Kutheni le nto siKayaking siye kwiPentagon, kwaye Kutheni kufuneka usijoyine

NguDavid Swanson

Kwiveki enye ngaphambi #NoWar2017: Inkomfa yemfazwe kunye neNgqongileyo, eya kubanjwa ngoSeptemba 22-24 kwiYunivesithi yaseMelika, World Beyond War izakusebenza ne-Backbone Campaign kunye namanye amahlakani ukulungiselela i-flotilla yokusingqongileyo kunye noxolo, ukuzisa kayaktivism ukuya eWashington, DC, ngoSeptemba 16.

Ngoba? Yintoni ukufaneleka? Ngubani owombela ioyile kwiPotomac?

Enyanisweni i-Potomac ikomkhulu eliphambili lokusetyenziswa kweoli, njengoko indlela ephezulu apho sisebenzisa ioli ngokulungiselela kunye nokulwa iimfazwe - iimfazwe ezidla ngokuba yinto enkulu ekhuthazwa ngumnqweno wokulawula ioli eninzi.

Emva kwePentagon kukho isikhumbuzo se-9/11, kodwa akukho sikhumbuzo kwintlekele yePentagon ezayo eya kuza ngendlela yezikhukula.

Umkhosi wase-US ngoyena mthengi uphezulu wepetroleum ngeenxa zonke kwaye uya kubekwa phezulu ngaloo ndlela kuluhlu lwamazwe, ukuba lilizwe. Umkhosi ungoyena ungcolisekileyo wesithathu wemizila yamanzi yase-US. I-United States inokuguqula amandla azinzileyo ngokupheleleyo kwiqhezu lohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi wase-US (kwaye liyibuyisele yonke imali kulondolozo lwezempilo).

Amazwe amaninzi emhlabeni anomkhosi wase-US kuwo. Amazwe amaninzi emhlabeni (amazwe ephela!) atshisa amafutha efosili encinci kunomkhosi wase-US. Kwaye oko ngaphandle kokubala ukuba kubi kangakanani kwi-jet fuel yemozulu kunamanye amafutha efosili. Kwaye ngaphandle kokujonga ukusetyenziswa kwe-fossil yabenzi bezixhobo eziphambili zehlabathi, okanye ungcoliseko olubangelwa kukusetyenziswa kwezo zixhobo kwihlabathi liphela. I-US ngoyena mthengisi wezixhobo uphezulu kwihlabathi, kwaye inezixhobo kumacala amaninzi kwiimfazwe ezininzi.

Umkhosi wase-US udale i-69% yeendawo zentlekele yendalo ye-EPA Superfund. Ukukhusela okusingqongileyo akunakwenziwa ngaphandle kokususwa komkhosi.

Xa iBhritane yaqala ukuba nefuthe kuMbindi Mpuma, yadlulela e-United States, umnqweno yayikukufaka umlilo kuMkhosi Wamanzi waseBritane. Yintoni eza kuqala? Iimfazwe okanye ioli? Yayiziimfazwe. Iimfazwe kunye namalungiselelo eemfazwe ezininzi zidla isixa esikhulu seoli. Kodwa ngokwenene iimfazwe zilwelwa ukulawula ioli. Oko kuthiwa kungenelelo lwangaphandle kwiimfazwe zamakhaya, ngokutsho kwezifundo ezibanzi, amaxesha angama-100 anokwenzeka ngakumbi - hayi apho kukho ukubandezeleka, hayi apho kukho inkohlakalo, hayi apho kukho isoyikiso kwihlabathi, kodwa apho ilizwe elisemfazweni lilikhulu. oovimba beoyile okanye umngeneleli unemfuno ephezulu yeoli.

Kufuneka sifunde ukuthi "Azisekho Iimfazwe zeOli" kunye "Akusekho Ioyile yeeMfazwe."

