Ndakhala nthawi yambiri ndikukhala ndi anthu omwe adakumana ndi ziwawa kwambiri: omenyera nkhondo, ogwiriridwa ndi kugwiriridwa, omwe amachitiridwa zachiwawa komanso nkhanza za apolisi. Mosakayikira, m’zaka khumi ndi ziŵiri zapitazi, ndakhala ndikukakamizika kuganizira za chiwawa ndi zotsatira zake zoopsa.
Zotsatira zake, sindilemba kapena kuyankhula za mutuwo mopepuka. Chiwawa chikhoza kuwononga kwambiri anthu komanso madera.
Izi zanenedwa, ndikofunikira kuzindikira kuti chiwawa chingakhalenso chida chothandiza kwambiri. Kumbali ina, opondereza amagwiritsa ntchito chiwawa chifukwa chimaopseza anthu, kuwapangitsa kukhala omvera. Kumbali ina, amene amakana kuponderezedwa kaŵirikaŵiri amagwiritsa ntchito chiwawa monga njira yodzitetezera, ndipo moyenerera, popeza aliyense ali ndi ufulu wodzitetezera yekha ndi okondedwa awo.
Nthawi zina, pamene anthu opondereza ndi mabungwe ayang'anizana ndi njira zawozawo zopondereza, zomwe ndi chiwawa, kutsimikiza mtima kwawo kumasokonekera ndi kusweka. Ili ndi phunziro lomwe tiyenera kukumbukira pamene tikukumana ndi mabungwe amphamvu kwambiri padziko lapansi.
Chiwawa Monga Yankho la Kupezerera Ena
Ndili mwana, ndinazindikira mwamsanga kuti chiwawa chimabweretsa zotsatira zabwino ngati munthu atagwiritsidwa ntchito moyenera komanso ndi cholinga.
Pamene ndinali ndi zaka zisanu ndi zitatu kapena zisanu ndi zinayi, mwana wina wa m’dera la kwathuko anali kuvutitsa ine ndi mchimwene wanga popita kusukulu. Tsiku lililonse ankatiponya miyala, kutitchula mayina ndipo ankaonetsetsa kuti kuyenda kwathu kunali kovutirapo.
Patapita nthawi, makolo anga anayamba kuona kuti ine ndi mchimwene wanga tikuchita zinthu modabwitsa. Kenako anafunsa kuti, “Chavuta n’chiyani?” M’kupita kwa nthaŵi, tinawauza monyinyirika za munthu wankhanza wa m’deralo.
Mayi anga, omwe anali mayi wodekha koma waukali, anatiuza kuti: “Anyamata, musalole kuti aliyense azikuvutitsani kapena aliyense amene sangathe kudziteteza. Anapitiriza phunziro lake, "Ndinu abale, ndipo izi zikutanthauza kuti muyenera kumamatirana - zivute zitani."
Ndinadziwa choti ndichite.
Tsiku lotsatira, tikudikirira pamzera wa chakudya chamasana kusukulu, wankhanzayo anatifikira. Asananene kapena kuchita kalikonse, ndinamuponyera nkhonya zingapo, kulumikiza kawiri. Wankhanzayo, yemwe tsopano anali ndi magazi komanso atagona pansi m’chipinda chodyeramo chakudya chamasana, anayamba kulira n’kumakalipira aphunzitsiwo. Ndinachita mantha, koma kukhutitsidwa. Zinamveka bwino.
Posakhalitsa, ndinanyamuka kupita ku ofesi ya mfundo, kumene makolo anga ankandidikirira.
Mfundo yakuti sisitere (iyi inali sukulu ya Katolika), inapitirizabe zachiwawa ndi kusachita chiwawa komanso momwe ndikanagwiritsira ntchito njira zoyenera (chinthu chomwe ndikanachimva pa moyo wanga wonse m'malo osiyanasiyana). Nditamufotokozera kuti machanelowo analephera ndipo anali opanda ntchito, m’kupita kwa nthaŵi anandipatsa chilango chaching’ono ndipo ndinanyamuka ulendo wobwerera kwathu.
Inde, n’zosachita kufunsa kuti wovutitsayo sanavutikenso ine ndi mchimwene wanga. Ndipotu sanavutitsenso aliyense wa anawo. Ana amene ankamenyedwa anali osangalala kwambiri. Sitinkachitanso mantha popita kusukulu.
