Mufananidzo naAllison C Bailey
Varwi vehondo vagara vachiramba hondo, vachikurudzira runyararo, uye vachichengetedza kodzero dzevanhu uye dzeveruzhinji vachipokana nemhirizhonga yenyika nemamwe marudzi ekudzvinyirira. Vakaita zvakakosha kubatsira kune kurwa uye rugare nerunyararo mafambiro pamusoro pemakumi emakore.
Kupinda kwavo mubato reBlack Lives Matter (BLM) hakuna kusiyana. Veterans vanga vachioneka zvakanyanya mukutsigira kurwira rusaruraganda kunodiwa kwenzvimbo dzevatema, Vemadzinza, uye People of Colour (BIPOC) nharaunda. Chokwadi chinokanganisa, chinozivikanwa nevakawanda veteran, ndechekuti hukuru hwakachena, hutongi hwekusarudzana uye hutsinye hwemapurisa pamba hwakabatana zvakanyanya nekupenengudzwa nehondo yeAmerica impiretiya / hondo yekukunze.
Neruzivo urwu, veterans vakatora mabasa sevarwi vasina mhirizhonga kudzidzisa nezvekubatana ikoko uye kubatsira nharaunda dzisina kumiririrwa uye dzakasarirwa kurwisa kusarongeka. Imwe yeazvino kuratidzwa kwekuratidzira uku i "Wall of Vets" muPortland, Oregon, boka revarwi vakaungana vachipindura kuendeswa kwemauto ehurumende kuguta iro uye kurwiswa kwechisimba kwavakaita kune vanopikisa rusarura.
Isati yatanga kufamba kweVatema Hupenyu, varwi vehondo, kusanganisira varwi vehondo, vakaita hurongwa husina mhirizhonga hwemagariro evanhu munzira dzakawanda uye nezvikonzero zvakasiyana. Semuenzaniso, muna 1967, Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) yakaumbwa kupikisa uye kuda kupera kweHondo yeVietnam isiri pamutemo.
Kuedza kwavo kwekuratidzira kwakaenderera mberi mukutanga kwema1970s vachipfuura nematanho akawanda mukati mekurwira hondo. Imwe yakakosha yakanga iri 1971 Mayday kuratidzira, hukuru hwekusaterera veruzhinji vachipesana nehondo yaida kuvhara mahofisi ehurumende paCapitol Hill.
Munguva ye1980s, varatidziri vehondo vezvematongerwo enyika vakataura vachipesana nekupindira kweUS.
Musi waGunyana 1, 1986, varwi vehondo vatatu, kusanganisira Congressional Medal of Honor akagamuchira Charles Liteky (nekuda kweushingi pasi pemoto, pachake achinunura mauto makumi maviri eAmerica akarovererwa pasi nekurwiswa kwakanyanya muVietnam), vakatora mvura chete "Vets Fast for Life" Capitol matanho, achikumbira America kuti isabvumire kupinda muNicaragua.
Muna 1987, kusvinura kwemwedzi mitatu kwakaitwa kunze kwekunzwa kweCongressional kupikisa hurumende yeReagan yekupindira kwemauto zvisiri pamutemo uye zvisiri pamutemo muCentral America. Gare gare gore iroro muConcord, California, varwi vehondo vakatanga kuramwa nenzara uye kuvharira zvine runyararo zvitima zvehondo zvakatakura zvombo zvaienda kuNicaragua neEl Salvador.
Mukati mekuratidzira uku, S. Brian Willson, murwi wekuVietnam uye mumwe wevatatu vakanga vaita Vets Fast for Life, vakadimburwa makumbo nechitima chakaramba kumira.
Munguva yama1990s, veterans vaive vakanyanya kutarisa kumisa kukura uye kuwedzera kwehunhu hweUS, kusanganisira Hondo yePersian Gulf, iyo yekutengeserana yeCuba, uye zvirango zvehupfumi zvinopesana neIraq.
Veterans vanga vachishanda zvakanyanya munguva yepashure pe9 / 11 nguva zvakare, paine zvakatarwa zviito zvekutarisa zvinonzi "Hondo paNhamo," kunyanya iyo USA PATRIOT Act nehondo dzakatungamirwa neU.S. ku Middle East . Muna 2002-03, nhamba huru yevarwi vakapinda mukuratidzira kwehondo mukati menyika, vachiedza kumisa kupambwa kweIraq, iyo vazhinji veteran vaiziva kuti haina kuchenjera uye yakavakirwa panhema.
Muna 2005, veterans vakabatana naCindy Sheehan, amai vemauto akaurayiwa Casey Sheehan, nevamwe varwiri verunyararo pa "Camp Casey" muTexas kuti vade chokwadi kubva kuMutungamiri Bush nezve Hondo isiri pamutemo neyakaipisisa yeIraq.
Muna 2010, veterans, kusanganisira Pentagon Papers muridzo whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, vakaita kusateerera kwechivanhu kunze kweWhite House kuratidzira hondo dzeUS kuAfghanistan neIraq.
