UMargaret Flowers noKevin Zeese, Novemba 1, 2017, TruthDig.
Kuleli sonto, isikhumbuzo seminyaka eyi-100 seSimemezelo sase-Balfour, esakhuthaza ukunikeza iPalestine kubantu bamaJuda, sizogujwa eLondon. Emhlabeni wonke, kuzoba khona imibhikisho ephikisana nayo efuna iBrithani ixolise ngomonakalo eyawenza. Abafundi abavela eWest Bank naseGaza bazothumela izincwadi kuhulumeni waseBrithani ezichaza imithelela engemihle i-Balfour Declaration, kanye ne-Nakba ngo-1948, eqhubeka nayo ezimpilweni zabo namuhla.
Njengoba uDan Freeman-Maloy ichaza, iSimemezelo Sakwa-Balfour sisasebenza nanamuhla ngenxa yenkulumo-ze ekhona kanye naso eyayithethelela ukuphakama kwabamhlophe, ukucwasa kanye nombuso. Ama-impiriyali aseBrithani ayekholelwa ukuthi intando yeningi isebenza kuphela “kubantu abaphucuzekile nabanqobayo,” nokuthi “ama-Afrika, ama-Asiya, abantu boMdabu emhlabeni wonke - bonke babe ... 'bezinhlanga ezingaphansi,' bengakufanelekeli ukuzibusa." Lolo bandlululo lobuhlanga lwaluqondiswe nakumaJuda. ULord Balfour wayencamela ukuba nabantu abangamaJuda abahlala ePalestine, kude neBrithani, lapho ababengase bakhonze njengabangane baseBrithani abawusizo.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uBill Moyers usikhumbuza engxoxweni yakhe nombhali uJames Whitman, imithetho yase-United States yayibhekwa “njengesibonelo sabo bonke abantu ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20 ababenesithakazelo sokwakha ukuhleleka okusekelwe kuhlanga noma izwe lohlanga. IMelika yayingumholi emikhakheni ehlukahlukene yomthetho wobandlululo engxenyeni yokuqala yalelo khulu leminyaka.” Lokhu kuhlanganisa imithetho yokuthuthela kwelinye izwe eklanyelwe ukugcina "okungathandeki" ngaphandle kwe-US, imithetho edala ubuzwe besigaba sesibili kubantu base-Afrika-baseMelika nabanye abantu kanye nokuvinjelwa kwemishado yezinhlanga. UWhitman unencwadi entsha ebhala ukuthi uHitler wayisebenzisa kanjani imithetho yase-US njengesisekelo sombuso wamaNazi.
Ukungabi Nabulungisa Kusemthethweni
Uhulumeni wase-US kanye nemithetho yakhe iyaqhubeka nokubhebhethekisa ukungabi nabulungisa namuhla. Ngokwesibonelo, osonkontileka abafaka isicelo sezimali zikahulumeni ukuze balungise umonakalo owenziwe yiSiphepho i-Harvey e-Dickinson, eTexas. okudingekayo ukumemezela ukuthi abahlanganyeli embuthweni wePalestine Boycott, Divestment, Sanction (BDS). Futhi uMbusi waseMaryland uHogan wasayina umyalo ophezulu kuleli sonto ukuvimbela noma yibaphi osonkontileka bombuso ukuthi babambe iqhaza enhlanganweni ye-BDS, ngemuva kokuthi izishoshovu zendawo zehlule umthetho ofanayo kule minyaka emithathu edlule.
Ukubamba iqhaza ekudukeni kufanele kuvikelwe ngaphansi Kwesichibiyelo Sokuqala, njengoba kufanele kube ilungelo lokubhikishela ubandlululo lwakwa-Israel. Kodwa, lelo lungelo lingase futhi lisuswe. Kuleli sonto, u-Kenneth Marcus wenziwa umgqugquzeli ophezulu wamalungelo omphakathi eMnyangweni wezeMfundo. Uphethe iqembu elibizwa ngeBrandeis Centre for Human Rights, empeleni elisebenzela ukuhlasela abantu ngabanye namaqembu ahlela ukulwa nobandlululo lwase-Israel emakhempasini. Nora Barrows-Friedman ubhala ukuthi uMarcus, obelokhu efaka izikhalazo ngamaqembu abafundi abasekela iPalestine, usezoba nguyena ophethe ukuphenya lawo macala.
UDima Khalidi, inhloko yePalestine Legal, esebenzela ukuvikela izishoshovu ezisekela iPalestine, uyachaza lokho e-United States, “ikhuluma ngamalungelo asePalestine, futhi ibekela inselele izenzo nokulandisa kuka-Israyeli, [ivulela] abantu ingozi enkulu, ukuhlaselwa, nokuhlukunyezwa—okuningi kwako okungokomthetho ngokwemvelo, noma okunemithelela yezomthetho.” Lokhu kuhlasela kwenzeka ngoba ukunyakaza kwe-BDS kunomthelela.
