Khokhela Amaphoyisa, Khokhela Amasosha

NgoMedea uBenjamin noNicolas JS Davies, uJuni 9, 2020

NgoJuni 1, uMongameli uTrump wasabisa ngokuthumela amabutho ase-US amabutho ayemelana nababhikishi abanokuthula abamnyama abaphila ngokuthula emadolobheni amakhulu aseMelika. UTrump nababusi bezwe bagcina sebedlulise okungenani amabutho ayi-17,000 National Guard ezweni lonke. Enhlokodolobha yezwe, uTrump udlulise izindiza ezinophephela emhlane eziyisishiyagalolunye zaseBlackhawk, izinkulungwane zamasosha e-National Guard aqhamuka ezifundeni eziyisithupha futhi okungenani amabutho ayi-1,600 Ombutho wamasosha kanye namasosha asebenzela asuka e-82nd Airborne Division, ngemiyalo ebhaliwe yokupakisha ama-bayonets.

Ngemuva kwesonto lemiyalo engqubuzanayo lapho uTrump efuna amasosha ayi-10,000 5 enhlokodolobha, amabutho asebenzayo agcina eseyaliwe ukuba abuyisele izisekelo zawo eNorth Carolina naseNew York ngoJuni XNUMX, njengoba isimo esinokuthula semibhikisho senza ukusetshenziswa kwezempi phoqa ngokusobala ukungafuneki, okuyingozi nokungabekezeleleki. Kepha abantu baseMelika bashiywe benqunu ngamasosha ahlomile kakhulu, i-izinyembezi, izinhlamvu zenjoloba kanye namathangi aguqula imigwaqo yase-US yaba yizindawo zempi. Baphinde bashaqeka lapho bebona ukuthi kwakulula kanjani ngoMongameli uTrump, bebodwa, ukuhlanganisa iqembu elinamandla kangaka.

Kepha akufanele kusimangaze. Sivumele isigaba sethu sokubusa esikhohlakele sakha umshini wempi olimaza kakhulu emlandweni futhi usibeka ezandleni zikamongameli ongacabangi futhi ongacabangi. Njengoba imibhikisho ebhekene nesihluku samaphoyisa igcwala imigwaqo yezwe lethu, uTrump uzizwe eqinisele ukuguqula lo mshini wempi nathi — futhi angavuma ukuphinda futhi enze ukhetho uma kuba nokhetho okhethwayo ngoNovemba.

Abantu baseMelika bathola ukunambitheka okuncane komlilo nokufutheka okwenziwa ngumbutho wamasosha aseMelika kanye nababambisene nabo kubantu phesheya kwezilwandle njalo ukusuka e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan kuye e-Yemen nasePalestine, kanye nokusatshiswa okuzwakala ngabantu base-Iran, iVenezuela, iNyakatho Korea kanye amanye amazwe asehlale isikhathi eside ngaphansi kwezinsongo zaseMelika zokuthi angawahlasela ngamabhomu, awahlasele noma awahlasele.

Kubantu base-Afrika-baseMelika, ukuthukuthela kwakamuva okukhishwe ngamaphoyisa namasosha kumane kungukukhuphuka kwempi esezingeni eliphansi ababusi baseMelika abebeyilwa nayo amakhulu eminyaka. Kusukela ekusabekeni kobugqila kuya enkantolo yangemva kweMpi Yombango yokuqashisa ngohulumeni wobandlululo uJim Crow system kuze kube namuhla ukwenza ubugebengu obuningi, ukuboshwa kwabantu abaningi kanye namaphoyisa asempini, iMelika ibilokhu iphatha abantu base-Afrika-baseMelika njengendwangu engaphansi okufanele isetshenziswe futhi "igcinwe endaweni yabo" ngamandla amakhulu nesihluku njengoba kuthatha lokho.

Namuhla, abantu abamnyama baseMelika banamathuba okungenani aphindwe kane okudutshulwa ngamaphoyisa njengabamhlophe baseMelika kanye namathuba ayisithupha okuphonswa ejele. Abashayeli abamnyama banamathuba aphindwe kathathu okuseshwa kanye namathuba aphindwe kabili okuboshwa ngesikhathi sokuma kwezimoto, yize amaphoyisa enenhlanhla engcono yokuthola izinto ezingekho emthethweni ezimotweni zabelungu. Konke lokhu kunezela ohlelweni lwamaphoyisa olucwasa ngokwebala kanye nohlelo lwamajele, nabesilisa base-Afrika nabaseMelika njengezona zinhloso zabo ezinkulu, njengoba namaphoyisa ase-US eqhubeka nokulwa futhi ehlome yiPentagon.

