NguKelly Kelly
Ngempelasonto edlule, cishe i-100 US Veterans for Peace yahlangana eRed Wing, eMinnesota, emhlanganweni waminyaka yonke wezwe lonke. Ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwami, Ama-Veterans for Peace izahluko ziphethe imicimbi “engeyona into engekho”. Ukuthi bahlanganela umsebenzi wasendaweni, wesifunda, wesifunda noma kazwelonke, Omakadebona bakhiqiza umuzwa oqinile wenhloso. Bafuna ukuhlakaza umnotho wezimpi futhi basebenzele ukuqeda zonke izimpi. AbakwaMinnesota, abaningi babo abangabangane bakudala, bahlangane endaweni ebanzi yesibaya sasemaphandleni. Ngemuva kokuthi abagqugquzeli bedlulisele ukwamukela kobungane, ababambiqhaza bazinzile ukuze babhekane nendikimba yalo nyaka: “Impi Ngesimo Sezulu Sethu.”
Bamema UDkt James Hansen, UProfesa Owengeziwe e-Columbia University's Earth Institute, ukuze akhulume nge-Skype mayelana nokunciphisa imithelela yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Ngezinye izikhathi obizwa ngokuthi “ubaba wokufudumala kwembulunga yonke”, uDkt. Hansen useke wahlaba umkhosi amashumi eminyaka ambalwa ngezibikezelo ezinembile mayelana nemiphumela yokukhishwa kukaphethiloli wezinsalela ezimbiwa phansi. Manje usekhankasela isigaba esisebenza kahle kwezomnotho sokuphuma kuphethiloli wezinsalela ezimbiwa phansi ngokubeka izimali zekhabhoni emithonjeni yokukhipha umoya nezinzuzo ezibuyiselwe ngokulinganayo emphakathini.
UDkt. Hansen ubona ngeso lengqondo ukudalwa kwezimakethe ezikhuthazayo zosomabhizinisi ukuthuthukisa amandla nemikhiqizo enekhabhoni ephansi nengenayo ikhabhoni. “Labo abafinyelela ukuncipha okukhulu kwekhabhoni ukusetshenziswa kungavuna inzuzo enkulu kakhulu. Ukuqagela kukhombisa ukuthi indlela enjalo inganciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni yase-US ngaphezulu kwesigamu phakathi neminyaka engama-20 - futhi idale amathuba emisebenzi emisha eyizigidi ezi-3 kule nqubo. "
Enxusa abantu abadala ngokungaguquguquki ukuba bakhathalele abantu abasha nezizukulwane ezizayo, uDkt. Le ndlela iyehluleka ukwenza amafutha ezinsalela akhokhe izindleko zawo emphakathini, “kanjalo ukuvumela ukuluthwa kukaphethiloli wezinsalela ukuthi kuqhubeke kanye nokukhuthaza imigomo 'yokubhoboza, ingane, ukubhoboza' ukuze kukhishwe wonke uphethiloli otholakalayo.”
Ukwenza izibaso ezimbiwa phansi “zikhokhe zonke izindleko zazo” kungasho ukukhokhisa izimali zokukhokhela izindleko ezibekwa abanukubezi emiphakathini ngokushiswa kwamalahle, uwoyela negesi. Lapho abantu bendawo begula futhi bebulawa ukungcoliswa komoya, futhi bebulawa indlala ngenxa yesomiso noma ukushaywa noma ukuminza iziphepho eziqhutshwa ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu, izindleko zinqwabelanisa ohulumeni okufanele amabhizinisi azibuyisele.
Ziyini izindleko zangempela emphakathini wezibaseli ezimbiwa phansi? Ngokocwaningo lwakamuva lwe-International Monetary Fund (IMF) izinkampani zikaphethiloli ziyahlomula kulo uxhaso lomhlaba wonke luka-$5.3tn (£3.4tn) ngonyaka, $10 million ngomzuzu, umzuzu nomzuzu, usuku ngalunye.
The Guardian imibiko ukuthi uxhaso luka-$5.3tn olulinganiselwa ku-2015 lukhulu kunesamba sezindleko zezempilo zabo bonke ohulumeni bomhlaba.
UDkt. Hansen waqala isethulo sakhe ngokuphawula ukuthi, ngokomlando, amandla ayebaluleke kakhulu ekugwemeni umsebenzi wezigqila. Ukholelwa ukuthi amandla athile avela emandleni enuzi manje ayadingeka ukuze amazwe afana neChina ne-India akhiphe inqwaba yabantu bawo ebuphofini. Abaningi abagxeki baphikisa kakhulu esicelweni sikaDkt. Hansen sokuthembela emandleni enuzi, ebalula izingozi zemisebe, izingozi, kanye nezinkinga zokugcinwa kwemfucuza yenuzi, ikakhulukazi lapho imfucumfucu ekhipha imisebe igcinwa emiphakathini lapho abantu bengenakho ukulawula noma ithonya elincane kwabathile abanqumayo ukuthi bazoyithumela kuphi imfucumfucu yenuzi. imfucuza yenuzi.
