John McGrath, Yaƙi, Nuwamba 8, 2021
Yayin da shugabannin duniya suka kasa cimma matsaya kan sauyi mai ma'ana a COP26, birnin Glasgow ya zama cibiyar zanga-zanga da yajin aiki, in ji John McGrath.
A sanyin safiyar ranar 4 ga watan Nuwamba, ma'aikatan GMB a Glasgow suna ci gaba da yajin aikin don samun ingantacciyar albashi da yanayin aiki. Sun fara ayyukansu na yau da kullun da karfe 7 na safe a Anderston Center Depot akan titin Argyle.
Ray Robertson ma’aikacin bin da ya daɗe yana murmushi ya ce da murmushi, “Na yi tsufa da zama a nan.” Robertson yana tare da kusan ma'aikata goma sha biyu waɗanda ke shirin ciyar da rana a kan titi. "Muna yajin aiki don yadda aka bi da mu tsawon shekaru 15-20," in ji shi.
“Ba a saka hannun jari ba, babu kayayyakin more rayuwa, babu sabbin manyan motoci – babu abin da maza suke bukata. Wannan depot din yana da maza 50 suna aiki, yanzu muna da kila 10-15. Ba su maye gurbin kowa ba kuma yanzu masu shara suna yin aikin sau uku. Mu ko da yaushe mu kasance mafi ƙarancin albashi a Scotland. Koyaushe. Kuma shekaru biyu da suka gabata, suna amfani da Covid a matsayin uzuri. "Ba za mu iya yin komai ba yanzu saboda Covid" sun ce. Amma kuliyoyi masu ƙiba suna ƙara arziƙi, kuma babu wanda ya damu da ma'aikatan.
Ci gaba da zuwa yamma akan titin Argyle, wanda ya zama titin Stabcross, titin an rufe shi don zirga-zirga a wannan makon. Katangar karfe mai ƙafa 10 yana ƙarfafa hanya da ƙungiyoyin jami'an 'yan sanda masu tsattsauran ra'ayi sanye da riguna masu launin rawaya da baƙar fata a gungu shida a tsakiyar layin. A bayyane yake, 'Yan sanda na Glasgow ba sa barin komai don samun dama.
Bugu da ƙari a kan hanya, Cibiyar Harkokin Kasuwancin Scottish (SEC), inda tattaunawar ke gudana, za a iya isa ga kawai tare da izini na musamman. Faretin ƙwararrun kamfanoni da jami'an gwamnati daga sassa daban-daban na duniya sun bi ta kofofin tsaro suna haskaka sahihancinsu.
A wajen ƙofofin, masu zanga-zangar sun taru suna yin zanga-zanga, ko da yake ba adadi mai yawa ba. Ƙungiya ta masu fafutuka na XR suna zaune a haɗe da kafa suna nuna suna da tsaro. Kusa da su akwai gungun matasa dalibai masu alaƙa da Juma'a don makomar da suka yi tafiya daga Japan. Akwai tara daga cikinsu kuma suna wucewa da megaphone wani lokaci suna magana cikin Ingilishi, wani lokaci cikin Jafananci.
“Yau rana ta hudu ta COP26 kuma ba mu ga wani abu mai ma’ana da ya faru ba. Kasashen da suka ci gaba suna da hanyoyin. Ba su yin komai. Kasashe masu tasowa ne suka sha wahala saboda halin ko in kula. Lokaci ya yi da za mu bukaci wadanda ke da iko - Japan, Amurka, Birtaniya - su tashi su yi wani abu. Lokaci ya yi da masu iko za su biya diyya ga duk barna da cin zarafi da suka yi a duniya.”
Bayan ɗan lokaci wasu gungun masu fafutuka na Amurka sun fito tare da tuta mai ƙafa 30 da ke cewa: "Babu Sabon Fuskar Fuka-fukan Tarayya". Ƙungiya ce da ta ƙunshi ƴan tsirarun ƙungiyoyi masu ra'ayi iri ɗaya a cikin jahohin Texas da Louisiana masu arzikin man fetur a gulf na Amurka. Masu zanga-zangar sun kira wannan yanki na kasar "yankin sadaukarwa" tare da nuna alamun guguwa na baya-bayan nan da kuma rashin lafiyar al'ummomin baki da launin ruwan kasa da ke zaune a cikin inuwar matatun mai. A wannan shekarar an ga guguwa mai zafi ta kawo ruwan sama mai ƙafa 5 zuwa Port Arthur, Louisiana. "Teku yana tashi kuma mu ma!" suna rera wakoki tare.
Suna adawa da tafiyar Joe Biden da rashin shugabanci. Biden ya isa Glasgow hannu wofi kuma ya kasa samun damar kada kuri'ar kudirin dokar gina Back Better ta hanyar majalisa ko da bayan yawancin tanadin yanayi da masu ra'ayin mazan jiya suka lalata a cikin nasa jam'iyyar. Kamar Boris Johnson, Biden ya sha ƙi hana fasa-kwauri.
