Bika kusukela ku-Odessa Five Years Later

NguJoe Lombardo, uMeyi 5, 2019

Ngemuva kokuthatha isitimela sasebusuku sisuka eKiev, safika e-Odessa futhi sahlangatshezwa ngabasekeli ababili abamelene neMaidan abebengabaphathi bethu abanomusa kakhulu. Ngemuva kokuphumula isikhashana, sahlangana no-Alex Meyevski, owayesindile ekuhlaselweni kwababhikishi eKulikovo Field eNdlu Yezinyunyana zabasebenzi ngoMeyi 2, 2014.

U-Alex, osinde ngoMeyi 2, 2014 ngakwesobunxele

Imininingwane yokuhlaselwa yinto edidekayo kodwa ngokuyinhloko ngoMeyi 2^nd bekunomdlalo webhola lezinyawo (weSoccer) phakathi kwamadolobha amabili e-Ukraine alethe abalandeli abavela ezweni lonke beza e-Odessa kufaka phakathi iningi labaphiko lwangakwesokudla, i-pro-Maidan, abantu abanomqondo wobushiqela abavela eMkhakheni Wezokudla, okwakuyimbumba yamaqembu angakwesokudla. I-Odessa yidolobha elikhuluma isiRussia ebeliphikisana kakhulu nemicimbi eseKiev eMaidan Square. Abantu be-EuroMaidan nabamelene neMaidan babhekana enkabeni yedolobha cishe ibanga eli-1 ukusuka eKulikovo Field lapho kwenzeka khona iningi lokubulawa kwabantu.

Kunokudideka nezindaba ezehlukene ngokwenzeka enkabeni yedolobha kodwa bekubukeka sengathi bekukhona ukusebenzisana phakathi kwamaphoyisa nabantu abafike ngebhasi bephethe izibhamu baqala badubula, kwabulawa abalandeli abathathu be-EuroMaidan. Abalandeli abamelene neMaidan bathi abadubulayo babengabashoshozeli abagibela amabhasi ngenhloso yokugqugquzela isimo esaholela ekubulaweni kwabantu kamuva eKulikovo Field eNdlu Yezinyunyana. Ngosizo lwamaphoyisa, abashoshozeli abasuka enkabeni yedolobha abafike ngebhasi bavunyelwa ukuphuma kule ndawo. Abaziwa ukuthi bangobani, futhi akekho noyedwa owaboshwa noma washushiswa.

Abantu be-Right-Sector emdlalweni webhola bathola umyalezo ngemiyalezo yokuthi bebemasha eKulikovo Field beyoqeda bonke ababhikishi abamelene neMaidan futhi bashiye umdlalo kusenesikhathi bajoyina lokho kuhlasela. Amavidiyo omakhalekhukhwini abakhombisa behlasela abantu baseKulikovo Square ababenemibhikisho emelene nokuvukela umbuso kukaMaidan eKiev. Abantu abaningi abasenkanjini yaseKulikovo bakhosele esakhiweni se-House of Trade Unions. Umhlaseli ophiko lwangakwesokudla ubashayile, wabashaya ngamalulwane, wabadubula futhi kwaphonswa ama-cocktail aseMoloto. Isakhiwo sashiswa ngomlilo. Yize isiteshi somlilo siqhele ngebhulokhi elilodwa kuphela, izicishamlilo azifikanga amahora amathathu. Amaphoyisa awazange azame ukunqanda abahlaseli. Abanye babahlaseli bangene esakhiweni badedela igesi. Ababhikishi abaningi abamelene neMaidan bagxumeka ngamawindi bashaywa, abanye bafa phansi. Isibalo esisemthethweni ukuthi bangu-1 abantu ababulewe kwathi abangaphezu kwekhulu balimala kodwa abantu abaningi abamelene neMaidan bathi lesi yisibalo esiphansi ngoba ukube bebengaphezu kuka-48, bekuzodingeka kwenziwe uphenyo oluzenzakalelayo ngezinhlangano zomhlaba wonke.

Abantu basitshele ukuthi bakholelwa ukuthi iziphathimandla zafuna ukuthi le mpikiswano izame ukuvimbela imibhikisho ye-anti-Maidan okwenzeka e-Odessa nakwezinye izindawo.