Lena indawo eyodwa nje esobala yokungabi nabulungisa. Yebo zikhona ezinye ezifana nezinqubomgomo zabokufika kanye imingcele yokuhamba. Futhi kunezinhlelo zokucwasa ngokwebala e-United States ezingasekelwe emthethweni, kodwa ezifakwe emikhubeni efana nale. amaphoyisa acwasa ngokwebala, ukuqashwa kweziboshwa ngezigqila kanye nokubekwa kwe izimboni ezinobuthi emiphakathini eyidlanzana. I-Marshall Project ine umbiko omusha ngokucwasa ngokwebala ezingxoxweni zokuncenga.
I-War Propaganda
Abezindaba, njengoba benza ekuqaleni kwekhulu lamashumi amabili, basaqhubeka nokusebenzisa imibono yomphakathi ukuze basekele ubudlova bezempi. I-NY Times nezinye izixuku, imidiya yezinkampani ikhuthaze izimpi kuwo wonke umlando wombuso wase-US. Kusukela 'Ezikhalini Zokubhujiswa Kwenqwaba' e-Iraq kuya eGulf of Tonkin eVietnam futhi yonke indlela emuva kokuthi 'Khumbula iMaine' eMpini YaseSpain-American, eyaqala uMbuso WaseMelika wanamuhla, abezindaba bezinkampani bebelokhu bedlala umdlalo omkhulu. indima ekuholeni i-US empini.
U-Adam Johnson Wokulunga Nokunemba Ekubikeni (FAIR) ubhala mayelana I-Op Ed yakamuva ye-New York Times: “Imithombo yezindaba yezinkampani inomlando omude wezimpi ezikhalayo yona ngokwayo eyasiza ekuthengiseni umphakathi waseMelika, kodwa azivamile izimpi eziningi kangaka nobuzenzisi obungaka bugaywe ohlwini lwabahleli olulodwa.” UJohnson uveza ukuthi i-New York Times ayilokothi ibuze ukuthi izimpi zilungile noma azilungile, noma ngabe zinokusekelwa kweCongress noma cha. Futhi ikhuthaza umbono wokuthi "akukho bhuzu phansi" ukuthi kuhle ukuqhumisa amanye amazwe inqobo nje uma amasosha ase-US engalimali.
ANO futhi ukhomba ukumangalela okungamanga kwabezindaba kokuthi i-Iran inohlelo lwezikhali zenuzi. Kusenjalo kuthulekile mayelana ne Uhlelo oluyimfihlo lwezikhali zenuzi zakwa-Israel. I-Iran ibihambisana ne-International Atomic Energy Agency, kanti i-Israel yenqabile ukuhlolwa. U-Eric Margolis kuphakamisa umbuzo obalulekile ukuthi ngabe abaphathi bakaTrump babeka izithakazelo zakwa-Israel, ephikisana ne-Iran, ngaphambi kwe-US ngenkathi enqaba ukuqinisekisa isivumelwano senuzi ne-Iran.
INorth Korea iyizwe elisakazwa kakhulu kwabezindaba base-US. U-Eva Bartlett, intatheli ehambele futhi yabika kabanzi ngeSyria, usanda kuvakashela eNyakatho Korea. Wethula a umbono wabantu nezithombe lokho ngeke kutholakale emithonjeni yezentengiso, enikeza umbono omuhle ngezwe.
Ngokudabukisayo, iNorth Korea ibhekwa njengento ebalulekile emizamweni yase-US ukuvimbela iChina ekubeni umbuso wezwe obusayo. Ramzy Baroud ubhala mayelana ukubaluleka kwesixazululo senxusa engxabanweni phakathi kwe-US neNorth Korea ngoba uma kungenjalo kuzoba yimpi ende nechitha igazi. U-Baroud uthi i-US izophelelwa ngokushesha imicibisholo bese isebenzisa “amabhomu adonsela phansi aluhlaza,” ebulala izigidi.
The okhethweni kabusha lwakamuva luka-Shinzo Abe kwandisa ukungqubuzana kuleso sifunda. U-Abe ufuna ukwakha amasosha amancane aseJapan futhi aguqule uMthethosisekelo wamanje we-pacifist ukuze iJapan ikwazi ukuhlasela amanye amazwe. Akungabazeki ukuthi, i-Asian Pivot kanye nokukhathazeka mayelana nokungezwani phakathi kwe-US namanye amazwe kubhebhezela ukusekelwa kwe-Abe kanye nempi eyengeziwe eJapan.
I-US Aggression in Africa
Ukuba khona kwamasosha ase-US e-Afrika kugqame kuleli sonto ngokushona kwamasosha ase-US eNiger. Nakuba kwakungeyona inhliziyo, mhlawumbe singabonga ukuthi ukuphikisana kukaTrump nomfelokazi osanda kuba ngumfelokazi uMyeshia Johnson okungenani kube nomthelela wokuqwashisa izwe lonke mayelana nalokhu kuhlasela okuyimfihlo kwemishini. Singabonga izitolo ezifana Umbiko we-Black Agenda abebelokhu bebika njalo I-AFRICOM, i-US Africa Command.