Uyazi ngubani ovumelana naloo nto? Umkhankaso wangaphambi komongameli uDonald Trump. NgoDisemba 6, 2009, kwiphepha le-8 yalo ENew York Times Ileta eya kuMongameli Obama ifathelwa njengesikhangiso kwaye isayinwe yiTrump ethi ukutshintsha kwemozulu kuyinkinga. "Nceda ungayihlehlisi umhlaba," kutsho. "Ukuba sihluleka ukwenza ngoku, sisinokwenzululwazi isingenakulinganiswa ukuba kuya kuba nemiphumo eyingozi kwaye ingenakuguquka komntu kunye nomhlaba wethu."

Enyanisweni, iTumpump ngoku yenza ukukhawulezisa ezo ziphumo, isenzo esitshutshisayo njengolwaphulo-mthetho oluchasene noluntu yiNkundla yeZizwe eziManyeneyo - ubuncinane ukuba iTump yayiyiAfrika. Kukwalulwaphulo-mthetho olungenakuthethelelwa yiNkongolo yase-United States - ubuncinci ukuba kukho indlela yokubandakanya isondo kuyo. Ukubamba lo rhulumente aphendule kuxhomekeke kuthi.

Ngelixa umkhosi ungunobangela ophambili wokutshintsha kwemozulu, ulawulo lwezinto ezinamandla kakhulu ezinamandla zento eyintsalela sisizathu esiphambili kwiimfazwe. Imfazwe ayibangelwa “lutshintsho lwemozulu ngokungabikho kwazo naziphi na izigqibo zabantu zokuya emfazweni, kodwa abantu abakhetha imfazwe bahlala bekwenza oko bephendula uhlobo lwentlekele eyila indalo. Funda nzulu Apha okanye lethu Nkomfa. I-pro-imvelo kunye nabasebenzi be-pro-peace bafunda ukusebenzisana kunye. Eli lixesha elihle!

NINI: 9 am ET ngoMgqibelo, Septemba 16, 2017

LAPHO: I-Pentagon Lagoon ngqo phambi kwePentagon.

Cofa apha ukuze ubhalise ukuze ujoyine i-flotilla.

Ukufikelela kwi-Pentagon Lagoon ukuhamba ngeenqanawa kufumaneka kwindawo yokukhupha isikebhe Columbia Island Marina. I-Marina mayifumaneka ngemoto ukusuka kumanqwanqwa angasentla aseGeorge Washington Memorial Parkway.

I-Lagoon inamanzi asele, ekhuselwe kumandla omoya kunye nomsinga kuMlambo wasePotomac. Siza kubhexa ii-kayaks zethu, amaphenyane, izikhephe ezikroliweyo, izikhephe ezihamba ngeeseyile, kunye nezihlenga ezinokuphephetheka umgama omfutshane kakhulu ukuya kwindawo efanelekileyo yeefoto. Oku kumalunga neyona ndlela ilula yokukhwela isikhephe onokuyicingela ngaphandle kwedama lokuqubha okanye ibhafu. Kodwa sifuna ukhuseleko lube yeyona nto iphambili. Wonke umntu kufuneka abe nebhatyi yobomi. Kwaye sinikezela ngeeseshoni ezimbini zoqeqesho lwasimahla lwe-kayak, ngo-Agasti 12 kwisiXeko saseSt. nqakraza apha ukujoyina i-flotilla).

Nceda uqwalasele ukuzisa iimpawu kunye / okanye ukugqoka iikhati ezifanelekileyo, ezifana la or la.

Ezinye izibonakaliso:

I-Flotilla yendalo kunye noxolo!

Imfazwe okanye iPlanethi: Khetha!

I-Pentagon = I-CO2 Ephezulu

Imfazwe iHarms Iplanethi yethu

I-Pentagon = Ukunyuka kwamaLwandle

La manzi aya phezulu ngenxa yesakhiwo

UWashington Uzocwina ngaphantsi kwePentagon Ukuchitha

Akukho Mfazwe ngakumbi yeoli

Ayikho iOyili ngakumbi yeeMfazwe

(yenza ngokwakho!)

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