Kanye ngobunye ubusuku sasikhona xubusha izenzo zethu ezizayo zikaNovemba zokumisa iNtsebenziswano yeTrans-Pacific kunye nezinye izivumelwano zorhwebo zenkampani kunye nabaququzeleli ababini, bobabini kwiminyaka yabo yamashumi amabini, uMackenzie McDonald Wilkins kunye noJ. Lee Stewart. Besizama ukufumanisa ukuba singenza ntoni na ukunqanda ukutyholwa kwemithetho yenkampani eza kujongela phantsi abasebenzi kunye nokusingqongileyo ngelixa someleza amandla oshishino kwidemokhrasi. Oku kukhokelele ekuthetheni ngendlela ekungenzekiyo ngayo ukuqikelela ukuba ifuthe loqhanqalazo liya kuba yintoni na, nokuba iingxaki zichasene nawe.
Kwangaxeshanye, sobabini sakhulisa uDavid Hartsough obengumlweli wezobulungisa iminyaka engama-60. Saqala ukubalisa amabali abhala ngawo kwimemori yakhe, I-Waging Peace: I-Global Adventures yoMlonyeli woBomi bonke. Amabali akhe amangalisayo abonisa ukuba ukuthatha amanyathelo enkalipho kunye nokuzimisela kunokubakhuthaza abanye kwaye kukhokelela kutshintsho.
UDavid waqalisa ubutshantliziyo bakhe ubomi bonke ngo-1956 xa wayeneminyaka eli-15 ubudala. Uyise, uRay Hartsough, owayengumfundisi weBandla elibandakanyeka kumsebenzi woxolo weQuaker, wamsa eMontgomery, AL. Bafika kwiinyanga ezine kwibhasi enkulu yamalungelo abantu eyayiqalisile xa iRosa Parks yala ukuya ngasemva ebhasini.
UDavid wabona ubunyani bokucalulwa kukaJim Crow kunye nobundlobongela obujoliswe kubantu base-Afrika baseMelika, ngakumbi obujoliswe kwiicawe zabo. Wayengayiqondi indlela amaKristu amhlophe anokukwenza ngayo oku kumaKristu antsundu. Amava okubona ugwayimbo abutshintsha ubomi bakhe, ubhala athi:
Ndothuswa nangakumbi kukuba amaxhoba obundlobongela ayezingisa esithi awayi kuyeka umzabalazo wawo wokulwela okusesikweni—yaye azimisele ukuthanda iintshaba zawo. Ndichukunyiswe kakhulu ngabantu abaninzi abakhetha ukuhamba ngesidima kunokukhwela iibhasi njengabemi bodidi lwesibini. Ukubabona bevuka ekuseni ngeyure besiya emsebenzini baze bagoduke emva kweyure enye kunesiqhelo ebusuku—besala ukubathiya abantu ababemisela inkqubo ethiyiweyo yocalucalulo nokudala obu bunzima—kwandikhuthaza ngokunzulu yaye kwabuguqula ubomi bam.
UDavid wadibana ngokufutshane noMfundisi uGqr. Martin Luther King, Omnci. eMontgomery xa uKumkani wayeneminyaka engama-26 kuphela ubudala. Uphawula, xa ejonga ngasemva, ukuba kwakungekho ndlela yokwazi ngelo xesha ukuba uKumkani wayeza kuba ngomnye wabantu ababalaseleyo kwimbali yase-US kwaye ukungabikho kobundlobongela bakhe kuya kuba nefuthe kwiintshukumo ubomi bukaDavide bonke. Enyanisweni, ngeli xesha uKumkani wayesafunda malunga nokungabi nobundlobongela kunye nendlela yokuyisebenzisa ukudala utshintsho lwezopolitiko.
Elinye lamabali esiwaxelele uMack noLee yayilibali elinamandla lokungabi nabundlobongela. Kwiinyanga ezintlanu emva kokuba uHartsough engene kwiYunivesithi yaseHoward, ngoFebruwari 1, 1960, abafundi abane baseGreensboro, NC bahlala phantsi kwikhawuntara yesidlo sasemini saseWoolworth baza baqalisa intshukumo yokuhlala befuna ukuba kupheliswe ucalucalulo kwiindawo zokutyela. UDavid nabanye abafundi afunda nabo baqhankqalaza eMaryland apho ucalucalulo lwalukho kodwa ke bagqiba kwelokuba baye kwilizwe elinocelomngeni kakhulu laseVirginia, apho eArlington, uGeorge Lincoln Rockwell, umseki weAmerican Nazi Party, wagrogrisa ngokubulala nabani na ocel’ umngeni imithetho yocalucalulo yaseVirginia.
