NguJohn McGrath, Counterfire, Novemba 8, 2021
Ngoxa iinkokeli zehlabathi zisilela ukuvumelana ngotshintsho olunentsingiselo kwiCOP26, isixeko saseGlasgow siye saba sisazulu soqhanqalazo noqhanqalazo, unikela ingxelo kaJohn McGrath.
Intsasa ecacileyo, ebandayo ye-4 kaNovemba yafumana abasebenzi be-GMB bin eGlasgow beqhubeka noqhankqalazo lwabo lomvuzo ongcono kunye neemeko zokusebenza. Baqala umsebenzi wabo wemihla ngemihla ngentsimbi yesi-7 kusasa e-Anderston Centre Depot kwisitalato i-Argyle.
Umsebenzi womgqomo ixesha elide uRay Robertson uthi encumile, “Ndimdala kakhulu ukuba ndibe lapha. URobertson uthelelwa malunga neshumi elinambini labasebenzi abaceba ukuchitha imini bechola ecaleni kwendlela. “Sibethelela indlela ebesiphethwe ngayo kule minyaka ilishumi elinesihlanu ukuya kwengama-15 idlulileyo,” utshilo.
“Akukho tyalo mali, akukho ziseko zoncedo, akukho zilori zintsha – akukho nto ifunwa ngamadoda. Le depo yayinamadoda angama-50 asebenzayo, ngoku sinayo mhlawumbi 10-15. Abatshintshi mntu kwaye ngoku abatshayelayo benza umsebenzi ophindwe kathathu. Besisoloko singamadoda omgqomo aphantsi-ahlawulwa eSkotlani. Ngalo lonke ixesha. Kwaye kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo, bebesebenzisa i-Covid njengesizathu. 'Akukho nto sinokuyenza ngoku ngenxa ye-Covid' batsho. Kodwa iikati ezityebileyo ziya zityeba ngakumbi, kwaye akukho mntu ubakhathaleleyo abasebenzi bemigqomo.”
Ukuqhubekeka ukuya ngasentshona kwisitalato i-Argyle, esiba yi-Stabcross Street, isitalato sivalwe ngezithuthi kule veki. Uthango oluziimitha ezili-10 luqinisa indlela kunye namaqela amagosa asebupoliseni angenamkhosi anxibe iidyasi ezilulorescent ezityheli kunye neqela leekepusi ezimnyama kwiziphaluka ezintandathu kumbindi wepavumente. Kuyabonakala ukuba, aMapolisa aseGlasgow akashiyi nantoni na.
Ukuqhubela phambili kwindlela, i-Scottish Event Campus (SEC), apho iintetho ziqhutyelwa khona, zinokufumaneka kuphela ngokupasa okukhethekileyo. Umngcelele weengcaphephe zamashishini namagosa karhulumente asuka ehlabathini lonke udlula kumasango okhuseleko edanyazisa iziqinisekiso zawo.
Ngaphandle kwamasango, abaqhankqalazi bayahlanganisana baze benze umboniso, nangona bengengabo abantu abaninzi. Iqela labakhankasi be-XR lihleli linqamleze imilenze libonakala libambe umlindo. Ecaleni kwabo kukho iqela labafundi abaselula abanxulunyaniswa nooLwezihlanu beKamva abasuka eJapan. Balithoba kubo kwaye badlula i-megaphone ngamanye amaxesha bethetha ngesiNgesi, ngamanye amaxesha ngesiJapan.
