NguBrian Terrell
Ngomhla zingama-26 kuNdasa, ngangiseNevada endimeni yami njengomxhumanisi womcimbi we-Nevada Desert Experience, ngilungiselela i-Sacred Peace Walk yaminyaka yonke, uhambo lwamamayela angu-65 ogwadule usuka e-Las Vegas uya endaweni yokuhlola izikhali zenuzi eMercury, Nevada, umcimbi. ukuthi i-NDE ixhase intwasahlobo ngayinye cishe iminyaka engama-30. Ezinsukwini ezimbili ngaphambi kokuba kuqale uhambo, inqwaba yezimoto zethu singabahleli yalandela umzila.
Indawo yokugcina kodwa esohlelweni oluvamile “Ikamu Lokuthula,” indawo ogwadule lapho sivame ukuhlala khona ubusuku bokugcina ngaphambi kokuwela umgwaqo onguthelawayeka 95 siye endaweni manje eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Nevada National Security Site. Lapho sifika lapho samangala lapho sithola ikamu lonke nendlela ephuma kuyo eya endaweni Yokuhlola izungezwe uthango olubiyelwe ngeqhwa lepulasitiki eliwolintshi elikhanyayo.
Kwakungekho sizathu esizwakalayo socingo futhi kungekho sizathu sokungena ekamu, okwase kuyiminyaka eminingi inkundla yemibhikisho emelene nokuhlolwa kwezikhali zenuzi. Asizange nje sivinjwe endaweni yethu yenkambu evamile, yayingekho indawo ephephile, esemthethweni noma ekahle yokupaka izimoto cishe imayela ukuzungeza, kungekho lapho sasingakwazi nokulahla izinto zokusebenza noma sivumele ukwehliswa kwababambe iqhaza embhikishweni wethu ababengakwazi. thatha uhambo olude ezindaweni ezimbi. Besisaqala ukuhlola ubunzima bokuhleleka kwalesi simo esisha esethulwa ngesikhathi isekela likaSheriff we-Nye County lidlula.
Ngemuva kokusixwayisa ngokuthi akukho emthethweni ukumiswa emgwaqeni njengoba sinjalo, iphini lisivumele ukuthi sihlale ngesikhathi lisichazela isimo ngokubona kwalo. Ezinye izibhamu ezinkulu enyuvesi, uthe, ziqinisekise uMnyango Wezokuthutha waseNevada ukuthi i-Peace Camp iyindawo yomlando obalulekile ngakho-ke ayinakuphazanyiswa. Uthango lwakhuphuka esikhathini esingangesonto noma ngaphezulu ngaphambili, esho, elindele uHambo Lokuthula Olungcwele. Izinto zokwenziwa zemibhikisho edlule bezingeke zivunyelwe ukuthi ziphazanyiswe ukuba khona kwababhikishi besimanje. Akekho noyedwa ngaphandle kwezazi zemivubukulo, isekela lasitshela, owayeyophinde avunyelwe ekamu. Indida yalesi sithombe ayizange ilahleke kithi.
Lapho ngibuyela eLas Vegas, ngaqala ngokushesha ukubiza amahhovisi ahlukahlukene oMnyango Wezokuthutha, ikakhulukazi izinombolo engizithole (ngokumangala) zehhovisi le-DOT lemivubukulo. Ngiphinde ngenza ukusesha ngewebhu ngezinkinga ezizungeze i-Peace Camp nomlando wayo futhi ngathola ukuthi ku-2007, i-US Bureau of Land Management (i-BLM ithi ubunikazi besayithi) kanye ne-Nevada State Historic Preservation Office yayinqume ukuthi i-Peace Camp iyafaneleka. ukufakwa kuhlu kuRejista Kazwelonke Yezindawo Zomlando.
