Amai Pasi Iri Kurira Vana Vake: Muto reUnited States Inofanira Kurega Mahara Ecocide

Nechifaro Chokutanga 

Pandaienda kuDC kuti ndisungwe muchiitiko chakarongwa neNational Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) ndainzwa kutya, asi nekuzivawo izvi ndizvo zvandaifanira kunge ndichiita. Uku ndiko kungave kusungwa kwangu kwekutanga kubva pandakasungwa kuCIA muna Chikumi 2013, uye ndakapika mutongo wegore rimwe mushure mekutongwa kwaGumiguru 2013. Kutora anodokusvika makore maviri kuti ndisasungwa kwakandibetsera kunzvera chaizvoizvo chandakanga ndichiita uye chikonzero nei, uye ndakanga ndakazvipira kupfuurira kurarama upenyu mukudzivisa utsotsi hwehurumende yedu.

Ndave ndiri chikamu cheNCNR kwemakore 12 - kubva pakumhanyira kuhondo muIraq mu 2003. Sezvo nhamba yevanhu vanobatanidzwa mukurwisana nehondo inoderera, ndinoziva kuti tinofanira kuramba tichipikisa. Kunyangwe isu tisina nhamba huru ikozvino, zvakakosha kupfuura nakare kose kuti titaure chokwadi nezve zviri kuitika muhondo muIraq, Pakistan, uye Yemen, muchirongwa chehondo ye drone, uye mukutarisa nzira idzo dambudziko remamiriro ekunze rinowedzerwa nemauto.

Kune nzira dzakawanda kwazvo idzo mauto ari kuparadza pasi redu kuburikidza nekushandiswa kwemafuta, zvombo zvenyukireya, yapera uranium, kumwaya makemikari ane chepfu muminda mu "War on Drugs" muSouth America, uye kuburikidza nemazana akati wandei mabhesi emauto akatenderedza. nyika. Agent Orange, yakashandiswa panguva yeHondo yeVietnam ichiri kukanganisa nharaunda. Sekureva kwaJoseph Nevins, mune chinyorwa chakaburitswa neCommonDreams.org, Greenwashing the Pentagon, “Mauto eUnited States ndiwo mutengi mumwe chete mukuru wemafuta ezvicherwa pasi rose, uye ndiro rimwe chete rinokonzera kukanganisa mamiriro ekunze ePasi.”

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NCNR yakatanga kuronga chiitiko cheZuva rePasi mwedzi yakati wandei yadarika apo isu tine mhosva yemauto nebasa ravo mukuparadza pasi. Ini ndanga ndichitumira akati wandei maemail kune vakasiyana vanhu uye rondedzero isu tichienderera mberi nekuronga kwedu. Zvino anenge mavhiki matanhatu apfuura ndakabatwa naElliot Grollman kubva kuDhipatimendi reHomeland Security. Akashamisika kuti chii chatakanga tichiita, uye senzira yekuedza kuwana mamwe mashoko kubva kwandiri, akabvunza kana aigona kubatsira kufambisa chiito chedu musi waApril 6. Chakandishamisa zvikuru ndechokuti akandiudza kuti aiziva nezvechiito chedu. kuverenga tsamba yangu yega yega email. Hatingambofungi kuti chero chatinotaura hachizotariswa. Akafonera nhamba yangu yefoni yekumba muMount Horebhi, WI pa 7: 00 am mangwanani echiito. Chokwadi ndaiva kuWashington, DC uye murume wangu akamuudza izvozvo ndokumupa nhamba dzangu dzenhare.

PaZuva rePasi, Kubvumbi 22, ndakabatana nevamwe varwi kuti vaendese tsamba kuna Gina McCarthy, mukuru weEnvironmental Protection Agency, vachidana kuti EPA iite basa ravo mukutarisa uye kugumisa kuwirirana kwemauto mukukonzera mhirizhonga yemamiriro ekunze, uye. takabva taenda kuPentagon kwataiedza kuendesa tsamba kuna Secretary of Defense. Tsamba mbiri idzi dzakatumirwa mavhiki akati kuti chiito chacho chisati chaitwa uye hatina kumbowana mhinduro. Mutsamba dzose idzi takakumbira musangano wekukurukura nhunha dzedu.

Vanhu vangangosvika makumi matatu vakaungana kunze kweEPA pa 10: 00 am pazuva rechiito. David Barrows akaita chikwangwani chihombe chaiti “EPA – Do Your Job; Pentagon - Misa Ecocide Yako ”. Paiva nemufananidzo wenyika iri mumoto pamureza. Taivewo nemaposta madiki masere ane makotesheni kubva mutsamba yedu kuna Ashton Carter.

