Wolemba John McGrath, Counterfire, November 8, 2021
Ngakhale kuti atsogoleri a mayiko akulephera kugwirizana pa kusintha kwatanthauzo pa COP26, mzinda wa Glasgow wasanduka malo ochitira zionetsero ndi kunyanyala ntchito, akutero John McGrath.
M'mawa wowoneka bwino, wozizira wa Novembara 4 adapeza ogwira ntchito m'mabin a GMB ku Glasgow akupitiliza sitalaka yawo kuti alandire malipiro abwinoko komanso malo ogwirira ntchito. Anayamba zochita zawo zatsiku ndi tsiku ku Anderston Center Depot pamsewu wa Argyle.
Ray Robertson, yemwe amagwira ntchito m’mabinsi kwa nthawi yaitali, akunena uku akumwetulira kuti, “Ndakalamba kwambiri kuti ndisakhale kunja kuno.” Robertson akuphatikizidwa ndi antchito anzake pafupifupi khumi ndi awiri omwe akukonzekera kuthera tsiku lonse akutola m'mphepete mwa msewu. "Tikuchita chidwi ndi momwe takhala tikuchitidwira zaka 15-20 zapitazi," akuumiriza.
"Sipanakhalepo ndalama, palibe zomangamanga, palibe magalimoto atsopano - palibe chomwe amuna akufuna. Depo iyi inali ndi amuna 50 ogwira ntchito, tsopano tili nawo mwina 10-15. Sakulowa m'malo mwa aliyense ndipo pano akusesa akugwira ntchito katatu. Nthawi zonse takhala anthu olipidwa kwambiri ku Scotland. Nthawizonse. Ndipo kwa zaka ziwiri zapitazi, akhala akugwiritsa ntchito Covid ngati chowiringula. 'Sitingachite chilichonse tsopano chifukwa cha Covid' iwo akutero. Koma amphaka onenepawo amalemera kwambiri, ndipo palibe amene amasamala za ogwira ntchito m’mbiya.”
Kupitilira chakumadzulo pa Argyle Street, womwe umakhala Stabcross Street, msewuwu watsekedwa ndi magalimoto sabata ino. Mipanda yachitsulo ya 10-foot imalimbitsa misewu ndi magulu a apolisi osakhala ankhondo atavala malaya achikasu a fulorosenti ndi zipewa zakuda mumagulu asanu ndi limodzi pakati pa msewu. Zikuwoneka kuti apolisi aku Glasgow sakusiya chilichonse mwamwayi.
Kupitilira mumsewu, Scottish Event Campus (SEC), komwe zokambirana zikuchitika, zitha kupezeka ndi ma pass apadera. Gulu la akatswiri amakampani ndi akuluakulu aboma ochokera padziko lonse lapansi akudutsa pazipata zachitetezo akuwunikira zidziwitso zawo.
Kunja kwa zipata, ochita zionetsero amasonkhana ndi kuchita zionetsero, ngakhale kuti si ambiri. Gulu la ochita kampeni a XR adadutsa miyendo akuwoneka akudikirira. Pafupi nawo pali gulu la ophunzira achichepere ogwirizana ndi Fridays for the Future amene anayenda kuchokera ku Japan. Pali asanu ndi anayi a iwo ndipo amadutsa megaphone nthawi zina amalankhula Chingerezi, nthawi zina m'Chijapani.
“Ndi tsiku lachinayi la COP26 ndipo sitinaonepo chilichonse chomveka chikuchitika. Mayiko otukuka ali ndi njira. Sakuchita kalikonse. Ndi mayiko omwe akutukuka kumene akuyenera kuvutika chifukwa cha mphwayi. Yakwana nthawi yoti tifune omwe ali ndi mphamvu - Japan, America, UK - kuti achitepo kanthu. Yakwana nthawi yoti amphamvu alipire chiwonongeko chonse ndi dyera lomwe achita padziko lonse lapansi. "
Patangopita nthawi pang'ono gulu la omenyera ufulu wa US adatulukira ndi chikwangwani cha 30-foot chomwe chimati: "Palibe Mafuta Atsopano a Federal Fossil". Ndi mgwirizano wopangidwa ndi mabungwe ochepa omwe ali ndi malingaliro ofanana m'maboma olemera kwambiri a US ku Texas ndi Louisiana. Otsutsawo amatcha gawo ili la dzikolo "malo operekera nsembe" ndipo amalozera ku mphepo zamkuntho zaposachedwapa ndi chiwopsezo cha anthu akuda ndi a bulauni omwe amakhala mumithunzi ya mafuta opangira mafuta. Chaka chino mphepo yamkuntho inabweretsa mvula ya mamita 5 ku Port Arthur, Louisiana. "Nyanja ikukwera ndipo ifenso tikukwera!" amayimba limodzi.
