinikele ngokwengeziwe noma omunye umuntu othandweni .; babegubha impilo ngazo zonke izindlela.

INew England CNVA yangikhetha njengommeleli wayo engqungqutheleni yaminyaka yonke yeJapan Socialist Party ebhekene ne-A ne-H Bombs e-1969 ngenxa yocwaningo lwami ngamabhomu athomu namakhono olimi lwaseJapan. Ngingomunye wabahambeli bamazwe ayisishiyagalombili futhi ngokuqinisekile ngingomncane kunabo bonke.

Ayikho into ebengangilungiselela yona uHiroshima e-8: 15 am ngo-Agasti 6th epicenter of “Little Boy” blast atomic; alukho ubizo olukhulu ngokuthula. Ngisebenza neWorld Friendship Center eyasungulwa e-1965 nguBarbara Reynolds, ngachitha isikhathi sami esiningi kuzo zombili izibhedlela zaseHiroshima naseNagasaki Atomic Bomb lapho abantu besabulawa yizifo zemisebe ecishe ibe ngu-70.

Ngaphandle kwesikhungo samasosha aseMelika eNaha, e-Okinawa, nginikeze inkulumo ngesiJapan. Ngemuva kwalokho ngaphenduka izikhulumi ukuba ziqhume isisekelo esikhulu saseMelika ngemiyalo yabantu abazihambelayo.

NgoSeptemba 1969, ngazithola ngihlala eCanada. Umsebenzi wami oncomekayo ubesebenza ngokuqoqwa okukhulu kwamaphepha afakwa kungqondongqondo yemifino yaseBrithani uBertrand Russell eMcMaster University. URussell wabasekela kakhulu labo abenqaba ngenxa kanembeza njengoba kwaba njalo ngoHenri Barbusse, u-Albert Einstein noHG Wells.

Ngasekelwa kakhulu ngabashisekeli beToronto Quaker, uJack noNancy Pocock abavula ikhaya labo laseNew Yorkville nezinhliziyo kwabathunjwa abaningi, kamuva abantu baseVietnam abahamba ngesikebhe baphinde babalekela eLatin America.

Isipiliyoni sami njengomeluleki osalungiswa saholela ekutheni ngisebenze noMark Satin weToronto Anti-Draft Program ukuhlela nokubukeza uhlelo lwesine lweManuwali Yakhe Yabokufika Eminyakeni Yabokufika eCanada, eyashicilelwa ngo-1970. Umshicileli wencwadi, i-House of Anansi Press , ngaqala ukuzihlanganisa nemfundo ehlukile eRochdale College eToronto, lapho ngangihlala khona futhi ngaba yingxenye yezokuphatha.

Umsebenzi engangiwuthola ngaleso sikhathi wawungu-Toronto's Adiction Research Foundation ohlonishwayo, ukuhamba ibanga ukusuka e-The Rock, ukusuka kwesinye isitolo sezidakamizwa kuya kwesinye! Ngavuselela amasampula ezidakamizwa kubathengisi base Rochdale ngaya kodokotela be-ARF ukuze ngihlolwe, ngivikele ukuphepha komphakathi wentsha. Ekugcineni ngafuduka e-ARF ngaya esibhedlela iWhebyby Psychiatric Hospital lapho ngasingatha khona izazi zezengqondo zaseBrithani, iRD Laing kanye noDavid Cooper. Sikhubaze imishini ye-electroshock lapho futhi sathatha ama-psychedelics amaningi.

Kungalesi sikhathi lapho ngangisebenza khona ngohlobo lukaloliwe wokugcina ongaphansi komhlaba owahlela izinto zokuhamba eziya eCanada naseSweden zabahlali bamasosha aseMelika kanye nabasiki bengqephu abasebeselethe ukukhokhiswa.

