Ibhalwe nguJohn Miksad, World BEYOND War, Agasti 5, 2022
IHiroshima neNagasaki zacekelwa phansi eminyakeni engu-77 edlule kuleli sonto. Amabhomu amabili iMelika eyawisa kulawo madolobha abulala abantu abangaba ngu-200,000, iningi labo okwakuyizakhamuzi. Ukuqhathanisa lawo mabhomu nezikhali zanamuhla kufana nokuqhathanisa inkathi yobukoloni ne-AR-15. Manje sesingakwazi ukuqeda izimpilo zezigidigidi ngokucindezela inkinobho. Uma ucabangela ezinye izinhlobo zezilwane esingaziqothula, inani lezimpilo ezilahlekelwe “amakhowe” libe izigidigidi. Umphumela wawuyoba ukubhujiswa kwengxenye enkulu yokuphila emhlabeni.
MAD= Ukubhujiswa Okuqinisekisiwe Okuqinisekisiwe, isikhathi sangempela sabahleli bempi yenuzi.
Cabanga ngezigidigidi zeminyaka yomsebenzi wokuziphendukela kwemvelo obuyohlehliswa.
Cabanga ngakho konke okhokho bethu abakudala futhi abadlulisela kithi... kushisiwe.
Cabanga ngabo bonke ubuciko, izincwadi, umculo, izinkondlo ezidalwe abantu ezinkulungwaneni zeminyaka… Ingcweti kaShakespeare, Michelangelo, Beethoven… yabhujiswa.
Cabanga ngayo yonke into oyisebenzele, oyihlelele, obunethemba layo… ihambile.
Cabanga ngabo bonke obathandayo besuliwe ebusweni bomhlaba.
Okuyosala ukufa nokuhlupheka.
Umuntu, obulale kakhulu esikhathini esifushane sokuba khona kwakhe kule planethi, uzobe enze ubugebengu obukhulu kakhulu…ukubulala yonke indawo…ukubulala konke okuphilayo.
Labo “abanenhlanhla” yokusinda kuyodingeka bahlupheke ekubhujisweni okunobuthi.
Umphumela wokuqothulwa kwesizwe uzoba mubi kakhulu kunanoma yini abalobi be-dystopian abake bayicabanga.
Konke kungumphumela wesinqumo esisodwa nje esibi, isenzo esisodwa esibi, ukubala kabi okukodwa, iphutha lesistimu eyodwa, noma ukuhlangana okuthile kwalezi zenzakalo.
Nakuba zonke izinto eziphilayo emhlabeni zilenga esilinganisweni, siqhubeka nempilo yethu. Senze okuthile okungajwayelekile, okunengekayo, nokusangana. Singaphansi kosongo oluqhubekayo. Asikuqondi ngokugcwele ukulimala okungokwengqondo…ukwesaba nokukhathazeka esiba nakho ezingeni elithile lengqondo yethu yomuntu ngamunye neyiqoqo edonsa kanzima ukubhekana nokubhujiswa kwethu okungaba khona endaweni yonke. I-nuclear Sword of Damocles ilenga ngaphezu kwamakhanda ethu ngenkathi sidla, silala, sisebenza futhi sidlala.
Isiphetho sethu ngokuhlanganyela sisezandleni zabantu abayisishiyagalolunye abalawula izimpi zenuzi eziyi-13,000 emhlabeni…lezi zikhali zokucekela phansi okukhulu. Abantu abayisishiyagalolunye abanamaphutha nabanamaphutha banezindlela zokucekela phansi konke okuphilayo emhlabeni. Ingabe silungile ngempela ngalokhu? Ingabe siyabethemba ngokuphila kwawo wonke umuntu esimaziyo nesimthandayo? Akukadluli yini isikhathi sokuhlolwa kwengqondo?
Akekho ophephile. Le mpi yadlulela ngale kwenkundla yempi kudala. Imigqa yangaphambili ikuwo wonke amazwe, kuwo wonke amadolobha namadolobha, emagcekeni akho, nasemakamelweni okulala ezingane zakho nabazukulu.
