Kamar sauran al'ummomi da dama, gwagwarmaya a Olympia, Washington da yaki da mamayar Amurka a Iraki ya ragu kadan tun bayan manyan zanga-zangar a watan Fabrairu da Maris 2003. A halin yanzu, ko da yake nasarar da Bush da 'yan Republican suka samu a cikin kasa ya haifar da yanke kauna, gwagwarmayar adawa da juyin juya hali. aikin ya sake karuwa a Olympia. Akwai yuwuwar a cikin gida da maiyuwa, bayan da za a gina wani yunkuri na yakar kayayyakin yaki zuwa Iraki. A ranar Juma’a, 5 ga Nuwamba, daga karfe 7 na safe zuwa 9 na safe, mutane kusan 200 ne ke rike da alamomin yaki da yaki tare da rarraba takardu na nuna adawa da yakin a manyan tituna 15 a Olympia da wasu garuruwa biyu na kusa. Kasancewar mafi ƙarfi ita ce kan wata gada zuwa cikin gari inda mutane 70 suka shirya da sabuwar babin Code Pink suka shirya kuma sanye da ruwan hoda suna riƙe da banners suna magana da masu wucewa. liyafar ta kasance mai inganci; mutane da dama da ke tuki da tafiya ta wurin sun yi tsokaci cewa ganin mutane a kan titi suna zanga-zangar ya rage musu kewa da kuma rashin iko.
A ranar Asabar, 6 ga watan Nuwamba, taron zaman lafiya da adalci da kungiyar Olympia Movement for Justice (OMJP) ta shirya ya samu halartar mutane 140. Wannan ya fi girma fiye da yadda masu shirya suka zato. Yawancin masu halarta sun kasance magoya bayan Kerry, waɗanda a yanzu suke son shiga cikin shirya yaƙi da Yaƙi, da kuma adawa da manufofin ra'ayin mazan jiya, hare-hare kan 'yancin ɗan adam da 'yancin ɗan adam, da kuma ajandar masu arziƙi na gwamnatin Bush. Dangane da hare-haren kisan gilla da aka kai a Falluja da kuma hasashen da ake sa ran za a yi lodin wani jirgin ruwa da kayan yaki ga Iraki, an yi ta sintiri a tashar ruwan Olympia daga ranar 15 ga Nuwamba. Jirgin, Intrepid, ya tsaya a ranar 17 ga Nuwamba, ya kuma loda da kaya domin shirin tashi zuwa Iraki a ranar Alhamis, 18 ga wata. OMJP ta yi kira da a yi gangami a tashar jiragen ruwa a ranar. Kimanin mutane 100 ne suka halarta. Fitattun masu magana sun kasance tsoffin sojoji. Sakon nasu shi ne cewa kawo karshen yakin wata hanya ce ta tallafawa sojojin Amurka. Aikewa da kayayyakin soji zai ci gaba da ci gaba da yakin da ake yi da al'ummar Iraki da kuma haddasa asarar rayukan Amurkawa. Bayan muzaharar da misalin karfe 5:00 na yamma, jama'a da dama daga cikin taron sun bi sahun wasu, sun yi tattaki zuwa wani shinge mai nisan yadi 50 da ya raba jama'a da ainihin tashar jiragen ruwa na Olympia inda ake lodin jirgin. Mambobin taron sun sare shingen. Ƙananan 'yan sanda na farko ya ƙaru da sauri yayin da ɗimbin 'yan sanda, da yawa a cikin kayan tarzoma suka isa. An kama wasu masu zanga-zangar biyu da suka tsallaka kan kadarorin Port da laifin yin kutse. Babu wani daga cikin masu zanga-zangar da ya tsoma baki wajen lodin jirgin da ya tashi zuwa teku da misalin karfe 8 na daren wannan rana dauke da manyan motoci da jirage masu saukar ungulu da kayayyaki iri-iri na sojojin Amurka a Iraki.
Bambance-bambancen Dabaru da Falsafa
A ranar Juma'a, 19 ga Nuwamba, jaridar yau da kullun ta gida, The Olympian, ta ba da labarin farko a kan aikin a tashar jiragen ruwa tare da hotunan masu zanga-zangar rufe fuska da kuma mai da hankali kan $3500 na lalacewar shingen. Wannan aikin ya haifar da muhawara mai karfi, lafiya da rashin warwarewa a tsakanin gwagwarmayar yaki a Olympia game da tasiri da halin kirki na lalacewar dukiya da ya faru. Har zuwa wani lokaci, ana samun bambance-bambancen shekaru da al'adu a tsakanin wadanda suka goyi baya da kuma adawa da rugujewar shingen. An yi irin wannan muhawara a Olympia da kuma bayan game da daukar mataki kai tsaye da tarukan shari'a da zanga-zanga a zanga-zangar WTO, wadda ta faru shekaru biyar da suka gabata a wannan makon mil sittin a arewa a Seattle. Wadanda suka bayar da hujjar cewa ruguza shingen da kuma idan zai yiwu jinkirta tashin jirgin wani aiki ne mai kyau kuma wajibi ne, sun yi iƙirarin cewa, wannan mataki ba na tashin hankali ba ne, kuma ya kwatanta yadda Olympia ke da alaƙa da manufofin kisan kai na Amurka a Falluja da Iraki.
