Sebenzisa amasosha! Ukujoyina i-BLM & Anti-War Movements

Ngu-Marcy Winograd, Septhemba 13, 2020

Kusukela LA Progressive

Yisho igama lakhe: George Floyd. Isho igama lakhe: Breonna Taylor. Yisho igama lakhe: Bangal Khan. Isho igama lakhe: Malana.

U-Floyd no-Taylor, bobabili abangama-African American, babulawa ezandleni zamaphoyisa, u-Floyd eguqe entanyeni imizuzu eyisishiyagalombili emini libalele ngesikhathi encenga impilo yakhe emaphoyiseni aseMinneapolis, enxusa, “Angikwazi ukuphefumula”; UTaylor, 26, udubule amahlandla ayisishiyagalombili phakathi kwamabili ngesikhathi amaphoyisa aseLouisville egasela efulethini lakhe nesibhamu esifana nesamasosha kanye nencwadi egunyaza ukuthi bangangqongqozi ethungatha izidakamizwa ebezingekho. Unyaka kwakungu-2020.

Imibhikisho yeBlack Lives Matter yakhukhula imbulunga yonke, yaba namamashi emazweni angu-60 nasemadolobheni angu-2,000 XNUMX—kusuka eLos Angeles kuya eSeoul kuya eSydney kuya eRio de Janeiro kuya ePitoli, abasubathi beguqa, amaqembu enqaba ukudlala imidlalo ekhokhelwayo, namagama ezisulu. udlame lwamaphoyisa lufundeka phezulu, lugcinwe enkumbulweni yethu sonke. UJacob Blake, okhubazekile ngemva kokuba iphoyisa limdubule emhlane amahlandla ayisikhombisa, nabanye abangasindanga: uFreddie Gray, u-Eric Garner, uPhilando Castille, uSandra Bland, nabanye.

Abafowethu nodadewethu abavela komunye umama

Phambilini ngakolunye uhlangothi lomhlaba, ngaphambi kokuthi inhlangano yeBlack Lives Matter ithwebule izihloko zezindaba ...

U-Bangal Khan, 28, ongubaba wezingane ezine, ungumuntu ongenacala Pakistan, wabulawa ekuqhunyisweni kwebhomu laseMelika ngesikhathi uKhan, indoda yezenkolo, elima imifino. Unyaka kwakungu-2012.

UMalana, 25, isakhamuzi esingenacala esisanda kubeletha sasinezinkinga futhi sisendleleni eya emtholampilo Afghanistan ngesikhathi ukuqhuma kwebhomu laseMelika kushayisa imoto yakhe. Unyaka kwakungu-2019. Osanda kuzalwa ekhaya wayezokhula ngaphandle kukanina.

NjengoFloyd noTaylor, uKhan kanye noMalana babengabantu bemibalabala, izisulu zesiko lezempi elishiya abambalwa bezolandisa ngokuhlupheka abakubangelayo. Ngaphandle kokukhala okukhulu komphakathi, amaphoyisa awavamile ukuquliswa amacala noma abhekane nokuboshwa ngokuhlukumeza nokubulawa kwezimpilo zabamnyama, futhi bambalwa abenzi bomthetho abathweswa icala—ngaphandle kwasebhokisini lokuvota, futhi nalapho kuyaqabukela—ngokuthola imali yokunakekelwa kwezempilo, imfundo kanye izindlu emiphakathini enganakiwe ukuze kuvinjwe izabelomali zamaphoyisa namajele; bambalwa ngisho nezishayamthetho kanye nomongameli abathweswe icala ngenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US yokuhlasela kwezempi, imisebenzi kanye nokuhlasela kwe-drone noma "ukubulala okungaphezu kokwahlulela" okwaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi ukubulala okuhleliwe okwenziwa ukulawula kude ezisekelweni zamasosha ngaphesheya kolwandle kusuka ensundu. Izisulu zaseMpumalanga Ephakathi - uBengal Khan, uMalana, omakoti, abakhwenyana, kanye nezinkulungwane zabanye emhlabeni we-911.

