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Uhlanganyele kanjani nesishoshovu sokulwa nempi futhi World BEYOND War (WBW)?
Ngenkathi ngivalelwe yedwa ngo-2020, nginesikhathi engingasithola, ngakwenza iphuzu lokuthi ngibhekisise futhi ngizame ukuqonda izimpi zase-Iraq nase-Afghanistan, ngoba bekusobala ukuthi izindaba ezilandisayo zokuthi kungani lezi zimpi zenzeka. Angeke ngempela uhlanganise. Ngenkathi nginolwazi lokuthi i-US ingenelele futhi yathumela iziteleka ze-drone emazweni amaningi kukho konke ukuphila kwami (okufana nePakistan, iSomalia, neYemen), bengingenakho ngempela ukuqaphela okuningi mayelana nesilinganiso sale mikhankaso noma ukuthi isiphi isizathu esasetshenziselwe ukuyithethelela. Vele, bengingangabazi ukuthi ukuphepha kuzwelonke kwaba yinto yokugcina yokukhathazeka ekuqhubekiseni le mikhankaso, futhi bengihlale ngizwa amazwi ahlabayo okuthi lezi zimpi “zimayelana nowoyela”, engicabanga ukuthi kuyiqiniso ngokwengxenye, kodwa ehluleka ukuyisho yonke indaba. .
Ekugcineni, ngiyesaba ukuthi kufanele ngivumelane nalokho okwabekwa uJulian Assange, ukuthi inhloso yempi yase-Afghanistan “kwakuwukugeza imali ezisekelweni zentela zase-US naseYurophu ngokusebenzisa i-Afghanistan futhi ubuyele ezandleni i-international security elite," kanye no-Smedley Butler, lokho, ukubeka kalula, "impi iwubuqili." I-Watson Institute yalinganisela ngo-2019 ukuthi izakhamizi ezingama-335,000 zabulawa phakathi neminyaka engama-20 edlule yokungenelela kwe-US eMiddle East, kanti ezinye izilinganiso zenziwe ngamanani aphezulu kakhulu. Mina, ngokwami, angikaze ngiqhunyiswe ngamabhomu, kodwa ngingakucabanga nje ukuthi kuyethusa ngokuphelele. Ngo-2020, ngangiyithukuthelele i-US ngokuvamile, kodwa leli “philisi elimnyama” lenkohlakalo yangempela eqhubeka nalesi sitayela sokungenela senqubomgomo yezangaphandle langikhuthaza ukuba ngihileleke ekulweleni umbuso nokulwa nempi. Singabantu abaphila enhliziyweni yombuso, futhi yithina esinamandla amakhulu atholakalayo okushintsha inkambo yezenzo zawo, futhi lokho kuyinto engicabanga ukuthi ikweletwa inqwaba yabantu abaye banemindeni yabo, imiphakathi yabo. , kanye nezimpilo ezicekeleke phansi kule minyaka engu-20+ edlule.
Yiziphi izinhlobo zezenzo zokuzithandela ozisiza ngazo?
Ngibambe iqhaza emibhikishweni nasemicimbini eminingi kanye nokwenza umsebenzi wokuvolontiya neFood Not Bombs, futhi njengamanje ngingumhleli we I-Divest Richmond evela ku-War Machine, eqhutshwa ngosizo oluvela ku-Code Pink kanye World BEYOND War. Uma ungumuntu endaweni futhi unentshisekelo yokulwa ne-imperial, sicela ugcwalise ifomu lokuxhumana ekhasini lethu lewebhu - singalusebenzisa ngempela usizo.
Yiziphi izincomo zakho eziphezulu kumuntu ofuna ukuzibandakanya nezishoshovu zokulwa nempi kanye ne-WBW?
Thola i-org futhi ufinyelele ekutheni ungazibandakanya kanjani. Kukhona abantu abanomqondo ofanayo laphaya abanendaba nezindaba ezifanayo ozenzayo futhi ngokuyisisekelo azipheli inani lomsebenzi okufanele wenziwe.
Yini ekugcina uphefumulelwe ukusekela ushintsho?
