Indlela Idolobha Elilodwa Lamxosha Ngayo URaytheon

ngu-Eamon Rafter, World BEYOND War Isahluko sase-Irish, Julayi 8, 2021

I-webinar yabanjwa ngoJuni 16 ukubuyekeza indaba ephumelelayo.

Izinkemba Zokulima, inethiwekhi entsha yase-Ireland ngokumelene ne-Arms Trade. Ngokunikezwa kweSpirit AeroSystems eBelfast esizwa uhulumeni wase-UK ukwenza ama-drones ezempi kanye nokuqhubeka nokusekela kwabo ukukhiqizwa kwezikhali eThales, kwanqunywa ukuthi kwakuyisikhathi esihle sokuhlangana ndawonye ukuze kugujwe ukususwa kukaRaytheon eDerry ukuze kugqugquzelwe ukumelana nesimanjemanje. ukuthuthukiswa eNyakatho Ireland naseRiphabhulikhi.

I-webinar yethulwa futhi yenganyelwe ngu UJoe Murray kwe-AFRI. Ukhulume ngendlela abone ngayo isithombe sikaJohn Hume noDavid Trimble bamukela uRaytheon kuDerry ngo-1999 'njengezithelo zokuqala zenqubo yokuthula'. Indida eshaqisayo yalokhu yayimgqugquzele ukuba abambe umhlangano womphakathi eDerry kanye neChildren in Cross fire futhi lokhu kwakuhlanganisa nabafundi base-East Timor ngesikhathi lapho izikhali zase-UK zazidayiselwa amasosha ase-Indonesia ukuze zisetshenziswe e-East Timor. Ngaphandle kwalo mhlangano kwasungulwa i-FEIC - Foyle Ethical Investment Campaign okwathi kanye noDerry Ant-War Coalition (DAWC) nabanye bakhe umkhankaso ngokumelene noRaytheon.

UJim Keys wayengomunye wabantu ababegqugquzela umkhankaso we-FEIC futhi wanikeza amazwibela wokuthi leli qembu lomphakathi elingenalo iqembu elihlangene lisebenza kanjani njengomfelandawonye oxekethile owathatha uRaytheon. Ngemva komhlangano we-AFRI basebenze e-East Timor mural futhi bamisa ijaji lezakhamuzi ukuze licabangele ukufaneleka kukaRaytheon ozayo uDerry. Ijaji libuyise isinqumo 'sokungamukeleki' futhi umlindelo wanyanga zonke wasungulwa ngaphandle kwamahhovisi akwaRaytheon. Kwambiwa ithuna elingokomfanekiso lapha ukuze kuphawulwe izisulu ezingenacala zemboni yezikhali nezimpawu ezizungeze idolobha, ukubonakala 'kwesilo saseshashalazini' kanye nezenzo ezihlukahlukene ezenzeka ezihlanganisa ukusetshenziswa kodonga lwe-Free Derry.

Osopolitiki abazange bazibandakanye nokho ngo-2003 uMkhandlu Wedolobha wayiphikisa impi yase-Iraq. URaytheon akazange azibandakanye noma aphendule kunoma yikuphi kwalokhu, nakuba babethi ukuhlinzwa kukaDerry kwakungokomphakathi. UJim uveze ukuthi i-Derry iyindawo lapho abantu beqonda ukuthi kunjani 'ukulimala kwesibambiso' futhi lokhu bekubalulekile ekuthuthukisweni komkhankaso. Ngomlindelo e-Guildhall Sq, indwangu emboze i-Free Derry Wall kanye nophawu olumnyama lwe-Shamrock lokungathathi hlangothi kwase-Ireland kanye nokuphikiswa kwempi, umkhankaso wanwetshwa idolobha lonke kwathi ngo-Feb 2008 kwabekwa uqwembe ezindongeni zedolobha ezinikelwe ezimpilweni ezilahlekile. ngenxa yezikhali ezenziwe eDerry. Nakuba umkhankaso uzoqhubeka nemilindelo evamile kuzothatha izinyathelo zomphakathi ukuze ube nomthelela omkhulu.

