Mofanana ndi madera ena ambiri, kulimbikitsana ku Olympia, Washington motsutsana ndi nkhondo ndi ntchito ya US ku Iraq kunatsika pang'onopang'ono kuyambira zionetsero zazikulu mu February ndi March 2003. ntchito yayambanso ku Olympia. Pali kuthekera kwanuko komanso mwina, kupitilira kupanga gulu lolimbana ndi zida zopita ku Iraq. Lachisanu, November 5th, kuyambira 7 AM mpaka 9 AM, anthu pafupifupi 200 anali ndi zizindikiro zotsutsana ndi nkhondo ndipo anagawira timapepala todziwitsa anthu za nkhondoyi pamphambano zazikulu za 15 ku Olympia ndi matauni awiri apafupi. Kupezeka kwamphamvu kwambiri kunali pa mlatho wopita kutawuni komwe anthu 70 adakonzedwa ndi mutu watsopano wa Code Pinki ndipo ovala zovala zapinki adanyamula zikwangwani ndikulankhula ndi anthu odutsa. Kulandirako kunali kwabwino kwambiri; anthu ambiri akuyendetsa galimoto ndi podutsa ananena kuti kuona anthu mumsewu akuchita zionetsero kunachepetsa malingaliro awo odzipatula ndi opanda mphamvu.
Loweruka, November 6th, msonkhano wamtendere ndi chilungamo womwe unakonzedwa ndi Olympia Movement for Justice (OMJP) unakopa anthu a 140. Izi zinali zazikulu kuposa zomwe okonza amayembekezera. Ambiri omwe adapezekapo anali othandizira a Kerry, omwe tsopano amafuna kutenga nawo mbali pakukonzekera nkhondo, komanso motsutsana ndi mfundo za neoconservative, kuwukira ufulu wachibadwidwe ndi ufulu wachibadwidwe, komanso zolinga za anthu olemera za kayendetsedwe ka Bush. Poyankha kuukira kwakupha ku Falluja ndikuyembekezera kukweza kwa sitimayo ndi zida zankhondo ku Iraq, panali tcheru tsiku lililonse ku Port of Olympia kuyambira pa November 15th. Sitimayo, Intrepid, idaima pa Novembara 17 ndikunyamula katundu wokonzekera kunyamuka ku Iraq Lachinayi, 18th. OMJP idaitanitsa msonkhano padoko patsikulo. Anthu pafupifupi 100 anapezekapo. Okamba nkhani anali asilikali akale. Uthenga wawo unali wakuti kuthetsa nkhondo inali njira yothandizira asilikali a U.S. Kutumiza zida zankhondo kungapititse patsogolo nkhondo yolimbana ndi anthu aku Iraq ndikupangitsa kuti anthu ambiri aku US afa. Pambuyo pa msonkhano wa 5:00 PM, anthu ambiri ochokera ku msonkhanowo pamodzi ndi ena, anaguba kupita kumpanda wa makilomita pafupifupi 50 womwe umalekanitsa malo a anthu ndi Port of Olympia yeniyeni kumene sitimayo inkakwezedwa. Anthu a mโkhamulo anadula mpanda. Kupezeka kwa apolisi pang'ono koyamba kudakula mwachangu pomwe apolisi ambiri, ambiri onyamula zida zachiwawa adafika. Owonetsa awiri omwe adawoloka malo a Port adamangidwa chifukwa chophwanya malamulo. Palibe m'modzi mwa owonetsa omwe adasokoneza kukweza kwa sitimayo yomwe idanyamuka kupita kunyanja cha m'ma 8 PM. usiku womwewo wodzaza ndi magalimoto, ma helikoputala ndi zinthu zosiyanasiyana zankhondo za U.S. ku Iraq.
Kusiyana Kwanzeru ndi Mafilosofi
Lachisanu, November 19th, nyuzipepala ya tsiku ndi tsiku, The Olympian, inali ndi nkhani ya tsamba loyamba pa zomwe zikuchitika pa doko ndi zithunzi za otsutsa obisala ndikuyang'ana pa $ 3500 ya kuwonongeka kwa mpanda. Izi zachititsa kuti pakhale mkangano wamphamvu, wathanzi komanso wosasunthika pakati pa gulu lotsutsana ndi nkhondo ku Olympia ponena za mphamvu ndi makhalidwe abwino a kuwonongeka kwa katundu komwe kunachitika. Pamlingo wina, pali kusiyana kwa msinkhu ndi chikhalidwe pakati pa omwe anachirikiza ndi kutsutsa kugwetsedwa kwa mpanda. Zokambirana zofananirazi zidachitikanso ku Olympia komanso kupitilirapo zakuchitapo kanthu molunjika motsutsana ndi misonkhano yamalamulo ndi ziwonetsero pa ziwonetsero za WTO, zomwe zidachitika zaka zisanu zapitazo sabata ino mamailosi makumi asanu ndi limodzi kumpoto ku Seattle. Amene ankatsutsa kuti kugwetsa mpanda ndipo ngati n'kotheka kuchedwetsa kunyamuka kwa sitimayo kunali chinthu chabwino komanso chofunikira adanena kuti izi sizinali zachiwawa, ndipo zikuwonetseratu kuti Olympia akugwirizana ndi ndondomeko yakupha ku US ku Falluja ndi Iraq.
