Margaret Flowers ndi Kevin Zeese, November 1, 2017, ChoonadiDig.
Sabata ino, chikondwerero cha 100th cha Chilengezo cha Balfour, chomwe chinalimbikitsa kupereka Palestine kwa anthu achiyuda, chidzakondwerera ku London. Padziko lonse lapansi, padzakhala zionetsero zotsutsa izo kupempha Britain kuti ipepese chifukwa cha zowonongeka zomwe idawononga. Ophunzira ochokera ku West Bank ndi Gaza adzatumiza makalata ku boma la Britain kufotokoza zotsatira zoipa zomwe Balfour Declaration, ndi Nakba mu 1948, zikupitiriza kukhala nazo pamoyo wawo lero.
Monga Dan Freeman-Maloy limafotokoza, Chilengezo cha Balfour n’chofunikanso masiku ano chifukwa cha nkhani zabodza zimene zimagwirizana ndi mfundoyi zomwe zinalungamitsa ulamuliro wa azungu, kusankhana mitundu ndi ufumu. Olamulira a dziko la Britain ankakhulupirira kuti ulamuliro wa demokalase umangokhudza “anthu otukuka ndi ogonjetsa,” komanso kuti “Afirika, Asiya, Amwenye padziko lonse lapansi – onse anali … ‘mafuko,’ osayenerera kudzilamulira.” Kusankhana mitundu komweku kunalinso kwa Ayuda. Lord Balfour ankakonda kukhala ndi Ayuda okhala ku Palestine, kutali ndi Britain, kumene akanatumikira monga ogwirizana ndi Britain.
Pa nthawi yomweyo, Bill Moyers akutikumbutsa pokambirana ndi wolemba James Whitman, malamulo a ku United States ankaonedwa ngati “chitsanzo kwa aliyense wa m’zaka za m’ma 20 amene ankafuna kukhazikitsa dongosolo logwirizana la mafuko kapena dziko. Amereka anali mtsogoleri m’mbali zosiyanasiyana za malamulo atsankho m’chigawo choyamba cha zaka za zana limenelo.” Izi zikuphatikiza malamulo olowa ndi otuluka omwe amapangidwa kuti asunge "osayenera" kuti asachoke ku US, malamulo opangira nzika zamtundu wachiwiri kwa anthu aku Africa-America ndi anthu ena ndikuletsa maukwati amitundu yosiyanasiyana. Whitman ali ndi buku latsopano lolemba momwe Hitler adagwiritsira ntchito malamulo aku US ngati maziko a dziko la Nazi.
Kupanda Chilungamo Ndikololedwa
Boma la US ndi malamulo ake akupitiriza kulimbikitsa kupanda chilungamo masiku ano. Mwachitsanzo, makontrakitala omwe amapempha ndalama za boma kuti akonze zowonongeka ndi mphepo yamkuntho yotchedwa Hurricane Harvey ku Dickinson, Texas. zofunika kulengeza kuti satenga nawo gawo pagulu la Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanction (BDS). Ndi Bwanamkubwa wa Maryland Hogan adayina lamulo lolamulira sabata ino kuletsa makontrakitala onse a boma kuti asatenge nawo mbali mu gulu la BDS, pambuyo poti omenyera ufulu wa m'deralo agonjetsa malamulo omwewo kwa zaka zitatu zapitazi.
Kutenga nawo mbali pazinyalala kuyenera kutetezedwa pansi pa Kusintha Koyamba, monga momwe ufulu wotsutsa tsankho la Israeli uyenera kukhalira. Koma, ufulu umenewo ukhoza kuchotsedwanso. Sabata ino, a Kenneth Marcus adasankhidwa kukhala wamkulu wolimbikitsa ufulu wachibadwidwe ku dipatimenti ya zamaphunziro. Amayendetsa gulu lotchedwa Brandeis Center for Human Rights, lomwe kwenikweni limagwira ntchito yolimbana ndi anthu ndi magulu omwe amalimbana ndi tsankho la Israeli pamasukulu. Nora Barrows-Friedman akulemba kuti Marcus, yemwe wakhala akudandaula motsutsana ndi magulu a ophunzira aku Palestine, adzakhala ndi udindo wofufuza milanduyi.
Dima Khalidi, wamkulu wa Palestinian Legal, yemwe amagwira ntchito yoteteza omenyera ufulu wa Palestina, akufotokoza zimenezo ku United States, “pokamba za ufulu wa Palestine, ndi kutsutsa zochita ndi nkhani za Israeli, [kutsegula] anthu ku chiopsezo chachikulu, kuukira, ndi kuzunzidwa - zambiri zomwe zimakhala zovomerezeka m'chilengedwe, kapena zokhudzana ndi malamulo." Izi zikuchitika chifukwa mayendedwe a BDS akukhudza.