Mahalarta wannan matakin suna son jaddadawa da bayyana wa mutane a Amurka da kuma bayan haka gwamnatin Amurka ba ta wakilce su, cewa akwai wani gagarumin rukuni na mutanen da ba za su bari ta'addancin Amurka ya faru da sunan su ba. Wani yunƙuri ne na haɓaka ƙimar zamantakewar yaƙi ta hanyar nuna ta hanyar ayyuka nau'ikan tsayin daka da za su faru a Amurka yayin da ake ci gaba da yaƙin. Mahalarta wannan aikin da masu fafutukar sa sun kasance kanana matasa. Yawancin mutanen da suka haura shekaru 30 da kuma da yawa daga cikin 'yan kungiyar Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace (OMJP), kungiyar da ta dade da zama a cikin gida, ba su goyi bayan asarar dukiya ba. Sun yi imanin rushe shingen zai zama batun maimakon yakin. Wasu mambobin OMJP sun yi imanin sakamakon lalacewar kadarori da hotuna a cikin jaridar masu zanga-zangar sanye da bandannas don rufe fuskokinsu, mazauna Olympia da al'ummomin da ke kewaye za su iya yin watsi da motsin da kuma yin watsi da manyan batutuwa.
Sun yi imanin cewa abin da ya faru bai yi tasiri ba saboda zai sa ya fi wahala a kai ga sauran al'umma da gina ƙwaƙƙwaran yaƙin yaƙi. Wata memba ta OMJP ta ce da ni za ta goyi bayan rashin biyayyar da aka shirya sosai inda mutane suka zauna kusa da jirgin amma ba abin da ya faru a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba ba. Akwai yarjejeniya gaba ɗaya cewa zargi da muhawara game da ayyukan yaƙi da wasu yakamata su faru gaba da gaba ba a cikin kafofin watsa labarai na yau da kullun ba. Matsayina shi ne, ayyuka irin wadanda suka faru a tashar jiragen ruwa wajibi ne kamar yadda ake gudanar da taruka da fagage. Dole ne su faru, duk da haka, a cikin mahallin kuma tare da ci gaba mai girma wanda ke gudanar da wayar da kan jama'a da ilimi fiye da gwagwarmayar yaki. Yana nufin yin magana da mutane da sauraron matsalolinsu ɗaya zuwa ɗaya da kuma zuwa majami'u, wuraren aiki, makarantu, da ƙungiyoyin al'umma don tattauna dalilin da yasa Amurka ta mamaye Iraki ba daidai ba ne kuma ya kamata a dakatar da kuma danganta yakin da matsalolin tattalin arziki na gida kamar haka. a matsayin kiwon lafiya maras araha, kulawar yara da ilimi mai zurfi, faɗuwar albashi da ma'aunin balloon da ke da alaƙa na gazawar biyan kuɗi. Yana nufin magana da sauraron mutanen da ke cikin sojoji da iyalansu game da lalata da rashin nasara a yakin da ake yi da Iraki.
Tashar jiragen ruwa na Jiya
A ranar Litinin, 22 ga Nuwamba, kwamishinonin tashar jiragen ruwa na Olympia sun gana. Tashar jiragen ruwa kamar sauran a Jihar Washington mallakar jama'a ne kuma zaɓaɓɓun kwamishinoni uku ne ke tafiyar da ita. Kwamishinoni na yanzu a Olympia kungiya ce mai ra'ayin mazan jiya da ke tafiyar da tashar jiragen ruwa da ta yi asara. Ta hanyar yin kwangila tare da sojoji, kudaden shiga zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa ya karu da kimanin dala 200,000 na jigilar kaya ko $ 600,000 a kowace shekara yana samar da ƙananan ragi da ƙarin aiki ga membobin Longshore Union. Saboda sha'awar da jama'a ke yi na aikin soja na tashar jiragen ruwa da kuma ayyukan da aka yi a makon da ya gabata, an samu fitowar mutane kusan 150 a wajen sauraron karar. Yawancin mutane kaɗan ne kawai ke halarta.