Ochita nawo ntchitoyi akufuna kutsindika ndi kuwonekera kwa anthu a ku United States ndi kupitirira apo kuti boma la United States silimayimilira, kuti pali gulu lalikulu la anthu omwe sangalole kuti chiwawa cha US chichitike m'dzina lawo. Ndiko kuyesa kukweza mtengo wamagulu ankhondo powonetsa kudzera muzochita zomwe zikukula kukana komwe kudzachitika ku United States pamene nkhondo ikupitilira. Omwe adatenga nawo gawo pachiwonetserochi komanso oilimbikitsa anali achichepere. Anthu ambiri opitilira zaka 30 komanso ambiri mwa mamembala a Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace (OMJP), gulu lomwe lakhala nthawi yayitali, silinathandizire kuwonongeka kwa katundu. Iwo ankakhulupirira kuti kugwetsa mpanda kudzakhala nkhani osati nkhondo. Mamembala ena a OMJP amakhulupirira kuti chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwa katundu ndi zithunzi zomwe zili mu nyuzipepala ya ochita ziwonetsero atavala ma bandanna kuphimba nkhope zawo, anthu okhala ku Olympia ndi madera ozungulira akhoza kuthamangitsa gululi mosavuta ndikunyalanyaza nkhani zazikuluzikulu.
Amakhulupirira kuti zomwe zidachitika sizinaphule kanthu chifukwa zipangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kufikira anthu ambiri ndikupanga gulu lamphamvu lolimbana ndi nkhondo. Membala wa OMJP adati kwa ine athandizira kusamvera kwachiwembu komwe anthu adakhala pafupi ndi sitimayo koma osati zomwe zidachitika pa Novembara 18. Panali mgwirizano wamba kuti zodzudzula ndi kutsutsana pazochitika zotsutsana ndi nkhondo za ena ziyenera kuchitika maso ndi maso osati m'ma TV. Maganizo anga ndi akuti zochita ngati zomwe zidachitika padoko ndi zofunika monga misonkhano ndi miliri. Ziyenera kuchitika, komabe, mogwirizana ndi komanso pamodzi ndi gulu lomwe likukula lomwe likuchita zofalitsa ndi maphunziro otchuka kuposa gulu lodana ndi nkhondo. Zimatanthawuza kulankhula ndi anthu ndikumvetsera nkhawa zawo kwa wina ndi mzake ndikupita ku mipingo, malo ogwira ntchito, masukulu, ndi magulu ammudzi kuti akambirane chifukwa chake ntchito ya US ku Iraq ili yolakwika ndipo iyenera kuyimitsidwa ndikugwirizanitsa nkhondoyo ndi mavuto omwe akukulirakulira a zachuma kunyumba monga monga chithandizo chamankhwala chosatheka, chisamaliro cha ana ndi maphunziro apamwamba, kutsika kwa malipiro ndi kuperewera kwa malipiro okhudzana ndi malipiro. Kumatanthauza kulankhula ndi kumvetsera kwa anthu ankhondo ndi mabanja awo za chiwerewere ndi kusapambana kwa nkhondo yolimbana ndi Iraq.
Kumva kwa Port of Olympia
Lolemba, November 22nd, Port of Olympia Commissioners anakumana. Doko monga ena ku Washington State ndi la anthu ndipo limayendetsedwa ndi makomishoni atatu osankhidwa. Ma komisheni apano ku Olympia ndi gulu losamala lomwe limayendetsa doko lomwe lataya ndalama. Pochita mgwirizano ndi asitikali, ndalama zomwe zimaperekedwa padoko zakwera pafupifupi $200,000 kutumiza kapena $600,000 pachaka ndikupanga zotsalira zazing'ono komanso ntchito zambiri kwa mamembala a Longshore Union. Chifukwa cha chidwi cha anthu pa zankhondo za padoko komanso ntchito za sabata yatha, panali anthu pafupifupi 150 omwe adabwera pamlanduwo. Nthawi zambiri pamakhala anthu ochepa okha.