Ili ndi gawo limodzi lokha lodziwikiratu la kupanda chilungamo. Inde pali ena monga ndondomeko za anthu olowa m'dziko ndi zoletsa kuyenda. Ndipo pali machitidwe osankhana mitundu ku United States omwe sanakhazikike pamalamulo, koma ophatikizidwa muzochita monga apolisi okondera, ntchito zaukapolo kwa akaidi ndi kusungidwa kwa mafakitale oopsa m'madera ochepa. Marshall Project ili ndi lipoti latsopano pa tsankho la mafuko m’madandaulo.
Zofalitsa Zankhondo
Oulutsa nkhani, monga mmene zinalili kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma XNUMX, akupitirizabe kusokoneza maganizo a anthu kuti athandize kulimbana ndi asilikali. Nyuzipepala ya NY Times ndi zina zambiri, zofalitsa zamakampani zalimbikitsa nkhondo m'mbiri yonse ya ufumu wa US. Kuchokera ku 'Zida Zowononga Misa' ku Iraq kupita ku Gulf of Tonkin ku Vietnam ndi njira yonse yobwerera ku 'Kumbukirani Maine' mu Nkhondo ya Spanish-American, yomwe inayamba ufumu wamakono wa US, makampani ofalitsa nkhani akhala akusewera kwambiri. udindo wotsogolera US kunkhondo.
Adam Johnson wa Chilungamo ndi Kulondola pa Malipoti (FAIR) akulemba za posachedwapa New York Times Op Ed: "Makampani ofalitsa nkhani ali ndi mbiri yakale yankhondo zodandaula zomwe iwonso adathandizira kugulitsa anthu aku America, koma si nkhondo zambiri zomwe zimachitika kawirikawiri ndipo chinyengo chochuluka chimasinthidwa kukhala nkhani imodzi." Johnson akuwonetsa kuti New York Times samakayikira ngati nkhondo zili zolondola kapena zolakwika, ngati zili ndi chithandizo cha DRM kapena ayi. Ndipo imalimbikitsa malingaliro a "osavala nsapato pansi" kuti ndi bwino kuphulitsa mayiko ena bola ngati asitikali aku US asavulazidwe.
ZIMENEZI komanso akulozera Nkhani zabodza za atolankhani kuti Iran ili ndi pulogalamu ya zida za nyukiliya. Pakali pano pali chete za pulogalamu yachinsinsi ya zida zanyukiliya ya Israeli. Iran yakhala ikugwirizana ndi International Atomic Energy Agency, pomwe Israeli yakana kuyendera. Eric Margolis imadzutsa funso lovuta za ngati olamulira a Trump amaika zofuna za Israeli, zomwe zimatsutsana ndi Iran, patsogolo pa zofuna za US pamene anakana kutsimikizira mgwirizano wa nyukiliya ndi Iran.
North Korea ndi dziko lomwe limafalitsidwa kwambiri ndi ma TV aku US. Eva Bartlett, mtolankhani yemwe adapita ku Syria ndikunena zambiri za Syria, posachedwa adapita ku North Korea. Amapereka a mawonekedwe a anthu ndi zithunzi zomwe sizidzapezeka muzofalitsa zamalonda, zomwe zimapereka malingaliro abwino pa dziko.
Zachisoni, North Korea imadziwika kuti ndiyofunikira kwambiri pakuyesa kwa US kuteteza China pakukhala ulamuliro wamphamvu padziko lonse. Ramzy Baroud akulemba za kufunika kwa njira yothetsera mikangano pakati pa US ndi North Korea chifukwa mwinamwake kudzakhala nkhondo yayitali komanso yamagazi. Baroud akunena kuti US idzatha mwamsanga mivi ndikugwiritsa ntchito "mabomba amphamvu yokoka," kupha mamiliyoni.
The zisankho zaposachedwa za Shinzo Abe kumawonjezera mikangano m'derali. Abe akufuna kupanga gulu lankhondo laling'ono la Japan ndikusintha malamulo ake omenyera nkhondo kuti Japan iukire mayiko ena. Mosakayikira, Pivot yaku Asia komanso nkhawa za kusamvana pakati pa US ndi mayiko ena zikulimbikitsa thandizo la Abe komanso zankhondo zambiri ku Japan.
Kuukira kwa US ku Africa
Kupezeka kwa asitikali aku US ku Africa zidabwera powonekera sabata ino ndi imfa ya asilikali a US ku Niger. Ngakhale zinali zopanda chifundo, mwina titha kukhala othokoza kuti kusagwirizana kwa a Trump ndi mkazi wamasiye watsopano Myeshia Johnson anali ndi chidwi chodziwitsa dziko lonse za kufalikira kwachinsinsi kumeneku. Titha kuthokoza malo ogulitsira monga Malipoti a Black Agenda omwe akhala akupereka malipoti pafupipafupi AFROM, US Africa Command.
