Iingxelo kwiNorth Carolina Action Action Event eRaleigh, NC, Agasti 23, 2014.
Enkosi ngokundimema, kwaye ndiyabulela kwiNyathelo loXolo lwaseNorth Carolina, nakuJohn Heuer endimthatha njengomntu odinayo ongenabuganga nophefumlelweyo odala uxolo ngokwakhe. Ngaba singambulela uJohn?
Kuliwonga kum ukuba ndibe nenxaxheba ekuhlonipheni uMenzi woXolo wabaFundi ngo-2014, iMatter Youth North North Carolina. Ndilandele into eyenziwa yiMatter kwilizwe liphela iminyaka, bendihleli kwityala lenkundla abalizisileyo eWashington, DC, ndabelana ngeqonga nabo kumsitho woluntu, ndiququzelele i-Intanethi Isikhalazo kunye nabo kwiRootsAction.org, ndibhale malunga nabo kwaye ndibabukele bekhuthaza ababhali abanjengoJeremy Brecher endincoma ukuba ndifunde. Nanku umbutho osebenza kwimidla yazo zonke izizukulwana ezizayo zazo zonke iintlobo kwaye ukhokelwa- kwaye ukhokelwe kakuhle- ngabantwana babantu. Ngaba singabancoma?
Kodwa, mhlawumbi ndityhila umbono omfutshane kunye nokuzicingela kwam njengelungu lendidi engakhange iguquke ukuze ilawule iplanethi iphela, ndonwabe ngakumbi kukuqonda iMatter Youth North North Carolina kuba umtshana wam uHallie Turner kwaye Umtshana wam uTravis Turner bayinxalenye yayo. Bafanelwe ziiLOTI zokuqhwaba izandla.
Kwaye iqela elipheleleyo lokucwangcisa iMatter, ndixelelwe, limelwe ngokuhlwanje nguZack Kingery, uNora White, noAri Nicholson. Kuya kufuneka baqhwabe izandla nangakumbi.
Ndithatha ikhredithi epheleleyo ngomsebenzi kaHallie noTravis, kuba nangona ndingakhange ndibafundise nto, ndenza njalo, ngaphambi kokuba bazalwe, ndixelele udadewethu ukuba makaye kwisikolo sethu sokuhlangana kwakhona, apho wadibana nendoda eyaba yeyam. sbari. Ngaphandle kwalonto, akukho Hallie kwaye akukho Travis.
Nangona kunjalo, yayingabazali bam - endicinga ukuba ngengcinga efanayo (nangona kule meko ndiyayala) bafumana ikhredithi epheleleyo ngayo nantoni na endiyenzayo - ngabo bathatha uHallie kwintlanganiso yakhe yokuqala, e-White House bekhalaza Umbhobho weesar. Ndixelelwe ukuba uHallie wayengazi ukuba kwakuthetha ntoni ekuqaleni okanye kutheni abantu abalungileyo babanjwa, endaweni yokuba abantu benze izinto ezichasene nabantu esibathandayo kwaye nomhlaba wethu ubanjiwe. Kodwa ekupheliseni indibano uHallie wayelungile ebunzimeni bayo, wayengazukuhamba ade umntu wokugqibela aye entolongweni ngenxa yobulungisa, kwaye wabhengeza elona xesha lolona suku lubalulekileyo ebomini bakhe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, okanye amagama umphumo.
Mhlawumbi, njengoko kwavela, olo yayilusuku olubalulekileyo, hayi uHallie kuphela kodwa kunye neMatter Youth North Carolina, kwaye, ngubani owaziyo, mhlawumbi nje- njengomhla wokuphoswa kukaGandhi kuloliwe, okanye mhla uBayard Rustin wathetha uMartin ULuther King Jr. ukuba anikezele ngemipu yakhe, okanye mhla utitshala wabela uThomas Clarkson ukuba abhale isincoko esimalunga nokuba ubukhoboka bamkelekile na - ekugqibeleni iyakuba lusuku olubalulekileyo kuthi.
Ndineentloni ngezinto ezimbini nangona, nangona ndinekratshi.