Max akatanga chirongwa ndokutaura nezvaamai Nyika vachichema vachiparadzwa nevana vavo. Beth Adams akaverenga chirevo, achiteverwa naEd Kinane achiverenga chirevo nemunyori wezvemamiriro ekunze Pat Hynes.

Taive netsamba yataida kuendesa kumukuru weEPA, Gina McCarthy, kana kumumiriri ari pachinzvimbo chekugadzira mitemo. Panzvimbo pezvo EPA yakatumira mumwe munhu kubva kuhofisi yavo yePublic Relations kuti agamuchire tsamba yedu. Vakati vachadzoka kwatiri, uye ndichashamisika kana vadzoka.

Marsha Coleman-Adebayo akabva ataura. Marsha aive mushandi weEPA kusvika aridza kamuridzo pamabasa avaiita aiuraya vanhu. Paakataura vakamuudza kuti anyarare. Asi Marsha akataura kuti achaona vanhu vakaita sesu kunze kwehwindo vachitsutsumwa neEPA. Varatidziri ivavo vakamupa hushingi hwekuramba achikurudzira kuti mhosva dzaiparwa neEPA dzipere, kunyange zvazvo akadzingwa basa. Marsha akatiudza kuti isu tiri kunze kweEPA, taipa kurudziro kune vanhu vanoda kutaura, asi vainzwa kutya kuita kudaro.

Takanga tine rimwe basa rekuita uye saka takasiya EPA ndokutora Metro kuPentagon City mall food court uko takava nehurukuro yekupedzisira tisati taenda kuPentagon.

Isu takanga tine vanhu vangangosvika makumi mashanu vachigadzirira kuPentagon nevanhu vakabata zvidhori zvakagadzirwa naSue Frankel-Streit achitungamira.

Takati tichisvika paPentagon ndakanzwa mashavishavi mudumbu mangu uye makumbo angu aiita seachinja kuita jelly. Asi ndaiva neboka revanhu vandaiziva uye vandaivimba navo uye ndaiziva kuti ndaifanira kuva chikamu chechiito ichi.

Takapinda muPentagon takafamba nechepadivi takananga kuPentagon. Vanenge 30 mapurisa akatimirira. Padivi penzira paive neruzhowa rwesimbi nekaburi kadiki diki takapinzwa paive neuswa. Iyi nzvimbo kune rumwe rutivi rwefenzi yakasarudzwa se "nzvimbo yekutaura yakasununguka".

Malachy akatungamirira purogiramu uye, senguva dzose, akataura zvakajeka pamusoro pechikonzero nei tichifanira kupfuuridzira iri basa. Akataura nezveNCNR kunyora tsamba kune vakasarudzwa uye vakagadzwa vakuru mumakore akati wandei apfuura. Hatina kumbowana mhinduro. Izvi zvinotonhorera. Sevagari vemunyika, tinofanira kukwanisa kutaura nehurumende yedu pamusoro pezvinotinetsa. Pane chakashata zvikuru munyika yedu zvekuti havateerere zvatinotaura. Dai isu taiva vatsigiri vekontrakta yezvidziviriro, mafuta makuru, kana rimwe mubatanidzwa hombe taigamuchirwa mumahofisi eCapitol Hill uye kuPentagon. Asi isu, sevagari vemo, hatina mukana wekuwana vakuru vehurumende. Tinoedza sei kuchinja nyika kana vaya vane simba vakaramba kutiteerera?

Hendrik Vos akataura achifamba pamusoro pekuti hurumende yedu inotsigira sei hurumende dzisina demokrasi muLatin America. Akataura nezvekukosha kwechiito chedu chekupokana nekuzvipira kwedu kuisa pangozi kusungwa. Paul Magno aikurudzira sezvaaitaura pamusoro pezviito zvakawanda zvekupikisa kwevanhu zvatiri kuvaka pamusoro pazvo, kusanganisira vashandi vePlowshare.

Mushure mekuteerera vakurukuri vasere vedu taiva panjodzi yekusungwa takafamba nepaburi diki padivi penzira kuti tiedze kuendesa tsamba yedu kuna Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, kana mumiriri ari pachinzvimbo chekugadzira mitemo. Takanga tiri munzira iyo veruzhinji vanogarofamba kupinda muPentagon.

Takabva tangomiswa naOfficer Ballard. Haana kuratidzika kuva ane hushamwari zvakanyanya sezvo akatiudza kuti takanga tichivhara nzira uye kuti taifanira kupinda zvakare mu "free speech zone". Takamuudza kuti taizomira paruzhowa kuitira kuti vanhu vakwanise kupfuura.

Zvakare, mumwe munhu akanga asina simba kubva kuhofisi yePR akauya kuzosangana nesu ndokugamuchira tsamba yedu, asi takaudzwa kuti kwaisazova nekurukurirano. Ballard akatiudza kuti taifanira kuenda kana kuti taizosungwa.

