I-22 iboshwe kwi-US Mission kwi-UN Calling For Abolition

Ngu Art Laffin
 
Ngomhla we-28 ku-Epreli, njengoko iZizwe eziManyeneyo zixhasa iNkomfa yokuHlola iNuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) yayiqala usuku lwayo lwesibini, abaxolisi be-22 abavela ngeenxa zonke e-US babanjwe kwi-"Shadows and Ashes" kwi-blockade engabonakaliyo kwi-Mission yase-US kwi-UN eNew York. IsiXeko, sicela i-US ukuba iyiphelise izixhobo zayo zenyukliya kunye nazo zonke ezinye izixhobo zenyukliya ukuba zenze okufanayo. Iminyango emibini ephambili kwiMishini yase-US yavalwa ngaphambi kokuba kubanjwe. Sacula, saza sabamba ibhanile enkulu efundeka ngolu hlobo: “Izithunzi Nothuthu—Konke Okuseleyo,” kunye nezinye iimpawu zokuthotywa kwezixhobo. Emva kokuba sibanjiwe, sasiwa kwi-17th Precinct apho salungiswa khona saza sabekwa ityala “lokungathobeli umyalelo osemthethweni” kunye “nokuthintela abahambi ngeenyawo. Sakhululwa sonke saza sanikwa isamani yokuba sibuyele enkundleni ngoJuni 24, umthendeleko kaYohane uMbhaptizi..
 
 
Ekuthatheni inxaxheba kobu bungqina bungenabundlobongela, obuququzelelwe ngamalungu e-War Resisters League, ndize isangqa esipheleleyo kuhambo lwam loxolo kunye nokuchasa ngokungenabundlobongela. Kwiminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesixhenxe eyadlulayo ndabanjwa okokuqala kwakuMthunywa wase-US ngexesha leSeshoni yokuQala eKhethekileyo yeZizwe eziManyeneyo malunga nokuChithwa kwezixhobo. Kwiminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesixhenxe emva koko, ndabuyela kwindawo enye ukuze ndibize i-US, ekuphela kwelizwe eliye lasebenzisa iBhomu, ukuba liguquke ngenxa yesono senyukliya kunye nokukhupha izixhobo.
 
Ngelixa kukho ukuncitshiswa kwezixhobo zenyukliya kule minyaka ingamashumi amathathu anesixhenxe edlulileyo, izixhobo zenyukliya zisengowona matshini wokulwa woBukhosi baseMelika. Iintetho ziyaqhubeka. Izizwe ezingahambelaniyo nezingezizo ezenyukliya kunye neeNGO ezininzi zibongoza amagunya enyukliya ukuba ahluthe izixhobo, kodwa oko akuzange kuncede nto! Ingozi yenyukliya ihlala ihleli-ekhoyo. NgoJanuwari 22, 2015, iBulletin of the Atomic Scientists yajika “Iwotshi Yentshabalalo” yaba yimizuzu emithathu ngaphambi kwasezinzulwini zobusuku. UKennette Benedict, umalathisi oyintloko weBulletin of the Atomic Scientist, wacacisa: “Ukutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nobungozi bemfazwe yenyukliya kusisisongelo esikhulayo kwimpucuko yaye kusondeza ihlabathi doomsday...Ngoku yimizuzu emithathu ukuya ezinzulwini zobusuku...Namhlanje, utshintsho lwemozulu olungaqwalaselwanga kunye nogqatso lwezixhobo zenyukliya oluphuma kuphuculo lwezixhobo ezinkulu zemfazwe lubeka izoyikiso ezimangalisayo nezingenakuphikiswa kubukho obuqhubekayo boluntu… Kwaye iinkokeli zehlabathi zohlulekile ukwenza oko ngesantya okanye ngesantya esiphezulu. umlinganiselo ofunekayo ukuze kukhuselwe abemi kwintlekele enokwenzeka.’”
 
Ukugxeka ubundlobongela obukhulu benyukliya obubeka ubomi kunye nomhlaba wethu ongcwele emngciphekweni, ndithandazele ngexesha lethu lokunikela ubungqina ngamaxhoba angenakubalwa eNyukliya, ngoku ekunyaka wayo wama-70, kunye nawo onke amaxhoba emfazwe-yangaphambili nangoku. Ndacinga ngokutshatyalaliswa okungenakulinganiswa kwendalo okubangelwe kumashumi eminyaka yombiwa kweuranium, uvavanyo lwenyukliya, nokuveliswa nokugcinwa kwezixhobo zenyukliya ezibulalayo. Ndacingisisa ngenyaniso eyothusayo yokuba, ukususela ngo-1940, malunga ne-9 yezigidi zezigidi zeerandi iye yachithwa ukuze kuxhaswe inkqubo yezixhobo zenyukliya yaseUnited States. Kwaye ukwenza izinto zibe mbi ngakumbi, uLawulo luka-Obama lucebisa i-1 yetriliyoni eqikelelwayo kwiminyaka engama-30 ezayo ukuze kuphuculwe izixhobo zenyukliya zaseMelika ezikhoyo. Njengoko uvimba woluntu uye waphangwa ukuxhasa iBomb kunye nokufudumeza, ityala elikhulu lesizwe liye lenziwa, iinkqubo eziyimfuneko zentlalo ziye zaxhaswa kwaye uluhlu lweemfuno zoluntu azifikelelwa. Ezi nkcitho zigqithisayo zenyukliya zibe negalelo ngokuthe ngqo kwisiphithiphithi esimangalisayo sezentlalo nezoqoqosho kuluntu lwethu namhlanje. Ngaloo ndlela sibona izixeko ezigqwethekileyo, indlala egqugqisayo, intswela-ngqesho ephezulu, ukungabikho kwezindlu ezifikelelekayo, ukunqongophala kokhathalelo lwempilo, izikolo ezingaxhaswa ngemali, kunye nenkqubo yokuvalelwa kwabantu abaninzi. 
 
