Ndi Brian Terrell
Pa Marichi 26, ndinali ku Nevada monga woyang'anira zochitika za Nevada Desert Experience, kukonzekera ulendo wapachaka wa Sacred Peace Walk, ulendo wamakilomita 65 kudutsa mchipululu kuchokera ku Las Vegas kupita ku malo oyesera zida za nyukiliya ku Mercury, Nevada, chochitika. kuti NDE yathandizira masika aliwonse pafupifupi zaka 30. Kutatsala masiku awiri kuti tiyambe kuyenda, okonza magalimoto ambiri tinatsatira njira.
Malo omaliza koma amodzi panjira yachikhalidwe ndi "Msasa Wamtendere," malo omwe amakhala m'chipululu momwe timakonda kukhala usiku womaliza tisanadutse Highway 95 kupita kumalo omwe tsopano amadziwika kuti Nevada National Security Site. Titafika kumeneko tinadabwa kupeza msasa wonsewo ndi njira yopita ku Malo Oyesera atazunguliridwa ndi mipanda yonyezimira ya pulasitiki yalalanje.
Panalibe chifukwa chomveka cha mpanda ndipo panalibe mwayi wolowera kumsasawo, womwe unali malo ochitira zionetsero zotsutsana ndi zida za nyukiliya kwa zaka zambiri. Sikuti tinatsekeredwa ku malo athu amsasa achikhalidwe, kunalibe malo otetezeka, ovomerezeka kapena abwino oimika magalimoto pafupifupi mtunda wa kilomita mozungulira, palibe paliponse pomwe titha kusiya zida kapena kulola kutsitsa omwe akuchita nawo ziwonetsero zomwe sitingathe. yendani ulendo wautali m'malo ovuta. Tidangoyamba kuwunika zovuta zomwe zidachitika pomwe wachiwiri kwa Sheriff wa Nye County adadutsa.
Atatichenjeza kuti kuyimitsidwa pamsewu monga momwe tinalili sikuloledwa, wachiwiri wake anatilola kuti tichedwe pomwe iye anafotokoza mmene ankaonera. Kuwombera kwina kwakukulu ku yunivesiteyo, adatero, kudatsimikizira dipatimenti ya Nevada ya Transportation kuti Msasa Wamtendere ndi malo ofunika kwambiri ndipo sangasokonezedwe. Mipandayo idakwera mlungu umodzi kapena kuposerapo, iye anatero, poyembekezera Ulendo Wopatulika wa Mtendere. Zochita za zionetsero zakale sizikanaloledwa kusokonezedwa ndi kukhalapo kwa otsutsa amasiku ano. Palibe aliyense koma akatswiri ofukula za m’mabwinja, wachiwiri kwa ife anatiuza kuti adzaloledwanso kulowa mumsasawo. Chisoni cha chithunzichi sichinatayike pa ife.
Kubwerera ku Las Vegas, nthawi yomweyo ndinayamba kuyitana maofesi osiyanasiyana a Dipatimenti Yoyendetsa Magalimoto, makamaka manambala omwe ndinapeza (zodabwitsa) ku ofesi ya DOT ofukula zinthu zakale. Ndinafufuzanso pa intaneti pazinthu zozungulira Peace Camp ndi mbiri yake ndipo ndidapeza kuti mu 2007, US Bureau of Land Management (BLM imati umwini wa malowa) ndi Nevada State Historic Preservation Office idatsimikiza kuti Peace Camp ndiyoyenera kulandira. kulembetsa pa National Register of Historic Places.
Ndinawerenga mkati Archaeology, chofalitsidwa cha Archaeological Institute of America, ndi zofalitsa zina momwe akatswiri ena anthropologists ochokera ku Desert Research Institute adafufuzira malowa ndipo adatsimikiza kuti Peace Camp ndiyoyenera kulemba mndandanda wa National Register of Historic Places. Ndinawerenga kuti kuti akhale oyenerera, tsamba liyenera kukwaniritsa ziyeneretso izi: "a) kuyanjana ndi zochitika zomwe zathandizira kwambiri mbiri yathu, ndi b) kuwonetsera kwapadera ...
