Ukuphawula eNorth Carolina Peace Action Event e-Raleigh, N.C., Agasti 23, 2014.
Ngiyabonga ngokungimema, futhi ngiyabonga ku-North Carolina Peace Action, kanye naku-John Heuer engimbheka njengomenzi wokuthula ongakhathali futhi ogqugquzelwe ngokwakhe. Singambonga uJohane?
Kungudumo kimina ukuba neqhaza ekuhlonipheni uMenzi Wokuthula wabafundi wango-2014, iMatter Youth North Carolina. Ngikulandele lokhu osekuneminyaka iMatter ikwenza ezweni lonke, ngike ngahlala ecaleni lasenkantolo abaliletha eWashington, D.C., ngahlanganyela nabo isiteji emcimbini womphakathi, ngahlela i-inthanethi isicelo nabo ku-RootsAction.org, ngibhale ngabo futhi ngababuka bekhuthaza ababhali abafana noJeremy Brecher engitusa ukuba bafunde. Nansi inhlangano esebenza ngokuzuzisa zonke izizukulwane ezizayo zazo zonke izinhlobo zezilwane futhi iholwa - futhi iholwa kahle - izingane ezingabantu. Singabashaya ihlombe?
Kodwa, mhlawumbe ngembula ukungaboni kahle kanye nokuzicabangela mina njengelungu lohlobo olungazange luguquke ukuze lulawule iplanethi yonke, ngijabula kakhulu ngokwazi iMatter Youth North Carolina ngenxa yokuthi umshana wami uHallie Turner kanye umshana wami uTravis Turner bayingxenye yawo. Bafanelwe ukushayelwa ihlombe OKUNINGI.
Futhi ithimba eliphelele lokuhlela i-iMatter, ngiyatshelwa, limelwe namuhla ebusuku futhi nguZack Kingery, Nora White, no-Ari Nicholson. Kufanele bashayelwe ihlombe nakakhulu.
Ngithatha udumo oluphelele ngomsebenzi kaHallie noTravis, ngoba nakuba ngingazange ngibafundise lutho ngempela, ngaphambi kokuba bazalwe, ngatshela udadewethu ukuthi kufanele aye emhlanganweni wethu wesikole samabanga aphezulu, lapho ahlangana khona nendoda eyaba yimi. umkhwenyana. Ngaphandle kwalokho, akekho u-Hallie futhi akekho uTravis.
Kodwa-ke, kwakubazali bami - engicabanga ukuthi ngomqondo ofanayo (yize kulokhu ngiyakwenqaba) ukuthola isikweletu esiphelele nganoma yini engiyenzayo - yibo abathatha u-Hallie embuthanweni wakhe wokuqala, e-White House ebhikisha ipayipi lesihlabathi se-tar. Ngitshelwa ukuthi uHallie wayengazi ukuthi kwakumayelana nani ekuqaleni noma ukuthi kungani abantu abalungile beboshwa, esikhundleni sokuba abantu abenze amacala esibathandayo nomhlaba wethu baboshwe. Kodwa ekupheleni komhlangano u-Hallie wayesebunzimeni bawo, wayengeke ahambe kuze kube yilapho umuntu wokugcina eseboshiwe ngenxa yobulungiswa, futhi wabiza lo mcimbi usuku olubaluleke kakhulu ekuphileni kwakhe kuze kube manje, noma amazwi athi lowo mphumela.
Mhlawumbe, njengoba kwenzeka, lolo bekuwusuku olubalulekile, hhayi kuHallie kuphela kodwa naku-iMatter Youth North Carolina, futhi, kwazi bani, mhlawumbe - njengosuku uGandhi ajikijelwa ngalo esitimeleni, noma usuku uBayard Rustin akhuluma ngalo noMartin. U-Luther King Jr. ngokudela izibhamu zakhe, noma usuku uthisha abela ngalo u-Thomas Clarkson ukuthi abhale indaba yokuthi ubugqila bamukelekile yini - ekugcineni kuzoba usuku olubalulekile kwabaningi bethu.
Nokho, nginamahloni ngezinto ezimbili, naphezu kwakho konke ukuziqhenya kwami.
