Uloyiko Olubomvu

NguAlice Slater, KwiNdaba zeNzulu, UEpreli 3, 2022

I-NEW YORK (IDN) - Ngo-1954 ndaya kwiKholeji yaseQueens ngexesha leminyaka ngaphambi kokuba uSenator uJoseph McCarthy ekugqibeleni adibane nokuvela kwakhe kwi-Army-McCarthy kudliwano-ndlebe emva kokugrogrisa abantu baseMelika iminyaka ngezityholo zokunganyaniseki kwamakomanisi, uluhlu oluphakamisayo lwabemi abantsundu, besongela ubomi babo, ukuqeshwa kwabo, amandla abo okusebenza eluntwini ngenxa yokubandakanyeka kwabo kwezopolitiko.

Kwindawo yokutyela ekholejini, sasixubusha ngezobupolitika xa omnye umfundi wandifaka incwadana emthubi. "Apha kufuneka ufunde oku." Ndajonga isihloko. Intliziyo yam yaxhumaxhuma njengoko ndandibona amagama athi “Iqela lamaKomanisi laseMelika.” Ndikhawuleze ndayifaka ebhegini yam ingavulwanga, ndakhwela ibhasi egodukayo, ndakhwela ilifti ukuya kumgangatho we-8, ndaya ngqo kwindawo yokutshisa, ndalijula ​​eli phecana phantsi kwe-chute, lingafundwa, ngaphambi kokuba ndingene kwigumbi lam. Ngokuqinisekileyo ndandingazukubanjwa ngobhongwana. Uloyiko olubomvu luye lwafika kum.

Ndaba nokukhanya kwam kokuqala "kwelinye icala lebali" malunga nobukomanisi ngo-1968, ndihlala eMassapequa, eLong Island, umama wendlu yasemaphandleni, ebukele uWalter Cronkite enika ingxelo ngeMfazwe yaseVietnam. Waqhuba ifilimu endala yeendaba zomntu obhityileyo, oyinkwenkwe uHo Chi Minh edibana noWoodrow Wilson ngo-1919, ekupheleni kweMfazwe Yehlabathi I, efuna uncedo lwase-US ukuphelisa ubukoloniyali obukhohlakeleyo baseFransi eVietnam. UCronkite uxele ukuba uHo wade wamodela njani uMgaqo-siseko waseVietnam wethu. UWilson wamlahla kwaye iiSoviets zaye zavuya ngakumbi ukunceda. Yiloo ndlela iVietnam yahamba ngayo ubuKomanisi. Kwiminyaka kamva, ndayibona ifilimu Indochine, ebonisa ukukhotyokiswa kwabantu baseFransi ngenkohlakalo kwabasebenzi baseVietnam kumasimi erabha.

Kamva ngaloo mini, iindaba zangokuhlwa zabonisa ihlokondiba labafundi base-Columbia beqhankqalaza kwikhampasi, bevalela iDean yeYunivesithi kwiofisi yakhe, bekhwaza amazwi achasene nemfazwe kunye nokuqalekisa ishishini laseColumbia kunye nonxibelelwano lwezifundo kwiPentagon. Babengafuni ukubizelwa kwiMfazwe yaseVietnam eyayiziphethe kakubi! Ndandisoyika. Inokwenzeka njani le mbhodamo kunye nokuphazamiseka kanye apha kwiYunivesithi yaseColumbia kwisiXeko saseNew York?

Esi yayisisiphelo sehlabathi lam njengoko ndandisazi! Ndandigqiba iminyaka engamashumi amathathu kwaye abafundi babenesiqubulo esithi, “Ungathembi mntu ungaphaya kwamashumi amathathu”. Ndajonga kumyeni wam, “Yintoni kungakhathaliseki naba bantwana? Ngaba abayazi le nto America? Ngaba abayazi ukuba sine inkqubo yezopolitiko? Kungcono ndenze okuthile ngale nto!” Kubusuku obulandelayo, iKlabhu yeDemokhrasi yayinengxoxo kwiSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo saseMassapequa phakathi kookhetshe namahobe ngeMfazwe yaseVietnam. Ndaya entlanganisweni, ndivuthiswa sisiqinisekiso esilungileyo malunga nokuma kokuziphatha okubi esasikuthathile ndaza ndathelela amahobe apho sasiququzelela iphulo likaEugene McCarthy eLong Island lokutyunjwa kukamongameli weDemocratic Alliance ukuze kupheliswe imfazwe.

