UMama womhlaba uyalila abantwana bakhe: I-Military yase-US kufuneka ibeke i-Environmental Ecocide

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Njengoko ndandihamba kwi-DC ukuya kumngcipheko wokubanjwa kwisenzo esiququzelelwe yi-National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) ndandiziva ndixhalabile, kodwa ndiyazi ukuba le nto kufuneka ndiyenze. Oku kuya kuba kukuqala kwam ukubanjwa okoko ndabanjwa kwiCIA ngoJuni ka-2013, kwaye ndagwetywa unyaka omnye emva kwetyala lika-Okthobha ka-2013. Ukuthabatha phantse iminyaka emibini ekuzibekeni esichengeni sokubanjwa kwandinceda ukuba ndikuhlolisise ngokwenene oko ndandikwenza nesizathu sokuba, yaye ndandizimisele ukuqhubeka ndiphila ubomi bokuchasa ulwaphulo-mthetho lukarhulumente wethu.

Ndibe yinxalenye ye-NCNR iminyaka eyi-12 - ukususela ekuqhutyweni kwemfazwe e-Iraq kwi-2003. Njengoko inani labantu ababandakanyekayo kwi-anti-war movement liyancipha, ndiyazi ukuba kufuneka siqhubeke nokuchasana. Nangona singenamanani amakhulu ngoku, kubaluleke kakhulu kunangaphambili ukuba sithethe inyani malunga nokwenzeka kwiimfazwe eIraq, Pakistan, naseYemen, kwinkqubo yemfazwe yedrone, nasekujongeni iindlela ingxaki yemozulu yenziwa mandundu ngumkhosi.

Zininzi iindlela apho umkhosi utshabalalisa iplanethi yethu ngokusebenzisa amafutha, izixhobo zenyukliya, iuranium ephelelweyo, ukutshiza iikhemikhali ezinetyhefu emasimini "kwiMfazwe yeZiyobisi" eMzantsi Melika, kunye namakhulu aliqela eziseko zomkhosi ezijikeleze. Umhlaba. I-Agent Orange, eyayisetyenziswa ngexesha leMfazwe yaseVietnam isachaphazela indalo. Ngokutsho kukaJoseph Nevins, kwinqaku elipapashwe yi-CommonDreams.org, Ukutsalwa kwe-Greenwashing kwi-Pentagon, “Umkhosi waseUnited States ngoyena mthengi mkhulu ehlabathini wasebenzisa amafutha eefosili, kwaye lelona qumrhu linoxanduva lokutshabalalisa imozulu yoMhlaba.”

KUFUNEKA SITHATHE INYANISO LOKUKUPHELISA OKU KUTSHATYISWA OKUSINGQONGILEYO NGUMkhosi waseMelika.

I-NCNR yaqala ukucwangcisa isenzo soMhla woMhlaba kwiinyanga ezininzi ezidlulileyo apho sibambe uxanduva lomkhosi ngendima yabo ekutshatyalaliswa kweplanethi. Bendithumela ii-imeyile ezimbalwa kubantu abohlukeneyo kunye noluhlu njengoko siqhubeka nocwangciso lwethu. Emva koko malunga neeveki ezi-6 ezidlulileyo ndaye ndaqhagamshelwa ngu-Elliot Grollman ovela kwiSebe lezoKhuseleko lwaseKhaya. Wayezibuza ukuba sasisenza ntoni, kwaye njengendlela yokuzama ukufumana ulwazi oluthe kratya kum, wabuza ukuba angancedisa na ukuququzelela isenzo sethu ngo-Aprili 22. Into eyandothusayo kakhulu kukuba wandixelela ukuba uyayazi ngesenzo sethu ngo. ukufunda imbalelwano yam ye-imeyile yabucala. Asinakuze sicinge ukuba nantoni na esiyithethayo ayisayi kubekwa iliso. Wafowunela inombolo yam yefowuni yasekhaya kwiNtaba yeHorebhe, WI e 7: 00 am ngentsasa yentshukumo. Ewe bendiseWashington, DC kwaye umyeni wam wamxelela loo nto kwaye wamnika inombolo yam yefowuni.