Esinye siwukuthi thina bantu abadala sishiya izingane ukuze zithole izenzo zokuziphatha kanye nokuzibandakanya kwezombusazwe okungathi sína ngengozi kunokuba sizifundise ngokuhlelekile nasemhlabeni wonke, njengokungathi asicabangi ukuthi zifuna ukuphila okunenjongo, njengokungathi sicabanga ukuthi ukuphila okunethezekile kuwumuntu ophelele. ekahle. Sicela izingane zihole emvelweni, ngoba thina - ngikhuluma ndawonye wonke umuntu oneminyaka engaphezu kuka-30, abantu u-Bob Dylan athi bangabathembi aze abe ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-30 - asikwenzi, futhi izingane ziyathatha. thina esizosifaka ezinkantolo, futhi uhulumeni wethu uvumela ababhubhisi bemvelo abangozakwabo abahamba phambili ukuba babe abaphikisi ngokuzithandela (ungacabanga ukuthi ungavolontiya ukuze umangalelwe kanye nomunye umuntu obhekene necala lomthetho? Cha, linda, ungimangalele nami!), kanye nabamangalelwa abakanye nabo ngokuzithandela, okuhlanganisa ne-National Association of Manufacturers, bahlinzeka ngamathimba abameli okungenzeka abiza ngaphezu kwezikole ezifunda u-Hallie no-Travis, futhi izinkantolo zinquma ukuthi kuyilungelo lomuntu ngamunye lezinhlangano ezingezona ezabantu ezibizwa ngokuthi ama-corporations. acekele phansi ukuhlaleka kweplanethi yawo wonke umuntu, naphezu komqondo osobala othi izinkampani zizoyeka ukuba khona.
Ingabe izingane zethu kufanele zenze njengoba sisho noma njengoba senza? Nakanye! Kufanele bagijime baye kolunye uhlangothi kunoma yini esiyithintile. Kukhona okuhlukile, kunjalo. Abanye bethu bazama kancane. Kodwa kuwumzamo okhuphukayo wokuhlehlisa ukufundiswa kwamasiko okusenze sisho imishwana efana nokuthi “lahla lokhu” njengokungathi kukhona kude ngempela, noma ukubiza ukubhujiswa kwehlathi “ukukhula komnotho,” noma ukukhathazeka ngalokho okubizwa ngokuthi uwoyela ophakeme. nokuthi sizophila kanjani lapho amafutha ephela, nakuba sesivele sathola izikhathi ezinhlanu ukuthi singashisa ngokuphepha futhi sikwazi ukuphila kuleli dwala elihle.
Kodwa izingane zihlukile. Isidingo sokuvikela umhlaba nokusebenzisa amandla ahlanzekile ngisho noma sisho ukuphazamiseka okumbalwa noma ingozi engathi sína yomuntu siqu, asivamile noma siyinqaba enganeni kunengxenye yezinye izinto ezivezwa ngazo okokuqala ngqa, njenge-algebra, noma ubhukuda uhlangana, noma omalume. Abakaze bachithe iminyaka eminingi betshelwa ukuthi amandla avuselelekayo awasebenzi. Abakaze bathuthukise umuzwa ocushwe kahle wokushisekela izwe osivumela ukuthi sigcine sikholelwa ukuthi amandla avuselelekayo ngeke asebenze njengoba sizwa ngawo esebenza kwamanye amazwe. (Leyo yi-physics yaseJalimane!)
Abaholi bethu abasebasha baneminyaka embalwa yokufundiswa lokho uMartin Luther King Jr. akubiza ngokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo okwedlulele, impi, kanye nokucwasa ngokwebala. Abantu abadala bavala indlela ezinkantolo, ngakho izingane zingena emigwaqweni, zihlele futhi ziyayaluza futhi zifundise. Futhi ngakho-ke kufanele, kodwa baphikisana nesistimu yezemfundo kanye nesistimu yokuqashwa kanye nesistimu yokuzijabulisa evame ukubatshela ukuthi ayinamandla, ukuthi uguquko olunzima alunakwenzeka, nokuthi into ebaluleke kakhulu ongayenza ukuvota.
Manje, abantu abadala batshelana ukuthi into ebaluleke kakhulu abangayenza ukuvota kubi ngokwanele, kodwa ukusho ukuthi ezinganeni ezingakakhuli ngokwanele ukuvota kufana nokuzitshela ukuthi zingenzi lutho. Sidinga amaphesenti ambalwa omphakathi wethu angenzi okuphambene nokungenzi lutho, ukuphila nokuphefumula okuzinikele ngokuzinikela. Sidinga ukumelana nobudlova okungenabudlova, ukufundiswa kabusha, ukuqondiswa kabusha kwezisetshenziswa zethu, ukuduba, ukuhlukaniswa, ukudalwa kwemikhuba eqhubekayo njengamamodeli wabanye, kanye nokuvinjelwa kohlelo olumisiwe olusiqondisa ngenhlonipho nangokumomotheka phezu kwewa. Imibuthano ehlelwe yi-iMatter Youth North Carolina ibukeka sengathi ihamba ngendlela efanele kimi. Ngakho-ke, masiphinde sibabonge.
