(Izithombe nezixhumanisi zelogo ngezansi) - Isigcawu sasekuseni singaba kunoma iyiphi yezindawo zekhofi ezingenakubalwa endaweni Pacific Northwest. Ama-barista amabili anikeza izinkomishi ezishisayo ze-espresso, kuyilapho isisebenzi esisebenza nabo sikhiqiza izithombe kukhompyutha. Esinye isisebenzi sidlala u-Rachmaninoff ophiyano. Amakhasimende aphuza ikhofi lawo njengoba efunda iphephandaba lasekuseni.
Nokho uma uthi nhla, womabili ama-barista angamaqhawe e-Iraq War agqoke izikibha ezilwa nempi. Eyodwa isebenze ngaphakathi Iraq njengomdubuli womshini wezempi, kanti omunye njengomshini wokudubula wasolwandle. Insizwa ekukhompuyutha yayiyi-agent ye-Army counterintelligence Mosul, futhi umfana odlala upiyano wayeyikilasi lokuqala elizimele ku-Army National Guard. Iningi lamakhasimende ligqoke ukukhathala kwekhaki, futhi lifunda mayelana nokuthunyelwa kwawo okuseduze Iraq or Afghanistan.
Lena yi-COFFEE STRONG, indlu yekhofi entsha ye-GI ngaphandle nje kwamasango e- Fort Lewis, isizinda Sezempi esikhulu kunazo zonke eWest Coast. Itholakala e Lakewood, Washington, phakathi Olympia futhi Tacoma. Indlu yekhofi igama layo elinosonhlamvukazi liphazamisa isiqubulo sokuqasha esithi "ARMY STRONG" yavulwa ngoSuku Lokhetho lwango-2008 yi-GI Voice, iphrojekthi yendawo engenzi inzuzo eholwa ngomakadebona. Yindlu yekhofi yesibili yamalungelo e-GI ukuvula ezweni kusukela ngeMpi yaseVietnam; abanye bavulile I-New York, Texas, Futhi Virginia.
I-COFFEE STRONG imodelwe ilandela inhlangano ye-GI coffeehouse kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1960, njengoba kuchazwe encwadini ethi Soldiers in Revolt, kanye nedokhumentari ethi Sir! Cha Mnumzane!. Kodwa i-GI Voice isebenzisa amathuluzi okufinyelela ekhulunyaka lama-21 ukuxhumana namasosha nemindeni yawo, njengamakhompyutha ukuze amasosha afinyelele ku-inthanethi ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa Kwezempi. Iphrojekthi eyingqophamlando iphinde yaqala iwebhusayithi ngo http://www.GIVoice.org, futhi ihlela ukusakazwa kwewebhu yomsakazo ukuze ixhumane namasosha isebenzisa umculo namasiko.
Umgomo we-coffeehouse ye-GI uwukunikeza amasosha, imindeni yawo kanye nodokotela bezilwane bakamuva indawo ekude nesisekelo lapho bengafunda khona ngezinsiza ezitholakala kubo, bahlangane nabeluleki bamalungelo e-GI, futhi bafinyelele eminye imininingwane. Iphethe ubusuku bama-movie bamasonto onke, futhi isingatha izipikha, amakhonsathi e-hiphop, e-punk nawesintu, neminye imicimbi. Ukusabela kwamasosha avakashele i-coffehouse kuze kube manje kube kuhle kakhulu.
I-GI Voice izimele ngaphandle kwanoma yiziphi ezinye izinhlangano noma amaqembu ezepolitiki, njengokusho okuzimele komphakathi wamasosha, omakadebona kanye nemindeni yabo ethinteke kabi Iraq kanye nezimpi zase-Afghanistan. Omakadebona abamelene nempi bavame ukuzizwa bengamelwe yibo bobabili omakadebona abavamile, amaqembu asekela izimpi, namaqembu okuthula angakuqondi okuhlangenwe nakho nezikhalo zamasosha. Nge-GI Voice, bahlela phakathi kwabo ukuze bazikhulumele, futhi banikeze amalungu osizo nemindeni yawo indawo yokuziveza ngokukhululekile.