Ukubuyisela Amaphoyisa FUTHI Ukubuyisela Ibutho Lezempi

Manje yisikhathi sokuxhumanisa i-Black Lives Matter Movement ne-Peace and Justice Movement, simemeze sithi “Demilitarize” “Defund the Police” kodwa futhi “Defund the Military” njengoba ababhikishi bemasha ezimpambanweni zokusebenzelana kwezempi ekhaya kanye nezempi phesheya; phakathi kokusetshenziswa ekhaya kwesisi esikhalisa izinyembezi, izinhlamvu zenjoloba, izimoto ezihlomile, amasosha angaziwa ukuthi ahlwithe ababhikishi emgwaqeni, nezempi yaphesheya ebonakala ngokushintsha kombuso kwamasosha ase-US emashumini eminyaka athatha ama-trillion-dollar e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan, i-drone. impi, kanye "nokuhumusha okungavamile" kwangaphambilini lapho i-CIA, ngaphansi kokuphathwa kwe-serial yathumba "amasosha ayizitha" abasolwa - abangakaze baquliswe enkantolo - emigwaqweni yamazwe angaphandle ukuze bayiswe emajele amnyama ayimfihlo emazweni esithathu, ePoland, eRomania, I-Uzbekistan, ukweqa imithetho evimbela ukuhlushwa nokuboshwa okungapheli.

Manje yisikhathi sokufuna kuqedwe udlame olugunyazwe umbuso oluthunaza labo abangamhlophe noma abamhlophe ngokwanele; labo abeqa imingcele yethu, ababaleki bokuketulwa umbuso kwe-US eMelika Ephakathi, baboshwe kuphela, izingane zabo zikhishwe ezandleni zabazali; labo abavikela amanzi ethu ezinkampanini zikawoyela ezakha amapayipi ezindaweni zaboHlanga; labo abangezona izakhamuzi zase-United States abazalwa ekubulaweni kohlanga lwamaMelika Omdabu futhi bakhelwe phezu kwezigqila ezibhalwe uphawu zezigqila zase-Afrika; labo abangayisebenzisi isiqubulo nemibono ye-America First ngoba bayazi ukuthi naphezu kwezikhali zenuzi namandla amasosha omhlaba asikho ngaphezu kwanoma ubani omunye “nomthwalo wabelungu” “wokusiza ukuphatha” abomdabu emazweni acebile ngezinsiza. : Amafutha ase-Iraqi, ithusi laseChile, i-lithium yaseBolivia ayilutho ngaphandle kwe-monopoly capitalism.

Manje yisikhathi sokumemezela ukuphela kweMpi Yezobushokobezi ehlulekile, kuchithwa Ukugunyazwa Kokusetshenziswa Kwebutho Lezempi elikhanyisa ukuhlasela kwe-US noma kuphi nganoma yisiphi isikhathi, ukuze kuxhunywe. I-Islamophobia, ngokuhlambalaza kwayo amaSulumane ekhaya—imidwebo enenzondo emathuneni amaSulumane, ukucekelwa phansi kwempahla nokushiswa kwezindawo zamaMosque—enqubweni yenqubomgomo yezangaphandle ethi unswinyo lwabangela ukuqhuma kwamabhomu emazweni amaningi angamaSulumane, okuhlanganisa i-Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria. Ngo-2016, i-Bureau of Investigative Journalism kubika ukuqhuma kwamabhomu e-drone eMpumalanga Ephakathi “kwabulala phakathi 8,500 kanye 12,000 abantu, kuhlanganise nezakhamuzi ezingaba ngu-1,700 400—ezingu-XNUMX zazo okwakuyizingane.”

I-Drone Warfare Ihlose Abantu Abanemibala

Kude kude namehlo ezakhamizi zase-US, ezingavezwa ngethelevishini futhi ezivame ukungabikwa, izimpi ze-drone zithuse abantu bendawo, lapho izakhamizi zifisa usuku oluguqubele ngoba ngokusho kukaZubair, umfana wasePakistan owalimala esitelekeni saseMelika, "Ama-drones awandizi lapho isibhakabhaka simpunga.” Ethula ubufakazi phambi kweCongress ngo-2013, uZubair wathi, “Angisasithandi isibhakabhaka esiluhlaza. Lapho isibhakabhaka sikhanya, ama-drones ayabuya futhi siphila ngokwesaba.”