Okwesibili enginamahloni ngakho ukuthi akuvamile neze ukuthi inhlangano yokuthula ifike kusishoshovu sezemvelo lapho ikhetha umuntu ozomhlonipha, kuyilapho mina angikaze ngizwe ngokuhlehla. U-Hallie no-Travis banomalume osebenza kakhulu ngokuthula, kodwa bahlala esikweni lapho ubushoshovu obuthola uxhaso nokunakwa nokwamukelwa okujwayelekile, ngokwezinga elilinganiselwe noma ubani akwenzayo futhi okulandela ngemuva kakhulu kwama-5K ngokumelene nomdlavuza webele kanye nohlobo. ubushoshovu obuntula abaphikisi bangempela, ubushoshovu bemvelo. Kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kunenkinga ngalokho engisanda kukwenza kanye nalokho esivame ukukwenza, okungukuthi, ngokuhlukanisa abantu njengezishoshovu zokuthula noma izishoshovu zezemvelo noma izishoshovu zokhetho ezihlanzekile noma izishoshovu zokuguqula abezindaba noma izishoshovu ezimelene nokucwasa. Njengoba saqaphela eminyakeni embalwa edlule, sonke sihlanganisa abantu abangafika ku-99%, kodwa labo abakhuthele ngempela bahlukene phakathi, eqinisweni kanye nasemibonweni yabantu.
Ukuthula nemvelo kufanele, ngicabanga, kuhlanganiswe egameni elilodwa elithi peacenvironmentalism, ngoba akukho mnyakazo ongase uphumelele ngaphandle kokunye. I-iMatter ifuna ukuphila sengathi ikusasa lethu libalulekile. Awukwazi ukwenza lokho ngezempi, ngezinsiza ezidingekayo, ngokucekelwa phansi okubangelayo, ngengozi ekhula kakhulu usuku ngalunye oludlulayo lokuthi izikhali zenuzi zizoqhunyiswa ngamabomu noma ngengozi. Uma ungathola ngempela ukuthi ungasisusa kanjani esinye isizwe ngenkathi udubula imicibisholo yaso esibhakabhakeni, okungakaze kubonwe muntu, umthelela womkhathi nesimo sezulu ungathinta kakhulu nesizwe sakho. Kodwa lokho kuyiphupho. Esimeni somhlaba wangempela, isikhali senuzi sethulwa ngenhloso noma ngephutha, futhi eziningi eziningi zethulwa ngokushesha kuzo zonke izindawo. Lokhu sekucishe kwenzeka izikhathi eziningi, futhi iqiniso lokuthi asikunaki cishe kwenza kube maningi kakhulu kunokuba kube mancane amathuba. Ngicabanga ukuthi uyazi ukuthi kwenzekani ngamamayela angu-50 eningizimu-mpumalanga yalapha ngoJanuwari 24, 1961? Kulungile, amasosha ase-US alahle ngephutha amabhomu enuzi amabili futhi aba nenhlanhla enkulu ukuthi awaqhumanga. Akukho okufanele sikhathazeke ngakho, kusho umgqugquzeli wezindaba zamahlaya uJohn Oliver, yingakho sinoCarolinas AMABILI.
I-iMatter ikhuthaza uguquko lwezomnotho lusuka kumafutha emvelo luye kumandla avuselelekayo kanye nemisebenzi esimeme. Ukube bekumoshwa amadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbalwa ngonyaka entweni engenamsebenzi noma ebhubhisayo! Futhi-ke kukhona, emhlabeni jikelele, leso samba esingaqondakali sisetshenziselwa amalungiselelo empi, ingxenye yayo yi-United States, izingxenye ezintathu kwezine zayo yi-United States kanye nabalingani bayo - futhi okuningi kwalokho okokugcina ezikhalini zase-U.S. Ngokwengxenye ethile, indlala nezifo kwakungabhekwana nazo ngokungathi sína, kanjalo nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Impi ibulala ngokuyinhloko ngokususa imali lapho idingeka khona. Ngengxenyana encane yezindleko zokulungiselela impi, ikolishi lingaba mahhala lapha futhi linikezwe mahhala nakwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba. Cabanga nje ukuthi zingaki izishoshovu zezemvelo ebesingaba nazo ukube abathweswe iziqu ekolishi bebengakweleti amashumi ezinkulungwane zamaRandi ukuze bathole ilungelo lomuntu lemfundo! Ukhokha kanjani lokho ngaphandle kokuyosebenzela ababhubhisi bomhlaba?
