Ibhalwe nguLeonard Eiger
Izishoshovu zeqembu lendawo lokuthula zivimbe isango elikhulu futhi zenza umngcwabo oyinhlekisa esikhungweni semikhumbi-ngwenya yenuzi e-West Coast Trident njengesenzo sokumelana nezikhali zenuzi.
Abantu abangaphezu kwamashumi ayisithupha babambe iqhaza emgubhweni waminyaka yonke we-Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action wempilo kanye nefa lika-Martin Luther King Jr ngoMgqibelo, Januwari 17, 2015. Umcimbi uphethe ngomlindelo nesenzo esiqondile esingenalo udlame e-Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor e-Silverdale, Washington.
Ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi “Ukwakha Indlu Yomhlaba,” lolu suku lwalugxile ekuzibophezeleni kukaDkt. Indatshana kaDkt. King ethi, “The World House” ingase ibe ingqikithi yezimfundiso zikaDkt. King.
Ngenkathi abanye ababambiqhaza begcine umlindelo onokuthula Esangweni Eliyinhloko eliya eSikhumulweni Semikhumbi Yasemanzini eKitsap-Bangor eSilverdale, eWashington. ngomgqibelo ntambama, abanye abagqoke izingubo zendela ezimnyama bathwele ibhokisi lomngcwabo elinembulunga emelela umhlaba belubeka eceleni komgwaqo. Abantu bakhuphukela ebhokisini futhi babeka izimbali phezu kwalo, kwase kuthi omunye umhlanganyeli owayegqoke izembatho washo amazwi okudumisa, “Ukulila Ukufa Komhlaba Ngemva Kokubhujiswa Kwenuzi.” Ingoma yomngcwabo yaqeda umcimbi.
Lapho umcimbi usuqediwe abahlanganyeli bathwale ibhokisi bangena emgwaqweni womgwaqo, bavimba isiminyaminya esingena esisekelweni. Amaphoyisa aseWashington State Patrol ayalele abaphikisi ukuthi bakhiphe ibhokisi ngaphandle komgwaqo. Bakwenza lokho, bathwala ibhokisi, baliyisa kumlamuli lapho ababevalelwe khona. Bonke bathole izingcaphuno zokuba semgwaqweni ngokungemthetho, base bededelwa.
Ababaluliwe kwakunguMary Elder, Seattle, WA; Peter Gallagher, Seattle, WA; Raghav Kaushik, Kirkland, WA; Mona Lee, Seattle, WA; Bernie Meyer, Olympia, WA; UMichael Siptroth, Belfair, WA; kanye noRick Turner, Seattle, Wa;
Kulandela isenzo sokuqala ababhikishi abaningi bangene emgwaqeni bavala izimoto. U-Gilberto Perez, e-Bainbridge Island, WA wayephethe uphawu olubizela ukuthi kungabi khona isizinda samasosha ase-Jeju Island, eKorea. U-Jonathan Landolfe, e-Tacoma, WA wayephethe ibhodi elithi “Sea Hawks, Not War Hawks.” UBruce Gagnon, Bath, ME wayephethe uphawu oluthi “Izidingo Zomuntu, HHAYI IMPI$”. Bonke bakhishwe emgwaqeni ngabakwaState Patrol babalula ukuba semgwaqweni ngokungemthetho.
U-Gagnon, uMdidiyeli we-Global Network Against Weapons kanye ne-Nuclear Power in Space, unikeze inkulumo yosuku ekuqaleni kosuku e-Ground Zero Center. UGagnon ukhulume ngokungasimami kwesabelomali sokwakhiwa kwemikhumbi ye-US Navy, nokuthi izinhlelo “zokufaneleka” ezihlanganisa i-Social Security, Medicare kanye ne-Medicaid zixhaswa kanjani ukuze kuxhaswe imikhumbi emisha ehlanganisa uxhaxha lwemikhumbi-ngwenya yemikhumbi-ngwenya ejikijelwayo. I-OHIO Class Replacement Programme iyodwa (imikhumbi-ngwenya eyi-12 emisha ye-Trident) izobiza imali elinganiselwa ku-$100 billion.
