Ngu-Alice Slater, Januwari 24, 2018
Kusukela The Nation
Ngempelasonto yoSuku lukaMartin Luther King, iNyuvesi yaseBaltimore isingathe ngokufanelekile izishoshovu ezingaphezu kuka-200 emikhankasweni yokuthula, imvelo, kanye nezobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle ukuze kwethule uhlelo olusha olufika ngesikhathi, i-Coalition Against US Foreign Military Bases. U-Ajamu Baraka, oqokelwe esikhundleni sokuba yiphini likamongameli weGreen Party kanye nomsunguli weBlack Alliance for Peace, uvule umhlangano esikhumbuza ukuthi uMfundisi iNkosi, enkulumweni yakhe eyingqophamlando yokulwa nempi eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-50 edlule eRiverside Church eNew York, wabiza uhulumeni wase-United States ngokuthi “umsunguli omkhulu wobudlova emhlabeni namuhla” enezela ngokuthi “impi yaseVietnam iwuphawu lwesifo esijule kakhulu emoyeni waseMelika. ,” kuyilapho exwayisa ngokuthi “isizwe esiqhubeka unyaka nonyaka sisebenzisa imali eningi ekuvikelweni kwezempi kunezinhlelo zokuthuthukisa umphakathi sisondela ekufeni ngokomoya.” Ukuthatha yona kanye uhlobo lwe-capitalism Inkosi yaphinde yanxusa ukuthi:
Kufanele siqale ngokushesha ukusuka emphakathini ogxile entweni siye emphakathini ogxile kumuntu. Lapho imishini namakhompyutha, izisusa zenzuzo namalungelo empahla, kubhekwa njengokubaluleke kakhulu kunabantu, imidondoshiya emithathu yobandlululo lobuhlanga, ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo okwedlulele, kanye nokulwela impi akukwazi ukunqotshwa.
Ochungechungeni lwamaphaneli ezinsukwini ezimbili, izikhulumi zengqungquthela ezivela kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba ziqhubeke nokuchaza unya olumangalisayo nobungozi obunobuthi benqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US naphezu kwesixwayiso sikaKing eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-50 edlule. Sifunde ukuthi i-US inezisekelo zamasosha ezisemthethweni ezingaba ngu-800 emazweni angama-80, inombolo engadlula i-1,000 uma ubala amasosha amiswe ezindlini zamanxusa nasezimishini kanye nalokho okubizwa ngokuthi izisekelo ze-"lily-pond", namasosha angaba ngu-138,000 amiswe emhlabeni jikelele. UDavid Vine, umbhali we Isizwe Sezizwe: Indlela US Bases Overseas Overseas Yonakalisa ngayo iMelika neMhlaba, ibike ukuthi angu-11 kuphela amanye amazwe anezisekelo emazweni angaphandle, amanye angama-70 esewonke. IRussia inamazwe alinganiselwa ku-26 kuya kwangu-40 emazweni ayisishiyagalolunye, iningi lawo okwakuyiSoviet Republics, kanye naseSyria naseVietnam; i-UK, iFrance, neTurkey inezisekelo ezine kuya kweziyi-10; kanye nezizinda zangaphandle ezilinganiselwa kweyodwa kuya kwezintathu zithathwe yi-India, China, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Italy, kanye neNetherlands.
Futhi kuneminye imithelela yezempi yase-US eyingozi emazweni amaningi emhlabeni jikelele ngaphandle kwezisekelo ezisiphula imiphakathi eminingi. U-John Lannon, we-Shannonwatch yase-Ireland usebenzela ukuqeda ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kwase-US esikhumulweni sezindiza esivamile e-Shannon, e-Ireland. I-US indize amasosha nezikhali ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezi-3 eShannon, isendleleni eya ezempi naphezu kwesinqumo se-Ireland sokungajoyina i-NATO kanye nenqubomgomo yayo esemthethweni yokungathathi hlangothi kwezempi. UJames Patrick Jordan, ne-Alliance for Global Justice, ubike ukuthi ngemuva kwe-9/11 i-Northern Command ye-US Pentagon yengeze ukuqeqeshwa kwamasosha amaningi emazweni aseLatin America ukuze awathumele phesheya ukuze alwe ezimpini zase-US kwamanye amazwe.
