Gubha usuku lwe-Armistice: Wage Peace With Energy Renewed

NguGerry Condon, Novemba 8, 2020

Novemba 11 lusuku lwe-Armistice, lokumaka luhlaka lwe-1918 lekuphela kweMpi Yemhlaba Yekucala, “ngehora leshumi nanye losuku lweshumi nanye lwenyanga yeshumi nanye.” Besatshiswa ngokubulawa kwezimboni kwezigidi zamasosha nezakhamizi, abantu base-US kanye nomhlaba baqale imikhankaso yokunqabela impi unomphela. Ngo-1928 uNobhala Wombuso wase-United States kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseFrance baklonyeliswa ngeNobel Peace Prize ngokuxhasa ngokubambisana Isivumelwano seKellogg-Briand, owamemezela ukuthi ukulwa kwakungekho emthethweni futhi wacela izizwe ukuthi zixazulule ukungezwani kwazo ngezindlela zokuthula. I-United Nations Charter, eyasayinwa yizizwe eziningi ngo-1945, yayihlanganisa nolimi olufanayo, “ukusindisa izizukulwane ezilandelayo esihlahleni sempi, esike saletha usizi oluningi esintwini esikhathini esiphila kuso… ” Ngokudabukisayo nokho, ikhulu leminyaka elidlule limakwe yimpi ngemuva kwempi, kanye nempi ekhulayo.

Labo kithi base-US abakhathazekile ngempi yomhlaba wonke abadingi ukubheka phambili kunethonya elibi kakhulu lezakhiwo zezimboni zamasosha, njengoba UMongameli uDwight Eisenhower uxwayisile. 

I-US igcina izizinda zamasosha ezingekho ngaphansi kwezingu-800 embulungeni yonke, emaphephandabeni agcwele enkantolo ukuze "kuvikelwe izintshisekelo zethu zokuphepha kuzwelonke." Lezi akuzona izintshisekelo zabantu abasebenza nsuku zonke, okufanele bakhokhele isabelomali sezempi esikhula njalo, futhi amadodana namadodakazi abo aphoqeleka ukuba balwe izimpi emazweni akude. Cha, lezi yizintshisekelo zika-One Percent odumile ocebile ngokuxhashazwa kwemithombo yezemvelo yamanye amazwe, abasebenzi nezimakethe, kanye nokutshala kwabo imali “embonini yezokuvikela.”

Njengoba uMartin Luther King amemezele ngesibindi kuye Ngaphandle kweVietnam inkulumo, “…Ngangazi ukuthi ngeke ngiphinde ngiphakamise izwi lami ngimelene nodlame lwabacindezelwe ezi-ghetto ngaphandle kokuthi ngikhulume ngokucacile nomshushisi omkhulu kunabo bonke emhlabeni namuhla: uhulumeni wami. ”

Eceleni kwamasosha amakhulu aseMelika kunamabutho angabonakali kangako. Ama-ejensi wezobunhloli ase-US afana ne-CIA asebenze ngamabutho acashile asebenzela ukudicilela phansi kanye nokuwisa ohulumeni abangathandwa yisigaba esilawula i-US. Impi yezomnotho - aka "unswinyo" - isetshenziselwe ukwenza umnotho "uklabalase," ulethe ukufa nosizi ezinkulungwaneni.

Ukwenza izinto zibe zimbi kakhulu, abaphathi baka-Obama / Biden basungule i-One Trillion Dollar, uhlelo lweminyaka engama-30 ukwenza “isimanjemanje” i “nuclear triad” - amasistimu ezikhali zenuzi asemoyeni, emhlabeni kanye nasolwandle. Futhi abaphathi bakaTrump bahoxe ngokuhlelekile ezivumelwaneni ezibalulekile zokulwa nezikhali zenuzi, okuholele iBulletin of Atomic Scientists ukuthi ihambise i-Doomsday Clock yabo ize ifike kumasekhondi ayi-100 kusukela phakathi kwamabili. Ingozi yempi yenuzi inkulu kakhulu kunakuqala, ngokusho kochwepheshe abaningi - ikakhulu ngenxa yokuvinjezelwa kweRussia / i-NATO kanye nokwakhiwa kwamasosha amakhulu aseMelika ePacific, okusongela impi enkulu neChina.

