Ukusuka kuSuku lwaBantu boMthonyama ukuya kuSuku lweArmistice

NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Oktobha 17, 2020

Amagqabantshintshi ngefowuni ngo-Okthobha u-17, 2020, kumnyhadala woMhla waBantu Bomthonyama eWashington, DC, ulibazisekile nge-12 ka-Okthobha.

Akunakubakho ndawo ibaluleke ngakumbi ukuphawula uSuku lwaBantu Bomthonyama kunolo lweWashington, DC, iziko elijongene nezixhobo zehlabathi, ukwakhiwa kwesiseko, kunye nokwenza imfazwe-indawo ephambili yezixhobo zenyukliya kunye nentshabalalo yokusingqongileyo, isihlalo sikarhulumente wesizwe nowasebukhosini ukuba iikholoni zaphesheya kwezilwandle zabemi abakudidi lwesibini kwiziqithi zeCaribbean kunye nePasifiki naseWashington DC uqobo, ngelixa begcina phantse i-1,000 iziseko zomkhosi kumazwe angaphezu kwama-80, urhulumente oqhubeka nokuxhaphaza abantu abaseleyo eMntla Melika, baxhaphaze Umhlaba oza kutshabalalisa isibhakabhaka kwaye utyhefe amanzi, esixekweni emva kwamashumi eminyaka uqhanqalazo lizimisele ukunika igama kwakhona iqela lalo elincomekayo elincomekayo ukuba nje linokulibiza ngokuba shushu.

Kwaye kutheni kukho i-C eWashington DC, kunjalo? Kungenxa yokuba iWashington ibanga ingubo yobukoloniyaliyali, ubukhosi, ubukhoboka, kunye nohlanga, kwaye ngenxa yokuba ibanga ubunini kungekuphela kwe-United States kodwa namazwekazi amabini aseMelika, ebiza abantu bayo ngokuba "ngabaseMelika" kunye neprojekthi yabo enkulu yoluntu "yoKhuselo" isebe.

Iiparadesi ezincinci zase-US zasedolophini ezifafazwe kwihlabathi jikelele njengeziseko zomkhosi ezinoluntu kuluntu kwii-steroids (nakucalucalulo). Abahlali babo bahlala bekhuselekile ekutshutshisweni kolwaphulo-mthetho ngezenzo zabo ngaphandle kwamasango, ngelixa abahlali bangeniswa ngaphakathi ukuba benze umsebenzi weyadi kunye nokucoca.

Iziseko zase-US zangaphandle azange zenziwe ngo-1898 ngendlela iincwadi zesikhokelo ezixelela ngayo abantwana bethu. I-United States yayineziseko zangaphandle ngaphambili kwaye yakha ngaphezulu ngexesha lemfazwe yenkululeko kwimikhosi yamanye amazwe eyayidlwengula iphanga. Isaci sesizwe esitsha sasisithi “Heyi, ngumsebenzi wethu lowo.”

Apha ezantsi kwiDyunivesithi yaseVirginia umfanekiso oqingqiweyo obhiyozela uGeorge Rogers Clark akahloniphi nje ubuhlanga kodwa ubonakalisa ngokufanelekileyo kwisikhumbuzo esenziwe ngomfanekiso.

Sonke isiseko esakhiwe ngasentshona kweentaba ukuqhubela phambili abahlali beekoloniyali yayililizwe langaphandle. Yonke imfazwe yayiyeyasemzini. Ukuba ucinga ukuba yimbali yakudala leyo, ndicacisele ukuba kutheni amaphephandaba e-United States ebiza imfazwe yangoku e-Afghanistan yeyona mfazwe inde yase-US. Babengenakukwenza oko ukuba babekholelwa ukuba amaMelika Omthonyama angabantu. Ndixelele ukuba kutheni amaphephandaba e-United States eza kukuxelela ukuba eyona mfazwe yase-US ibulala kakhulu eyakha yabayi-US Civil War. Abakwazanga ukuyenza loo nto ukuba bakholelwa ukuba amaMelika aseMelika kunye neePhilippines kunye namaKorea kunye neVietnam kunye neLaotians kunye neIraq nama-Afghans kunye noluntu lonke babengabantu. Ababandakanyi nokusweleka kwabantu baseMelika ababesilwa iimfazwe zabo ngexesha lemfazwe yamakhaya yase-US.

