Mu 2013, Purezidenti wa United States, Barack Obama, adalankhula ku Washington, DC, pa nkhani ya chitetezo cha dziko ndi ndondomeko ya drone. Posakhalitsa m'mawu ake, mayi wina adadzuka ndikumupempha kuti atseke ndende ya US ku Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Anali a Medea Benjamin, m'modzi mwa omwe adayambitsa gulu lachiwonetsero la CODEPINK. Anali wosatopa. Anamudula mawu Obama katatu. Medea Benjamin, yemwe ndi wamkulu kwa 10 kuposa Obama, sanasangalale pomwe adamutcha "mtsikana". Mantha sakuwoneka ngati mbali ya lexicon yake. Ndi Medea Benjamin mopanda mantha, Obama anati: “Mawu a mkazi ameneyo ndi ofunika kuwatchera khutu.”
Medea Benjamin ndi womenyera ufulu wakutali. Ndi digiri ya zaumoyo ndi zachuma, adapita kukagwira ntchito ku Latin America m'mabungwe osiyanasiyana achitukuko apadziko lonse lapansi. Izi zidamubweretsa ku Cuba mu 1979, komwe adakhala zaka zinayi. Mu 1983, adayambitsa Global Exchange ku San Francisco. Gululo linakhala imodzi mwa mizati ya malonda achilungamo komanso kayendetsedwe ka anti-sweatshop. Mu 2000, chifukwa cha ntchito yake ndi Global Exchange ndi gulu lodana ndi dziko lapansi, adathamangira ku Senate ya US kuchokera ku California pa tikiti ya Green Party. Pambuyo pa 9/11 komanso nkhondo yosaloledwa ndi US ku Iraq isanachitike, iye ndi abwenzi ake ena adapanga CODEPINK. Pambuyo pake adanena kuti adasankha mtunduwo "kuti asinthe mtundu wa pinki pamutu pake kuti ukhale wabwino, wachikazi, wokoma kukhala mtundu wamphamvu kwambiri, wolimba mtima komanso wotsimikiza". Pinki ndi mtundu wa omenyera ufulu, omwe amakhalapo pafupipafupi paziwonetsero zosiyanasiyana ku US
CODEPINK ndi Medea Benjamin ali ndi malingaliro ambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Nthawi zambiri amapezeka pazochitika za mgwirizano ku Afghanistan, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Palestine ndi kwina. Nthumwi za amayi zimachoka ku US kukakumana ndi omenyera ufulu wachikazi kwina kuti apange kumvetsetsa kofanana pankhondo. Pamaulendo ake akunja, Medea Benjamin nthawi zambiri amafunsidwa chifukwa chake gulu la azimayi aku US ndi lofooka kwambiri pa mafunso odana ndi imperialism. M’chaka cha 2006, iye analemba kuti: “Ndimangokhalira kunena zifukwa. Zochita zake ndi Obama zikuwonetsa kusamva m'mabwalo amphamvu. Ku Brazil, anakumana ndi wokonza bungwe la Landless Workers' Movement (MST). "Kulimbanako kuyenera kuchokera mkati," adatero wokonza, "ndipo inu ku US muli ndi ufulu wochita zinthu mwadongosolo kuposa momwe tinalili. Koma amayi aku US akuyenera kumva thandizo la alongo awo kutsidya lina, monganso tathandizidwa ndi mayiko ena. ”
Mabuku aposachedwa kwambiri a Medea Benjamin adakhazikika pamalingaliro ake odana ndi imperialist feminist-Nkhondo ya Drone: Kupha ndi Kutalikira Kwambiri (2012) ndi Ufumu wa osalungama: Pambuyo pa US-Saudi Connection (2016). Anayankhula ndi Kutsogolo pambuyo pamisonkhano yadziko lonse ya Republican ndi Democratic. Anali atachita zionetsero pamisonkhano yonse iwiriyi. Magawo.
Medea, zikomo polankhula ndi Frontline. Ndikufuna kupeza mbiri yakale ya CODEPINK. Pambuyo pa 9/11, pomwe olamulira a Bush adayambitsa nkhondo zakunja ndi kuponderezana kwawo, panali malingaliro otani pakati pa otsutsa ku US?
