Ndahlala e-Iraq ngexesha le-2003 Shock kunye ne-Awe ibhombu. Ngomhla woku-1 ku-Epreli, malunga neeveki ezimbini kuqhushumbo lwasemoyeni, ugqirha owayengomnye wamalungu eqela loxolo endicenga ukuba ndiye naye kwisibhedlele i-Al Kindi eBaghdad, apho wayesazi ukuba anganceda. Ekubeni ndandingaqeqeshwanga kwezonyango, ndazama ukuba ngumntu ongaphazamiyo, njengoko iintsapho zazibalekela esibhedlele zithwele abantu ababathandayo abonzakeleyo. Ngaxa lithile, ibhinqa elalihleli ecaleni kwam laqalisa ukulila ngokungalawulekiyo. "Ndiza kumxelela njani?" wabuza, ngesiNgesi esaphukileyo. “Ndithini?” WayenguJamela Abbas, umakazi womfana ogama linguAli. Ekuseni nge-31 kaMatshi, iinqwelomoya zemfazwe zase-US zadubula kwikhaya losapho lwakhe, ngelixa yena yedwa kusapho lwakhe wayengaphandle. UJamela walila njengoko wayekhangela amazwi okuxelela u-Ali ukuba oogqirha botyando bazinqumle zombini iingalo zakhe ezonakele kakhulu, kufutshane namagxa akhe. Ngaphezu koko, kwakuza kufuneka amxelele ukuba ngoku wayekuphela kwesalamane sakhe esasisaphila.
Kungekudala ndeva ukuba ihambe njani loo ncoko. Kwanikelwa ingxelo kum ukuba xa uAli, oneminyaka eli-12 ubudala, wafumanisa ukuba wayephulukene neengalo zombini, waphendula ngokubuza “Ngaba ndiya kuhlala ndinje?”
Ukubuyela kwihotele yaseAl Fanar, ndazimela egumbini lam. Zehla iinyembezi ngumsindo. Ndikhumbula ndibetha umqamelo wam ndibuza “Ngaba siya kuhlala sinje?”
UDavid Swanson undikhumbuza ukuba ndijonge kwimpumelelo engakholelekiyo yoluntu ekuxhathiseni imfazwe, ekukhetheni ezinye iindlela ekusafuneka siwabonise amandla ethu apheleleyo okuqonda.
Kwiminyaka elikhulu edlulileyo, u-Eugene Debs wakhankasa ngokungakhathali e-US ukwakha uluntu olungcono, apho ubulungisa kunye nokulingana kuya kubakho kwaye abantu abaqhelekileyo bangasayi kuthunyelwa ukuba balwe iimfazwe egameni labantu abanobuzwilakhe. Ukusukela ngo-1900 ukuya kowe-1920 iiDebs zangenela umongameli kunyulo ngalunye kwezihlanu. Waqhuba iphulo lakhe lika-1920 engaphakathi kwintolongo yase-Atlanta apho waye wagwetyelwa ukuvukela urhulumente ngenxa yokuthetha ngamandla ngokuchasene nokungena kwe-US kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi I. Egxininisa ukuba iimfazwe kwimbali yonke bezisoloko zisilwa ngenjongo yokoyisa nokuphanga, uDebs uye wahlula. phakathi kodidi lwenkosi olubhengeza iimfazwe kunye nabacinezelweyo abalwa amadabi. Kwintetho awayevalelwe kuyo, uDebs wathi: “Udidi oluphezulu lufanele luzuze konke yaye akukho nto lwaphulukana nayo, ngoxa udidi lwabafundi lungazange luzuze nto yaye luphulukene nalo—ingakumbi ubomi babo.”
