Ngu-Alice Slater, ngoJuni 17, 2020
Kusukela Izindaba ze-InDepth
IStockholm I-International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) ngisanda kukhipha I-2020 Yearbook, ibika ngentuthuko ezenzweni, okokuvikela izikhali, kanye nokuphepha komhlaba jikelele. Ngenxa yesidlakudla sezindaba ezesabekayo ngokwanda kobutha phakathi kwezwe eliphethe izikhali zenuzi ezifuna amandla amakhulu, iSIPRI ichaza umbono ongemuhle wokulawulwa kwezikhali. Kuphawula ukuthuthukiswa kwezikhali zenuzi okuqhubekayo kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwezikhali ezintsha, izikhali zasemkhathini ziqhubekela phambili, ngaphandle kokubheka noma zokulawula, kanye nokwanda okuphazamisayo kokungezwani komhlaba kanye nokuwohloka okusheshayo kwimikhuba kanye namathuba okubambisana nokubheka phakathi kwamandla amakhulu.
Konke lokhu kwenzeka ngemuva kwesizinda sesibhicongo somhlaba eminyakeni eyikhulu, kanye nokudlondlobala kokucasuka komphakathi ngokumelene nokucwasana. Kusobala ukuthi abantu, hhayi eMelika kuphela, inhliziyo yokubandlulula ngokobuhlanga kanye nesihluku samaphoyisa kubantu ababekade beyizigqila belethwa kulamazwe ngamaketanga bephikisana nentando yabo evela e-Afrika, kodwa abantu emhlabeni wonke, baphikisana namasu anodlame nobandlululo amabutho asekhaya, umsebenzi wawo ukuvikela abantu, hhayi ukubethusa, ukubalimaza nokubabulala!
Njengoba siqala ukukhuluma iqiniso futhi sifune izindlela zokulungisa umonakalo wobandlululo, kuhle ukukhumbula Inkulumo kaMartin Luther King ka-1967, [i] lapho ehlukane khona nomphakathi onozwela, ngokufanayo nendlela izishoshovu zomhlaba wonke ezicelwa ngayo abasunguli ukuthi 'bayibambe phansi' futhi bangaceli ukuthi "banciphise imali yamaphoyisa" njengento evusa inkanuko.
Ngenkathi evuma ukuthi inqubekelaphambili ibisenziwe emalungelweni omphakathi, iKing yasibiza ukuthi sizolungisa "ububi obukhulu abathathu-ububi bokucwasana, ububi bokuthi ubumpofu kanye nobubi bempi" kulumbuso wesikhungo. Ubuye waphawula ukuthi inqubekela phambili ebiyenziwe ekubhekaneni namalungelo omphakathi “ekusakazeni yonke inhlukaniso” akufanele “isibangele ukuba nethemba elikhulu eliyingozi.”
Unxuse ukuthi kumele futhi sibhekane “nobubi bobuphofu” kubantu abayizigidi ezingama-40 e-United States, "abanye babo baseMexico baseMelika, amaNdiya, iPuerto Ricans, abelungu abangama-Appalachian ... iningi" lamaNegroes ". Ngalesi sikhathi sesishayo izibalo ezibucayi mayelana nenani elingelikhulu labantu abamnyama, abansundu, nabampofu abashona kulezi zinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule, liyaliqinisa iphuzu lelo iKosi elalikusho.
Ekugcineni, wakhuluma 'ngobubi bempi' ememezela ukuthi "ngandlela thize lobu bubi obuthathu buhlanganiswa. Izinto ezintathu ezimbi zobandlululo, ukuxhashazwa komnotho kanye nempi zibonisa ukuthi "inselelo enkulu kunazo zonke abantu abhekene nayo namuhla ukuqeda impi."
Siyazi namuhla ukuthi usongo olukhulu kakhulu olukhona emhlabeni wethu namuhla yimpi yenuzi noma ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu esiyinhlekelele. Umama uMhlaba usinika isikhathi sokuphuma, asithumele sonke emakamelweni ethu ukubheka ukuthi sibhekana kanjani nobubi obuphindaphindeka kathathu iNkosi esixwayise ngakho.
Umjaho wezikhali obalekile owabikwa yi-SIPRI, kumele umiswe njengoba ekugcineni siyeka ukucwasana futhi siqedela umsebenzi owaqalwa yiKing owaqeda ukuhlukaniswa kwezomthetho kodwa waqhubeka nokwenza izinto ezesabekayo esezidingidwa manje. Sidinga ukubhekana nobubi obungeziwe obandakanya ukuxhashazwa kwezomnotho futhi siqale ukukhuluma iqiniso ngomjaho wezikhali ukuze sikwazi ukuqeda impi. Ngubani ovusa umjaho wezingalo? Kubikwa kanjani?