U-Eamonn McCann, owayekade engumholi obalulekile enhlanganweni elwela amalungelo abantu, wayengomunye wabayisithupha be-Raytheon 9 ababequliswa icala lokuhlala emahhovisi aseRaytheon ngo-August 2006. Wakhuluma ngokuthi yini eyaholela kulo msebenzi nokuthi baqinisekiswa kanjani enkantolo. . Umhlangano we-DAWC wawuse-Sandino's Bar mhla zi-2 kuNcwaba ukuze kulalelwe owayengumphenyi webutho laseMelika uJoshua Casteel. Ukuzwa ngesibhicongo sakamuva sakwa-Israel eQana, eLebanon ngomhlaka-30^th NgoJulayi, ukuxhumana kweRaytheon kwenziwa futhi kwanqunywa ukuthi kuthathwe lesi sitshalo.

Kube nomuzwa wokuthi konke kuzanyiwe ukuxhumana nosopolitiki nabezindaba nokuthi imilindelo yayingeke yanele ukuvala uRaytheon. Bekungakaze kube khona ukwesekwa yizinkakha ezithi ziphambene nokwakhiwa kwezikhali kodwa azenzanga lutho ngakho. Umsebenzi we-9^th U-August (usuku lokukhumbula ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-Nagasaki) kwaba yindlela yokugcina futhi uMcCann wakhuluma 'ngokuzenzakalela' komcimbi. Bebengalindele ukuthi bazongena kodwa bakwazile ukuphuthuma isicabha njengoba isisebenzi singene sangena sangena bhubhisa ikhompyutha yohlaka oluyinhloko futhi phosa nezinye amakhompuyutha nezinto zokwakha ngaphandle kwefasitela. Ukufika kwamaphoyisa odweshu egqoke izikhali ezigcwele abone amadoda ayisishiyagalolunye ehlezi ngokuthula edlala amakhadi base beboshwa base bequliswa amacala.

U-Eamonn Mc Cann ukhulume ngecala elethulwa kulelo cala ngo-2008 nokuthi amadoda ayisithupha akhululwa kanjani. Leli cala belisekelwe ekutheni umthetho ubungeke ubone isenzo sabo sinokuzivikela, ngakho bekumele bakhombise ukuthi empeleni bebezama ukuhlenga izimpilo zabantu, bayeke noma babambezele ubugebengu bempi, bangagcini nje ngokuphikisana nalo. Kwakumele bakhombise ukuthi bake bakwenza konke ababengakwenza futhi kungemuva kokuba lokho kuhlulekile bazibophezela esenzweni ngenkolelo yokuthi bangayimisa impi. Ukuzibandakanya kwemboni yakwaDerry Raytheon ekuthuthukisweni kwezinhlelo zokuqondisa amarokhethi kanye nokuxhunywa kwesistimu yekhompyutha nesitshalo saseScotland kwakusho ukuthi babekuqondise lokhu ngokusemthethweni ukuze bamise uhlelo ukuze basize ukuvimbela ububi obukhulu. Empeleni bafaka uRaytheon ecaleni futhi ukuzivikela kwabo kwaba ukuthi uMcCann wathi 'akunakuphikiswa'. Lokhu kwenza kwaba nokuzwakalayo kwamazwe ngamazwe futhi waba nomuzwa wokuthi isenzo sikaDerry saba nomthelela wangempela ekuziphatheni kwabahlukunyezwa eQana, abavakashela kamuva.