Ambiri mwa omwe adapezekapo anali otsutsana ndi doko lomwe likugwiritsidwa ntchito kutumiza zida zankhondo ku Iraq, ngakhale zitatanthauza kuti misonkho idzakhala yokwera pang'ono kuti ikwaniritse chiwongola dzanja padoko. Mwa anthu pafupifupi 50 amene anapereka umboniwo, 40 anatsutsa dokolo kuti ligwiritsidwe ntchito potumiza zida. Umboni wochuluka unali waluso kwambiri. Nkhaniyi idawulutsidwa pawailesi yakanema wapa TV. Tidawonetsa kuti ndalama zomwe amalandila pachaka ndi doko zidatsika pang'onopang'ono poyerekeza ndi ndalama zokwana 80 miliyoni pachaka zomwe ndi gawo lovomerezeka la anthu okhala m'chigawo cha madola 100 biliyoni omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pachaka pankhondo. Oyankhula adatsutsa mfundo yakuti tikuika pangozi asilikali a US poyesa kuchepetsa zida zankhondo kuti asapite ku Iraq pofotokoza kuti zida ndi ndondomekozi zikuyambitsa imfa yosafunikira komanso kuzunzika kwa anthu aku Iraq komanso kuika asilikali a US pangozi. Njira yotetezera ndi kuthandizira asilikali a US si kutumiza zida koma kuthetsa nkhondo. Izi zipangitsa kuti pakhale mtendere ku Iraq ngati kuchoka kwa US kudzachotsa chifukwa chachikulu chomenyera nkhondo. Poyankha mkangano wakuti ngati Port of Olympia sinapitirize mgwirizano ndi asilikali a US kuti atumize katundu ku Iraq, asilikali angagwiritse ntchito madoko ena monga Olympia ndi Tacoma, tinayankha motere. Tikukhulupirira kuti zomwe tachita zilimbikitsa anthu okhala m'madoko apafupi monga Tacoma ndi Seattle ndi oyang'anira madoko awo kuti achitenso chimodzimodzi. Timakhulupirira kuti kusagwirizana ndi kukana kwa anthu ambiri kudzatsutsa nkhondoyo ndikuwonjezera mwayi woti US achoke ku Iraq. Nkhani imodzi yovuta ndi funso la ntchito kwa omwe akukweza zombozi. Pamsonkhanowu, Purezidenti wa mgwirizanowu, Keith Bausch, adanena kuti International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) imatsutsa nkhondo ndi Iraq koma imathandizira kutumiza zida zankhondo komanso mgwirizano womwe ukupitilira padoko ndi asitikali. Izi ndi ntchito zolipira kwa mamembala awo padoko laling'ono. Mamembala a OMJP adakumana ndi utsogoleri wa ILWU wa Local 47 patatha masiku angapo chigamulochi kuti atsegule zokambirana ndipo adakambirana bwino zankhondo ndi nkhani zantchito. Tidagwirizana zokonza limodzi msonkhano wapagulu ngakhale bungwe la ILWU lidawonetsa kuti apitiliza kukweza zombo.
Mkulu wa bungwe la ILWU, a Paul Bigman, adawonetsa pamsonkhanowu kuti mabungwe ambiri atenga maudindo polimbana ndi nkhondoyi, pali otsutsa mwamphamvu pankhondoyi. Zambiri zotsutsana ndi nkhondo sizinafike mokwanira. Ndikofunikira kuti gulu lamtendere ndi chilungamo likhale lophatikizana ndi umembala, kuphatikizirapo nkhani zapakati pa ogwira ntchito, ndikupanga migwirizano yokhazikika ndi mabungwe ngati nkotheka. chisankho chopanda ndale chomwe chimapangidwa pazotsatira zamabizinesi komanso kuti kutsutsa nkhondo kuyenera kuwongoleredwa osati kwa iwo koma kwa opanga mfundo ku Washington. Iwo sananyalanyaze kuyitana kwa anthu okhala ku Olympia kuti apange referendum ngati doko liyenera kutumiza zida ku Iraq. Tidzapitirizabe kutsutsa ndondomeko yawo ndi zotumiza zankhondo zamtsogolo.
Kutsiliza
Mwachiyembekezo, tidzachita bwino komanso maphunziro ochulukirapo komanso kufalitsa mtsogolo zankhondo zankhondo ndi nkhondo. Kuti zikhale zatanthauzo, izi ziyenera kukhala kampeni yopitilira osati kungochita kamodzi kokha. Tiyenera kukambirana mozama njira ndi njira zogwirira ntchito, ndikuwongolera zoyesayesa zathu zomanga gulu lomwe limaphatikizapo kuzindikira, mphamvu, ndi zochita za anthu azaka zosiyanasiyana, makalasi ndi malingaliro. Tili ndi ulendo wautali. Tikukhulupirira, chitsanzo ichi chokonzekera zotumiza zankhondo ku Iraq ndi chofunikira kwa mabungwe ena, anthu ndi madera omwe adzipereka ku chilungamo ndi mtendere. Kuthetsa ntchito ya US ku Iraq ndi ntchito yovuta koma yosatheka. Tiyenera kumanga gulu lalikulu, la udzu pogwiritsa ntchito njira zambiri kuphatikizapo zopanda chiwawa koma zankhondo kuti tikwaniritse zolinga zathu. Gawo limodzi la gululi liyenera kukhala kuyitanitsa ndikutsutsa kutumiza zida ku Iraq.