Ili linali phunziro langa loyamba la momwe chiwawa chimagwirira ntchito mdziko lenileni.
Chiwawa Monga Kuyankha kwa Ntchito
Zaka 12 pambuyo pake, monga msilikali wa m’madzi aku US amene ankalondera m’chigawo cha Al Anbar ku Western Iraq, ndinkangokhalira kuganizira za phunziro laubwana limeneli. Nthawi zonse ndimadzifunsa kuti, "Ndikadakhala ndikuchita chiyani ndikanakhala mu nsapato za ma Iraqi?"
Yankho nthawi zonse linali lomveka bwino: Ndikanatha kubwezera.
Gulu langa, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, Alpha Company, lidachita mishoni mu "Area of Operations" (AO) yomwe makamaka imazungulira tawuni yotchedwa Al Qaim ndi madera ozungulira. Kutumizidwa kwathu kudayamba chakumapeto kwa chilimwe cha 2004, pakati pa kukana kwamphamvu komanso kwamphamvu kwa Sunni komanso kukhumudwa komwe kukukulirakulira pakati pa anthu aku Iraq. Chigawo chomwe tidalowa m'malo, gulu lankhondo lapamadzi ku Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, lidapatsidwa ntchito yotiwonetsa AO posachedwa tikhala tikulondera, kuyang'anira, apolisi, kuphulitsa mabomba, ndi zina zambiri.
Chigawochi chinatipatsa chenjezo lomveka bwino lakuti, “Ngati mukufuna kupita kunyumba kuti mutuluke m’gawo limodzi lokha, musamayendere derali. Pamene anzanga apanyanja akuyang'anizana mosokonezeka, mkulu wa asilikali a Marine anapitiriza kuti, "Uzani akuluakulu a asilikali kuti mukuyendayenda, koma osatero - ingoikani Observation Post (OP) ndikuzizira. ”
Inde, gulu langa linadzudzula uphungu umenewu, ndikuumirira kuti asilikali a ku North Carolina anali "ofooka" komanso "osakhudzidwa."
Pambuyo pa miyezi ingapo ya malo ochezera magalimoto, zigawenga za m’nyumba, maulendo otsekera akaidi ndi zina zotero, gulu lathu linatheratu. Anthu ovulala anayamba kukwera m'nyengo yozizira ya 2005, ndipo khalidwe la gulu lathu linatsika kwambiri. Ankhondo apanyanja anali kukambirana pafupipafupi za kuthawa. Ena anali kupeza njira zozembetsa mankhwala oledzeretsa m’dziko losakazidwa ndi nkhondo kuti athe kupirira misalayo.
Pambuyo pa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ya kutumizidwa, dongosolo lathu lolamulira linasintha kwambiri. Akuluakulu adasinthidwa pomwe asitikali olembetsedwa adakwezedwa ndikutumizidwa kuti akagwire ntchito zomwe zidakhalapo kale. Mtsogoleri wathu watsopano, wodzala ndi zisonkhezero zachiphamaso ndi kulimba mtima kwachimuna, analamula gulu lathu “kufafaniza obaya mchenga.”
Motero, tinatha kuchita umishonale wochuluka kuposa kale lonse. Zoonadi, apanyanja apansi apamadzi anamvetsetsa bwino lomwe "kuchotsa obaya mchenga" kumaphatikizapo: ovulala ambiri.
Mu February, 2005, gulu lathu linakonzekera kusesa kwakukulu kwa Improvised Explosive Device (IED) ndi kuwononga nyumba zonse zomwe zidatumizidwa. Magulu angapo a asitikali khumi ndi atatu, olimbikitsidwa ndi zigawo za Weapons Platoon ndi Army Explosive Ordinance Experts (EODs), adanyamuka kuti atenge Al Qaim kuchokera kwa zigawenga za Sunni.
M’kupita kwa nthaŵi, kulondera kwathu kunatizembera kuchokera m’mbali zonse za tauniyo. Anthu ankathamanga m’misewu. Amayi ndi ana awo anali kunjenjemera kumbuyo kwa magalimoto otenthedwa ndi kuphulitsa nyumba pamene anyamata ndi anyamata achichepere akuponya mabomba a rocket ndi mfuti zodziwikiratu kulunjika kwathu.