Uthe kwakuyinto engcono kakhulu ake ayenza futhi akusizi neze ukumelana nempi, nakuba ucabanga ukuthi ngeke kuzuze lutho. Ukunqwabelana kwezenzo, imibhikisho kanye nemiyalezo bekubalulekile ngakho bekungewona umcimbi owodwa. Ukunqoba kwecala kube yinkokhelo yemicimbi eminingi edlule. Bekubalulekile ukuthi umsebenzi ungahlelwanga ngokwedlulele futhi ube nesici sokuzenzekela. Akubona nje 'ngamadoda ayizidlakela' ababoshwa, njengoba abesifazane babehileleke kakhulu. Uthe kubalulekile 'ukwenza konke ngesineke, kodwa ungesabi ukuba nesibindi lapho kufika isikhathi'. Udinga ukulinda futhi uqaphele ngaleso sikhathi.

UGoretti Horgan wayengomunye wabesifazane abayisishiyagalolunye abangena emahhovisi akwaRaytheon endaweni yesibili umsebenzi wesithathu ngo-2009. Ukhulume ngokugqugquzelwa abakwa-Shannon 5 ababeke bahlasela indiza yezempi yase-US esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Shannon futhi baquliswa icala elide lapho bakhululwa khona. UGoretti wayekhona kuqala umsebenzi wesibili ngesikhathi esisele ngaphambi kokufika kwamaphoyisa ukugwema ukuboshwa. Ugcizelele ukuthi abesifazane bebelokhu bebambe iqhaza emibhikishweni nasezenzweni nokuthi ukuqhuma kwamabhomu kwa-Israel eGaza nakho kube nomthelela emsebenzini wabesifazane. Izindlela zokuqondisa ezinembayo ezisetshenziswe ekuhlaselweni kwe-Israel zakhiwe nguRaytheon.

Umsebenzi wabesifazane kungenzeka ukuthi awuzange wenze umonakalo omkhulu njengowabesilisa kodwa wawumise ukusebenza kwemboni nokugcina abaphikisana noRaytheon beqhubeka nokuyinto eyayibalulekile. Kulokhu ikhompuyutha yohlaka oluyinhloko ibiboshwe ngensimbi ukuze amanzi angakwazi ukuyonakalisa. Uthe wuhlelo lokufundisa lapho befunde lukhulu ngokuzikhukhumeza namanga emboni yezikhali. Ukwethuka okukhulu kwezikhali ababezenzile kwakushaqisa futhi kwakunzima ukucabanga ukuthi abantu babezicabange kanjani kwasekuqaleni. 'Kufanele senze konke esingakwenza ukuqeda lo mkhuba omubi unomphela' esho. Abesifazane nabo baquliswa amacala badedelwa.

Kube nezingxoxo ezithile ekupheleni kweseshini futhi kwafinyelelwa esiphethweni. Imibhikisho ibingakaze iphele ngemuva kokuqulwa kwamacala kanti uRaytheon wagcina ememezele ukuthi uyahamba ngoJanuwari 2010. Baphika ukuthi lokhu akuhlangene nemibhikisho kodwa ngaphansi kweFreedom of Information kwavela ukuthi bathe ngeke bahlale ngoba umthetho awukwazi. qinisekisa ukuphepha kwabo. Kwashiwo ukuthi ubumbano lomhlaba bubalulekile futhi imibhikisho yaseRaytheon eTucson, e-US, ithole ugqozi kulokho okwenzeka eDerry.

Kubalulekile ukwazi amalungelo akho futhi nisebenzisane ukuqeda ukuhweba ngezikhali. Kudingeka sisebenzise ukunqoba okufana nokwaseDerry ukuze kusinikeze umfutho, njengoba iziteleka zaseDunnes Stores ngokumelene nobandlululo lwaseNingizimu Afrika kanye nobumbano ne-East Timor kwaba nomthelela. Manje sekuzodingeka isigaba esisha sokubhikisha ukuze siphikisane nezinkontileka zakamuva zezikhali eBelfast kanye nezimboni zokukhishwa kwezikhali. Izishoshovu zeDerry zase zikulungele ukuphinde zibandakanyeke futhi kulokhu zizoxhumana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye nokuthi ukuhweba ngezikhali kwenzani emvelweni.