Ezinye izizindlo ezisuka kuhambo lwethu lwakamuva oluya eRussia

NguDavid noJan Hartsough

Sisanda kubuya emhlanganweni wokuthula wenhlangano yezakhamuzi yamasonto amabili usiya emadolobheni ayisithupha eRussia ngaphansi kwesisekelo seCentre for Citizen Initiatives.

Uhambo lwethu luhlanganisa ukuhambela nezintatheli, abaholi bezepolitiki, othisha kanye nabafundi, odokotela nemitholampilo yezokwelapha, amaqhawe ezimpi ezedlule, abamele amabhizinisi amancane nezinhlangano ezingezona ezikahulumeni, amakamu wentsha, kanye nokuhambela emakhaya.

Kusukela evakashele uDavid eRussia phambilini eminyakeni engamashumi amahlanu nanhlanu edlule, kuningi okushintshile. Uhlatshwe umxhwele ukuthi sekungakanani ukwakhiwa nokwakhiwa okusha, kanye “nokwenziwa ngasentshonalanga” kwezingubo, izitayela, ukukhangisa, izimoto kanye nezimoto, izinkampani zomhlaba kanye nezinkampani ezizimele nezitolo.

Okunye ukucabanga kwethu kufaka phakathi:

1. Ingozi ye-US ne-NATO izivivinyo zamasosha emngceleni waseRussia, njengomdlalo wenkukhu yenuzi. Lokhu kungenyukela kalula empini yenuzi. Kufanele sivuse abantu baseMelika ngengozi futhi sigqugquzele uhulumeni wethu ukuthi ashiye lo msebenzi oyingozi.

2. Sidinga ukuzibeka ezicathulweni zaseRussia. Kwakuthiwani uma iRussia inamabutho ezempi, amathangi nezindiza eziqhumisayo namabhomu emngceleni wase-US eCanada naseMexico. Besingeke sizizwe sisongelwa?

3. Abantu baseRussia abayifuni impi futhi bafuna ukuhlala ngokuthula. ISoviet Union yalahlekelwa ngabantu abayizigidi ezingama-27 eMpini Yesibili Yomhlaba ngoba babengazilungiselelanga ezempi. Ngeke bakuvumele lokho kwenzeke futhi. Uma behlaselwa, bazolwela i-Motherland yabo. Iningi lemindeni lilahlekelwe amalungu omndeni e-WWII, ngakho-ke impi ishesha kakhulu futhi iyimfihlo. Ekuvinjelweni kweLeningrad kwafa abantu abaphakathi kwezigidi ezimbili noma ezintathu.

4. I-US ne-NATO kumele bathathe isinyathelo sokuqala bakhombise ukuzibophezela kwabo ngokuthula nabantu baseRussia futhi babaphathe ngenhlonipho.

5. Abantu baseRussia bangabantu abanobungane kakhulu, abavulekile, abaphanayo futhi abahle. Abasongo Bayaziqhenya ngokuba ngamaRussia, futhi bafuna ukubonwa njengengxenye ebalulekile yezwe elinamakholomu amaningi.

