Mayi Earth Akulirira Ana Awo: Asilikali aku US Ayenera Kuletsa Kuwononga Zachilengedwe

Mwa Joy Choyamba 

Pamene ndimapita ku DC kuti ndikamangidwe pachiwopsezo chomangidwa ndi National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) ndinali ndi mantha, komanso kudziwa kuti izi ndi zomwe ndimayenera kuchita. Aka kakhala koyamba kumangidwa kwanga kuyambira pomwe ndidamangidwa ku CIA mu June 2013, ndipo adakhala m'ndende kwa chaka chimodzi pambuyo pa mlandu wa Okutobala 2013. Kupuma kwa zaka pafupifupi ziŵiri kuti ndisamamangidwe kunandithandiza kusanthula kwenikweni zimene ndinali kuchita ndi chifukwa chake, ndipo ndinadzipereka kupitirizabe kukhala ndi moyo wokana maupandu a boma lathu.

Ndakhala mbali ya NCNR kwa zaka 12 - kuyambira nkhondo ya Iraq ku 2003. Pamene chiwerengero cha anthu omwe akugwira nawo ntchito yolimbana ndi nkhondo chikuchepa, ndikudziwa kuti tiyenera kupitiriza kukana. Ngakhale tilibe ziwerengero zazikulu tsopano, ndikofunikira kwambiri kuposa kale kuti tilankhule zoona pazomwe zikuchitika pankhondo ku Iraq, Pakistan, ndi Yemen, mu pulogalamu yankhondo ya drone, komanso kuyang'ana njira zomwe mavuto a nyengo akuchulukirachulukira ndi asilikali.

Pali njira zambiri zomwe asitikali akuwonongera dziko lathu lapansi pogwiritsa ntchito mafuta oyaka, zida za nyukiliya, uranium watha, kupopera mankhwala owopsa m'minda ya "War on Drugs" ku South America, komanso kudzera m'malo mazana angapo ankhondo ozungulira. dziko. Agent Orange, yomwe idagwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo ya Vietnam ikukhudzabe chilengedwe. Malinga ndi a Joseph Nevins, m'nkhani yofalitsidwa ndi CommonDreams.org, Kumenyana ndi Pentagon, "Asilikali a ku United States ndi omwe amagwiritsa ntchito mafuta ambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo ndi gulu limodzi lomwe limayambitsa kusokoneza nyengo padziko lapansi."

TIYENERA KUCHITA KANTHU KUTI AMATHETSE KUonongeka KWA DZIKO LATHU NDI US MILTARY.

NCNR idayamba kukonzekera zomwe zikuchitika pa Tsiku la Dziko Lapansi miyezi ingapo yapitayo pomwe timaimba mlandu asitikali chifukwa cha gawo lawo pakuwononga dziko lapansi. Ndinali kutumiza maimelo angapo kwa anthu osiyanasiyana ndi mindandanda pamene tikupitiriza kukonzekera. Ndiye pafupi masabata a 6 apitawo ndinakumana ndi Elliot Grollman wochokera ku Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo cha Kwawo. Anadabwa zomwe tinali kuchita, ndipo monga njira yoyesera kuti adziwe zambiri kuchokera kwa ine, adafunsa ngati angathandize kuti zochita zathu zitheke pa April 22. Chomwe chinali chodabwitsa kwa ine chinali chakuti anandiuza kuti akudziwa za zomwe tachita. kuwerenga makalata anga achinsinsi a imelo. Sitingaganize kuti chilichonse chimene tikunena sichidzayang’aniridwa. Anandiyimbira nambala yanga ya foni ku Mount Horebu, WI pa 7: 00 m'mawa m'mawa wa zochitika. Inde ndinali ku Washington, DC ndipo mwamuna wanga anamuuza zimenezo ndikumupatsa nambala yanga ya foni.

Patsiku la Earth, Epulo 22, ndinalumikizana ndi omenyera ufulu wina kuti ndipereke kalata kwa Gina McCarthy, wamkulu wa Environmental Protection Agency, ndikuyitanitsa EPA kuti igwire ntchito yawo yowunika ndikuthetsa kusagwirizana kwa asitikali pakuyambitsa chipwirikiti chanyengo, ndi kenako tinapita ku Pentagon komwe tikayesere kukapereka kalata kwa Secretary of Defense. Makalata onse awiriwa adatumizidwa milungu ingapo isanachitike ndipo sitinalandire yankho. M’makalata onsewa tinapempha kuti tikambirane za nkhawa zathu.

Pafupifupi anthu makumi atatu adasonkhana kunja kwa EPA ku 10: 00 m'mawa pa tsiku la zochita. David Barrows anapanga chikwangwani chachikulu cholembedwa “EPA – Do Your Job; Pentagon - Lekani Kukhazikika Kwanu ”. Panali chithunzi cha dziko lapansi mu malawi pa mbendera. Tinalinso ndi zikwangwani 8 zing’onozing’ono zokhala ndi mawu a m’kalata yathu yopita kwa Ashton Carter.