Izishoshovu zokuthula nezemvelo ezivela kuzo zonke izifunda emhlabeni jikelele zabelane ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwazo kuphikisana nemithelela elimazayo yezemvelo nezempilo ebangelwa izizinda zamasosha ase-US, ezidala umonakalo empilweni nasenhlalakahleni emiphakathini eminingi. Kusukela ku-Agent Orange eVietnam, i-uranium ephelile e-Iraq, izindawo zokulahla izikhali nezindawo zokudubula e-Vieques, ePuerto Rico, kuya otshwaleni obunobuthi obuseduze nomfula i-Potomac, imiphakathi namasosha kanye nezingane ezizalwe ngemva kokuchayeka kulobu buthi izinhlobonhlobo zezifo kanye nokulimala kofuzo okuzuzwe njengefa kuyilapho uhulumeni wase-US ezama ukuziphendulela ngomonakalo obangelwe ukulahlwa kwawo ngokungenangqondo nokungcwaba budedengu imfucumfucu yezempi enobuthi engalungiswanga. Impela, ngenkathi ezinye zezizwe zase-United States ezibizwa “ngontanga”, njengeJalimane, ziye zamangalela ngempumelelo imali yokuhlanza izisekelo zamasosha, ngemuva kokuba i-US izishiye zisesimweni esibi kakhulu, amazwe aseLatin America, Asia, noma I-Afrika ayikwazanga ukubamba i-US ukuba iphendule, okuwubufakazi obengeziwe bobukhosi abamhlophe abasebenzisa ilungelo labo njengoba sifunde kuPatricia Hynes, owayenguprofesa wezempilo yezemvelo e-Boston University owazuza i-US EPA Lifetime Achievement futhi udale ukuthula kweVietnam. I-Village Project yokweseka izisulu ze-Agent Orange yesizukulwane sesithathu nesesine.
UDavid Swanson, ethula iphaneli mayelana nezempi yaseMelika eNingizimu Melika, kuphawuliwe:
I-imperialism yesimanje ihlukile e-US. Ukukhetha kwe-US kufakazela ubuxhwanguxhwangu bombuso futhi kuwumuzwa ogqamile okungase kudingeke selaphe. Ubuzwe base-US bunomlingisi ongokwenkolo. Umsebenzi wawo wokubhubhisa ucatshangelwa njengongcwele. I-Fort McHenry akuyona indawo yomlando—“isikhumbuzo Sikazwelonke Nendawo Engcwele Yomlando.” Kungase kudingeke sifunde ukwazisa ezinye izinto kuhlanganise namanye amaphesenti angu-96 esintu ngaphambi kokuba umbuso uvalwe.
Ububanzi bomhlaba wonke babahlanganyeli bebumangalisa njengoba sizwa izishoshovu zase-Asia, eYurophu, e-Afrika, eLatin America, naseMpumalanga Ephakathi, zonke zikulungele futhi zizimisele ukwandisa le nethiwekhi entsha nomsebenzi, hhayi nje ukuvala izisekelo zase-US, kodwa abaningi bazwakalise ngobugagu, ukuhlakaza umbuso wase-US kanye nezinqubomgomo zawo zezinzalamizi, zobandlululo, zobukoloni ezidala umonakalo onjalo emhlabeni jikelele. Ekupheleni komhlangano sanquma ukufinyelela futhi sandise umfelandawonye wethu futhi senza lezi zinyathelo ezilandelayo:
- Isinqumo Sosuku Lomhlaba Lwezenzo Ezimelene ne-Guantanamo (Februwari 23, 2018)
- Isinqumo Sosuku Lukazwelonke Lokulwa Nempi Entwasahlobo ka-2018
Okubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi sivumelene ngokubamba ingqungquthela yamazwe ngamazwe enkudlwana phesheya, kungakapheli unyaka kusukela ngosuku okwaqala ngalo ukusheshisa ukuphela kombuso obusa abantu futhi ocekela phansi imvelo ukuze kugcinwe uhlelo lwawo lwezomnotho olunonya. Ukwengeza izwi lakho futhi ubambe iqhaza, bona www.noforeignbases.org.