Abanye bacabanga ngezikhali zenuzi njengomshuwalense wokuphila. Bacabanga ukuthi nakuba singafuni ukuzisebenzisa, kuhle ukuba nazo lapho sizidinga. Lokhu kucabanga ngeke kube okungalungile kakhulu. Njengoba lezi zikhali bezikhona, sekube khona ukuphuthelwa kanye nezingcingo eziseduze kakhulu kunanoma yimuphi umuntu onengqondo angakhululeka. Siphunyuke ekubhujisweni ngenhlanhla!
Ososayensi bayavumelana; sisengozini enkulu njengamanje. Uma nje lezi zikhali zokucekela phansi okukhulu zikhona, umbuzo awukho if zizosetshenziswa, kodwa nini, ngaleso sikhathi sithola mhlawumbe imizuzu engu-30 yokuvalelisa. Imijaho yezikhali yanamuhla ayisenzi siphephe; basifaka sonke engozini kuyilapho beceba abakhiqizi bezikhali.
Akumele kube ngalendlela. Kukhona indlela yokuba nokuphepha nokuvikeleka kwangempela, impilo, nokuphila kahle. AmaRussia, amaShayina, ama-Irani, nama-North Korea akudingekile ukuba abe izitha zethu.
Zimbili kuphela izindlela zokuqeda isitha...ungasibhubhisa noma usenze umngane wakho. Njengoba kunikezwe izikhali okukhulunywa ngazo, ukubhubhisa isitha kuqinisekisa ukubhujiswa kwethu. Kuyisivumelwano sokubulala/sokuzibulala. Lokho kushiya inketho eyodwa kuphela. Kufanele sikhulume ngokungezwani kwethu futhi siguqule izitha zethu zibe abangani bethu. Sesifikile isikhathi sokuqaphela lokhu okungenzeka obekungacatshangwa ngaphambili.
Bonke abantu bazo zonke izizwe babhekene nezinsongo ezihlobene zezifo eziwubhadane, izinkinga zesimo sezulu, nokubhujiswa kwezikhali zenuzi. Lezi zinsongo ezikhona azikwazi ukuxazululwa yinoma yisiphi isizwe esisodwa. Lezi zinsongo zomhlaba wonke zidinga izixazululo zomhlaba jikelele. Basiphoqa ukuthi sithathe i-paradigm entsha. Sidinga ingxoxo, idiplomacy, izikhungo zamazwe ngamazwe zentando yeningi eziqinile, kanye nephothifoliyo enwetshiwe yezivumelwano zamazwe ngamazwe zokususa impi ukuze kwehliswe ukwesaba nokwakha ukwethembana.
Izikhali zenuzi konke okungekho emthethweni. Kunezifunda eziyisishiyagalolunye ezinonya ezisaqhubeka nokusabisa sonke ngezikhali zazo zenuzi…i-United States, Russia, China, England, France, Israel, India, Pakistan, kanye neNyakatho Korea. Ohulumeni balezi zizwe badinga ukuqhutshwa ukuze bamukele le paradigm entsha. Babambelele ku-paradigm yakudala yemidlalo ye-zero-sum, "ingase ilungise," futhi iphatha umhlaba njenge-geopolitical chessboard kuyilapho belwela umhlaba, izinsiza, noma umbono. UMartin Luther King wayeqinisile uma ethi sizofunda ukuhlala ndawonye singabazalwane noma siyobhubha ndawonye njengeziwula.
Ngeke sikwazi ukushiya konke okuphilayo kule planethi enhle ezandleni zabantu abayisishiyagalolunye. Laba bantu nohulumeni babo bakhethe ngokuqaphela noma bengazi ukuthi basisongele sonke. Thina bantu sinamandla okuguqula lokho. Kufanele nje sikulolonge.
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UJohn Miksad uyiSahluko Coördinator nge World Beyond War.
Impendulo eyodwa
Sivuna esikuhlwanyelayo : udlame luzala udlame, futhi ukudla okukhiqizwa ngodlame kuvimbela isintu ekuguqukeni. Inqobo nje uma abantu beqhubeka nokugqilaza, becwiya futhi bebulala abanye abantu bomhlaba ukuze bathole ukudla - izimpi kanye nokuthuthumela okucasulayo kuzoqhubeka. Izimfologo phezu kwemimese!