Abantu abaphethe, uma bengenalo ingcindezi evela emandleni angaphandle yokwesaba, bangenza noma yini abayifunayo. Umphakathi onganakile futhi ongenalo ulwazi uyasiza ukugcina lokhu. Iqiniso lokuthi yini eyethusayo eye yenziwa ezimpilweni zabantu ngomkhankaso wokufa osethathe amashumi eminyaka uhulumeni wase-US awenza eMpumalanga Ephakathi kungaphezu kwamandla ami ukukuqonda. Kodwa ngiyaqonda ukuthi, inqobo nje uma kungekho muntu owenza okuthile, khona-ke “ibhizinisi njengenjwayelo” (futhi umuntu udinga nje ukumba kancane ukuze abone ukuthi izimpi zabangeneleli “ziyibhizinisi njengenjwayelo” kangakanani e-US) zizoqhubeka. Nginomuzwa wokuthi, uma uluhlobo lomuntu oluzoma futhi lucabange ukuthi lezi zimpi azinangqondo kangakanani, kungani ziqhubeka zenzeka, futhi ezifeza izithakazelo zikabani ngempela, khona-ke unesibopho sokuziphatha okufanele wenze okuthile ngakho, ukuzibandakanya ezingeni elithile lokushisekela ipolitiki mayelana nanoma iyiphi inkinga oyibona ibaluleke kakhulu.
Ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus likuthinte kanjani amandla akho ku-activism?
Ngicabanga ukuthi ubhubhane, okuhle noma okubi kakhulu, kwakuyinto esemqoka engenze ngaba yingxenye yobushoshovu. Ukubuka izwe elicebe kakhulu emhlabeni akunaso isithakazelo sangempela sokusindisa inqwaba yabantu abangenamakhaya, noma amabhizinisi amancane amaningi avala iminyango yawo, futhi esikhundleni salokho akhethe ukuphinde anikeze ibheyili exhaswe ngabakhokhi bentela kwabacebile abambalwa abacebile kakade abaseduze nendawo. yamandla nabangane babo, ngabona ukuthi lokhu kwakuwuhlelo olufanayo lwe-ponzi ukuthi i-US bekuyimpilo yami yonke, nokuthi ngizoba ngaphansi kwaleli qiniso inqobo nje uma mina nabo bonke abanye lapha beqhubeka nokubekezelela. Nami, njengabanye abaningi, ngangena esimeni eside sokuvalelwa yedwa, okwanginika isikhathi esanele sokucabanga ngomhlaba, ngicwaninga ngezindaba zomphakathi, futhi ngifune namaqembu azohileleka ezinhlotsheni eziningi zobushoshovu nokuphumela emibhikishweni eminingi eyahlukene, okuhlanganisa imibhikisho yeBlack Lives Matter, kanye nemibhikisho emelene ne-ICE noma inkululeko yasePalestine. Ngibonga kakhulu ngalokhu okuhlangenwe nakho ngoba kungifundise okuningi ngomhlaba nezindlela izinkinga ezihlukene ezithinta ngayo abantu abahlukene. Ngikholelwa ukuthi ukube sonke besingazinika isikhathi sokukhathalela izinkinga zethu kuphela, kodwa nezabo bonke abasizungezile, besingakwazi ukwakha izwe elingcono kakhulu kunanoma yiliphi ebesilazi.
Ingxenye yokuqonda iqiniso lezepolitiki e-US ihlanganisa ukuqonda ukuthi izinkinga zethu zixhumene kangakanani. Isibonelo, abantu baseMelika abatholi ukufinyelela okuthembekile ekunakekelweni kwezempilo ngoba uhulumeni uchitha imali eningi ekuqhumiseni izakhamuzi ngamabhomu. Lokhu kugcina kusho ukuthini ukuthi amaphesenti amakhulu abantu abasemazingeni aphansi abakude kakhulu nezikhungo zombuso abakwazi ukuya kudokotela uma begula, futhi amaphesenti amakhulu abantu azohlupheka kakhulu futhi ithemba elincane ngekusasa. Lokhu kuholela ekuphelelweni ithemba okwengeziwe, kanye nokwehlukana okwengeziwe kanye nokuhlukana kwezombusazwe, njengoba abantu abaningi bezonda izimpilo zabo kakhulu. Uma ubona ukuhlangana kwalezi zinkinga, ungathatha isinyathelo sokunakekela umphakathi wakini, ngoba umphakathi uba khona kuphela lapho abantu behlangene ukuze basizane ezinkingeni zabo. Ngaphandle kwalokho, asikho isizwe sangempela, akukho mphakathi wangempela, futhi sonke sihlukene kakhulu, sibuthaka, futhi sodwa - futhi yileso simo kanye esenza ukuthi sonke sibe lula kakhulu ukusixhaphaza.
Kuthunyelwe ngoDisemba 22, 2021.
