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Wazibandakanya kanjani nawe World BEYOND War (WBW)?
Ngibambe iqhaza ezenzweni zokulwa nempi kusukela ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-1980 ngisemncane. Bengihlala ngibamba iqhaza emihlanganweni yokuhlangana, imikhankaso yokubhala izincwadi, nezicelo, phakathi kweminye imisebenzi yezishoshovu. Ngemuva kwemihlangano eyayilwa nempi yase-Iraq ngo-2003 yehlulekile ukumisa ukuhlaselwa, ngadumala isikhashana kwathi eminyakeni embalwa ezayo ngangifuna indlela engcono yokuqinisa iqembu ukuthi liyeke izimpi. Cishe ngo-2012 ngahlanganyela I-Initiative Yokuthula yaseCanada ebesebenzela ukusungula uMnyango Wokuthula kuhulumeni waseCanada. Ngo-2016 ngaya emcimbini obuseBellingham Unitarian Fellowship lapho kukhulunywa khona noDavid Swanson. Kusukela lapho ngaqala ukufunda kabanzi ngayo World BEYOND War futhi waqala ukufunda incwadi kaDavid Impi ingamanga. Ekugcineni ngaya engqungqutheleni eyayiseToronto ngonyaka ka-2018 ebizwa Ayikho iMpi 2018. Ngalesi sikhathi ngase ngiphefumulelwe kakhulu World BEYOND WarUmsebenzi kanye nengqungquthela enginqume ukuthi ngizoqala ngayo isahluko Indawo yeVancouver. Ngayiqala le nqubo lapho ngibuyela ekhaya futhi isahluko sasivukile futhi sisebenza ngo-2019.
Yiziphi izinhlobo zezenzo zokuzithandela ozisiza ngazo?
Indima yami yamanje injengomxhumanisi wezahluko World BEYOND War IVancouver. Ngibamba iqhaza ekuhleleni imicimbi yesahluko. Emcimbini wethu wokuqala uTamara Lorincz ukhulume ngokuxhumana phakathi Isimo Sezulu, Impi Nempi. Ngemuva kwalokho saba nemicimbi embalwa lapho uDavid Swanson ekhuluma khona ngezinganekwane zempi. Amavidiyo atholakele lapha futhi lapha.
Nami ngiyingxenye yekomidi lokuhlela le #NoWar2021 ingqungquthela ehlelelwe uJuni 2021 e-Ottawa, futhi futhi eyingxenye yomzamo wokwakha kabusha inhlangano yaseCanada Peace Peace ngokudala iCanadaan Peace Network.
Iyiphi incomo yakho ephezulu kumuntu ofuna ukuhileleka ne-WBW?
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Yini ekugcina uphefumulelwe ukusekela ushintsho?
Ngikholwa ukuthi isikhathi sezinguquko ezinkulu siyeza. Izinkinga eziningi ziveza izinkinga ngesimo sesimo. Ngempela siyiplanethi eyodwa, nabantu oyedwa abahlala kule planethi enhle. Izenzo zethu zilimaza umhlaba futhi manje sesiqala ukubona imiphumela esabekayo yokuziphatha kwethu. Kulolu hlobo lwemvelo, icala lokuqeda zonke izimpi ngisho nesikhungo sempi liba namandla ngokwengeziwe. Ngigqugquzelwa njalo ngabantu abangenakubalwa emhlabeni wonke abalwela ukuqeda izimpi, ukuhlanza imvelo nokwakha umhlaba onobulungiswa futhi olinganayo kuwo wonke umuntu.
Ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus likuthinte kanjani amandla akho ku-activism?
Imicimbi isibe yinto ebonakalayo futhi kunqunyelwe ekuxhumaneni komuntu, noma kunjalo kunokukhula kokuxhumana ku-inthanethi. Lokhu kuletha ezinye izinselelo, kepha futhi namathuba athile.
Kuthunyelwe ngoJulayi 27, 2020.