Kwamangaza abantu abaningi, okuhlanganisa namalungu eCongress, ukuthi i-US inamasosha ayi-6,000 ahlakazekile 53 ngaphandle kwe-54 Amazwe ase-Afrika. Ukuzibandakanya kwe-US e-Afrika bekukhona kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II, ikakhulukazi uwoyela, igesi, amaminerali, umhlaba kanye nezabasebenzi. Nini UGaddafi, eLibya, ungenele ngekhono le-US lokubusa amazwe ase-Afrika ngokuwanikeza imali kawoyela, ngaleyo ndlela ewakhulula esidingweni sokuba nesikweletu e-US, futhi wahola umzamo wokuhlanganisa amazwe ase-Afrika, wabulawa futhi iLibya yabhujiswa. I-China iphinde ibambe iqhaza ekuqhudelaneni ne-US ekutshalweni kwezimali kwe-Afrika, ikwenza lokho ngokutshala izimali kwezomnotho esikhundleni sokulwela impi. Njengoba ingasakwazi ukulawula i-Afrika ngokwezomnotho, i-US yaphendukela ekubeni impi enkulu.
I-AFRICOM yayi yethulwa ngaphansi kukaMongameli uGeorge W. Bush, owaqoka ujenene omnyama ukuthi ahole i-AFRICOM, kodwa kwaba nguMongameli Obama owaphumelela ukukhulisa ubukhona bezempi yaseMelika. Ngaphansi kuka-Obama, uhlelo lwe-drone lwakhula e-Afrika. Bangu ezingaphezu kuka-60 izisekelo ze-drone ezisetshenziselwa ukuthunywa emazweni ase-Afrika njengeSomalia. Isizinda saseMelika eDijbouti sisetshenziselwa ukuhlasela kwamabhomu eYemen naseSyria. Osonkontileka bezempi baseMelika nabo benza inzuzo enkulu e-Afrika.
I-Nick Turse imibiko ukuthi amasosha ase-US enze isilinganiso semisebenzi eyishumi e-Afrika nsuku zonke. Uchaza indlela izikhali zase-US nokuqeqeshwa kwezempi okuphazamise ngayo ukulingana kwamandla emazweni ase-Afrika, okuholela emizamweni yokuketula umbuso kanye nokwanda kwamaqembu amaphekula.
In lokhu kuxoxwa, u-Abayomi Azikiwe, umhleli wePan-African News Wire, ukhuluma ngomlando omude nononya wase-US e-Afrika. Uyaphetha:
"IWashington kumele ivale izisekelo zayo, iziteshi ze-drone, izindawo zezindiza, ukusebenza ngokuhlanganyela kwezempi, amaphrojekthi wokubonisana nezinhlelo zokuqeqesha nawo wonke amazwe angamalungu e-African Union. Ayikho kule mizamo eye yaletha ukuthula nokuzinza ezwenikazi. Okwenzekile kuphambene impela. Selokhu kwavela i-AFRICOM, isimo asizinzile kakhulu esifundeni.”
Ukwakha iGlobal Peace Movement
Umshini wempi onganeliseki ungene kuzo zonke izici zempilo yethu. I-Militarism iyingxenye evelele yesiko lase-US. Iyingxenye enkulu yomnotho wase-US. Ngeke umiswe ngaphandle kokuthi sibambisane ukukumisa. Futhi, ngenkathi thina e-US, njengombuso omkhulu kunayo yonke emlandweni womhlaba, sinesibopho esikhulu sokulwa nempi, sizophumelela kakhulu uma sikwazi ukuxhumana nabantu nezinhlangano kwamanye amazwe ukuzwa izindaba zabo, ukwesekwa. umsebenzi wabo futhi bafunde ngemibono yabo yomhlaba onokuthula.
Ngenhlanhla, kunemizamo eminingi yokuvuselela inhlangano emelene nempi e-United States, futhi amaqembu amaningi anobudlelwane bamazwe ngamazwe. I I-United National Anti-War Coalition, World Beyond War, lo I-Black Alliance for Peace futhi Umfelandawonye Omelene Nezisekelo Zezempi Zangaphandle zase-US ngamaqembu ethulwe eminyakeni eyisikhombisa edlule.
Akhona namathuba okwenza okuthile. I-Veterans for Peace ihlela izenzo zokuthula ngoNovemba 11, Usuku Lwezikhali. I-CODEPINK isanda kuqala i- I-Divest From the War Machine Campaign iqondise kubakhi bezikhali abahlanu abaphezulu e-US. Lalela ingxoxo yethu nomhleli oholayo u-Haley Pederson ekusuleni INKONGU. Futhi kuzoba khona a ingqungquthela yokuvala izizinda zamasosha angaphandle ngoMasingana eBaltimore.
Masiqaphele ukuthi njengoba kuliwa izimpi ukuze kuphathwe izifunda ngezinsiza zazo ukuze abambalwa bazuze, zisuka futhi emibonweni yabantu abamhlophe nokucwasa ngokwebala ekholelwa ukuthi abantu abathile kuphela abafanele ukulawula ikusasa labo. Ngokuhlanganisa izandla nabafowethu nodadewethu emhlabeni wonke futhi sisebenzele ukuthula, singaletha umhlaba oxubile lapho bonke abantu benokuthula, ukuzibusa futhi bephila ngokuhlonipheka.