Abanye abagxeki baphikisa ngokuthi “amandla enuzi ayingozi kakhulu, futhi empeleni, kubiza kakhulu ukuze kubhekwe njengengxenye ebalulekile yephothifoliyo yamandla angemuva kwekhabhoni.”
Intatheli kanye nesishoshovu uGeorge Monbiot, umbhali wencwadi yobude besiphakamiso sokuguquka kwesimo sezulu, Ukushisa, iphawula ukuthi amandla enuzi athambekele ekubekeni engozini “abanakho” kanye “nabangenakho” ngokufanayo. Imiphumela esheshayo yamandla wamalahle, nezingozi zomlando ezidlula ngokusobala ezamandla enuzi, zixhunywe ezindaweni zezimayini nezimboni ezihlala abantu okungenzeka ukuthi bancishwe amathuba ngokwezomnotho noma abampofu.
Ukuwohloka komphakathi oqhutshwa yisimo sezulu kungase kubulale kakhulu futhi kube okokugcina lapho izitshalo zenuzi ezincike kugridi zilungele ukuncibilika lapho sivala isikhala neminotho yethu. Kodwa kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi izikhali zethu ezimbi kakhulu - eziningi zazo futhi ezenuzi - zigcinwe kahle ukuze zisize abakhethekile ukuphatha uhlobo lwesiyaluyalu sezombusazwe lapho ubumpofu nokuphelelwa yithemba kuqhubezela khona imiphakathi. Ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu, uma singeke sikubambezele, akuthembisi nje ubumpofu nokuphelelwa ithemba ngezinga elingakaze libonwe ngaphambili, kodwa futhi nempi - ngezinga, kanye nezikhali, ezingase zibe zimbi kakhulu kunezingozi ezibangelwa ukukhetha kwethu kwamandla. Inkinga yezempi yomhlaba, isimo sezulu esibucayi, kanye nokungalingani kwezomnotho okukhubaza abantu abampofu kuyaxhunyaniswa.
UDkt. Hansen ucabanga ukuthi uhulumeni waseShayina nososayensi baseShayina bangase basebenzise izinsiza ukuze bakhe ezinye izinto ezingasetshenziswa esikhundleni sezimbiwa, kuhlanganise namandla enuzi. Uphawula ukuthi iChina ibhekene nethuba elibi lokulahlekelwa amadolobha asogwini ngenxa yokufudumala kwembulunga yonke kanye nokusheshisa ukuhlakazeka kwamashidi eqhwa.
Izithiyo ezinkulu zesixazululo sokulutha kukaphethiloli emazweni amaningi kunethonya lemboni yamafutha ezinsalela kosopolitiki nabezindaba kanye nombono wesikhashana wosopolitiki. Ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi ubuholi obugudluza umhlaba emigomeni yamandla esimeme bungase buqhamuke eShayina, lapho abaholi becebe ngokuqeqeshwa kwezobuchwepheshe nesayensi futhi babusa isizwe esinomlando wokuthatha umbono omude. Nakuba ukukhishwa kwe-CO yaseChina kwenyuke ngaphezu kwakwamanye amazwe, i-China inezizathu zokusuka emzileni kaphethiloli ngokushesha okukhulu. I-China inabantu abayizigidi ezingamakhulu amaningana abahlala endaweni ephakeme ngamamitha angama-25 ukusuka olwandle, futhi izwe libhekene nokuhlupheka kanzima ngenxa yesomiso, izikhukhula, neziphepho ezizohambisana nokufudumala kwembulunga yonke okuqhubekayo. I-China iphinde ibone ukufaneleka kokugwema ukuluthwa kukaphethiloli wezinto ezimbiwa phansi uma kuqhathaniswa nalokho kwase-United States. Ngakho-ke iShayina isivele yaba ngumholi womhlaba wonke ekuthuthukisweni kokusebenza kahle kwamandla, amandla avuselelekayo, namandla enuzi.