Enye yeyokuba thina bantu badala sishiya abantwana ukuze bafumane isenzo sokuziphatha kunye nokuzibandakanya kwezopolitiko ngengozi kunokuba sizifundise ngokwenkqubo nangokwemvelo, ngokungathi asicingi ukuba bafuna ubomi obunentsingiselo, ngokungathi sicinga ukuba ubomi obutofotofo ngumntu opheleleyo efanelekileyo. Sicela abantwana bakhokele indlela kwindalo esingqongileyo, kuba thina-ndithetha ngokudibeneyo kuwo wonke umntu ongaphezulu kweminyaka engama-30, abantu uBob Dylan bathi mabangathembi de abe ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-30- asiyenzi, kwaye abantwana bayayithatha usiya enkundleni, kwaye urhulumente wethu uvumela abanye abatshabalalisi bommandla ukuba babe ngabachasi ngokuzithandela (ngaba ungacinga ngokuzithandela ukumangalelwa kunye nomnye umntu ojamelene nesimangalo somthetho? Hayi, yima, ndimangalele nam!), kunye nabatyholwa ngokuzithandela, kubandakanya noMbutho weSizwe wabavelisi, babonelela ngamagqwetha abiza imali ethe kratya kunoko kuhanjelwa zizikolo uHallie noTravis, kwaye iinkundla zigweba ukuba lilungelo lomntu ngamnye lezinto ezingezizo ezomntu ezibizwa ngokuba yimibutho ukutshabalalisa ukuhlala emhlabeni wonke umntu, ngaphandle kwengcinga ebonakalayo ethi iinkampani ziya kuyeka ukubakho.
Ngaba abantwana bethu kufuneka benze njengoko sithethayo okanye njengoko sisenza? Akunjalo! Kuya kufuneka babaleke baye kwelinye icala kuyo nayiphi na into esiyichukumisileyo. Kukho okungafaniyo, kunjalo. Abanye bethu bazama kancinci. Kodwa ngumzamo wenyani wokulungisa inducctation yenkcubeko ethi sithi amabinzana afana nokuthi "lahla le" ngokungathi kukho kude, okanye ubhala ngokutshatyalaliswa kwehlathi "ukukhula kwezoqoqosho," okanye ukukhathazeka ngento ebizwa ngokuba yioyile ephezulu. kwaye siza kuphila njani xa iphela i-oyile, nangona sele sifumene izihlandlo ezihlanu kwinto esinokuyitshisa ngokukhuselekileyo kwaye sikwazi ukuhlala kweli litye lihle.
Kodwa abantwana bahlukile. Isidingo sokukhusela umhlaba kunye nokusebenzisa amandla acocekileyo nokuba oko kuthetha ukuphazamiseka okumbalwa okanye umngcipheko othile, ayisiyonto ingaqhelekanga okanye engaqhelekanga emntwaneni kunesiqingatha sezinye izinto abaziswa okokuqala, njenge-algebra, okanye ukudibana, okanye oomalume. Abachithanga minyaka mininzi bexelelwa ukuba amandla ahlaziyekayo awasebenzi. Khange bayiphucule imeko elungileyo yokuthanda izwe okusivumela ukuba siqhubeke sikholelwa kumandla ahlaziyekayo akunakusebenza nanjengoko sisiva ngokusebenza kwamanye amazwe. (Yiyo i-physics yaseJamani!)
Iinkokeli zethu ezisencinci zineminyaka embalwa yokufundiswa oko uMartin Luther King Jr. wakubiza ngokuba kukuthanda izinto eziphathekayo, ukulwa, kunye nobuhlanga. Abantu abadala bavala indlela ezinkundleni, ke abantwana bangena ezitalatweni, bayazilungiselela kwaye baphazamise kwaye bafundise. Kwaye ke kufuneka, kodwa bachasene nenkqubo yemfundo kunye nenkqubo yengqesho kunye nenkqubo yokonwaba ehlala ibaxelela ukuba abanamandla, olo tshintsho lukhulu alunakwenzeka, kwaye eyona nto ibalulekileyo onokuyenza kukuvota.
Ngoku, abantu abadala baxelelana ukuba eyona nto ibalulekileyo abanokuyenza kukuvota kubi ngokwaneleyo, kodwa besithi ebantwaneni abangakhulanga ngokwaneleyo ukuba bangavota kufana nokubaxelela ukuba bangenzi nto. Sifuna iipesenti ezimbalwa zabemi bethu ukwenza ngokuchaseneyo nento, ukuhlala kunye nokuphefumla ukuzinikela okusebenzayo. Sidinga ukunganyangeki okungafunekiyo, ukufundisa ngokutsha, ukuhanjiswa kwakhona kwezixhobo zethu, ukukhwabanisa, ukwahlulwa, ukwenziwa kweendlela ezizinzileyo njengemodeli zabanye, kunye nokuthintela ulungelelwaniso oluzinzileyo olucwangcisekileyo nolumomothekayo lusiqhuba phezu kwengxondorha. Iindibano ezilungiselelwe iMatter yoLutsha eNorth Carolina ijongeka ngathi ihamba kwicala elifanelekileyo kum. Ke, masibabulele kwakhona.
Into yesibini endineentloni ngayo kukuba ayisiyonto ingaqhelekanga ukuba umbutho woxolo ufike kumzabalazo wendalo xa ukhetha umntu oza kumnika imbeko, ngelixa ndingazange ndakhe ndeva ngento eyahlukileyo. U-Hallie no-Travis banomalume osebenza kakhulu kuxolo, kodwa bahlala kwinkcubeko apho ubutshantliziyo obufumana inkxaso-mali kunye nokuqwalaselwa kunye nokwamkelwa okuqhelekileyo, ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba lokuba nayiphi na into iyenzeka kwaye iyalandela emva kwe-5Ks ngokuchasene nomhlaza wamabele kunye nohlobo yobutshantliziyo obungenabachasi bokwenene, bubutshantliziyo bommandla. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba kukho ingxaki ngale nto ndiyenzileyo kunye nento esiqhele ukuyenza, oko kukuthi, ngokwahlulahlula abantu njengabaphembeleli boxolo okanye abatshabalalisi bokusingqongileyo okanye abanyanzeli bonyulo abacocekileyo okanye abaguquli bohlaziyo losasazo okanye abachasayo. Njengokuba siye saqonda kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo, sonke sidibanisa ukuya kuma-99% yabemi, kodwa abo basebenzayo ngenene bahlulahlulwe, enyanisweni nakwimbono yabantu.
Uxolo kunye nokusingqongileyo kufanele ukuba, ndicinga ukuba, zidityaniswe kwigama elinye loxolo, kuba akukho ntshukumo inokuphumelela ngaphandle kwelinye. IMatter ifuna ukuhlala ngokungathi ikamva lethu libalulekile. Awunakukwenza oko ngomkhosi, ngezixhobo ozithathayo, kunye nentshabalalo ebangela, nomngcipheko okhula ngakumbi kusuku ngalunye oludlulayo lwezixhobo zenyukliya ziya kuthi zichazwe ngabom okanye ngengozi. Ukuba ubunokufumanisa ukuba ungalukhupha njani olunye uhlanga ngelixa udubula imijukujelwa yalo evela esibhakabhakeni, ekungekho mntu uyiqondileyo, ifuthe kwimozulu nakwimozulu linokuchaphazela nolwakho uhlanga. Kodwa yinto entle leyo. Kwimeko yehlabathi yokwenyani, isixhobo senyukliya sisungulwa ngenjongo okanye ngempazamo, kwaye ezininzi ngakumbi zisungulwa ngokukhawuleza kuwo onke amacala. Oku sele kuphantse kwenzeka amatyeli amaninzi, kwaye inyani yokuba singayihoyi kwaphela ayenzi ukuba ibe ngaphezulu kunokuba kunqabile. Ndicinga ukuba uyazi ukuba kwenzeka ntoni ngeekhilomitha ezingama-50 kumazantsi mpuma walapha ngoJanuwari 24, 1961? Injalo loo nto, umkhosi wase-US ngempazamo ulahle iibhombu ezimbini zenyukliya kwaye baba nethamsanqa lokuba bengadubulanga. Akukho nto inokukhathazeka, itsho i-anchor yeendaba ezihlekisayo uJohn Oliver, yiyo loo nto sineZIBINI uCarolinas.
IMatter ixhasa utshintsho kuqoqosho olusuka kwiifosili ukuya kumandla ahlaziyekayo kunye nemisebenzi ezinzileyo. Ukuba nje bekukho isibini seetriliyoni zedola ngonyaka zichithwa kwinto engenamsebenzi okanye eyonakalisayo! Kwaye ikhona, kwihlabathi liphela, eso sixa singenakulinganiswa sichithwa kumalungiselelo emfazwe, isiqingatha sayo yi-United States, iikota ezintathu zayo yi-United States kunye nabadibaniselwano bayo-kwaye uninzi lwayo lokugqibela kwizixhobo zase-US. Kwisiqwengana sayo, indlala kunye nezifo zinokujongana nzulu, kwaye nokutshintsha kwemozulu nako. Imfazwe ibulala ikakhulu ngokuthatha inkcitho kude nalapho ifuneka khona. Ngenxalenye encinci yamalungiselelo enkcitho yemfazwe, ikholeji isimahla apha kwaye inikezwe simahla kwezinye iindawo zehlabathi. Khawufane ucinge ukuba bangaphi abantu abasebenza kwezokusingqongileyo esinokuba nabo ukuba abaphumeleleyo kwikholeji abanatyala amatyala amashumi amawaka eedola endaweni yelungelo lomntu lemfundo! Uyibuyisa njani loo nto ngaphandle kokusebenzela abonakalisi bomhlaba?
I-79% yezixhobo eMbindi Mpuma zivela e-United States, ngaphandle kokubala ezomkhosi wase-US. Izixhobo zase-US zazingamacala omabini eLibya kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo kwaye zingamacala omabini eSyria naseIraq. Ukwenza izixhobo ngumsebenzi ongenakuxhomekeka ukuba ndakhe ndawubona. Ikhupha uqoqosho. Iidola ezifanayo ezichithwe kumandla acocekileyo okanye kwiziseko zophuhliso okanye kwimfundo okanye nokucutha irhafu kwabo bangenguye ozigidigidi kuvelisa imisebenzi engaphezulu kunenkcitho yomkhosi. Ubundlobongela buxhokonxa ubundlobongela, kunokuba busikhusele. Izixhobo kufuneka zisetyenzisiwe, zitshatyalaliswe, okanye zinikwe amapolisa endawo aza kuqala ukubona abantu basekuhlaleni njengeentshaba, ukuze kwenziwe izixhobo ezitsha. Kwaye le nkqubo, ngamanye amanyathelo, ngowona monakalisi mkhulu wendalo esingqongileyo.
Umkhosi waseMelika wawushisa ngeenqwelo ze-340,000 zemihla ngemihla, njengoko zilinganiselwe kwi-2006. Ukuba i-Pentagon yayiyilizwe, yayiza kuba yi-38th kwi-196 kwi-oyile. Ukuba ususile i-Pentagon ukusuka kwi-oil yokusetyenziswa yi-United States, ngoko i-United States yayiya kuba yindawo yokuqala ngaphandle komnye umntu. Kodwa ungayigcina umoya ovuthayo kwioli ngaphezu kwamazwe amaninzi, kwaye yayiza kusindisa iplanethi yonke inkohlakalo i-US yasekuhlaleni yokulawula. Ayikho enye iziko eUnited States idla kude njengamafutha njengempi.
Unyaka ngamnye, i-US Environmental Protection Agency isebenzisa i-622 yezigidi ezizama ukubonisa indlela yokuvelisa amandla ngaphandle kweoli, ngelixa umkhosi uchitha amakhulu amabhiliyoni eedola elivuthayo kwiimfazwe ezilwa kunye neziseko ezigcinwe ukulawula ioli. Izigidi zeedola ezisetyenziselwa ukugcina ijoni ngalinye kumsebenzi wasemzini unyaka zingenza imisebenzi ye-20 yamandla obumnyama kwi-$ 50,000 nganye.
Iimfazwe kule minyaka idlulileyo zenze ukuba iindawo ezinkulu zingabinakuhlala kwaye zavelisa amashumi ezigidi zeembacu. Imfazwe "ikhuphisana nezifo ezasulelayo njengonobangela wokufa kunye nokusweleka," ngokukaJennifer Leaning weHarvard Medical School. Ukoyama ukwahlula impembelelo yokusingqongileyo kwemfazwe kwiindawo ezine: “ukuveliswa nokuvavanywa kwezixhobo zenyukliya, ukuqhushumbiswa komoya ojikeleze umhlaba kunye nolwandle, ukusasazeka nokuzingisa kwemigodi yomhlaba kunye nokungcwatywa komngcwabo, kunye nokusetyenziswa okanye ukugcinwa kwezikhohlakali zomkhosi, iityhefu kunye nenkunkuma.” Ingxelo yeSebe likaRhulumente waseUnited States yowe-1993 yathi izigcayiseli “zezona zinto zingcolisayo nezixhaphakileyo ebantwini.” Izigidi zeehektare eYurophu, eMntla Afrika, naseAsia ziphantsi kothintelo. Isinye kwisithathu somhlaba eLibya sifihla imigodi yomhlaba kunye nemfazwe yesibini engachazwanga yeMfazwe yesibini.
ImiSebenzi yaseSoviet kunye ne-US yase-Afghanistan yonakalise okanye iwonakele eziliqela zeedolophu kunye nemithombo yamanzi. I-Taliban ithengise ngokungekho mthethweni imithi ePakistan, okubangelwa kukungqothulwa kwamahlathi. Iibhomu ze-US kunye nababaleki abadinga imithi baye bongeza umonakalo. Amahlathi ase-Afghani asondele. Ininzi yeentaka ezifudukelayo ezazisetyenziselwa ukudlula e-Afghanistan azikwenzi njalo. Umoya kunye namanzi aphethwe ngetyhefu kunye neziqhumane kunye nama-rocket propellants.
Usenokungakhathali ngezopolitiko, itsho njalo, kodwa ezopolitiko zikukhathalele. Oko kuya emfazweni. UJohn Wayne uphephe ukuya kwiMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi ngokwenza iimovie ukuzukisa abanye abantu abahambayo. Uyazi ukuba kwenzeka ntoni kuye? Wenza imuvi e-Utah kufutshane nendawo yovavanyo lwenyukliya. Kubantu abangama-220 ababesebenza kwifilimu, i-91, endaweni ye-30 eyayinokuba yinto eqhelekileyo, waba nomhlaza kubandakanya uJohn Wayne, uSusan Hayward, uAgnes Moorehead, kunye nomlawuli uDick Powell.
Sifuna indlela eyahlukileyo. E-Connecticut, i-Peace Action kunye namanye amaqela baye babandakanyeka ekuphembeleleni urhulumente waseburhulumenteni ukuba amisele ikhomishini yokusebenzela ukuguqula izixhobo zibe yimizi-mveliso yoxolo. Imibutho yabasebenzi kunye nolawulo bayayixhasa. Amaqela okusingqongileyo kunye noxolo ayinxalenye yawo. Ngumsebenzi omninzi oqhubekayo. Kwakunokwenzeka ukuba yavuselelwa ngamabali obuxoki ukuba umkhosi wahlulwa. Kodwa nokuba singayenza inyani okanye hayi, imeko yokusingqongileyo yokutshintsha izixhobo zethu kumandla aluhlaza izakukhula, kwaye akukho sizathu sokuba iNorth Carolina ingabi ngumbuso wesibini kweli lizwe ukwenza oku. Unemilinganiselo yangoMvulo apha. Kutheni ungaziphathanga kakuhle yonke imihla yonyaka?
Utshintsho olukhulu lubonakala lukhulu ngaphambi kokuba lwenzeke kunasemva. Ubume bendalo bufike ngokukhawuleza okukhulu. I-US ibisele inazo iinkwili zenyukliya emva xa iminenga isasetyenziswa njengomthombo wezinto ezingafunekiyo, izinto zokuthambisa kunye nezibaso, kubandakanya neenkwili zenyukliya. Ngoku iminenga, phantse ngequbuliso, ibonwa njengezidalwa ezikrelekrele ezimangalisayo ukuba zikhuselwe, kwaye inkwili yenyukliya sele iqalile ukubonakala ngathi yeyakudala, kwaye ungcoliseko lwesandi oluyingozi olunyanzeliswa nguMkhosi weLwandle kulwandle lwehlabathi lukhangeleka ngathi lubharhile.
Izityholo zeMatter zifuna ukukhusela ukuthembakala koluntu kwizizukulwana ezizayo. Isakhono sokukhathalela izizukulwana ezizayo, ngokubhekisele kwingcinga efunekayo, iphantse yafana nokukwazi ukukhathalela abantu bamanye amazwe kumgama kwisithuba kunexesha. Ukuba singacinga ngoluntu lwethu ukuba lubandakanya abo bangekazalwa, ewe, sinethemba lokuba lingaphezulu lee kuthi sonke, singacinga ngalo njengokubandakanya iipesenti ezingama-95 zabo basaphilayo namhlanje abangazukubakho I-United States yaseMelika, kwaye ngokuchaseneyo.
Kodwa nokuba imeko yendalo esingqongileyo kunye nokusebenza ngoxolo yayingeyiyo intshukumo enye, kuya kufuneka sibajoyine kunye nabanye abaliqela kunye ukuze sibe nohlobo lwendibaniselwano ye-Occupy 2.0 ekufuneka siyenzile. Ithuba elikhulu lokwenza oko liza nge-21 ka-Septemba enguMhla woXolo weHlabathi kunye nexesha apho i-rally kunye nazo zonke iintlobo zeziganeko zemozulu ziya kwenzeka kwisiXeko saseNew York.
KwiWorldBeyondWar.org uyakufumana zonke iintlobo zezixhobo zokugcina umcimbi wakho woxolo kunye nokusingqongileyo. Uyakufumana ingxelo emfutshane yezivakalisi ezibini yokuphelisa yonke imfazwe, ingxelo esayiniweyo kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ngabantu abakumazwe angama-81 kunye nokunyuka. Ungayisayina ephepheni apha ngokuhlwa. Sifuna uncedo lwakho, abancinci nabadala. Kodwa kufanele ukuba sonwabe ngakumbi ukuba ixesha kunye neenombolo zikwicala lolutsha kwihlabathi liphela, endithetha kunye noShelley:
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