Ngomhla woMhlaba, i-22 ka-Epreli, ndajoyina abanye abaphembeleli ukuba bathumele ileta ku-Gina McCarthy, intloko ye-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo, ebiza i-EPA ukuba yenze umsebenzi wabo ekubekeni iliso kunye nokuphelisa ukubandakanyeka komkhosi ekudaleni isiphithiphithi semozulu, kwaye emva koko saya kwiPentagon apho siza kuzama ukuhambisa ileta kuNobhala wezoKhuselo. Zombini ezi leta zathunyelwa kwiiveki ezimbalwa ngaphambi kwesenzo kwaye asizange sifumane mpendulo. Kuzo zombini ezi leta besicela intlanganiso sixoxe ngezinto ezisikhathazayo.

Malunga namashumi amathathu abantu bahlanganisene ngaphandle kwe-EPA 10: 00 am ngosuku lwesenzo. UDavid Barrows wenze ibhanile enkulu efundeka ngolu hlobo “EPA – Do Your Job; I-Pentagon-Yeka i-Ecocide yakho". Kwakukho umfanekiso womhlaba uvutha amadangatye kwibhanile. Sikwanazo neepowusta ezisi-8 ezincinci ezicatshulwe kwileta yethu eya kuAshton Carter.

UMax waqala inkqubo wathetha ngoMama uMhlaba elila njengoko etshatyalaliswa ngabantwana bakhe. UBeth Adams ufunde ingxelo, elandelwa nguEd Kinane efunda ingxelo eyenziwe nguPat Hynes.

Sasinayo ileta ebesifuna ukuyihambisa kwintloko ye-EPA, uGina McCarthy, okanye kummeli okwisikhundla sokwenza umgaqo-nkqubo. Endaweni yoko i-EPA yathumela umntu osuka kwi-ofisi yakhe yoBudlelwane boLuntu ukuba afumane ileta yethu. Bathe baza kubuyela kuthi, kwaye ndiya kumangaliswa ukuba benjenjalo.

UMarsha Coleman-Adebayo emva koko wathetha. UMarsha wayengumqeshwa we-EPA de wavuthela impempe kwimisebenzi ababeyinxalenye yayo eyayibulala abantu. Uthe xa ethetha bamxelela ukuba makathule. Kodwa uMarsha wathetha ngendlela aza kubabona ngayo abantu abafana nathi ngaphandle kwefestile beqhankqalazela i-EPA. Abo baqhankqalazi bamnika isibindi sokuqhubeka nokutyhala ukupheliswa kolwaphulo-mthetho obenziwa yi-EPA, nangona wayegxothiwe. UMarsha wasixelela ukuba ngokuba singaphandle kwe-EPA, sasinika inkuthazo kubantu abafuna ukuthetha, kodwa babeziva besoyika ukwenza njalo.

Sasinomsebenzi omningi wokwenza kwaye ngoko sayishiya i-EPA kwaye sayisa iMetro kwibala lokutya le-Pentagon City apho sasinokwaziswa kokugqibela ngaphambi kokuba siye ePentagon.

Sasinabantu abamalunga namashumi amahlanu abaqhubela phambili kwiPentagon nabantu abaphethe oopopi abenziwe nguSue Frankel-Streit ekhokelayo.

Sithe xa sisondela ePentagon ndeva amabhabhathane esuswini imilenze yam ibingathi ijika ibeyi jelly. Kodwa bendikunye neqela labantu endibaziyo nendibathembileyo kwaye bendisazi ukuba kufuneka ndibe yinxalenye yesi senzo.