Zinali zodabwitsa kwa anthu ambiri, kuphatikiza mamembala a Congress, kuti US ili ndi asitikali 6,000 omwe amwazikana. 53 kuchokera 54 Mayiko aku Africa. Kutengapo gawo kwa US ku Africa kudakhalapo kuyambira Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse, makamaka pamafuta, gasi, mchere, nthaka ndi ntchito. Liti Gaddafi, ku Libya, adasokoneza ndi kuthekera kwa US kulamulira mayiko aku Africa popereka ndalama zamafuta kwa iwo, potero kuwamasula ku kufunikira kokhala ndi ngongole ku US, ndipo adatsogolera kuyesetsa kugwirizanitsa mayiko aku Africa, adaphedwa ndipo Libya idawonongedwa. China imathandizanso kupikisana ndi US pazachuma za ku Africa, kuchita izi kudzera muzachuma osati kumenya nkhondo. Sanathenso kulamulira Africa pazachuma, US idatembenukira kunkhondo zazikulu.
AFRICOM anali idakhazikitsidwa pansi pa Purezidenti George W. Bush, yemwe adasankha mkulu wankhondo wakuda kuti atsogolere AFRICOM, koma ndi Purezidenti Obama yemwe adachita bwino kukulitsa gulu lankhondo la US. Pansi pa Obama, pulogalamu ya drone idakula ku Africa. Pali zopitilira 60 za drone zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kumayiko aku Africa monga Somalia. Malo aku US ku Dijbouti amagwiritsidwa ntchito pophulitsa mabomba ku Yemen ndi Syria. Makontrakitala ankhondo aku US akupezanso phindu lalikulu ku Africa.
Nick Turse malipoti kuti asitikali aku US amachita pafupifupi ntchito khumi ku Africa tsiku lililonse. Akufotokoza momwe zida za US ndi maphunziro a usilikali zasokoneza mphamvu ya mphamvu m'mayiko a ku Africa, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti anthu ayambe kuyesa kulanda boma komanso kuwonjezeka kwa magulu a zigawenga.
In kuyankhulana uku, Abayomi Azikiwe, mkonzi wa Pan-African News Wire, akulankhula za mbiri yakale komanso yankhanza ya US ku Africa. Amamaliza kuti:
"Washington iyenera kutseka mabwalo ake, ma drone, mabwalo a ndege, magulu ankhondo ogwirizana, mapulojekiti ofunsira ndi mapulogalamu ophunzitsira ndi mayiko onse a African Union. Palibe chilichonse mwa zoyesayesa zimenezi chomwe chabweretsa mtendere ndi bata ku kontinentiyi. Zimene zachitika n’zosiyana kwambiri. Kuyambira pomwe AFRICOM idabwera, zinthu zakhala sizikuyenda bwino mderali.
Kumanga Gulu Lamtendere Padziko Lonse
Gulu lankhondo losakhutitsidwa lalowa m'mbali zonse za moyo wathu. Militarism ndi gawo lodziwika bwino la chikhalidwe cha US. Ndi gawo lalikulu la chuma cha US. Sizingaimitsidwe pokhapokha titagwirira ntchito limodzi kuti tiletse. Ndipo, ngakhale ife ku US, monga ufumu waukulu kwambiri m'mbiri ya dziko lapansi, tili ndi udindo waukulu wotsutsana ndi nkhondo, tidzakhala ogwira mtima kwambiri ngati tingathe kugwirizana ndi anthu ndi mabungwe m'mayiko ena kuti timve nkhani zawo, kuthandizira. ntchito yawo ndi kuphunzira za masomphenya awo a dziko lamtendere.
Mwamwayi, pali zoyesayesa zambiri zotsitsimutsa gulu lodana ndi nkhondo ku United States, ndipo magulu ambiri ali ndi mgwirizano wapadziko lonse. The United National Anti-War Coalition, World Beyond War, ndi Black Alliance for Peace ndi Mgwirizano Wolimbana ndi Asitikali Akunja aku US ndi magulu anapezerapo mu zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zapitazi.
Palinso mwayi wochitapo kanthu. Veterans for Peace akukonzekera zochita zamtendere pa November 11, Tsiku la Armistice. CODEPINK adayamba posachedwapa Divest From the War Machine Campaign kulunjika kwa opanga zida asanu apamwamba kwambiri ku US. Mvetserani kwa kuyankhulana kwathu ndi wotsogolera wotsogolera Haley Pederson pa Kuchotsa FOG. Ndipo padzakhala a msonkhano wotseka malo ankhondo akunja Januware uyu ku Baltimore.
Tiyeni tizindikire kuti monga momwe nkhondo zimachitikira pofuna kulamulira madera kaamba ka chuma chawo kuti oŵerengeka apindule, zimachokeranso m’malingaliro opondereza a azungu ndi atsankho amene amakhulupirira kuti anthu ena okha ndi amene ayenera kulamulira tsogolo lawo. Mwa kugwirizanitsa manja ndi abale ndi alongo athu padziko lonse lapansi ndi kugwirira ntchito mtendere, tingadzetse dziko la madera osiyanasiyana mmene anthu onse ali ndi mtendere, wodzilamulira ndi kukhala mwaulemu.
