I-2nd Flotilla yoXolo yoNyaka e-San Francisco

Uxolo Flotilla eSan Francisco

NguKathe Burick, uSusan Witka kunye noToby Blomé

Ngaba iiNgelosi eziBlue ziyakucinezela isihogo? Ngaba into esemoyeni ikwenza uphelelwe lithemba? 300,000 lbs. yeCO2* ikhutshelwa emoyeni ngexesha lomboniso ngamnye womoya, kwaye loo nto ayibali uqeqesho kunye nexesha lokuziqhelanisa!

NgeCawe, nge-13 kaOkthobha, ibilusuku lwethamsanqa kubathandi boxolo kwi-2nd Annual Peace Flotilla, exhaswa nguSan Francisco CODEPINK kunye noSan Francisco Veterans For Peace. Ngaba unqwenela indlela yokubonakalisa intlungu yakho malunga nobukho beBlue Angels phezu kwebhayi yethu? Ewe, kulo nyaka uzayo ungasijoyina kwi-3rd Annual Peace Flotilla. Izibhengezo zethu ezinkulu ezihombise izikhephe zethu ezimbini, i-“Hokahey” kunye ne-“Lil’ Wing,” zazifundeka ngolu hlobo: “IINGELOSI ZOKUPHAKATHI AYIZIPHOSI IZIBOMBHO,” “ZINKHI UKUBULALA UBUKHOSI,” UMGODI #1 WASE-US,” “ABAHLAZIYI QHAWULA NGOXOLO, “UMBONISO WOMOYA = UNIKOLWEKO LWEMEGA,” yaye “AKUKHO UZUKO EMFAZWENI.”

Iiflegi zeCODEPINK kunye namaVeterans oXolo zanyuselwa phezulu kwenye yeentambo ze "Hokahey" catamaran, kwaye uphawu olukhulu olunemibala eqaqambileyo yoxolo kwiseyile yejib yayijikelezwe ngu "WAGE PEACE." Abasebenzi abaku “Lil' Wing” babanjwe udliwano-ndlebe yi-NBC kunye ne-KCBS, ngaphambi kokunduluka kwizibuko laseSausalito. (Kwakhona, udliwano-ndlebe lweendaba zangokuhlwa ze-KPFA ngobusuku bangaphambi kokuhamba ngesikhephe). Sahamba ngesikhephe saza sahamba ngemoto sisuka eRichmond naseSausalito saya kuhlangana ngasempuma kweGolden Gate Bridge. Itheku lalizaliswe ngamakhulu amaphenyane eentlobo ngeentlobo nobukhulu. Kodwa eyethu yawubonakalisa ngokucacileyo umnqweno wethu woxolo kwizihlwele zamawakawaka kunxweme lwaseSan Francisco nakwizikhitshane, ezihlanganisene ukuze zibukele lo mboniso ukhathazayo, ungcolisa umoya kunye nowoyikekayo womboniso womkhosi. Ekugqibeleni i-"Lil' Wing" yayinengxaki ye-injini kwaye kwafuneka ukuba irhuqwe ukuya edokisini, kodwa i-"Hokahay" ibambe yomelele njengoko sasinyuka sisehla kunxweme lwe-SF kangangeeyure ezimbalwa, sikhumbuza abantu ngeendleko zokwenyani zemfazwe, kunye nomoya. imiboniso.

Bangaphi abantu kwizihlwele ngaloo mini abathe bacinga ngomothuko ovuswe yiBlue Angels Air Show kumagqala emfazwe, iimbacu zemfazwe kunye nabanye abantu abakhe bafumana imfazwe kuyo yonke into eyoyikeka, kwaye basaphethwe yiPTSD kunye/okanye nokuziphatha. ukwenzakala namashumi eminyaka kamva?

Kwaye ke kwakukho iqela lethu labasebenzi bomhlaba elimangalisayo, elikhokelwa nguFred Bialy, ababenesibindi ngokwaneleyo ukuba bazisasaze phakathi kwezihlwele ezingaphantsi ezifudumeleyo nezingenamsebenzi, besasaza iiflaya kwabo bavumayo, ukuncedisa ukutyhila icala elimnyama le "Blue Devils, ” IVeki yeFleet kunye nemizi-mveliso yomkhosi yase-US. Sibulela kakhulu kuFred, uPaul, uJudith, uFrancis, uSherri, uRenay kunye nomhlobo wakhe omtyeleleyo, kunye noodade wethu abathandekayo baseSouth Bay Codepink uDiana, uCharlotte noDeb, abathe bengalindelanga bazimanya nalo mzamo! UFred ulungiselele incwadana ebalaseleyo kwaye www.BeforeEnlisting.org piye yasinika amaphecana achasene nokugaywa kwabantu abatsha.