I-GI Voice ikhuluma ngezindaba ezikhathaza amasosha-njengokuthunyelwa okuphindaphindiwe kwe-"Stop-Loss" ezindaweni zempi, ukuyala ukuhlukunyezwa, ukucindezelwa kwamalungelo omthethosisekelo, ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi nokudlwengulwa, izimo zempilo nokuphepha, kanye ne-Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Nokho inhloso ye-GI Voice akukona ukuguqula amasosha abe umshini wokulwa osebenza ngempumelelo. Esikhundleni salokho, leli qembu limile kwelokuthi uma amalungu enkonzo esezabalaza ngokuzimisela ngomyalo wawo ezindabeni zezimo zokusebenza, azoqala ukubona ukuxhumana phakathi kokusebenza kwamanye amazwe kanye nokucindezelwa kwawo ezweni. I-united states.
Umqondisi we-GI Voice uSeth Manzel uchithe unyaka efakwe Iraq ngo-2004, wabelwa 1st Stryker Brigade kusukela Fort Lewis. Ubhale ephephandabeni lendawo i-Works in Progress, โUkuze amasosha nemindeni yabo bahlanganyele ekulweni kudinga ukuthi bamele amasoshaโ amalungelo. Isenzo nje sokulwela amalungelo omuntu eButhweni Lezempi kwanele ukwehlisa isivinini sophiko, izikhathi zokuthunyelwa. Ibutho alikwazanga ukusebenza uma lizifeza zonke izithembiso zalo kumasosha nemindeni yawo. Ngale ndlela umlayezo ophakathi (ukumelela amalungelo e-GI) ungaba nomthelela omkhulu kwezempi. Asidingi ukufundisa abantu emasosheni. Uma sibazisa ngamalungelo abo bazozifikela ngokwabo eziphethweni zokulwa nempi.
Fort Lewis Okhulumela uJoe Kubistek uthe umbutho wezempi uyazi ngale ndawo, kodwa uyavuma ukuthi njengoba kuyibhizinisi elisemthethweni, iButho ngeke livimbele amasosha ukuthi aye lapho. UKubistek wengeze ngokuthi, "Asinaso isimo ngemibono yezepolitiki yomuntu wangaphandle." UManzel uncokola ngokuthi "uma bengasifaka ohlwini lwabangasifakanga ohlwini, kungaba ukukhangisa okuhle kakhulu esingakuthola." Ugomela ngokuthi i-GI Voice ayifuni iphusha imibono yayo yepolitiki kumakhasimende, ithi โSimelene nempi, kodwa asikho ebusweni bakho ngayo.โโ
Mhlawumbe akukho kwenye indawo ezweni lapho kukhona ukuhlangana okuqine kangaka phakathi komphakathi omkhulu wamasosha kanye nemiphakathi emikhulu emelene nempi eqhubekayo, e-Olympia eseduze naseTacoma. Kule ndawo, sibona futhi sizwa Iraq futhi Afghanistan izimpi cishe nsuku zonke. Akunakwenzeka ukuphuthelwa ukuzwa umlilo we-Howitzer uvutha ku- Fort Lewis uhla lwezikhali, ukubona izindiza ezinkulu zokuthutha i-C-17 zisuka I-Baghdad noma i-Bagram ifika e-McChord Air Force Base, noma ebheke i-PTSD eboniswa ezingozini zezimoto zendawo, ukugetshengwa, izingxabano zamabha, ukuhlukunyezwa kwasekhaya, kanye nokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi.
Impi yase-Iraq ikhulise ukuhlukana phakathi kwemiphakathi yendawo, kodwa yandisa namathuba okusebenza ndawonye njengoba yomibili imiphakathi iyakukhathalela ngempela ukuthi kunempi eqhubekayo. Ababhikishi abaphikisana nempi nabamelene nempi baye bashayisana emgwaqeni oweqa i-Interstate-5 ku-Exit 122, uMkhandlu Wedolobha LaseLakewood owawuqamba kabusha ngokuthi โIbhuloho Lenkululekoโ ukuhlonipha ubukhona beqembu elisekela impi. Indawo edlula kanye namasango e Fort Lewis (kanye ne-Army National Guardโs Camp Murray) ingamamitha nje angamakhulu ambalwa ukusuka endaweni yekhofi yase-GI, I-Union Avenue ngemuva kwe-Subway Franchise.
