By Mike Stagg
Okonza pa msonkhano wa No War 2017 anandiitana kuti ndiyankhule ku msonkhano wawo ku American University ku Washington pa September 23. Dr. Brian Salvatore wa gulu la Concerned Citizens of Camp Minden adasankha ine ndi ine tinasangalala kunena nkhani ya kupambana kwawo kwa omvera ambiri.
Kuti muyambe kuwonetsera, Dinani apa.
Palibe mndandanda ndi zokambirana, kotero apa pali zomwe ndanena:
Ndinali kuwerenga Chalmers Johnson a "Blowback" pomwe ndidalandira World Beyond War Pempho la director David Swanson kuti ayankhule. M'bukuli (lomwe lidalembedwa 9/11/01), a Johnson adati kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 21, United States idzakumana ndi 'blowback' chifukwa chazovuta zake zakunja mzaka za m'ma 20.
Amamvetsera mwachidwi m'buku lofotokoza za nkhondo ya US ku chilumba cha Okinawa cha Japan. Johnson akuti US akuipitsa kwambiri chilumbachi kwa zaka zoposa theka lapitazo chifukwa asilikali adatenga kwambiri chilumbacho.
Zolumikizana pakati pa Okinawa ndi Army zokakamiza kuti ziwotchedwe za 16,000.000 mapaundi a mapepala ndi mapuloteni ku Camp Minden ndizokuti zotsatira za zomwe zakhala zikuchitika pazomwe anthu komanso zamoyo zinkachitika sizinaganizidwe pazochitika zosiyanasiyana. Onse okhalapo ndi chilengedwe anali odalirika.
The October 15, 2012, kupasuka kumene kunagwedeza Camp Minden ndi ArkLaTex yonse kunali chifukwa cha kuyesayesa kuyesa kutaya matanema kumeneko. Kampani yomwe inali ndi mgwirizano wapachiyambi sanagwiritse ntchito zosungiramo zinthu zokhazokha.
Pambuyo pa kuphulika, ankhondo adakonza kuwotcha zipangizo kunja - za mapaundi a 80,000 pa tsiku kwa masiku 200. Camp Minden ndi 15,000 maekala pafupi ndi 30 miles kuchokera ku Shreveport ndipo ali pafupi kwambiri ndi Barksdale Air Force Base kumene gawo lalikulu la US B-52 ndege zowonongeka.
Amuna amphamvu omwe amayesetsa kukakamiza kuwotcha ndi Dr. Salvatore ndi Frances Kelley. Salvatore ndi pulofesayesa wa chemistry wa LSU Shreveport amene anadziwitsa zowopsya zowopsa zaumphawi zomwe zimawotchedwa zopsereza. Frances Kelley adapanga ndikuyendetsa polojekiti yomwe idakalipo ndi anthu omwe akuyitana boma ndi boma omwe amasankhidwa ndi akuluakulu a boma kuti apange njira zowononga zomwe sizinawononge thanzi labwino la anthu mamiliyoni omwe amakhala m'madera omwe adakhalapo mzindawo kuchokera kutsegula kotseguka.
Kenaka-Senator David Bitter ndiyeno-Congressman John Fleming anali anthu othandiza kwambiri omwe anathandiza anthu a ku Louisiana omwe adakumana ndi vuto loopsya. Palibe Vitter kapena Fleming omwe anali ndi chidwi choteteza anthu kapena chilengedwe, koma kutsutsana kwawo ndi Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) kunagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi olemba boma kuti athandize bungwe la federal kuteteza anthu a Northwest Louisiana.
Ankhondo, EPA ndi Louisiana National Guard (enieni, mwiniwake wa Camp Minden) adagwirizana kuti azitsatira ndondomeko yotentha kwambiri ku Camp Minden ndipo analandira chipinda chowotcha kupita kumalo kuti akawotchedwe.
Mu April wa 2017, kutentha kwa gawo la zipangizo ku Camp Minden kunatsirizidwa.
Sikunali kupambana kwathunthu chifukwa cha zolephera zowunika pa malowa, komanso chifukwa gawo lina la zipangizo kuchokera ku Camp Minden linatumizidwa ku malo otseguka ku Grant Parish tauni ya Colfax, Louisiana.
Chifuwa chachikulu cha Colfax kutchuka ndichokuti malo a Colfax kuphedwa kumene kunakhala chitsanzo cha kuuka kwa akuluakulu ozunguza zipolopolo oyera omwe pomalizira pake anamaliza Kumangidwanso Kumwera.
Kampani ya Massachusetts, Clean Harbors, inatentha mapaundi a 400,000 a zipangizo kuchokera ku Camp Minden pa malo omwe alipo ku Colfax - ndi chilolezo cha atsogoleri a boma akuganiza kuti akufuna ntchito kuposa momwe amachitira ndi thanzi lawo ndi umoyo wawo. zigawo. Ndi nkhani yodziwika kwambiri ya Louisiana.
Malo Oyeretsa amalengeza kuti amagwiritsa ntchito zipangizo zamakono zamakono pamalo ake. Chithunzi cha malo awo a Colfax (kuchokera ku dera la Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality) chimasonyeza kuti Malo Oyera amatengera moto kukhala chinthu chotsopano.
Ndinawatsogolera anthu ku podcast ndikufunsa mafunso a Brian Salvatore ndipo anandipatsa mauthenga othandizira pazenera.
Msonkhanowu unalandiridwa bwino ndi 200 kapena anthu omwe akupezekapo. Zinkasinthika pazomwekuchitika pa Facebook. Okonza msonkhano amanena kuti mavidiyo adzalandira pa tsambali kuti adziwone zamtsogolo.
Yang'anani mochedwa. Ndikuyenera kujambula zithunzi zogwiritsa ntchito foni yam'manja mwa omvera pambuyo pake.
