Ujikeleze ezinzulwini zobusuku

NguSean Reynolds, Okthobha 1, 2020

Nge-26 kaSeptemba yayiliSuku lwaMazwe ngaMazwe lokuGqitywa kweZixhobo zeNyukliya. EChicago, apho iVoices for Creative Unviolence is based, activists held the third of three COVID-era “Car Caravans” for nuclear disarmament, bedlula esixekweni besuka kwiiVoices ezikhawulezisa ngokukhawuleza ubumelwane base-Uptown ukuya kumfanekiso oqingqiweyo kwi-South Side yaseChicago ephawula Indawo eyoyikisayo yokuphendula kokuqala kwenyukliya. Iimoto zineebhanti ezibhalwe "Siphelise iiNukes zaseMelika ngaphambi kokuba zisiphele," Ithamsanqa Elisisithulu ”“ Hayi i-China, hayi i-Russia, hayi i-Iran: Ihlabathi liyasoyikisa ”kunye nemiyalezo ecacisa gca ngokuchasene nenyukliya.

U-Stalwart ekwakheni umsitho yayingamaqela aquka iChicago Area Peace Action, i-CODEPINK, iKomiti yaseChicago ngokuchasene neMfazwe kunye nobuhlanga, kunye ne-Gay Liberation Network, eneempepha zekharavani yenyanga ephelileyo ekhutshiweyo kwaye kungekudala izakufumana amawaka ababukeli bokusasaza ukuphindaphinda isikhululo sendawo. Le kharavani yenziwa ngesikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-75 yebhombu ye-athomu yaseNagasaki, kwaye izithethi zaqhekeka phakathi komnqweno wokukhumbula i-WWII eyothusayo yobundlobongela kwizixeko zaseJapan, kunye nenyani yokuba izixhobo zenyukliya zanamhlanje zitshabalalisa ngendlela engathethekiyo kunezo zibhombu. , kunye nemodeli ye-Hiroshima-fission yebhombu yekhosi ebandakanyiweyo kuyilo lwesixhobo ngasinye se-thermonuclear njenge-detonator. Ukunikezelwa kwamandla abo okubandakanya amandla okubangela ubusika benyukliya nangotshintshiselwano olunqongopheleyo, ezi zixhobo 'zokuqala ukusebenzisa ziya kuhlala zingabanjwanga: ziya kuphelisa zonke iintlanga nazo zonke izixeko.

NgoMgqibelo lo besineemoto ezilishumi, ezinye zihambe kade kwiRSVPing. Ingxoxo yavela malunga nobunzima bokuzoba abathathi-nxaxheba (kwaye mhlawumbi ikwangowona msebenzi wokwenene wokudlula eChicago eSouth Side), kungekudala emva kwesigwebo sikaBreonna Taylor, kunye nokuxolelwa kwamapolisa abulala uBreonna Taylor. Siphawulile, nangona kunjalo, ukuba i-United States yenze ukubulala okungachazwanga kwilizwe lonke kwindima yayo eyabelwe ukuba lipolisa lehlabathi, kwaye iyaqhubeka nokuzixhobisa ngezixhobo eziza kuphelisa umntu kudubulo lokuqala.

Enye yeebhanile zethu ibisithi "Ukubamba umpu kwiNtloko yeHlabathi." Ihlokondiba elingasoze lifune ukudubula umpu walo kodwa lisebenzisa umpu ngogonyamelo ekunyanzeliseni irakethi yalo. I-US iyaqhubeka isebenzisa izixhobo zayo zenyukliya. UDaniel Ellsberg ubhala ecenga kwincwadi yakhe ethi "The Doomsday Machine" ukuba umongameli wase-US oxhobile okanye othathekise okokuqala ukusebenzisa inyukliya ukulawula ingxaki engeyiyo eyenyukliya. Ewe kunjalo, akukho Mongameli kwaye akukho mntu unyuliweyo weqela eliphambili otyunjiweyo okhe walahla ukusetyenziswa kwenyukliya okokuqala njengomgaqo-nkqubo, nkqu nakwizizwe ezingezizo ezenyukliya. Ayisiyiyo kuphela inkohlakalo eyadlulayo, kunye nesithembiso sokutshabalalisa kwikamva, kodwa ihlazo lanamhlanje lokunyelisa ngokubamba umpu wethu omnyama kwibunzi lehlabathi - emabunzini abantwana - kufanele ukuba kusiqinisekise ukuba sibeka ulwakhiwo lombutho wokulwa izixhobo phakathi kobomi bethu. eyona nto iphambili, ibelated, izinto eziphambili.