Ngoxa ndandiseluvalelweni lwamapolisa, ndaye ndakhumbula ndaza ndathandazela uFreddie Gray owafela eluvalelweni olunjalo, kwakunye nentaphane yabemi abaNtsundu abaye babulawa ngamapolisa kulo lonke ilizwe lethu. Ndathandazela ukuba iphele inkohlakalo yamapolisa nxamnye nabo bonke abantu bebala. Egameni likaThixo osibizayo ukuba sithande kwaye singabulali, ndithandazela ukuba kuphele lonke ugonyamelo lobuhlanga. Ndimi nabo bonke abafuna uxanduva lwaloo mapolisa abulala abantu abaNtsundu kunye nokupheliswa kokuziphatha okubi ngokwebala. Bonke Ubomi Bungcwele! Akukho Ubomi Obunokuchithwa! Ubomi Obamnyama Bubalulekile!
 
Izolo emva kwemini, ndibe nethuba elihle lokuba kunye nabanye be-Hibakusha (abasindi be-A-Bomb baseJapan) njengoko babehlanganisene phambi kweNdlu ye-White House ukuqokelela iisignesha zesikhalazo sokuphelisa izixhobo zenyukliya. I-Hibakusha ayizange inikezele kwiinzame zabo zobuqhawe zokubhenela kumagunya enyukliya ahlanganisene kwiNkomfa yokuHlola ye-NPT kwi-UN, kunye nohambo lwabo kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo e-US, ukucela ukupheliswa ngokupheleleyo kwezixhobo zenyukliya. Aba badali boxolo bakhaliphileyo bazizikhumbuzo eziphilayo zamasikizi angathethekiyo emfazwe yenyukliya. Isigidimi sabo sicacile: “Uluntu alunakuphila ngaxeshanye nezixhobo zenyukliya.” Ilizwi leHibakusha kufuneka liviwe kwaye lenziwe ngabo bonke abantu abanomdla. 
 
UGqr. King wavakalisa ukuba kwiXesha leNyukliya “ukhetho namhlanje alusekho phakathi kogonyamelo nokungabi nalugonyamelo. Kukungabi nabundlobongela okanye ukungabikho.” Ngoku, kunanini na ngaphambili, kufuneka sithobele ikhwelo likaGqr King lokungabi nabundlobongela, sisebenze ukuphelisa oko wakubiza ngokuthi "ububi obuthathu bobuhlanga, intlupheko kunye nemfazwe," kwaye sizame ukudala uluntu oluyintanda kunye nehlabathi elihluthiweyo.
 
Abo babanjiweyo:
 
Ardeth Platte, Carol Gilbert, Art Laffin, Bill Ofenloch, Ed Hedemann, Jerry Goralnick, Jim Clune, Joan Pleune, John LaForge, Martha Hennessy, Ruth Benn, Trudy Silver, Vicki Rovere, Walter Goodman, David McReynolds, Sally Jones, Mike Levinson , Florindo Troncelliti, Helga Moor, Alice Sutter, Bud Courtneykunye noTarak Kauff.
 

 

Ababonisi be-Anti-Nuke abaCwangcisayo ukuValwa kweMishini yase-US

NgoLwesibini, nge-28 ka-Epreli, amalungu avela kwimibutho eliqela yoxolo kunye ne-anti-nyukliya, azibiza ngokuba yi-Shadows and Ashes-Direct Action for Nuclear Disarmament aya kuhlangana ngo-9: 30 kusasa kufutshane neZizwe eziManyeneyo ukuze enze umlindo osemthethweni e-Isaiah Wall, First Avenue kwaye 43rd Isitalato, sifuna ukupheliswa ngokukhawuleza kwazo zonke izixhobo zenyukliya kwihlabathi liphela.