Daya daga cikin masu zanga-zangar Amurka da ke rike da tuta shine Miguel Esroto, wani mai fafutuka a yammacin Texas tare da wata kungiya mai suna Earthworks. Ya tsaya kan yadda ake hako mai a jiharsa ta haihuwa. Gwamnatin Biden na fadada samar da mai a cikin Permian Basin, wanda ya mamaye murabba'in mil 86,000 a kan iyakar Texas da New Mexico kuma yana samar da ganga miliyan 4 na iskar gas a kowace rana.
Esroto ya yi nuni da cewa, gwamnatin Biden ta amince da sabbin yarjejeniyoyin hako hako a yankin a matakin da ya zarta wanda ya gabace shi, Donald Trump. Ma'aikatar Cikin Gida ta Amurka ta amince da ba da izini kusan 2,500 don yin hakar filayen jama'a da na kabilanci a cikin watanni 6 na farkon shekarar 2021.
Yayin da yake Glasgow, Biden ya dauki lokaci ya bijire wa gazawar gwamnatin Amurka wajen gabatar da dokokin yanayi ta hanyar kai wa kasar Sin hari, wacce ta halarci taron kusan, yana mai cewa shugaba Xi Jinping ya yi "babban kuskure". Kalaman nasa sun yi nuni da yadda 'yan siyasar Amurka da na Turai da kuma kafafen yada labarai na kasashen yamma suka dora alhakin fatattakar sauyin yanayi kan kasar Sin.
"Yana da hankali!" Esroto. "Idan muna son nuna yatsu, dole ne mu fara da Basin Permian. Kafin mu fara fushi da kowace ƙasa, ya kamata 'yan ƙasar Amurka su dubi inda muke da iko, inda za mu iya ba da gudummawa. Za mu iya fara nuna yatsa lokacin da ba mu samar da wannan matsananciyar matakin samar da mai da iskar gas ba. Muna da manufa bayyananne: canzawa zuwa makamashi mai sabuntawa, dakatar da samar da mai da iskar gas da kare al'ummominmu daga masana'antar mai. Dole ne mu tsaya kan hakan!”
A tarihi, Amurka ta samar da iskar CO2 fiye da sau biyu fiye da yadda kasar Sin ke samarwa duk da kasancewarta mafi kankantar yawan jama'a. Amurka ce ke da alhakin kashi 25% na hayaƙin CO2 na duniya gabaɗaya.
Da yammacin rana, kusan mutane 200 sun shiga cikin 'yan jarida da ma'aikatan talabijin kusa da matakan Glasgow Royal Concert Hall don sauraron masu fafutukar yaki da yaki: Dakatar da Hadin gwiwar Yaki, Tsohon soji don Zaman Lafiya, World Beyond War, CODEPINK da sauransu. Tsohon shugaban jam'iyyar Labour ta Scotland, Richard Leonard ya halarci taron.
Sheila J Babauta, zababben wakiliya daga tsibiran Mariana dake karkashin ikon Amurka, ta yi jawabi ga jama'ar.
"Na yi tafiya kusan mil 20,000 don zama a nan Scotland. A cikin mahaifata, muna da daya daga cikin tsibiran da ake amfani da su kawai don ayyukan soja da dalilai na horo. Mutanen yankinmu ba su sami damar zuwa wannan tsibiri ba kusan shekaru 100. Sojoji sun yi wa ruwanmu guba kuma sun kashe mana dabbobin ruwa da namun daji.”
Babauta ya bayyanawa taron cewa jiragen da suka jefa bama-bamai a Hiroshima da Nagasaki sun taso ne daga tsibirin Marina. “Hakan ne yadda tsibiran ke da alaƙa da sojojin Amurka. Lokaci ya yi da za a decarbonise! Lokaci yayi da za a yanke mulkin mallaka! Kuma lokaci ya yi da za a kawar da soja!”
Stuart Parkinson na Masana Kimiyya don Hakki na Duniya yana ilmantar da taron kan girman sawun carbon na soja. A cewar binciken Parkinson, a shekarar da ta gabata sojojin Burtaniya sun fitar da tan miliyan 11 na CO2, wanda ya yi daidai da hayakin motoci miliyan 6. Amurka, wacce ke da mafi girman sawun carbon na soja zuwa yanzu, ta fitar da kusan sau 20 fiye da na bara. Ayyukan soja sun kai kusan kashi 5% na hayaƙin duniya kuma hakan baya haifar da illar yaƙi (sashe gandun daji, sake gina garuruwan da aka jefa bama-bamai da siminti da gilashi, da sauransu).