Njengoko i-catamaran ibuyela kwi-dock yase-Richmond ekupheleni kosuku kwasidimaza kakhulu ukuba sijonge ngasemva kwaye sibone umaleko owongezelelweyo wongcoliseko olujinga phezu kwesibhakabhaka saseSan Francisco, usikhumbuza ngegalelo elikhulu umkhosi wase-US. kunye neVeki yeFleet inegalelo kwimeko yemozulu embi kakhulu esijongene nayo sonke. Emva kosuku, umoya wawusazaliswe lungcoliso olungqingqwa olwalulahlwe kwizibuko lethu luvela kumboniso womoya. Ngethemba ukuba uninzi lwababukeleyo ngaloo mini “bayetyisa” imiyalezo yeebhena zethu ezithetha “nongcoliseko olukhulu” lwemiboniso yomoya yase-US kunye nomkhosi.

Sonke sabelana ngomsindo onzulu ka-Greta Thunberg kwinxalenye enkulu yoluntu lwethu oluqhubeka nokuhlala kwimeko yokwala imozulu ingakumbi kubantu abanegunya abanokwenza umahluko nabangafuniyo ukwenza izinto ngokuthembekileyo malunga nesiphithiphithi semozulu yehlabathi. Okothusayo kukuba, umkhosi wase-US uyaqhubeka nokufumana ukhululo olubi malunga nokukhutshwa kwamafutha kuzwelonke nakwihlabathi jikelele. UFred uxele ukuba uninzi lwabaphathi beSan Francisco babethatha inxaxheba kumngcelele weVeki yeFleet, kulo lonke “uzuko” lobuxoki. Mninzi umsebenzi ofunekayo, kubandakanywa nesidingo esinamandla sokuvuselela iphulo lokuvala iVeki yeFLEET kwi-bay yethu! Ixesha liyaphela. Siza kubaxelela ntoni abazukulwana bethu kunye nabazukulwana bethu?

*300,000 lbs. yeCO2 ilingana nomndilili okhutshwayo wonyaka weemoto ezingama-21 zase-US!

Ukufunda Okulungileyo.

"Hokahey" Crew kunye neeNdwendwe, emva kokubuyela kwizibuko. Ifoto ngu-Eleanor Levine. (Peggy, uSusan, uNancy, uJan, uHadas, uTim, uNancy, uKathe, uMike noToby)

Uxabiso:  
Enkosi kakhulu kuye WONKE umntu othe wanikela ngeendlela ezinkulu nezincinci ukwenza usuku lube yimpumelelo!
Umbulelo okhethekileyo uya ku:
-UJan Passion kunye noNorman De Vall abathe ngesisa banikela ngezikhephe zabo kulo msebenzi ubalulekileyo woxolo.
-Nadya Williams, osebenze ngokungakhathali ekuncedeni abathathi-nxaxheba, emhlabeni naselwandle, kunye nokunceda ukufumana abanye abaqhubi beenqanawa ukuba bajoyine i-Flotilla.
-Hadas Rivera-Weiss, ingelosi evele "ngaphandle kwendawo" yokuthenga nokufumana inkxaso-mali yezinto eziyimfuneko zokwenza amabhanari.
-UMike Todd, owayenomdla kakhulu kwaye eluncedo kwi "Hokehey" ekufakeni iibhena kunye neeflegi.  
-Michael Kerr, ohlala ethembekile kwaye eluncedo, kwaye uzimisele ukuya naphi na apho kukho imfuneko!
-Fred Bialy, owancama ukwenza uxolo kumaza ukuze azalise imfuno yokuququzelela abasebenzi bomhlaba.
-Cres Vellucci, "umntu ocinezelayo" othembekileyo, ongena nanini na xa ebuzwa…..unxibelelwano lwethu nemithombo yeendaba, esinceda ukuba sifikelele abaninzi ngakumbi.
-USusan Witka, owancama ubuthongo obufunekayo kangangeentsuku ezi-2 ukuze ancede uToby ekwenzeni ibhena, kunye noEleanor Levine owancama igazi elininzi endleleni!
 
Uxolo kwiqela laseSanta Rosa elingakwaziyo ukuthabatha inxaxheba ngenxa yokuba umhambi wesikhephe wesithathu erhoxisile ngomzuzu wokugqibela. Siyathemba ukuba uza kusidibanisa kunyaka ozayo!
EKUGQIBELENI, Sifuna Wena… (nonke bafundi) ukuba basimanye nathi ekuqaliseni ukusebenza kwi-Peace Flotilla yethu yonyaka wesithathu kwiVeki yeFlethi yonyaka ozayo kungekudala. Ngaba uya kusinceda? Sifuna i-Peace Flotilla ikhule minyaka le….kodwa sifuna uncedo lokufumana abakhweli!
(Skrolela ezantsi kwi-KPFA Evening News; udliwano-ndlebe ngo-3:10 min)

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