Yize ubuso balabo abashutha nalabo abenza futhi baphonsa ama-cocktail we-Molotov babonakala kumavidiyo amaningi, akekho noyedwa kubo oboshiwe. Yize kungekho noyedwa umuntu owenza lesi sibhicongo owaboshwa, baningana abasinda kulesi sibhicongo baboshwa. Ngakusasa lapho abantu befika futhi bebona izidumbu ezishile, abakwa-Odessan ababalelwa ku-25,000 bamasha baya esiteshini samaphoyisa futhi bakhulula abasindile ababoshiwe.

Isonto ngalinye abantu base-Odessa balinde ukukhumbula labo ababulewe kanye kanye ngonyaka ngoMeyi 2^nd bafika ngezinombolo ukubeka izimbali futhi bakhumbule ukubulala.

U-Alex Meyevski usitshele ukuthi wasinda kanjani ngokuya esakhiweni seNdlu yezohwebo kanye nokuya ephezulu, ezwa indlela yakhe odongeni lapho ubisi bekungenakwenzeka ukubona futhi ekugcineni kusindiswe.

Lena unyaka wesihlanu kaMeyi 2^nd izikhumbuzo. I-UNAC ithumele ithimba labantu lapha esikhathini esedlule. Babengabaqapheli bamazwe ngamazwe futhi bezwakalisa ubumbano nalabo ababulawa futhi baxoxa izindaba zabo. Unyaka nonyaka amaqembu amancane ama-right-winers enze izinsongo futhi azama ukuphazamisa inqubo. Kubo, ukubulawa kuwukunqoba.

Kulo nyaka sizwe ukuthi uphiko lwangakwesokudla luza ngobuningi futhi luletha abantu abavela ezweni lonke. Babehlele ukuba nemashi kanye nomhlangano ngo-7 PM. Sahamba ekuseni saya eKulikovo Field ngoMeyi 2^nd ukubona abantu abaningi abavela e-Odessa beza usuku lonke ukuletha izimbali phambi kwalabo abavinjelwe futhi bashise i-House of Trade Unions. Lapho sifika lapho, saphawula ukuthi kunabantu abathile ababegqoke ama-swastika. Sithe sisondela kubo baqala bathi bonke abantu ababekhona kwakungabantu baseRussia kanti abantu ababulewe babengamaRussia. Empeleni, bonke abantu ababulawa kwakungabantu base-Ukraine hhayi abaseRussia. Ngesikhathi abantu bezwa bekhuluma, babuthana babahlangabeza. Abasamukelayo babesaba ukuthi kungenzeka isigameko esikhulu futhi baphikelela ukuthi sihambe. Sihambile kodwa sabuya ngabo-4 ntambama lapho bekulindelwe isixuku esikhulu ngoba amalungu omndeni walabo ababulewe kulindeleke ngo-4 PM. Lapho sibuyela eKilikovo Field, kwakukhona isixuku esikhulu namaqembu amancane ama-fascists ayekhona lapho enqabela imindeni ilungelo lawo lokulilela abafileyo babo. Bebehuba iziqubulo zobusoshiyali futhi isixuku siphendule ngezingoma ezinjengokuthi "fascism never again." Ngesinye isikhathi ngabona umdlalo wokuphokophela phakathi kwala maqembu womabili. AmaFascist lapho ayenenani elicishe libe ngu-40 noma ngaphezulu futhi ayengabaliwe kabi. Amaphoyisa ayekhona nxazonke kodwa ahlala emuva futhi akazange azame ukuvimba ama-fascists. Amaphoyisa atshele amalungu omndeni ukuthi abengeke akwazi ukusebenzisa umsindo wabo ukukhuluma nabantu. Amabhaluni adedelwa ukukhumbula labo ababulawa.

Ngo-7 ntambama amaqembu obuFascist ahlangana futhi amasha aya emhlanganweni owawuseCity Centre. Kwakukhona abangaba ngu-1000 kubo, futhi base behlangene futhi beza e-Odessa bevela ezweni lonke. I-1000 yabo ayizange iqhathaniswe nokusakazwa okuzinzile kwezinsuku zonke kwama-Odessans afike eNdlu Yezinyunyana. AmaFascist amasha ngomsindo edolobheni. Esinye isiphimbo esasizwile ukuthi sasithi “Hang Hang Communists from the trees.” Lapho befika endaweni yabo yokuhlangana, bavunyelwa ukusebenzisa uhlelo lwabo lwemisindo ukunikeza izinkulumo nokudlala umculo wezempi. Iningi labantu edolobheni alibanakanga futhi baqhubeka namabhizinisi abo.