Ukulandela icwecwe elifutshane lethiyetha kunye nokufunda iingxelo ezimbalwa, uninzi lwelo qela liya kuqhubeka ukuya kwiFirst Avenue ukuya kuma-45.th Isitalato sokuthatha inxaxheba kuthintelo olungenabugebenga lweMishini yase-United States kwi-UN, ngeenzame zokutsalela ingqalelo kwindima ye-US ekupheliseni ugqatso lwezixhobo zenyukliya, ngaphandle kwezibhambathiso zase-US zokuphelisa zonke izixhobo zenyukliya.

Lo mboniso waququzelelwa ukuze ungqamane nokuvulwa kwenkomfa yokuHlola iSivumelwano seNuclear Nonproliferation (NPT), eya kuqhuba ukususela ngomhla wama-27 ku-Epreli ukuya kowama-22 kuMeyi kwikomkhulu leZizwe eziManyeneyo eNew York. I-NPT sisivumelwano samazwe ngamazwe sokuthintela ukwanda kwezixhobo zenyukliya kunye nobuchwepheshe bezixhobo. IiNkomfa zokuphonononga ukusebenza kwesi siVumelwano ziye zabanjwa kwisithuba seminyaka emihlanu ukususela oko esi siVumelwano saqala ukusebenza ngo-1970.

Ukusukela oko iUnited States yawisa iibhombu zenyukliya kwizixeko zaseJapan zaseHiroshima naseNagasaki ngo-1945-ibulala abantu abangaphezu kwama-300,000-iinkokeli zehlabathi ziye zadibana namaxesha angama-15 kwiminyaka emininzi ukuxoxa ngezixhobo zenyukliya. Ukanti zingaphezulu kwe-16,000 izixhobo zenyukliya zisasongela ihlabathi.

Ngo-2009 uMongameli uBarack Obama wathembisa ukuba iMelika iyakufuna uxolo nokhuseleko lwehlabathi elingenazixhobo zenyukliya. Endaweni yoko ulawulo lwakhe luqingqe i-350 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kule minyaka ili-10 izayo ukuze kuphuculwe kwaye kuphuculwe inkqubo yezixhobo zenyukliya yase-US.

“Ukupheliswa kwezixhobo zenyukliya akunakuze kwenzeke ukuba silindele nje iinkokeli ezihlanganisene e-East River ukuba zikwenze oko,” watsho uRuth Benn weWar Resisters League, omnye wabaququzeleli boqhankqalazo. “Kufuneka senze ingxelo eyothusayo ngaphaya kwemingcelele, iindibano kunye nezikhalazo,” uqhubeke watsho uBenn, ephinda ingxelo kaMartin Luther King kwintolongo yaseBirmingham, “Inyathelo elithe ngqo elingenabugebenga lifuna ukudala ingxaki enjalo kwaye likhuthaze uxinezeleko kangangokuba uluntu ehlala esala ukuthethathethana kunyanzelekile ukuba ajongane nalo mba. ”

UFlorindo Troncelliti, umququzeleli we-Peace Action, uthe uceba ukuthatha inxaxheba kwi-blockade ukuze axelele ngokuthe ngqo i-United States "Siqale ugqatso lwezixhobo zenyukliya kwaye, kwihlazo lethu elingunaphakade, kuphela kwelizwe elizisebenzisileyo, ngoku lixesha. ukuba thina kunye namanye amagunya enyukliya sivale nje kwaye sikhuphe izixhobo.

I-Shadows kunye ne-Ashes ixhaswe yi-War Resisters League, i-Brooklyn yoXolo, iPhulo le-Nuclear Disarmament (CND), i-Codepink, i-Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, i-Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace, i-Global Network ngokuchasene naMandla eNyukliya kunye nezixhobo kwi-Space, i-Granny Peace Brigade, i-Ground. Iziko le-Zero lesenzo esingenabuNdlobongela, iNdlu kaYona, i-Kairos Community, i-Long Island Alliance yeendlela zoXolo, i-Manhattan Green Party, i-Nodutol, i-North Manhattan abamelwane boXolo noBulungisa, iSiseko soXolo lweNyukliya, iNuclear Resister, i-NY Metro Raging Grannies, i-Pax Christi Metro New York , Isenzo soxolo (iSizwe), i-Peace Action Manhattan, i-Peace Action NYS, i-Peace Action ye-Staten Island, i-Roots Action, iVala i-Indian Point ngoku, i-United for Peace and Justice, iBhunga loXolo lase-US, iMfazwe lulwaphulo-mthetho, ihlabathi alinakulinda. .

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  1. Iinkokeli zithetha ngeelwimi ezilukhuni. Hayi indlela abo bazibiza ngokuba ziinkokeli ezingamaKristu abanokuxhasa ngayo imfazwe, izixhobo nesisongelo sokubulawa kwamanani angenakubalwa amadoda, abafazi nabantwana abamsulwa phantse ayinakuqondwa ngaphandle kokuba ulandela imali! Gcina uxinzelelo - njengoko uninzi lwethu luya kwenza kude. Akukho ndlela yokuba ezi NPT kufuneka zivunyelwe ukuba zisilele. Amazwe ezixhobo zenyukliya kufuneka akhulule izixhobo.

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