“Lusuku lwesine lweCOP26 kwaye asikaboni nto ibalulekileyo eyenzekayo. Amazwe aphuhlileyo anazo iindlela. Abenzi nto. Ngamazwe asakhasayo afanele abandezeleke ngenxa yokungakhathali kwawo. Lixesha lokuba sifune abo banegunya - iJapan, iMelika, i-UK - ukuba baphakame benze okuthile. Lixesha lokuba abo banamandla bahlawule imbuyekezo ngayo yonke intshabalalo kunye nokuxhaphaza abakwenzileyo kwihlabathi liphela. ”
Kungekudala emva koko iqela labaphembeleli base-US livela kunye nebhena ye-30-foot efundeka ngolu hlobo: "Akukho ziFuseli ze-Federal Fossil ezintsha". Bayimbumba eyenziwe ligcuntswana lemibutho ecinga ngokufanayo kwi-oyile yase-US etyebileyo kwigophe laseMelika eTexas naseLouisiana. Abaqhankqalazi babiza le nxalenye yelizwe ngokuthi "indawo yokuncama" kwaye ibhekisela kwiinkanyamba zamva nje kunye nobuthathaka boluntu olumnyama kunye nomdaka oluhlala emthunzini wokucoca ioli. Kulo nyaka kwabona isaqhwithi setropiki sazisa iinyawo ze-5 zemvula ePort Arthur, eLouisiana. “Ulwandle luyanyuka kwaye nathi siyenyuka!” batsho ngazwi-nye.
Baqhankqalazela ukuhamba kukaJoe Biden kunye nokungabi nabunkokeli bakhe. U-Biden wafika eGlasgow engenanto kwaye akazange akwazi ukufumana i-bill yakhe ye-Build Back Better kwi-congress nasemva kokuba uninzi lwezibonelelo ezinentsingiselo zemozulu ziye zagxothwa ngabalondolozi kwiqela lakhe. Njengo-Boris Johnson, u-Biden uye wala ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukuvala i-fracking.
Omnye wabaqhankqalazi baseMelika obambe ibhanile nguMiguel Esroto, igqwetha laseTexas elisentshona nombutho obizwa ngokuba yi-Earthworks. Uzimisele ekwandeni kwemveliso yeoli kwilizwe lakhe. Ulawulo lwe-Biden lwandisa imveliso yeoli kwi-Permian Basin, egubungela iikhilomitha ezingama-86,000 zeekhilomitha ecaleni komda we-Texas-New Mexico kwaye ibalelwa kwi-4 yezigidi zemibhobho yerhasi empontshwa suku ngalunye.
U-Esroto ubonisa ukuba ulawulo lwe-Biden luvumile ukurenta okutsha kulo mmandla ngesantya esidlula owamanduleli wakhe, uDonald Trump. ISebe lezangaphakathi lase-US liphumeze phantse iimvume ezingama-2,500 6 zokugrumba kumhlaba woluntu kunye nezizwe kwiinyanga ezi-2021 zokuqala zika-XNUMX.
Ngelixa wayeseGlasgow, uBiden wathatha ixesha lokuphambuka kurhulumente wase-US ukungakwazi ukwazisa umthetho wemozulu ngokuhlasela i-China, ebizimase inkomfa phantse, ibango lokuba uMongameli Xi Jinping wenze “impazamo enkulu”. Amagqabantshintshi akhe abonisa umkhwa wezopolitiko zase-US kunye neYurophu kunye nemithombo yeendaba yaseNtshona ukubeka olona xanduva lokoyisa utshintsho lwemozulu eTshayina.
“Kusisiphazamiso!” ukubala Esroto. “Ukuba sifuna ukukhomba ngeminwe, kufuneka siqale ngePermian Basin. Ngaphambi kokuba siqale ukucaphuka nakweliphi na elinye ilizwe, abemi base-US kufuneka bajonge apho sinamandla khona, apho sinokufaka khona isandla. Singaqalisa ukukhombana ngeminwe xa singavelisi eli nqanaba ligqithisileyo lemveliso yeoli negesi. Sinomsebenzi ocacileyo: ukutshintshela kumandla ahlaziyekayo, ukumisa ukuveliswa kwe-oyile negesi kunye nokukhusela uluntu lwethu kwishishini le-fossil fuel. Kufuneka sibambelele kuloo nto!”