Izindaba Ezinhle Zokunqotshwa Kwezikhali Zenuzi

Konke lokhu kuyethusa kakhulu, njengoba kufanele kube njalo. Kepha kukhona nezindaba ezinhle nazo. Ngo-Okthoba 24, 2020, IHonduras yaba yisizwe sama-50 sokuqinisekisa iSivumelwano Se-UN Sokuvinjelwa Kwezikhali Zenuzi. Kulokho abakhankasi abahola phambili abachaza ngokuthi “isahluko esisha sokulwa nezikhali zenuzi,” iSivumelwano manje sizoqala ukusebenza ngoJanuwari 22. Lesi sivumelwano sithi amazwe asigunyazayo akufanele "ngaphansi kwanoma isiphi isimo athuthukise, avivinye, akhiqize, akhiqize noma atholele, aphathe noma agcine izikhali zenuzi noma ezinye iziqhumane zenuzi."

I-International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) - inhlangano yezambulela nomkhankaso wamaqembu amaningi emhlabeni jikelele - ithe ukuqala ukusebenza, “bekuyisiqalo nje. Uma nje isivumelwano sesisebenza, wonke amaqembu eMibuso azodinga ukwenza zonke izibopho zawo ezinhle ngaphansi kwalesi sivumelwano futhi athobele imingcele yawo.

Noma i-US noma iyiphi amazwe ayisishiyagalolunye ahlomile bangabasayinela iSivumelwano. Eqinisweni, i-US ibicindezela amazwe ukuthi ahoxise amasiginesha awo. Ngokusobala, i-US iyabona ukuthi lesi Sivumelwano isitatimende esinamandla samazwe omhlaba esizodala ingcindezi yangempela yokulwa nezikhali zenuzi.

"Izizwe ezingazange zijoyine lesi sivumelwano nazo zizozwa amandla azo - singalindela ukuthi izinkampani ziyeke ukukhiqiza izikhali zenuzi kanye nezikhungo zezezimali ukuyeka ukutshala imali ezinkampanini ezikhiqiza izikhali zenuzi."

Kungenzeka ukuthi azikho izindaba ezingcono ongazaba ngoSuku lwe-Armistice. Impela, ukuqedwa kwezikhali zenuzi kuzohambisana nokuqedwa kwempi ekugcineni. Futhi ukuqedwa kwempi kuzohambisana nokubhujiswa kokuxhashazwa kwamazwe amancane yizizwe ezinkulu. Labo kithi abahlala "esiswini sesilo" banomthwalo omkhulu - futhi namathuba amahle futhi - wokusebenzisana nabantu bomhlaba ukuletha umhlaba onokuthula nozinzile.

Ngenxa yokuthi uNovemba 11 ubuye agujwe njengoSuku LwamaVeterans, kufanelekile ukuthi omakadebona bahole ekubuyiseni uSuku Lwezempi.  IVeterans For Peace ikhiphe isitatimende esinamandla. Izahluko ze-VFP zihlela imicimbi yosuku lwe-Armistice, ikakhulukazi ku-inthanethi kulo nyaka.

IVeterans For Peace icela wonke umuntu ukuthi alwele ukuthula lolu suku lwe-Armistice Day. Kunanini ngaphambili, umhlaba ubhekene nesikhathi esibucayi. Ukungezwani kukhula emhlabeni wonke futhi i-US ibandakanyeka kwezempi emazweni amaningi, ngaphandle kokuphela. Lapha ekhaya sibonile ukwanda kwempi yamaphoyisa ethu kanye nokulwa ngesihluku kwabaphikisi kanye nokuvukela kwabantu amandla ombuso. Kumele sicindezele uhulumeni wethu ukuthi aqede ukungenelela kwezempi okungenangqondo okufaka umhlaba wonke engcupheni. Kumele sakhe isiko lokuthula.

Ngosuku lwe-Armistice sigubha isifiso esikhulu sabantu bomhlaba sokuthula, ubulungiswa kanye nokusimama. Siyazibophezela ekuqedeni impi - ngaphambi kokuba isiphele.

Impi, ilungele ini? Lutho neze! Yisho futhi!

UGerry Condon ungumakadebona wesikhathi saseVietnam nomphikisi wezempi, kanye nomongameli wakamuva weVeterans For Peace. Usebenza eKomidini Lokuphatha le-United For Peace and Justice.