NguRobert C. Koehler, World BEYOND War, Okthoba 14, 2022
Umdlalo kungenzeka ukuthi usuzophela.
UMedea Benjamin noNicolas JSDavies kubeke kanje:
“Ingqinamba engeke ixazululeke ebhekene nabaholi baseNtshonalanga ukuthi lesi akusona isimo esingeke siphumelele. Bangayinqoba kanjani ngezempi iRussia, kuyilapho inezimpi zenuzi ezingu-6,000 XNUMX futhi imfundiso yayo yezempi ikubeka ngokusobala ukuthi izozisebenzisa ngaphambi kokuba yamukele ukunqotshwa okukhona kwezempi?”
Alukho uhlangothi oluzimisele ukudedela ukuzibophezela kwalo: ukuvikela, ukwandisa, ucezu lweplanethi yonke, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiziphi izindleko. Umdlalo wokunqoba - umdlalo wempi, nakho konke okuza nakho, isb, ukwehlisa ubuntu kweningi lesintu, ukungabi nandaba nomonakalo wawo emhlabeni ngokwawo - sekunezinkulungwane zeminyaka kuqhubeka. “Umlando” wethu. Ngempela, umlando ufundiswa kusukela empini kuya empini kuya empini.
Izimpi - onqobayo, ohlulwayo - ziyizisekelo zokwakha ukuthi singobani, futhi zikwazile ukusebenzisa amafilosofi ahlukahlukene aqhamukayo, njengenkolelo yezenkolo othandweni nasekuxhumekeni, futhi awenze abambisene. Thanda isitha sakho? Cha, kuwubuwula lokho. Uthando alunakwenzeka uze unqobe usathane. Futhi, oh yebo, udlame alukhethi hlangothi, njengokusho kukaSt. Augustine kanye "nombono wempi nje" aqhamuka nawo eminyakeni eyi-1600 edlule. Lokhu kwenza izinto zaba lula kulabo ababengaba abanqobi.
Futhi leyo filosofi iye yaba lukhuni yaba ngokoqobo: Sihamba phambili! Umbuso wethu ungcono kunowakho! Futhi izikhali zesintu - ikhono laso lokulwa nokubulala - selithuthukile, kusukela kumaklagi kuya emikhonto kuya kwezibhamu kuya . . . awu, nukes.
Inkinga encane! Izikhali zenuzi zicacisa iqiniso esikwazile ukulishaya indiva ngaphambilini: Imiphumela yempi nokucekelwa phansi kobuntu njalo, njalo, ifika ekhaya njalo. Azikho "izizwe," ngaphandle kwezwe lethu cabanga- izizwe.
Ngakho-ke ingabe sibambelele kuwo wonke la mandla esiziqondanise nawo ekuvikeleni amanga? Kubonakala kunjalo, njengoba impi yase-Ukraine iqhubeka futhi idlondlobala, iziqhubela yona (kanye nathi sonke) isondela e-Armagedoni. Ingxenye enkulu yomhlaba iyazi ngengozi yalamanga; ngisho sinenhlangano yomhlaba wonke, iZizwe Ezihlangene, elokhu izama ukuhlanganisa umhlaba, kodwa ayinawo amandla okuphoqa ubunye (noma ukuhluzeka kwengqondo) emhlabeni. Isiphetho sethu sonke sibonakala sisezandleni zabaholi abambalwa abanezikhali zenuzi, futhi bazozisebenzisa uma “kudingekile.”
Futhi kwesinye isikhathi ngesaba okubi kakhulu: ukuthi ukuphela kwendlela abaholi abanjalo abazolahlekelwa ngayo amandla abo - ukuthuthukisa futhi mhlawumbe basebenzise ama-nukes abo - ukuthi oyedwa noma abambalwa babo, oh Nkulunkulu wami, baqalise impi yenuzi. Madoda namanenekazi, siyisinqumo esihlukanisa isibili kude nesehlakalo esinjalo. Kubonakala sengathi, ngemva kwempi enjalo - uma ukuphila komuntu kusindile futhi ekwazi ukuqala ukwakha kabusha impucuko - ingqondo kanye nomuzwa wokuphelela emhlabeni wonke kungase kufinyelele emnyombweni wesakhiwo somphakathi somuntu kanye nokucabanga kwethu ndawonye, ngaphandle kokunye. ukukhetha, ekugcineni kuzobona ngale kwempi nokulungiselela impi.
