NguAlice Slater, ngoJanuwari 24, 2018
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Ngempelaveki kaMartin Luther King Day, iYunivesithi yaseBaltimore ibambe ngokufanelekileyo ngaphezulu kwama-activists oxolo, okusingqongileyo, kunye neentshukumo zobulungisa kwezentlalo ukumilisela inyathelo elitsha kwangexesha, uManyano olwa neMikhosi yaseMelika yezangaphandle. U-Ajamu Baraka, umgqatswa ongusekela-mongameli weQela eliGreen kunye nomseki-mbumbano weBlack Alliance yoXolo, uvule intlanganiso esikhumbuza ukuba uMfu King, kwintetho yakhe yomlo eyimbali ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-50 eyadlulayo eRiverside Church eNew York, wabiza urhulumente wase-United States ngokuba “ngoyena mlawuli ubalaseleyo wobundlobongela ehlabathini namhlanje” esongeza esithi “imfazwe eVietnam luphawu nje lwesifo esinzulu ngaphakathi kumoya waseMelika. , ”Ngelixa ilumkisa ngelithi“ ilizwe eliqhubeka unyaka nonyaka lichitha imali eninzi kukhuselo lomkhosi kunakwinkqubo yokuphakamisa intlalo lisondele ekufeni ngokomoya. ” Ukuthatha uhlobo lobungxowankulu uKing uqhubeke wathi:
Kufuneka ngokukhawuleza siqale utshintsho ukusuka kuluntu olusekelezelwe kwizinto ukuya kuluntu olugxile kumntu. Xa oomatshini kunye neekhompyuter, iinjongo zenzuzo kunye namalungelo epropathi, athathelwa ingqalelo njengabaluleke kakhulu kunabantu, ii-triplets ezinkulu zobuhlanga, ukuthanda izinto ngokugqithisileyo, kunye nomkhosi akunakwenzeka ukuba woyiswe.
Kuluhlu lweepaneli ngaphezulu kweentsuku ezimbini, izithethi zenkomfa ezivela kwikona nganye yehlabathi zaqhubeka zichaza ubugqwetha obunobungozi obunobungozi nomgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle wase-US nangona uKumkani wayelumkisa ngaphezulu kwe-50 eyadlulayo. Sifundile ukuba i-US ineziseko ezingaqhelekanga ze-800 zamazwe asemthethweni e-80, inani elinokudlula kwi-1,000 ukuba ubala amajoni amiswe kwizigqeba zeenxusa kunye ne-mishini kunye neziseko ezibizwa ngokuba ziziseko ze- “lily-pond”, ezinamajoni athile e-138,000 ajikeleze umhlaba. UDavid Vine, umbhali we Isizwe soLwazi: Indlela ama-US aseBastern Overseas ahlasela ngayo iMelika kunye nehlabathi, ixele ukuba yi-11 kuphela amanye amazwe aneziseko kumazwe aphesheya, ezinye ze-70 ngokupheleleyo. IRussia ine-26 eqikelelweyo ukuya kwi-40 kumazwe alithoba, uninzi lwawo ngaphambili yayiziiRiphabliki zaseSoviet, naseSyria naseVietnam; i-UK, iFrance kunye neTurkey ineziseko ezine ukuya kwi-10; kwaye kuqikelelwa ukuba isiseko esinye ukuya kwisithathu sabantu bamanye amazwe sihlala yi-India, China, Japan, South Korea, Jamani, Itali, ne-Netherlands.
Kwaye zikhona ezinye iimpembelelo zomkhosi ezonakalisayo zaseMelika kumazwe amaninzi kwilizwe jikelele ngaphandle kweziseko eziphakamisa uluntu oluninzi. UJohn Lannon, waseShannonwatch waseIreland usebenzela ukuphelisa ukusetyenziswa komkhosi wase-US kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseShannon, eIreland. I-US ibhabhe ngaphezulu kwe-3 yezigidi zemikhosi kunye nezixhobo nge-Shannon, kwindlela eya kwizenzo zasemkhosini ngaphandle kwesigqibo se-Ireland sokungajoyini i-NATO kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo wayo osemthethweni wokungathathi cala kwezomkhosi. UJames Patrick Jordan, kunye ne-Alliance for Global Justice, uxele ukuba emva kwe9 / 11 iNkundla yaseMelika yePentagon yaseMelika yongeze uqeqesho lwamajoni amaninzi kumazwe aseLatin America ukuze awathumele phesheya alwe eMelika kwamanye amazwe.