Iwo akutsutsa kuchoka kwa Joe Biden ndi kusowa kwake utsogoleri. Biden adafika ku Glasgow chimanjamanja ndipo sanathe kuvotera ndalama yake ya Build Back Better kudzera mumsonkhano ngakhale zitakhala kuti zofunikira zanyengo zidathetsedwa ndi osunga chipani chake. Monga Boris Johnson, a Biden adakana mobwerezabwereza kuletsa fracking.
M'modzi mwa ochita ziwonetsero ku US omwe ali ndi chikwangwani ndi Miguel Esroto, woyimira gawo lakumadzulo kwa Texas ndi bungwe lotchedwa Earthworks. Iye akukonzekera kukulitsa kupanga mafuta m'dziko lakwawo. Boma la Biden likukulitsa kupanga mafuta ku Permian Basin, komwe kumakhala ma kilomita 86,000 m'malire a Texas-New Mexico ndipo kumapanga migolo 4 miliyoni yamafuta omwe amapopedwa tsiku lililonse.
Esroto akuwonetsa kuti oyang'anira a Biden avomereza kubwereketsa kwatsopano mderali pamlingo womwe umaposa omwe adamutsogolera, a Donald Trump. Dipatimenti ya Zam'kati ku US yavomereza zilolezo pafupifupi 2,500 zoboola m'malo a anthu ndi mafuko m'miyezi 6 yoyambirira ya 2021.
Ali ku Glasgow, a Biden adatenga nthawi kuti asiyane ndi boma la US kuti akhazikitse malamulo a nyengo poukira China, omwe adachita nawo msonkhanowo pafupifupi, ponena kuti Purezidenti Xi Jinping "adalakwitsa kwambiri". Ndemanga zake zikuwonetsa zomwe andale aku US ndi European and media media aku Western aziyika udindo waukulu wothana ndi kusintha kwanyengo ku China.
“Ndi zododometsa!” zowerengera Esroto. "Ngati tikufuna kuloza zala, tiyambe ndi Permian Basin. Tisanayambe kukwiyira mayiko ena aliwonse, nzika zaku US ziyenera kuyang'ana komwe tili ndi mphamvu, komwe tingathandizire. Titha kuyamba kuloza zala tikapanda kupanga mafuta ndi gasi ochulukirapo. Tili ndi cholinga chodziwikiratu: kusintha kwa mphamvu zongowonjezwdwa, kuyimitsa mafuta ndi gasi ndikuteteza madera athu kumakampani opangira mafuta. Tiyenera kumamatira ku zimenezo!”
M'mbiri yakale, dziko la US latulutsa CO2 yochuluka kuwirikiza kawiri kuposa momwe China ilili ngakhale kuti ndi anthu ochepa. US yakhala ikuyendetsa 25% ya mpweya wa CO2 padziko lonse lapansi.
Madzulo, anthu pafupifupi 200 amalumikizana ndi atolankhani ndi gulu lawayilesi pafupi ndi masitepe a Glasgow Royal Concert Hall kuti amvetsere otsutsa nkhondo: Stop the War Coalition, Veterans for Peace, World Beyond War, CODEPINK ndi ena. Opezeka pamwambowu ndi mtsogoleri wakale wa Scottish Labor Party, Richard Leonard.
Sheila J Babauta, nthumwi yosankhidwa kuchokera ku zilumba za Mariana zolamulidwa ndi US, akulankhula ndi khamulo,
“Ndinayenda makilomita pafupifupi 20,000 kuti ndikhale kuno ku Scotland. Kudziko lakwathu, tili ndi chimodzi mwa zilumba zathu zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pochita zankhondo komanso maphunziro. Anthu a m’dera lathu akhala opanda mwayi wopita kuchilumbachi kwa zaka pafupifupi 100. Asilikali awononga madzi athu ndipo apha nyama zathu zam'madzi ndi nyama zakutchire. "
Babauta akufotokozera khamu la anthu kuti ndege zomwe zidaponya mabomba a atomiki ku Hiroshima ndi Nagasaki zidachoka kuzilumba za Marina. "Umu ndi momwe zilumbazi zimalumikizirana ndi asitikali aku US. Yakwana nthawi yoti decarbonise! Yakwana nthawi yoti muchotse koloni! Ndipo nthawi yakwana yoti tichotse nkhondo! "
Stuart Parkinson of Scientists for Global Responsibility amaphunzitsa khamu la anthu za kukula kwa mpweya wankhondo. Malinga ndi kafukufuku wa Parkinson, chaka chatha asitikali aku UK adatulutsa matani 11 miliyoni a CO2, omwe ali pafupifupi ofanana ndi kutha kwa magalimoto 6 miliyoni. US, yomwe ili ndi gawo lalikulu lankhondo lankhondo mpaka pano, idatulutsa pafupifupi 20 kuposa chaka chatha. Zochita zankhondo zimachititsa pafupifupi 5% ya mpweya wapadziko lonse lapansi ndipo izi sizimakhudza zotsatira za nkhondo (kudula mitengo, kumanganso mizinda yophulitsidwa ndi mabomba ndi konkire ndi magalasi, ndi zina).
Mofananamo, Parkinson akuwonetsa kusagwiritsidwa ntchito molakwika kwa ndalama zama projekiti ngati awa:
"Mu bajeti yaposachedwa ya boma la UK masiku angapo apitawa, adapereka ndalama zochulukirapo kasanu ndi kawiri kwa asitikali monga momwe adachitira pochepetsa kutulutsa mpweya m'dziko lonselo."
Izi zimabweretsa funso kuti timamanga chiyani pamene "timanganso bwino"?
Patatha ola limodzi, funsoli lidayankhidwa mocheperapo ndi a David Boys pamsonkhano wausiku wa COP26 Coalition ku Adelaide Place Baptist Church mumsewu wa Bath. Anyamata ndi Wachiwiri kwa Mlembi Wamkulu wa bungwe la ogwira ntchito ku Public Services International (PSI). COP26 Coalition yakhala ikukumana usiku uliwonse kuyambira pomwe msonkhanowu udayamba ndipo Lachinayi usiku wakhudza gawo la mabungwe ogwira ntchito popewa ngozi zanyengo.
"Ndani wamvapo za Build Back Better?" Anyamata amafunsa khamu la anthu odzadza mu mpingo. “Aliyense wamva zimenezo? Sitikufuna kusunga zomwe tinali nazo. Zomwe tinali nazo ndizosautsa. Tiyenera kupanga china chatsopano! ”
Olankhula Lachinayi usiku amabwereza mawu oti "kusintha koyenera". Ena amati mawuwa adaperekedwa kwa Tony Mazzochi wa Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, ena amayesa kukonzanso, akumatcha "kusintha kwachilungamo". Malinga ndi Boys,
“Mukauza munthu wina kuti ntchito yanu ikuwopsezedwa ndipo mwina simungathe kudyetsa banja lanu, imeneyo si uthenga wabwino. Anthu amenewo akufunika thandizo lathu chifukwa kusinthaku sikukhala kophweka. Tiyenera kusiya kudya, tiyenera kusiya kugula zonyansa zomwe sitifunikira ku Pentagon, tiyenera kusintha momwe timachitira zinthu. Koma chomwe tikusowa ndi ntchito zamphamvu za anthu, kuyambira kunyumba ndikusonkhanitsa. ”
Ogwira ntchito ku Scotland, North America, ndi Uganda amafotokozera omvera kufunikira kokhazikitsa demokalase pazachuma komanso kufuna kuti anthu azikhala ndi mayendedwe ndi zida zawo.
Scotland ikukonzekera kuwonjezera kuchuluka kwa mabasi omwe akukhala umwini wa anthu ndipo dzikolo lidawona kusakhazikika pomwe kukonzanso njanji kunali kukambirana. Nyengo ya neoliberal yawononga mayiko padziko lonse lapansi chifukwa chakuchulukirachulukira kwa chuma chaboma. Malinga ndi a Boys, kubisa mphamvu zamagetsi kwakhala kovuta mwapadera kuyimitsa:
"Tikayamba kuyimitsa kubisa mphamvu zamagetsi, asitikali amalowa. Tikawopseza kuti tisiya kubisa, zomwe tidachita posachedwa ku Nigeria, asitikali amabwera ndikumanga atsogoleri a mgwirizano kapena kupha atsogoleri a mgwirizano, ndikuyimitsa kuzizira. Imatengera makampani opanga mphamvu ndikuchita zomwe akufuna. Ndipo ichi ndi chizindikiro chabe, mtundu wa zomwe zikuchitika ndi mphamvu. Chifukwa tikudziwa kuti ndi mafuta akulu, gasi wamkulu, ndi malasha akulu omwe awononga mabiliyoni ambiri pazaka 30 zapitazi kuthandizira kukana kwanyengo ndikusunga momwe zinthu ziliri.
"Dongosolo lomwe tili nalo tsopano likulamulidwa ndi WTO, Banki Yadziko Lonse, IMF, ndi gulu lankhondo ndi mafakitale. Ndikokha pakukonza komwe tikukhala komwe timapanga gulu lalikulu loletsa kudalirana kwapadziko lonse kwamakampani komwe kumayendetsedwa ndi anthu ochepa ochokera m'mayiko osiyanasiyana”.
Kugwirizana kwamakampani padziko lonse lapansi ndi mayiko ambiri? Kodi atsogoleri adziko lapansi sakupanga zisankho ndikuyimba kuwombera? Osawafunsa. Iwo achoka ku Glasgow kale kwambiri. Lachisanu, ophunzira aku Glasgow adaguba ndi Greta Thunberg pamodzi ndi ogwira ntchito m'ma bin. Loweruka, Novembara 6 ndi tsiku lochitapo kanthu ndipo mwachiyembekezo, anthu omwe abwera kudzabwera kudzabwera ndi amphamvu kuno komanso ku UK konse.
Nyimbo yomwe imatseka msonkhano mu mpingo Lachinayi usiku ndi "Anthu, ogwirizana, sadzagonjetsedwa konse!" Palibe njira ina iliyonse.
