Umkhumbi woxolo woBugqirha uphinde uqaliswe

NguArnold Oliver

Kunxweme olumagqagala olukumantla eKhalifoniya eHumboldt County, kwenziwa imbali yolwandle. NgoJuni 20^th iphawule umsitho wokuphehlelelwa kweketshi yokuseyili eyakhiwe ngokutsha, i Umthetho wegolide, emva kweminyaka emine yokusebenza nzima liqela lokubuyisela elikhokelwa yiVeterans for Peace. Njengoko siza kubona, i Umthetho wegolide ayisosikhephe esiqhelekileyo.

Ukuba umdala ngokwaneleyo, unokukhumbula ukuba ngeminyaka yee-1950, umkhosi wase-US wasebenzisa i-Marshall Islands njengendawo yokuqala yovavanyo lwezixhobo zenyukliya zasemoyeni. Njengoko kusaziwa ngoku, ezo ziqhushumbisi zikhulu zenyukliya kwiNtshona yePasifiki zaziyonakalisa imekobume nempilo yabantu. Enyanisweni, kugqabhuko-dubulo olukhulu ngalunye, kwabonakala amafu okuphuma kwemitha yeathom ajikeleza iplanethi, yaye ungcoliseko lwaqalisa ukuvela kubisi lweenkomo noloomama. Ngokungakumbi, amathandabuzo ayekhula malunga neziqinisekiso zikarhulumente zokuba akukho ngozi.

Emva koko, ngo-1958, i Umthetho wegolide wafika kwindawo. I-ketch ye-30-foot ye-Hugh Angelman eyenzelwe i-XNUMX-foot yathengwa liqela labaphembeleli abathe kungekudala baqalisa uhambo loqhanqalazo olungenabundlobongela ukuya eMarshalls. Isicwangciso sabo, esabhengezwa kakuhle, yayikukuhamba ngesikhephe ukuya kwindawo ekujoliswe kuyo kwaye bancame isikhephe kunye nabasebenzi baselwandle ukuba kukho imfuneko yokumisa uvavanyo.

The Umthetho wegolide kwaye abasebenzi bayo abazange bafike apho babesiya khona. Umlindi wonxweme wamisa inqanawa eHawaii kwaye wabamba wonke umntu owayekhwele. Kodwa upapasho olujikeleze ukuvavanywa kwabasebenzi kunye nokuvalelwa entolongweni kwanceda ukuvuselela umsindo woluntu jikelele ngokuchasene novavanyo lomoya.

Loo msindo wajika wajika. Ngowe-1963, iUnited States, iSoviet Union, neUnited Kingdom zatyikitya iPartial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, eyavala uvavanyo lwenyukliya emoyeni, ngaphantsi kwamanzi nangaphandle. Akukho luvavanyo lwenyukliya lwenzeka kwiiMarshall Islands emva ko-1958.

Ngokubaluleke kakhulu, ukusetyenziswa kwesenzo esithe ngqo esingenabugwenxa njengomgaqo osisiseko wesikhokelo egolide UmthethoAbasebenzi bakarhulumente bayakuba nefuthe kwizizukulwana ezizayo zamatsha ntliziyo, njengoko bekuya kuba njalo kwintlonipho yabo engapheliyo kubuntu nesidima sabo bangavisisani nabo. Iilwandle zehlabathi azizange zifane ukususela ngoko.

The Umthetho wegolide yavusa intelekelelo yesizukulwana, kwaye yaba ngumanduleli wezikhephe ezininzi zoqhanqalazo lokusingqongileyo ezalandelayo, zisuka eNew Zealand. vega, ukuya eOstreliya Umenzi woxolo wasePasifiki, ukuya kubalusi baseLwandle kunye neeflotillas zaseGaza ezikhululekile.

Uqhagamshelo kwiGreenpeace luthe ngqo. Ngowe-1971, Umthetho wegolide umxhasi uMarie Bohlen uzimase intlanganiso eVancouver, eCanada yabantu abaxhalabileyo malunga nokuvavanywa kwezixhobo zenyukliya. Uye wacebisa uhambo olusinge kwindawo yovavanyo lwenyukliya yase-US kwiZiqithi zaseAleutian á la the Umthetho wegolide. Kungekudala, inqanawa yokuloba ngomhlwa UPhyllis Cormack yabizwa ngokuba yi Uxolo oluluhlaza yaza yasingisa ngasemantla ngaseAlaskan Archipelago. Abanye, njengoko besithi, yimbali.

Okubuhlungu kukuba, emva kohambo luka-1958 egolide Umthetho yathengiswa kwaye yatyibilika ebantwini. Inqanawa yaphumela eHumboldt Bay, eCalifornia, ingahoywanga kakubi. Ekugqibeleni watshona sisaqhwithi ekupheleni kuka-2010.

Xa iqela lamalungu aseMantla eKhalifoniya eVeterans for Peace lafunda ukuba iketshi eyonakeleyo yayikufuphi kwaye inokusindiswa, batsiba ithuba lokuyinyusa inqanawa isuka enzulwini bayibuyisele kuzuko lwayo lwangaphambili loxolo.

Ngomlinganiselo omkhulu, injongo yokwakhiwa kwakhona kwe Umthetho wegolide kukunika imbeko abasebenzi bokuqala. Balumela ngokuqinileyo uxolo nokungabi nabundlobongela ngaphambi kokuba kube sefashonini. Ababini kubo, uAlbert Bigelow noJames Peck, kamva baba phakathi kwabakhweli beNkululeko abali-13 bokuqala ngowe-1961 kuMzantsi waseMerika.

Nabanye abasebenzi babephawuleka ngokufanayo. Omnye wakhokela iinkqubo zophuhliso zeZizwe Ezimanyeneyo, waza omnye waba ngumseki wePeace Brigades International.

Iqela eliye lakha ngokutsha i Umthetho wegolide uyawongwa ngokuqhubeka neli lifa ngokubuyisela iketshi encinci ebomini. Ngelixa ixhaswa ngamagqala oXolo, iProjekthi yoMthetho weGolide izisa umxube we-eclectic wabathandi besikhephe sembali, abagqugquzeli bokusingqongileyo, uxolo kunye nabalweli benkolo, kunye nenkqubela phambili. Ivulelekile kuye nabani na onomdla ekusebenzeni ukugcina isikhephe sihamba kwaye sikhuthaze umsebenzi waso.

Ngoku ukuba ukwakhiwa kwakhona kugqityiwe, i Umthetho wegolide kungekudala iza kukhwela amaza njengemyuziyam ephilayo kunye negumbi lokufundela elidadayo. Abasebenzi bakhe baya kufundisa izizukulwana ezizayo ngobungozi betekhnoloji yenyukliya, ukubaluleka kokusingqongileyo kolwandle, kwaye ngaphezu kwako konke, amandla okwenza uxolo.

U-Arnold "Skip" Oliver, ehlanganiswe ngu PeaceVoice, nguNjingalwazi oPhezulu weNzululwazi yezoPolitiko kwiYunivesithi yaseHeidelberg eTiffin, eOhio. Ndwendwela VFPGoldenRuleProject.org ufuna ulwazi olungolunye.