Kuleli sonto, eNew York City, abameleli abavela emazweni angaphezu kwe-100 bazoqala ukusebenzisana esivumelwaneni samazwe ngamazwe, esahlongozwa okokuqala ku-2016, ukuvimbela izikhali zenuzi kuze kube phakade.
Ngu-Kathy Kelly, Juni 20, 2017.
Kunengqondo ukuthi wonke amazwe emhlabeni afune ukuvinjelwa okusemthethweni kwezikhali zenuzi. Kungaba nengqondo nakakhulu ukuvala ngokushesha zonke izikhali zenuzi. Kodwa, ngokuduba nokubukela phansi inqubo eqhubekayo manje, i-US kanye nezinye izizwe ezihlomile ngezikhali zenuzi zithumele isignali esabekayo. Abazimisele ngokuyeka amandla okuqhuma, ukushisa nokuqothula ukuphila kwamaplanethi. “I-United States isebenzisa u-$1 trillion USD eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu ezayo ukwenza isimanjemanje izikhali zenuzi namandla okubulala alezi zikhali ngokuphindwe kathathu,” kusho uRay Acheson, umqondisi wohlelo kuWomen’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). U-Acheson uphinde aphawule ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwemali ngokweqile kwezikhali zenuzi kuphambene nokuncishiswa kwe-US ezinhlelweni ezibalulekile zokulwa nobumpofu. NgoJuni 19th, abantu abangaphezu kweshumi nambili bavimbe iMishini yase-US yokungena emnyango we-UN umbhikisho Ukuduba kukaWashington izingxoxo. Baboshelwe ukuziphatha ngendlela engafanele, kodwa ngikholwa ukuthi kuwukungalawuleki ngendlela engenakuqhathaniswa ukuhlela impi yenuzi.
Ngempelasonto edlule, ukuze kusekelwe izingxoxo zesivumelwano sokuvimbela izikhali zenuzi, i-WILPF icele ukuthi “iMashi Yabesifazane Yokuvimbela Ibhomu” emadolobheni ase-US nasemhlabeni jikelele. UJane Addams, owasiza ekutholeni iNhlangano ngo-1919, wayengowesifazane waseChicago owayesiqonda isidingo esibalulekile sokuqeda impi, yonke impi, futhi esikhundleni salokho anakekele abantu ababeswele kakhulu. Wazinikela ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi izifiki eziningi ezintsha edolobheni lakubo ziphathwa ngenhlonipho, zinikezwa usizo lokuhlangabezana nezidingo eziyisisekelo futhi zikhuthazwa ukuba ziphile futhi zisebenze ndawonye, ngokuthula. U-Addams wasebenza ngentshiseko ukuvimbela izizwe ukuthi zingalali ezinyangeni ezesabekayo zeMpi Yezwe I, futhi wakhankasa ngamandla ukumisa ukungena kwe-United States kuyo.
Lapho ebuya ekuvakasheni amasosha ayegogekile ngesikhathi elwa emiseleni yeMpi Yezwe I, wakhuluma ngendlela lezi zinsizwa ezazingenakukwazi ngayo ukuqhubeka nempi ngaphandle kwezinto ezishintsha ingqondo - ngezinye izikhathi i-absinthe, ngezinye izikhathi i-rum eyengeziwe. Imindeni ibithumela i-laudanum ngisho heroin emigqeni yangaphambili kuma-hamper. Amasosha awakwazanga ukubulala, waphetha, uma eshiywe engqondweni.
Imibuthano ye-WILPF isisiza ukuthi sibuze imibuzo enzima mayelana namandla ethu okulungiselela ukucekelwa phansi okukhulu kwamadolobha wonke, ngokwakhiwa kwezikhali zenuzi, kuyilapho sihluleka ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zezingane, njengalezo zaseYemen, ukusinda kwazo kubekwe engcupheni impi nokunganaki. Singakwazi yini ukuqhubeka nokulungisa izikhali zethu zezikhali zenuzi, singanaki izigidi zezingane ezisengozini yokufa yindlala noma yokufa ngenxa yokuthi zintula amanzi ahlanzekile - futhi ngenxa yokuthi i-US isekela ama-airstrikes aseSaudi aqeda ingqalasizinda okungenzeka ukuthi inikeze ukudla namanzi, -singakwenza lokho futhi sithi sisemiqondweni yethu elungile?