Patapita maola angapo, motowo unatha. Palibe, kuphatikiza ine ndekha, yemwe anali ndi lingaliro la kuchuluka kwa ma Iraqi omwe adaphedwa pakusinthanitsa. Kunena zoona, ndi anthu ochepa chabe amene ankawasamala.
Kumbali yathu, panali anthu osachepera awiri omwe adafa ndipo theka la khumi ndi awiri adavulala. Magalimoto athu anali ataphimbidwa ndi zotsalira za mfuti ndi zipolopolo. Ambiri mwa asilikali apamadzi anali kusuta ndudu kapena kuyang’ana m’mlengalenga mopanda kanthu, kusonyeza, mosakayikira, zimene anachita m’mbuyomo.
Kwa gawo lathu, kunali kudzutsa: mishoni inali yotayika, chinyengo.
Ine ndi anzanga a m'madzi, ndi zida zathu zamakono, luso la satellite ndi zida zowononga nthaka, sitinathe kugonjetsa gulu la anthu wamba omwe analibe chakudya chokwanira kuti aime. Ngakhale titakhala zaka zambiri zolimbitsa thupi komanso chithandizo chaukadaulo wapamwamba, sitinafanane ndi zigawenga zaku Iraq.
Popanda cholinga chomveka, mdani woopsa ndi ovulala ochuluka, mzimu wathu wankhondo unasweka.
Anthu aku Iraq, omwe anali kuteteza mabanja awo, madera awo, malo awo, anali odzipereka kwambiri ndipo anali ndi cholinga chomveka. Analinso ndi kena kake kotaya: ulemu ndi ufulu wawo.
Pakali pano, gulu lathu linkalonderabe ndi kuchita utumwi, ngakhale kuti linali locheperapo poyerekeza ndi m'mbuyomo. Inde, tinayendayenda m’matauni amene sanakane. Tinkadyera anthu ofooka ndi osowa chochita. Matauni ena, pazifukwa zingapo, analibe amuna “azaka zakumenya nkhondo” (zaka 15-35). Choncho mizindayo ndi imene tinkawayendera.
Pamapeto pake, tinapeŵa madera ndi anthu amene ankamenyana nawo. Madera omwe ankakana sanapirire kuzunzidwa mofanana ndi anansi awo omwe anali achiwawa kwambiri. Ufumu wa ku United States, wamphamvu ndi wamphamvuyonse padziko lapansi, ulidi nyalugwe wapapepala.
Masiku ano, Western Iraq ikuyang'aniridwa ndi gulu la zigawenga la Islamic State (IS). Mwachionekere, inali nkhani yanthaŵi chabe. Ngakhale kuti palibe aliyense wa ife amene ankadziwa yemwe angawalamulire, nthawi zonse tinkadziwa kuti Chigawo cha Al Anbar chidzakhala cha anthu aku Iraq.
Chiwawa ngati Yankho ku Apolisi
Mu Ogasiti 2014, ndimatsutsa ziwawa za apolisi ku Ferguson, Missouri, pomwe Mike Brown adapha, wachinyamata wakuda yemwe adawomberedwa ndikuphedwa ndi wapolisi atamuyesa kuti adafuna kulanda mfuti ya wapolisiyo (nkhani yomwe palibe amene ali kumanja kwawo. maganizo amakhulupirira ndipo amene pafupifupi aliyense woona ndi maso kuphedwa amatsutsa).
Dera la Ferguson, laling'ono kukula kwake, koma lophiphiritsira m'chilengedwe, linandikumbutsa za matauni ambiri osagwira ntchito, otukuka, achiwawa komanso osokoneza bongo omwe amawononga dziko la neoliberal. Matauni awa, omwe tsopano ali m'malo okhazikika padziko lonse lapansi, akupereka chithunzithunzi chamtsogolo za ziwonetsero zandale, zipolowe komanso kukana.
Ndikulankhula ndi anthu ku Ferguson, anthu angapo anandiuza kuti, "Ngati wapolisiyu sangaphedwe, tawuni yonse idzaphulika. Zatikwana ndi zoyipa izi! Panthaŵiyo, ndimakumbukira kuti ndinaganiza kuti, “Ndikukayikira ngati chipwirikiti, m’mikhalidwe yotere, chingadzetse chisamaliro chatanthauzo kuposa zionetsero zamtendere?”
