By Pax Christi New Jersey, May 18, 2023
Ijezi elisha- Idume umhlaba wonke Umthetho Wegolide Isikebhe sikaseyili esilwa ne-nuclear, okuyisikebhe sokuqala ukwenza isenzo esiqondile sezemvelo emhlabeni, kanye nabasebenzi baso bamanje bavakashela eNewark naseJersey City ngoMeyi 19.th, 20th, ne-21st . The Umthetho Wegolide abasebenzi kanye nomkhumbi beza emachwebeni ethu aseNew Jersey ukuzokwabelana ngomlayezo wabo wokunqoba kwezikhali zenuzi kanye nokuqeda impi kanye nokugqamisa imizabalazo eqhubekayo yokungabi nabulungisa kwezemvelo yaseNewark, eJersey City, neminye imiphakathi yasePassaic kanye ne-Hudson River esibambene iminyaka eminingi kakhulu. ifa elingcolisa ubuthi lezokukhiqiza kanye nezakhiwo zamasosha, kanye nokungcola kwamanje okusaqhubekayo emiphakathini ethwele kanzima, ehlukahlukene. Uchungechunge lwemicimbi luzohlanganisa amakhulu abantu abavela ezinhlanganweni eziningi kulo lonke elaseNew Jersey kulokho abahleli bahlose ukuqinisa izibopho phakathi kwezinhlangano ezigxile ekuthuleni nasekulahleni izikhali nalezo ezigxile kubulungiswa bezenhlalo nezemvelo kanye nenkinga yesimo sezulu.
"Ngesikhathi ngenza ushintsho lomsebenzi olwangifaka kulo mkhakha wezemvelo omangalisayo, konke kwakumayelana nokusindisa izindawo ezingamaxhaphozi," kukhumbula u-Hugh Carola, uMqondisi Wohlelo kwa-Hackensack Riverkeeper. “Kusekuningi ngalokho – kodwa kuningi kakhulu. Imayelana nokubeka izidingo zabantu – ikakhulukazi abantu abebencishwe inyumbazane – emqoka walokho esikwenzayo. UCaptain Bill Sheehan wake wangitshela, 'Uma sisebenzela izidingo zabantu, maningi amathuba okuthi sizinqobe izimpi zethu - futhi uma sinqoba, izilwane zasendle, izindawo ezingamaxhaphozi kanye nomfula - they win, futhi'."
Abagqugquzeli baphinde bahlose ukuthi le micimbi ibe umgubho. Naphezu kokulinda i ukuhlanzwa kwe-dioxin eMfuleni iPassaic kanye nokuba matasa empini yokuyeka okwamanje esinye isizinda samandla kaphethiloli endaweni yase-Ironbound yaseNewark, u-Chloe Desir, umhleli wobulungiswa bezemvelo we-Ironbound Community Corp. ukhumbula okwakamuva ukwamukelwa kwemithetho ngaphansi komthetho waseNew Jersey wobulungiswa bezemvelo, owokuqala walolu hlobo esizweni, njengesizathu sokujabula, futhi wanikeza umbono onethemba wekusasa elisimeme. “Ukuze silwe nokungabi nabulungiswa kwezemvelo, siphokophele ukuba kuphasiswe umthetho oqinile wezobulungiswa kwezemvelo ezweni, sinqabela izimvume ezikhungweni ezifaka isandla emthelela omkhulu wokungcoliswa kwezimboni ezindaweni ezithintekile. Sihlose ukuvikela imiphakathi ehloswe yilezi zikhungo ezingcolise umoya wethu futhi zaphendula imifula yethu ibe yizindawo zokuxhasa ngemali enkulu. Umphakathi we-ICC unombono wekusasa lobulungiswa bezemvelo elibeka eqhulwini uguquko olusuka ekukhiqizweni kukaphethiloli luye kweminye imithombo yamandla, efana nomoya, ilanga, kanye nomquba kamasipala wonke. Yonke imiphakathi ifanelwe wumoya namanzi ahlanzekile,” kusho yena.
