ʻO ka makuahine o ka Honua no nā keiki: Pono i ka US Military Must Stop Environmental Ecocide

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I koʻu huakaʻi ʻana i DC e hopu makaʻu ai i kahi hana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) ua makaʻu wau, akā ʻike pū nō hoʻi i kēia ka mea e pono ai wau e hana. ʻO kēia koʻu hopu mua ʻia ʻana mai ka wā aʻu i hopu ʻia ai ma ka CIA i Iune 2013, a ua lawelawe ʻia kahi hoʻopaʻi hoʻokolokolo no hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻokolokolo ma ʻOkakopa 2013. Ma kahi o ʻelua mau makahiki ka lōʻihi o ka hopu ʻia ʻana ua kōkua ʻia iaʻu e nānā pono i kaʻu hana a me ke kumu, a ua kūpaʻa wau e hoʻomau i ke ola i ke kūʻē ʻana i nā hewa o kā mākou aupuni.

He ʻāpana wau o NCNR no 12 mau makahiki - mai ka holo ʻana o ke kaua ma ʻIraka i ka makahiki 2003. E like me ka emi ʻana o ka nui o ka poʻe i komo i ka neʻe kaua, ʻike wau he pono mākou e hoʻomau i ke kūʻē. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe o mākou helu nui i kēia manawa, ʻoi aku ka mea nui ma mua o ka haʻi ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e pili ana i nā mea e hana nei i nā kaua ma Iraq, Pakistan, a me Yemen, i ka papahana kaua drone, a me ka nānā ʻana i nā ala a hoʻonui ʻia ka pilikia e ka pūʻali koa.

Nui a hewahewa nā ala a ka pūʻali e luku nei i ko mākou honua ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā wahie fossil, nā mea kaua nukelea, uranium pau ʻole, ka pīpī ʻana i nā kemika ʻawaʻawa ma nā kahua i ke “War on Drugs” ma ʻAmelika Hema, a ma o nā pūʻali koa he haneli a puni. ka honua ʻO Agent Orange, i hoʻohana ʻia i ka wā o ke Kaua Vietnam ke hoʻololi mau nei i ke kaiapuni. Wahi a Joseph Nevins, i loko o kahi ʻatikala i paʻi ʻia e CommonDreams.org, ʻO ka holoiʻana i ka Pentagon, "ʻO ka pūʻali Koa US kahi mea kūʻai nui loa o ka honua i nā wā puhi mōʻalihaku, aʻo ka mea hoʻokahi iʻoi aku ke kuleana no ka hoʻokahuliʻana i ke aniau o ka Honua."

Pono mākou e hana i ka hopena i ka hopena o ko mākou hopena i ka hopena.

Hoʻomaka ʻo NCNR e hoʻolālā i kahi hana o ka Honua Honua i mau mahina i hala aku nei kahi e hoʻopaʻa ai mākou i ka pūʻali koa no kā lākou kuleana i ka luku ʻia o ka honua. Ke hoʻouna nei wau i kekahi mau leka uila i kēlā me kēia kanaka a me nā papa inoa i ko mākou hoʻomau ʻana i kā mākou hoʻolālā. A laila ma kahi o 6 mau pule i hala aku nei ua kāhea ʻia wau e Elliot Grollman mai ka Department of Homeland Security. Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo ia i ka mea a mākou e hana nei, a ma ke ʻano he ala e hoʻāʻo ai e ʻike i ka ʻike hou mai iaʻu, ua noi ʻo ia inā hiki iā ia ke kōkua e kōkua i kā mākou hana ma ʻApelila 22. ka heluhelu ʻana i kaʻu leka uila pilikino. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke noʻonoʻo ʻaʻole e nānā ʻia kahi mea a mākou e ʻōlelo ai. Ua kāhea ʻo ia i kaʻu helu kelepona home ma Mount Horeb, WI ma 7: 00 am i ke kakahiaka o ka hana. ʻOiaʻiʻo wau ma Wakinekona, DC a haʻi aku kaʻu kāne iā ia a hāʻawi iā ia i kaʻu helu kelepona paʻalima.