Uxolo kunye nezishoshovu zokusingqongileyo ezivela kuwo wonke ummandla wehlabathi ngokubanzi babelana ngamava abo bechaphazela imeko etshabalalisayo yendawo nezempilo ezibangelwa ziziseko zomkhosi wase-US, ezisa umngcipheko kwimpilo-ntle yoluntu kwiindawo ezininzi. Ukusuka kummeli weOrange eVietnam, i-uranium ephelileyo e-Iraq, indawo yokulahla inkunkuma kunye nendawo zokudubula eVieques, ePuerto Rico, ukuya kwindawo enetyhefu yokuhamba kwezinto ezinobungozi ngakuMfula iPotomac, uluntu kunye namajoni kunye nabantwana abazelwe emva kokufumana ezi sumu. Uluhlu olubanzi lwezigulo kunye nofuzo olonakaliswe njengelifa ngelixa urhulumente wase-US ephanga nayiphi na ingxelo yokulimala okubangelwe kukulahla kwengqondo nokungazingcolisi ngokungcola kwenkunkuma enobungozi. Ewe, ngelixa ezinye zeZizwe eziManyeneyo ezibizwa ngokuba "zontanga", ezifana neJamani, ziye zakwazi ukumangalela iimali zokucocwa kweziseko zomkhosi, emva kokuba i-US ibashiye bekwimeko eyoyikisayo, amazwe akwiLatin America, eAsia, okanye I-Afrika ayikwazanga ukubamba i-US ukuba iphendule, obona bungqina buchwephetsha bokumhlophe basebenzisa ilungelo labo njengoko sifundile kuPatricia Hynes, owayengunjingalwazi kwezempilo kwezendalo kwiYunivesithi yaseBoston ophumelele i-US EPA yobomi ngokufezekisa kwaye wadala uxolo lweVietnam IProjekthi yeLali yokuxhasa isithathu nesesine iAgent Orange amaxhoba.
UDavid Swanson, wazisa ipaneli yomkhosi wezomkhosi wase-US eMzantsi Melika, uqaphele:
I-impiriyalizim yanamhlanje yahlukile eMelika. Ukungaqhelekanga e-US kuthethelela ubugqwirha be-imperiya kwaye luhlobo olubalulekileyo esimele silufumane. Ubuzwe base-US banenkolo. Umsebenzi wayo otshabalalisayo uthathwa njengengcwele. IFort McHenry ayisiyo ndawo eyimbali-“iSikhumbuzo seSizwe kunye neNzululwazi yezeMbali.” Kungafuneka sifunde ukuxabisa ezinye izinto kubandakanya enye ipesenti ye96 yabantu ngaphambi kokuba ubukhosi buye phantsi.
Ububanzi behlabathi babathathi-nxaxheba babubambe ngendlela esayiva ngayo kubaphembeleli e-Asia, Yurophu, e-Afrika, e-Latin America, nakwi-Middle East, bonke bekulungele kwaye bezimisele ukwandisa lo mnatha mtsha kunye nomsebenzi, hayi nje ukuvala iziseko zase-US, kodwa njenge Uninzi luvakalise ngokucacileyo, ukuchitha ubukhosi base-US kunye noobhishophu, ubuhlanga, imigaqo-nkqubo yobukoloniyali ebangela ububi obunjalo emhlabeni jikelele. Ekupheleni kwentlanganiso sagqiba kwelokuba sifikelele kwaye sandise umanyano lwethu kwaye sathatha ezi zinto zilandelayo:
- Isigqibo ngoSuku lweHlabathi lweZenzo ngokuchasene neGuantanamo (ngoFebruwari 23, 2018)
- Isigqibo ngoSuku lweLizwe lokuThintela ukuPhambuka kweMfazwe eSky 2018
Okona kubaluleke kakhulu savuma ukubamba inkomfa enkulu yezizwe ngezizwe phesheya, kungaphelanga unyaka omnye wokuqalisa kokukhawulezisa ukuphela kobukumkani oboyisa abantu kwaye butshabalalise indalo ukuze kugcinwe inkqubo yoqoqosho ekhohlakeleyo. Ukongeza ilizwi lakho kwaye uthathe inxaxheba, yabona www.noforeignbases.org.