Ngu-Greta Zarro, ngoJanuwari 29, 2020
Kwinyanga nje nje kwishumi elitsha, sijamelene nomngcipheko okhulayo we-apocalypse yenyukliya. Ukubulawa kukaRhulumente wase-US ngu-Soleimani wase-Irani ngoJanuwari 3 kwandise isoyikiso sokwenyani nenye imfazwe eqhubekayo eMbindi Mpuma. Nge-23 kaJanuwari, i-Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists icwangcisa i-Doomsday Clock kwimizuzwana nje eli-100 ukuya kuthi ga ezinzulwini zobusuku, iapocalypse.
Sixelelwe ukuba imfazwe ilungile ukusikhusela “kubanqolobi” kodwa ukubuyela kwabo babhatala irhafu [i-US $ 1 trillion] yotyalo-mali “kwinkcitho yezokhuselo” kwakungukuqala ukusuka ngonyaka ka-2001 ukuya ku-2014, xa ubugrogrisi banda. Ngokuka- Inkcazo Yezobugqirha YomhlabaUbunqolobi ngokwenyani bonyuke ngexesha elibizwa ngokuba “yimfazwe ngoyikiso,” ubuncinci kude kube ngu-2014, okokugqibela kuncipha ngoku ngamanani okusweleka kodwa ngokwenyani ngokwanda kwamanani amazwe ahlaselwe luphiko. Iintatheli ezingenakubalwa, abahlalutyi bobuhlakani baseburhulumenteni, kunye namagosa asemkhosini ngaphambili bathi icebo lokungenelela komkhosi wase-US, kubandakanya nenkqubo ye-drone, eneneni kungabangela ukwanda kumandla obugrogrisi kunye nomsebenzi, ukuvelisa ubundlobongela ngaphezulu kunokuba bekuthintela. Abaphandi u-Erica Chenoweth noMaria Stephan babonakalise ngokweenkcukacha-manani ukuba, ukusukela ngo-1900 ukuya ku-2006, ukungathathi cala kuye kwaphumelela kabini ukumelana nomkhosi kwakhokelela kwintando yesininzi esizinzileyo enethuba elincinci lokubuyela kubundlobongela baseburhulumenteni nakwamanye amazwe. Imfazwe ayisenzi sikhuseleke ngakumbi; sizisokolisa ngokuba sidodobele irhafu yabarhafi kwiidolophu ezikude ezihlukumezayo, ezenzakalisayo, kunye nokubulala abantu esibathandayo, kunye nezigidi zamaxhoba angachazwanga ngegama phesheya.
Ngeli xesha, sakha indlwane yethu. Umkhosi wase-US uphakathi kweyona ndawo iphambili kwezithathu zokungcoliseka kweendlela zamanzi zase-US. Ukusetyenziswa komkhosi kwento ebizwa ngokuba "yichemicals ngonaphakade," njengePFOS nePCA, kungcolise amanzi aphantsi komhlaba kumakhulu abantu kufutshane neziseko zomkhosi wasekhaya e-US nakwamanye amazwe. Siva ngetyala lamanzi elinetyhefu elifana neFlint, iMicrosoft, kodwa kuncinci okuthethwa malunga nengxaki yezempilo yoluntu eqhubeka ngaphakathi kothungelwano lomkhosi wase-US obanzi ngaphezu kwe-1,000 leziseko zasekhaya kunye neziseko ezingama-800 zangaphandle. Ezi zinetyhefu kwaye zinokubangela i-carcinogenic Iikhemikhali ze-PFOS kunye ne-PFOA, esetyenziswa kumkhosi wamandla omlilo wokombasa umlilo, uneempembelelo ezichazayo zempilo, ezinje ngesifo se-thyroid, ukuphazamiseka kokuzala, ukulibaziseka kokuphuhla, kunye nokungachumisi. Ngaphandle kwale ngxaki ingena manzi, njengoyena mthengi weoyile oyintloko ehlabathini, umkhosi wase US yi igalelo elikhulu Ukukhutshelwa kwegesi yokukhupha iglasi emhlabeni. Ungcoliseko lomlozi.
Ngelixa sityhefu kumanzi ethu, sikhupha amanzi ethu. Amashumi amathathu ezigidi abantu baseMelika abanayo i-inshurensi yezempilo. Isiqingatha sesigidi samaMelika silala ngaphandle ezitratweni rhoqo ebusuku. Umntwana omnye kwabathandathu uhlala kumakhaya angakhuselekanga ngokutya. Abantu abazizigidi ezingama-1.6 baseMelika bathwele ubunzima obungaphezu kweedola ezisisi-XNUMX samatyala emali mboleko yomfundi. Kwaye sigcina uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwemfazwe lukhulu njengohlahlo-lwabiwo mali olukhulu lomkhosi lwesixhenxe xa sidibene Umkhosi wase-US amanani akho. Ukuba sisebenzisa amanani abandakanya inkcitho yohlahlo-lwabiwo mali engeyiyo ye-Pentagon (umzekelo, izixhobo zenyukliya, ezihlawulelwayo ngaphandle kweCandelo lohlahlo-lwabiwo-mali lweMandla), sifunda ukuba ngokwenene Uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lomkhosi wase-US ingaphezulu kokuphindwe kabini kunePentagon esemthethweni uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali. Ke ngoko, i-US ichitha ngaphezulu kwimikhosi yayo kwezomkhosi kunayo yonke eminye imikhosi yoMhlaba edibeneyo.
Ilizwe lethu liyasokola. Siyiva iphindaphindana kugqatso luka-2020 lukamongameli, nokuba luvela kwinkululeko yedemokrasi okanye kuTrump, uninzi lwabagqatswa luye luyelela ekuthetheni ngamanqaku malunga nesidingo sokulungisa inkqubo yethu eyaphukileyo neyonakeleyo, nangona kuvunywa ukuba iindlela zabo zotshintsho lwenkqubo zahlukile kakhulu. Ewe kukho into ebaleke kwilizwe elinamawaka ezigidi ezibonakala zingenasiphelo zomkhosi ongazange uphicothwe, kodwa zinqabile izibonelelo zayo yonke enye into.
Siya phi apha? Inombolo yokuqala, sinokuyirhoxisa inkxaso yethu kwinkcitho yomkhosi engakhathali. Ku- World BEYOND War, siyalungelelanisa amaphulo okutshona kwihlabathi liphela ukunika abantu izixhobo zokuntywila imali yabo yomhlala phantsi, izibonelelo zesikolo sabo eyunivesithi, iimali zepenshini yomphakathi, kunye nokuninzi, kwezixhobo nemfazwe. Ukwahlulwa yindlela yethu yokuhlanganisa le nkqubo ngokuthi asisayi kuxhasa ngezimali iimfazwe ezingapheliyo ngeedola zethu zabucala okanye zikarhulumente. Sikhokele iphulo eliphumeleleyo lokuya e-Charlottesville kwisikhali kunyaka ophelileyo. Ngaba idolophu yakho ilandelayo?
U-Greta Zarro nguMlawuli oLawulayo we World BEYOND War, kwaye ivumelaniswe ngu PeaceVoice.
