Chithunzi chojambulidwa ndi Allison C Bailey
Omenyera ufulu wankhondo kuyambira kalekale akukana nkhondo, kulimbikitsa mtendere wabwino, komanso kuteteza ufulu wa anthu ndi boma motsutsana ndi ziwawa za boma ndi mitundu ina yotsendereza. Athandizanso kwambiri pantchito zankhondo komanso mtendere ndi chilungamo pazaka zambiri.
Kutenga nawo mbali pa kayendedwe ka Black Lives Matter (BLM) sikunali kosiyana. Ma Veterans akhala akuwoneka kwambiri akuthandizira zofuna zamtundu wa anthu amtundu wakuda, amodzi, ndi People of Col (BIPOC). Choonadi chosokoneza, chomwe ambiri mwa ankhondo amazindikira, ndi chakuti ukulu Woyera, kusankhana mwachilengedwe ndi nkhanza zapolisi kunyumba ndizolumikizana kwambiri ndikukulimbikitsidwa ndi ankhondo / nkhondo zankhondo zaku America.
Ndi chidziwitso ichi, omenyera nkhondo atenga maudindo ngati ankhondo osachita zachiwawa kuti aphunzitse za kulumikizanaku ndikuthandizira madera omwe sayimiriridwa komanso oponderezedwa kulimbana ndi chisalungamo. Chimodzi mwazinthu zaposachedwa kwambiri zachiwonetserochi ndi "Wall of Vets" ku Portland, Oregon, gulu lankhondo lomwe linasonkhana poyankha kutumizidwa kwa magulu ankhondo ku mzindawu komanso ziwawa zomwe adachitira otsutsa.
Asanayambe gulu la Black Lives, omenyera nkhondo, kuphatikiza omenyera nkhondo, adachita zosintha zopanda chiwawa m'njira zambiri komanso pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana. Mwachitsanzo, mu 1967, Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) inakhazikitsidwa kuti itsutsane ndi kuitanitsa kutha kwa nkhondo yosaloledwa ya Vietnam.
Kuyesetsa kwawo kotsutsa kunapitilira kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1970 pamadongosolo ambiri omenyera nkhondo. Chimodzi mwazofunikira kwambiri chinali chiwonetsero chazaka za Meyi1971 cha XNUMX, kusachita kwakukulu kosagwirizana ndi nkhondo komwe cholinga chake chinali kutseka maofesi aboma ku Capitol Hill.
M'zaka za m'ma 1980, omenyera ufulu wawo wogwirira ntchito analankhula motsutsana ndi kulowererapo kwa US.
Pa Seputembara 1, 1986, asitikali atatu ankhondo, kuphatikiza wolandila mendulo yaulemu ya Congressional Medal of Honor Charles Liteky (chifukwa cholimba mtima pansi pamoto, kupulumutsa yekha asitikali a 20 aku America omwe adapanikizidwa ku Vietnam), adatenga "Vets Fast for Life" yamadzi okha. Capitol amapita, kufunsa America kuti isalole kuwukira ku Nicaragua.
Mu 1987, kudikira kwa miyezi itatu kunachitika kunja kwa msonkhano wa Congressional kutsutsa kulowerera kwa asilikali a Reagan ku Central America. Chakumapeto kwa chaka chimenecho ku Concord, California, asilikali omenyera nkhondo anamenyedwa ndi njala ndi kutsekereza mwamtendere sitima zankhondo zonyamula zida zopita ku Nicaragua ndi El Salvador.
Mkati mwa zionetserozi, S. Brian Willson, msilikali wankhondo waku Vietnam komanso mmodzi mwa atatu omwe adachita nawo Vets Fast for Life, adadulidwa miyendo ndi sitima yomwe idakana kuyima.
Mu 1990s, omenyera ufulu wawo anali akhama pantchito yoletsa kukula ndi kufalikira kwa mphamvu za US, kuphatikiza Nkhondo ya Persian Gulf, malonda aku Cuban, komanso zigawenga zachuma motsutsana ndi Iraq.
Veterans akhala akugwira ntchito kwambiri pambuyo pa 9/11 nthawi, komanso zoyesayesa zachangu zomwe zimayang'ana kutsutsana ndi zomwe zimadziwika kuti "Nkhondo pa Zowopsa," makamaka USA PATRIOT Act ndi nkhondo zomwe zatsogozedwa ndi US ku Middle East . Mu 2002-03, omenyera ufulu wambiri anali kuchita zionetsero zankhondo m'dziko lonselo, kuyesa kuyimitsa kuukira kwa Iraq, komwe ma veteran ambiri anazindikira kuti si nzeru ndipo amachokera mabodza.
Mu 2005, omenyera ufulu wawo adalumikizana ndi a Cindy Sheehan, amayi a msilikali wophedwa Casey Sheehan, ndi omenyera ufulu wina ku "Camp Casey" ku Texas kuti apangitse chowonadi kwa Purezidenti Bush za Nkhondo yovomerezeka komanso yosautsa ya Iraq.
Mu 2010, omenyera ufulu, kuphatikiza whapleblower wa ku Pentagon, a Daniel, adachita zosemphana ndi boma kunja kwa White House kutsutsa nkhondo za US ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq.