I-79% yezikhali eMpumalanga Ephakathi zivela e-United States, singabali lezo ezingamasosha ase-U.S. Izikhali zaseMelika bezikhona nhlangothi zombili eLibya eminyakeni emithathu edlule futhi zikumacala womabili eSyria nase-Iraq. Ukwenza izikhali kuwumsebenzi ongalawuleki uma ngike ngawubona. Iqeda umnotho. Amadola afanayo asetshenziswa kumandla ahlanzekile noma ingqalasizinda noma imfundo noma ngisho nokuncishiswa kwentela kwabangewona amabhiliyoni akhiqiza imisebenzi eminingi kunokusetshenziswa kwezempi. Ibutho lezempi libhebhezela udlame olwengeziwe, kunokuba lisivikele. Izikhali kufanele zisetshenziswe, zibhujiswe, noma zinikezwe amaphoyisa endawo azoqala ukubona abantu bendawo njengezitha, ukuze kwenziwe izikhali ezintsha. Futhi le nqubo, ngezinyathelo ezithile, ingumbhubhisi omkhulu wemvelo esinayo.
Amasosha ase-US ashisa imiphongolo kawoyela engaba ngu-340,000 usuku ngalunye, njengoba kukalwa ngo-2006. Uma i-Pentagon iyizwe, izobeka i-38th ku-196 ekusetshenzisweni kukawoyela. Uma ususa i-Pentagon ekusetshenzisweni kukawoyela okuphelele yi-United States, khona-ke i-United States izobe isabeka indawo yokuqala kungekho muntu oseduze. Kepha ubungeke uphephise umkhathi ekushisweni kukawoyela omningi kunalokho okudla amazwe amaningi, futhi ngabe uphephise umhlaba wonke ububi amasosha ase-US alawula ngawo. Asikho esinye isikhungo e-United States esisebenzisa ukude uwoyela omningi njengamasosha.
Unyaka ngamunye, i-US Environmental Protection Agency isebenzisa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-622 izama ukuthola indlela yokukhiqiza amandla ngaphandle kukawoyela, kuyilapho amasosha echitha amakhulu ezinkulungwane zezigidi zamaRandi eshisa uwoyela ezimpini ezilwiwayo nasezisekelweni ezigcinwe ukulawula ukuhanjiswa kukawoyela. Isigidi samadola esichithwe ukugcina isosha ngalinye emsebenzini wangaphandle unyaka singadala imisebenzi engama-20 yamandla ohlaza ngo-$50,000 lilinye.
Izimpi eminyakeni yamuva zenze izindawo ezinkulu zingahlali muntu futhi zenze amashumi ezigidi zababaleki. Impi “iphikisana nezifo ezithathelwanayo njengembangela yomhlaba wonke yokugula nokufa,” ngokusho kukaJennifer Leaning waseHarvard Medical School. Ukuncika kuhlukanisa umthelela wempi emvelweni ube yizindawo ezine: “ukukhiqizwa nokuhlolwa kwezikhali zenuzi, ukuqhuma kwezindawo zasemoyeni nezasolwandle, ukuhlakazeka nokuphikelela kwamabhomu agqitshwayo kanye nemithetho egqitshiwe, kanye nokusetshenziswa noma ukugcinwa kwezidumbu zezempi, ubuthi, nemfucuza.” Umbiko ka-1993 woMnyango Wezwe Lase-U.S. wabiza amabhomu agqitshwayo “ukungcola okunobuthi nokusakazeke kakhulu okubhekene nesintu.” Izigidi zamahektha eYurophu, eNyakatho Afrika, nase-Asia zingaphansi kwemingcele. Ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yomhlaba waseLibya ifihle amabhomu agqitshwayo kanye nezikhali zeMpi Yezwe II ezingakaqhunyiswa.
Umsebenzi waseSoviet nase-US we-Afghanistan usuqede noma wabhidliza izinkulungwane zamadolobhana nemithombo yamanzi. I-Taliban idayise ngamatshe ngokungemthetho ePakistan, okuholela ekukhungweni kwemithi ebalulekile. Amabhomu ase-US kanye nababaleki abadinga izinkuni bangeze emonakalweni. Amahlathi ase-Afghanistan aseduze. Eziningi zezinyoni ezifudukayo ezazivame ukudlula e-Afghanistan azikwenzi njalo. Umoya wakhe namanzi baye babuthiwa yiziqhumane nama-rocket propellants.
