NaMoé Yonamine
From Nharo Dzose, December 12, 2018
"Usachema pano," ane mbuya amai veOkinawan ane makore ane gumi nemana Ndakanga ndisati ndamboonana vasati vandiudza. Akamira pedyo neni akatora ruoko rwangu. Ndakanga ndashanyira mhuri yangu kuOkinawa nevana vangu vana pakutanga kweAgasti uye ndakanga ndaenda kuHenoko, iri kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kwechitsuwa chedu chikuru, kuti tibatanidzire kurwisana neuto reUnited States Marine Corps Air Station kubva ku Futenma, iri pakati penharaunda yedhorobha, kuCamp Schwab, mune imwe nzvimbo iri kure. Mwanasikana wangu wechidiki, Kaiya, neni takapedza zuva neboka revakuru reine zviratidzo zvokupikisa pamberi pemagedhi eKamp Schwab. Mitsara nemitsara yepamusoro pemakori e-86 ari kukwidza mabwe makuru akapfuura, akagadzirira kurondedzera nzvimbo yegungwa kune zvigadzirwa zvitsva, zvakaenzana nekukura kwe400 football masango. Nzvimbo yedu yakaisvonaka, inotonhorera yepasi nezvose zvayo zvepasi pose yakaparidzirwa uye yakachengetedzwa kwezvinhu zvakasiyana-siyana ndeyokukurumidza kupwanyika, kuparadza mararami uye mararamiro ehupenyu. Izvo, pasinei nekupikiswa kwakanyanya kwevanhu vekuIndia vepachiwi. Ndakatanga kuchema sezvo ini ndakasimudza chiratidzo changu chokupikisa.
"Ambuya vachanyarara apo ini ndauya kumba manheru ano kuitira kuti ndive ndicheme newe," akadaro achinyora ruoko rwangu. "Pano, tinorwisana pamwe chete." Takatarisa sezvo matori akafashura achipinda napasuo reuto rehondo apo mapurisa eJapan akanga atidzinga nguva pfupi. Aine misodzi mumeso ake akati, "Hazvingave zvisinganzwisisiki dai tose takasangana pamberi peimwe yemakorori iwayo, nokuti iyi ndiyo gungwa redu. Ichi ndicho chitsuwa chedu. "
Mwedzi mina yakapfuura kubva pandakaenda kuvakuru veOkinawan kumusha uye vazhinji vakaramba vachigara pasi-vhiki imwe neimwe - kune vamwe, zuva rimwe nerimwe-pasinei nekubviswa nesimba nemaapurisa echiJapan. Zvichakadaro, maikiriti emakona nematare esimbi akaiswa mumhenderekedzo yegungwa pamusoro pemakorari kuti ataure kuti chigadziko chichavakwa sei. Gavhuna Takeshi Onaga, uyo akabudirira kumisa chivakwa chegadziriro, akafa nekenza munaAugust uye vanhu veOkinawan vakasarudza gavhuna mutsva, Denny Tamaki, kuburikidza nehuwandu hwakawanda - zvichienderana nechipikirwa chake chokuti aizomisa kuparadzwa kweHenoko. Kuwedzera kune 75,000 Okinawans yakaratidzwa mune zvekupikisa kwechiwikwi panguva yekunaya kwemamiriro ekunze kuti kuratidze nyika kuti tinopikisa zvakasimba sei chivako ichi. Kunyange zvakadaro, hurumende yeJapan yakashuma kuti musi waDecember 13th (UST) - uyu weChishanu - vachadzoka zvakare kugadziriswa nejecha nekrete. Vakuru vakatsigira kuti kuvaka nheyo itsva yeHenoko inofanirwa kuitira kuchengetedza sangano rekuchengeteka kweUnited-Japan; uye vatungamiri vehurumende veUnited States vakatora nzvimbo yekudzivirira kuchengetedzwa kwenharaunda.
Nzvimbo yeHenoko yekuvakwa yakasimbiswa nenhoroondo yekoloni uye rusarura kune veOkinawans, uye nekuramba kwedu tichipikisa sezvo tichiedza kupedza nguva yakareba yekugara kweUnited States. Okinawa aimbova umambo huzvimiririra; yakarongedzwa neJapane muzana remakore re17th uye munguva yeHondo Yenyika II yakave yakakonzerwa nehondo yakaurayisa zvikuru munhoroondo yePacific, apo vanhu vanopfuura chetatu chevanhu vedu vakaurayiwa mumwedzi mitatu, kusanganisira vemhuri yangu. Zvikamu makumi mapfumbamwe nemaviri zvevaOkinawans vakasara vasina pokugara.
IUnited States yakazotora nyika kubva kuvanhu veOkinawan, yakagadzira zvigaro zveuto, uye yakagadza mutemo mutsva weJapane wakatora kodzero yeJapan yekuva neuto rinokuvadza. Kubva ikozvino, mauto eUnited States "aizodzivirira" Japan nezvigaro munzvimbo yese yeJapan. Zvisinei, makota matatu emadhora ose eUnited States munharaunda yeJapan ari kuOkinawa, kunyange zvazvo Okinawa inongova 0.6 chete yezana yenyika yose inotongwa neJapan. Chiwi chikuru cheOkinawa chiri choga chinongova 62 makiromita kwenguva refu, uye chiyero chemaira imwe chete. Iko pano kuti 73 yemakore ekutanga kweUnited States akasika kuparadzwa kwezvakatipoteredza, kusvibiswa kwemweya uye kusvibiswa kwevhuni, uye vakaponeswa vakaponeswa nemhuri kune zvinotaridzika uye manzwiro ehondo. Mhosva dzinowanzotambudza vakadzi nevana nemauto eUnited States nguva dzose dzinobudisa mazana ezviuru zvevatsoropodzi kuti vatsvake kururamisira uye vanhu uye kubviswa kwakakwana kwenheyo dzeUnited States.