Singene kwindawo ebekelwe iPentagon kwaye sahamba ecaleni kwendlela ukuya ePentagon. Ubuncinci ngamagosa angama-30 esilindile. Kwakukho ucingo lwentsimbi ecaleni kwendlela kunye nentunjana esingeniswa kuyo kwindawo enengca. Le ndawo ikwelinye icala locingo yayichongwe njengendawo yokuthetha ngokukhululekileyo.

UMalachy wayekhokela ucwangciso yaye, njengesiqhelo, wathetha kakuhle ngesizathu sokuba kufuneka siqhubeke nalo msebenzi. Wathetha nge-NCNR yokubhala iileta eziya kumagosa anyuliweyo natyunjiweyo kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo. SINGAZE sifumane impendulo. Oku kuyabanda. Njengabemi, kufuneka sikwazi ukunxibelelana norhulumente wethu malunga nezinto ezisikhathazayo. Kukho into engalunganga kakhulu kwilizwe lethu ukuba bangayihoyi into esiyithethayo. Ukuba besingabaxhasi bekontraka yokhuselo, ioyile enkulu, okanye enye inkampani enkulu besiyakwamkelwa kwiiofisi eziseCapitol Hill nasePentagon. Kodwa thina, njengabemi, asikwazi ukufikelela kumagosa karhulumente. Sizama njani ukulitshintsha ihlabathi xa abo banegunya besala ukusiphulaphula?

UHendrik Vos uthethe eshukumayo malunga nendlela urhulumente wethu axhasa ngayo oorhulumente abangenademokhrasi eLatin America. Wathetha ngokubaluleka kwenyathelo lethu lokuchasa uluntu ngokuvuma kwethu ukubeka esichengeni ukubanjwa. UPaul Magno wayekhuthaza njengoko wayethetha malunga nezenzo ezininzi zokuchasa uluntu esakhela kuzo, kubandakanywa nabalweli bePlowshare.

Emva kokumamela izithethi ezisibhozo kuthi ezazisemngciphekweni wokubanjwa sangena kwintunjana encinane yokungena ecaleni kwendlela ukuze sizame ukuhambisa ileta yethu kuNobhala wezoKhuselo uAshton Carter, okanye ummeli okwisikhundla sokwenza umgaqo-nkqubo. Sasikwindlela apho uluntu luhamba rhoqo ukuze lungene kwiPentagon.

Saye samiswa ngoko nangoko nguGosa uBallard. Akakhange abonakale enobuhlobo kakhulu njengoko wayesixelele ukuba sivale indledlana yeenyawo kwaye kufuneka siphinde singene “kwindawo yokuthetha ngokukhululekileyo”. Samxelela ukuba siza kuma elucingweni ukuze abantu badlule ngokukhululekileyo.

Kwakhona, omnye umntu owayengenawo amandla avela kwiofisi yePR weza kusihlangabeza aze amkele ileta yethu, kodwa saxelelwa ukuba kwakungayi kubakho ngxoxo. UBallard usixelele ukuba kufuneka sihambe okanye siza kubanjwa.

Sasingabantu abasibhozo abaxhalabileyo abangenabundlobongela beme ngoxolo ngokuchasene nocingo kwindlela kawonke-wonke. Xa sathi asinakuhamba de sithethe nomntu onegunya, uBallard waxelela elinye igosa ukuba lisinike izilumkiso zethu ezithathu.

UMalachy waqalisa ukufunda ileta esasifuna ukuyihambisa kuNobhala uCarter njengoko kwakunikelwa izilumkiso ezithathu.

Emva kwesilumkiso sesithathu, bavala ukuvulwa kwendawo yokuthetha ngokukhululekileyo, kwaye malunga namagosa angama-20 avela kwiqela le-SWAT, awayelinde i-30 yeenyawo, eza kusihlawulisa. Andisokuze ndiyilibale inkangeleko yomsindo ebusweni begosa elize ngakuMalachy lathi ngogonyamelo lohlutha ileta ezandleni zakhe lamfaka ezinkonkxeni.