Lona ividiyo ye-rally fascist

Abantu abaphikisayo base-Odessa bebefuna ukuphenywa ngalokho okwenzeka ngoMeyi 2^nd, 2014 kodwa iziphathimandla azikenzi nowodwa. Abazange bavale indawo ngaleso sikhathi noma baqoqe ubufakazi, futhi benqabile ngisho nokushushisa labo ababonakala benza izenzo zokubulala nezobugebengu kumavidiyo amaningi athathiwe. Kulo nyaka i-UN icele ukuba kwenziwe uphenyo. Bona: lapha. Lokhu kuhle, kepha iminyaka emi-5 kwephuze kakhulu.

Izenzakalo zikaMeyi 2^nd, I-2014 e-Odessa yayiwumphumela oqondile we-US coup coup eyasungulwa eKiev eMaidan Square. Izwe laseMelika likhuthaze futhi lasiza ukuhlela imicimbi yaseMaidan eyaphenduka yaba nodlame njengoba abantu ababengamalungelo abavela ezweni lonke behlela eMaidan Square, ngenhloso yokuketula uhulumeni okhethiwe. Kubikwa ngabaningi ukuthi bathole imali eMelika yokuhlala esigcawini. Osopolitiki baseMelika bakhombise ukubakhuthaza futhi bahlela izinhlelo zokuthi ngubani ozoba ngumholi olandelayo wase-Ukraine. Ubuholi ngemuva kokugumbuqelwa kombuso bakha uhulumeni lapho amalungu ohlangothini lwesokudla iSvoboda kanye noMkhakha Ofaneleyo babephethe izikhundla ezivelele. Omunye wabaholi bezinhlangano ezihlome ngasesandleni sokudla eMaidan, u-Andriy Parubiy obuye abonakale kumavidiyo eletha izikhali kwabasentshona e-Odessa, namuhla unguSomlomo wePhalamende lase-Ukraine. AmaNazi ase-Ukraine, uStephen Bandera wathola ukugqama okusha, futhi inhlangano yama-fascist yakhuthazwa futhi yakhula futhi yaba esidlangalaleni.

Lo nguhulumeni i-US esize ukwakha nokweseka. U-American Natalie Jeresko waba nguNgqongqoshe wezeziMali omusha e-Ukraine, kwathi indodana kaJoe Biden, owayehola ukhetho lokuqokwa njengoMongameli weDemokhrasi, wabamba iqhaza ebhodini lenkampani enkulu yegesi yemvelo ezweni.

Sibonile ama-coupe axhaswe yi-US ngomfanekiso walokho okwenzeka e-Ukraine kaningi kuwo wonke umlando. Namuhla, bazama ukwenza ukukhankanywa okunjalo eVenezuela, okungaholela kuphela osizini kubantu baseVenezuela njengoba izinqubomgomo ze-neo-liberal zobunikazi bezimpahla kanye nengcindezi eyedlulele kubasebenzi yokwenza inzuzo ethe xaxa kubasekeli beWall Street.

Le modeli yenkululeko yehlulekile ngokuphelele e-Ukraine futhi ayilethanga lutho lwezinzuzo ezazithenjisiwe. Njengoba i-US isho ukuthi abantu bashiya iVenezuela ngobuningi - ngenxa yokujeziswa kanzima okubekiwe - abakhulumi ngezinombolo ezisuka e-Ukraine. Eminyakeni edlule inani labantu base-Ukraine selisukile ezigidini ezingama-56 laya ezigidini ezingama-35 njengoba abantu behamba beyofuna imisebenzi nekusasa kwamanye amazwe aseYurophu.

Kumele sifune uhulumeni wase-US:

US ukuphuma e-Ukraine!

Ayikho ubulungu be-Ukraine ku-NATO!

Misa u-fascism kusuka eCharlottesville ukuya e-Odessa!

Uphenye ukubulawa kukaMeyi 2^nd, 2014!

Hands off Venezuela!