Ukushushiswa ngokobuhlanga akupheli lapho abantu base-Afrika baseMelika bephuma esangweni lejele. Ngo-2010, ingxenye yesithathu yamadoda ase-Afrika-aseMelika ayenecala lokuqoshwa emlandweni wawo, evala iminyango yemisebenzi, ezezindlu, usizo lwabafundi, izinhlelo zokuphepha ezinjengeSNAP nosizo lwemali, futhi kwezinye izifundazwe ilungelo lokuvota. Ukusuka endaweni yokuqala ethi “stop and frisk” noma eyezimoto, abesilisa base-Afrika nabaseMelika babhekene nohlelo olwenzelwe ukubabamba ekubeni izakhamuzi ezisesimeni sesibili nobumpofu.

Njengoba nje abantu base-Iran, North Korea kanye neVenezuela behlupheka ubuphofu, indlala, izifo ezingavikeleka nokufa njengemiphumela okuhloswe ngayo ukuhlukunyezwa kwezomnotho e-US, ukucwasana ngokwebala kunemiphumela efanayo e-US, kugcina ama-Afrika-aseMelika ebuphofwini obukhulu, kanye nokuphindeka kabili izinga lokufa kwezinsana zabelungu nezikole ezihlukanisiwe futhi ezingalingani njengalapho ukuhlukaniswa kwakusemthethweni. Lokhu kungafani okungafani namazinga ezempilo nawokuphila kubukeka njengesizathu esikhulu esenza ukuthi abantu base-Afrika-baseMelika babulawe yiCovid-19 ngesilinganiso esiphindwe kabili kwesilinganiso sabamhlophe baseMelika.

Ukukhulula umhlaba we-neocolonial

Ngenkathi impi yaseMelika kubantu abamnyama emakhaya manje ivezwa kulo lonke elaseMelika – kanye nasemhlabeni - ukubona, izisulu zezimpi zaseMelika phesheya ziyaqhubeka nokufihlwa. UTrump ukhulise izimpi ezesabekayo azizuze njengefa ku-Obama, wehla amabhomu amaningi nemicibisholo eminyakeni emi-3 ukwedlula okwenziwa uBush II noma u-Obama kumagama abo okuqala.

Kepha abantu baseMelika abaziboni iziqhumane ezesabekayo zamabhomu. Abaziboni izidumbu zikamufi nezilimele futhi zibeka amabhomu lapho zivuka. Inkulumo yeningi yaseMelika mayelana nempi isiphenduke cishe ngokuphelele ekuhlangenwe nakho nokuzidela kwamasosha ase-US, okungukuthi, ngamalungu omndeni wethu kanye nomakhelwane. Njengokujwayelekile okuphakathi kokuhlala kwabamhlophe nabamnyama e-US, kunesilinganiso esifanayo esiphindwe kabili phakathi kwezimpilo zamasosha ase-US kanye nezigidi zokulimala kwabantu kanye nezimpilo ezonakele ngakolunye uhlangothi lwezingxabano amabutho ahlomile ase-US nezikhali zase-US athumela kwezinye amazwe.

Lapho ojenene sebethathe umhlalaphansi bekhuluma ngokungahambisani nesifiso sikaTrump sokuthumela amasosha asebenza emigwaqweni yaseMelika, kufanele sikuqonde ukuthi bavikela ngokuqondile leli zinga eliphindwe kabili. Yize kukhishwe uMnyango Wezimali wase-US ukuze udale udlame olwesabekayo kubantu bakwamanye amazwe, ngenkathi yehluleka “ukunqoba” izimpi ngisho nangokwezifiso ezididayo, amasosha aseMelika alondoloze idumela elihle nomphakathi wase-US. Lokhu kukhulule kakhulu amabutho ahlomile ekukhuleni amanyala omphakathi ngenkohlakalo ehleliwe yezinye izikhungo zaseMelika.

