Uhlafunwe Futhi Ukhafule: Kwenzekani Kwabasebenzi bezilwane Uma Besethatha Umhlalaphansi?

Ngu-Alan Macleod, Mashi 30, 2020

Kusukela Izindaba Zemithombo Yezindaba

Tuthi “ubunjiniyela bezempi” buzungezwe kakhulu. Kepha iqiniso lihlala likhona ukuthi iMelika uyachitha cishe okuningi ngempi njengoba umhlaba wonke uhlanganisiwe. Amasosha aseMelika amiswa emazweni angaba ngu-150 ezindaweni eziseduzane ezingamasosha angama-800 ezempi; akekho obonakala esazi inani eliqondile. Ngokuya ngencazelo esetshenzisiwe, i-United States ibilokhu ilwa impi engafika kuma-227 yomlando wayo weminyaka engama-244.

Impi engapheli, yiqiniso, idinga isifufula esingapheli samasosha, sinikela inkululeko yabo, ukuphepha negazi ekuphishekeleni ubukhosi. Lawa masosha adunyiswa njengamaqhawe, ngemikhosi nemikhosi ehlala njalo eMelika “ukuhlonipha” kanye “nokuhalalisela” izisebenzi. Kepha uma sesibhalisiwe, kwabaningi, lo msebenzi awubonakali ubuqhawe. Isihluku salo msebenzi - ukuthunyelwa emhlabeni wonke ukuthi sibulale - kuyasihlukumeza. Kuphela 17 amaphesenti amalungu amalungu omsebenzi asebenzayo enduku yempi ezungeze isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukuthola impesheni. Futhi lapho sebehambile, imvamisa benemisipha emibi ngokomzimba nangokomzwelo, bavame ukuba bodwa ngokwabo ukubhekana nakho.

Umphumela wempi yaphakade ngubhubhane oluqhubekayo ekuzibulaleni kwama-veterans. Ngokuvumelana ne aboMnyango wezamaVeterans Affairs (VA), ama-6-7,000 ama-veteran aseMelika azibulala njalo ngonyaka - isilinganiso cishe cishe ihora ngalinye. Amasosha amaningi afa ngezandla zawo kunempi. Kusukela yaqalwa ngo-2007, iVeterans Crisis Line isiphendule cishe 4.4 abayizigidi ezingu ushaya ucingo ngesihloko.

Ukuqonda ukwenzeka, I-MintPress ukhulume noDavid Swanson, Umqondisi Omkhulu we World Beyond War.

"AmaVeterans ahlushwa ngokulimala ngokomzimba, okubandakanya ukulimala kwengqondo, nokulimala kokuziphatha, i-PTSD kanye nokuntuleka kwamathuba emisebenzi. Zonke lezi zinto zibangela ukungabi namakhaya emphakathini wobungxowankulu ongenhliziyo. Zonke zinomthelela ekuphelelweni yithemba nosizi. Futhi ziholela ekubulaleni uma zihlanganiswa nenye into ama-veterans angenalo ngokungafanele: ukufinyelela nokujwayela izibhamu, ”kusho yena.

Ukuzibulala ngesibhamu kunamathuba amaningi okuphumelela kunezinye izindlela ezifana nokufaka ubuthi noma ukwanda. Amanani kusukela ku-VA bonisa ukuthi ngaphansi kwesigamu sabazibulalayo abangazona izelamani ezinezibhamu, kodwa ngaphezulu kwezingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zabantu abasebenza ngezibhamu basebenzisa isibhamu ukuzibulala.

"Okuboniswa i-VA, nolunye ucwaningo kanye nocwaningo, ukuthi kunokuxhumana okuqondile phakathi kokulwa nokuzibulala kuma-veteran nokuthi izindaba zokuzibona zinecala, ukuzisola, amahloni, njll. Kwenzeka kaningi kulezi zifundo zabashayeli bezimpawu. Izixhumanisi zikhona phakathi kokulimala kobuchopho obuhlukumezanayo, i-PTSD kanye nezinye izindaba zempilo yezengqondo ekuzibulaleleni ama-veterans, kepha inkomba eyinhloko yokuzibulala kwabasezimpini zempi ibonakala ilimala ngokokuziphatha, okungukuthi ukuzizwa unecala, amahloni nokuzisola ”kusho uMatthew Hoh, umakadebona we zombili i-Afghanistan ne-Iraq. Ngo-2009 washiya phansi isikhundla sakhe noMnyango Wezwe ukubhikisha ngokwanda kwengxabano e-Afghanistan. Hoh ubekhona evulekile mayelana nokulwa nemicabango yokuzibulala selokhu yahamba.