Uninzi lootitshala eUnited States baya kukuxelela ukuba uloyiso lwommandla yinto eyadlulayo, kodwa iziseko zomkhosi wase-US zikumhlaba wonke othathe ngokufudusa abantu ngenkani eGreenland, eCanada, eAlaska, eHawaii, ePanama, IPuerto Rico, iTrinidad, iKorea, iOkinawa, iGuam, iDiego Garcia, iPhilippines kunye neZiqithi zePacific ezininzi.

Kufuneka siphakamise uSuku lwaBemi Bomthonyama njengombhiyozo wokuphila ngokuzinzileyo kunye nentshukumo eya ku world beyond war. Kufuneka sibuye sitshintshe iholide ezayo urhulumente wase-US ayibiza ngokuba nguSuku lweeVeterans kodwa wayeqhele ukubiza Usuku lwe-Armistice.

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Nge-11 kaNovemba ka-2020, lusuku lwe-Armistice 103-iminyaka eyi-102 okoko yaphela iMfazwe Yehlabathi I ngexesha elimiselweyo (ngentsimbi ye-11 ngomhla we-11th wenyanga ye-11 ngo-1918-ebulala abantu abayi-11,000 emva kwesigqibo sokuphela imfazwe yafikelelwa kwakusasa).

Kwiindawo ezininzi zehlabathi olu suku lubizwa ngokuba lusuku lweSikhumbuzo kwaye kufuneka lube lusuku lokulilela abafileyo kwaye lusebenzela ukuphelisa imfazwe ukuze kungabikho mfazwe ungasekhoyo. Kodwa imini iyalwa, kwaye i-alchemy engaqhelekanga ephekwe ziinkampani zezixhobo isebenzisa usuku ukuxelela abantu ukuba ngaphandle kokuba baxhasa ukubulala amadoda, abafazi kunye nabantwana emfazweni baya kubahlaza abo sele bebulewe.

Kumashumi eminyaka e-United States, njengakwezinye iindawo, olu suku lwalubizwa ngokuba lusuku lwe-Armistice, kwaye lwachongwa njengeholide yoxolo, kubandakanywa noRhulumente wase-US. Yayilusuku lokukhumbula ngokudabukisayo kunye nokuphela kovuyo kwemfazwe, kunye nokuzinikela ekuthinteleni imfazwe kwixa elizayo. Igama leholide latshintshwa e-United States emva kwemfazwe yase-US e-Korea yaba ngu “Suku lweeVeterans,” iholide eyayixhasa kakhulu imfazwe apho ezinye izixeko zase-US zazinqabela amaqela amaVeterans For Peace ukuba ahambe kwimikhosi yawo, kuba usuku luye lwaqondwa njenge usuku lokudumisa imfazwe-ngokuchaseneyo nendlela eyaqala ngayo.

Ibali eliphuma kuMhla wokuqala we-Armistice wejoni lokugqibela elabulawa kwimfazwe enkulu yokugqibela apho uninzi lwabantu babulawa yayingamajoni abonisa ubuyatha bemfazwe. UHenry Nicholas John Gunther wazalelwa eBaltimore, eMaryland, kubazali ababefudukele eJamani. Ngo-Septemba ngo-1917 waye wayilwa ukuba ancede ekubulaleni amaJamani. Xa wayebhalele ekhaya evela eYurophu echaza indlela imfazwe eyayimbi ngayo kunye nokukhuthaza abanye ukuba baphephe ukubhalwa, wayehlisiwe (kunye neleta yakhe yahlolwa). Emva koko, wayexelele abahlobo bakhe ukuba uya kuzibonakalisa. Njengomhla wokugqibela we-11: 00 ndisondela kumhla wokugqibela ngo-Novemba, uHenry waphakama, ngokuchasene nemiyalelo, kwaye ngesibindi wahlawulisa i-bayonet yakhe ngakwimipu emibini yaseJamani. AmaJamani ayesazi malunga neArmistice kwaye azama ukumsusa. Wayemana esondela edubula. Akusondela, ukuqhushumba okufutshane ngompu kwabuphelisa ubomi bakhe nge-10: 59 am uHenry wanikwa isikhundla sakhe, kodwa hayi ubomi bakhe.

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