Ibhalwe nguJohn McGrath, I-Counterfire, November 8, 2021
Nakuba abaholi bomhlaba behluleka ukuvumelana ngoshintsho olunenjongo ku-COP26, idolobha laseGlasgow seliphenduke isizinda semibhikisho neziteleka, kubika uJohn McGrath
Ukusa okucacile, okubandayo kwangomhla zi-4 kuNovemba kwathola abasebenzi bemigqomo ye-GMB eGlasgow beqhubeka nesiteleka sabo samaholo angcono nezimo zokusebenza. Baqale umsebenzi wabo wansuku zonke ngo-7 ekuseni e-Anderston Centre Depot ku-Argyle street.
Isisebenzi semigqomo isikhathi eside uRay Robertson sithi emamatheka, “Ngimdala kakhulu ukuthi ngingaba lapha ngaphandle.” URobertson ujoyinwa cishe ishumi nambili abasebenza nabo abahlela ukuchitha usuku becosha eceleni komgwaqo. “Sishaya into ecokeme ngendlela ebesiphethwe ngayo kule minyaka engu-15-20 edlule,” egcizelela.
“Akuzange kube khona ukutshalwa kwezimali, ingqalasizinda, awekho amaloli amasha – akukho okudingwa amadoda. Le depho ibikade inamadoda angama-50 asebenzayo, manje sesinabalelwa ku-10-15. Abafaki muntu esikhundleni futhi manje abashaneli benza umsebenzi ophindwe kathathu. Besilokhu singamadoda omgqomo akhokhelwa kancane kakhulu eScotland. Njalo. Futhi kule minyaka emibili edlule, bebesebenzisa i-Covid njengezaba. 'Akukho esingakwenza manje ngenxa ye-Covid' basho. Kodwa amakati akhuluphele ayaceba, futhi akekho onendaba nabasebenzi basemgqonyeni.”
Uma uqhubeka ubheke ngasentshonalanga ku-Argyle Street, ophenduka u-Stabcross Street, umgwaqo uvaliwe ngenxa yezimoto kuleli sonto. Uthango lwensimbi olungamafidi ayi-10 luqinisa umgwaqo kanye namaqembu amaphoyisa angathathi hlangothi agqoke amajazi aphuzi akhanyayo kanye neqoqo lamakepisi amnyama ngamaqoqo ayisithupha phakathi nendawo egandayiwe. Ngokusobala, Amaphoyisa aseGlasgow awashiyi lutho ngengozi.
Ngaphansi komgwaqo, i-Scottish Event Campus (SEC), lapho izingxoxo zenziwa khona, ingafinyelelwa kuphela ngamaphasi akhethekile. Umngcele wochwepheshe bezinkampani kanye nezikhulu zikahulumeni ezivela emhlabeni wonke udlula emasangweni onogada ubonisa iziqinisekiso zabo.
Ngaphandle kwamasango, ababhikishi bayabuthana futhi bakhombise, nakuba bengebaningi kakhulu. Iqembu labakhankasi be-XR lihlezi liphambane imilenze libonakala libambe umlindelo. Eduze kwabo kukhona iqeqebana labafundi abasebancane abahambisana neFridays for the Future abasuka eJapan. Ziyisishiyagalolunye zazo futhi zidlula i-megaphone ngezinye izikhathi zikhuluma ngesiNgisi, ngezinye izikhathi ngesiJapane.
“Sekuwusuku lwesine ku-COP26 futhi akukho esikubonayo okwenzekayo. Amazwe athuthukile anazo izindlela. Abenzi lutho. Ngamazwe asathuthuka okumele ahlupheke ngenxa yokunganaki kwawo. Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi sifune labo abanamandla - iJapan, iMelika, i-UK - ukuthi basukume benze okuthile. Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi abanamandla bakhokhe izinxephezelo ngakho konke ukucekelwa phansi nokuxhashazwa abakwenzile emhlabeni jikelele.”
Ngemva kwesikhashana iqembu lezishoshovu zase-US liqhamuka nesibhengezo esingamafidi angama-30 esifundeka kanje: “Awekho Amafuseli Amasha E-Federal Fossil”. Bayimfelandawonye eyakhiwe idlanzana lezinhlangano ezinomqondo ofanayo emazweni ase-US anothe ngowoyela e-Texas naseLouisiana. Ababhikishi babiza le ngxenye yezwe ngokuthi "indawo yomhlatshelo" futhi bakhomba iziphepho zakamuva kanye nokuba sengozini kwemiphakathi emnyama nensundu ehlala emthunzini wezindawo zokuhluzwa uwoyela. Kulo nyaka kube nesiphepho sendawo eshisayo silethela imvula engamafidi angu-5 e-Port Arthur, e-Louisiana. “Ulwandle luyakhuphuka kanjalo nathi!” bahlabelela ngazwi linye.