I-WILPF yasibutha eChicago lapho sazinika isikhathi sokukhumbula owake waba nesibindi esimangalisayo waseChicago, uJean Gump, umama wezingane eziyishumi nambili ukuzidela kwakhe kwamenza wasiza ekuhlakazeni umcibisholo we-ballistic ophakathi kwezwekazi. Ngo-March 28, 1986, uJean nabangane bakhe enhlanganweni Yamageja bakhipha isimemezelo seBhayibheli sokuguqula izinkemba zibe amakhuba. Kubone ngeso lengqondo amazwi esihlokweni sikaLila Sarick, “Ubugebengu bukaNksz Jean Gump: "
Ilanga lasekuseni lase liqala ukuba bomvu emkhathizwe njengoba abathathu begijima ensimini yaseMissouri egcwele amazolo.
Ithule, insizwa, enentshebe, yasika uthango olucijile ngocingo oluhlabayo, kuyilapho abangane bayo ababili, enye indoda nowesifazane, belenga izingqwembe eceleni kophawu olubomvu olwalubaxwayisa ukuba bangangeni.
Eceleni kophawu oluyisixwayiso, umbhangqwana ulengise ikholaji yezithombe zezingane zowesifazane ezingu-12 nabazukulu ababili. Eceleni kwayo, balenga ipenanti eyayinophawu lweqembu: “Izinkemba zibe ngamakhuba—isenzo sokuphulukisa.”
Laba abathathu babe sebegibela embobeni yocingo bangena ku-M-10, indawo yeziqhumane zeMinuteman II eWhiteman Air Force Base, eKnob Noster, eMissouri.
Isizinda semicibisholo sasifana negceke likaloliwe elashiywa. Amathrekhi anombala wokugqwala aphele kungazelelwe maphakathi nesayithi. Izikhali ezibonisa izimpawu ezinde kanye nezindawo zokulala zikakhonkolo ezimhlophe zigcwele indawo.
Ngaphandle kwamagama, laba bobathathu baqala ukusebenza. UKen Rippetoe, 23, ujikijele isando kujantshi wesitimela, esiklanyelwe ukwethula umcibisholo wenuzi ngepunch yamathani ayisigidi e-TNT.
U-Larry Morlan, 26, unqamule izintambo ezingalweni ezikhombisa izimpawu, ezibheke esibhakabhakeni.
Futhi uJean Gump waqaqa ibhodlela lengane elaligcwele igazi labathathu walithela lifana nesiphambano endaweni ecwebezelayo okwakungaphuma kuyo umcibisholo. Ngaphansi, upende amagama athi “Susa izikhali futhi uphile.”
Ngalesi senzo, uJean Gump ugwetshwe iminyaka emi-4 nengxenye ejele. Ngonyaka olandelayo, umyeni wakhe, uJoe Gump, wenza isenzo esifanayo, ekholelwa ukuthi uJean wayeqinisile ngokuthatha isibopho somuntu siqu sokuvala izikhali zenuzi. Lo mbhangqwana ugqugquzele iqembu labantu baseMidwesterners ukuthi bakhe umkhankaso wango-1988, “i-Missouri Peace Planting,” owawubandakanya inqwaba yabantu ababegibela phezu kocingo oluhlabayo bangena ezisekelweni zezikhali zenuzi eMissouri, batshala ummbila phezu kwezisele ezicitshwayo. Ngikhumbula ngingena endaweni yezikhali zenuzi eWhiteman Air Force Base, eMissouri, ngitshala ummbila, futhi ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho ngizithola ngiguqe otshanini, ngiboshwe ozankosi, lapho isosha limi ngemva kwami libhekise isikhali salo kimi. Ngahlala cishe imizuzu emibili ngithule, ngase ngiqala ukukhuluma ngokuthi kungani senze lokhu esikwenzile nokuthi sithemba ukuthi lesi senzo sizozuzisa kanjani izingane azithandayo. Ngase ngimbuza, “Ucabanga ukuthi ummbila uzokhula?”
