Ukufa ngenxa yobuzwe?

NguRobert C. Koehler, World BEYOND War, Oktobha 14, 2022

Umdlalo usenokuphela.

Medea Benjamin kunye noNicolas JSDavies yibeke ngolu hlobo:

“Ingxaki engenakusonjululwa ejongene neenkokeli zaseNtshona kukuba le asiyompumelelo. Banokuyoyisa njani ngomkhosi iRashiya, xa ineemfazwe zenyukliya ezingama-6,000 XNUMX yaye imfundiso yayo yasemkhosini ichaza ngokucacileyo ukuba iya kuzisebenzisa ngaphambi kokuba yamkele ukoyiswa komkhosi okhoyo?”

Akukho cala lizimisele ukuyeka ukuzibophelela kwalo: ukukhusela, ukwandisa, isiqwenga seplanethi yonke, kungakhathaliseki ukuba yiyiphi indleko. Umdlalo woloyiso-umdlalo wemfazwe, nayo yonke into eza nayo, umz., ukuthotywa kobuntu kuninzi lwabantu, ukungakhathali kwintlupheko yayo kwiplanethi ngokwayo - ibiqhubeka kangangamawaka eminyaka. “Yimbali” yethu. Eneneni, imbali ifundiswa ukusuka emfazweni ukusa emfazweni.

Iimfazwe-ophumeleleyo, ophulukeneyo-ziibhloko zokwakha ukuba singoobani, kwaye baye bakwazi ukusebenzisa iifilosofi ezahlukeneyo ezikhulayo, ezinje ngenkolelo yenkolo yothando kunye nokunxibelelana, kwaye bajike baba ngabahlobo. Ngaba uyaluthanda utshaba lwakho? Hayi, bubudenge obo. Uthando alunakwenzeka de woyise usathana. Kwaye, ewe, ubundlobongela abuthathi cala ekuziphatheni, njengoko kusitsho iSt. Augustine kunye "nethiyori yemfazwe yobulungisa" awayeza nayo kwiminyaka eyi-1600 eyadlulayo. Oku kwenza ukuba izinto zibe lula kakhulu kwabo babeza kuba ngamaxhoba.

Kwaye loo filosofi iye yaqina ibe yinyani: Siphambili! Ubukhosi bethu bungcono kunobakho! Kwaye izixhobo zoluntu - ukukwazi ukulwa kunye nokubulala - ziqhubele phambili, ukusuka kwiiklabhu ukuya kwimikhonto ukuya kwimipu. . . uya, nukes.

Ingxaki encinci! Izixhobo zenyukliya zicacisa inyani ebesikwazile ukuyihoya ngaphambili: Iziphumo zemfazwe kunye nokuthotywa kwabantu rhoqo, rhoqo, zihlala zifika ekhaya. Akukho "zizwe," ngaphandle kweyethu umfanekiso-izizwe.

Ke ngaba sibambelele kuwo onke la mandla esizilungelelanise nawo ekukhuseleni ubuxoki? Kubonakala ngathi kunjalo, njengoko imfazwe yaseUkraine iqhubeka kwaye isanda, iziqhubela (kunye nathi sonke) kufuphi neArmagedon. Uninzi lwehlabathi luyayazi ingozi yobu buxoki; side sibe nentlangano yehlabathi lonke, iZizwe Ezimanyeneyo, eqhubeka izama ukumanyanisa ihlabathi, kodwa ayinawo amandla okunyanzela umanyano (okanye ukuba nengqondo) kwesi sijikelezi-langa. Ikamva lethu sonke libonakala lisezandleni zeenkokeli ezimbalwa ezinezixhobo zenyukliya, kwaye ziya kuzisebenzisa ukuba ziyimfuneko.

Kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ndiyoyika kakhulu: ukuba ekuphela kwendlela iinkokeli ezinje ziya kuphulukana namandla azo - ukuphuhlisa kwaye mhlawumbi zisebenzise ii-nukes zazo - kukuba omnye okanye uninzi lwabo, oh Thixo wam, baqalise imfazwe yenyukliya. Manene nani manenekazi, sisigqibo esithatha umzuzwana kude kwisehlo esinjalo. Kubonakala ngathi, emva kwemfazwe enjalo - ukuba ubomi bomntu buye basinda kwaye bayakwazi ukuqalisa ukwakha impucuko - ingqondo kunye nengqiqo yehlabathi lonke inokufumana indlela eya kumbindi wentlalo yoluntu kunye nokucinga kwethu ngokuhlangeneyo, singenayo enye into. ukhetho, ekugqibeleni luya kubona ngaphaya kwemfazwe kunye nokulungiswa kwemfazwe.