Ngafunda phakathi I-Archeology, ukushicilelwa kwe-Archaeological Institute of America, nokunye okushicilelwe ukuthi ezinye izazi ze-anthropologists ezivela e-Desert Research Institute ziye zacwaninga kanjani isayithi futhi zenza ngempumelelo icala lokuthi i-Peace Camp ifanelekele ukufakwa kuhlu Kurejista Kazwelonke Yezindawo Zomlando. Ngifunde ukuthi ukuze ifaneleke, isayithi kufanele lihlangabezane nalezi ziqu: “a) ukuhlotshaniswa nemicimbi ebambe iqhaza elikhulu kumaphethini abanzi omlando wethu, kanye b) nokuvezwa kwezimpawu ezihlukile…ezinamagugu obuciko aphezulu…”
Nakuba imithelela yalokhu kuqokwa kwethu ibingakacaci, bekujabulisa ukwazi ukuthi okungenani ama-ejensi ambalwa ezikhundleni zikahulumeni nezombuso ziyalibona, kanye nomphakathi othile we-anthropological wezemfundo, iqiniso lokuthi izizukulwane ezimbalwa ze-anuclear. izishoshovu “zibe negalelo elikhulu emaphethini abanzi omlando wethu.” Imiklamo, izimpawu nemilayezo ethintwa ukuhlelwa kwamatshe anemibala nobukhulu obuhlukahlukene (“ama-geoglyphs,” enkulumweni yesayensi yemivubukulo) kanye nemidwebo edwetshwe emhubheni ngaphansi komgwaqo omkhulu kunokuqashelwa okusemthethweni kokuthi “anamagugu obuciko aphezulu” okufanele avikelwe umthetho. !
Besesivele sihambile e-Las Vegas ohambweni lwethu lwezinsuku ezinhlanu lokuya endaweni yokuhlola ngaphambi kokuba izingcingo ezibuyayo ezivela ezinhlakeni ezehlukene ziqinisekise ukuthi isekela belingasiqondi kahle isimo. Uthango aluzange lufakwe ukuze kuvikelwe i-Peace Camp kubadali bokuthula, kodwa njengesinyathelo sesikhashana sokuvimbela osonkontileka ababezoqala ukulungisa imigwaqo ukuthi bahambe kuyo nemishini yabo emikhulu. Kwakuzovulwa isango ocingweni ukuze singene. Ukupaka, ukumisa amatende, ukumisa ikhishi lasendle, konke kwakuzovunyelwa njengoba kwakunjalo ngaphambili.
Lezi zindaba zaba impumuzo. Besilindele futhi sahlela nokubhekana neNational Nuclear Security Administration lapho sifika eMercury kanye naseSizindeni Sokuhlola futhi ngaphezu kwalokho, silindele ukuthi abaningi bethu bazoboshwa ngokungena emthethweni lapho, naphezu kwemvume esiyinikezwe uMkhandlu Kazwelonke WaseNtshonalanga Shoshone, abanikazi bomhlaba abasemthethweni. Kodwa-ke, asizange sifise ukuphikisana nehhovisi le-Nevada State Historic Preservation Office, futhi ukuboshwa ngokuphazamisa indawo ye-archeological akuhambisani nokuziphatha okufanayo. isitembu njengomzabalazo wokulwa nokucekelwa phansi kwezikhali zenuzi.
Isazi semivubukulo esikhulu soMnyango Wezokuthutha sasisebenza kahle kakhulu ekulinganiseni kwakhe okuphezulu ukubaluleka kweKampu Yokuthula. I-Peace Camp ukuphela kwesizinda somlando esiqokiwe e-Nevada, waqhosha, engaphansi kweminyaka engama-50 ubudala. Olwami ulwazi nge-Peace Camp kanye ne-Test Site, mhlawumbe luncane kunomlando. Ngake ngaba lapho ngesikhathi kunemibhikisho emikhulu lapho ngo-1987, futhi ngesinye isikhathi ngeminyaka yawo-1990s, kwase kuba ukwanda kwemvamisa ngemuva kwemibhikisho emelene nezindiza ezidonsa umoya eziqhutshwa eCreech Air Force Base yaqala ngo-2009. Kuze kube lokhu kuhlangana, ngiyavuma ukuthi bengicabanga. we-Peace Camp njengendawo ekahle lapho ungabamba khona imibhikisho ephikisana nokuhlolwa kwebhomu lenuzi okwenziwa ngakolunye uhlangothi lomgwaqo onguthelawayeka 95.
Amafu amakhowe ovivinyo lokuqala olwenziwa eSizeni Sokuhlola sase-Nevada angabonwa kude le Las Vegas. I-Limited Test Ban Treaty ngo-1963 yahambisa izivivinyo ngaphansi komhlaba. Nakuba i-United States ingazange ivume iSivumelwano Sokuvinjelwa Okuphelele Kokuhlolwa Okuphelele, yayeka ukuhlolwa kwesikali esigcwele ngo-1992, nakuba ukuhlolwa “okungaphansi” kwezikhali, ukuhlolwa okuvimbela isisindo esibucayi, kusaqhutshwa esizeni.