Zinali zoonekeratu kwa omenyera ufulu ambiri atangotha 9/11 kuti tsokali lidzagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chifukwa choukira Afghanistan, komanso Iraq, dziko lomwe linalibe kanthu kochita ndi ziwopsezo za 9/11. Ambiri aife omwe timachita nawo zinthu zosiyanasiyana zomwe zikupita patsogolo, monga chilengedwe kapena kayendetsedwe ka ufulu wa anthu ogwira ntchito, tinayamba kukonzekera kuti tiyimitse kuukira kwa Iraq. CODEPINK ndi chitsanzo chabwino cha izi, monga momwe adaswekera kumalo osungirako zachilengedwe kwa amayi omwe adakonzedwa ndi gulu la Bioneers. Panthawi yopuma masana, ndikudandaula za nkhondo ya ku Afghanistan, kuukiridwa ku Iraq komwe kukuyembekezera, komanso mantha a zigawenga za George Bush, gulu lathu linabwera ndi lingaliro la CODEPINK. Cholinga chathu chinali kukankhira amayi padziko lonse lapansi kuti adzuke kuti anene kuti ayi ku Iraq. Tinalumikizana ndi magulu m'dziko lonselo kuti tipange gulu lamphamvu lomwe linasonkhanitsa anthu mamiliyoni ambiri kuti atsutsane ndi kuukira kwa Iraq. Tsoka ilo, mapulani a George Bush anali atakhazikika kale. Masiku ano, tikupitirizabe kuona zotsatirapo zoipa za kuwukiridwa kumeneko.
Kuyambira 2001, US yakhala pankhondo. CODEPINK ndipo mwakhala mbali yolimbana ndi nkhondozi. Kodi ziwonetsero zanu zakhala zotani?
Sikophweka kulimbana ndi zigawenga m’dziko limene limalemekeza kwambiri nkhondo ndi ankhondo, ngakhale pamene amenya nawo nkhondo zosapambana. Okonza nkhondo ya Iraq ndi asilikali omwe adamenyana kumeneko, mwachitsanzo, adakali ngati ngwazi ngakhale kuti kuwukirako kunali vuto loopsya la ndondomeko yachilendo yomwe yawononga anthu a Iraq ndi dera lonse. Palibe kuyankha. M'malo mwake, ife omwe timatsutsana ndi nkhondo ya Iraq ndikupitirizabe kutsutsa US kumayiko akunja nthawi zambiri amatengedwa ngati otayika, monga osagwirizana ndi America.
Ngakhale kulemekezedwa kwa usilikali uku, anthu ku US atopa ndi nkhondo komanso mwanzeru zankhondo. Amamvetsetsa kuti US sayenera kutenga nawo gawo poyesa kupanga madera ena, koma akhala akulolera kuvomereza nkhondo zochepa zomwe US imachita -nkhondo za drone ndi ntchito zapadera - ndi zida zankhondo zaku US zobalalika kuzungulira. dziko lapansi, ndalama zankhondo zochulukirachulukira, komanso kupereka ndalama kwa maboma opondereza. Tsankho la anthu aku US limapangitsa anthu ambiri aku America kulolera kuvomereza "kuwonongeka" kwakupha anthu osalakwa ngati ali anthu amitundu omwe amakhala kutali.
Nthawi zonse zikachitika zigawenga m'dziko lokhala ndi azungu ambiri, anthu amabwerera kuti avomereze kuyankha mwaukali komanso kutsagana ndi Islamophobia. Choncho, pamene tikuganiza kuti pali mgwirizano watsopano wotsutsana ndi nkhondo, mgwirizanowu umatha. Tsoka ilo, anthu amatengeka mosavuta ndi mantha. Makamaka panthawi yachisankho, kuyitanidwa kuti asilikali ayankhe mwamphamvu zauchigawenga ndi zokondweretsa anthu kumbali zonse ziwiri. Nkhani zotengedwa ndi CODEPINK zikuyenda bwino kuyambira kutseka ndende ya US ku Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, mpaka kuthetsa thandizo la US ku maboma opondereza monga Israel ndi Saudi Arabia. Pali zipambano zochepa pa mbali izi mkati mwa US Mgwirizano waukulu wa liberal-Kumanzere uli pa nkhani monga uchembele ndi ubereki wa amayi ndi ufulu wa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, koma palibe mgwirizano waufulu-Kumanzere pa mfundo zakunja.
Ndi zopindula zotani zomwe CODEPINK wakwanitsa kuchita pamadera ovuta kwambiriwa osagwirizana ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwaufulu?
Zopambana zathu n’zochepa ndipo n’zochepa chabe, koma n’zoonadi ndipo zimatithandiza kupitirizabe. Popeza kuti akaidi ambiri ku Guantanamo amasungidwa kwa zaka zambiri popanda kuwaimba mlandu kapena kuwazenga milandu, timakondwerera nthawi iliyonse mkaidi akamasulidwa ndi kukumananso ndi banja lake. Nthaŵi zina, takulitsa unansi waumwini ndi banja kapena mkaidi mwiniyo, zimene zimapangitsa kumasulidwa kwake kukhala kwatanthauzo kwambiri. Nthawi zina, takhala okhoza kupeza chipukuta misozi kwa mabanja a anthu osalakwa omwe adaphedwa pakuwukira kwa drone ku US, zomwe sizilowa m'malo mwa imfa ya wokondedwa koma zimalola akazi amasiye kudyetsa ana awo ndikukakamiza boma kuvomereza kuti latero. anapha anthu osalakwa.