Isibonelo, sokubika ngokungahambi kahle ngumbhalo wakamuva obhalwe yilowo owayengunxusa uThomas Graham:
I-United States yathatha lokhu kuzibophezela [ukuxoxisana ngokungathi sína neComprehensive Test Ban Thery]. Yayivele ibeke isimemezelo ekuhlolweni kwenyukliya ngonyaka we-1992, futhi yaqhubekisa iningi lomhlaba ukuba lenze okufanayo, ngokuyisisekelo yamukele isimilo somhlaba wonke sokungahleleki ekuhlolweni kwezikhali zenuzi ezaqala ngo-1993. Ingqungquthela yokuxoxisana eGeneva kuvunyelwe i-CTBT kungakapheli isikhathi esingangonyaka.
Lapha inxusa uGraham lifaka i-United States ngephutha futhi lehluleka ukwamukela ukuthi yiSoviet Union, hhayi iMelika, eyaqala yamisa ukuvivinywa kokuhlolwa kwenyukiliya ngaphansi kukaGorbachev ngo-1989, lapho amaKazakhs, eholwa yimbongi yaseKazakh u-Olzas Suleimenov, emasha e-United States. Indawo yokuhlola yaseSoviet eSemipalatinsk, eKazakhstan ikhombisa ukuvivinywa komhlaba okwenzeka ngaphansi komhlaba okwakubangela ukuthi kube khona umkhathi futhi kubangele ukwanda kwezifo zokuzala, ukuguquka kwezakhi zofuzo, ukukhanselwa kwabantu abahlala lapho.
Ephendula ekuqothulweni kokuhlolwa kweSoviet, iCongress, enqabile ukufanisa nokuvalwa kweSoviet yathi asikwazi ukwethemba amaRussia, yagcina ivume ukwenqatshelwa kwase-US ngemuva kwenhlangano I-Lawyers Alliance ye-Nuclear Arms Control (LANAC) waqoqa izigidi zamadola ngasese ngaphansi kobuholi buka-Adrian Bill DeWind, umsunguli we-LANAC kanye noMongameli we-NYC Bar Association, ukuqasha ithimba lezazi zokuzamazama komhlaba, futhi wavakashela eRussia lapho abaseSoviet bavuma ukuvumela iqembu ukuthi liqaphe indawo yokuhlola yaseSoviet Semipalatinsk. Ukuba kwethu nezazi zokuzamazama komhlaba endaweni yokuhlola yaseSoviet kwaqeda ukuphikisana neCongress.
Ngemuva kokumiswa, kwaxoxiswana nge-CTBT futhi yasayinwa nguClinton ngo-1992 kodwa kwafika nesivumelwano saseFaustian neCongress sokunikeza ama-labs ezikhali imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha zamaRandi ngonyaka "ngokuphathwa kwezinqolobane" okubandakanya izivivinyo zenuzi ezilinganiswa nekhompyutha kanye nokubaluleke kakhulu izivivinyo, lapho i-US yayiqhumisa khona i-plutonium ngeziqhumane eziphakeme, amamitha ayi-1,000 XNUMX phansi kwaphansi ogwadule emhlabeni ongcwele waseWestern Shoshone endaweni yokuhlola yeNevada.
Kepha ngenxa yokuthi lezo zivivinyo azange zibangele ukusabela kwamaketanga, uClinton wathi kwakungeyona isivivinyo senuzi! Dlulisela phambili ku-2020, lapho lolu limi seluhlikihliwe ngumphakathi wezingalo "wokulawula" ukuchaza ukuvinjelwa hhayi ekuhlolweni kwenuzi kepha ezivivinyweni "eziqhumayo" zenuzi-sengathi izivivinyo eziningi ezibucayi lapho siqhumisa khona iplutonium nge amakhemikhali awa "qhume".
Vele, amaRussia alandela umendo, njengoba behlala benjalo, ngokwenza izivivinyo zabo ezibucayi eNovalya Zemlya! Futhi lokhu kuhlolwa okuthuthukile nokuhlolwa kwelebhu kwakuyisizathu esanikezwa yiNdiya ngokungayisekeli i-CTBT nokuphuma kokumiswa kokuhlolwa kungakapheli izinyanga ukusayinwa kwayo, ilandelwa yiPakistan ngokushesha, ingafuni ukusala ngemuva emjahweni wezobuchwepheshe ukuze iqhubeke nokuklama futhi uvivinye izikhali zenuzi. Futhi-ke, kwahamba, kwahamba! Futhi izibalo ze-SIPRI zikhula ziqine!
Isikhathi sokukhuluma iqiniso ngobudlelwano base-US-Russian nokuncintisana kwe-US ekushayeleni umjaho wezikhali zenuzi uma singake siwubuyise kanye nomjaho wokusebenzisa izikhali isikhala. Mhlawumbe, ngokubhekana nobubi obuphindwe kathathu, singafezekisa iphupho likaKing kanye nomsebenzi obonelwe iNhlangano Yezizwe, ukuqeda usizi lwempi! Okungenani, kufanele sithuthukise isimemo sikaNobhala-Jikelele we-UN u-António Guterres ukuthi a ukuqeda ngomlilo emhlabeni jikelele ngenkathi umhlaba wethu uhambele uMama uMhlaba futhi ubhekana nalesi sifo esibulalayo.
U-Alice Slater usebenza kwiBhodi ye World Beyond War, futhi imele i-Nuclear Age Peace Foundation e-United Nations.