Amalungu e-Ground Zero Center nawo abambe iqhaza ku-Seattle MLK Rally & March ngo-January 19, ephethe usayizi ogcwele we-inflatable replica yomcibisholo ocitshwayo we-thermonuclear i-Trident II D-5. Owayehambisana nomcibisholo kwakukhona isibhengezo esicashunwe uDkt. King esidumile: “Lapho amandla esayensi edlula amandla angokomoya, sigcina sesinemicibisholo ejikijelwayo nabantu abadukile.” Abahlanganyeli banikeze amapheshana anamaqiniso ku-Trident.
Uhlelo lwezikhali zenuzi lwe-Trident lwaklanywa ngesikhathi seMpi Yomshoshaphansi futhi lwabikezelwa embonweni we-Strategic Nuclear Deterrence, imfundiso engasasebenzi isikhathi eside ngemva kokuwa koDonga LwaseBerlin. Ukuthunyelwa okuqhubekayo kwe-Trident kwandisa ubungozi bempi yenuzi eyenzeka ngengozi noma yamabomu, futhi ukwakha isizukulwane esisha semikhumbi-ngwenya yezikhali zenuzi kwandisa ukwanda kwezikhali zenuzi emhlabeni wonke ngesikhathi lapho amandla enyukliya kufanele anciphise ukuthembela ezikhalini zenuzi futhi enze ukholo oluhle. imizamo yokuqeda izikhali.
Isizinda sangaphansi kolwandle i-Trident e-Bangor, eqhele ngamamayela angu-20 ukusuka e-Seattle, siqukethe izikhali zenuzi ezisebenza kakhulu ezisebenzayo endaweni yezikhali yase-US. Ngamunye kumkhumbi-ngwenya we-Trident ongu-8 e-Bangor uthwala imicibisholo ejikijelwayo ye-Trident II (D-24) efika ku-5, ngayinye ekwazi ukuhlonywa ngezikhali ezijikijelwayo ezifinyeleleka ngokuzimela ezifinyelela kwezingu-8. Ikhanda ngalinye lezikhali zenuzi linamandla aqhumayo aphakathi kwe-100 ne-475 kilotons (afinyelela izikhathi ezingama-30 amandla ebhomu laseHiroshima). Kulinganiselwa ukuthi lapho isizukulwane esisha semikhumbi-ngwenya ejikijelwayo ecitshwayo iqala ukusebenza, iyobe imelela amaphesenti angu-70 ezikhali zenuzi ezisetshenziswa ezweni.
I-Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action ibamba imilindelo nezenzo ezintathu ezihleliwe unyaka ngamunye ngokumelene ne-Trident kanye nokuphikisana nenqubomgomo yezikhali zenuzi yase-US. Iqembu njengamanje limatasatasa ezinyathelweni zomthetho enkantolo yeNhlangano yokumisa ukwakhiwa kwe-Navy ye-Second Explosives Handling Wharf e-Bangor. I-Ground Zero iphinde isebenze nezinye izinhlangano ukususa uxhaso lwezinhlelo zeNavy zomkhumbi-ngwenya wesizukulwane esilandelayo se-ballistic missile.
Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu nesikhombisa i-Ground Zero ibambe iqhaza kwezemfundo, ukuqeqeshwa kokungabi nabudlova, ukwakha umphakathi, ukumelana ne-Trident kanye nokwenza umhlaba ongenazo izikhali zenuzi.
Izithombe zinamathiselwe. Ikhredithi Yesithombe: L. Eiger, Isikhungo Esiphansi SeZero Sesenzo Esingenalo Ubudlova (Qaphela: Izithombe ezinokulungiswa okuphezulu ziyatholakala)
Xhumana no: Leonard Eiger, Imidiya kanye Nokufinyelela
Isikhungo seZero seGround for Action Nonviolent Action
www.gzcenter.org