Hakanan game da, Parkinson yayi nuni da karkatar da kudade don irin waɗannan ayyukan:
"A cikin kasafin kudin gwamnatin Burtaniya na baya-bayan nan 'yan kwanaki da suka gabata, sun ware fiye da kudi sau 7 ga sojoji kamar yadda suka yi kan rage hayakin Carbon a fadin kasar."
Wannan yana haifar da tambayar menene ainihin muke ginawa lokacin da muka “gina da kyau”?
Bayan sa'a guda, wannan tambaya ta fi ko žasa da David Boys ya yi jawabi a taron dare na COP26 Coalition Church a Adelaide Place Baptist Church akan titin Bath. Boys shine Mataimakin Babban Sakatare na kungiyar kwadago ta Jama'a ta kasa da kasa (PSI). Gamayyar COP26 ta kasance tana taro dare da rana tun lokacin da aka fara taron kuma taron na daren Alhamis ya ta'allaka ne kan rawar da kungiyoyin kwadago ke takawa wajen gujewa bala'in yanayi.
"Wa aka ji labarin Gina Baya Mafi Kyau?" Yara maza sun tambayi taron mutane da ke cikin coci. “Ko akwai wanda ke jin labarin haka? Ba ma son mu rike abin da muke da shi. Abin da muke da shi ya baci. Muna buƙatar gina sabon abu!"
Masu jawabai na daren Alhamis suna maimaita kalmar “sauyi mai adalci”. Wasu sun yi la'akari da kalmar ga marigayi Tony Mazzochi na kungiyar Man Fetur, Chemical da Atomic Workers International Union, wasu kuma suna ƙoƙarin sake fasalinta, suna kiranta da "sarkin adalci". A cewar Boys,
“Lokacin da ka gaya wa wani cewa aikinka yana barazana kuma ba za ka iya ciyar da iyalinka ba, wannan ba shine mafi kyawun saƙo ba. Waɗannan mutanen suna buƙatar taimakonmu saboda wannan sauyi ba zai yi sauƙi ba. Dole ne mu daina cinyewa, dole ne mu daina siyan shit ba ma buƙatar Pentagon, dole ne mu canza yadda muke yin abubuwa. Amma abin da muke buƙata shi ne ayyukan jama'a masu ƙarfi, farawa daga gida kuma mu tattara."
Ƙungiyoyin ƙwadago daga Scotland, Arewacin Amirka, da Uganda sun danganta da masu sauraro mahimmancin inganta tattalin arziki da neman mallakar jama'a na sufuri da kayan aiki.
A halin yanzu Scotland na shirin kara yawan motocin bas da ke shigowa cikin jama'a kuma kasar ta shaida yadda aka kafa kasar a lokacin da ake shirin sabunta layin dogo don tattaunawa. Zamanin Neoliberal ya lalata kasashe a duniya tare da yawaitar karkatar da kadarorin jama'a. A cewar Boys, mayar da makamashin ya kasance mai wahala musamman tsayawa:
“Lokacin da muka shiga dakatar da sayar da makamashi, sai sojoji suka shiga ciki, idan muka yi barazanar dakatar da harkokin kasuwanci, wanda muka yi a kwanan baya a Najeriya, sojoji sun shigo su kama shugabannin kungiyar ko kuma su kashe shugabannin kungiyar, su hana motsin cikin sanyi. Yana ɗaukar kamfanonin makamashi kuma yana yin abin da yake so. Kuma wannan alama ce kawai, irin, na abin da ke faruwa tare da makamashi. Domin mun san babban man fetur, da iskar gas, da kuma gawayi mai girma wanda ya kashe biliyoyin kudi a cikin shekaru 30 da suka gabata don tallafawa musun yanayi da kuma kiyaye matsayin da ake ciki.
“Tsarin da muke da shi yanzu yana karkashin ikon WTO, Bankin Duniya, IMF, da kuma rukunin masana’antu na soja. Ta hanyar tsara inda muke zaune ne kawai za mu gina wani yunkuri mai girman gaske don dakatar da abin da a yanzu ya zama dunkulewar hada-hadar kamfanoni wanda wasu tsirarun kasashe da dama ke tafiyar da su cikin bacin rai”.
Ƙungiyoyin haɗin gwiwar duniya da ƙungiyoyin jama'a? Shin shugabannin duniya ba sa yanke shawara kuma suna kiran harbi? Kar ka tambaye su. Sun riga sun bar Glasgow don mafi yawancin. A ranar Juma'a, ɗaliban Glasgow sun yi maci tare da Greta Thunberg tare da ma'aikatan bin yajin aiki. Asabar 6 ga Nuwamba ita ce ranar aiki kuma da fatan jama'ar da suka fito sun yi karfi a nan da kuma fadin Burtaniya.
Waƙar da ke rufe taro a cocin a daren Alhamis ita ce "Mutane, da haɗin kai, ba za a taɓa samun nasara ba!" Babu wata mafita.