Uncwadi lwekharavani yethu, oluchanekileyo lokuvuma iingxelo zenyukliya ezoyikekayo kulawulo lukaTrump kunye no-Obama, yamangaliswa yinto yokuba “[yena] eluntwini lwase-US aloyikisi ngokungenankathalo isixhobo sokupheliswa kweentlobo ezoyikisayo. Ubuntu ngokuqinisekileyo bujamelene nengozi yenyukliya embi kunokuba yenzayo ekuphakameni kweMfazwe ebandayo. IBulletin of Atomic Scientists ibeke igama labo elidumileyo elithi "Doomsday Clock" kwimizuzwana eyi-100 ukuya ezinzulwini zobusuku, ixesha layo lokuqala ukubalwa ngemizuzwana, ilungelelanise ukufika kweenuksi ezenza ukuba iinwele zibangele. " Oko kungakhathali, kunye nokuzimisela okulandelayo kokubini amaqela ezopolitiko ukulandela iiMfazwe eziBandayo nokuba kungo China okanye iRussia, sesinye isizathu sokukholelwa ukuba ezinzulwini zobusuku zisondele ngendlela emanyumnyezi.

Ixesha lethu lihlala likho ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo ethemba lokwenene. Uqhankqalazo olunesazela kunye nobugorha ngo-2018 olwenziwe yi "Kings Bay Plowshares Seven" lusikhumbuza ukuba isibindi ebusweni ezinzulwini zobusuku sinokwenzeka - IiPlowshares zijongane nomhla obalulekileyo wokugwetywa kwinyanga ezayo kwaye bafanelwe yinkxaso kuthi sonke. Intshukumo enkulu yenyukliya akufuneki ime okanye iwele kwimpumelelo yayo ekufezekiseni, konke ngaxeshanye, ukungabikho kwezixhobo zenyukliya - iinjongo ezingaphezulu ngokuthe ngcembe zokwakha intshukumo ziyafumaneka, kubandakanya nenjongo kaDaniel Ellsberg ecetyiswayo yokuphelisa “ukusetyenziswa-okanye ukulahleka. -them ”imijukujelwa esekwe emhlabeni kuqala, kunye neemfuno ezintlanu eziqinisekileyo zobundlongondlongo (kunye nokukhula) Ukubuya kwi-Brink intshukumo.

Ngeli xesha ngaphandle kwemida yobukhosi base-US, ezi khandlela-zibanjiweyo zibanjwa ezinzulwini zobusuku ziqala, ngethamsanqa, ukufana nomlilo okhulayo wokukhusela inkampu.

Okwangoku amazwe angama-87 atyikitye, kwaza kwasayinwa ezingama-45 (ezingama-50 ezifunekayo), isivumelwano se-UN ngokuqinisekileyo sonakalisa ulwahlulo lwenyukliya kula mazwe alithoba anamandla: i-United States, iRussia, i-United Kingdom, i-France, i-China, i-Indiya, i-Pakistan, ne-North. Korea, kunye (semi-ngasese) kwa-Israyeli. Ngelixa amazwe anezixhobo ezininzi zokubulala abantu, ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, axoxe iingxoxo ezinxulumene nesi siVumelwano, amazwe asongelwa zizizukulwana ngalo "mbumba wenyukliya" ngokudibeneyo abhengeza ukuba amazwe aphethe izixhobo zenyukliya ngawona maqela aphikisayo. Ngenxa yokuba amazwe ehlabathi ephikisana ngakumbi nabo, ngaba nabantu base-US banokugcina ukungakhathali ixesha elide?