Uye basa rinoenderera mberi. Ikozvino, hurumende yeJapan inosimudzira kuvaka kweimwe nzvimbo-iyi iri mumhenderekedzo yega yega, munzvimbo yeHenoko yeOkinawa. Ichi chitsauko chitsva mukurwisana kwakapfurikidza kweOkinawa kunorega huchangamire, kuzvitonga uye kodzero dzevanhu dzakatsigirwa nesarudzo dzeUnited Nations. Vanhu veOkinawan vakavhota zvinopesana nekupikisana nekuvakwa kwenheyo - kwemakore anopfuura 20, sezvo dheyo rakatanga kurongedzwa.
Nzvimbo yegungwa yeHenoko ndeyechipiri chete kuGreat Barrier Reef mune zvisikwa zvipenyu. Zvinopfuura zvisikwa zve5,300 zvinogara muAra Bay, kusanganisira 262 mungozi dzenjodzi dzakadai seDogin-segugong uye segungwa. Sekupedzisira vhiki ino, Ryukyu Shimpo akaudza kuti mbiri dzedugong dziri kutarisa dziripo, nekufanotaura kuti ruzha rwekuvaka rwave rwakadzivisa kukwanisa kwavo kudya pamahombekombe egungwa.
Kwandiri, kurwisana kweHenoko ndekukukudza kurarama kwevanhu vangu uye kodzero yedu yekudzivirira nyika yedu yekuzvarwa. Ndinokurudzirwa kubva kumusangano wevadzidzi veAustralia kuti ndiramise kambani yeAdan coal kubva kuvaka mabhazi emari muQueensland, uye kubva kuKans Maoli vanhu kufamba kunovhara kuparadzwa kweMauna Kea kuHawaii nokuda kweteresikopu yenyaya ye18. Okinawa imusha wangu, imba yemadzitateguru angu. Kuita kuti zviparadzwe hazvigoni kuitika.
Zvechokwadi, chii chiri kuitika kuOkinawa hachisi chinhu chinotyisa. IUnited States ine zvinopfuura zvigadziri zvechiuto zve800 mune dzimwe nyika dze70 pasi rose. Uye imwe neimwe yezvi nzvimbo idzi, kana kuti dzakanga dziri, dzimba dzevanhu - sevanhu vangu muOkinawa. Kuparadzwa kweHenoko kune chikamu chezvakawanda zvepasi rose zveUnited States. Chii chinoitika munhau dzeOkinawa kune vanhu vemarudzi ose munzvimbo dzose. Chii chinoitika munhau dzeOkinawa kuti huchangamire hurwisana kwose kwose. Chii chinoitika munyaya dzeOkinawa kune zvisikwa zvisina kusimba zvese munzvimbo dzose.
Sezvandinonyora, ndiri kugamuchira mharidzo kubva kuOkinawa ichizivisa kusvika kwezvikepe zvakawanda zvine jecha nekrete yakagadzirira kudurura muhedheni we 205 hectare. Ndiine mazuva mana bedzi ndisati ndasara kuparadzwa kwezvisikwa zvisingaverengeki, mumwe munhu weOkinawan American activist uye ini ndakagadzira hashtag mushandirapamwe kuti ndikurumidze kugadziriswa kwebasa rekuvaka muHenoko: #standwithokinawa.
Ndapota, chengetedza hukama hwako, uchikumbira vamiririri vako kuti vatore chikamu mukuchengetedza Henoko, uye kubatanidza nemasangano uye vashandi kuti vabatsire kurwira kodzero dzedu seOkinawan vanhu. Mukuwedzera, kuronga hurumende dzomubatanidzwa dzinoedza kusimbisa kukurumidza kwekugadzirisa kuvaka dhechi. Chimboisa chikumbiro kuna Mutungamiri Trump achikumbira kuti United States irege kugadziriswa kweHenoko pa https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-landfill-henoko-oura-bay-until-referendum-can-be-held-okinawa.
Mumashoko omumwe tete paanogara-muzhizha iri rapfuura, "Haisati iri hurumende kana vezvematongerwo enyika avo vakamisa iyi heliport kuvaka pamusoro pemakore mashanu apfuura. Yange iri vanhuwo zvavo; vanozvipira, vakwegura uye vanhu vanongotarisira nezveOkinawa. Uye ndizvo zvava kuzoshandura izvi zvino. Vanhuwo zvavo, vazhinji, vazhinji vedu pamwe chete. "Tinoda nyika nesu. Mira naOkinawa.
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Moé Yonamine (yonaminemoe@gmail.com) inodzidzisa paRoosevelt High School muPortland, Oregon, uye iine mhariri we Zvikoro zveRethinking magazini. Yonamine chikamu chetaneti Zinn Dzidzo Yechinangwa vadzidzisi vanovandudza nhoroondo yevanhu vepamabhuku kare. Ndiye munyori we "Tiye Mamwe Mukati: Kudzidzisa Nhoroondo Yakavanzwa yeJapan Latin Latin America Panguva yeWWII, ""'ANPO: Art X Hondo': Firimu Inotarisa Basa reUnited States reJapan, "Kuongororwa kwefirimu nemabasa ekudzidzisa e" ANPO: Art X War, "nyanzvi pamusoro pekuona kurwisana nemauto eUnited States muJapan, uye"Uchinaaguchi: Mutauro Wemwoyo Wangu. "
