Ku-newsletter ngayinye ye-biweekly, sabelana izindaba ze World BEYOND War izisebenzi zokuzithandela emhlabeni jikelele. Ufuna ukuzithandela World BEYOND War? I-imeyili greta@worldbeyondwar.org.
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Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Indaba yakho yomuntu siqu ijabulisa kakhulu. Usebenzele Umbutho Wezempi Wasemanzini wase-US iminyaka engu-20 usebenza, umiswe emhlabeni wonke, kusukela e-Iceland kuya e-Tunisia. Bese wenza i-180 ephelele, waba umongameli kazwelonke wokuqala wesifazane we-Veterans For Peace. Yini ebangele ukuguqulwa kwakho kusuka ku-Navy Commander kuya ku-Veterans For Peace President, futhi manje unguMongameli Webhodi World BEYOND War?
Lona umbuzo engibuzwa kakhulu, futhi lokho kuyaqondakala. Ngajoyina amasosha ngesizathu esifanayo nesenziwa abantu abaningi, futhi lokho kungenxa yokuthi ngangidinga umsebenzi, hhayi ngoba ngifuna ukubamba iqhaza elibonakalayo kunqubomgomo yezempi yase-US/yangaphandle. Njengomkhiqizo wesistimu yemfundo yomphakathi yaseMissouri, angizange ngifundiswe ngomlando wama-impiriyali wase-United States. Futhi, njengowesifazane, kwakungekho mbuzo ukuthi ngiyoke ngifakwe esimweni sokubulala umuntu noma ngesaba ukufa mina, ngakho angizange ngibhekane naleyo nkinga kanembeza. Ngenkathi ngimatasatasa, angizange ngizicabange “njengeqhawe,” ngakho angizange ngiguqule ngokuphelele i-180. Kwakufana nokusuka esikhundleni sokungathathi hlangothi ngiye endaweni yokulwa nempi.
Ngemva kokusebenza njengomongameli we-VFP, yini eyakukhuthaza ukuba uhlanganyele nayo World BEYOND War (WBW) ikakhulukazi?
Ama-Veterans For Peace iyinhlangano enkulu, futhi ngiyaziqhenya ngesikhathi engisichithe ngihola lapho. I-VFP iyona kuphela inhlangano enkulu yokulwa nempi eyakhiwe omakadebona, futhi lokho kuletha ukwethembeka okulalelwayo. Ngisawusekela umsebenzi wabo, kodwa lapho uDavid Swanson engithinta ukuze angitshele ngomqondo wale nhlangano entsha - ukubhekana nesikhungo sempi ngendlela eqhubekayo, hhayi ngokusabela "empini yosuku" - ngangiqinisile ngempela. onentshisekelo. Ngibe ne-WBW kusukela ngoSuku 1.
Yiziphi izinhlobo zezenzo zokuzithandela ozisiza ngazo?
Angazi noma ngizifikela ngokwemvelo yini, noma kwakuyiminyaka engu-20 ngiyisikhulu eMbuthweni Wamanzi, kodwa ngivame ukuthatha izindima zobuholi ngokuvamile. Njengamanje ngisebenza njengoMongameli Webhodi Labaqondisi be-WBW. Ezinsukwini zokuqala sasinelungu elilodwa kuphela letoho - uDavid Swanson - futhi kwaba nezinyanga lapho singakwazi ngisho ukumkhokhela, ngakho ngasebenza kanzima ekwakheni isisekelo sethu sobulungu, ukuqoqwa kwezimali, kanye nemfundo, futhi ngathatha umsebenzi wokuphatha. imisebenzi efana nokubhala izincwadi zokubonga. Njengoba isikhathi sihamba, ngaqhubeka nokusebenza nsuku zonke noDavid, ngiba “njengowesifazane wakhe ongakwesokudla” wakhe. Ngokuyisisekelo, ngibe yingxenye yakho konke—ukuqoqwa kwezimali, ukuhlela amasu, ukuqashwa kwabasebenzi, ukuhlela izingqungquthela, imfundo, njll.
Iyiphi incomo yakho ephezulu kumuntu ofuna ukuhileleka ne-WBW?
Into yokuqala wonke umuntu okufanele ayenze ilula - thatha isibambiso sokuthula! Ngokusayina igama lakho ku-WBW Declaration of Peace, uzojoyina abantu abangaphezu kuka-75,000 emazweni angu-175 bonke abazibophezele ekupheleni kwempi. Uma ususayinile, uzothola izibuyekezo zomsebenzi wethu, futhi izenzakalo okwenzeka endaweni yangakini. Hlola iwebhusayithi ukuze ubone ukuthi sikhona yini isahluko se-WBW endaweni yakini. Uma kunjalo, xhumana nabo futhi uhlanganyele emisebenzini yabo. Uma ungekho eduze nesahluko, futhi ungakalungeli ukuqala esisodwa, usengahlela imicimbi efana nokubukwa kwefilimu noma isethulo. Xhumana noMqondisi wethu Ohlelayo, Greta, futhi uzokuxhuma ngazo zonke izinhlobo zezinsiza ukuze kube lula.
Yini ekugcina uphefumulelwe ukusekela ushintsho?
Ngizovuma ukuthi ngezinye izikhathi kunzima kakhulu ukuhlala uphefumulelwe futhi unethemba. Kulo mkhakha, ushintsho luza kancane, futhi izinkinga zinkulu kangangokuthi kulula ukuzwa sengathi awukwazi ukwenza umehluko ngempela. Siyazi ukuthi izinguquko ezinkulu kumphakathi zingenzeka, kodwa kufanele sibe yingxenye esebenzayo yalolo shintsho. Ukunganaki, ukunganaki nokungenzi lutho kuqhubekisela phambili isimo esikhona. Ngizama ukulandela amazwi kaHelen Keller: “Ngiyedwa; kodwa mina ngimunye. Angikwazi ukwenza konke, kodwa noma kunjalo kukhona engingakwenza; Ngeke ngenqabe ukwenza into engingayenza.”
Kuthunyelwe ngoDisemba 15, 2019.