Babhikishela ukuhamba kukaJoe Biden kanye nokushoda kwakhe kobuholi. UBiden wafika eGlasgow elambatha futhi akakwazanga ukuthi kuvotelwe umthethosivivinywa wakhe we-Build Back Better engqungqutheleni ngisho nangemva kokuba iningi lezinhlinzeko zesimo sezulu esiphusile selichithwe ngabagcini bemithetho eqenjini lakhe. Njengo-Boris Johnson, uBiden wenqabile kaningi ukuvimba ukukhwabanisa.
Omunye wababhikishi baseMelika ophethe isibhengezo nguMiguel Esroto, ummeli wasentshonalanga yeTexas nenhlangano ebizwa ngokuthi i-Earthworks. Ugxile ekwandeni kokukhiqizwa kukawoyela ezweni lakubo. Abaphathi beBiden bandisa ukukhiqizwa kukawoyela ePermian Basin, ehlanganisa amamayela-skwele angama-86,000 ngasemngceleni weTexas-New Mexico futhi ibalelwa emiphongolweni yegesi eyizigidi ezi-4 empontshwa usuku ngalunye.
U-Esroto uveza ukuthi abaphathi beBiden bavumile ukuqashisa okusha kokumba esifundeni ngenani elidlula owamanduleli wakhe, uDonald Trump. UMnyango Wezangaphakathi wase-US ugunyaze izimvume ezicishe zibe ngu-2,500 6 zokumba ezindaweni zomphakathi nezomdabu ezinyangeni eziyisi-2021 zokuqala zika-XNUMX.
Ngenkathi eseGlasgow, uBiden wathatha isikhathi ukuphambuka ekuhlulekeni kukahulumeni waseMelika ukwethula umthetho wesimo sezulu ngokuhlasela iChina, ebihambele ingqungquthela cishe, yathi uMongameli Xi Jinping wenze “iphutha elikhulu”. Ukuphawula kwakhe kubonisa inkambiso yosopolitiki base-US naseYurophu kanye nemithombo yezindaba yaseNtshonalanga yokubeka umthwalo wemfanelo omkhulu wokunqoba ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu eChina.
“Kuyisiphazamiso!” kubala Esroto. “Uma sifuna ukukhombana ngeminwe kumele siqale ngePermian Basin. Ngaphambi kokuthi siqale ukuthukuthela kunoma yimaphi amanye amazwe, izakhamizi zase-US kufanele zibheke lapho sinamandla khona, lapho singafaka khona isandla. Singaqala ukukhombana ngeminwe lapho singakhiqizi leli zinga elidlulele lokukhiqizwa kukawoyela negesi. Sinomgomo ocacile: ukushintshela kumandla avuselelekayo, ukumisa ukukhiqizwa kukawoyela negesi futhi sivikele imiphakathi yethu embonini yamafutha ezinsalela. Kufanele sibambelele kulokho!”
Ngokomlando, i-US ikhiqize i-CO2 ephindwe kabili kune-China naphezu kokuba inani labantu abambalwa kakhulu. I-US ibe nesibopho ngo-25% wokukhishwa kwe-CO2 emhlabeni wonke ngokunqwabelana.
Ntambama, cishe abantu abangama-200 bajoyina izintatheli kanye nethimba likamabonakude eduze kwezinyathelo zeGlasgow Royal Concert Hall ukulalela abakhankasi abamelene nempi: Misa i-War Coalition, Veterans for Peace, World Beyond War, CODEPINK nabanye. Ohambele lo mcimbi ngumholi wangaphambili we-Scottish Labor Party, u-Richard Leonard.
USheila J Babauta, ummeleli okhethiwe ovela eziqhingini zaseMariana ezilawulwa yi-US, ukhuluma nesixuku,
“Ngahamba amakhilomitha acishe abe ngu-20,000 100 ukuze nje ngibe lapha eScotland. Ezweni lakithi, sinesinye seziqhingi zethu ezisetshenziselwa imisebenzi yezempi kanye nezinjongo zokuqeqesha kuphela. Abantu bakithi bendawo sebengakwazi ukufinyelela lesi siqhingi cishe iminyaka eyikhulu. Amasosha afaka ushevu emanzini ethu futhi abulala izilwane zethu zasolwandle ezincelisayo nezilwane zasendle.”
U-Babauta uchazela isixuku ukuthi izindiza eziwise amabhomu e-athomu e-Hiroshima naseNagasaki zisuke e-Marina Islands. “Yileyo ndlela iziqhingi ezixhumene ngayo namasosha ase-US. Sekuyisikhathi sokwenza i-decarbonise! Isikhathi sokuqeda ikoloni! Futhi sekuyisikhathi sokususa impi!”
U-Stuart Parkinson weScientists for Global Responsibility ufundisa isixuku ngosayizi we-carbon footprint yezempi. Ngokocwaningo lukaParkinson, ngonyaka odlule amasosha ase-UK akhiphe amathani ayizigidi eziyi-11 e-CO2, ecishe ilingane nokukhipha umoya wezimoto eziyizigidi eziyisi-6. I-US, enendawo enkulu yezempi ye-carbon footprint kuze kube manje, yakhipha cishe izikhathi ezingama-20 ngonyaka odlule. Imisebenzi yezempi yenza cishe u-5% wezinto ezikhishwa emhlabeni wonke futhi lokho akubangeli imiphumela yempi (ukugawulwa kwamahlathi, ukwakhiwa kabusha kwamadolobha aqhunyiswe ngamabhomu ngokhonkolo nangengilazi, njll).