Munguva ye2011 Occupy Wall Street (OWS) kufamba vachipokana nekusaenzana kwehupfumi, veterans vakabatana mukuda kururamisira kwehupfumi. Vakadzivirirawo varatidziri kubva mukushungurudzwa nemapurisa uye vakapa zano rehunyanzvi kune vanoronga mafambiro.
Veterans vakabatsira kuNative-inotungamirwa Standing Rock mushandirapamwe muna 2016-17. Zviuru zvevarwi vakaendeswa kuNorth Dakota kuti vatsigire maNative America kuramba mhirizhonga yenyika uye yemakambani munzvimbo dzinoyera dzechibvumirano.
Mukupindura kune chena waDonald Trump wechizvarwa chena, anopesana nevanobva kune dzimwe nyika uye kurambidzwa kwake kwekufamba kwevaMuslim uye mamwe masangano, xenophobic zvirevo, mavetera akatanga #VetsVsHate uye Veterans Challenge Islamophobia (VCI) muna 2016.
Munguva pfupi yapfuura BLM kuratidzira muPortland, iyo yakatowedzera apo hutongi hwaTrump hwakatumira vamiririri vehurumende kuzosangana navo, Mike Hastie, murwi weVietnam uye nhengo yeVeterans For Peace (VFP), akaedza kunyevera mapurisa nezvehutsinye hunoitwa muhondo. . Nekuda kwekuedza uku, akapfapfaidzwa mhiripiri padhuze ndokusundidzirwa kure.
Achifemerwa naChris David, Navy Veteran uyo akarohwa nemapurisa ehurumende mwedzi wapera kunze kwedare rePortland, "Wall of Vets" yakakura seuto rerunyararo risina mhirizhonga rakaisa miviri yavo senhoo kudzivirira kodzero dzevanhu dzekuungana murunyararo. uye kupikisa. Veterans ava vanoti vari kuenderera mberi nekuzadzisa mhiko dzavo kuBumbiro reMitemo nekuvanhu vemuUSA nekuchengetedza kodzero dzavo dzeFirst Amendment.
Sezvakaita veterans vakavatangira mukufamba kwekutanga uye kurwisa mhirizhonga yenyika, 'Wall of Vets' vari kushandisa rombo rechimiro chavo sevarwi vehondo kukwidziridza manzwi evakadzvinyirirwa. Iyo 'Wall of Vets' ndeimwe yemienzaniso ichangoburwa yevarwi vehondo vanouya pamwechete uye vachishandisa puratifomu yavo kuvhenekera mwenje pakusabatwa zvakanaka kwenharaunda dzedu dzisina zviwanikwa. Vakabatana nemamwe 'madziro' evanhu (somuenzaniso, 'Wall of Moms') iyo yakaumba mukupindura maitiro ehudzvinyiriri aTrump.
Varatidziri ava kuita gadzira zviga mune mamwe maguta, izvo zvinozobvumidza kuzvipira kwakawanda kudzivirira nekumisa kurwiswa kunorwisa vanopikisa vatungamiriri vehondo vaTrump.
Kudzivisa uye kudzvanyirira kupokana kwezvematongerwo enyika uye kusateerera kwehurumende kusina mhirizhonga isimba rinodiwa uye nzira yekutonga yehurumende. Veterans vanorangarira mhosva dzinokwanisa kuitwa nehurumende yehudzvanyiriri nevari kugara muchiuto. Vanoziva kuti isu tine basa revagari rekumira kune idzi kutyisidzira kuripo kune democracy, rusununguko uye rusununguko.
Veterans vanopinda muhondo dzerunyararo nekururamisira nekuda kwezvikonzero zvakasiyana. Kune vamwe, chiitwa checathatic cherunyararo rwemukati uye kuporeswa. Kune vamwe kudanwa kwekuchengetedza nekushandira nharaunda dziri munjodzi kubva kusangano rinoshungurudza kana hurumende. Kune vamwe zvichiri, ndezvekuyananisira kuita madiro ehurumende yavo sechombo chekuvaka humambo uye kuita purofiti kuhondo. Kune vamwe, kuenderera mberi kusiri kwechisimba kwekudzivirira kwavo vanhu veUS uye Bumbiro redu.
Kune vazhinji veterans, ndeimwe musanganiswa weizvi zvinokurudzira pamwe nezvimwe. Asi chipi kana chipi chinovamanikidza kudzivirira kodzero dzevanhu nedzevanhu uye kurwira rugare, vanozviita nesimba retsika uye mubasa rechokwadi kune vamwe. Iyo 'Wall of Vets' yakaratidza kuti ivo vari kunyatso kuenderera iyo yakareba uye yakakosha nhaka kuburikidza nebasa ravo rerunyararo. Z
Brian Trautman murwi wemauto, muratidziri wezvemagariro evanhu, uye mudzidzisi anogara muAlbany, New York. Pa Twitter uye Instagram: @brianjtrautman.