Ukubulala akuzi ngemvelo kubantu. Ngisho nokusebenza endaweni okuhlatshwa kuyo, lapho abasebenzi bebulala khona imizila engapheli yezilwane, kuba nomthelela omkhulu ngokwengqondo, umsebenzi ukhona kuxhunyiwe emazingeni aphezulu we-PTSD, ukuhlukunyezwa kwasekhaya nezinkinga zezidakamizwa notshwala. Kepha alikho inani lokuqeqeshwa emkhosini elingasindisa abantu ekulesabeni kokubulala abanye abantu. Idatha iphakamisa ukuthi uchitha isikhathi esinjani kwezempi kanye nesikhathi esithe xaxa ezindaweni zempi, kukhula amathuba okuthi ekugcineni uzozibulala. Njengegciwane, isikhathi eside lapho ubhekene nempi, maningi amathuba okuba unqotshwe ukugula kokudangala, i-PTSD nokuzibulala. Kubonakala sengathi alikho ikhambi eliqinisekile, ukuvikela kuphela okokuqala.

Ngenkathi ama-veteran angamadoda angamaphesenti angama-50 amathuba okuthatha izimpilo zawo kunabesilisa abangakaze basebenze, ama-veteran besifazane anethuba eliphindwe kahlanu wokuzibulala ngokwesilinganiso (ukungafani phakathi kwama-veteran nabangewona ama-veteran bekuvame ukuba kukhulu, kepha kuyindlela emincane ukukhuphuka kokuzibulala kulo lonke elaseMelika kunciphise isilinganiso). UHoh uphakamisa ukuthi kungaba nomthelela omkhulu emazingeni okudlwengulwa nawokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi embuthweni. Lezi zibalo ziyamangaza ngempela: isifundo sePentagon okutholiwe ukuthi amaphesenti ayi-10 abesifazane abasebenza ngokudlwengulwa badlwenguliwe, kwathi abanye abangamaphesenti ayi-13 bathola abanye abantu abangathandani nabo kwezocansi. Lezi zibalo ziyahambisana nocwaningo loMnyango Wezokuvikela lowezi-2012 ukuthi uthole cishe ikota yabesifazane abake bahlukunyezwa ngokocansi okungenani kanye emsebenzini.

The Dead Ukuhamba

Isidleke esingenamakhaya siye saba umlingiswa oyimpilo empilweni yaseMelika nomphakathi isikhathi esingaphezu kwekhulu leminyaka. Yize abakwa-VA bethi inani labo liyancipha, kulinganiselwa ukuthi 37,085 ama-veterans asazibonela ukungabi namakhaya ngoJanuwari 2019, isikhathi sokugcina lesi sibalo sabalwa. "Ngicabanga ukuthi izingqinamba ezifanayo ezidala ukuzibulala kwabantu abangomakhelwane nazo zinomthelela ekusweleni emakhaya," kusho uHoh, ephakamisa ukuthi abaningi abachuma esimeni esijwayelekile, sokubumbana, esiphethwe yiqembu njengezempi babhekana nezinkinga ezinkulu zokuzihlukanisa kanye nokuntuleka wesakhiwo wake wakhubazeka. Futhi ukubhekana nokuhlukumezeka okuvame ukungaziwa kwodwa kungalimaza kakhulu. UHoh watholakala kuphela elimele ukulimala kobuchopho kanye nokuphazamiseka kwengqondo ngo-2016, eminyakeni eminingi ngemuva kokushiya amabutho ahlomile.

"Amasosha akhombisa ukusetshenziswa kotshwala ngokweqile, okungaholela ekusetshenzisweni kabi kwezidakamizwa ngemuva kwesikhathi, kanti, naphezu kokuqamba amanga, wenza umsebenzi omubi wokuhlinzeka abantu abaningi abajoyina amasosha ngekhono noma ukuhweba okungasetshenziswa lapho ushiya ezempi," utshelwe I-MintPress. “Abantu abangamakhenikha noma abashayeli bezimoto abasebusosheni bathola ukuthi lapho beshiya amasosha abo nokuqeqeshwa emkhakheni wezempi awashintsheli ekutholeni izitifiketi zomphakathi, amalayisense noma iziqu. Lokhu kungaba nomthelela ekutholeni noma ekuqhubeni umsebenzi, ”kusho yena, emangalela amabutho ahlomile ngenhloso yokwenza kube nzima ukuthi amasosha angaphambilini aguqukele ebuchwephesheni bezizwe ukusiza ukugcinwa.

Ukukhubazeka kubuye kube nomphumela wokuntuleka kwamathuba emisebenzi, okubuye kwandise engcupheni yokungabi namakhaya. Sekukonke, uHoh uthi, amasosha enza umsebenzi omuhle wokubumba nokuyala abantu abasha bazo zonke izinhlanga, abafundise amakhono nomsebenzi. "Kepha umphumela wakho konke ukubulala abantu." Ngaleso sizathu, uncoma abantu abasha abanesomiso sokuzibonakalisa kanye nentshisekelo ye-adventure ukuthi bajoyine umnyango wezomlilo noma mhlawumbe babe uswazi lokubhukuda we-Coast Guard.