Kusukela ngo-1986 kuya ku-1994, kwabanjwa imibhikisho engu-536 e-Nevada Test Site ehilela ababambiqhaza abangu-37,488, kwaboshwa izishoshovu ezingaba ngu-15,740. Imibukiso eminingi yangaleyo minyaka yakhanga izinkulungwane ngesikhathi. Uhambo Lokuthula Olungcwele lwalo nyaka kanye no-April 3 wethu Okuhle Friday umbhikisho eSizindeni Sokuhlola ubunesizotha uma uqhathaniswa, unabahlanganyeli abangaba ngu-50, futhi sajabula ngokuthi abangu-22 kulaba baboshwa ngemva kokuwelela endaweni.
Izinombolo ezizohlola ukuhlolwa eNevada zehle kakhulu ekupheleni kokuhlolwa okugcwele lapho, futhi akumangazi ukuthi ukuhlolwa kwenuzi akuyona imbangela evuthayo yezikhathi. Imibhikisho ezindaweni ezithinta ngqo ukuthuthukiswa kwezikhali zenuzi isahlanganisa amanani ahloniphekile. Emasontweni amathathu nje ngaphambi kombhikisho wethu wakamuva, ababhikishi abangaba ngu-200 bakanisa ngaphandle kwamasango e-Creech Air Force Base, isizinda sokubulawa kwabantu ngama-drone ezansi nje nothelawayeka osuka endaweni yokuhlola.
Kubalulekile, nokho, ukuthi abanye bethu baqhubeke bevela endaweni yokuhlola futhi basebenzise imizimba yethu ukwengeza inani elikhula kancane lalabo abasengozini yokuboshwa lapho ukuze bathi cha enyangeni esabekayo yempi yenuzi.
Izinkulungwane zabasebenzi zisashayela njalo ekuseni zisuka e-Las Vegas ziyobika emsebenzini e-Nevada National Security Site. Asiyazi yonke imisebenzi yesihogo ehlelwayo neyenziwa ngale konogada bezinkomo. Abanye benza izivivinyo ezingabalulekile, abanye ngokungangabazeki bazigcina besebenza, baqeqesha abasebenzi abasha futhi bagcina amathuluzi nengqalasizinda ukuze kuqalwe kabusha izivivinyo eziphelele. Ngosuku umongameli okhohlakele enikeza ngalo lo myalelo, i-Nevada National Security Site izobe isilungele ukuqhumisa ukuqhuma kwezikhali zenuzi ngaphansi kwezihlabathi zasogwadule.
Ngokumelene nokwenzeka kwalolo suku olubi, kufanele siqhubeke nokusebenza, futhi. Kumelwe sigcine uhlu lwethu lwamakheli kanye nezisekelo zedatha, sithumele imilayezo yesikhuthazo nolwazi ezincwadini zezindaba kanye nokuqhuma kwama-imeyili, sigcine yonke imigudu yokuxhumana ivulekile. Kumelwe sikhulise ubungane bethu nothando ngomunye nomunye. Mhlawumbe uhambo lwethu lokuthula kanye nesenzo sokumelana nomphakathi endaweni yokuhlolwa, okuncane uma kuqhathaniswa nemibhikisho emikhulu yama-1980s, kungathathwa “njengokubonakaliswa okungaphansi,” uvivinyo esingakala ngalo amandla ethu okuhlanganisa ukumelana nesilinganiso esigcwele. ukuhlolwa kwebhomu lenuzi uma sidinga.
Imibhikisho yase-Nevada Test Site iye yaqashelwa ngokufanelekile ngokubaluleka kwayo ngokomlando. Mhlawumbe ngolunye usuku izivakashi eziya eNevada zizoshiya amakhasino isikhathi esithile ukuze zivakashele i-Peace Camp njengendawo yokugubha nethemba, lapho isintu saphenduka khona endleleni yaso yokubhujiswa. Ngalolo suku, iNdawo Yezokuphepha Kazwelonke ye-Nevada, ebuyiselwe futhi yabuyiselwa ebukhosini beSizwe SaseNtshonalanga YamaShoshone, iyoba isikhumbuzo sokuzisola ngobugebengu obenziwa lapho ngokumelene nomhlaba nezidalwa zawo. Lesi sikhathi asikafiki. Okuzothathwa njengomlando we-Peace Camp kanye ne-Test Site, ingasaphathwa umlando wale planethi, usabhalwa njengoba sihamba futhi senza.
UBrian Terrell ungumxhumanisi womcimbi we-Nevada Desert Experience kanye nomxhumanisi we-Voices for Creative Nonviolence.brian@vcnv.org>
