NguLindsey German, May 7, 2020
Kusukela Misa i-War Coalition
Lungiselela i-nostalgia-fest enkulu yokushisekela izwe. Lolu Lwesihlanu luphawula usuku lwe-VE, lapho iMpi Yezwe Yesibili yaphela eYurophu. Sithenjiswa ikheli lendlovukazi, inkulumo evela kuWinston Churchill, iculo likaVera Lynn kanye namahora e-BBC engapheli.
Angikubeke kucace ukuthi anginankinga nabantu abamaka lo mgubho. Kwaba ukuzidela okubi kwabaningi - eBrithani kodwa futhi nakwamanye amazwe amaningi aseYurophu ayedlaliwe. Ngiphuma esizukulwaneni esakhuliswa ngabalwa impi. Umama wayegubha eWest End ngosuku lwe-VE, futhi wayevame ukukhala izinyembezi lapho elalele uVera Lynn. Ngigcwele inhlonipho kuleso sizukulwane.
Kodwa-ke, ngithola indlela lo mgubho osetshenziswa ngayo ukukhuthaza izinqubomgomo ezingahloniphi leso sizukulwane igulisa ngempela. Ezinyangeni ezimbili ngemuva kosuku lwe-VE iBrithani yavotela ukuthi uChurchill aphume futhi angenise uhulumeni Wezabasebenzi oshibhile owenza imboni kuzwelonke, yakha i-NHS futhi yakha nezindlu zomkhandlu.
Kufanele sicabange ukuthi abaningi balabo ababedansa eTrafalgar Square base bevele bondlekile hhayi nje ngempi kodwa ngamaTories. Akukho kulokhu okuzothintwa ezindabeni zokusungulwa ngoLwesihlanu, ngoba kuzophonsela inselelo umbono wepaki yetimu yeMpi Yezwe Yesibili uJohnson ahweba ngayo nezithenjwa zakhe ezihlekisayo zikaChurchillian.
Lona nguhulumeni onciphise uxhaso lwe-NHS, wenza konke okuyimfihlo, wengamela inkinga embi kakhulu yezindlu kusukela ngempi, futhi uzoqhubeka nokwenza lokho. Ukungakhathali kwaso leso sizukulwane - iningi lalabo abasaphila manje ezindlini ezinakekela izingane lapho bebekwe khona engozini ngenxa yokuntuleka kokuhlolwa kanye ne-PPE - kuyabonakala.
Kunokuba sizitike nge-nostalgia kufanele sisebenzise lolu suku lwe-VE njengosuku lokuvuma izinto ezesabekayo zempi futhi sizibophezele ekulweni nazo. Ngemuva kwalolu bhubhane olubi kakhulu, i-Stop the War ifuna ukuncishiswa okukhulu kwezindleko zezempi, kuphele imisebenzi yangaphandle kanye nokuvikela okuqinile kwenkululeko yethu yomphakathi. Ngeke sisakwazi ukuvumela uhulumeni wethu ukuthi acekele phansi izimpilo zakwamanye amazwe lapho ehluleka kakhulu ukubavikela ekhaya.