Takanga tiri vanhu vasere vasina mhirizhonga vakamira murunyararo pakatarisana nefenzi munzira yeruzhinji. Patakati taisagona kuenda kutozosvikira tataura nomumwe munhu ane chiremera, Ballard akaudza mumwe mukuru mukuru kuti atipe nyevero dzedu nhatu.

Malachy akatanga kuverenga tsamba yataida kuendesa kuna Secretary Carter sezvo yambiro nhatu dzakanga dzapiwa.

Pashure penyevero yechitatu, vakavhara kuvhurwa kwenzvimbo yekutaura yakasununguka, uye vanenge 20 vakuru veboka reSWAT, vakanga vakamirira makiromita 30 kubva kure, vakauya vachitipomera. Handife ndakakanganwa chiso chehasha dzemupurisa akauya akananga kwaMalachy ndokubvuta nechisimba tsamba iya mumaoko ake ndokuiisa mumacuffs.

Ndakaona kuti uku kwaizova kumwe kusungwa kwechisimba paPentagon. Muna Kubvumbi we2011, NCNR yakaronga chiitiko paPentagon uye pakanga paine mhirizhonga yakawanda nemapurisa panguva iyoyo zvakare. Vakarovera Eve Tetaz pasi uye vachikwenya ruoko rwangu kumusana kwangu. Ndakanzwa mareports aibva kune vamwe ekuti vainge vatoitwa roughwo musi uyu.

Mukuru akandisunga akanditi ndiise maoko kumashure. Macuffs akabva atowedzera kugwinha gwinha akawedzera kurwadziwa. Mazuva mashanu mushure mekusungwa ruoko rwangu ruchiri maronda uye runyoro.

Trudy aichemerera nekurwadziwa nekuti macuffs ake aive akasimba. Akakumbira kuti vasunungurwe, uye mukuru mukuru wacho akamuudza kuti kana akanga asingazvifariri, aisafanira kunge achiita izvi zvakare. Pavasungwa ava hapana anga akapfeka mametag saka haana kuzivikanwa.

Takasungwa tichitenderera 2: 30 pm uye yakaburitswa kuma4:00 pm. Kugadziriswa kwaive kushoma. Ndakaona vamwe varume vaye vachibhabhadzirwa pasi tisati tapinzwa mumotokari yemapurisa, asi handina. Patakangosvika panzvimbo yokugadziridza zvinhu, vakabva vacheka simbi yedu nokukurumidza sezvataipinda muchivako chacho, uye ipapo vakadzi vakaiswa muchitokisi chimwe uye varume mune chimwe. Vakatora pfuti yemakogi edu tese, asi hapana mafingerprints edu. Kudhindisa zvigunwe kunotora nguva yakareba uye pamwe pavakatora maID edu, vakaona kuti mafinger prints edu akange atova musystem yavo.

Vakasungwa ndiManijeh Saba wokuNew Jersey, Stephen Bush wokuVirginia, Max Obuszewski naMalachy Kilbride vokuMaryland, Trudy Silver naFelton Davis vokuNew York, uye Phil Runkel naJoy First vokuWisconsin.

David Barrows naPaul Magno vakagovera tsigiro uye vakanga vakamirira kusangana nesu sezvatakanga tasunungurwa.

Takanga tiri kuPentagon tichishandisa kodzero dzedu dzekutanga Amendment uye zvisungo zvedu pasi peNuremberg, uyewo sevanhu vane hanya nedambudziko raAmai Pasi. Takanga tiri munzira yaishandiswa neveruzhinji murunyararo tichikumbira musangano nemumwe munhu muPentagon, tobva taverenga tsamba yatakanga tatumira kuna Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter. Hatina kupara mhosva, asi takanga tichipikisa mhosva dzehurumende yedu, uye zvakadaro taipomerwa mhosva yekutyora mutemo wepamutemo. Iyi ndiyo tsanangudzo yekupikisa kwevanhu

Idambudziko rakakura kwazvo kuti kushevedzera kwedu kwerunyararo neruramisiro kusiri kuteererwa nevakuru vakuru vehurumende. Kunyange zvazvo zvichiita sokuti hatisi kuteererwa, zvinokosha zvikuru kuti tirambe tichiita mukupikisa. Ndinoziva kuti kunyangwe kana tichinzwa sekunge hatishande, kuita mukupikisa ndiyo yega sarudzo yangu yekuita zvandinogona kuita mutsauko muhupenyu hwevazukuru vangu nevana venyika. Kunyangwe zvakaoma kuziva kana tiri kushanda zvakanaka, ndinotenda kuti tese tinofanira kuita zvese zvatinogona kuti tienderere mberi nebasa redu rerunyararo nekururamisira. Ndiyo tariro yedu chete.

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