Phakathi nokukhula kwemizwa emelene nempi, namasosha abuya e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan ephethe izikhwama zomzimba, uGeorge Bush - uMongameli owathi ngaphambi kokudweba ama-watercolor futhi wanga u-Ellen, usomahlaya - wethula ukuhlasela kwe-US e-Iraq nokwaholela ekutheni ukufa kwabantu abangaphezu kwesigidi, ababaleki abachithekela eSyria—baphendukela ku-CIA kanye namasosha ukuba enze amabhomu aqhunyiswa yindiza noma ama-drone angabulala emazweni akude ngenkathi evikela amasosha ase-US ekulimaleni, imizimba yawo ikude nenkundla yempi, ipakwe phambi kwabaqaphi emakamelweni angenamafasitela. eLangley, eVirginia noma e-Indian Springs, eNevada.

Eqinisweni, isithunzi sempi sishubile, ngoba amasosha ase-US ahlela izixhumanisi futhi asebenzisa izinti zokujabula ezibulalayo avame ukuhlukumezeka ekubulaleni kwabo amabanga amade abantu okungenzeka noma bangabi usongo e-United States. Isicanucanu, ubuhlungu bekhanda, ubuhlungu bamalunga, ukuncipha kanye nokuqwasha ebusuku izikhalazo ezijwayelekile yabaqhubi be-drone.

Amabhomu e-Bipartisan Drone

Ngo "Amanxeba EQhawe LeDrone” Intatheli ye-New York Times i-Eyal Press ibhala ngo-2018 ukuthi u-Obama ugunyaze iziteleka ze-drone ezingama-500 ngaphandle kwezindawo zempi ezisebenzayo, izikhathi eziyi-10 kunezigunyazwe ngaphansi kukaBush, nokuthi lezi ziteleka azizange zibalele iziteleka ezibhekiswe e-Iraq, Afghanistan noma iSyria. Ngaphansi kukaTrump, isibalo samabhomu aqhunyiswa ngamabhomu ayenyuka, “neziteleka ezibulalayo eziphindwe kahlanu phakathi nezinyanga zakhe zokuqala eziyisikhombisa ehhovisi njengoba kwenza u-Obama phakathi nezinyanga zakhe eziyisithupha ezedlule.” Ngo-2019, UTrump uhoxisiwe Umyalelo wesikhulu sika-Obama owawudinga ukuthi umqondisi we-CIA ashicilele izifinyezo zaminyaka yonke zeziteleka zase-US kanye nenani labashona ekuqhunyisweni kwamabhomu.

Ngenkathi uMongameli uTrump enqaba ukuziphendulela ngokubulawa kwe-drone, usuka ezivumelwaneni zokulawula izikhali, uminyanisa iNorth Korea ne-Iran ngezijeziso zezomnotho ezikhulayo, usiyisa onqenqemeni lwempi ne-Iran ngemuva kokuyala ukubulawa kwe-drone ka-Qasem Soleimani, u-Iranian jikelele ofana nesiqu. kuNobhala wethu Wezokuvikela, imbangi kaTrump, owayeyiPhini likaMongameli uJoe Biden, unqwabelanisa ithimba lakhe lenqubomgomo yangaphandle nabagqugquzeli bempi ye-drone, abavela ku-Avril Haines, owayeyiPhini LikaMeluleki Wezokuphepha Kuzwelonke, owakha uhlu lokubulawa kwe-drone masonto onke lukaMongameli u-Obama kuMichele Flournoy, owayenguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela weNqubomgomo, okubonisana ngamasu, Abacebisi be-WestExec, bafuna izinkontileka zaseSilicon Valley ukuthuthukisa. isofthiwe yokuqaphela ubuso yempi ye-drone.

Izithunywa ezingaphezu kuka-450 zeNgqungquthela Kazwelonke Yentando Yeningi yango-2020 zisayine eyami "Incwadi Evulekile eya kuJoe Biden: Qasha Abeluleki Abasha Benqubomgomo Yezangaphandle."

Lonke lolu dlame lwasezikhungweni, ekhaya naphesheya, lufika ngezindleko ezinkulu ezingokwengqondo nezingokomzimba: ukuwohloka kwempilo yabantu bebala abesaba ukuhamba, ukushayela, ukulala ngenkathi uMnyama; Ukuzibulala kwamasosha angama-20 ngosuku oluyisilinganiso kulabo ababuya e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan, ngokohlaziyo lwango-2016 oluvela eMnyangweni Wezindaba Zomakadebona; ukucasuka kwezwe kanye nokwehlukana, namalungu ezempi akhumbuza ama-fascist Brown Shirts aseJalimane adubula ababhikishi be-Black Lives Matter emigwaqweni yase-Kenosha, e-Wisconsin.

Umthwalo Wezomnotho Wokulwa Kwezempi

Njengoba nje izindleko zamaphoyisa emadolobheni amakhulu, njenge-Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami kanye ne-New York City, ingabalela ngaphezu kwengxenye yesithathu ye-General Fund yedolobha, isabelomali sezempi sase-US sama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-740, ngaphezu kwesabelomali sezempi samazwe ayisishiyagalombili alandelayo ehlangene, axhasayo. Izizinda zamasosha angu-800 emazweni angaphezu kuka-80, zibiza umkhokhintela amasenti angu-54 wedola ngalinye elizikhethela kuyilapho abantu bethu abangenamakhaya belala emgwaqweni, abafundi bethu basekolishi abalambile baphila ngama-noodle futhi iminyango yethu yomlilo ibamba ibhulakifesi lamakhekhe ukuze bakhokhele amapayipi.

1033 Uhlelo—Iziqhumane Zeziqhumane Zamaphoyisa Endawo

Ukuxhumana phakathi kwesihluku samaphoyisa ekhaya kanye nodlame lwezempi phesheya kufakazelwa ku-US Defence Logistics Agency's. 1033 uhlelo, eyasungulwa ngo-1977 ngaphansi kokuqhubeka kokuphatha kukaClinton “kweMpi Yezidakamizwa” kaMongameli wangaphambili u-Richard Nixon okwaholela ekwenyukeni okukhulu kokuboshwa kwabantu abampofu kanye nabantu bemibala evalekile ngaphansi kwemithetho eqinile yokugwetshwa ebeka ubuncane obuyisibopho sokuluthwa izidakamizwa.

Uhlelo lwe-1033 lusabalalisa ngezindleko eziphansi—intengo yokuthutha—amabhiliyoni amadola ezikhali zezempi ezeqile—iziqhumane zamabhomu, izimoto ezihlomile, izibhamu ezihlaselayo kanye, okungenani ngesikhathi esisodwa, izinkulungwane zamaRandi angu-800-izinkulungwane ze-pop (MRAP’s) , esetshenziswa ekulweni nabavukeli e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan -kuya ezikhungweni zomthetho eziyi-8,000 kulo lonke elase-United States.

Uhlelo lwango-1033 lwaba yinkulumompikiswano yomphakathi ngo-2014 lapho amaphoyisa eFerguson, eMissouri, esebenzisa izikhali zezempi—izibhamu ezingontuluntulu nezimoto ezihlomile—emelene nababhikishi ababethukuthele ngokubulawa kukaMichael Brown, indoda yase-Afrika yaseMelika engahlomile edutshulwe iphoyisa elimhlophe. .

Kulandela imibhikisho yaseFerguson, abaphathi baka-Obama babeke imingcele izinhlobo zemishini - ama-bayonets, i-MRAP's - engasatshalaliswa eminyangweni yamaphoyisa ngaphansi kohlelo luka-1033, kodwa uMongameli uTrump wafunga ukuthi uzoyisusa leyo mikhawulo ngo-2017.

Uhlelo lwe-1033 lubeka engcupheni umphakathi, amasosha alwela amaphoyisa ukuthi asebenzise "UMTHETHO KANYE NOMYALELO!!" ama-tweets ngenkathi ekwazi ukuhlomisa amaqembu aqaphile, ngo-2017 Ihhovisi Likahulumeni Lokuziphendulela yembule indlela izisebenzi zayo, ezizenza amanxusa omthetho, zacela futhi zathola impahla yezempi ebiza ngaphezu kwesigidi samaRandi—izibuko zasebusuku, amabhomu amapayipi, izibhamu - ngokumisa isikhungo somthetho mbumbulu ephepheni.