Ma ka Lā Honua, ʻApelila 22, ua hui pū wau me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe e hāʻawi i kahi leka iā Gina McCarthy, ke poʻo o ka Environmental Protection Agency, e kāhea ana i ka EPA e hana i kā lākou hana i ka nānā ʻana a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hana a ka pūʻali koa i ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i ke aniau. a laila hele mākou i ka Pentagon kahi e hoʻāʻo ai mākou e hāʻawi i kahi leka i ke Kakauolelo o ka Pale Kaua. Ua leka uila ʻia kēia mau leka ʻelua i mau pule ma mua o ka hana a ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā mākou kahi pane. Ma kēia mau leka ʻelua ua noi mākou i kahi hālāwai e kūkākūkā i kā mākou hopohopo.

ʻO kahi kanakolu mau kānaka i'ākoakoa ma waho o ka EPA ma 10: 00 am i ka lā o ka hana. Ua hana ʻo David Barrows i kahi hae nui e heluhelu ana iā “EPA - Hana i kāu hana; Pentagon - Kāohi i kāu Ecocide ". Aia kekahi kiʻi o ka honua i ke ahi ma ka hae. Loaʻa iā mākou he 8 mau pālaha liʻiliʻi me nā kaha puanaʻī mai kā mākou leka iā Ashton Carter.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Max i ka papahana a ua kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka uē ʻana o Mother Earth i kona wā e luku ʻia ana e kāna mau keiki. Ua heluhelu ʻo Beth Adams i kahi ʻōlelo, a ua ukali ʻia e Ed Kinane e heluhelu ana i kahi ʻōlelo a ke kaiapuni ʻo Pat Hynes.

Loaʻa iā mākou ka leka a mākou e makemake ai e hāʻawi i ke poʻo o ka EPA, ʻo Gina McCarthy, a i ʻole he lunamakaʻāinana i kahi kūlana politika. Ma kahi o ka EPA i hoʻouna aku ai i kekahi mai kā lākou keʻena pili i ka lehulehu e kiʻi i kā mākou leka. ʻLelo lākou e hoʻi lākou iā mākou, a kahaha au inā lākou e hoʻi.

Ua kamaʻilio ʻo Marsha Coleman-Adebayo. ʻO Marsha kahi limahana o ka EPA a hiki i kona puhi ʻana i ka ʻoki ma nā hana a lākou i ʻāpana o ka luku ʻana i ka poʻe. I kāna kamaʻilio ʻana ua haʻi lākou iā ia e hāmau. Akā ua kamaʻilio ʻo Marsha e pili ana pehea e ʻike ai ʻo ia i ka poʻe e like me mākou ma waho o ka puka aniani e kūʻē nei i ka EPA. Ua hāʻawi kēlā mau mea kūʻē iā ia i ka wiwo ʻole e hoʻomau i ka hoʻokau ʻana no ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā hewa i hana ʻia e ka EPA, ʻoiai ua kipaku ʻia ʻo ia. Ua haʻi ʻo Marsha iā mākou ma o mākou ma waho o ka EPA, ke hāʻawi nei mākou i ka hoʻouluulu i ka poʻe makemake e ʻōlelo, akā ke makaʻu nei lākou e hana pēlā.

Nui nā hana a mākou a no laila ua haʻalele mākou i ka EPA a lawe i ka Metro i ka Pallgon City mall meaʻaiʻai mea kahi i loaʻa ai kā mākou'ōlelo hope hope ma mua o ka holoʻana aku i ka Pentagon.

ʻO mākou he kanalima mau kānaka e hana ana i ka Pentagon me nā kānaka e paʻa ana i nā papeti a Sue Frankel-Streit i alakaʻi.

I ko mākou hoʻokokoke ʻana i ka Pentagon hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i nā butterflies i loko o koʻu ʻōpū a ke manaʻo nei koʻu mau wāwae e like me ka huli ʻana i ka jelly. Akā, ʻo wau pū me kahi hui o ka poʻe aʻu i ʻike a hilinaʻi ai a ʻike wau he pono wau e lilo i ʻāpana o kēia hana.

Ua komo mākou i ka hoʻopaʻa inoa o Pentagon a hele wāwae ma ke ala hele i ka Pentagon. Ke kali nei nā luna he 30 iā mākou. Aia kekahi pā hao ma ke ala hele wāwae me kahi puka liʻiliʻi a mākou i lawe ʻia ai i kahi mauʻu mauʻu. ʻO kēia wahi ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka pā i koho ʻia ma ke ʻano he "wahi haʻi ʻōlelo manuahi".

Ua alakaʻi ʻo Malachy i ka papahana a, e like me ka mau, ua kamaʻilio maʻalahi ʻo ia e pili ana i ke kumu e pono ai e hoʻomau i kēia hana. Ua kamaʻilio ʻo ia e pili ana iā NCNR i ke kākau ʻana i nā leka i nā luna i koho ʻia a wae ʻia i mau makahiki i hala. ʻAʻole i loaʻa iā mākou kahi pane. ʻĀnuanu kēia. Ma ke ʻano he kamaʻāina, hiki iā mākou ke kamaʻilio me ko mākou aupuni e pili ana i kā mākou hopohopo. Aia kekahi mea hewa nui i ko mākou ʻāina i nānā ʻole i kā mākou e ʻōlelo ai. Inā he poʻe lobbyists mākou no kahi mea hana pale, ʻaila nui, a i ʻole ʻo kekahi hui nui e hoʻokipa ʻia mākou i nā keʻena ma Capitol Hill a ma ka Pentagon. Akā ʻo mākou, ma ke ʻano he kamaʻāina, ʻaʻohe o mākou komo i nā luna aupuni. Pehea mākou e hoʻāʻo ai e hoʻololi i ka honua ke hōʻole ka poʻe mana e hoʻolohe iā mākou?

Ua kamaʻilio ʻoniʻoni ʻo Hendrik Vos e pili ana i ke kākoʻo ʻana o kā mākou aupuni i nā aupuni undemocratic ma Latin America. Ua kamaʻilio ʻo ia e pili ana i ke koʻikoʻi o kā mākou hana kūʻē kūloko me ko mākou mākaukau e hopu ʻia. Ua hoʻonāukiuki ʻo Paul Magno i kāna kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i nā hana kūʻē lehulehu a mākou e kūkulu nei, e like me nā mea hoʻoulu o Plowshare.

Ma hope o ka hoʻolohe ʻana i nā mea ʻōlelo ʻewalu o mākou e hopohopo nei i ka hopu ʻia, ua hele lākou ma ka puka liʻiliʻi ma ke ala hele e hoʻāʻo ai e hāʻawi i kā mākou leka i ke Kakauolelo o Defense Ashton Carter, a i ʻole kahi lunamakaʻāinana i kahi kūlana politika. Aia mākou ma ke ala hele wāwae e hele mau ai ka lehulehu e komo i ka Pentagon.

Ua kū koke ʻia mākou e Officer Ballard. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i nānā aloha loa e like me kāna e haʻi mai nei iā mākou ke ālai nei mākou i ke ala hele wāwae a pono mākou e komo hou i ka "wahi ʻōlelo manuahi". Ua haʻi mākou iā ia e kū kū mākou i ka pā i hiki i nā poʻe ke hele kūʻokoʻa.

Eia hou, ua hele mai kekahi me ka mana ʻole mai ke keʻena PR e hālāwai me mākou a ʻae i kā mākou leka, akā haʻi ʻia mai mākou ʻaʻole he kamaʻilio. Ua haʻi ʻo Ballard iā mākou e haʻalele mākou a i ʻole e hopu ʻia mākou.

ʻEwalu mākou e pili ana i ka poʻe kolohe ʻole e kū maluhia ana i ka pā ma kahi ala ākea. I ka manawa a mākou i ʻōlelo ai ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke haʻalele a hiki i ke kamaʻilio ʻana me kekahi i kahi kūlana mana, ua haʻi ʻo Ballard i kahi luna ʻē aʻe e hāʻawi iā mākou i kā mākou mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ʻekolu.

Hoʻomakaʻo Malachy e heluhelu i ka leka i makemakeʻia e hāʻawi aku i kahi kākā'ōleloʻo Carter e like me nā'ōlelo hoʻolahaʻekolu.

Ma hope o ke kolu o ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, ua pani lākou i ka wehe o ka wahi ʻōlelo manuahi, a ma kahi o 20 mau luna mai ka hui SWAT, e kali ana he 30 kapuaʻi ka mamao, i hele mai me ka hoʻohewa iā mākou. ʻAʻole loa wau e poina i ka hiʻohiʻona o ka huhū i ka maka o ka luna i hele mai i Malachy a kāʻili ikaika i ka leka mai kona mau lima a hoʻokomo iā ia i nā ʻāpā.

Ua hiki iaʻu ke ʻike he hopu kolohe hou kēia ma ka Pentagon. I ʻApelila o 2011, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo NCNR i kahi hana ma ka Pentagon a nui ka hana ʻino a nā mākaʻi i kēlā manawa. Ua kuʻi lākou iā Eve Tetaz i ka honua a hoʻolei ikaika i koʻu lima ma hope o kuʻu kua. Ua lohe wau i nā hōʻike mai nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ua hōʻino pū ʻia lākou i kēlā lā.

Ua haʻi mai kaʻu luna hopu iaʻu e kau i koʻu mau lima ma hope o koʻu kua. Hoʻopili ʻia nā cuffs a hoʻopaʻa ʻoi aku ʻo ia iā lākou me ka ʻeha loa. ʻElima mau lā ma hope o ka hopu ʻia ʻana ua palu a palupalu kuʻu lima.

Ke uē nei ʻo Trudy i ka ʻeha no ka mea paʻa loa kāna cuffs. Ua noi ʻo ia e hoʻokuʻu ʻia lākou, a ua haʻi ka luna iā ia inā ʻaʻole makemake ia, ʻaʻole pono ia e hana hou i kēia. ʻAʻohe o nā mākaʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ʻaʻahu i nā nametag a no laila ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike ʻia.

Ua hopuʻia mākou ma nā wahi a puni 2: 30 pm a hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma kahi o 4:00 pm. Ua liʻiliʻi ka hana ʻana. Ua ʻike au i ka paʻi ʻia o kekahi o nā kāne ma mua o ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana i loko o ke kaʻa polikino, akā ʻaʻole wau. I ko mākou hōʻea ʻana i ke keʻena hana, ʻokiʻoki lākou i kā mākou mau paʻa lima i ke komo koke ʻana i loko o ka hale, a laila hoʻokomo ʻia nā wahine i loko o hoʻokahi keena a ʻo nā kāne i loko o kahi ʻē aʻe. Ua paʻi lākou i nā kiʻi mug o mākou āpau, akā ʻaʻole i manamana lima ʻia kekahi o mākou. Lōʻihi ka lōʻihi o ka manamana lima a malia paha i ka loaʻa ʻana o kā mākou ids, ua ʻike lākou ua paʻa mua kā mākou manamana lima i kā lākou ʻōnaehana.

Ua mālamaʻiaʻo Manijeh Saba o New Jersey,ʻo Stephen Bush o Virginia, Max Obuszewski a me Malachy Kilbride o Maryland, Trudy Silver a me Felton Davis o New York, a me Phil Runkel a me Joy First of Wisconsin.

Ua kōkuaʻo David Barrows a me Paul Magno e kākoʻo iā mākou i ka hoʻokuʻuʻiaʻana iā mākou.

Aia mākou ma ka Pentagon e hoʻohana nei i kā mākou kuleana Hoʻololi Mua a me kā mākou kuleana ma lalo o Nuremberg, a me nā kānaka e pili ana i ka pilikia o ka Honua makuahine. Aia mākou ma ke ala hele wāwae i hoʻohana ʻia e ka lehulehu me ke noi maluhia no kahi hālāwai me kekahi ma ka Pentagon, a laila e heluhelu ana i ka leka a mākou i hoʻouna aku ai i ke Kakauolelo o ka Pale Kaua, ʻo Ashton Carter. ʻAʻole mākou i hana hewa, akā ke kūʻē nei mākou i nā hewa o kā mākou aupuni, akā ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia mākou no ka ʻaihue ʻana i kahi kauoha kū kānāwai. ʻO kēia ka wehewehe o ke kūʻē kūloko

He pilikia nui loa ia i kā mākou kāhea ʻana i ka maluhia a me ka hoʻoponopono kaulike ʻole ʻia e nā luna aupuni. ʻOiai ʻaʻole paha e hoʻolohe ʻia mai mākou, he mea nui ia e hoʻomau i ka hana i ke kūʻē ʻana. ʻIke wau i ka wā a mākou e manaʻo ai he hemahema mākou, hana i ke kūʻē ʻo kaʻu koho wale nō ia e hana i ka mea hiki iaʻu e hana i kahi ʻokoʻa i nā ola o kaʻu moʻopuna a me nā keiki o ka honua. ʻOiai paʻakikī e ʻike inā maikaʻi kā mākou, manaʻo wau pono mākou āpau e hana i nā mea āpau e hiki ai ke hoʻomau i kā mākou hana no ka maluhia a me ka pololei. ʻO ia wale nō ko mākou manaʻolana.

Nā kiʻi mai nā hopu i ka Pentagon.