Kungenzeka ukuthi awunandaba nepolitiki, kusho isisho, kodwa ipolitiki inendaba nawe. Lokho kuya ngempi. UJohn Wayne wagwema ukuya eMpini Yezwe II ngokwenza amafilimu okudumisa abanye abantu abahambayo. Uyazi ukuthi kwenzekani kuye? Wenza imuvi e-Utah eduze nendawo yokuhlola i-nuclear. Kubantu abangu-220 abasebenze kule filimu, abangu-91, kunabangu-30 obekuzoba yinjwayelo, baba nomdlavuza okuhlanganisa uJohn Wayne, uSusan Hayward, u-Agnes Moorehead, nomqondisi uDick Powell.
Sidinga indlela ehlukile. E-Connecticut, i-Peace Action kanye namanye amaqembu amaningi abambe iqhaza ekukhuthazeni ngempumelelo uhulumeni wezwe ukuthi amise ikhomishana ezosebenzela ukuguqula izikhali zibe izimboni ezinokuthula. Izinyunyana zabasebenzi nabaphathi bayaseseka. Amaqembu ezemvelo nokuthula ayingxenye yawo. Kungumsebenzi omkhulu oqhubekayo. Cishe kwakushukunyiswa izindaba ezingamanga zokuthi amasosha ayencishiswa. Kodwa kungakhathaliseki ukuthi singakwenza lokho kube ngokoqobo noma cha, isidingo semvelo sokushintsha izinsiza zethu emandleni aluhlaza sizokhula, futhi asikho isizathu sokuthi iNorth Carolina akufanele ibe yizwe lesibili ezweni ukwenza lokhu. UneMisombuluko yokuziphatha lapha. Kungani ungabi nesimilo njalo ezinsukwini zonyaka?
Izinguquko ezinkulu zibukeka zizikhudlwana ngaphambi kokuba zenzeke kunangemva kwalokho. Imvelo ifike ngokushesha okukhulu. I-U.S. yayisivele inemikhumbi-ngwenya yenuzi emuva lapho imikhomo yayisasetshenziswa njengomthombo wezinto ezingavuthiwe, izinto zokuthambisa, namafutha, okuhlanganisa nemikhumbi-ngwenya yenuzi. Manje imikhomo, cishe ngokuzumayo, ibonwa njengezidalwa ezihlakaniphile ezimangalisayo okufanele zivikelwe, futhi imikhumbi-ngwenya yenuzi isiqalile ukubukeka iyindala, futhi ukungcoliswa komsindo okubulalayo okubekwa yiNavy olwandle olwandle kubukeka kuwubuqaba kancane.
Amacala e-iMatter afuna ukuvikela ukwethenjwa komphakathi ezizukulwaneni ezizayo. Ikhono lokunakekela izizukulwane ezizayo, ngokomcabango odingekayo, licishe lifane nekhono lokunakekela abantu bangaphandle bekude emkhathini kunesikhathi. Uma singacabanga ngomphakathi wakithi njengohlanganisa nalabo abangakazalwa, esithemba ukuthi bangaphezu kwethu sonke, singacabanga ukuthi sihlanganisa u-95% walabo abaphilayo namuhla abangekho ezweni. I-United States of America, futhi ngokuphambene nalokho.
Kepha noma ngabe ubushoshovu bemvelo nokuthula bekungeyona inhlangano eyodwa, bekuzodingeka sibajoyine kanye nabanye abambalwa ndawonye ukuze sibe nohlobo lomfelandawonye we-Occupy 2.0 esiludingayo ukuze senze ushintsho. Ithuba elikhulu lokwenza lokho liyeza cishe ngoSepthemba 21 okuwuSuku Lokuthula Lwamazwe Ngamazwe kanye nesikhathi lapho umbuthano nazo zonke izinhlobo zemicimbi yesimo sezulu zizobe zenzeka eNew York City.
E-WorldBeyondWar.org uzothola zonke izinhlobo zezinsiza zokubamba umcimbi wakho wokuthula nemvelo. Uzothola nesitatimende esifushane semisho emibili esivuna ukuqeda yonke impi, isitatimende esisayinwe ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule ngabantu bezizwe ezingama-81 futhi sikhuphuka. Ungayisayina ephepheni lapha kusihlwa. Sidinga usizo lwakho, abancane nabadala. Kodwa kufanele sijabule ngokukhethekile ukuthi isikhathi nezinombolo zisohlangothini lwabasha emhlabeni wonke, engithi kubo kanye noShelley:
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