UGenerations uMatis no-Allen, abaphumele obala baphikisana nokuthunyelwa kukaTrump kwamasosha ase-US ngokumelene nababhikishi abanokuthula, baqonda kahle ukuthi indlela eshesha kakhulu yokuchitha igama lomphakathi elithi “teflon” lomphakathi kungaba ukulihambisa ngokukhululeka nangokusobala ngokumelene nabantu baseMelika ngaphakathi e-United States.

Njengoba nje sidalula ukubola embuthweni wamaphoyisa aseMelika futhi sifuna ukuthi imali ibuyiselwe emaphoyiseni, ngakho-ke kufanele siveze ukubola kwinqubomgomo yezangaphandle yaseMelika futhi sicela ukuthi kubuyiswe iPentagon imali. Izimpi zase-US kubantu bakwamanye amazwe ziqhutshwa ukucwasana okufanayo kanye nokubusa kwezomnotho njengempi yokulwa nabantu base-Afrika nabaseMelika emadolobheni ethu. Isikhathi eside kakhulu, sivumele osopolitiki abangenangqondo nabaholi bamabhizinisi ukuba bahlukanise futhi basibuse, sixhasa imali yamaphoyisa nePentagon ngezidingo zabantu bangempela, ukusiphikisana nathi ekhaya futhi kusiholela ezimpini ezilwa nomakhelwane bethu phesheya.

Izinga eliphindwe kabili elingcwelisa izimpilo zamasosha ase-US ngaphezu kwalawo bantu amazwe abo abawahlaselayo futhi abahlaselayo linamandla okukhohlisa futhi liyabulala njengoba lelo lithanda abamhlophe baphila ngaphezu kwabantu abamnyama eMelika. Njengoba sicula "Ama-Black Lives Matter," kufanele sifake izimpilo zabantu abamnyama nabansundu abashona nsukuzonke ngenxa yokujeziswa yi-US eVenezuela, izimpilo zabantu abamnyama nabansundu abashaywa ngamabhomu ase-US eY Yemen nase-Afghanistan, izimpilo zabantu. anemibala ePalestine abagibelisa izinyembezi, bashaywa futhi badutshulwa ngezikhali zase-Israel ezixhaswe ngabakhokhi bentela base-US. Kufanele silungele ukukhombisa ubumbano nabantu abazivikela ebudloveni abaxhaswe yi-US noma ngabe kuseMinneapolis, New York naseLos Angeles, noma e-Afghanistan, eGaza nase-Iran.

Kuleli sonto elidlule, abangane bethu emhlabeni wonke basinikeze isibonelo esihle sokuthi lolu hlobo lobumbano lwamazwe omhlaba lubukeka kanjani. Ukusuka eLondon, Copenhagen naseBerlin kuye eNew Zealand, eCanada naseNigeria, abantu batheleke emigwaqweni ukukhombisa ubumbano kubantu base-Afrika-baseMelika. Bayakuqonda ukuthi i-US isenkabeni yenqubo yokucwasa ngokwebala kwezombusazwe kanye nakwezomnotho okwenzeka emhlabeni jikelele eminyakeni engama-60 ngemuva kokuphela ngokusemthethweni kobukoloni baseNtshonalanga. Bayakuqonda ukuthi umzabalazo wethu ngumzabalazo wabo, futhi kufanele siqonde ukuthi ikusasa labo liphinde futhi laba nekusasa lethu.

Ngakho-ke njengoba abanye bema nathi, nathi kufanele sime nabo. Ngokubambisana kufanele sibambe lo mzuzu ukuze sisuke ekuguqukeni okwandayo siye ekuguqukeni kwangempela okuhleliwe, hhayi ngaphakathi kwe-US kuphela kepha kulo lonke izwe lobuhlanga, izwe elinobuhlakani elakhethwe yibutho lezempi lase-US.

IMedea Benjamin icofounder ye-CODEPINK Yokuthula, futhi umbhali wezincwadi eziningana, kufaka phakathi i-Inside Iran: Umlando Wangempela Nezepolitiki Zase-Iran Republic of Iran. UNicolas JS Davies uyintatheli ezimele, umcwaningi nge-CODEPINK kanye nomlobi we-Blood On Our Hands: i-American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq