VIDEO: Yesetsani Nkhondo ya Nyukiliya

By Nkhani Zenizeni, June 16, 2022

Zaka XNUMX zapitazo, anthu miliyoni imodzi adasonkhana ku Central Park kufuna kuti mpikisano wa zida za nyukiliya uthetsedwe. Chiwopsezo cha ngozi ya nyukiliya chidakalipobe mpaka pano, koma sichiyenera kukhala chonchi.

Pa June 12, 1982, anthu miliyoni imodzi anasonkhana ku Central Park kuti afune kuchotsera zida za nyukiliya ndi kutha kwa mpikisano wa zida za Cold War ndi chiyembekezo chakuti anthu atha kupeŵa chiwopsezo chomwe chimapezeka nthawi zonse cha chiwonongeko chotsimikizirika. Mwatsoka, kupanga ndi kusonkhanitsa koopsa kwa zida zanyukiliya zothetsa chitukuko kwapitirira, ndipo chiwopsezo cha tsoka la nyukiliya chikupitirirabe. Pa chikumbutso cha 40th cha msonkhano wa mbiri yakale ku Central Park, ndikuyang'ana kwambiri zoopsa zomwe zikuchitika panopa za nkhondo ya nyukiliya komanso kufunikira kochitapo kanthu kuti achepetse, RootsAction Education Fund adachita nawo Defuse Nuclear War livestream, yomwe idasonkhanitsa owonetsa angapo kuti ayambitsenso kuyimbira zida za nyukiliya ndikuyambitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa midzi. Ndi chilolezo chochokera kwa okonza mwambowu, The Real News ikufalitsa zokambirana za gululi kwa omvera athu.

Pafupifupi mabungwe 100 amtendere, kuponya zida, ndi chilungamo cha anthu adathandizira nawo mwambowu, womwe udathandizidwa ndi RootsAction Education Fund. Mtsinje wa livestream umakhala ndi mauthenga ochokera kwa okamba osiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo Ryan Black, Hanieh Jodat Barnes, Medea Benjamin, Jerry Brown, Leslie Cagan, Mandy Carter, Emma Claire Foley, Pastor Michael McBride, Khury Petersen-Smith, David Swanson, Katrina vanden Heuvel , India Walton, ndi Ann Wright. Wotsogolera / wopanga Jeff Daniels amalankhulanso ndikupereka zolemba zake Chochitika Chawailesi yakanema za zotsatira za filimu yapa TV ya 1983 Tsiku Pambuyo. Izi zikuphatikizanso chiwonetsero chapadziko lonse lapansi cha vidiyo yomwe ili ndi a Daniel Ellsberg pa "kuchepetsa chiwopsezo cha nkhondo ya nyukiliya," yopangidwa ndi director wosankhidwa ndi Oscar Judith Ehrlich.