Yini engekho kulesi sithombe? AmaVeterans for Peace akholelwa ngobuqotho ekuqedeni zonke izimpi. Ukuqinisa ukumelana nempi okungenabudlova kungalungisa kakhulu umthelela wamasosha omhlaba, ikakhulukazi amasosha amakhulu ase-US, esimweni sezulu somhlaba. Ukuze kuvikelwe ukufinyelela kanye nokulawulwa komhlaba wonke kwamafutha ezinto ezimbiwa phansi, amasosha ase-US ashise imifula kawoyela, amoshe amathemba ezizukulwane ezizayo egameni lokubulala nokukhubaza abantu bezifunda i-US ingene ezimpini ezidala ukungazinzi, ezigcina isiphithiphithi.
Inkohlakalo yendawo ezungezile yomhlaba wonke kanye nokucekelwa phansi kwezinsiza ezingenakubuyiseleka kuyindlela eqinisekile ngokulinganayo, uma ibambezeleka kakhulu, yokudala isiphithiphithi nokufa ngezinga elikhulu. Ukungaqondi kahle kwemithombo yezomnotho, yamandla okukhiqiza abantu adingeka kakhulu, kungenye futhi. Abacwaningi ku I-Oil Change International thola ukuthi "ama-3 trillion wamadola asetshenziselwe ukulwa ne-Iraq angamboza konke ukutshalwa kwezimali komhlaba wonke ekuphehleni ugesi ovuselelekayo odingekayo phakathi kwamanje no-2030 ukubuyisela ukufudumala komhlaba."
UJohn Lawrence ubhala ukuthi “i-United States inikela ngaphezu kwama-30% amagesi okufudumala kwembulunga yonke emkhathini, ekhiqizwa amaphesenti angu-5 enani labantu emhlabeni. Ngesikhathi esifanayo uxhaso lwemfundo, amandla, indawo ezungezile, izinkonzo zezenhlalakahle, izindlu nokudalwa kwemisebenzi emisha, uma kuhlangene, lungaphansi kwesabelomali sezempi.” Ngikholelwa ukuthi "ikhabhoni ephansi" kanye "nokungabikho kwekhabhoni" amandla nokusebenza kahle kwamandla kufanele kukhokhwe ngokuqeda impi. U-Lawrence ulungile ukugcizelela ukuthi i-US kufanele ibheke izinkinga nezingxabano ezidalwe ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu “njengamathuba okusebenza ndawonye nezinye izizwe ukunciphisa nokuzivumelanisa nemiphumela yako.” Kodwa ubuhlanya bokunqoba kufanele buphele ngaphambi kokuba kube khona noma yimuphi umsebenzi onjalo odidiyelwe.
Ngokudabukisayo, ngeshwa, omakadebona abaningi baseMelika baziqonda ngokugcwele izindleko zempi. Ngabuza umakadebona wase-US Wokuthula ohlala eMankato, MN, mayelana nokuphila kahle kwama-War Veterans wendawo. Ungitshele ukuthi ngo-Ephreli, abaholi babafundi abangamagqala baseMelika eMankato Campus yaseMinnesota State, bachitha izinsuku ezingama-22 bebuthana nsuku zonke, lina noma libalele, becula. 22 push-phezulu ngokuhlonipha omakadebona bezempi abangama-22 ngosuku - cishe ihora elilodwa - abazibulalayo njengamanje e-US Bameme umphakathi wendawo yaseMankato ukuthi uze ekhempasini futhi wenze ukuphusha kanye nawo.
Lesi isikhathi esiyingqopha-mlando, esibeka inselele enkulu ekusindeni kwezinhlobo zethu zezilwane, isiphepho esingeke sikwazi ukumelana nazo ngaphandle “konke izandla ziphezu kwesiteki.” Noma ubani ofika ezosebenza eceleni kwethu, futhi noma befika ngokushesha kangakanani, sinemithwalo esindayo esingabelana nabanye abaningi asebevele beyikhuphula ngokusemandleni abo, abanye bethatha okwabo ngokukhetha, abanye bethweswe umthwalo ongaphezu kokubekezelelwa ngamakhosi ahahayo. AmaVeterans for Peace asebenzela ukusindisa umkhumbi kunokulinda ukuthi uzike.
Abaningi bethu abazange babekezelele izinto ezesabekayo ezishayela omakadebona abangama-22 ngosuku, kanye nenqwaba yabampofu ezindaweni zomhlaba umbuso wase-US oye wathintile, kuze kube sesenzo sokugcina sokuphelelwa ithemba. Ngithanda ukucabanga ukuthi singaphakamisa amathemba futhi mhlawumbe silethe induduzo kulabo abasizungezile ngokwabelana kakhulu ngezinsiza, ukubalekela ukubusa, nokufunda ukuhlanganyela nabanye abanesibindi emsebenzini osuwenziwa.
Le ndatshana yashicilelwa okokuqala ku-Telesur English.
Kathy Kelly (kathy@vcnv.org) Ukubambisana kwamazwi e-Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org)