Ngokwembali, i-US ivelise ngaphezulu kwe-CO2 ephindwe kabini kune-China nangona inabemi abambalwa kakhulu. I-US ibe noxanduva lwama-25% ezinto ezikhutshwayo zeCO2 zehlabathi ngokunyukayo.
Emva kwemini, abantu abamalunga nama-200 bajoyina iintatheli kunye neqela likamabonwakude kufutshane nezinyuko zeGlasgow Royal Concert Hall ukumamela abakhankasi bokulwa imfazwe: Yeka uMbumbano weMfazwe, amaVeteran oXolo, World Beyond War, CODEPINK kunye nabanye. Ukuzimasa lo msitho yinkokeli yangaphambili yeQela laBasebenzi laseScotland, uRichard Leonard.
USheila J Babauta, ummeli onyuliweyo ovela kwiZiqithi zaseMariana ezilawulwa yi-US, uthetha nesihlwele,
“Ndihambe malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-20,000 ukuze ndibe lapha eSkotlani. Kwilizwe lam, sinesinye seziQithi zethu ezisetyenziselwa imisebenzi yasemkhosini kunye neenjongo zoqeqesho kuphela. Abantu basekuhlaleni bebengakwazi ukufikelela kwesi siqithi phantse iminyaka eyi-100. Umkhosi watyhefa amanzi ethu waza wabulala izilwanyana zethu zaselwandle kunye nezilwanyana zasendle.”
UBabauta uchazela isihlwele ukuba iinqwelomoya ezawisa iibhombu zeathomu eHiroshima naseNagasaki zasuka kwiZiqithi zaseMarina. “Yileyo ndlela iziqithi ezinxibelelene ngayo nomkhosi wase-US. Lixesha lokuba decarbonise! Lixesha lokuba i-decolonise! Kwaye lixesha lokususa umkhosi! "
UStuart Parkinson weNzululwazi kuXanduva lweHlabathi ufundisa isihlwele ngobungakanani bekhabhoni yasemkhosini. Ngokophando lukaParkinson, kulo nyaka uphelileyo umkhosi wase-UK ukhuphe iitoni ezizizigidi ezili-11 ze-CO2, ephantse ilingane nokukhupha iimoto ezizigidi ezi-6. I-US, eneyona ndawo inkulu yomkhosi wekhabhoni ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ikhuphe malunga namaxesha angama-20 kulo nyaka uphelileyo. Imisebenzi yasemkhosini ibalelwa malunga ne-5% yezinto ezikhutshwayo zehlabathi kwaye loo nto ayibandakanyi kwiziphumo zemfazwe (ukutshatyalaliswa kwamahlathi, ukwakhiwa kwakhona kwezixeko eziqhushumbisiwe ngekonkrithi kunye neglasi, njl njl).
Ngokuphathelele, uParkinson ubonisa ukusetyenziswa gwenxa kweemali kwiiprojekthi ezinjalo:
"Kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lukarhulumente wase-UK kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, babele imali engaphezulu kwe-7 emkhosini njengoko benzile ekunciphiseni ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kwilizwe lonke."
Oku kubuza umbuzo wokuba yintoni kanye kanye esiyakhayo xa "sisakha ngcono"?
Emva kweyure, lo mbuzo ungaphezulu okanye ngaphantsi uphendulwe nguDavid Boys kwindibano yasebusuku yeCOP26 Coalition eAdelaide Place Baptist Church kwisitrato saseBath. Amakhwenkwe nguSekela Nobhala Jikelele wombutho wabasebenzi iPublic Services International (PSI). I-COP26 Coalition ibibambene ngobusuku ukusukela oko iqalile inkomfa kwaye umsitho wangoLwesine ugxile kwindima yemibutho yabasebenzi ekuthinteleni intlekele yemozulu.
