NguMedea Benjamin kunye no-Alice Slater, ngoDisemba 12, 2018
ukusuka Iindoda eziqhelekileyo
Ngomoya wonyaka omtsha kunye neNkongolo entsha, u-2019 unokuba lithuba lethu lelona lihle nelokugqibela lokukhwelisa inqanawa yethu yombuso kude neengozi ezimbini zeplanethi yesiphithiphithi sokusingqongileyo kunye nomkhosi, silungiselela indlela eya kwinkulungwane yama-21 eqinisekisa umhlaba.
Ingxaki yokusingqongileyo yavezwa yingxelo kaDisemba yephaneli yeMozulu yeZizwe eziManyeneyo: Ukuba umhlaba uyasilela ukuhlanganisana kwiminyaka eli-12 ezayo kwinqanaba lokudutyulwa kwenyanga, kunye nezixhobo zokutshintsha indlela esiwasebenzisa ngayo amandla kwifosili enetyhefu, inyukliya kunye I-industrial biomass fuels kwizisombululo esele zaziwa ngokusetyenziswa kwesola, umoya, amanzi, amandla e-geothermal kunye nokusebenza kakuhle, siya kutshabalalisa bonke ubomi emhlabeni njengoko sisazi. Umbuzo okhoyo ngowokuba ingaba amagosa ethu anyuliweyo, aneentambo zolawulo, aza kuhlala engakwazi na ukwenza njengoko iplanethi yethu ifumana imililo etshabalalisayo, izikhukula, imbalela, kunye nolwandle olunyukayo okanye baya kuwuthatha lo mzuzu kwaye bathathe inyathelo elikhulu njengoko senzayo iUnited States yabuphelisa ubukhoboka, yanika abafazi ivoti, yaphelisa ukudandatheka okukhulu, yaye yaphelisa ucalucalulo olusemthethweni.
Amanye amalungu eCongress sele ebonisa ubuchule babo bembali ngokuxhasa i-Green New Deal. Oku akuzukuqala nje ukubuyisela umva umonakalo esiwenze kwikhaya lethu elihlangeneyo, kodwa kuya kudala amakhulu amawaka emisebenzi elungileyo engenakuthunyelwa phesheya kolwandle kumazwe anemivuzo ephantsi.
Kwanabo bantu bafuna ukulungisa imeko yemozulu, nangona kunjalo, bayasilela ukulwa nengxaki ngaxeshanye yomkhosi. Imfazwe yobugrogrisi eyavela emva kohlaselo lwabanqolobi ngo-9/11 ikhokelele phantse kumashumi amabini eminyaka yokungajongwanga emkhosini. Sichitha imali eninzi emkhosini wethu kunanini na kwimbali. Iimfazwe ezingapheliyo e-Afghanistan, e-Iraq, eYemen, eSiriya nakwezinye iindawo zisaqhuba, zisixabisa iitriliyoni zeedola kunye nokudala iintlekele zobuntu. Izivumelwano ezindala zokulawula izixhobo zenyukliya ziyaqhambuka kwangaxeshanye ukuba ungquzulwano namagunya amakhulu aseRashiya naseTshayina luya luvutha.
Uphi umnxeba weSivumelwano esitsha soXolo esinokukhulula amakhulu eebhiliyoni kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi olugqithileyo ukuze lutyale imali kwiziseko ezingundoqo eziluhlaza? Uphi umnxeba wokuvala uninzi lweziseko zomkhosi zelizwe lethu ezingaphezu kwama-800 phesheya, iziseko eziziintsalela zeMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi kwaye azinamsebenzi ngeenjongo zomkhosi? Siphi ikhwelo lokuba kujongwe ngokunzulu isoyikiso esikhoyo esibangelwa zizixhobo zenyukliya?
