Wolemba Kathe Burick, Susan Witka ndi Toby Blomé
Kodi angelo a Blue amakukhumudwitsani? Kodi zomwe zili mumlengalenga zimakuchititsani kutaya mtima? 300,000 lbs. za CO2* zimatulutsidwa mlengalenga panthawi yawonetsero iliyonse yapamlengalenga, ndipo sizikuwerengera nthawi yophunzitsira ndi yoyeserera!
Lamlungu, Okutobala 13th, linali tsiku lamwayi kwa okonda mtendere pa 2nd Annual Peace Flotilla yathu, mothandizidwa ndi San Francisco CODEPINK ndi San Francisco Veterans For Peace. Kodi mwalakalaka njira yosonyezera chisoni chanu chifukwa cha kupezeka kwa Angelo a Blue pa malo athu? Chaka chamawa mutha kulowa nafe mu 3rd Year Peace Flotilla. Zikwangwani zathu zazikulu zokongoletsa mabwato athu aŵiri, “Hokahey” ndi “Lil’ Wing,” zinali ndi mawu akuti: “ANGELO ENIENI SAMAGWETSA MABOMBA,” “SIYANI KUPHA POFUFUZA UFUMU,” USILITALI #1 WA POLLUTER WA US,” “AMABOMBA. KULIMA MU MTENDERE, “AIR SHOW = MEGA POLLUTION,” ndi “NO GLORY IN WAR.”
Mbendera za CODEPINK ndi Veterans For Peace zidakwezedwa mmwamba pa imodzi mwa zingwe za "Hokahey" catamaran, ndipo chizindikiro chamtendere chowoneka bwino pamaulendo ake a jib chidazunguliridwa ndi "WAGE PEACE." Ogwira ntchito pa "Lil' Wing" adafunsidwa ndi NBC ndi KCBS, asananyamuke padoko la Sausalito. (Komanso, kuyankhulana kwa nkhani za KPFA madzulo usiku usananyamuke). Tinayenda panyanja ndi kuyendetsa galimoto kuchokera ku Richmond ndi Sausalito kukakumana chakum'mawa kwa Bridge Gate. M’mphepete mwa nyanjayo munali mabwato ambirimbiri amitundumitundu ndi makulidwe osiyanasiyana. Koma athuwo anasonyeza bwino lomwe chikhumbo chathu cha mtendere kwa makamu a zikwi za anthu pagombe la San Francisco ndi m’mabwato, amene anasonkhana kudzawonerera chionetsero chankhondo chovutitsachi, choipitsa mpweya ndi chowopsa. Pamapeto pake "Lil 'Wing" inali ndi vuto la injini ndipo idayenera kukokedwa kuti ikafike, koma "Hokahay" idalimba pamene tikuyenda m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya SF kwa maola angapo, kukumbutsa anthu za mtengo weniweni wa nkhondo, ndi mpweya. ziwonetsero.
Ndi anthu angati omwe anali mgulu la anthu tsiku lomwelo omwe adaganizapo za zoopsa zomwe Blue Angels Air Show imayambitsa omenyera nkhondo, othawa kwawo pankhondo ndi anthu ena omwe adakumanapo ndi nkhondo muzowopsa zake zonse, ndipo akuvutikabe ndi PTSD ndi / kapena makhalidwe abwino. kuvulala ngakhale patapita zaka zambiri?
Ndipo panali gulu lathu labwino kwambiri la pamtunda, motsogozedwa ndi Fred Bialy, omwe anali olimba mtima kuti adzibalalika pakati pa anthu ochezeka komanso opanda phokoso, akugawa mapepala kwa iwo omwe angavomereze, kuti athandize kuwulula mbali yamdima ya "Blue Devils, ” Fleet Week ndi gulu lankhondo la US lankhondo. Zikomo kwambiri Fred, Paul, Judith, Francis, Sherri, Renay ndi bwenzi lake lodzamchezera, ndi alongo athu okondedwa a South Bay Codepink Diana, Charlotte ndi Deb, amene mosayembekezereka anagwirizana nawo! Fred adakonza kapepala kabwino kwambiri ndipo www.BeforeEnlisting.org p
Pamene catamaran inabwerera ku doko la Richmond kumapeto kwa tsikulo zinali zokhumudwitsa kwambiri kuti tiyang'ane mmbuyo ndikuwona kuipitsidwa kowonjezereka komwe kunapachikidwa pamwamba pa San Francisco skyline, kutikumbutsa za thandizo lalikulu limene asilikali a US. ndi Fleet week imathandizira ku zovuta zanyengo zomwe tonse tikukumana nazo. Patatha tsiku limodzi, mpweya unali udakali wodzaza ndi kuipitsidwa kochuluka komwe kunatayidwa pagombe lathu kuchokera pawonetsero wa zamlengalenga. Tikukhulupirira kuti ambiri mwa omwe adawonera tsikulo "adagaya" mauthenga athu okhudzana ndi "kuipitsa kwakukulu" kwawonetsero zamlengalenga zaku US & zankhondo.
Tonsefe timagawana ukali wa Greta Thunberg kwa gawo lalikulu la anthu athu omwe akupitilizabe kukana nyengo komanso makamaka kwa anthu omwe ali ndi mphamvu zomwe zitha kusintha komanso kukana kuchita zinthu motsimikiza za chipwirikiti chanyengo padziko lonse lapansi. Chodabwitsa ndichakuti, asitikali aku US akupitilizabe kumasula anthu otukwana okhudzana ndi kutulutsa mafuta padziko lonse lapansi komanso padziko lonse lapansi. Fred adanena kuti ambiri mwa oyang'anira San Francisco anali kutenga nawo gawo pagulu la Fleet Week, mu "ulemerero" wake wonse wabodza. Ntchito yochuluka ikufunika, kuphatikizapo kufunikira kwakukulu kotsitsimutsa kampeni ya SHUT DOWN FLEET WEEK kuchokera ku malo athu! Nthawi ikutha. Nanga adzukulu athu ndi adzukulu athu tiwauza chiyani?
*300,000 lbs. wa CO2 ndi wofanana ndi mpweya wapachaka wa Magalimoto 21 aku US!
Yankho Limodzi
greta thunberg ndiye chikoka padziko lapansi chifukwa cha ziwonetsero zake zanyengo!