6. Abantu abaningi esihlangane nabo babemeseka kakhulu uPutin. Ngemuva kokuhlukana kweSoviet Union, babona ukwelashwa okwethusayo kwemodeli ye-neo-liberal yokwenza yonke into ibe ngeyabo. Ngawo-1990 kwakukhona ubumpofu obukhulu kanye nokuhlupheka kweningi labantu ngenkathi ama-oligarchs entshontsha izinsiza ezaziphethwe nguhulumeni ezweni. UPutin unikeze ubuholi ukuhlanganisa izwe nokusiza ukwenza ngcono izimpilo nenhlalakahle yabantu. Ubhekene nabahlukumezi - i-US neNATO - efuna inhlonipho evela emhlabeni wonke, futhi angavumeli iRussia igudluzwe futhi isatshiswe yi-US.
7. Abantu abaningi baseRussia esikhulume nabo bakholelwa ukuthi i-US ibheka izitha futhi idala izimpi ukuze ithole izigidigidi ezengeziwe zabasebenza empini.
8. I-US kumele iyeke ukudlala iphoyisa lomhlaba. Kusifaka enkingeni enkulu kakhulu futhi akusebenzi. Sidinga ukuyeka izinqubomgomo zethu zePax Americaana, senze ngathi yizwe elibaluleke kakhulu, amandla amakhulu angatshela umhlaba wonke ukuthi bangaphila futhi benze kanjani.
9. Umngani wami omkhulu waseRussia, uVoldya, uthi, “Ungakholelwa ukukholwa kwabaholi bezepolitiki nabezindaba.” Ukuqanjwa kweRussia nePutin yikho okwenza impi ibe namandla. Uma singasaboni amaRussia njengabantu nabantu njengathi, kodwa sibenze izitha, singabe sesisekela ukuya empini nabo.
10. I-US kanye ne-European Union kufanele bayeke unswinyo lwezomnotho ngokumelene neRussia. Zilimaza abantu baseRussia futhi ziyawukhiqiza umkhiqizo.
11. Abantu baseCrimea, abangama-70-80% baseRussia ngobuzwe nangolimi, bavote kwinhlolovo yokuba yingxenye yeRussia njengoba bebeyikho eminyakeni engamakhulu amabili edlule. Indoda ethile yobuzwe base-Ukraine ehlala eCrimea, eyayiphikisana nenhlolovo yokujoyina iRussia, yabona ukuthi okungenani ama-70% abantu baseCrimea bavotele ukujoyina iRussia. Abantu baseKosovo bavotela ukuphuma eSerbia kanti abaseNtshonalanga babasekela. Iningi labantu eGreat Britain livotele ukushiya i-European Union; IScotland ingavotela ukushiya iGreat Britain. Abantu bazo zonke izifunda noma izwe banelungelo lokunquma ikusasa labo ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa ngumhlaba wonke.
12. I-US idinga ukuyeka ukugxila ezindabeni zezinye izizwe futhi ixhase ukugumbuqelwa kohulumeni babo (ukuguqulwa kombuso) - njenge-Ukraine, Iraq, Libya neSyria. Sakha izitha ezengeziwe emhlabeni jikelele, futhi sizibandakanye nezimpi ezengeziwe. Lokhu akwenzi ukuphepha kwabaseMelika noma omunye umuntu.
13. Sidinga ukusebenzela ukuphepha okujwayelekile kwabo bonke abantu, hhayi isizwe esisodwa nje ngokudelelwa ezinye izizwe. Ezokuphepha kuzwelonke azisebenzi ezinye futhi izinqubomgomo zamanje zase-US azikwazi ngisho ukudala ukuphepha eMelika.
14. Emuva e-1991 UNobhala Wezwe wase-US u-Baker uzibophezele kuGorbachev ukuthi i-NATO ngeke inyakaze inyawo ngasempumalanga ibheke emngceleni weRussia ukuze iSoviet Union ivumele ukuhlangana kabusha kweJalimane. I-US ne-NATO abasigcinanga leso sivumelwano futhi manje banezimpi zamasosha, amathangi, izindiza zamasosha kanye nemicibisholo emingceleni yaseRussia. I-Ukraine neGeorgia nayo ingajoyina i-NATO, okwenza iRussia ikhathazeke ngokwengeziwe ngezinhloso zasentshonalanga. Lapho isivumelwano seWarsaw sisuswa, iphakethe le-NATO kufanele ukuthi nalo lahlakazwa.
15. Abantu baseMelika kumele bahlele ukumisa ukusebenza kwe-US ne-NATO emingceleni yaseRussia futhi bayeke ukugxambukela e-Ukraine naseGeorgia. Ikusasa lala mazwe kufanele linqunywe ngabantu balawa mazwe, hhayi i-US. Kufanele sixazulule izingxabano zethu ngezingxoxo nangezindlela ezinokuthula. Ikusasa lezigidigidi zabantu emhlabeni wethu othandekayo lincike kulokho esikwenzayo. Ngiyabonga ngokucabanga kwakho, ukukhuluma kwakho nokwenza okuthile ukunqanda lobu buhlanya. Futhi sicela wabelane kabanzi ngalezi zibonakaliso.

UDavid Hartsough ungumbhali WAGING PEACE: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist, Director of Peaceworkers, futhi ungumsunguli we-Nonviolent Peaceforce futhi World Beyond War. UDavid noJan babeyingxenye yethimba labantu abangamashumi amabili lamanxusa ezakhamuzi ahambela iRussia amasonto amabili ngoJuni ka-2016. Bheka www.cconc.org ngemibiko evela kunxusa. Xhumana nathi uma ungathanda ukwenza ingxoxo. davidrhartsough@gmail.com