22 Uboshelwe Emishinini Yase-US ku-UN Ecela Ukuqedwa Kwezikhali Zenuzi

Ibhalwe ngu-Art Laffin
 
Ngomhla zingama-28 kuMbasa, njengoba iNhlangano Yezizwe ixhasa ingqungquthela yokubukeza iNuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) iqala usuku lwayo lwesibili, abenzi bokuthula abangama-22 abavela kulo lonke elase-US baboshwa “eShadows and Ashes” ekuvinjweni okungenabudlova e-US Mission to UN eNew York. City, icela i-US ukuthi iqede izikhali zayo zezikhali zenuzi nazo zonke ezinye izifundazwe zezikhali zenuzi ukuba zenze okufanayo. Iminyango emibili emikhulu eMishini yase-US yavalwa ngaphambi kokuba kuboshwe abantu. Sacula, futhi siphethe isibhengezo esikhulu esifundeka kanje: “Izithunzi Nomlotha—Konke Okusele,” kanye nezinye izimpawu zokuhoxiswa kwezikhali. Ngemva kokuboshwa, sayiswa e-17th Precinct lapho sacutshungulwa khona futhi sabekwa icala “lokuhluleka ukulalela umyalo osemthethweni” kanye “nokuvimbela abantu abahamba ngezinyawo.” Sakhululwa sonke futhi sanikezwa amasamanisi okuthi sibuyele enkantolo ngoJuni 24, umkhosi kaJohane uMbhapathizi..
 
 
Ngokubamba iqhaza kulobu bufakazi obungenalo udlame, obuhlelwe ngamalungu e-War Resisters League, ngifinyelele umbuthano ogcwele ohambweni lwami lokudala ukuthula nokumelana nobudlova. Eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu nesikhombisa edlule ngaboshwa okokuqala eMnyangweni ofanayo we-US ngesikhathi seSeshini YokuQala Ekhethekile Ye-UN Yokuhoxiswa Kwezikhali. Eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu nesikhombisa kamuva, ngabuyela endaweni efanayo ukuyobiza i-US, okuwukuphela kwezwe elase lisebenzise iBhomu, ukuba liphenduke esonweni senuzi futhi likhiphe izikhali.
 
Yize kube nokuncishiswa kwezikhali zenuzi kule minyaka engamashumi amathathu nesikhombisa edlule, izikhali zenuzi zisewumgogodla wempi yoMbuso WaseMelika. Izinkulumo ziyaqhubeka. Izizwe ezingachemile nezingezona zenuzi kanye nama-NGO amaningi anxusa imibuso yenuzi ukuthi ikhiphe izikhali, kodwa kwanhlanga zimuka nomoya! Ingozi yenuzi ihlala njalo-samanje. Ngo-January 22, 2015, i-Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists yaguqula “Iwashi Losuku Lwembubhiso” laba yimizuzu emithathu ngaphambi kwamabili. UKennette Benedict, umqondisi ophethe we-Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist, wachaza: “Ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye nengozi yempi yenuzi kuwusongo olukhula njalo empucukweni futhi kusondeza umhlaba doomsday...Manje sekusele imizuzu emithathu ukuthi kube phakathi kwamabili...Namuhla, ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu okungalawuleki kanye nokuncintisana kwezikhali zenuzi okubangelwa ukuthuthukiswa kwezikhali ezinkulu zezikhali kubangela izinsongo ezimangalisayo nezingenakuphikwa ekuqhubekeni nokuba khona kwesintu...Futhi abaholi bomhlaba bahlulekile ukuthatha isinyathelo ngesivinini noma ngokuqhubekayo. isilinganiso esidingekayo ukuze kuvikelwe izakhamuzi enhlekeleleni engase ibe khona.’”
 