Ngenxa yokuwohloka kwezivumelwano eziphelelwe lixesha zolawulo lwezixhobo zenyukliya, akukho ngqiqweni ukungasixhasi isivumelwano esisandul’ uthethwano seZizwe Ezimanyeneyo, esisayinwe ngamazwe ali-122, ukuthintela nokuvalwa kwezixhobo zenyukliya kanye njengokuba ihlabathi lenze kwizixhobo zemichiza nezebhayoloji. I-Congress yase-US akufuneki igunyazise inkcitho yetriliyoni enye yeedola kwizixhobo zenyukliya ezitsha, ukuqubuda kubahlawuli benkampani abafuna umdyarho omkhulu wezixhobo kunye neRussia kunye namanye amazwe axhobe ngenyukliya ukuze bonakalise abantu bethu kunye nehlabathi liphela. Endaweni yoko, iCongress kufuneka ikhokele ekuxhaseni lo mnqophiso kwaye iwukhuthaze phakathi kwezinye izixhobo zenyukliya.
Abagcini bendalo kufuneka bakhuphisane ne-Pentagon yomhlaba wonke. Umkhosi wase-US ngowona mthengi mkhulu wehlabathi wamafutha e-fossil kunye nomthombo omkhulu weegesi ze-greenhouse, igalelo malunga ne-5 pesenti yokukhutshwa kokufudumala kwehlabathi. Phantse ama-900 eendawo ze-EPA ezili-1,300 zeSuperfund zilahliwe iziseko zomkhosi, izixhobo zokuvelisa izixhobo okanye iindawo zokuvavanya izixhobo. Indawo yangaphambili yezixhobo zenyukliya yaseHanford eWashington state kuphela iya kuxabisa ngaphezulu kwe-100 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ukuyicoca.
Ukuba utshintsho lwemozulu alulungiswanga ngokukhawuleza yi-Green New Deal, umkhosi wehlabathi uya kunyuka ukuphendula ukunyuka kwababaleki bemozulu kunye nokuphazamiseka koluntu, okuya kondla utshintsho lwemozulu kunye nokutywina umjikelo okhohlakeleyo owondliwa bububi obubini bokulwa kunye nokuphazamiseka kwemozulu. Yiyo loo nto iSivumelwano esitsha soXolo kunye neSivumelwano esitsha esiLuhlaza kufuneka sihambisane. Asinakukwazi ukuchitha ixesha lethu, izixhobo kunye neenkunzi zengqondo kwizixhobo kunye nemfazwe xa utshintsho lwemozulu luphazamisa lonke uluntu. Ukuba izixhobo zenyukliya azisitshabalalisi kunokuba ungxamiseko olungxamisekileyo lwemozulu eyintlekele.
Ukusuka kwinkqubo yezoqoqosho exhomekeke kumafutha efosili nakugonyamelo kuya kusenza sikwazi ukwenza utshintsho olufanelekileyo oluya kuqoqosho olucocekileyo, oluluhlaza noluxhasa ubomi. Le iya kuba yeyona ndlela ikhawulezayo nelungileyo yokujongana neqela lokufa kwindawo yezomkhosi-zemizi-mveliso awalumkisa ngayo uMongameli Eisenhower malunga neminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo.
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Medea uBenjamin, umseli-siseko Global Exchange kwaye CODEPINK: Abasetyhini Ukuthula, ngulo mbhali wencwadi entsha, Ngaphakathi kwe-Iran: Imbali Yembali kunye nezopolitiko zeRiphabhliki yase-Iran. Iincwadi zakhe zangaphambili ziquka: UBukumkani boBulungisa: Emva kwe-US-Saudi Connection; I-Drone Warfare: Ukubulala ngokuLawula kude; Musa Ukwesaba iGoringo: Umfazi waseHonduran uthetha kwiNtliziyo, kunye (kunye noJodie Evans) Yeka iMfazwe Elandelayo Ngoku (Inner Ocean Action Guide). Mlandele kwi-Twitter: @medeabenjamin
Alice Slater, umbhali kunye nomthetheleli wokuthotywa kwezixhobo zenyukliya, ulilungu leKomiti yoLungelelaniso ye World Beyond War kunye noMmeli we-UN NGO we ISiseko soXolo lweNyukliya yeXesha leNyukliya.