I-Debs inethemba lokudala i-mindset kubo bonke abavoti baseMelika abamelana ne-propaganda kunye nemfazwe eyaliwe. Yayingeyonkqubo ilula. Njengoko umbhali-mbali wezabasebenzi ebhala, “Ngaphandle kweendawo zikanomathotholo nomabonwakude, kunye novelwano oluncinci lokugubungela izizathu eziqhubekayo, zeqela lesithathu, kwakungekho ndlela yimbi ngaphandle kokuhamba ngokungapheziyo, isixeko esinye okanye ukumisa umlozi ngexesha, kubushushu obutshisayo okanye ukuba neentloni. kubanda, phambi kwezihlwele ezikhulu okanye ezincinci, kuyo nayiphi na iholo, ipaki okanye isikhululo sikaloliwe apho kunokuhlanganisana khona isihlwele.”
Akazange akuthintele ukungena kwe-US kwiMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala, kodwa uSwanson usixelela kwincwadi yakhe yowama-2011 ethi, Xa iMfazwe yeHlabathi eNgaphandle, kwafika inqaku kwimbali yase-US, ngo-1928, xa abantu abazizityebi bagqiba kwelokuba kwakukukukhanya kwabo. umdla wokuthethathethana nge-Kellogg-Briand Pact, ejolise ekuthinteleni iimfazwe ezizayo, kunye nokuthintela oorhulumente bexesha elizayo base-US ekufuneni imfazwe. ISwanson iyasikhuthaza ukuba sifunde kwaye sakhe kumaxesha embali xa imfazwe yaliwayo, kwaye sale ukuzixelela ukuba imfazwe ayinakuphepheka.
Ngokuqinisekileyo kufuneka sijoyine iSwanson ekwamkeleni imiceli mngeni emikhulu esijongene nayo kwiphulo lokuphepha imfazwe, okanye ukuyiphelisa. Ubhala athi: “Ukongezelela kwimbono yehlabathi ebubuxoki yokuba imfazwe ayinakuphepheka, abantu baseUnited States bachasile unyulo olunobuqhophololo, amajelo eendaba akhuthazayo, imfundo ebubudenge, ukusasazwa kobuxoki, ukuzonwabisa okuchuliweyo, nomkhosi okhohlakeleyo osisigxina ochazwa kuxokwa ngelithi. inkqubo yezoqoqosho eyimfuneko engenako ukudilizwa.” ISwanson iyala ukuthintelwa yimiceli mngeni emikhulu. Ubomi obuneenqobo ezisesikweni ngumceli mngeni ongaqhelekanga, kwaye bubandakanya imiceli mngeni emincinci, efana nolawulo lwentando yesininzi kuluntu lwethu. Inxalenye yomceli mngeni kukuvuma ngokunyaniseka ubunzima bayo: ukubona ngokucacileyo imikhosi eyenza imfazwe ibekho kwixesha lethu nakwindawo yethu, kodwa iSwanson iyala ukuyihlela le mikhosi njengemiqobo engenakoyiswa.
Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, ndeva kwakhona malunga nomtshana kaJamela Abbas, u-Ali. Ngoku wayeneminyaka eli-16 ubudala, ehlala eLondon apho intatheli yeBBC yayidlan’ indlebe naye. UAli wayesele engumzobi ophum' izandla, esebenzisa iinzwane zakhe ukubamba ibrashi yokupeyinta. Kwakhona wayefunde ukuzondla ngeenyawo zakhe. “Ali,” wabuza udliwano-ndlebe, “ungathanda ukuba yintoni xa umdala?” NgesiNgesi esigqibeleleyo, u-Ali uphendule wathi, “Andiqinisekanga. Kodwa ndingathanda ukusebenzela uxolo.” UDavid Swanson usikhumbuza ukuba asiyi kuhlala sinje. Siya kudlula ngeendlela esingenakuzicingela ngokufanelekileyo, ngokuzimisela ukuphakama ngaphezu kokungakwazi kwethu kwaye sifezekise iinjongo zethu emhlabeni. Ngokucacileyo ibali lika-Ali asilobali lokuziva limnandi. Uluntu luphulukene kakhulu nemfazwe kwaye oko kudla ngokubonakala ngathi ukungakwazi kwalo uxolo kufana neyona nto ibuhlungu yokonakala. Asizazi iindlela esiya kufumanisa ngazo ukuba sisebenzele ukomelela oku konakala. Sifunda kwixesha elidlulileyo, sigcina amehlo ethu kwiinjongo zethu, sibuhlungu ngokupheleleyo ekulahlekelweni kwethu, kwaye silindele ukumangaliswa ziziqhamo zomsebenzi wenkuthalo kunye nomnqweno wokugcina uluntu luphila, kwaye luncede ludale kwakhona.
