Ukubuka kwamavolontiya: uBill Geimer

Inyanga ngayinye, sihlanganyela izindaba ze World BEYOND War izisebenzi zokuzithandela emhlabeni jikelele. Ufuna ukuzithandela World BEYOND War? I-imeyili greta@worldbeyondwar.org.

Indawo:

IVictoria, eCanada

Uhlanganyele kanjani nesishoshovu sokulwa nempi futhi World BEYOND War (WBW)?

Ngemuva kokusebenza njengomphathi wethimba lamathangi, ngakhethelwa uhlelo loqeqesho lwezikole zamasosha. Inhloso yami bekuwukuba yisosha elisebenza ngemisebenzi efana nobaba. Angikhokhelwanga, ngaphandle uma isikole siphume izinsuku eziyisikhombisa noma ngaphezulu. Ngalezo zikhathi, ngabika kwabangu-82d Abn Div e-Ft Bragg NC. Ngithole imali eyengeziwe uma bengingathola isikhathi sokuphuma endizeni ethile. Konke lokho kwaqala ukuguquka ngonyaka wesiyaluyalu ngo-1968, futhi kwafinyelela umhlangano wango-1969 noJoan Baez, owangikhombisa amandla okungahlukumezeki. Ngayeka ebusosheni, ngaba ngumeluleki wezomthetho eHaymarket Square, indlu yekhofi eyayilwa nempi eFayetteville, NC, futhi ngamelela abenqaba ngenxa kanembeza.

Ukuthuthela eCanada ngonyaka ka-2000, ngachitha iminyaka emine ngibhala I-Canada: Icala lokuhlala kwezinye izimpi zabantu. Ngokuthola ithuba, ngathola incwadi kaDavid Swanson Impi ingamanga. Kwabonakala kimi ukuthi ngibhale okuthile okufana nenguqulo yaseCanada yencwadi kaDavid, okuphambene nalokho. Ngixhumane naye futhi bengisebenza ne-WBW kusukela lapho.

Yiziphi izinhlobo zezenzo zokuzithandela ozisiza ngazo?

Ngingumxhumanisi wezahluko ze World BEYOND War Victoria. Ngisebenze muva nje neqembu elincane, elenziwa yi-WBW, ngendaba yokuvuselela inhlangano yokuthula yaseCanada. Iphrojekthi yami yamanje Izinsimbi Zokuthula, uchungechunge lwemicimbi exhaswe yi-WBW ukukhumbula iminyaka engama-75 yamabhomu eHiroshima naseNagasaki.

Iyiphi incomo yakho ephezulu kumuntu ofuna ukuhileleka ne-WBW?

Ungaqali ukuthola ukuthi yini ongayincisha ngesikhathi ukuze uhlanganyele nayo. Esikhundleni salokho, nquma ukuthi yini ongayenza noma ukusekela ngenhliziyo yonke nangenjabulo. Noma ngabe kuyintshisekelo yakho ekhethekile noma uzinikela ngokuzenzela isinyathelo i-WBW esivele sikhona, amathuba ukuthi ukubaluleka kwenhlangano yokuthula, kanye nokweneliseka kwakho, kuzothuthukiswa ngokujoyina i-WBW.

Yini ekugcina uphefumulelwe ukusekela ushintsho?

Umuzwa wami womphakathi, wobunye nabantu bonke, kanye nezibonelo ezinhle kakhulu ezisethwe ngabenzi bokuthula, namuhla nangaphezulu kweminyaka.

Ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus likuthinte kanjani amandla akho ku-activism?

Ngezindlela ezithile ezinhle. Isibonelo, nginesikhathi sokukhuthaza Izinsimbi zemicimbi yokuthula kabanzi njenge-webinars ebukekayo esikhundleni sezehlakalo zomuntu. (Bengicabanga ukuthi iZoom izosho ukuya ngokushesha!) Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ubhubhane lwavala umsebenzi wami wokubhala ukukhuthaza ukuqonda kwezizwe nokubambisana phakathi kwabenzi bokuthula. Bengiqhuba izingxoxo zabafundi esikoleni esiphakeme sendawo lapho ubhubhane luhlasela futhi kuvalwa nesikole.

Kuthunyelwe ngoJuni 18, 2020.