Ngokulinganayo, uParkinson ukhomba ukusetshenziswa budedengu kwezimali zamaphrojekthi anjalo:
"Esabelweni sakamuva sikahulumeni wase-UK ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, babele amasosha imali ephindwe ka-7 njengoba benza ekwehliseni ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ezweni lonke."
Lokhu kubuza umbuzo ukuthi yini ngempela esiyakhayo uma “sakha kangcono”?
Ngemva kwehora, lo mbuzo uzophendulwa nguDavid Boys emhlanganweni wasebusuku we-COP26 Coalition e-Adelaide Place Baptist Church ku-Bath street. Abafana BasePhini LikaNobhala Jikelele wenyunyana yabasebenzi iPublic Services International (PSI). I-COP26 Coalition ibihlangana ebusuku selokhu yaqala ingqungquthela kanti umcimbi wangoLwesine ebusuku ugxile endimeni yezinyunyana ekugwemeni inhlekelele yesimo sezulu.
“Ubani oke wezwa ngeBuild Back Better?” Abafana babuza isixuku esigcwele esontweni. “Ukhona ozwayo ngalokho? Asifuni ukugcina esasinakho. Esasinakho kuyasixaka. Sidinga ukwakha into entsha!”
Izikhulumi zangoLwesine ebusuku ziphinda igama elithi “a just transition”. Abanye batusa leli gama ku-Tony Mazzochi ongasekho we-Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, abanye bazama ukuliqamba kabusha, belibiza ngokuthi “uguquko lobulungisa”. Ngokusho kwabafana,
“Uma utshela othile ukuthi umsebenzi wakho usongelwa futhi ungase ungakwazi ukondla umndeni wakho, akuwona umyalezo ongcono kakhulu lowo. Labo bantu badinga usizo lwethu ngoba lolu shintsho ngeke lube lula. Kufanele siyeke ukudla, kufanele siyeke ukuthenga i-shit esingayidingi iPentagon, kufanele sishintshe indlela esenza ngayo izinto. Kodwa esikudingayo yizinsiza zomphakathi eziqinile, siqale ekhaya sihlanganise.”
Izinyunyana zabasebenzi ezivela eScotland, eNyakatho Melika nase-Uganda zithinta izethameli ngokubaluleka kokwenza umnotho wentando yeningi kanye nokufuna ubunikazi bomphakathi bezokuthutha nezinsiza zabo.
IScotland njengamanje ihlela ukukhulisa isibalo samabhasi angena kubunikazi bomphakathi futhi izwe labona ukusungulwa kwesiphithiphithi lapho kulungiswa kabusha amareyili kusadingidwa. Inkathi ye-neoliberal ilimaze amazwe emhlabeni wonke ngokudlangile ukuthengiswa kwempahla yomphakathi. Ngokusho kwabafana, ukugcinwa kwamandla okuyimfihlo kube nzima kakhulu ukukumisa:
"Uma singena ekumiseni ukuthengiswa kwamandla kagesi, amasosha ayangena. Uma sisabisa ngokumisa ukusebenzelana kwangasese, esikwenze muva nje eNigeria, amasosha angena abophe abaholi bezinyunyana noma abulale abaholi bezinyunyana, futhi amise umnyakazo. Ithatha izinkampani zamandla futhi yenza lokho ekufunayo. Futhi lokho kuwuphawu nje, uhlobo, lwalokho okwenzeka ngamandla. Ngoba siyazi ukuthi uwoyela omkhulu, negesi enkulu, namalahle amakhulu achithe izigidigidi kule minyaka engu-30 edlule ukusekela ukuphika kwesimo sezulu nokugcina isimo sikhona.
“Uhlelo esinalo manje seluphethwe yi-WTO, iBhange Lomhlaba, i-IMF kanye nenhlangano yezempi nezimboni. Kungokuhlela kuphela lapho sihlala khona lapho sakha khona inhlangano enkulu ngokwanele ukumisa lokho manje osekuyibhizinisi lembulunga yonke eliqhutshwa idlanzana lamazwe ngamazwe”.
Ukuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke kwezinkampani kanye nezizwe ngezizwe? Ngabe abaholi bomhlaba abathathi izinqumo futhi bashaye isibhamu? Ungababuzi. Bashiye eGlasgow vele ingxenye enkulu. NgoLwesihlanu, abafundi baseGlasgow bamasha noGreta Thunberg kanye nabasebenzi basemgqonyeni ababetelekile. UMgqibelo, Novemba 6 usuku lwesenzo futhi ngethemba, inani labavotile linamandla lapha nase-UK yonkana.
Ingoma evala umhlangano webandla ngoLwesine ebusuku ithi “Abantu, babumbene, abasoze bahlulwa!” Asikho esinye isixazululo.