Lapho ngigxeka udlame olukhulu lwenuzi olubeka engcupheni yonke impilo nomhlaba wethu ongcwele, ngathandazela izisulu ezingenakubalwa zeNkathi Yenuzi, manje onyakeni wayo wama-70, kanye nazo zonke izisulu zempi-yedlule nezamanje. Ngacabanga ngokucekelwa phansi kwemvelo okungenakulinganiswa okubangelwe amashumi eminyaka okumbiwa kwe-uranium, ukuhlolwa kwenuzi, nokukhiqizwa nokugcinwa kwezikhali zenuzi eziyingozi ezinemisebe. Ngazindla ngeqiniso elimangalisayo lokuthi, kusukela ngo-1940, imali engaba yizigidi eziyizigidi ezingu-9 zamaRandi iye yasaphazwa ukuze kuxhaswe uhlelo lwezikhali zenuzi lwase-US. Futhi ukwenza izinto zibe zimbi kakhulu, i-Obama Administration ihlongoza imali elinganiselwa ku-$1 trillion kule minyaka engu-30 ezayo ukuze kwenziwe isimanjemanje futhi kuthuthukiswe izikhali zenuzi ezikhona zase-US. Njengoba umgcinimafa womphakathi, empeleni, untshontshiwe ukuze kuxhaswe iBhomu kanye nokufudumala, kube nesikweletu esikhulu sezwe senziwe, izinhlelo zezenhlalakahle ezidingeka kakhulu ziye zathola izimali kanye nenqwaba yezidingo zabantu ezingahlangatshezwana nazo. Lezi zindleko ezimba eqolo zezikhali zenuzi zibe nomthelela ngokuqondile ezinxushunxushwini ezinkulu zezenhlalo nezomnotho emphakathini wethu namuhla.Ngakho sibona amadolobha akhungathekile, ubumpofu obudlangile, ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi ephezulu, ukuntuleka kwezindlu ezingambi eqolo, ukuntuleka kokunakekelwa kwezempilo, izikole ezingaxhaswa ngemali, kanye nohlelo lokuboshwa kwabantu abaningi. 
 
Ngesikhathi ngisesitokisini samaphoyisa, ngakhumbula futhi ngathandazela uFreddie Gray owafela esitokisini esinjalo, kanye nenqwaba yezakhamuzi eziMnyama ezabulawa amaphoyisa ezweni lakithi. Ngathandazela ukuba kuphele unya lwamaphoyisa kubo bonke abantu bebala. Egameni likaNkulunkulu osibizayo ukuba sithande futhi singabulali, ngithandazela ukuba kuqedwe lonke udlame lwezinhlanga. Ngima nabo bonke abafuna ukuziphendulela ngalawo maphoyisa anecala lokubulala abaNsundu kanye nokuqedwa kokucwasa ngokwebala. Konke Ukuphila Kungcwele! Akukho Ukuphila Okusebenzisekayo! Ukuphila Kwabamnyama Kubalulekile!
 
Izolo ntambama, ngibe nethuba elihle lokuba nabanye be-Hibakusha (abasinde e-A-Bomb abavela eJapane) njengoba behlangene phambi kwe-White House ukuze baqoqe amasignesha okufaka isicelo sokuqeda izikhali zenuzi. AbakwaHibakusha bebelokhu bengaphezi emizamweni yabo yobuqhawe yokunxusa amandla enuzi abuthene eNgqungqutheleni Yokubuyekeza ye-NPT e-UN, kanye nohambo lwabo oluya ezindaweni ezahlukene e-US, ukuze banxuse ukuthi kuqedwe ngokuphelele izikhali zenuzi. Laba badali bokuthula abanesibindi bayizikhumbuzo eziphilayo zokwesabeka okungenakuchazwa kwempi yenuzi. Umyalezo wabo ucacile: “Isintu asinakuhlalisana nezikhali zenuzi.” Izwi le-Hibakusha kumele lizwakale futhi lenziwe yibo bonke abantu abathakazelayo. 
 
UDkt. King wamemezela ukuthi eNkathini Yenuzi “inketho namuhla ayisekho phakathi kobudlova nokungabi nabudlova. Kungaba ukungabi nabudlova noma ukungabi khona.” Manje, kunanini ngaphambili, sidinga ukulalela ikhwelo likaDkt. King lokungabi nabudlova, sisebenzele ukuqeda lokho akubiza ngokuthi “ububi obuphindwe kathathu bokucwasa, ubumpofu kanye nezempi,” futhi silwele ukudala uMphakathi Othandwayo kanye nezwe elincishwe izikhali.
 
Ababoshiwe:
 
Ardeth Platte, Carol Gilbert, Art Laffin, Bill Ofenloch, Ed Hedemann, Jerry Goralnick, Jim Clune, Joan Pleune, John LaForge, Martha Hennessy, Ruth Benn, Trudy Silver, Vicki Rovere, Walter Goodman, David McReynolds, Sally Jones, Mike Levinson , Florindo Troncelliti, Helga Moor, Alice Sutter, Bud Courtneykanye noTarak Kauff.
 