Ake ngiyeke ukulandisa ngalesi sikhathi. Angazi ukuthi kuzokwenzekani, ingasaphathwa eyokuthi “ngokulandelayo” kuzokwenzekani. Ngingakwazi ukufinyelela ekujuleni komphefumulo wami futhi ngiqale ukuthandaza, ungase usho kubo bonke onkulunkulu abakule planethi. Oh Makhosi, makukhule isintu singakazibulali.
Futhi njengoba ngithandaza, ngubani ovelayo ngaphandle kwesazi sefilosofi saseFrance kanye nesishoshovu sezombusazwe uSimone Weil, owashona ngo-1943, eminyakeni emibili ngaphambi kokuba inkathi yenuzi izizale, kodwa owayazi ukuthi kukhona okwakungalungile kakhulu. Futhi vele okuningi kwase kungalungile. AmaNazi ayelawula izwe lakubo. Wakwazi ukubaleka eFrance nabazali bakhe, kodwa washona eneminyaka engu-34, ngokusobala ehlangene nesifo sofuba nokuzilambela.
Kodwa akushiya ekubhaleni kwakhe kuyiparele eliyigugu lokuqwashisa. Ingabe sekwephuze kakhulu? Nakhu ngiguqa ngamadolo.
“Weil,” kubhala uChristy Wampole encwadini New York Times yasungulwa eminyakeni emithathu edlule:
“wabona ngesikhathi sakhe esingokomlando ukulahlekelwa umuzwa wesilinganiso, ukungabi nalwazi okunwabuzelayo ekwahluleleni nasekuxhumaneni, ekugcineni, nokulahlekelwa umcabango ophusile. Ubone ukuthi izinkundla zezombusazwe ezakhiwa phezu kwamagama anjengokuthi 'izimpande' noma 'izwe lasekhaya' zingasebenzisa izinto eziningi ezingasho lutho - njengokuthi 'umfokazi,' 'umfiki,' 'idlanzana' kanye 'nombaleki' - ukushintsha inyama negazi. abantu ngokwemigomo.”
Akekho umuntu ongasho lutho? Ingabe yilapho kuqala khona ukwakha kabusha?
Kwase kuqala ukudlala iculo ekhanda lami, emphefumulweni wami. Ingoma ithi “Deportee,” ebhalwe futhi yaculwa Woody Guthrie Eminyakeni engu-75 edlule, ngemva kokuba indiza yaphahlazeka e-Los Gatos Canyon yaseCalifornia, kwashona abantu abangu-32 - iningi labo okungabaseMexico, babuyiselwa eMexico ngoba babelapha "ngokungekho emthethweni" noma izinkontileka zabo zesivakashi seziphelelwe yisikhathi. Ekuqaleni abezindaba babekhomba ngamagama kuphela abantu baseMelika bangempela abashona (umshayeli wendiza, umshayeli wendiza, umqondisi, umphathi). Abanye bamane baxoshwa.
Sala kahle kuJuan wami, sala kahle, Rosalita,
Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria;
Ngeke ube namagama akho uma ugibela indiza enkulu,
Bonke abazokubiza ngokuthi “abadingiswayo.”
Lokhu kuhlangana ngani ne-a I-Doomsday Clock ngemizuzwana eyi-100 kuya phakathi kwamabili, ukubulawa okuqhubekayo namandla enuzi kungqubuzana e-Ukraine, izwe elinezingxabano ezingapheli nezichitha igazi cishe yonke indawo? Anginalwazi.
Ngaphandle, mhlawumbe, lokhu: Uma kwenzeka impi yenuzi, wonke umuntu emhlabeni akukho ngaphezu kokuxoshwa.
URobert Koehler (koehlercw@gmail.com), ihlanganiswe ngu PeaceVoice, ungumlobi nomhleli we-award winner waseChicago. Nguye umsunguli we Isibindi Sakhula Esiqhingini.
