Ngu-Greta Zarro, Januwari 29, 2020
Ngenyanga eyodwa nje eshumini esisha, sibhekene nengozi eyanda njalo ye-apocalypse yenuzi. Ukubulawa kukahulumeni wase-US uJenene Soleimani wase-Irani ngoJanuwari 3 kwandisa usongo lwangempela lwenye impi eqhubekayo eMiddle East. NgoJanuwari 23, i-Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists kufanele kabusha i-Doomsday Clock ibe yimizuzwana nje eyi-100 phakathi kwamabili, i-apocalypse.
Sitshelwa ukuthi impi yinhle ukusivikela “kubashokobezi” kepha ukubuya kwemali yabakhokhi bentela baseMelika engu- $ 1 trillion ngonyaka ngo-2001 kuya ku-2014, lapho ubushokobezi banda. Ngokuya kwe- I-Global Terrorism Index, ubuphekula buye banda phakathi kwalokho okubizwa ngokuthi “impi ngobushokobezi,” okungenani kuze kube ngu-2014, ekugcineni kunciphisa manje amanani okufa kodwa empeleni kukhuphuka ngamanani amazwe ahlaselwa ubushokobezi. Izintatheli ezingenakubalwa, abahlaziyi bobuhlakani basezifundazweni, kanye nezikhulu zangaphambili zamasosha baphakamise ukuthi ukungenelela kwamasosha ase-US, kufaka phakathi uhlelo lwe-drone, empeleni kungadala ukwanda kwamandla nobuphekula, nokwakha udlame oluningi kunalokho abakuvimbelayo. Abaphenyi u-Erica Chenoweth noMaria Stephan bakhombisile ngokwezibalo ukuthi, kusukela ngo-1900 kuya ku-2006, ukungaziphikisi okungahlangeneyo kwaphumelela kabili njengokuphikiswa kwezikhali futhi kwaholela ekutheni umbuso wentando yeningi uzinze unethuba elincane lokubuyela odlameni lombango nolwezwe. Impi ayisenzi siphephe kakhudlwana; sizilimaza ngamadola akhokha intela ezimpini ezikude ezihlukumeza, zilimaze futhi zibulale abathandekayo bethu, kanye nezigidi zezisulu ezingadalulwanga phesheya.
Okwamanje, sakha isidleke sethu. Amasosha aseMelika aphakathi kwezingcweti ezintathu ezinkulu zokungcolisa zemigwaqo yase-US. Ukusetshenziswa kwamasosha okubizwa ngokuthi “amakhemikhali angapheliyo,” njengePFOS nePCA, kungcolise amanzi angaphansi komhlaba emiphakathini engamakhulu aseduze nasezindaweni zamasosha ase-US ekhaya nakwamanye amazwe. Sizwa ngamacala adume ngokufaka ubuthi bamanzi afana neFlint, iMicrosoft, kodwa kuncane kakhulu okushiwo ngenkinga yezempilo yomphakathi eyenzeka ngaphakathi kwenethiwekhi ebushelelezi yamasosha aseMelika yezisekelo ezingaphezu kwezi-1,000 800 zasekhaya kanye nezisekelo zakwamanye amazwe ezingama-XNUMX. Lezi ezinobuthi futhi zingaba i-carcinogenic Amakhemikhali e-PFOS ne-PFOA, ezisetshenziselwa igwebu lomlilo elicisha umlilo, linemiphumela yezempilo ebhalwe phansi efana nesifo se-thyroid, ukuphazamiseka kokuzala, ukubambezeleka kokukhula kanye nokungazali. Ngaphandle kwale nkinga yamanzi engaphenduki, njengoba umthengi omkhulu kakhulu owoyela emhlabeni wonke, amasosha aseMelika yiwo Umhlinzeki omkhulu ekuphumeni komhlaba okuphehla ugesi emhlabeni. I-Militarism ingcolisa.
Ngenkathi sidla amanzi ethu ngobuthi, sidonsa nawemayile yethu. Abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingama-1.6 abanawo umshuwalense wezempilo. Abemi baseMelika abasigamu lesigidi balala ngaphandle emigwaqweni njalo ebusuku. Ingane eyodwa kweziyisithupha ihlala ezindlini ezingakulondli ukudla. Abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingamashumi amane nanhlanu banesisindo esingaphezu kuka- $ XNUMX trillion wesikweletu semalimboleko yabafundi. Futhi nokho sigcina isabelozimali sempi sikhulu njengezabelomali ezikhulu eziyisikhombisa ezilandelayo ezihlanganisiwe uma sisebenzisa Amasosha ase-US izibalo zakho. Uma sisebenzisa izibalo zangempela ezibandakanya izindleko ezingezona zePentagon zamasosha (isb., Izikhali zenuzi, ezikhokhelwa ukuphuma kwesabelomali soMnyango Wezamandla), sifunda ukuthi okwangempela Isabelomali sezempi sase-US ingaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kwePentagon isikhulu isabelomali. Ngakho-ke, i-US ichitha okuningi kwempi yayo ngaphezu kwazo zonke ezinye izimpi ezisemhlabeni ezihlanganisiwe.
Izwe lethu lidonsa kanzima. Sikuzwa kaninginingi kulo lonke umjaho kamongameli wango-2020, noma ngabe usuka kumathemba entando yeningi noma uvela kuTrump, abaningi abazongenela ukhetho balalela emuva ekukhulumeni ngamaphuzu ngesidingo sokulungisa uhlelo lwethu olonakele nolukhohlakele, yize kuvunywa ukuthi izindlela zabo zokushintsha kwesistimu zehluka kakhulu. Yebo, kukhona okuqhubekile ezweni elinamakhulu ezigidigidi ezibonakala zingapheli kwempi engakaze ihlolwe, kepha iyindlala izinsiza zakho konke okunye.
Sisuka kuphi lapha? Isamba sokuqala, singakhipha ukwesekelwa kwethu kwemali enganakwa. At World BEYOND War, sihlela imikhankaso yokudonswa phansi emhlabeni wonke ukunikeza abantu amathuluzi wokudonsela imali yabo yomhlalaphansi, emayunivesithi abo, imali yempesheni yomphakathi yedolobha, nokuningi, kusuka ezikhali nasempini. Ukuxoshwa kuyindlela yethu yokuqinisa uhlelo ngokuthi asizukuxhasa ngezimpi ezingapheli ngamadola ethu wangasese noma omphakathi. Sihole umkhankaso ophumelelayo wokudonsela phansi uCharlottesville kusuka ezikhali ngonyaka owedlule. Ngabe idolobha lakho lilandelayo?
UGreta Zarro nguMqondisi Wokuhlela We World BEYOND War, futhi ivunyelwe ngabakwa PeaceVoice.
