Ukuya Emhlabeni Okhululekile Wenuzi
I-EUREKA, CALIFORNIA - Ezomlando Umthetho Wegolide isikebhe sokuthula, esibuyiselwe amaVeterans For Peace nabangane abaningi, sisuka e-Eureka marina emini ngoLwesine, Julayi 23, sisendleleni eya eSan Diego.
I-ketch engamamitha angu-30 kanye nabasebenzi bayo bathungela inhlangano yamazwe ngamazwe ukumisa ukuhlolwa komkhathi kwezikhali zenuzi ngo-1958, lapho bezama ukuhamba ngomkhumbi endaweni yokuhlola ibhomu lenuzi eMarshall Islands. I Umthetho Wegolide manje izoqhubeka nomsebenzi wayo wokufundisa izigidi zabantu ngezingozi zezikhali zenuzi.
"Izikhali zenuzi zisenathi futhi usongo lwempi yenuzi lungokoqobo," kusho isitatimende Umthetho Wegolide ukaputeni uDavid Robson, ilungu leVeterans For Peace elivela eBaltimore, eMaryland. "Siphatheke kabi ngokuthi uhulumeni wase-US uhlela ukutshala imali eyi-One Trillion Dollars ekuthuthukiseni izikhali zenuzi, esikhundleni sokunciphisa nokuqeda izikhali zenuzi, njengoba kushiwo ku-Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty."
Ukujoyina u-David Robson olwandle oluya e-San Diego ungumlingani wokuqala u-Jan Passion wase-Pleasant Hills, e-California, namalungu eqembu uMichael Gonzales waseTrinidad, eCalifornia no-Helen Jaccard waseSeattle, eWashington.
"Ukuncibilika kwezikhali zenuzi okuqhubekayo eFukushima, eJapan kusikhumbuza ngengozi yokushiswa kwemisebe ebangelwa izimboni zamandla enuzi," kusho. Umthetho Wegolide ilungu leqembu uHelen Jaccard. “Amandla enuzi ayingxenye yezikhali zenuzi, futhi asizidingi zonke,” kusho uJaccard.
Uhambo lokuqala oluvuselelwe Umthetho Wegolide isikebhe sizosuka e-Eureka ogwini lwaseCalifornia olusenyakatho siye e-San Diego eduze nomngcele wase-US/Mexico. Ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingama-7-10, isitshalo sikhula Umthetho Wegolide izofika ngesikhathi somhlangano kazwelonke wamaVeterans For Peace, ngo-August 5-9. Lelo sonto liphinde libe ngama-70th isikhumbuzo sokuqhuma kwamabhomu enuzi eHiroshima naseNagasaki, okwabulala abantu abangaphezu kuka-200,000. Ingqikithi yomhlangano ithi "Ukuthula Nokubuyisana ePacific."
E-Eureka, kunomuzwa wokuziqhenya nokujabula phakathi kwalabo abaye basebenza kanzima iminyaka emihlanu edlule ukuze balubone lolu suku.
“Lesi sikebhe esincane sokhuni siwuju,” kusho uLeroy Zerlang, okuyindawo yakhe yokuhlala Umthetho Wegolide phakathi neminyaka emihlanu yokuvuselelwa kwamavolontiya. “Sonke sifuna ukuphila emhlabeni onokuthula. Umndeni wami nabasebenzi bakuthokozele kakhulu ukwenza ingxenye yethu,” kusho uZerlang.
The Umthetho Wegolide izobuyela e-Eureka ngo-Okthoba, ngemva kokuvakashela amachweba eduze nogu lwaseCalifornia njengoba isebenza enyakatho isuka eSan Diego. Eminyakeni eyishumi ezayo, i- Umthetho Wegolide izophatha umyalezo wayo wokuthula e-United States futhi ngokunokwenzeka emhlabeni jikelele.
Landela inqubekelaphambili yoMthetho Wegolide kuwebhusayithi yawo, www.vfpgoldenruleproject.org