Kuzofanele ngikhulume ukuthi impilo enhlanganweni enkulu yezokuthula yayiyisenzo esinzima ukusilandela. Kepha ukuzwela okungezona ezodumo kudinga ukuphindiselwa njalo. I-unscoöperation ethile inosuku lokuphelelwa yisikhathi bese umuntu kufanele adlulele ezindabeni ezintsha, amaqhinga amasha. Ngokungafani nabaningi bezishoshovu zangesikhathi samanje abahlala e-US, ukuthuthela eCanada, kimi, njengoLowell Naeve kulawa makhasi, ukusetha kabusha okuhlaziyayo okungenza ngakwazi ukuhlala ngithembekile kunembeza wami nezindinganiso zokuziphatha kodwa ngisaqhubeka nokuncipha ukucabanga okubucayi kanye nokuhlaziywa.

Kungangikhumbula ukungasebenzisi isikweletu esikhulu se-LSD phakathi kwentsha ngokukhuthaza ukungalungiswa kokungalingani. Kunzima kakhulu ukuba munye nakho konke uma kulimaza noma ubani kufana nokuzibulala. Ngiyethemba ukuthi ukuzihlola ngokomoya okwenziwe ukuthi kwenzeke ngama-psychedelics kubuye kithi. Siyayidinga…

Emashumini eminyaka angenelela, ngihloniphe futhi ngacacisa ukuthi isenzo esiqondile esingelona neze lukusho kimi sisho ukuthini kimi. Ukuchazwa kwami ​​kwandise kakhulu. Manje sengamukela ngokuphelele umqondo wokuwohloka komnotho kanye nokubhujiswa kwemishini yobubi. Angisacabangi ukuthi isishoshovu kudingeka sikwenze lokho ngokukhululekile bese sidela. Kungcono ukwenze lokhu ngasese futhi uphile ukutshala enye imonkeywrench lapho izosebenza kahle kakhulu ekupheliseni udlame.

Ukudingiswa “ekudingisweni” kungenzeka kushintshe izimo zami kepha hhayi impilo yami. ECanada, angikaze ngehluleke ukwazisa i-FBI ngokushintshwa kwekheli lami. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kokuthi ngibekwe icala ku-1970, azange bangazise. Bengisazi isimo sami esingemthetho ngenkathi ngihambela e-US kodwa angizange ngibe nomthwalo nakho.

Ekwindla le-1976, ngaqasha indlu yokuqasha epulazini eliseBuc Robert, eWashington. IPoot Roberts yiMelika kuphela ngenxa yendawo yayo engezansi kwe-49th parallel. Ingafinyelelwa kuphela ngamanzi aseMelika noma ngomgwaqo… ngeCanada.

Impi yaseMelika yayisiphelile isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka. Kodwa-ke, ngobunye ubusuku obumnyama ngoDisemba, kumenyezelwe umuntu ongqongqozayo emnyango, amaMarshals aseMelika, amaphoyisa endawo kanye namaphini kaSheriff. Lapho ngibatshela ukuthi ngingowaseCanada futhi ngangimane ngiphume emotweni yabo lapho sifika emngceleni, bangicebisa ukuthi ngigqoke ngokufudumele.

Beboshwe futhi beboshwe izandla, bangigibela esikebheni esincane se-aluminium saya esikebheni se-70-foot Coast cutter enenqwaba yamadoda e-15. Lapho laba bafana, bonke abancane kunami, bebuza ukuthi ngenzeni, bamangala; kumuntu, bacabanga ukuthi okusalungiswa kuphelile. Ngakho-ke ngafika e-Whatcom County Jail. Ukuze kudideke abalandeli bami abebebuthana ejele, bangiyisa e-incommunicado eKing County Jail eSeattle. Ngazila ukudla waze wamiswa uMongameli omusha.

Ngisanda kuba ngumAmerican wokugcina oboshelwe ukungenela iVietnam, futhi waxolelwa okokuqala.

UJimmy Carter wakhethwa njengoMongameli ngoNovemba we1976. Ngosuku olulandelayo athathe izintambo, uJanuwari 21, 1977, isenzo sokuqala sikaCarter njengoMongameli kwaba yiProclamation 4483 esabaxaka ngokungagodli bonke labo abasolwa ngokwephulwa komthetho okusukela ku-1964 kuya ku-1973. Kufaka mina-ngihambile! Umkhosi omkhulu wabasekeli ubanjelwe eCapitol Hill Methodist Church.