Kubuye kube nomuzwa wokuphuthuma ngayo yomibili imibuthano kanye nomgomo wokuhlanganisa amaqembu abonakala ehlukene. U-Paula Rogovin, u-Teaneck Peace and Justice Vigil, umsunguli-munye uyachaza - "Kuyaphuthuma ukuthi izishoshovu Zokuthula Nezemvelo zisebenze ndawonye. Kuliwa izimpi ngenxa yezinto ezimbiwa phansi. Izakhamuzi namasosha zilinyazwa ubuthi bamakhemikhali zempi. Izigidigidi zamaRandi ezimpini kufanele zilethwe ekhaya ukuze zihlangabezane nezidingo zabantu - ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, imfundo nezindlu.
USam Pesin, umongameli weThe Friends of Liberty State Park “ubonga abantu abadume umhlaba wonke Umthetho Wegolide isikebhe esilwa nenuzi, ngokuletha umyalezo wakho wokuthula nobulungiswa emhlabeni e-Liberty State Park, ngemuva kophawu olukhulu emhlabeni lwentando yeningi, inkululeko kanye namalungelo abantu.” Uyabonga futhi “ngoThe Umthetho Wegolide omakadebona ekukhuthazeni ukufinyelela komphakathi ezindaweni ezivulekile ezidingwa yibo bonke abantu ngezinga lempilo yethu, ikakhulukazi kule ndawo yasedolobheni egcwele abantu abaningi.”
Yize isimo sezulu esibucayi kanye nosongo oluqhubekayo lwempi, ikakhulukazi impi yenuzi, kuyizinsongo ezikhona, abahleli banethemba lokuthi izinguquko ziyeza. UDavid Swanson, umqondisi omkhulu we World BEYOND War, ohambe esuka e-Washington DC ukuze abe khona futhi akhulume nabahambele umcimbi e-Jersey City, ubona ingemuva lomcimbi e-Liberty State Park njengomthombo wogqozi. “Ngibheke phambili ekuhlanganyeleni nabantu eLiberty State Park ukugubha isenzo esingenalo ubudlova ngokumelene nezikhali zenuzi. Njengoba sibheke engcupheni enkulu kakhulu okwamanje yakho kokubili impi yenuzi kanye nokuwohloka kwesimo sezulu okuhamba kancane, kufanele sithathe ithemba eSitatimendeni Sokukhululeka, eSikhumbuzweni Se-Teardrop, kanye naseSikhumbuzweni Umthetho Wegolide, konke okusikisela ukuthi kungase kuvele izikhathi lapho abantu benza khona izinqubomgomo zomphakathi ezingazimisele kakhulu ukuzibhubhisa futhi ezihambisana nezinhloso ezinhle iningi lethu elivame ukwabelana ngazo,” usho kanje.
Ukuvakasha koMthetho Wegolide kwamukelwe kahle ohambweni lwayo lwakamuva njengoba uhamba nge-Great Loop kanye ne-New Jersey ngokufanayo. Baze bathole nencwadi ebhaliwe umyalezo wokwamukela evela kuCardinal Tobin ezofundwa kuyo yonke imicimbi. UKhadinali ukhumbula ukuzibophezela kukaSt. John XXIII ngokuthula encwadini yakhe yokwamukela. “Ukuba khona kwenu lapha kuwuphawu lokusekela kwenu lokho uSt. John XXIII akubiza ngokuthi “ukuchithwa kwezikhali okubalulekile.” Njengabadali bokuthula bangempela, niqinisekisa umbono obalulekile wokuthi ukuthula kweqiniso kungakhiwa kuphela ekuzibophezeleni okuqinile ekungabini kodlame nokwethembana,” kusho yena.
Inhlangano yabaxhasi bezemvelo, ukuthula kanye nobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle yabaxhasi bale micimbi emibili ihlanganisa- Isisebenzi SamaKatolika NYC; FCNL- Northwest NJ Isahluko; Abangane baseRiverfront Park; Abangane beLiberty State Park; Hackensack Riverkeeper; Ironbound Community Corp.; I-NJ Coalition for the Philippine Human Rights Act; Isenzo Sokuthula se-NJ; Northern NJ Veterans for Peace; I-Northern NJ Jewish Voice for Peace; Ihhovisi Lokuthula Ubulungiswa kanye Nobuqotho Bendalo- Odade Bosizo Lwase-St. Elizabeth; Passaic River Coalition; Pax Christi NJ; Inhlangano Yabantu Yentuthuko; I-St. Patrick's & Assumption All Saints Church; I-St. Stephan's Grace Community, ELCA; I-Teaneck Peace & Justice Coalition; Umoya wamanzi; Isikhungo Sosizo Somoya Wezifiki; World Beyond War
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Imicimbi yaseNew Jersey
U-Dennis P. Collins Park e-Bayonne
ULwesihlanu Meyi 19th kusukela emini
Joyina ama-Northern NJ Veterans for Peace njengoba ebingelela uMthetho Wegolide osuka ogwini njengoba unqamula i-Kill Van Kull endleleni eya eNewark Bay. Ebhodini kuzoba yizazi zemvelo kanye nezishoshovu ezivela ku-Ironbound Community Corp kanye no-Hackensack Riverkeeper abazoxoxa ngemithombo ehlukahlukene yokungcola nokungabi nabulungisa okubonakalayo emanzini.