NgoJuni 10, uDavid wajoyina abafundi abalishumi base-Afrika baseMelika abavela eHoward kunye nomfazi omhlophe ovela kwenye ikholeji entliziyweni yenzondo waza wahlala phantsi kwi-counter sasemini kwi-People's Drug Store e-Arlington. Umnini waxelela amapolisa ukuba angababambe waza wayivala ikhawuntara yesidlo sasemini. Kwavakala izikhalo zentiyo yobuhlanga, abantu babagibisela ngezinto, babatshicele, batyhala icuba phantsi kwempahla zabo omnye wabagibisela ngesiqhushumbisi. Kwavela amajoni aseMelika amaNazi. Babethwa ngamanqindi baza bakhatywa phantsi. Bahlala iiyure ezili-16 de yavalwa imini yonke. Emva koko, babuya ngosuku lwesibini.
Ngosuku lwesibini, uDavid waba namava okutshintsha ubomi ejongene nenyani yoqhanqalazo olungenabundlobongela. Ekupheleni kosuku lwesibini ngoxa uDavide wayecamngca ngamazwi eNtshumayelo yaseNtabeni ethi, “Zithandeni iintshaba zenu . . . okanye ndiza kuyihlaba entliziyweni yakho le nto.” UDavide wabona indoda eyayinentiyo ephuma emehlweni ayo avuthayo, emihlathi yakhe wayebevezela, nesandla sasingcangcazela ngoxa ibambe intsimbi—emalunga nesiqingatha sesentimitha ukusuka entliziyweni kaDavide.
UDavid noogxa bakhe babeqhelisele indlela yokusabela kugonyamelo ngokungabi nalugonyamelo. Ukuthanda utshaba lwakho ngequbuliso kuye kwasuka kwithiyori nakwintanda-bulumko ukuya kwinyani elucelomngeni. Ngamafutshane uDavid waphendula esithi “Mhlobo, yenza oko ukholelwa ukuba kulungile, yaye ndisazama ukukuthanda.” Wawa umhlathi nesandla. Ujike waphuma evenkileni. Yayilixesha apho uDavide wafunda indlela uthando olunokoyisa ngayo intiyo. UDavid wacinga ngelo xesha waza waqonda ukuba akenzanga nje into elungileyo, kodwa wenze into esebenzayo.
Abafundi babesoyika kwaye belambile; bagqiba ekubeni babhalele uluntu ingxelo bekhuthaza ukuba kupheliswe ukucalulana. Bema emnyango baza bayifunda. Baqukumbela ngesithembiso: “Ukuba akukho nto itshintshileyo kwisithuba seveki, siya kubuya.”
Kangangeentsuku ezintandathu boyika ukubuya. Ngaba babeza kuba nesibindi sokujamelana nentiyo, ubuhlanga nogonyamelo? Bakhuthazwe zizenzo ezifanayo kwilizwe jikelele, ngabanye abajongene nemingcipheko emikhulu ngakumbi. Balungiselela ukubuyela emva. Ngosuku lwesithandathu bafowunelwa bebaxelela ukuba iikhawuntara zesidlo sasemini e-Arlington zaziza kube zihlulwe ekupheleni kukaJuni. Iinkokeli zenkolo zazithethile neenkokeli zoshishino. Bekunye bawucingisisa lo mbandela baza bagqiba kwelokuba baluphelise ucalucalulo.
Kwakukho izifundo ezininzi kuDavide, kwaye ngoku zininzi kakhulu esinokuzifunda. Isibindi, ukuzingisa, i-nonviol yobuchule
Eli lelinye nje lamabali amaninzi omzabalazo kaDavid Hartsough omde nomhle woxolo nobulungisa obaliswayo kwiWaging Peace. UDavide usaqhubeka engumkhuthazi kumsebenzi wakhe namhlanje. Siyamkhumbula kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, uJan, besiza kuthi xa sasiseFreedom Plaza ngexesha le-Occupation yaseWashington, DC ukuze bathethe nathi malunga nokungabikho kobulungisa kwaloo mini kunye neqhinga elifunekayo lokuguqula ukungabikho kobulungisa kubulungisa. SikwanoDavid kumdlalo wethu kanomathotholo,Ukususa INKUNGU, apho wayesenza into ahlala eyenza – ngaphandle kokuzama nokuzama – wasikhuthaza ukuba siqhubeke nomsebenzi wethu.
Sikholelwa ukuba amabali kaDavide aya kukhuthaza kwaye ayalele abanye ukuba babe ngabathetheleli bobulungisa noxolo. Bangqina ukuba izenzo ezincinci zinokudala amaza amakhulu kwaye zisishukumisele ekubeni siqhubele phambili nomzabalazo ochasene nayo yonke imiqobo ngethemba lokuba sigoba i-arc yembali kubulungisa.
Ngoku uDavid usebenza njengomlawuli olawulayo we Abanokuthula, esekelwe eSan Francisco. Ungumseki we I-Peaceforce force kananjalo ungumseki we World Beyond War, efuna ukudala ihlabathi apho imfazwe ingasekhoyo.