Ngenxa yesikhundla sami esiphakathi nenhlangano yezokuthula yaseMelika, ngiqale lezi zingxoxo ku-1966 lapho ngangineminyaka eyi-16. Bengilindele ngokuphelele ukuthi ngiye ejele lo msebenzi futhi bengifuna ukuhlohlwa ngaphambili. Kungekudala ngabona ukuthi lezi zingxoxo zizogqugquzelwa futhi zikhuthaze abanye abalingisi abasalungiswa njengoba bebenjalo kimi.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ubungani bami nalezo zishoshovu ezingenasibindi zangiqinisekisa ukuthi unembeza uholele ekuzinikeleni, ekuzinikeleni ekuziphatheni okubi, ekuvumeleni ukwenqaba, kanye nokwenqaba ukungahlanganyeli. Ama-pacadists angajwayelekile angithande ngisemusha onezimiso umthetho ngaya ebusheni bokuphila konke.

Nginqume ukwenza lo msebenzi wokusebenza ube yincwadi engizoyabelana. Umngani kaPacifist, imbongi uBarbara Deming, ushicilelwe nguRichard Grossman eNew York. Ngokwazisa kwakhe, uDick wavuma ukushicilela le ncwadi. UDick unginikeze i- $ 3000 phambili wathi asihlale efulethini lakhe leLower East Side inyanga eyodwa. Kodwa-ke, ngangisethuthele eCanada, umbhalo wesandla ulahlekile, ngabaleka nemali kaGrossman. (Uxolo, Dick!) Udadewethu usanda kuthola muva kwamabhokisi wami wokugcina umlando womndeni, ngemuva kweminyaka engaphezu kwe-40.

Kwesinye isikhathi ngizwa ngathi yiForrest Gump yokunyakaza kwesimanje kwenkolo. Ngihlangane nawo wonke umuntu, ngakhombisa yonke indawo, ngaboshwa kaningi. Ngibe nenhlanhla yokuba ngenziwe umndeni ezizukulwaneni ezintathu zama-Refuseniks aziwa kahle. Namuhla ngenza konke okusemandleni ami ukudlulisela lezo zimfundiso zikanembeza kubafundi bami.

Bengifuna ukwazi ukuthi le mibhalo ibinentshisekelo yomlando noma ifanele izishoshovu zempi zanamuhla. Ngokusebenza futhi ngalezi zingxoxo, ngithola ukuthi laba bavuseleli bahlwanyele imbewu yefilosofi yempilo yami yonke ye-anarchism, socialism, and pacifism, ukulingana kwezomthetho, inkululeko yenkululeko. Azisanyakazi manje kimi njengoba sengimdala njengoba zazinjalo lapho ngisemncane. Lezi zishoshovu zokuthula zisasifundisa yonke incazelo yangempela yesibindi.

Ngivuse usizi ngesihloko sale ncwadi ku-1966. Ngisebenzise isicaphukiso sikaThoreau futhi ngabiza lo mbhalo wesandla othi, “In Quiet Desperation…”. Ngicabanga ukuthi manje-ke, lelo gama lalingumkhiqizo wesikhathi salo, lapho izinsizwa zazizizwa zifisa kakhulu ukuya ejele — kwakuwukugcina. Angisakukholwa lokho. Ngicabanga ukuthi ukungalaleli okungekho emthethweni ngekhulu le-21st kufanele kube yisinqumo sethu sokuqala… uma sizibophezele ushintsho lwangempela nolunenjongo. Futhi iCD idinga ukuba nomqondo wokuhlekisa! Okungcono futhi, ungabanjwa futhi uphilele ukwenza olunye usuku. Lokho ukungazwisisi kwezinguquko…

Ukuvota ngezinyawo zami akuzange kuqede amandla ami okusebenza. Ngaboshwa kanye nabanye be-1,500 e-Nevada Nuclear Test Site e-1983; Ama-Quaker ayengamaqembu wami wobudlelwano (sheesh!); savalela izingalo sagijima ngokushesha futhi saze sakwazi ukufika ngaphezulu kocingo, okwenza ama-Wackenhut goons adlala i-whack-a-mole asijaha phakathi kwe-cacti ngama-SUVs. Lapho ngibuzwa ngamaphoyisa ombuso, ngabeka igama lami njengo “Martin Luther King”.