Izimpi Zesikhathi Esizayo

Impi elandelayo yaseMelika izokwenzeka kuphi? Uma ukwazi ukubheja ezintweni ezinjalo, i-Iran ingahle ibe yintandokazi. Emhlanganweni owawusanda kwenziwa empini eLos Angeles, owayeyisikhulu sebutho laseMelika, uMike Prysner uxwayise isixuku mayelana nokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe:

Isizukulwane sami sahamba ngeMpi yase-Iraq. Yini abasifundise yona okudingeka uyazi manje? Elokuqala lelo: Bayoqamba amanga. Bayoqamba amanga ngokuthi kungani kudingeka siye empini, njengoba nje benza ngalesosikhathi. Bazokuqamba amanga. Futhi ukuqagela ini? Lapho leyo mpi iqala ukubangabinhle, njengoba kungenakugwemeka, futhi abaningi bethu baqala ukufa, bazokwenzenjani? Bazoqhubeka nokuqamba amanga futhi bazothumela abaningi kini ukuthi bafe, ngoba abafuni ukuthatha umthwalo. Kepha abayikhiphi imilenze yabo noma banezingane enkundleni yempi, ngakho abanandaba. ”

Ubuye waxwayisa nalabo abalalele lokho okulindelwe ngabashayeli bezimpawu abanjengaye lapho bebuya:

Lapho ufika ekhaya ulimele, ulimele, uhlukumezekile, bazokwenzenjani, bazokusiza? Cha. Bazokujezisa, bakuhleke usulu, bakukhahlele. Lezi zepolitiki zikhombisile ukuthi azinendaba uma uzilengisa egumbini lakho lokulala lapho ubuya. Abanendaba uma uphuma uye ehlathini uzidubule. Abakhathaleli ukuthi uma nigcina nihamba emigwaqweni khona lapha eSkid Row. Bakufakazisile ukuthi abanandaba nezimpilo zethu futhi abanalungelo lokuyalela noma ngubani ukuthi alawule izimpilo zethu. ”

NgoJanuwari 3, uTrump wayala ukubulawa jikelele we-Iranian kanye nomphathi u-Qassem Soleimani ngesiteleka se-Drone. I-Iran yaphendula ngokudubula imicibisholo eminingana ebanga amabutho ase-US e-Iraq. Yize iPhalamende lase-Iraq lidlulisa isinqumo esivumelana konke esifuna ukuthi wonke amabutho aseMelika ahambe, esekelwa yisiboniso sika 2.5 abayizigidi ezingu Abantu eBaghdad, i-US imemezele ukuthi izothumela izinkulungwane zamasosha esifundeni, abakha izisekelo ezintathu ezintsha emngceleni we-Iraq / Iran. Phakathi nesifo esiwubhubhane se-COVID-19 racking the Islamic Republic, uTrump uye kumemezela unswinyo olusha oluvimba i-Iran ukuthola imithi esindisa impilo nemithi yokwelashwa.

"I-US, ixhaswe yi-UK, Israel, Saudis kanye nezinye izinkanyezi zaseGulf, izosebenzisa noma yisiphi isizathu ukuvula i-Iran," kusho uHoh. “Into enhle kakhulu abantu base-Irani abangayenza ukulinda uNovemba. Ungamniki uTrump namaRepublican impi abangayisebenzisa ukugxambukela ku-COVID-19. " ISwanson yayisigxeka ngokusobala isenzo sikahulumeni wakhe. “Izwe laseMelika liziphatha njengomakhelwane omubi kakhulu emhlabeni,” kusho yena. "Mhlawumbe umphakathi wase-US, obona ukuhweba ngaphakathi kwe-senatorial kanye ne-socialopathy, uzokuthola ukujula kobubi obungemva kwenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US."

Abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingama-22 basebenze emabuthweni ahlomile. Ngenkathi amasosha egcotshwa njalo empilweni yomphakathi, iqiniso kwabaningi ukuthi, lapho engasasebenzi emkhakheni wezempi-wezezimboni, alahlwa njengodoti onqenqemeni. Ngokusekelwa okuncane, lapho sebehambile, abaningi, abakwazi ukubhekana namaqiniso walokho abaye bakukhuthazelela, bagcina ngokuthatha izimpilo zabo, bahlafunwa baphaphalazwa ngumshini wempi ongapheli, abalambele igazi eliningi, impi eyengeziwe, kanye nezinzuzo eziningi.

U-Alan MacLeod Ungumbhali Wabasebenzi weMintPress News. Ngemuva kokuphothula i-PhD yakhe ngo-2017 washicilela izincwadi ezimbili: Izindaba Ezimbi Ezivela KuVenezuela: Iminyaka Engamashumi Amabili Yezindaba Ezingamampunge Nezingamanga futhi Propaganda Esikhathini Sokwaziswa: Isikhiqiza Imvume. Ubuye waba nengxenye Ukulunga nokunemba ekubikeni, The Guardian, Salon, IGreyzone, IJacobin Magazine, Amaphupho ajwayelekile the I-American Herald Tribune futhi I-Canary.