“Angazi,” ephendula, “kodwa ngiyethemba ngokuqinisekile.” Wayesengibuza, “Nkosikazi, ungawathanda amanzi okuphuzwa?” Ngivume ngekhanda ngokulangazela. “Nkosikazi,” kusho isosha, “ngicela ubuyise ikhanda lakho emuva.” Ngenza njalo, wangithela ngamanzi emphinjeni. Ukukhumbula isipho sakhe somusa sokunginika amanzi kungenza ngiqaphele mayelana nobuhlobo phakathi kwesikhali senuzi esingaphansi kwethu, ngalolo suku, kanye nenani elikhulu labantu, ngaleso sikhathi namanje, abawadinga kakhulu amanzi ahlanzekile.
Cabanga nje uma umbuzo wakhe, "Ungathanda ukuphuza amanzi?" zabuzwa, namuhla, kubantu abahlala eYemen. Manje, njengoba i-US iphikelela ekubeni nelungelo elikhethekile lokubusa iplanethi, iphikelela ekuhlomeni amandla omlilo okuqhuma okwanele ukuqothula wonke amadolobha, ake sithi kufanele sibuze abantu baseYemen, izigidi zabo manje ezibhekene nekholera nendlala, uma ungathanda isiphuzo samanzi ahlanzekile, ahlanzekile?
Noma, asisondeze umbuzo ekhaya futhi sibuze abantu base-Flint, MI, amanzi abo angcolile, “Ungathanda amanzi ahlanzekile, ahlanzekile?”
Futhi njengoba siphumputha ukuthola izixazululo zezimpawu zokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, okuhlanganisa isomiso esibi kanye nokujaha ukuthengisa ngasese izinsiza ezinciphayo zamanzi aphuzwayo, ake ucabange ubuza izingane zezizukulwane ezizayo, “Ningathanda ukuphuza amanzi?”
UMongameli Eisenhower kwakunelungelo lokulinganisa ukuba nezikhali zenuzi nomsebenzi wobugebengu.
Zonke izibhamu ezenziwayo, yonke imikhumbi yempi eqalwayo, wonke amarokhethi adubulayo asho, ekugcineni, ukweba kulabo abalambile futhi abangadliwe, labo ababandayo nabangagqokile. Lo mhlaba wezikhali awuchithi imali wodwa.
Ichitha izithukuthuku zezisebenzi zayo, ubuhlakani bososayensi bayo, amathemba ezingane zayo.
“Kuwumbuzo” omkhulu: ukuqeda izikhali zenuzi. Kanye nokuhlela nokujoyina imibhikisho, enye indlela yokuhlala siphapheme futhi sigxile ekuvimbeleni ukubhujiswa kwezikhali zenuzi ihlanganisa ukuqaphela ukuthi sixhumene kangakanani nabanye, kangangokuthi ukuhlupheka nokufa komunye umuntu kunciphisa izimpilo zethu.
Lokhu kuphaphama kuhlanganisa ukunakekela okungapheli kwabanye. UJean Gump noJane Addams babenza ukunakekela okunjalo kuyo yonke impilo yabo. Nathi, ngokufanayo, singasebenzela ubulungisa kulabo abahlala emiphakathini efana neFlint, MI; singafuna izindlela ezinengqondo zokubhekana nenkinga yesimo sezulu; futhi singagcizelela ukuthi labo abayizisulu zempi, njengezingane zaseYemen ezigcwele ikholera, ezilambele kakhulu, bagwenywe ebuphekula basemoyeni futhi banikezwe ukufinyelela okugcwele emanzini ahlanzekile, asindisa ukuphila.
Kathy Kelly (UKathy@vcnv.org) Ukubambisana kwamazwi e-Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org)