Ngakhale tanthauzo la dzinali silinadziwikebe, zinali zokondweretsa kudziwa kuti mabungwe angapo m'mabungwe a feduro ndi boma amazindikira, pamodzi ndi ena mwa anthu azamaphunziro anthropological, mfundo yakuti mibadwo ingapo ya antinuclear. omenyera ufulu "adathandizira kwambiri pazambiri za mbiri yathu." Mapangidwe, zizindikiro ndi mauthenga okhudzidwa ndi makonzedwe a miyala yamitundu ndi makulidwe osiyanasiyana (“ma geoglyphs,” m’nkhani yofukula mabwinja) ndi zithunzi zojambulidwa m’ngalande zapansi pa msewu waukulu zimavomereza mwalamulo kuti “ali ndi luso lapamwamba” loyenerera kutetezedwa ndi lamulo. !
Tinali titachoka kale ku Las Vegas paulendo wathu wamasiku asanu kupita ku Malo Oyesera tisanabwerenso mafoni ochokera ku mabungwe osiyanasiyana adatsimikizira kuti wachiwiri wake sanamvetsetse momwe zinthu zilili. Mipandayi sinaikidwe kuti iteteze Msasa wa Mtendere kwa ochita mtendere, koma ngati njira kwakanthawi yoletsa makontrakitala ena omwe anali pafupi kuyamba kukonza misewu kuti asadutse ndi zida zawo zolemera. Chipata cha mpanda chimatsegulidwa kuti tilowe. Kuyimitsa magalimoto, kumanga msasa, kukhazikitsa khitchini, zonse zidzaloledwa monga kale.
Nkhani imeneyi inali yotsitsimula. Tinkayembekezera komanso tinakonzekera kukumana ndi National Nuclear Security Administration titafika ku Mercury ndi Test Site ndipo tinkayembekezera kuti ambiri aife tidzamangidwa chifukwa chophwanya malamulo kumeneko, ngakhale kuti chilolezo chinaperekedwa kwa ife ndi Western Shoshone National Council, eni ovomerezeka a nthaka. Sitinafune, komabe, kukangana ndi Nevada State Historic Preservation Office, ndipo kumangidwa chifukwa chosokoneza malo ofukula zakale sikukhala ndi makhalidwe omwewo. sitampu monga nkhondo yolimbana ndi chiwonongeko chotheka cha nyukiliya.
Katswiri wofukula zakale wa dipatimenti ya zamayendedwe anali wothandiza kwambiri pakuyerekeza kwake kufunika kwa Peace Camp. Peace Camp ndiye malo okhawo odziwika bwino ku Nevada, adadzitamandira, omwe ali ndi zaka zosakwana 50. Zomwe ndakumana nazo ndi Peace Camp ndi Malo Oyesera, mwina ndizocheperako kuposa mbiri yakale. Ndinali komweko pachimake cha zionetsero kumeneko mu 1987, kachiwiri mu 1990s, ndiyeno ndikuwonjezeka pafupipafupi pambuyo pa zionetsero zotsutsana ndi ma drones omwe amachokera pafupi ndi Creech Air Force Base anayamba mu 2009. ya Peace Camp ngati malo abwino ochitirapo zionetsero zotsutsana ndi kuyesa kwa bomba la nyukiliya komwe kunachitika mbali ina ya Highway 95.
Mitambo ya bowa pamayeso oyamba omwe adachitika pa Nevada Test Site imatha kuwoneka kutali ndi Las Vegas. The Limited Test Ban Treaty mu 1963 idasuntha mayeso mobisa. Ngakhale dziko la United States silinavomereze mgwirizano wa Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, linasiya kuyesa kwathunthu mu 1992, ngakhale kuyesa kwa zida za "subcritical", mayesero omwe amasiya kuchepa kwakukulu, akuchitidwabe pamalopo.
Kuchokera ku 1986 mpaka 1994, ziwonetsero za 536 zidachitidwa pa Nevada Test Site zomwe zikuphatikizapo otenga nawo mbali 37,488, ndi otsutsa 15,740 anamangidwa. Zionetsero zambiri za m’zaka zimenezo zinakopa anthu masauzande ambiri panthawi imodzi. Ulendo Wopatulika wa Mtendere wa Chaka chino ndi Ubwino wathu wa Epulo 3 Friday zionetsero pa Malo Oyesera zinali zochepa poyerekezera, ndi otenga nawo mbali pafupifupi 50, ndipo tinali okondwa kuti 22 mwa awa anamangidwa atawolokera kumalo.