Ndabona ukuba oku kuya kuba kukunye ukubanjwa ngobundlobongela ePentagon. Ngo-Epreli we-2011, i-NCNR yaququzelela isenzo kwi-Pentagon kwaye kwakukho ubundlobongela obuninzi ngamapolisa ngelo xesha. Bawisa phantsi uEve Tetaz baza bandophula ingalo yam emva komqolo wam. Ndeva iingxelo zabanye ukuba nabo baphathwa kakubi ngaloo mini.

Igosa elalindibambile lathi mandibeke izandla emva komqolo. Iicuffs zaqiniswa wawaxhuzula waqina, ebangela intlungu engathethekiyo. Kwiintsuku ezintlanu emva kokuba ndibanjiwe isandla sam sisagruzukile kwaye sithambile.

UTrudy ebekhala kabuhlungu kuba iicuffs zakhe bezimxine kakhulu. Wacela ukuba bakhululwe, yaye ipolisa lamxelela ukuba ukuba akakuthandi, wayengamele aphinde ayenze le nto. Akukho nalinye ipolisa elibambileyo ebenxibe iinametag kwaye ke akachazwanga.

Sabanjwa ngeenxa zonke 2: 30 pm kwaye ikhutshwe malunga ne-4: 00pm. Ukusetyenzwa bekuncinci. Ndaqaphela ukuba amanye amadoda abethelwa phantsi ngaphambi kokuba sifakwe kwiveni yamapolisa, kodwa andizange ndivume. Sathi sakufika kwisikhululo sokulungisa izinto, basinqumla amakhamandi ngokukhawuleza njengoko sasingena kweso sakhiwo, yaye abafazi bafakwa kwesinye isisele amadoda kwesinye. Bathatha iimagi zethu sonke, kodwa abazange bathathe iminwe kuthi. Ukuprintwa kweminwe kuthatha ixesha elide kwaye mhlawumbi xa befumana izazisi zethu, bafumanisa ukuba yonke iminwe yethu sele ikwinkqubo yabo.

Ababanjiweyo yayinguManijeh Saba waseNew Jersey, uStephen Bush waseVirginia, uMax Obuszewski noMalachy Kilbride baseMaryland, uTrudy Silver noFelton Davis baseNew York, noPhil Runkel noJoy First baseWisconsin.

UDavid Barrows noPaul Magno banikela inkxaso yaye babelindele ukudibana nathi njengoko sasikhululwa.

SasikwiPentagon sisebenzisa amalungelo ethu oLungiso lokuQala kunye nezibophelelo zethu phantsi kweNuremberg, kwaye njengabantu abachaphazelekayo ngobunzima bukaMama woMhlaba. Sasikwindledlana eyayisetyenziswa luluntu ngoxolo sicela intlanganiso nomntu othile kwiPentagon, emva koko safunda ileta esasiyithumele kuNobhala Wezomkhosi, uAshton Carter. Asizange senze lwaphulo-mthetho, kodwa sasichasene nolwaphulo-mthetho lukarhulumente wethu, ukanti sabekwa ityala lokwaphula umyalelo osemthethweni. Le yinkcazo yokuchasa uluntu

Yingxaki enkulu kakhulu ukuba izimemezo zethu zoxolo nobulungisa zingahoywa ngamagosa karhulumente. Nangona kubonakala ngathi asiphulaphulwa, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuqhubeka sisebenza ngokuxhathisa. Ndiyazi ukuba nangona siziva ngathi asisebenzi, ukwenza ngokuchaseneyo kuphela kokhetho lwam lokwenza oko ndinako ukwenza umahluko kubomi babazukulwana bam kunye nabantwana behlabathi. Nangona kunzima ukwazi ukuba siyasebenza na, ndiyakholelwa ukuba sonke kufuneka senze konke esinako ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi wethu woxolo nobulungisa. Elo kuphela kwethemba lethu.

Imifanekiso ekubanjweni ePentagon.