Takhala ndi zipambano m'mipikisano yathu yoletsa malonda aku Israeli kapena makampani omwe amagwira ntchito m'midzi, kuphatikiza Sodastream ndi kampani yodzikongoletsera ya AHAVA. Gulu lomwe likukula motsutsana ndi thandizo la US ku boma la Israeli, makamaka pakati pa ophunzira aku koleji, limatipatsa chiyembekezo.
Ndipo kupambana kwakukulu kuwiri kwa zokambirana mchaka chatha - mgwirizano wodziwika bwino wa zida za nyukiliya ndi Iran komanso kutsegulidwa kwa ubale waukazembe ndi Cuba - zonsezi ndizovuta zomwe tagwira ntchito molimbika ndikuganizira zomwe tapambana. Dera lomwe timalakalaka kuti titha kuchitapo kanthu ndikuchepetsa bajeti yayikulu ya Pentagon kuti itulutse ndalama zothandizira anthu komanso kuthana ndi vuto la nyengo, koma iyi ndi nkhani imodzi yomwe tingoyenera kupitilirabe.
Mwalemba posachedwa buku lonena za ubale wa US ku Saudi Arabia—“Kingdom of the Unjust”. Kupanikizika kuchokera ku gulu lamtendere ndi ena posachedwa kwachititsa kuti masamba a 28 atulutsidwe mu lipoti la Congressional pa 9/11. Zikuwonetsa zowona zosokoneza, kuti panali kulumikizana kwakukulu pakati pa kazembe wa Saudi ndi amuna omwe adachita chiwembu pa 9/11. Kulibe mfuti yosuta pano, kungoti panali kulumikizana. Kutulutsidwa kumeneku [kwa lipoti la Congressional], komwe kwakhala kukufunidwa kuyambira pomwe lipotilo linatulutsidwa koyamba, sikukhudza kwenikweni. Mukuganiza kuti chifukwa chiyani zakhudza pang'ono ndipo izi zikutiuza chiyani za gawo la Saudi mu mfundo zakunja zaku US?
Kutulutsidwa kwa masamba 28 omwe adasankhidwa kale kudakonzedwa bwino ndi oyang'anira a Obama kuti akhale ndi zotsatira zochepa zomwe zingatheke. Pambuyo pa zaka 14 zakukakamizidwa ndi mabanja a 9/11, masamba 28 adatulutsidwa Lachisanu masana Congress isanachoke pa tchuthi chake chachilimwe ndipo misonkhano ya Democratic ndi Republican inali pafupi kuyamba. Idatulutsidwanso ndi chithandizo chochuluka kuchokera ku Washington, DC, magulu olandirira alendo omwe amalipidwa ndi boma la Saudi kuti lizizungulira ngati "zopanda nkhani". Ngati mutatenga masamba a 28 ndipo mmalo mwa Saudi Arabia m'malo mwa mawu akuti Iran, izi zikanawoneka ngati chifukwa chokwanira chopita kunkhondo ndi Iran. Koma ndi Saudi Arabia, dziko lomwe lakhala likugwirizana ndi US kuyambira pomwe idakhazikitsidwa m'ma 1930, dziko lomwe US idadalira mafuta, komanso dziko lomwe lakhala loyamba kugula zida za US. Bukhu langa latsopano la Saudi Arabia lapangidwa kuti lithandizire kudzutsa mkwiyo paubwenzi wabwino koma wowopsa wa US-Saudi.
Polankhula za mkwiyo, ku United Kingdom, a Chilcot Inquiry posachedwapa adapereka lipoti lake lalikulu pa mabodza a utsogoleri wa Blair poyambitsa nkhondo ya Iraq. Sipanakhalepo kulira kwenikweni kwa kafukufuku wa mtundu wa Chilcot ku US, womwe unali ndi gawo lalikulu kwambiri pa zomwe Mlembi Wamkulu wa UN Kofi Annan adatcha "nkhondo yosaloledwa". Chifukwa chiyani sipanafunike kwenikweni kufunsa koteroko ku US?