Eminyakeni emibili edlule, izenzo ezinkulu eziqondile ePorts of Olympia kanye Tacoma babhikishele ukuhamba kwezimoto ze-Stryker armored ukuya nokubuya Iraq. Ukukhathazeka kukaManzel ukuthi amasosha ayaziqonda izizathu zalezi zenzo, nokuthi ababhikishi abamelene nempi bayaqonda ukuthi ama-GI awazona izitha zawo. Ukhuluma ngezindawo ezintsha zekhofi ze-GI, "Ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kuzoba ukuxhumana kwangempela phakathi kwenhlangano yokuthula namasosha ezisekelweni laba abangaphandle kwazo." Ababhikishi basePort baye baqaphela amasosha aseStryker eshaya izimpawu zokuthula lapho izikhulu zabo zingekho. ukubukela, noma ngabe isibalo esincane samasosha sibeneka โuhhafu wophawu lokuthula.โ
I-Fort Lewis isiphenduke isikhungo sikazwelonke sokuphikisa i-GI ngokumelene neMpi yase-Iraq, njengoba kwenzeka ngesikhathi seMpi yaseVietnam. ULieutenant Ehren Watada waquliswa icala ngoFebhuwari 2007 ngokuba yisikhulu sokuqala esijutshwe ukwenqaba ukuthunyelwa Iraq. Abashisekeli bokuthula babambe inkantolo ethi โCitizens Hearingโ ukwethula udaba lukaWatada lokuthi impi ayikho emthethweni. (Icala lakhe lezempi lasenkantolo laphela ngokuqulwa icala, futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi uye wawina iningi lecala lakhe lomthetho, kodwa Ibutho Lezempi alikamvumeli ukuba ashiye umsebenzi wakhe.) Abanye abenqabayo Bezempi, njengo-Sgt. Kevin Benderman kanye no-Spc. USuzanne Swift, ugwetshwe isikhathi eside ejele Fort Lewis isitoko. I-GI Voice isanda kusingatha ukuqeqeshwa kwamalungu asebenzayo e-Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) ahlela ngaphakathi kwezempi kunokuba afune ukuphuma kwezempi.
I-GI Voice ikhomba ubudlelwano obusha phakathi kwenhlangano ekhulayo ye-GI kanye nenhlangano enkulu yabantu abalwa nempi. Amaqembu okuthula angakwazi ukusekela futhi afinyelele kuma-GIs, esebenzisana namakadebona eMpi yase-Iraq ayiqonda kangcono indlela yokuxhumana nesizukulwane esisha sezempi. Abashisekeli bokuthula bangazifundisa futhi ngezindaba ezikhathaza amasosha, ukuvula izingxoxo ezinenhlonipho nama-GI kanye nemindeni yabo, njengesinyathelo sokusebenzisana. Inombolo Yocingo Yamalungelo E-GI (800-394-9544) iyisitobhi sokuqala sabasebenzi bezempi nemindeni efuna ukuhlola izinketho zabo.
Fort Lewis Kuhlelelwe ukuthi kutshalwe amanye amasosha ayizi-10,000 XNUMX ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka, okuhlanganisa nama-Stryker Brigade amathathu Iraq futhi Afghanistan, okwenza lesi kube yisikhathi esibucayi sokuhlela i-GI endaweni. Ezinye izindawo zokudlela ezimbalwa ze-GI ezweni ziye zazabalaza ukuvula iminyango yazo noma ukuyigcina ivuliwe. Nakuba i-COFFEE STRONG inendawo enenzuzo eduze nesifunda, indawo ematasatasa yokudla okusheshayo, inokuncintisana ne-Starbucks eposini.
Noma yiluphi uhlobo lokusekelwa lungasiza i-GI yekhofi engenzi nzuzo ukuthi ihlale ivulekile โnjengendawo ephephileโ yamasosha nemindeni yawo. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, thintana ne-GI Voice, I-PO Box 99404, Lakewood WA 98496, noma ku-inthanethi ku- http://www.GIVoice.org or http://www.CoffeeStrong.com. (Iminikelo edonswa intela ingenziwa ku-inthanethi, noma ngamasheke enziwe ku-"Seattle Okusalungiswa & Kwezempi Ukululekwa Centre"noma"SDMCCโฐ).
Njengoba umbhali wezinkondlo waseJalimane uBertolt Brecht wabhala:
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Libhidliza amahlathi lichoboze amadoda.
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UZoltan Grossman uyilungu le-faculty in geography e-Evergreen State College e Olympia, Washington, kanye nomhleli wokuthula nobulungiswa osenesikhathi eside. Uyilungu lebhodi le-GI Voice (givoice.org), futhi uhlele iCitizensโ Hearing on the Legality of US Actions in. Iraq (wartribunal.net). Angafinyelelwa ku [i-imeyili ivikelwe] noma kuwebhusayithi yakhe ethi http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz
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