By Kimberley Mannion, Glasgow Guardian, Novemba 8, 2021
Ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kwimisebenzi yasemkhosini akubandakanywa okwangoku kwizivumelwano zemozulu.
Amaqela achasene nomkhosi Misa uMdibaniso weMfazwe, amagqala oXolo, World Beyond War kunye ne-CODEPINK bahlangene kwi-rally yokulwa nemfazwe kumanyathelo e-Glasgow Royal Concert Hall ngomhla we-4 kaNovemba, egxininisa amakhonkco phakathi komkhosi kunye nengxaki yemozulu.
Indibano yavulwa ngesandi sokuvuthela kwegobolondo litsha-ntliziyo elalihambe lisuka kwiziqithi zaseMariana kuLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, nothe kamva wathetha ngefuthe lomkhosi elibe nalo kwimekobume yelizwe lakhe. Kwintetho yakhe, uchaze indlela esinye seziqithi esisetyenziselwa ngayo kuphela iinjongo zasemkhosini, eziye zatyhefa emanzini kwaye zisongela izilwanyana zaselwandle.
UTim Pluto we World Beyond War wavula intetho yakhe ngokuthi "imfazwe kufuneka ipheliswe ukunqanda ukuwa kwemozulu". Ubongoze ababukeli ukuba batyikitye isicelo seqela kwi-COP26 efuna ukuba izinto ezikhutshwa ngumkhosi zibandakanywe kwizivumelwano zemozulu. Intlanganiso ye-COP yangaphambili eParis iyishiye ngokokubona kwesizwe ngasinye nokuba iquke izinto ezikhutshwa ngumkhosi.
UStuart Parkinson weNzululwazi kuXanduva lweHlabathi lase-UK uvule intetho yakhe ngombuzo ongaphendulekiyo okwangoku, kodwa apho aqhuba khona uphando-ingakanani i-carbon footprint yomkhosi wehlabathi? Uphando lukaParkinson lufumanise ukuba ukukhutshwa komkhosi wase-UK kuphelele kwi-11 yezigidi zeetoni zekhabhoni ngonyaka, elilingana nezigidi ezithandathu zeemoto. Uphando lwakhe luye lwafumanisa ukuba umzobo wekhabhoni womkhosi wase-US uphindaphindeke amashumi amabini umzobo wase-UK.
Iintetho ezingakumbi zavela kuChris Nineham we-Stop the War Coalition, uJodie Evans weCODEPINK: Abafazi boXolo, kunye no-Alison Lochhead weGreenham Women Yonke indawo, phakathi kwabanye, kwaye bagxile kwiziphumo zokusingqongileyo ezifunyanwa kwimimandla yemfazwe kunye nekhonkco phakathi kwezixhobo zenyukliya kunye ingxaki yemozulu.
Kwisihlwele sale rali kwakukho owayesakuba yinkokeli yeScottish Labour uRichard Leonard, owenze udliwanondlebe Umgcini weGlasgow. “Abo kuthi basukela uxolo nabo bazama ukuphelisa ingxaki yemozulu, kwaye ezi zinto zimbini zinokusonjululwa ngomzamo odibanisa le misonto mibini. Kutheni sidlala ngemali kwindawo yezomkhosi xa sinokwakha ikamva eliluhlaza kwihlabathi elinoxolo? ”
ULeonard uxelele Umgcini weGlasgow ukuba ikhonkco phakathi komkhosi kunye nokusingqongileyo kufuneka libe phezu kwetafile ukuze kuxoxwe ngazo kwi-COP26, kuba “ayikokujonga nje imozulu ngendlela esecaleni, ikwamalunga nokujonga ikamva lethu kunye nohlobo lwehlabathi esilifunayo, kwaye ngokokubona kwam oko kufanele ukuba likamva elingenamkhosi kunye nekamva elingenambaliso.”
Owayesakuba yinkokeli yaseSkotlani yezaBasebenzi uvumelene nezithethi zomsitho ukuba izixhobo zenyukliya akufuneki zibekho eSkotlani, nakweyiphi na enye indawo emhlabeni, elilungu lePhulo leNuclear Disarmament (CND) iminyaka engama-30.
Xa ubuzwa ngu Umgcini weGlasgow nokuba uyazisola na ngenkcitho yokugqibela karhulumente wezabasebenzi e-UK kwiimfazwe, uLeonard waphendula wathi "injongo yam njengomntu okwiqela lezabasebenzi kukuxoxisana ngoxolo kunye nentlalontle." Wongeze ukuba unethemba lokuba uqhankqalazo lwale mpelaveki ngokuchasene nengxaki yemozulu eGlasgow "iya kuba ngowona mkhulu ukusukela oko mna kunye namakhulu amawaka abanye abantu sabamba umngcelele ngo-2003 ngokuchasene nesigqibo sikarhulumente wezabasebenzi sokuhlasela i-Iraq, kuba bendicinga ukuba ayilunganga."
Umhlohli wezoPolitiko kwiYunivesithi yaseGlasgow, uMichael Heaney, wayengomnye wabaququzeleli balo msitho. “Imisebenzi yomkhosi, ngakumbi leyo yaseUnited States, ingabona bangcolisi, kwaye ayibandakanywa ngokubanzi kwizivumelwano zemozulu. Le ndibano icela i-COP ukuba ibandakanye ukukhutshwa komkhosi kwizivumelwano zemozulu ”utshilo Umgcini weGlasgow.
Isandi esivakalayo kulo msitho sinikwe nguDavid, owayesuka e-US, edlala iingoma ezigxeka ukusilela koorhulumente kwingxaki yemozulu kunye nongenelelo lomkhosi, ngakumbi ilizwe lakhe, kwisiginkci esinamagama athi "lo matshini ubulala ii-fascists. ” ibhalwe phezu kweenkuni.