Inde, sindinadikire kuti ndidziwe, popeza Darren Wilson, wapolisi wodziwika bwino wa Ferguson, sanaimbidwe mlandu wopha Mike Brown pagulu. Posakhalitsa chigamulochi, magalimoto, nyumba ndi nyumba zina zosiyanasiyana zinatenthedwa. M'maola ochepa chabe, wailesi iliyonse yayikulu ku US inali kuwonetsa zithunzi ndi zithunzi za zipolowe. Mikangano inali kuchitika m’dziko lonselo. Anthu adakakamizika kukambirana zaupolisi wankhondo, kusankhana mitundu ndi zina zambiri.
Miyezi ingapo pambuyo pake, wapolisi ku South Carolina adagwidwa pa kamera akuwombera munthu wazaka zapakati wakuda kumbuyo akuthawa. Mosadabwitsa, nkhani yowopsayo idatayika pakusokonekera kwa nkhani zazikuluzikulu, osayankhidwanso kapena kuwunikiridwa mozama.
Patapita milungu ingapo, mnyamata wina wakuda ku Baltimore, Maryland, dzina lake Freddie Gray, anaphedwa ndi apolisi. Pa nthawiyi, anthu ochita zionetsero sakanalola kuti anthu anyalanyaze mlanduwo.
Freddie Gray atangophedwa, mzinda wa Baltimore unaphulika - zipolowe, kuwonongeka kwa katundu ndi moto zinadzaza ma TV a anthu mamiliyoni ambiri aku America omwe ankawonera zojambulazo m'nyumba zawo. Mwamsanga, zinaonekeratu kuti otsutsa ku Baltimore sangalole kuti imfa ya Freddie Gray isafufuzidwe. Apanso, anthu adakakamizika kuganiza zankhondo, apolisi, kusankhana mitundu, magulu, umphawi ndi chiwawa ku US.
Masiku ano, mndandanda wonse wa zochitika, mayendedwe ndi mabungwe apangidwa pambuyo pa zipolowe za Baltimore. Zipolowe zatsala pang'ono kutha.
Maphunziro a Tsogolo
Sindinamvetsetse mawu akuti, “Simungagwiritse ntchito zida za mbuyeyo kugwetsa nyumba ya mbuyeyo.” Kwa ine, zimenezo nthaŵi zonse zinkawoneka ngati lingaliro lopanda pake.
Ndipotu nyundo ndi nyundo. Itha kugwiritsidwa ntchito nyundo misomali, kapena kuichotsa. Itha kugwiritsidwa ntchito pomanga nyumba, kapena kumanga ndende. Nyundo, monga chinthu, siili yoyipa mwachibadwa. Ndi chinthu chongogwiritsa ntchito, kapena osagwiritsa ntchito, kutengera momwe zinthu ziliri.
Chiwawa, monga nyundo, sichili choipa mwachibadwa: chingagwiritsidwe ntchito pazochitika zosiyanasiyana, ndipo pazifukwa zambiri, zina zomveka, zina osati. Komabe, m'pomveka kunena kuti chiwawa chiyenera kupewedwa mulimonse momwe zingakhalire. Kuyika mosiyana, iyenera kukhala njira yomaliza. Komabe, tiyenera kukhala otsutsa kwambiri tikamakumana ndi mafunso okhudzana ndi chiwawa ndi kusachita chiwawa, kapena pamene anthu amalankhula mosabisa mawu monga, "Chiwawa sichimabala kanthu."
Mwachidule, uku sikukutsimikizira zachiwawa kapena nkhanza zoopsa. Ndikungozindikira kuti chiwawa, muzochitika zina, makamaka ngati njira yodzitetezera, ndi njira yabwino kwambiri yothanirana ndi kuponderezedwa.
Kaya ndi wopezerera anzawo pasukulu, gulu lankhondo lamphamvu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, kapena apolisi ankhondo, ziwawa zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati njira yoyimitsa, kuchepetsa, kapena kuunikira kuponderezana kosiyanasiyana.
Vincent Emanuele ndi wolemba, wotsutsa komanso mtolankhani wawayilesi yemwe amakhala ndikugwira ntchito ku Rust Belt. Ndi membala wa UAW Local 1981. Vincent atha kufikiridwa pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa]
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