IVIDIYO: Ukuthomalalisa iMfazwe yeNyukliya

By Iindaba Zokwenene, UJuni 16, 2022

Kwiminyaka engamashumi amane eyadlulayo, abantu abasisigidi bahlanganisana eCentral Park befuna ukuba kupheliswe ugqatso lwezixhobo zenyukliya. Isisongelo sentlekele yenyukliya sisekho nanamhlanje, kodwa akuyomfuneko ukuba sibe njalo.

NgoJuni 12, 1982, abantu abasisigidi bahlanganisana kuMbindi Park befuna ukuthotywa kwezixhobo zenyukliya nokupheliswa kogqatso lwezixhobo zeMfazwe Yomlomo ngethemba lokuba uluntu lwalunokusiphepha isisongelo esisoloko sikho sentshabalalo eqinisekiswayo. Ngelishwa, ukuveliswa okuyingozi nokugcinwa kwezixhobo zenyukliya eziphelisa impucuko kuye kwaqhubeka, yaye isisongelo sentlekele yenyukliya sisaqhubeka. Kwisikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-40 yendibano eyimbali eCentral Park, kugxilwe kwiingozi ezoyikisayo zangoku zemfazwe yenyukliya kunye nokubaluleka kokuthatha inyathelo lokuzinciphisa, RootsAction Education Fund isingathe iMfazwe yeNyukliya ye-Defuse, edibanisa uluhlu lwababonisi ukuba bahlaziye iifowuni zokuthotywa kwezixhobo zenyukliya kunye nokukhuthaza ukulungelelaniswa kwengca. Ngemvume yabaququzeleli beminyhadala, IiNdaba zokwenyani zipapasha le ngxoxo yephaneli kubaphulaphuli bethu.

Phantse i-100 yoxolo, ukuchithwa kwezixhobo, kunye nemibutho yobulungisa bentlalontle ixhase lo msitho, owawuxhaswa yiRootsAction Education Fund. I-livestream ibonisa iintetho ezivela kwiindidi ezininzi zezithethi, kuquka uRyan Black, uHanieh Jodat Barnes, uMedea Benjamin, uJerry Brown, uLeslie Cagan, uMandy Carter, u-Emma Claire Foley, uMfundisi uMichael McBride, uKhury Petersen-Smith, uDavid Swanson, uKatrina vanden Heuvel , uIndiya uWalton, kunye noAnn Wright. UMlawuli / umvelisi uJeff Daniels naye uthetha kwaye abonise izicatshulwa ezivela kwi-documentary yakhe Umsitho kamabonakude malunga neempembelelo zefilimu ye-TV ka-1983 Usuku Emva. Oku kudlalwa bukhoma kukwabandakanya i-premiere yehlabathi yevidiyo enoDaniel Ellsberg "ngokuphelisa isoyikiso semfazwe yenyukliya," eveliswe ngumlawuli otyunjwe ngu-Oscar uJudith Ehrlich.