Norman Mailer nthawi ina adatcha dziko lino United States of Amnesia. Ndi kayendetsedwe ka nkhani za maola 24, tili ndi nthawi yochepa yomvetsera. Komanso, kukhala wamphamvu kwambiri kumatanthauza “kusadzanena kuti pepani”. CODEPINK ndi amodzi mwa magulu ochepa omwe akuyesabe kuti atsogoleri aku US aku Iraq ayankhe powachititsa manyazi akamalankhula pagulu komanso kuyesa "kumanga nzika". Tikuyitanitsanso kafukufuku wamtundu wa Chilcot pano, ndipo tikhala tikuchita tokha ngati bwalo lamilandu, kugwa. Koma mwatsoka, olamulira a Obama anakana "kuyang'ana m'mbuyo" kuti ayankhe omwe akuchita nkhondo ndipo popanda kukhazikitsidwa kwa boma, kuyesayesa kwathu kudzakhala kophiphiritsira.
Zipani ziwiri zazikuluzikulu za ndale — a Democrats ndi Republican — angomaliza kumene misonkhano yawo, pomwe adasankha omwe akufuna kukhala pulezidenti wawo (Hillary Clinton ndi Donald Trump). Munapita kukachita zionetsero pamisonkhano iwiri yonseyi. Kodi pamisonkhano yachigawo panali maganizo otani?
Panali magawano akulu m'misonkhano yonse iwiriyi, odana ndi Trump Republican akumva kuti alibe ufulu komanso odana ndi Clinton Democrats akumva chimodzimodzi. Malingaliro odana ndi kukhazikitsidwa m'dziko lonselo ndiambiri, koma palinso chikondwerero champhamvu chamagulu ankhondo, chomwe ndi chokhumudwitsa. Kumanzere, panali ziwonetsero zotsutsana ndi Clinton ku Democratic Convention komanso kukana "makina" a Clinton ndi ndale zakuda zamkati zomwe WikiLeaks adathandizira kuwulula. Ziribe kanthu zomwe zidzachitike mu November, "Bernie Revolution" yathandiza kubweretsa gulu latsopano la achinyamata mu gulu lomwe lidzakhala ndi zotsatira zabwino m'tsogolomu.
Ndine wokondwa kuti muli ndi chiyembekezo cha Bernie Revolution. Ngakhale zili choncho, zaka zinayi zilizonse ku US, pakufunika kuti a Kumanzere akhale pamzere wotsatira wa demokalase chifukwa mfundo za a Republican zimawoneka kuti ndizowopsa m'mabanja komanso apadziko lonse lapansi. Bernie mwiniwake wavomereza Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump, mosakayika, ndi munthu wosasinthasintha komanso wokhumudwitsa. Koma chisankho chimabwera kwa Hillary Clinton, yemwe sanangokhala chida cha mabanki komanso mtsogoleri wa nkhondo za ku America zaka khumi zapitazi. M'buku la "False Choices: Faux Feminism of Hillary Rodham Clinton", muli ndi nkhani yotchedwa "Pink-Slipping Hillary". Ndi chitsutso pa mfundo zake zakunja. Poganizira izi, kodi mumatani mukafuna kuthandizidwa ndi aufulu kuti muchirikize "choyipa chaching'ono"?
Monga bungwe, CODEPINK savomereza ofuna kusankhidwa. Tikukakamiza onse ofuna kukhazikitsa mtendere ndipo timatsutsa mfundo zawo zomwe sitigwirizana nazo. Tikudziwa kuti ambiri opita patsogolo adzavotera Hillary Clinton monyinyirika, pamene ena adzavotera woimira Green Party, Jill Stein. Timalemekeza zisankho zaumwini zomwe anthu amapanga m'malo ovotera, koma timawalimbikitsa kuti ayang'ane kale kupyola chisankho mu November ndi kudzipereka kukhala achangu pazochitika zomwe amawaganizira kwambiri ndikuthana ndi mavuto omwe asokoneza chisankho chathu. . Tikuyitanitsa "palibe honeymoon" kwa Purezidenti watsopano kapena Congress. Voterani aliyense amene mukufuna, koma kumbukirani kuti ndikofunikira kupanga gulu lolimba m'misewu ndi m'ma suites.
Tikudziwa kuti ku White House ku White House mu Novembala, kaya ndi Hillary Clinton kapena Trump. Palibe zonyenga nthawi ino, monga zinalili ndi Obama. Choncho tiyeni tiyambe kumanga gulu latsopano lodana ndi nkhondo, lomwe ndi losiyana, lamitundu yosiyanasiyana, komanso logwirizana kwambiri ndi zovuta zina zazikulu, kuchokera ku Black Lives Matter kupita ku chilungamo cha chilengedwe mpaka kuthana ndi maganizo odana ndi anthu othawa kwawo komanso Islamophobia. Ndi njira yokhayo yomwe tingakhalire ndi gulu lamtendere lomwe lingathane ndi mphamvu yayikulu yamagulu ankhondo ndi mafakitale omwe amapindula potisunga munkhondo yosatha.
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