UMcCarthy ulahlekelwe yibhidi yakhe ye-1968 e-Chicago kwaye sakha i-New Democratic Coalition kulo lonke ilizwe-sihamba kwindlu ngendlu ngaphandle kwenzuzo nayiphi na i-intanethi kwaye ngokwenene iphumelele ukutyunjwa kweDemokhrasi ye-1972 kaGeorge McGovern kwiphulo elisezantsi elothusayo ukusekwa! Esi yayisisifundo sam sokuqala esibuhlungu malunga nendlela umkhethe weendaba eziqhelekileyo ezichasene nentshukumo yokulwa nemfazwe. Abazange babhale nantoni na elungileyo malunga nenkqubo kaMcGovern yokuphelisa imfazwe, amalungelo abasetyhini, amalungelo amabhinqa, amalungelo oluntu. Bamngcungcuthekisa ngokutyumba uSenator uThomas Eagleton njengoSekela Mongameli, owayekhe walaliswa esibhedlele ngenxa yokudandatheka kwengqondo. Ekugqibeleni kwafuneka athathe indawo yakhe kwitikiti kunye noSargent Shriver. Waphumelela kuphela eMassachusetts naseWashington, DC. Emva koko, abaphathi beQela leDemocratic Party badale yonke inkitha “yabathunywa abakhulu” ukuze balawule ukuba ngubani na onokuphumelela ukutyunjwa kunye nokuthintela ololoyiso olungaqhelekanga lwengca ukuba luphinde lwenzeke!

Ngowe-1989, ekubeni ndiligqwetha emva kokuba abantwana bam bekhulile, ndasebenza ngokuzithandela kwiLawyers Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control ndaza ndatyelela iSoviet Union, kunye negqiza laseNew York Professional Roundtable. Yayilixesha elinzima kakhulu ukutyelela eRashiya. UGorbachev wayesanda kuqalisa ukuphumeza umgaqo-nkqubo wakhe omtsha iperistroika kwaye glasnost-ukwakha ngokutsha kunye nokuvuleleka. Abantu baseRashiya babekhokelwa ngumbuso wamakomanisi ukuba bazame ngedemokhrasi. Iipowusta zazixhonywe ezivenkileni nakwiminyango zinyuka zisehla kwizitrato zaseMoscow ezibhengeza idemokhrasi—idemokhrasi—ekhuthaza abantu ukuba bavote.

Igqiza lethu laseNew York latyelela iphephancwadi, iNovasty—Inyaniso-apho ababhali bachaza ukuba ngaphantsi perestroika, kutshanje baye bavotela ukukhetha abahleli babo. Kumzi-mveliso wetrektara eSversk, iikhilomitha ezingama-40 ukusuka eMoscow, abathunywa bethu ababekwigumbi leendibano kumzi-mveliso labuzwa enoba sasikhetha ukuqalisa ngemibuzo okanye ukuva intetho kusini na. Njengoko sasiphakamisa izandla zethu ukuze sivote, abantu basedolophini ababelapho baqalisa ukusebeza bekhala besithi “Idemokhrasi! Idemokhrasi”! Amehlo am azaliswe ziinyembezi ngenxa yokothuka kunye nokumangaliswa kukuba umboniso wethu oqhelekileyo wezandla uvuse iindwendwe zethu zaseRashiya.

Umbono obuhlungu, otshisayo wamangcwaba abantu abaninzi, amangcwaba angaphawulwanga eLeningrad usandikhathaza nangoku. Ukungqinga kukaHitler iLeningrad kwaphumela ekufeni kwabantu baseRashiya abamalunga nesigidi. Kwikona nganye yezitrato kwakubonakala ngathi, imithetho yesikhumbuzo yayinikela imbeko kwinxalenye ethile yamaRashiya azizigidi ezingama-27 awafa kwintlaselo yamaNazi. Amadoda amaninzi angaphezu kwamashumi amathandathu. endandidlula kuzo kwizitrato zaseMoscow naseLeningrad, izifuba zabo zazihonjiswe ngeembasa zomkhosi ezazivela koko amaRashiya akubiza ngokuba yiMfazwe Enkulu. Esinjani sona isibetho abasithathileyo kumaNazi-kwaye indlela ebaluleke ngayo indima esadlalayo kwinkcubeko yabo namhlanje njengoko kusenzeka isiphithiphithi esibuhlungu saseUkraine.

Ngaxa lithile, umkhenkethi wam wabuza, “Kutheni nina bantu baseMelika ningasithembi nje?” “Kutheni singakuthembi nje?” Ndakhwaza, “Kuthekani Hangari? Uthini nge Tshikoslovakiya?” Wandijonga ngelizwi elibuhlungu, “Kodwa kwafuneka sikhusele imida yethu eJamani!” Ndajonga amehlo akhe aluhlaza kwaye ndeva ukunyaniseka okunzulu kwilizwi lakhe. Ngelo xesha, ndaziva ndingcatshiwe ngurhulumente wam neminyaka yoloyiko oluqhubekayo malunga nesisongelo samakomanisi. AmaRashiya ayekwimeko yokuzikhusela njengoko ayesakha amandla awo omkhosi. Basebenzisa iMpuma Yurophu njengesikhuseli nxamnye nayo nayiphi na impinda yomonakalo wemfazwe abawufumene ezandleni zeJamani. Nkqu uNapoleon wahlasela ngqo eMoscow kwinkulungwane engaphambili!