Ngazakhela ikhabethe ngesandla eClayoquot Sound ngasogwini olusentshonalanga lweVancouver Island e1975. Abantu bokuqala beZizwe bahlala lapha iminyaka engu-10,000. Bafika nemisedari njengoba unyaka wokugcina weqhwa uncipha. Ukusuka ku-1984 kuya ku-1987, ngavikela ihlathi lemvula elinomusa lasePacific elineminyaka engu-1,500, okokuqala eMeares Island, umbono wami ongaphambili egcekeni.

Isu lami lathathwa kubagawuli bomdabu. Ngisekele ukushayela izipikisi ezinkulu ezihlahleni ezibaluleke kakhulu ukuzenza zingabi nalutho embonini ekhiqiza iphepha langasese nokukopisha iphepha. Sekukonke, amakhilomitha-skwele ayi-12½ okugawulwa okuhlongozwayo afakwa eMeares Island, ngaphezu kwezihlahla ezindala ezingama-23,000. Ngilandele lokhu ngeminikelo yokuqothula izihlahla eMhlabeni Kuqala! Incwadi, i-Ecodefense: Umhlahlandlela Wensimu Wokudonswa Kwemfene yi-EF! umsunguli osebenza naye uDave Foreman.

ISulfur Passage eseClayoquot mainland yeVancouver Island nayo yasongelwa ngokugawulwa kokuguga okudala ukukhula. Mina nendodakazi yami sahloma ingane encane kumgwaqo wokugawula ukuze siqhubeke. Ngubani okhulumela izihlahla, kuze kube manje phezulu ileli lokuzivela kithi? Ngemuva kokuboshwa ngendiza enophephela emhlane, ngaziphatha ngokwami ​​ukuzivikela enkantolo eNkulu yase-BC futhi ngachitha izinsuku ze-37 zokuhlanjalazwa kombango emajele esifundazwe.

I-Antipodean Corporado enkulu, elawula i-20 ¢ kuwo wonke amadola aseNew Zealand, ibisemuva kokususwa entshonalanga. Ngiye e-New Zealand neqembu le-Clayoquot Sound abomdabu ukwenza izwi lethu lizwakale kuma-1990 Commonwealth Games e-Auckland. Siphinde sakwazi ukuvala umbhoshongo wenkampani egawula izingodo bese sithumela nabaphangi bayo ukuba babaleke.

Ngiphinde ngaboshwa e-Oakland, eCalifornia ngokuvimba izitimela zemishini eya eContord Naval Weapons Station e1987. Iqembu lethu elincanyana lasimboza amathrekhi ngokwenza amatende. Ngaphakathi etendeni, besiletha amathuluzi asindayo futhi sasimatasa sisusa ujantshi.

Lapho ngithuthele eThailand, ukucwaswa okuyimfihlo, okubanzi, okungenangqondo kwakuthinta ucwaningo lwami lwezezifundo futhi kuqinisa ikhono labafundi bami lokukhiqiza amaphepha ancintisana nomhlaba. Ngiqale i-Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (i-FACT) ngesicelo esiya kuKhomishane Yamalungelo Esintu Kazwelonke. Akekho owayekhuluma esidlangalaleni mayelana nokubalwa kwabantu kwaseThailand lapho, kuze kube manje, uhulumeni uvimbe amakhasi ewebhu angaphezu kwesigidi. Iqiniso liguqule izingxoxo ezinolwazi mayelana nokubalwa kwabantu kusuka ku-taboo kuya ekubeni nemfashini. Ukucelwa kuseyinkinga yezinkinga ezishisayo lapha.

I-FACT ithumele uhlu oluvinjiwe lukahulumeni njengeminye yemibhalo yokuqala kuma-WikiLeaks e-2006. Ngasekuqaleni kwe-2007, uJulian Assange wangimema ukuthi ngizosebenza ebhodini lezokweluleka leWikiLeaks laphesheya, okuyisikhundla engisasiphethe.

