NaElliot Swain, Ndira 15, 2018
Ndira 13 -15, 2018, musangano muBaltimore pazvigaro zvemauto ekunze zveUS akaunza pamwe chete manzwi ekurwisa hondo kubva pasirese. Vatauri vakaratidza kutyisidzira kwakawanda kunokonzerwa nekuvapo kwemauto eUnited States-kubva pakutonga kwenyika kusvika kune zvakatipoteredza uye hutano hweveruzhinji.
Mauto eUS ari kunze kwenyika kune dzimwe nyika zvisaririra zvenhoroondo inonyadzisa yehudzvanyiriri hweUS kubva kuHondo yeSpain-America uye yakazotevera yekuUS kukoloni kwePhilippines neCuba. Mamwe mabhesi akawanda akavakwa munguva yeHondo Yenyika II neHondo yeKorea, uye zvichiripo nanhasi. Kuvharwa kwezvigadziko izvi kunogona kuratidza kusviba kwenhoroondo refu yehondo dzedzimwe nyika dzine ropa, dzinodhura uku ichisimbisa musimboti wekuzvisarudzira vanhu vese. Manzwi kubva kuJapan, Korean, African, Australian uye Puerto Rican kuramba mafambiro akauya pamwe chete pamusangano kudhirowa aya kubatana uye kuronga ramangwana rine runyararo.
Nenzira yakakodzera, musangano wakaratidza 16th zuva rekupemberera kuvhurwa kwejeri paGuantanamo Bay, Cuba. Varatidziri vakaungana panze peWhite House musi wa11 Ndira vachida kuti vasungwa makumi mana nemumwe vachiri muhusungwa vasina mhosva yavari kupomerwa mutirongo yainge yavimbiswa nevaimbove mutungamiri wenyika VaObama kuti ichavharwa. Asi sekutaura kwasachigaro weNational Network paCuba Cheryl LaBash, "Guantanamo inopfuura jeri." Muchokwadi, chigaro chemauto cheGuantanamo ndicho chekare chemauto eUnited States pane ivhu rekunze, nekutonga kwekusingaperi kwakaiswa mu41 pasi peNeocolonial Platt Amendment.
Mushandirapamwe wekuvhara jeri reGuantanamo risiri pamutemo uye rinonyangadza rinopindirana nekurwa kwakatora nguva refu kudzosera bay kuvanhu veCuba. Nhoroondo yeGuantanamo inoratidza kuti hutsinye hwemuchina wehondo wemazuva ano hunotevera sei hunhu hunonyadzisa hwezana remakore reUS imperialism.
Musangano uyu wakapawo plenary kuhukukutu hwemauto epamba neekunze kwemauto pane zvakatipoteredza uye hutano hweveruzhinji. Sekureva kwapurofesa wezvehutano hwezvakatipoteredza Patricia Hynes, iyo vazhinji yepasi rose superfund saiti - nzvimbo dzinozivikanwa neEPA sedzinoisa njodzi kune hutano kana nharaunda - inzvimbo dzemauto ekunze. Pat Mukuru kubva muboka World Pasina Hondo vakaratidza nzira iyo Navy's Allegheny Ballistic Center muWest Virginia inogara ichiburitsa trichlorethylene, inozivikanwa carcinogen, mumvura yepasi pePotomac. Iyo Naval War Center muDahlgren, Virginia yanga ichipisa zvinhu zvine njodzi kwemakore makumi manomwe.
Kusarangwa kwemauto uye kusava nehanya kuhutano hweveruzhinji kunokandwa murunyararo nenyaya yeFort Detrick muMaryland. Mauto akarasa marara eradioactive mumvura yepasi, iyo inonzi nevagari vaFrederick ine chekuita nekufa kwegomarara munzvimbo iyi. Vakamhan'arira, uye nyaya yacho yakaraswa, mutongi achitaura "kusazvitonga."
Kunyangwe zvigadziko izvi zviri paivhu reUS, "kusazvidzivirira" ndiko kutonyanya kutyisa mutongo kuvanhu vekunze.. Hynes akatsanangura Okinawa Island se "murwi wemvura wePacific." Chitsuwa ichi chave chiri nzvimbo yekurasira mafoliants ane muchetura seAgent Orange kwemakumi emakore akati wandei. Kusvibiswa kubva kuchitsuwa chemauto eAmerica kwakonzera mazana enhengo dzebasa reUS uye veOkinawans veko kurwara zvakaipisisa.
Vanhu veOkinawa vanga vasina kuneta mukurwisa kwavo zvigadziko izvi zvinouraya. Nepo mutungamiri wenzvimbo inopikisa Hiroji Yamashiro akamirira kutongwa nemhosva dzenhema, varatidziri vanobuda zuva rega rega vachipikisa kuwedzera kweMarine base Camp Schwab. Mafambiro echivanhu akaita seaya ndiwo musimboti wevanopikisa humambo hweUS pasi rose. Asi zvakanyanya, zvakafanira kune veAmerica kuti vadzore mukukanganisa kwekuvapo kwemauto ekunze ehurumende yavo.
Musangano uyu wakapera nekurudziro yekuti paitwe musangano wepasi rose wezvigadziko zvemauto ekunze uitwe neimwe yenyika dziri kurwisana nemauto eAmerica pari zvino. Yakakurudzirawo kuti paumbwe mubatanidzwa wepasi rose wekurwisa zvigaro zvemauto ekunze. Kuti uwane rumwe ruzivo uye zvigadziriso, enda ku www.noforeignbases.org.
~~~~~~~~~
Elliot Swain mumiriri weBaltimore-based activist, veruzhinji mutemo akapedza kudzidza mudzidzi uye anodzidzira neCODEPINK.