Munthawi ya 2011 Occupy Wall Street (OWS) gulu lolimbana ndi kusalingana kwachuma, omenyera nkhondo adalumikizana nawo kufuna chilungamo pazachuma. Anatetezanso anthu ochita ziwonetsero ku nkhanza za apolisi komanso kupereka malangizo anzeru kwa okonza kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake.
Omenyera nkhondo adathandizira nawo pa kampeni yotsogozedwa ndi Native ya Standing Rock mu 2016-17. Omenyera nkhondo masauzande ambiri adatumizidwa ku North Dakota kuti akathandizire kukana kwa Amwenye aku America ku ziwawa za boma ndi mabungwe pamayiko opatulika apangano.
Poyankha zomwe mzungu wachizungu wa Donald Trump, woganiza wosamukira kudziko lina komanso njira yake yoletsa Asilamu komanso kusankhana mitundu, malingaliro a xenophobic, omenyera ufulu adakhazikitsa #VetsVsHate ndi Veterans Challenge Islamophobia (VCI) mu 2016.
Pa zionetsero zaposachedwa za BLM ku Portland, zomwe zidakulirakulira pomwe olamulira a Trump adatumiza nthumwi za boma kuti zikakumane nawo, Mike Hastie, msirikali wakale waku Vietnam komanso membala wa Veterans For Peace (VFP), adayesa kuchenjeza apolisiwo za nkhanza zomwe zimachitika pankhondo. . Kuti achite izi, adapakidwa tsabola pafupi ndikukankhira kutali.
Mouziridwa ndi Chris David, Msilikali Wankhondo Wankhondo yemwe adamenyedwa ndi apolisi mwezi watha kunja kwa khothi la Portland, "Wall of Vets" idakula ngati gulu lankhondo lopanda chiwawa lomwe lidayika matupi awo ngati zishango kuteteza ufulu wa anthu kuti asonkhane mwamtendere. ndi zionetsero. Omenyera nkhondowa akuti akupitilizabe kukwaniritsa malumbiro awo ku Constitution komanso kwa anthu aku USA poteteza ufulu wawo wa First Amendment.
Monga momwe adachitira akale omwe adawatsogolera m'machitidwe am'mbuyomu komanso kampeni yolimbana ndi ziwawa za boma, 'Wall of Vets' akugwiritsa ntchito mwayi wawo ngati omenyera nkhondo kuti akweze mawu a oponderezedwa. 'Wall of Vets' ndi chimodzi mwa zitsanzo zaposachedwa kwambiri za omenyera nkhondo omwe amabwera palimodzi ndikugwiritsa ntchito nsanja yawo kuti aunikire kuchitira mopanda chilungamo madera athu omwe alibe zida zambiri. Agwirizana ndi 'makoma' ena aumunthu (mwachitsanzo, 'Wall of Moms') omwe apanga potsatira njira zankhanza za Trump.
A veterans tsopano akupanga mwachangu mitu ina m'mizinda ina, zomwe zithandizira kudzipereka kwakukulu kuti aletse ndikuletsa ziwonetsero zankhanza kwa otsutsa mwamtendere ndi magulu ankhondo a Trump.
Kuletsa ndi kupondereza kusagwirizana kwandale komanso kusamvera kwachiwembu kwa anthu ndi njira yomwe maboma amakonda kwambiri ndi njira zowongolera. Asitikali akale amakumbukira zolakwa zomwe boma laulamuliro komanso gulu lankhondo limatha kuchita. Iwo akudziwa kuti tili ndi udindo wachibadwidwe wolimbana ndi ziwopsezo zomwe zilipo ku demokalase, ufulu ndi ufulu.
Ankhondo akale amalowa nawo zomenyera mtendere ndi chilungamo pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana. Kwa ena, ndi masewera olimbitsa thupi kuti mukhale ndi mtendere wamumtima komanso machiritso. Kwa ena ndi kuyitanitsa kuteteza ndi kutumikira anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo kuchokera kumakampani ozunza kapena boma. Kwa ena akadali, zatsala pang'ono kukhululukidwa kuti achite zomwe boma lawo likufuna ngati chida chomangira ufumu komanso kupindula pankhondo. Kwa ena, ndikupitilirabe mwankhanza kuteteza anthu aku US ndi Constitution yathu.
Kwa omenyera nkhondo ambiri, ndi kuphatikiza kwa zolimbikitsa izi komanso zina. Koma zilizonse zimene zimawakakamiza kuteteza ufulu wa anthu ndi wa anthu ndi kumenyera mtendere, amachita zimenezi ndi mphamvu zamakhalidwe abwino ndiponso potumikira ena moona mtima. A 'Wall of Vets' awonetsa kuti akupitiliza cholowa chachitali komanso chofunikiracho kudzera muntchito yawo yamtendere. Z
Brian Trautman ndi msirikali wakale wankhondo, womenyera ufulu wa anthu, komanso mphunzitsi wokhala ku Albany, New York. Pa Twitter ndi Instagram: @brianjtrautman.