I-Israel, i-Deadly Exchange, i-Fort Benning

Ukwakhiwa kwezempi kwamasosha ethu, nokho, kudlulela ngale kokudluliselwa kwemishini. Kubandakanya nokuqeqeshwa kwabomthetho.

I-Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) yethulwe "Deadly Exchange"-umkhankaso wokudalula nokuqeda izinhlelo ezihlanganyelwe zezempi zase-US-Israel namaphoyisa ezibandakanya izinkulungwane zezikhulu zomthetho ezivela emadolobheni ezweni lonke-Los Angeles, San Diego, Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Kansas City, njll. abavakashela e-Israel noma abahambele imihlangano yokucobelelana ngolwazi yase-US, abanye baxhaswe yi-Anti-Defamation League, lapho izikhulu ziqeqeshwa khona ekugadweni kwabantu abaningi, ukuphrofayilila ngokobuhlanga kanye nokucindezelwa kwabaphikisayo. Amaqhinga akwa-Israel asetshenziswa ngokumelene namaPalestine futhi kamuva angeniswa e-US ahlanganisa ukusetshenziswa kwe-Skunk, uketshezi olunuka kabi futhi olubangela isicanucanu olufuthwe ngengcindezi ephezulu kubabonisi, kanye Ukuhlola Abagibeli Ngokubuka (SPOT) uhlelo lokubonisa ngokwebala abagibeli besikhumulo sezindiza abangase bathuthumele, bafike sekwephuzile, bazamula ngendlela eyihaba, basule umphimbo wabo noma bashaye ikhwela.

Kokubili i-JVP kanye ne-Black Lives Matter bayakubona ukuxhumana phakathi kwezempi ekhaya naphesheya, ngoba bobabili bagunyaze umkhankaso we-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) ngokumelene no-Israyeli ngokuphulwa kwawo kwamalungelo abantu kwezigidi zabantu basePalestine abahlala ngaphansi kombuso wakwa-Israel.

Yize i-Bureau of Labor Statistics ingalandeli isibalo samasosha aphishekela umsebenzi wokuqinisa umthetho, i-Military Times ibika ukuthi omakadebona bezempi bavame ukuya phambili lapho beqasha khona lapho befaka izicelo zokuba ngamaphoyisa nokuthi iminyango yamaphoyisa ibusha omakadebona bezempi.

UDerek Chauvin, iphoyisa laseMinneapolis elithweswe icala lokubulala uGeorge Floyd, wake wamiswa eFort Benning, eGeorgia, okuyikhaya lesikole esidume kabi saseMelika, saqanjwa kabusha ngo-2001 ngemuva kwemibhikisho emikhulu njengeWestern Hemisphere Institute for Security and Cooperation (WHINSEC), lapho amasosha ase-US aqeqeshe ababulali baseLatin America, amaqembu abulalayo kanye nababulali abazama ukuketula umbuso.

The iwebhusayithi ye-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), i-ejensi ethweswe icala lokubopha nokuxosha abokufika abangenazo izincwadi, ifundeka kanje, "I-ICE isekela ukuqashwa komakadebona futhi iqashela omakadebona abaqeqeshiwe kuzo zonke izikhundla ngaphakathi kwe-ejensi."

Ekugcineni, sincane isikhala phakathi kwamaphoyisa asezindlini asabisa abantu abaMnyama kuleli kanye namaphoyisa omhlaba ahlukumeza abantu abansundu emazweni angaphandle. Ukusola omunye, nokho ukuthethelela omunye akulungile.

Dedela amaphoyisa. Ukubuyisela amasosha. Asijoyine le mibutho emibili yokuphonsela inselelo incindezelo engenakuphikiswa ekhaya naphesheya sibe sibiza ukuba kubhekwe umlando wethu wamakoloni nesikhathi samanje.

Ngaphambi kokhetho lwangoNovemba, kungakhathalekile ukuthi yimuphi umuntu esimsekela kuMongameli, kufanele sitshale imbewu yenhlangano yokuthula enamandla yezinhlanga ezahlukene kanye nezinhlanga ezehlukene ephonsela inselelo izikhundla zenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yamaDemocrats kanye namaRepublican, kokubili. amaqembu abhalisela ukuhluka kwe-US okudala isabelomali sezempi esinenhlamba, izimpi zamafutha kanye nemisebenzi yamakholoni esihluphayo.