Kucacile ukuba sidala ukuthanda okubi kunye nenzondo kwakhona ngokunyuka ngokungafanelekanga kwe-NATO, nangona izithembiso zikaRegan kuGorbachev ukuba aziyi kwandisa "i-intshi enye ukuya empuma" yaseJamani, ngelixa igcina izixhobo zenyukliya kumazwe amahlanu e-NATO, ibeka imijukujelwa eRomania nasePoland, kunye nokudlala imidlalo yemfazwe, kubandakanya nemidlalo yemfazwe yenyukliya, kwimida yaseRussia. Iyamangalisa into yokuba ukwala kwethu ukwala ubulungu be-NATO e-Ukraine kuye kwahlangatyezwa luhlaselo olunobundlongondlongo lwangoku kunye nohlaselo lwaseRussia.

Ayizange ikhankanywe kuhlaselo lweendaba olungagungqiyo kuPutin naseRussia ukuba ngaxesha lithile, uPutin, ephelelwe lithemba lokuba uya kukwazi ukumisa ukwanda kwe-NATO esempuma, wabuza uClinton ukuba iRussia ingajoyina i-NATO. Kodwa wakhatywa njengezinye izindululo zaseRussia e-US zokuthethathethana ngokupheliswa kwezixhobo zenyukliya ngenxa yokunikezela kwimijukujelwa eRomania, ukuba abuyele kwiSivumelwano se-ABM kunye neSivumelwano se-INF, ukuvala i-cyberwar, kunye nokuthethathethana ngesivumelwano. ukuvala izixhobo esithubeni.

Kwikhathuni kaMatt Wuerker uMalume uSam ukwibhedi kagqirha wengqondo ngoloyiko ebambe umjukujelwa esithi, “Andiqondi—ndine-1800 lemijukujelwa yenyukliya, iinqanawa zokulwa ezingama-283, iinqwelomoya ezingama-940. Ndichitha imali eninzi emkhosini wam kunezizwe ezili-12 ezilandelayo zidityanisiwe. Kutheni ndiziva ndingakhuselekanga kangaka!” Ugqirha wezigulo zengqondo uyaphendula: “Kulula. Unezakhiwo zomkhosi-zemizi-mveliso!”

Sithini isisombululo? Umhlaba kufuneka ukhuphe umnxeba wokuba ube nengqondo ephilileyo!! 

Biza i-Global Peace Moratoriun

ISIMEMO SOKUCISWA KOMLILO LWEHLABATHI KWAYE KUBETHWA UMTHETHO kuyo nayiphi na imveliso yezixhobo ezitsha—kungekhona enye imbumbulu—kuquka kwaye ngakumbi izixhobo zenyukliya, mazibe ngumhlwa ngoxolo!

KHULULA zonke izixhobo zokwenza izixhobo kunye nefosili, inyukliya, kunye ne-biomass fuels, indlela izizwe ezizilungiselele ngayo iWWII kwaye yamisa uninzi lwemveliso yasekhaya ukwenza izixhobo kunye nokusebenzisa ezo zixhobo ukusindisa iplanethi kwintshabalalo yemozulu eyintlekele;

QAPHELA inkqubo yeminyaka emithathu yokuwa kwenkqubo yehlabathi yokuwa kwee-windmills, iipaneli zesola, iiinjini ze-hydro, i-geothermal, ukusebenza kakuhle, amandla e-hydrogen eluhlaza, kunye namakhulu ezigidi zemisebenzi kwihlabathi jikelele, kunye nokugubungela umhlaba kwiiphaneli zesola, ii-windmills, iiinjini zamanzi, i-geothermal generating. izityalo;

QALISA INKQUBO YEHLABATHI yolimo oluzinzileyo-tyala amashumi ezigidi zemithi eyongeziweyo, ubeke izitiya zophahla phezu kwesakhiwo ngasinye kunye namabala emifuno kwisitrato ngasinye;

BONKE BASEBENZA KUNYE KWIHLABATHI lonke ukusindisa uMama woMhlaba kwimfazwe yenyukliya kunye nentlekele yemozulu etshabalalisayo!

Umbhali usebenza kwiiBhodi ze World Beyond War, iGlobal Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. Ukwangummeli we-UN NGO kwi ISiseko seNyukliya yoSondlo.