“Ngubani okhe weva ngeBuild Back Better?” Amakhwenkwe abuza isihlwele esasigcwele ecaweni. “Ukhona umntu oyivayo loo nto? Asifuni kukugcina oko besinako. Into ebesinayo iyamosha. Kufuneka sakhe into entsha!”
Izithethi zangoLwesine ebusuku ziphinda igama elithi “a just transition”. Abanye batyala eli binzana kumfi uTony Mazzochi we-Oli, iChemical and Atomic Workers International Union, abanye bazama ukulihlaziya, belibiza ngokuba “lutshintsho lobulungisa”. Ngokutsho kwamakhwenkwe,
“Xa uxelela umntu ukuba umsebenzi wakho usongelwa yaye usenokungakwazi ukondla intsapho yakho, ayisosigidimi esifanelekileyo eso. Abo bantu badinga uncedo lwethu kuba olu tshintsho aluzukuba lula. Kufuneka siyeke ukutya, kufuneka siyeke ukuthenga i-shit esingayifuniyo kwiPentagon, kufuneka sitshintshe indlela esenza ngayo izinto. Kodwa into esiyifunayo ziinkonzo zoluntu ezomeleleyo, siqale ekhaya sihlanganise. ”
Iimanyano zabasebenzi ezisuka eSkotlani, kuMntla Melika, nase-Uganda zinxulumana nabaphulaphuli ngokubaluleka kokwenziwa kwedemokhrasi kuqoqosho nokubanga ubunini boluntu bezothutho kunye nezinto eziluncedo.
IScotland okwangoku iceba ukonyusa inani leebhasi eziza kubunini boluntu kwaye ilizwe labona ukusekwa kwe-Freak-out xa kulungiswa ngokutsha iireyile zaziza kuxoxwa. Ixesha le-neoliberal lonakalise amazwe kwihlabathi liphela ngokurhweba ngokuthengiswa kwempahla yoluntu yabucala. Ngokutsho kwamakhwenkwe, ukuthengiswa kwamandla abucala kube nzima ngokukodwa ukuyeka:
"Xa singena ekumiseni ukuthengiswa kwamandla, umkhosi uyangena. Xa sisongela ukumisa ukuthengiswa kwabucala, esikwenzileyo kutshanje eNigeria, umkhosi ufika kwaye ubambe iinkokheli zombutho okanye ubulale iinkokheli zombutho, kwaye uyeke intshukumo ebandayo. Ithatha iinkampani zamandla kwaye yenza oko ikufunayo. Kwaye luphawu nje, uhlobo, lwento eyenzekayo ngamandla. Kuba siyazi ukuba yioyile enkulu, kunye negesi enkulu, kunye namalahle amakhulu achithe iibhiliyoni kule minyaka ingama-30 idlulileyo ukuxhasa ukukhanyelwa kwemozulu kunye nokugcina imeko ikhoyo.
"Inkqubo esinayo ngoku ilawulwa yi-WTO, iBhanki yehlabathi, i-IMF, kunye nesakhiwo somkhosi-mveliso. Kungokuququzelela indawo esihlala kuyo kuphela apho sithe sakha intshukumo enkulu ngokwaneleyo ukunqanda into ekuyiyo ngoku imbumba yamazwe ngamazwe elawulwa liqaqobana lamazwe ngamazwe”.
Ukudityaniswa kwehlabathi kunye nezizwe ngezizwe? Ngaba iinkokeli zehlabathi azithathi zigqibo zize zidubule? Musa ukubabuza. Bayishiyile eGlasgow kakhulu. NgoLwesihlanu, abafundi baseGlasgow babambe umngcelele kunye noGreta Thunberg kunye nabasebenzi bemigqomo. NgoMgqibelo, i-6 kaNovemba lusuku lwesenzo kwaye ngethemba, ukuvota kunamandla apha nakwi-UK yonke.
Ingoma evale indibano kwinkonzo yangoLwesine ebusuku ithi, “Abantu, babumbene, abanakuze boyiswe!” asikho esinye isisombululo.