Ukuba uDavid unyanisile, ukuba uluntu luyasinda, imfazwe ngokwayo iya kuhamba ngendlela yokufa kunye nokubulawa kwabantwana, ukusetyenziswa kwabantwana kunye nobukhoboka. Mhlawumbi ngenye imini, ngaphaya kokwenziwa ngokungekho mthethweni, kuya kude kupheliswe. Eminye imizabalazo yethu yobulungisa, ngokuchasene nemfazwe ecothayo yesityebi ngokuchasene namahlwempu, ngokuchasene nedini loluntu lesigwebo sentambo, ngokuchasene nogonyamelo oluthi uloyiko lwemfazwe lube nesibindi, londle kule nto. Iintshukumo zethu ezilungelelanisiweyo ezisebenzela ezi kunye nezinye izizathu ezininzi zihlala ziyimizekelo yoxolo, yolungelelwaniso, ukupheliswa kokuzahlula kunye nongquzulwano kubudlelwane obuyilayo, ukuphela kwemfazwe eyenziwe, ngamabala, esele ibonakala.
EChicago, apho ndihlala khona, i-extravaganza yaminyaka le yehlobo ibibanjelwe kumda wechibi kangangexesha elide ndikhumbulayo. Ebizwa ngokuba “nguMboniso woMoya naManzi,” ukhule kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo waba ngumboniso omkhulu womkhosi wamajoni kunye nomsitho obalulekileyo wokugaya abantu. Phambi komboniso omkhulu, uMkhosi woMoya wawuziqhelanisa nomkhosi wasemkhosini kwaye sasiva ii-sonic booms kwiveki yonke yokulungiselela. Lo mnyhadala uza kutsala izigidi zabantu, kwaye phakathi kwepiknikhi amandla omkhosi wase-US wokutshabalalisa kunye nokonakalisa abanye abantu waboniswa njengeseti yamagorha, ihambo eyoyisayo.
Ngehlobo lika-2013, ilizwi lafika kum e-Afghanistan lokuba umboniso womoya kunye namanzi wenzekile kodwa umkhosi wase-US "awunamboniso."
Umhlobo wam uSean wayevule isango lokungena epakini kwiminyhadala embalwa edlulileyo yonyaka kuqhanqalazo eyedwa, ekhuthaza abantu ababezile ukuba "bawonwabele lo mboniso" nangakumbi ngeendleko zabo ezimangalisayo kubo ngeedola zerhafu, kubomi kunye nozinzo lwehlabathi kunye nenkululeko yezopolitiko. ulahlekelwe kumkhosi wasebukhosini. Elangazelela ukuvuma impembelelo yomntu yokumangaliswa ngumbono ochukumisayo kunye nempumelelo yobugcisa eboniswayo, wayedla ngokunyanzelisa iinqwelo-moya, yaye ngelizwi elinobubele kangangoko anako, “Zibonakala zipholile ngakumbi xa zingakuqhubi ngeebhombu!” Kulo nyaka ebelindele izihlwele ezincinci, evile (nangona ebonakala exakeke kakhulu ehlanganisa amawaka aliqela ebhabhathane ukuba aphande ngokusondeleyo umnyhadala othile walo nyaka) ukuba izenzo ezininzi zomkhosi ziye zarhoxiswa. “Amakhulu amabini eenqwelo-moya kamva, ndafumanisa ukuba oku kwakungenxa yokuba IMIJONI WAWUYEKILE!” wandibhalela ngolu suku lwayo: “Bebengekho _kancinci_ ngaphandle kweentente zoMkhosi Womoya ongasebenziyo endazifumana xa ndandihamba ngebhayisekile ndikhangela izikhululo zokugaya abasebenzi. Ngequbuliso ndasiqonda isizathu sokuba ndingeva naziphi na ii-sonic booms ezikhokelela kwimpelaveki.” (Ndandisoloko ndikhalaza kuSean ngentlungu yaminyaka le yokumamela ezo nqwelo-moya ziqhelisela lo mboniso) “Ndonwabe kakhulu kukuphoxwa bubudenge bam, ndiye ndabeka iiphetshana zam ndaza ndakhwela ibhayisekile ngolonwabo kulo msitho. Yayiyintsasa emnandi, kwaye isibhakabhaka saseChicago siphilisiwe!”