I-Riverfront Park eNewark - (ngezinti zewolintshi)
NgoLwesihlanu ngoMeyi 19 kusukela ngo-6 kuya ku-8pm
Iqembu le-Golden Rule kanye nomculo
Abakhulumi bahlanganisa: Larry Hamm, uSihlalo weNhlangano Yabantu Yentuthuko; JV Valladolid, Ironbound Community Corp.; Owl, omele iRamapough Lunaape Nation; U-Paula Rogovin, umsunguli we-Teaneck Peace & Justice Vigil
Futhi
ILiberty State Park eJersey City - (eduze nesikhumbuzo se-Liberation)
NgoMgqibelo Meyi 20 kusukela ngo-11 ekuseni kuya ku-1 ntambama
I-Golden Rule isikebhe nabasebenzi kanye nomculo weSolidarity Singers Abakhulumi bahlanganisa: UDavid Swanson, uMqondisi oPhethe World BEYOND War; Sam Pesin, Friends of Liberty State Park, Rachel Dawn Davis, Waterspirit; USam DiFalco, Iwashi Lokudla Namanzi
I-Assumption All Saints Parish Hall
Ihlelwe yi-NJ ye-Philippine Human Rights Act
(ukuhlolwa kwefilimu, ingxoxo yephaneli kanye nesidlo sakusihlwa se-potluck)
344 Pacific Ave., Jersey City
NgeSonto May 21st kusukela ngo-6:30 kuya ku-8:30 pm
I-RSVP ku bit.ly/NJ4PHNo2War
Ukuhlolwa kwe-documentary Ukwenza Amagagasi: Ukuzalwa Kabusha Komthetho Wegolide Ingxoxo Yephaneli mayelana nemidlalo yempi yezempi yase-US e-Indo-Pacific kanye nokuphikiswa okudumile okungenabudlova okwedlule namanje.
Mayelana ne-VFP Golden Rule Project
Ngo-1958 izishoshovu ezine zokuthula zamaQuaker zahamba ngomkhumbi Umthetho Wegolide ngaseMarshall Islands ngomzamo wokumisa ukuhlolwa kwezikhali zenuzi ezisemkhathini. Unogada wasogwini lwase-US bamgibele e-Honolulu babopha ithimba lakhe, okwadala umsindo emhlabeni wonke. Ukwenyuka kokuqwashisa komphakathi ngezingozi zemisebe kwaholela ezidingweni zomhlaba wonke zokumisa ukuhlolwa kwezikhali zenuzi. Ngo-1963 e-USA, i-USSR kanye ne-UK basayina iSivumelwano Sokuvinjelwa Kwesivivinyo Senuzi esilinganiselwe. Ngo-2010 i Umthetho Wegolide wacwila esiphephweni saseHumboldt Bay eNyakatho yeCalifornia. Eminyakeni emihlanu eyalandela, inqwaba yamaVeterans For Peace, amaQuaker namanye amavolontiya ambuyisela. Kusukela ngo-2015 Umthetho Wegolide bekulokhu “Ukuhamba Ngomkhumbi Ukuze Ubheke Izwe Elingenayo Inuzi Nekusasa Elinokuthula, Elisimeme”. Njengamanje yenza i-Great Loop- phansi ne-Mississippi, inqamule iGulf of Mexico, ikhuphuke oGwini lwe-Atlantic bese ikhuphuka i-Hudson futhi idabule ama-Great Lakes. Ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana ne-Golden Rule Project kanye nesimiso sayo kungaba utholwe lapha.
