Ngu-Elliot Swain, uJanuwari 15, 2018
NgoJanuwari 13-15, 2018, ingqungquthela yaseBaltimore emazweni ase-US asezindaweni zangaphandle ezisezempi yabuthana ndawonye ngamazwi omelene nempi avela emhlabeni wonke. Abathengi babone izinsongo eziningi ezibangelwa ukulwa kwezempi zase-United States-kusukela ebukhosini besizwe kuze kube semvelo kanye nempilo yomphakathi.
Amasosha aseMelika asezindaweni zangaphandle ayingxenye yomlando ohlazo wama-imperialism ase-US obuyela emuva empini yaseSpain-American kanye ne-US colonization yasePhilippines naseCuba. Izisekelo eziningi ezakhiwe phakathi neMpi Yezwe II kanye neMpi YaseKorea, futhi zikhona nanamuhla. Ukuvalwa kwalezi zisekelo kungase kubonise ukukhanya komlando omude wezimpi zangaphandle ezidla igazi, ezibizayo ngenkathi eqinisekisa isimiso sokuzikhethela kubo bonke abantu. Amazwi avela ekunyanyeni kweJapan, eKorea, e-Afrika, e-Australia nasePuerto Rican ahlangana ndawonye enkomfeni ukudweba lezi zixhumanisi nokuhlela ikusasa elinokuthula.
Ngokufanele, ingqungquthela ibhalwe i-16th umkhosi wokuvulwa kwejele eGuantanamo Bay, eCuba. Ababonisi babuthana ngaphandle kwe-White House ngoJanuwari 11 befuna ukukhululwa kweziboshwa ze-41 eziboshiwe ngaphandle kwecala ejele owawungumengameli u-Obama owayethembisile ukuvala. Kodwa njengoba u-co-chair of the National Network eCuba uCheryl LaBash wathi, "iGuantanamo ingaphezu kwejele." Eqinisweni, isisekelo sezempi saseGuantanamo yisona saso esidala kunazo zonke emasotini ase-United States emhlabathini wangaphandle, nokulawulwa unomphela ku-1901 ngaphansi kwe-Platin Amendment neocolonial.
Umkhankaso wokuvalela ijele laseGuantanamo elingekho emthethweni nelinengiso lihambisana nokulwa okuqhubekayo ukubuyela kuleli lizwe kubantu baseCuba. Umlando weGuantanamo ubonisa indlela ibarbarism yomshini wamanje wampi elandela indlela yokuhlambalaza yekhulu lamazwe aseMelika.
Le ngqungquthela nayo yanikeza inqwaba yethonya elibi kakhulu kokubili ezisekelweni zasemakhaya nasezizweni ezingaphandle kwemvelo kanye nempilo yomphakathi. Ngokweprofesa wempilo yezemvelo uPatricia Hynes, the iningi zamasayithi wokukhokhelwa kwezimali zomhlaba jikelele — amasayithi i-EPA ewaveza njengezingozi empilweni noma emvelweni — yizisekelo zamasosha angaphandle. UPat Elder ovela eqenjini iWorld Without War ukhombisile ukuthi isikhungo seNavy Allegheny Ballistic Centre eWest Virginia sivuza kanjani njalo i-trichlorethylene, i-carcinogen eyaziwayo, emanzini angaphansi komhlaba ePotomac. INaval War Center eDahlgren, eVirginia sekuphele iminyaka engu-70 ishisa imfucumfucu enobungozi.
Ukungahloniphi kwezempi nokungaziphathi kahle empilweni yomphakathi kubhekwa ukukhululeka okubukhali ngecala likaFort Detrick eMadrid. I-Army yalahla imithombo yamanzi e-radioactive emanzini angaphansi komhlaba, okuyinto izakhamuzi zaseFrederick ezikuthi zihlobene ngokuqondile ne-spate yokufa okuhlobene nomdlavuza endaweni. Basolwa, futhi icala laxoshwa, nejaji elibhekisela "kusivikelo sobukhosi."
Yize lezo zisekelo zisezweni lase-US, "ukuzivikela komzimba" kungcono kakhulu kwesigwebo kubantu bezizwe zakwamanye amazwe. UH hynes uchaza isiqhingi sase-Okinawa ngokuthi "inqwaba ye-Pacific". amafolefili anesifo esinamandla njenge-Agent Orange amashumi eminyaka ambalwa. Ukungcola okuvela eziqhingini zempi zaseMelika kunesiqhingi kubangele amalungu aseMelika amaningi namasevisi ase-Okinawans agule kakhulu.
Abantu base-Okinawa baye behluleka ukulwa nalezi zisekelo ezibulalayo. Ngesikhathi umholi wokuphikiswa kwendawo uHojiji Yamashiro elindele ukuthethwa kwecala ngamacala okukhohlisa, abhikishi baphuma usuku ngalunye ukuphikisa ukwanda kwamanzi aseMarine Camp Schwab. Ukunyakaza komdabu njengalokhu kuyimpilo yokuphikiswa kwamazwe ngamazwe umbuso wase-US. Kodwa ngokuyinhloko, kubalulekile kumaMelika ukuba aphinde abe nomthelela owonakalayo wokuba khona kwezempi kukahulumeni wabo wangaphandle.
Le ngqungquthela iphelile ngocingo lwamazwe ngamazwe ezisekelweni zasemaphandleni angaphandle ezokusingathwa yilo mazwe okwamanje elwa nebutho lase-US enhlabathini yabo. Kwaphinde kwafuna ukwakheka kobudlelwane bamazwe omhlaba obuqhubekayo nokulwa nezizinda zasemaphandleni angaphandle. Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi kanye nezibuyekezo, iya ku- www.noforeignbases.org.
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U-Elliot Swain uyisishoshovu esisekelwe eBaltimore, umfundi wesifundo sezemfundo yomphakathi kanye no-CODEPINK.