Njengamanje, ngingumsunguli we-Nonviolent Conflict Workshop eBangkok. Siyethemba ukuvikela ukuqashelwa kwabenqaba ukuya empini ngenxa kanembeza ngaphansi kohlaka lwebutho laseThailand ngomgomo osekude wokuqeda ukubuthelwa phansi ngokuphelele.

Ngifisa ngokukhethekile ukwazisa ngokubonga okujulile nothando izibani zempi zempi ezangifundisa ku-5 Beekman Street: AJ Muste (1885-1967); UDave Dellinger (1915-2004) (Inkululeko); UKarl Bissinger (1914-2008), uGrace Paley (1922-2007), u-Igal Roodenko (1917-1991), uRalph DiGia (1914-2008), uJim Peck (1914-1993), uDavid McReynolds (War Resisters League); UBradford Lyttle, uPeter Kiger, uMarty Jezer (1940-2005), uMaris Cakars (1942-1992) noSusan Kent, uBarbara Deming (1917-1984), uKeith noJudy Lampe, uPaul Johnson, u-Eric Weinberger (1932-2006), u-Allan USolomonow (IKomidi Lezenzo Ezingavumelani, INew York Workshop kuNonviolence nakuWIN Magazine); UJoe Kearns (I-Student Peace Union). Embuthanweni wethu obanzi we-pacifist, uMax & Maxine Hoffer (Umhlangano Wabangane eMontclair); UMarjorie noBob Swann, uNeil Haworth (IKomidi Elisha LaseNgilandi Lesenzo Esingenacala); Wally (1909-2002) & Juanita Nelson, Ernest (1912-1997) & Marion (1912-1996) Bromley, (Abenzi Bokuthula); U-Arlo Tatum, uGeorge Willoughby (1914-2010), uBent Andresen, uLawrence Scott (Ikomidi Eliphakathi Labenqaba Ngenxa Kanembeza). La ma-pacifists anesibindi ahlala engumndeni wami ophikisayo. Babemnene futhi benamandla ekwenzeni umhlaba ongcono wawo wonke umuntu. Banginike imfundo yokuthula engcono kakhulu umfana 'waseMurrican angaba nayo. Kugcine kuze kube namuhla.

Kungangikhumbula ukuthi ngingafaki amathonya nenkuthazo yami ebanzi yokudlanga: Abameli be-Radical pro bono ukunyakaza, (futhi imvamisa eyami): uBill Kunstler (1919-1995), uGerry Lefcourt, uLen Weinglass (1933-2011), noLenny UBoudin (1912-1989). Kwakuvame ukubhekelwa edelelekile ekuzivikeleni kwethu. UTimothy Leary (1920-1996); Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997); I-AC Bhaktivedanta Swami (1896-1977) (iKrishna Consciousness); UMichael Francis Itkin (1936-1989) (Umbhishobhi ka-Gay); Paul Krassner (The Realist); UStokely Carmichael (IKomidi Lokuxhumanisa labafundi); UGary Rader (1944-1973) (Ama-Resource Resource Area weChicago); Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981); UMario Savio (1942-1996); IJim Forest (Ukuthula KwamaKatolika); I-Aryeh Neier (iNew York Civil Liberties Union); Abie Nathan (1927-2008) (Izwi Lokuthula); Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989) (Yippie!); UBob Fass (WBAI); UDee Jacobsen (Abafundi beDemocratic Society); noWalter Dorwin Teague III (IKomidi lase-US Ukusekela i-National Liberation Front yaseVietnam). Izishoshovu ze-antinuclear: Grey Nun Dr. Rosalie Bertell; Udokotela wase-Australia uDkt. Helen Caldicott; UDade Megan Rice, uMichael Walli, uGregory Boertje-Obed (Transform Now Plowshares); Abasakazi Abasebenza EmaKhatholika amaRosemary Lynch noKlaryta Antoszewska (Isipiliyoni seGreater Nevada). Nezazi zethu zefilosofi: Richard Gregg (1885-1974), Gene Keyes, George Lakey, Gene Sharp, Paul Goodman (1911-1972), Howard Zinn (1922-2010), Dwight Macdonald (1906-1982), Noam Chomsky.