Max anayambitsa pulogalamuyo ndipo analankhula za Mayi Earth akulira pamene akuwonongedwa ndi ana awo. Beth Adams adawerenga mawu, ndikutsatiridwa ndi Ed Kinane akuwerenga mawu a katswiri wazachilengedwe Pat Hynes.

Tinali ndi kalata yomwe tinkafuna kukapereka kwa mkulu wa EPA, Gina McCarthy, kapena kwa woimira paudindo wopanga mfundo. M'malo mwake a EPA adatumiza wina kuchokera ku ofesi yawo ya Public Relations kuti alandire kalata yathu. Iwo anati abwerera kwa ife, ndipo ndidzadabwa akatero.

Marsha Coleman-Adebayo ndiye adalankhula. Marsha anali akugwira ntchito ku EPA mpaka adayimba mluzu pazomwe amachita zomwe zimapha anthu. Atayankhula anamuuza kuti akhale chete. Koma a Marsha anakamba za momwe angawone anthu ngati ife panja pawindo akutsutsa EPA. Ochita zionetserowo anamupatsa kulimba mtima kuti apitirize kukakamiza kuti zigawenga za EPA zithe, ngakhale kuti anachotsedwa ntchito. Marsha adatiuza kuti chifukwa chokhala kunja kwa EPA, timapereka chilimbikitso kwa anthu omwe amafuna kulankhula, koma amawopa kutero.

Tinali ndi ntchito yambiri yoti tichite ndipo motero tinachoka ku EPA ndikupita ku Metro ku bwalo lazakudya la Pentagon City kumene tinali ndi chidziwitso chomaliza tisanapite ku Pentagon.

Tidali ndi anthu pafupifupi makumi asanu omwe akukonzekera kupita ku Pentagon ndi anthu okhala ndi zidole zopangidwa ndi Sue Frankel-Streit akutsogolera.

Titayandikira Pentagon ndimatha kumva agulugufe m'mimba mwanga ndipo miyendo yanga ikumva ngati ikusintha kukhala odzola. Koma ndinali ndi gulu la anthu amene ndinkawadziwa komanso kuwakhulupirira ndipo ndinkadziwa kuti ndikufunika kuchita nawo ntchitoyi.

Tinalowa mu malo osungiramo Pentagon ndikuyenda m'mphepete mwa msewu wopita ku Pentagon. Apolisi osachepera 30 akutidikirira. Panali mpanda wachitsulo m’mphepete mwa msewu wokhala ndi kabowo kakang’ono komwe anatiloŵetsa m’dera laudzu. Malo awa kumbali ina ya mpanda adasankhidwa kukhala "malo olankhula zaufulu".

Malachy anatsogolera programuyo ndipo, monga mwa nthawi zonse, analankhula momveka bwino chifukwa chake tifunikira kupitiriza ntchito imeneyi. Adalankhula za NCNR yolembera makalata kwa akuluakulu osankhidwa ndi osankhidwa zaka zingapo zapitazi. Sitinalandirepo yankho. Izi ndizozizira. Monga nzika, tiyenera kulumikizana ndi boma pazovuta zathu. Pali china chake cholakwika kwambiri ndi dziko lathu kuti salabadira zomwe timanena. Tikadakhala olimbikitsa kontrakitala wachitetezo, mafuta akulu, kapena bungwe lina lalikulu tikadalandiridwa m'maofesi ku Capitol Hill ndi ku Pentagon. Koma ife, monga nzika, tilibe mwayi uliwonse wofikira akuluakulu aboma. Kodi tingatani kuti tisinthe dziko pamene olamulira akukana kutimvera?

Hendrik Vos adalankhula mozama za momwe boma lathu limathandizira maboma opanda demokalase ku Latin America. Analankhula za kufunikira kwa ntchito yathu yolimbana ndi anthu ndi kufunitsitsa kwathu kumangidwa. Paul Magno anali wolimbikitsa pamene amalankhula za machitidwe ambiri otsutsa anthu omwe tikumangapo, kuphatikizapo omenyera Plowshare.

Titamvetsera okamba asanu ndi atatu a ife omwe tinali pachiwopsezo chomangidwa, tidayenda kudutsa kabowo kakang'ono kupita m'mphepete mwa msewu kuyesa kupereka kalata yathu kwa Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, kapena woimira paudindo wopanga mfundo. Tinali mumsewu womwe anthu amayenda nthawi zonse kuti alowe mu Pentagon.

Nthawi yomweyo tinaimitsidwa ndi Officer Ballard. Sanawoneke waubwenzi kwambiri popeza adatiuza kuti tikutsekereza mayendedwe ndipo tikuyenera kulowanso "malo olankhula zaufulu". Tinamuuza kuti tiimirire pafupi ndi mpanda kuti anthu adutse momasuka.

Kachiŵirinso, munthu wina wopanda mphamvu kuchokera ku ofesi ya PR anabwera kudzakumana nafe ndi kuvomereza kalata yathu, koma tinauzidwa kuti sipadzakhala kukambirana. Ballard anatiuza kuti tichoke apo apo ayi timangidwa.

Tinali anthu asanu ndi atatu osachita zachiwawa atayima mwamtendere kumpanda pamsewu wapagulu. Titanena kuti sitingachoke mpaka titalankhula ndi munthu wina waudindo, Ballard anauza wapolisi wina kuti atichenjeze katatu.

Malachy anayamba kuwerenga kalata yomwe tinkafuna kukapereka kwa Secretary Carter pamene machenjezo atatuwa anaperekedwa.

Pambuyo pa chenjezo lachitatu, adatseka kutsegulira kwa malo olankhula mwaufulu, ndipo pafupifupi maofesala 20 a gulu la SWAT, omwe anali kuyembekezera mtunda wa mamita 30, anabwera kudzatitsutsa. Sindidzaiwala momwe nkhope yake inalili yaukali wa msilikali yemwe anabwera kwa Malachy ndipo anamulanda mwankhanza chikalatacho m’manja mwake n’kumuika m’ma cuffs.

Ndidawona kuti uku kukakhala kumangidwa kwina kwachiwawa ku Pentagon. Mu Epulo 2011, NCNR idakonza zochitika ku Pentagon ndipo panali ziwawa zambiri za apolisi panthawiyo. Anagwetsa pansi Eve Tetaz ndipo mwachiwawa anagwedeza mkono wanga kumbuyo kwanga. Ndinamva malipoti ochokera kwa anthu ena oti nawonso anazunzidwa tsiku limenelo.

Wapolisi amene anandimangayo anandiuza kuti ndiike manja anga kumbuyo kwanga. Makhafuwo anali olimba ndipo iye anawagwedeza mwamphamvu, zomwe zinapangitsa ululu waukulu. Patatha masiku asanu nditamangidwa dzanja langa likadali lophwanyika komanso lanthete.

Trudy anali kulira ndi ululu chifukwa ma cuffs ake anali olimba kwambiri. Anapempha kuti amasulidwe, ndipo wapolisiyo anamuuza kuti ngati sakufuna, sayenera kuchitanso zimenezi. Palibe m'modzi mwa apolisi omwe adagwirawo yemwe adavala ma nametag ndipo sadadziwike.

Tinamangidwa mozungulira 2: 30 madzulo ndipo inatulutsidwa cha m’ma 4:00 pm. Kukonzekera kunali kochepa. Ndinaona kuti ena mwa amunawo akutisisita tisanatilowetse m’galimoto ya apolisi, koma sindinatero. Titafika pamalo ochitirapo zinthu, anatidula maunyolo nthawi yomweyo pamene tinali kulowa m’nyumbayo, ndiyeno akaziwo anawaika m’chipinda china ndi amuna m’chipinda china. Anatiwombera makapu tonsefe, koma sanatilembe zala zathu. Kusindikiza zala kumatenga nthawi yayitali ndipo mwina atapeza ma ID athu, adapeza kuti zolemba zathu zonse zidali kale m'dongosolo lawo.

Omangidwa anali Manijeh Saba wa ku New Jersey, Stephen Bush wa ku Virginia, Max Obuszewski ndi Malachy Kilbride a ku Maryland, Trudy Silver ndi Felton Davis a ku New York, ndi Phil Runkel ndi Joy First a ku Wisconsin.

David Barrows ndi Paul Magno anapereka chithandizo ndipo anali kuyembekezera kukumana nafe pamene tinamasulidwa.

Tinali ku Pentagon tikugwiritsa ntchito ufulu wathu Wokonzanso Woyamba ndi maudindo athu pansi pa Nuremberg, komanso monga anthu okhudzidwa ndi vuto la Mayi Earth. Tinali panjira yomwe idagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu mwamtendere kupempha msonkhano ndi munthu wina ku Pentagon, ndikuwerenga kalata yomwe tidatumiza kwa Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter. Sitinapalamula mlandu, koma tinali kukana milandu ya boma lathu, komabe tinali kuimbidwa mlandu wophwanya lamulo. Ili ndilo tanthauzo la kukana kwapachiweniweni

Ndivuto lalikulu kwambiri kuti zopempha zathu zamtendere ndi chilungamo sizikutsatiridwa ndi akuluakulu aboma. Ngakhale zikuwoneka ngati sitikumvera, ndikofunikira kwambiri kuti tipitilize kuchita zotsutsana. Ndikudziwa kuti ngakhale titamva ngati ndife osagwira ntchito, kuchita zinthu zotsutsana ndi chisankho changa chokha chochita zomwe ndingathe kuti ndisinthe moyo wa adzukulu anga ndi ana adziko lapansi. Ngakhale ndizovuta kudziwa ngati tikuchita bwino, ndikukhulupirira kuti tonse tiyenera kuchita zonse zomwe tingathe kuti tipitirize ntchito yathu yamtendere ndi chilungamo. Ndicho chiyembekezo chathu chokha.

Zithunzi za kumangidwa ku Pentagon.