Mandiyiyeke le ngxelo ngoku. Andazi ukuba kuza kwenzeka ntoni, ndingasathethi ke ngokuza kwenzeka “ngokulandelayo.” Ndinokufikelela ezinzulwini zomphefumlo wam kwaye ndiqalise ukuthandaza, unokuthi, kuye wonke uthixo kule planethi. Owu Nkosi, makukhule ubuntu bungekazibulali.

Kwaye njengokuba ndithandaza, ngubani ovelayo kodwa intanda-bulumko yaseFransi kunye nomlweli wezopolitiko uSimone Weil, owasweleka ngo-1943, kwiminyaka emibini ngaphambi kokuba ixesha lenyukliya lizizale, kodwa ngubani owayesazi ukuba kukho into engalunganga. Kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo okuninzi kwakusele kungalunganga. Ilizwe lakhe lalilawulwa ngamaNazi. Wakwazi ukubaleka eFransi nabazali bakhe, kodwa wafa eneminyaka engama-34 ubudala, ekubonakala ukuba yindibaniselwano yesifo sephepha kunye nokuzilambisa.

Kodwa into ayishiye ngasemva kwingxelo yakhe yiperile exabisekileyo yolwazi. Ngaba sele kusemva kwexesha? Naku apho ndiguqa khona.

“Weil,” wabhala uChristy Wampole kwincwadi ENew York Times yagqitywa kwiminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo:

"Ubone ngexesha lakhe lembali ukulahlekelwa ngumbono wokulinganisa, ukungahambi kakuhle ekugwebeni kunye nonxibelelwano kwaye, ekugqibeleni, ukuphulukana nokucinga okunengqiqo. Uye waqaphela indlela amaqonga ezopolitiko akhiwa phezu kwamagama afana 'neengcambu' okanye 'ilizwe lasekhaya' anokuthi asebenzise izinto ezinokuthi zithathwe ngakumbi - 'njengomphambukeli,' 'umphambukeli,' 'iqaqobana' kunye 'nembacu' - ukujika inyama negazi. abantu kwiithagethi.”

Akukho mntu uyinto yokuthatha? Ngaba kulapho uqala khona ukwakha kwakhona?

Kwaye kwaqala kwadlala ingoma entlokweni yam, emphefumlweni wam. Ingoma ethi "Deportee," ibhalwe kwaye iculwa ngu Woody Guthrie Kwiminyaka engama-75 eyadlulayo, emva kokuba inqwelomoya yantlitheka phezu kweLos Gatos Canyon yaseCalifornia, kwafa abantu abangama-32 - uninzi lwabantu baseMexico, babuyiselwa eMexico kuba babelapha "ngokungekho mthethweni" okanye iikontraki zabo zomsebenzi weendwendwe ziphelelwe lixesha. Ekuqaleni amajelo eendaba achonga ngamagama kuphela abona bantu baseMelika bafayo (umqhubi wenqwelomoya, umqhubi wenqwelomoya, igosa elingumlindi). Abanye babegxothiwe nje.

Sala kakuhle kuJuan wam, sala kakuhle, Rosalita,

Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria;

Awuyi kuba namagama akho xa ukhwela inqwelomoya enkulu,

Bonke abaya kukubiza ngokuba “ngabagxothwayo.”

Ingaba le nto inento yokwenza ne-a IDock Day Clock kwimizuzwana eyi-100 ukuya ezinzulwini zobusuku, ukubulala okuqhubekayo kunye namandla enyukliya aphikisanayo e-Ukraine, ihlabathi elikwiingxabano ezingapheliyo kunye negazi phantse kuyo yonke indawo? Andinaluvo.

Ngaphandle, mhlawumbi, oku: Ukuba kuyenzeka imfazwe yenyukliya, wonke kwiplanethi akukho ngaphezu deportee.

URobert Koehler (koehlercw@gmail.com), lungelelaniswe ngu PeaceVoice, ngumlobi we-Chicago kunye nomhleli we-Chicago. Nguye umbhali Isibindi Siya Kukhula Kwisilonda.

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