I-Ireland iqinisekisile iSivumelwano seNyukliya seNyukliya ekuqaleni kukaSeptemba, kwaye i-Irish Dail sele ipasile umthetho onyanzelisa iSivumelwano kumthetho waseIreland. Umthetho omtsha wenza ulwaphulo-mthetho, wohlwaywa ngokuhlawuliswa okanye ubomi entolongweni, "ukunceda, ukukhuthaza okanye ukunyanzela" nawuphi na umntu ukuba enze nantoni na ngezixhobo zenyukliya. Nje ukuba isiQinisekiso seNyukliya siqale ukusebenza, lo iya kuba ngumthetho kuwo onke amazwe athe aqinisekisa isiVumelwano. Ngelixa amazwe angazibandakanyanga nesiVumelwano enganyanzelekanga ngokwasemthethweni ukuba asithobele, iSivumelwano simisela kumthetho wamazwe aphesheya "isiko" elisemthethweni ngokuchasene nezixhobo zenyukliya eziya kuthi ziqhubeke ukubumba indlela yokuziphatha kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yamazwe ashiyekileyo ngaphandle kwesiVumelwano.

Eminye imvumelwano emibini i-US ayikaze ityikitye kwaye ingqinisisi yi-Landmines Treaty kunye ne-Cluster Munitions Treaty, kodwa i-US ayizisebenzisanga ezi zixhobo okoko ezi zivumelwano zaqala ukusebenza, ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yehlazo lamazwe ngoku eliqhotyoshelwe kwezi zixhobo, kwaye ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yobunzima bokusebenza kunye nabatyikityo bokutyikitya umnqophiso ngokusemthethweni abangakwaziyo ukusebenzisa ezi zixhobo okanye ukuzenza. Iinkampani zase-US ziye zanyanzeliswa ukuba ziyeke ukwenza izixhobo ezingavumelekanga, ngokuyinxalenye ngamaphulo amazwe aphesheya okwahlulwa okunxulumene nezivumelwano. Ezi zinto zinje sele zichaphazela ukuveliswa kwezixhobo zenyukliya zase-US kubudala beSivumelwano seNyukliya. Ukuba siyabaxhasa abamelwane bethu behlabathi ngoku, mhlawumbi banokutshintsha iingqondo zabamelwane bethu emakhaya.

Ubuntu abukho apha ngonaphakade: kunye nokuqinisa imeko yomlo, yemozulu, yokungalingani kwehlabathi kunye nokupheliswa kwezixhobo zehlabathi akufuneki kuthi kusincomela ubomi bokungakhathali, okanye ukungakhathali kokuzikhohlisa ngokungabinamandla okubonakala ngathi kuvuselela iinkokheli zethu. . Endaweni yokuba basifundise ukungxamiseka kokuphila ngentsingiselo, isidima, unxibelelwano kunye nenjongo ngoku, ngoku ngeli xesha sinexesha.

Singaba nexesha elimangalisayo elishiyekileyo ukuba kunokwaneleyo kuthi ukufumana isidima ukubeka uvelwano, intlonipho, kwaye mhlawumbi nobumbano lwehlabathi phambi kwekamva elinamabhongo esasizakhela sonke. Ixabisekile le minyaka. Masibe ngumzekelo wobukhalipha kunye nemfesane efunwa ngabantu abaninzi kwizizwe urhulumente wethu ajolise kuzo phesheya kolwandle, ngabaphembeleli bePlowshares ngoku abalindele isigwebo. Uthando lwethu malukhuseleke kwaye luvakale…

“… Xa kufika ezinzulwini zobusuku.”

USean Reynolds (joveismad@juno.com) ngumququzeleli weeVoices for Creative Unviolence (www.vcnv.org) owayeye eIran ngokuthunyelwa yiCODPINK's 2019.