Ziwerengero zomwe zikubwera kudzayesa ziwonetsero ku Nevada zidatsika kwambiri pakutha kwa kuyesa kwathunthu kumeneko, ndipo sizosadabwitsa kuti kuyesa kwa zida zanyukiliya sizomwe zimayambitsa nthawi. Zionetsero zomwe zikuchitika m'malo okhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kupanga zida za nyukiliya zidakali zolemekezeka. Patangotsala milungu itatu kuti ziwonetsero zathu zaposachedwa zichitike, ochita zionetsero pafupifupi 200 adamanga misasa kunja kwa zipata za Creech Air Force Base, komwe kuli kupha anthu omwe amaphedwa ndi ndege zomwe zidachitika mumsewu waukulu kuchokera ku Test Site.
Ndikofunikira, komabe, kuti ena aife tipitirizebe kuwonekera pa Malo Oyesera ndikugwiritsa ntchito matupi athu kuti tiwonjezere chiwerengero cha omwe akukula pang'onopang'ono omwe ali pachiopsezo chomangidwa kumeneko kuti asanene kuti ayi ku zoopsa zosaneneka za nkhondo ya nyukiliya.
Ogwira ntchito zikwizikwi amayendetsabe m'mawa uliwonse kuchokera ku Las Vegas kupita kukagwira ntchito ku Nevada National Security Site. Sitikudziwa ntchito zonse za gehena zomwe zimakonzedwa ndikuchitidwa kupitirira alonda a ng'ombe. Ena akuyesa mayeso ang'onoang'ono, ena mosakayikira akungochita, kuphunzitsa antchito atsopano ndikusamalira zida ndi zomangamanga kuti ayambirenso mayeso athunthu. Tsiku lomwe pulezidenti wankhanza adzapereka lamuloli, Nevada National Security Site idzakhala yokonzeka kuphulitsa mabomba a nyukiliya pansi pa mchenga wa m'chipululu.
Poyerekeza ndi kuthekera kwa tsiku loyipalo, tiyenera kupitiriza kuchita, nafenso. Tiyenera kusunga mndandanda wathu wamakalata ndi ma data, kutumiza mauthenga achilimbikitso ndi chidziwitso m'makalata am'makalata ndi maimelo akuphulika, kusunga njira zonse zoyankhulirana zotseguka. Tiyenera kukulitsa ubwenzi wathu ndi kukondana wina ndi mnzake. Mwina kuyenda kwathu kwamtendere komanso kukana kwa anthu pamalo oyeserera, kakang'ono poyerekeza ndi ziwonetsero zazikulu za 1980s, zitha kuonedwa ngati "chiwonetsero chochepa," kuyesa komwe tingathe kuyeza kuthekera kwathu kuti tigwirizane ndi kukana kwathunthu. kuyesa bomba la nyukiliya ngati tikufuna.
Ziwonetsero zomwe zidachitika pa Nevada Test Site zadziwika moyenerera chifukwa cha kufunikira kwake m'mbiri. Mwina tsiku lina alendo obwera ku Nevada adzasiya makasino kwakanthawi kukachezera Peace Camp ngati malo okondwerera komanso chiyembekezo, pomwe anthu adasiya njira yake yachiwonongeko. Patsiku limenelo, Nevada National Security Site, yobwezeretsedwa ndi kubwezeretsedwa ku ulamuliro wa Western Shoshone Nation, idzakhala chikumbutso chodandaula chifukwa cha zolakwa zomwe zachitika kumeneko motsutsana ndi dziko lapansi ndi zolengedwa zake. Nthawiyi sinafike. Zomwe zidzaonedwe ngati mbiri ya Msasa wa Mtendere ndi Malo Oyesera, osatchula mbiri ya dziko lapansi, ikulembedwabe pamene tikuyenda komanso pamene tikuchita.
Brian Terrell ndi wogwirizira zochitika za Nevada Desert Experience komanso wogwirizira wa Voices for Creative Nonviolence.Brian@vcnv.org>