Mafi akasarin wadanda suka halarci taron sun nuna adawa da amfani da tashar jiragen ruwa domin aikewa da kayayyakin soji zuwa Iraki, ko da kuwa ana nufin harajin zai dan kara kadan don cike gibin da ake samu daga tashar. A cikin kusan mutane 50 da suka ba da shaida, 40 sun yi magana game da tashar jiragen ruwa da ake amfani da su wajen jigilar makamai. Yawancin shedar ta kasance mai magana sosai. An watsa karar ne a gidan talabijin na al'ummar yankin. Mun yi nuni da kudaden shiga da tashar jiragen ruwa ke samu a duk shekara sun kasance raguwa a cikin guga idan aka kwatanta da dala miliyan 80 a kowace shekara wanda shine kaso mai ƙima ga mazauna gundumomi na dala biliyan 100 da ake kashewa kowace shekara a yaƙin. Masu jawabai sun kalubalanci hujjar cewa muna jefa sojojin Amurka cikin hatsari ta hanyar kokarin takaita kayan yaki daga zuwa Iraki inda suka bayyana cewa wadannan makamai da manufofin suna haifar da kisa da wahala ga al'ummar Irakin tare da jefa sojojin Amurka cikin hadari. Hanyar kariya da tallafa wa sojojin Amurka ba ta hanyar aika makamai ba ne, amma ta hanyar kawo karshen yakin. Hakan zai haifar da yiyuwar samun zaman lafiya a Iraki yayin da ficewar Amurka za ta kawar da wani babban dalilin fada. Dangane da hujjar cewa, idan tashar jiragen ruwa ta Olympia ba ta ci gaba da kulla yarjejeniya da sojojin Amurka ba don aika kayayyaki zuwa Iraki, sojojin za su yi amfani da wasu tashoshin jiragen ruwa kamar Olympia da Tacoma, mun mayar da martani kamar haka. Muna fatan ayyukanmu za su sa mazauna tashar jiragen ruwa na kusa kamar Tacoma da Seattle da kwamishinonin tashar jiragen ruwa su ɗauki irin wannan matakin. Mun yi imanin cewa rashin hadin kai da tsayin daka daga al'ummomi da yawa zai kara adawa da yakin da kuma kara samun damar janyewar Amurka daga Iraki. Batu ɗaya mai wahala shine tambayar ayyuka ga waɗanda ke loda waɗannan jiragen ruwa. A wajen sauraron karar, shugaban kungiyar Keith Bausch ya bayyana cewa, kungiyar International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) tana adawa da yakin da ake yi da Iraki amma tana goyon bayan jigilar kayayyakin soji da kuma kwangilar da ake yi na tashar jiragen ruwa da sojoji. Waɗannan ayyukan albashi ne na rayuwa ga membobinsu a cikin ƙaramin tashar ruwa. Membobin OMJP sun gana da shugabancin ILWU na Local 47 'yan kwanaki bayan sauraron karar don bude tattaunawa kuma sun yi tattaunawa mai inganci game da yaki da batutuwan aiki. Mun amince tare da shirya taron jama'a duk da cewa ILWU ta bayyana cewa za su ci gaba da lodin jiragen ruwa.
Wanda ya shirya kungiyar ta ILWU Paul Bigman ya nuna a wannan taron cewa kungiyoyi da dama sun dauki matsayi na yaki da yakin, akwai ma'aikata masu karfi da adawa da wannan yaki. Yawancin gwagwarmayar yaki da yaki ba su kai ga isa ba. Ya zama dole kungiyar zaman lafiya da tabbatar da adalci ta zama mai shiga cikin membobinta, ta hada da wasu batutuwan da suka shafi ma'aikata, da kuma samar da hadin gwiwa mai karfi tare da kungiyoyin kwadago idan ya yiwu Kwamishinonin tashar jiragen ruwa na Olympia ba su yi kasa a gwiwa ba, suna masu cewa nasu ne. yanke shawara na tsaka-tsaki da aka yi kawai akan ka'idodin kasuwanci kuma adawar yaƙi ya kamata a karkatar da su ba a kansu ba amma ga masu tsara manufofi a Washington. Sun yi watsi da kiraye-kirayen da mazauna Olympia suka yi na a gudanar da zaben raba gardama kan ko tashar jiragen ruwa ta aika da makamai zuwa Iraki. Za mu ci gaba da kalubalantar manufofinsu da jigilar sojoji a nan gaba.
Kammalawa
Da fatan za mu kara inganta ilimi da wayar da kai a nan gaba game da jigilar sojoji da yaki. Don zama mai ma'ana, wannan yana buƙatar zama yaƙin neman zaɓe ba aikin harbi ɗaya ba. Muna bukatar mu tattauna cikin zurfin dabaru da dabaru masu inganci, da kuma inganta kokarinmu na gina wani yunkuri wanda ya kunshi fahimta, kuzari, da ayyukan mutane masu shekaru daban-daban, ajujuwa da akidu. Muna da tafiya mai nisa. Da fatan, wannan misali na shirya yaƙi da jigilar sojoji zuwa Iraki yana da dacewa ga sauran ƙungiyoyi, daidaikun mutane da al'ummomin da suka himmatu wajen tabbatar da adalci da zaman lafiya. Don kawo karshen mamayar da Amurka ke yi a Iraki abu ne mai wahala amma ba abu ne mai wuya ba. Muna buƙatar gina faffadar tushen ciyawa ta hanyar amfani da dabaru da dama da suka haɗa da marasa tashin hankali amma masu fafutuka don cimma burinmu. Wani bangare na wannan yunkuri ya kamata shi ne daukar hankali da kalubalantar aika makamai zuwa Iraki.