 

Amademoni E-Anti-Nuke Ahlela Ukuvinjwa Kwemishini yase-US

NgoLwesibili, ngomhla zingama-28 kuMbasa, amalungu ezinhlangano eziningi zokuthula nezimelene nezikhali zenuzi, ezizibiza ngamaShadows and Ashes-Direct Action for Nuclear Disarmament azohlangana ngo-9:30 ekuseni eduze neNhlangano Yezizwe ukuze kube nomlindelo ongokomthetho e-Isaiah Wall, First Avenue kanye. 43rd Street, icela ukuqedwa ngokushesha kwazo zonke izikhali zenuzi emhlabeni wonke.

Ngemva kwesiqephu esifushane setiyetha nokufunda izitatimende ezimbalwa, abambalwa balelo qembu bazoqhubeka bekhuphukela ku-First Avenue baye ku-45.th Street ukubamba iqhaza ekuvinjweni okungenabudlova kweMishini yase-United States ku-UN, emzamweni wokudonsela ukunaka endimeni ye-US ekuqedeni umjaho wezikhali zenuzi, naphezu kwezithembiso ze-US zokuqeda zonke izikhali zenuzi.

Lo mbukiso uhlelelwe ukuthi uhambisane nokuvulwa kwengqungquthela yokubukeza iNuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), ezoqala kusukela zingama-27 kuMbasa kuya zingama-22 kuNhlaba ekomkhulu leNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene eNew York. I-NPT yisivumelwano samazwe ngamazwe sokuvimbela ukusabalala kwezikhali zenuzi nobuchwepheshe bezikhali. Izingqungquthela zokubuyekeza ukusebenza kweSivumelwano zibanjwe ngezikhathi eziyiminyaka emihlanu kusukela iSivumelwano saqala ukusebenza ngo-1970.

Selokhu iMelika yadedela amabhomu enuzi emadolobheni aseJapan iHiroshima neNagasaki ngo-1945 - kwashona abantu abangaphezu kuka-300,000 - abaholi bomhlaba sebehlangane izikhathi eziyi-15 emashumini ambalwa eminyaka ukudingida ukuchithwa kwezikhali zenuzi. Nokho izikhali zenuzi ezingaphezu kuka-16,000 zisasongela umhlaba.

Ngo-2009 uMengameli uBarack Obama wathembisa ukuthi iMelika izofuna ukuthula nokuvikeleka emhlabeni ongenazo izikhali zenuzi. Esikhundleni salokho abaphathi bakhe benze isabelomali sezigidigidi ezingama- $ 350 eminyakeni eyi-10 ezayo ukuthuthukisa nokwenza uhlelo lwezikhali zenuzi lwase-US lube lwesimanje.

“Ukuqedwa kwezikhali zenuzi akusoze kwenzeka uma nje silinda abaholi ababuthana e-East River ukuba bakwenze,” kuchaza uRuth Benn we-War Resisters League, omunye wabahleli bemibhikisho. "Sidinga ukwenza isitatimende esimangalisayo ngale kwamamashi, imibuthano kanye nezikhalazo," kuqhuba uBenn, enanela isitatimende sikaMartin Luther King wasejele laseBirmingham, "Isenzo esingenalo udlame sihlose ukudala inkinga enjalo futhi sikhuthaze ukungezwani okungangokuthi umphakathi ehlala enqaba ukuxoxisana uyaphoqeleka ukuthi abhekane nalolu daba."

UFlorindo Troncelliti, umgqugquzeli we-Peace Action, uthe uhlela ukubamba iqhaza ekuvinjweni ukuze atshele i-United States ngqo ukuthi “Siqale umjaho wezikhali zenuzi futhi, ehlazweni lethu laphakade, ukuphela kwezwe elizisebenzisile, ngakho sekuyisikhathi. ukuze thina namanye amandla enuzi sivele sivale umlomo futhi sikhiphe izikhali.”

IShadows and Ashes ixhaswe yiWar Resisters League, iBrooklyn For Peace, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), Codepink, Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace, Global Network against Nuclear Power and Weapons in Space, Granny Peace Brigade, Ground. I-Zero Centre for Nonviolent Action, Jonah House, Kairos Community, Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives, Manhattan Green Party, Nodutol, North Manhattan Neighbors for Peace and Justice, Nuclear Peace Foundation, Nuclear Resister, NY Metro Raging Grannies, Pax Christi Metro New York , Peace Action (National), Peace Action Manhattan, Peace Action NYS, Peace Action of Staten Island, Roots Action, Shut Down Indian Point Now, United for Peace and Justice, US Peace Council, War Is a Crime, World Can't Wait .

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