Ukusilela kwethu akulobali lonke; uloyiso lwethu luza ngeendlela ezincinci eziqokelelanayo eziyothusayo. Intshukumo yezigidi ivela ukuqhankqalaza imfazwe, eqale ilibaziseke, impembelelo yayo yancipha, zingaphi iinyanga okanye iminyaka, ngabangaphi ubomi obungazange balahleke, ngamangaphi amalungu angazange akrazulwe emzimbeni wabantwana? Ingqikelelo ekhohlakeleyo yabenzi bemfazwe iphazamiseke kangakanani ngokukhusela izicwangciso zabo ezibulalayo zangoku, zingaphi ingqumbo entsha, ngenxa yokuchasana kwethu, abayi kuze bakhawule? Zingaphi izinto njengoko iminyaka iqhubeka ziya kuqhubeka uqhanqalazo lwethu oluchasene nemfazwe, kunye nezithintelo, ukukhula? Buya kuvuswa kangakanani ubuntu babamelwane bethu, kuya kunyuswa kweliphi inqanaba ulwazi lwabo, ingaba baya kufunda kangakanani na ukuhlala bebopheleleke kwimizamo yethu yokwabelana yokucela umngeni kunye nokuchasa imfazwe? Ewe asinakwazi.
Into esiyaziyo kukuba asisayi kuhlala sinje. Imfazwe inokusitshabalalisa ngokupheleleyo, yaye ukuba ayijongwa, ayicel’ umngeni, ibonisa konke okusemandleni okwenza oko. Kodwa iMfazwe kaDavid Swanson ayisekho mfanekiso-ngqondweni wexesha apho ama-Ali Abbases ehlabathi abonisa inkalipho yawo eyoyikekayo kwihlabathi eliye labhangisa imfazwe, apho kungekho mntu kufuneka aphinde akhumbule iintlekele zabo ezandleni zezizwe ezigqubayo, apho sibhiyozela ukupheliswa kwemfazwe. imfazwe. Ngaphaya koku kunombono wexesha laxa uluntu lufumene eyona njongo, intsingiselo, kunye noluntu lobizo lwalo lokuphelisa imfazwe kunye, ukuphila umngeni othatha indawo yemfazwe ngoxolo, ukufumanisa ubomi bokuchasana, kunye nezenzo zoluntu ngokwenene. Kunokuba sizukise amajoni axhobileyo njengamagorha, masimxabise umntwana onikwe ibhombu yase-US engenazixhobo ekufuneka azi ukuba ubulwelwe bumbalwa sisingxengxezo sokungasebenzi, ukuba yintoni na okanye engenzekiyo utshintsho, kwaye ngubani, ngaphandle kwayo yonke into esiyenzileyo. kuye, usazimisele ngokuzimisela ukusebenzela uxolo.
—Kathy Kelly
