Onyakeni weminyaka engu-50, uSolwazi Mickey Huff we-Project Censored, waxoxisana nezifundiswa, izazi-mlando zezenhlalo nezombusazwe, ababhikishi, nabasinde ekubulaweni kwabantu ezindabeni eziningi ezihlobene nezibhicongo zangomhla zizi-4 kuMeyi, 1970 e-Kent nase-Jackson State. Lalela izingxoxo ezingakaze zihlolwe ngaphambili mayelana noMeyi 4, 1970, nokuthi kusho ukuthini kithi sonke manje.
Izindaba Zomlando. Sithemba ukuthi le mibono inothisa ukuqonda kwakho lesi senzakalo esibalulekile esingokomlando futhi inikeze umongo wendawo esikuyo njengomphakathi namuhla ikakhulukazi ezindabeni zempi nokuthula, amalungelo omphakathi kanye namalungelo abantu, nokuthi singasebenzisana kanjani ukuze sakhe umhlaba onobulungiswa futhi onokulingana. .
Abahlanganyeli
Peter Kuznick - UProfesa womlando, iNyuvesi yaseMelika; umbhali we Untold History of the United States no-Oliver Stone
UJoseph Lewis - owasinda emanxebeni amabili okudutshulwa e-Kent State ngoMeyi 4, 1970.
UDavid Zeiger - Umenzi wefilimu oyidokhumentari, Mnumzane! Cha Mnumzane! Indaba Ecindezelwe Ye-GI Movement Yokuqeda Impi eVietnam
U-Ira Shor - Umbhali noPaulo Freire we-A Pedagogy for Liberation, isazi se-critical pedagogy
UJoel Eis - Umbhikishi omelene nempi osenesikhathi eside, umhleli mayelana nokumelana nohlaka, kanye nomculi wezepolitiki; umnikazi we-Rebound Bookstore
UDeRay Mckesson – Umbhali wencwadi ethi On the Other Side of Freedom; uhlelo lwePod Save the People; isishoshovu samalungelo omphakathi eFerguson; Izimpilo Ezimnyama Zibalulekile
UDavid Swanson - Umqondisi Omkhulu, World Beyond War; Umdidiyeli Womkhankaso we RootsAction.org; ebhodini labaluleki neVeterans for Peace
Laurel Krause – Udadewabo ka-Allison Krause, owabulawa e-Kent State; umqondisi kanye nomsunguli we Inkantolo Yamaqiniso yaseKent State
Ngezitatimende ezabiwe ezisemthethweni ezithunyelwe ukweseka umcimbi ezivela kumdidiyeli wefilimu uMichael Moore kanye nommeli wamalungelo abantu nabathengi kanye nommeli, uRalph Nader.
“Eminyakeni engu-50 ngemuva kokubulawa koMbuso waseKent, ubulungiswa abukakenziwa. I-Kent State Truth Tribunal isisondeza kulowo mgomo ngokwabelana ngama-akhawunti mathupha nomphakathi. Ngiyabonga ngemizamo yabo futhi ngithemba ukuthi ngolunye usuku iqiniso liyovela.”
- UMichael Moore
“Ngakhuluma eSifundazweni SaseKent ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kuka-May 4. Ukukhathazeka kwabafundi kwabonakala ngokucacile ehholo eligcwele abantu naso sonke isikhungo esishubile. Izibhicongo zase-Kent State nasekolishi labamnyama iJackson State ziqinisekise ukwesaba okubi kakhulu kwababhikishi abamelene nempi kanye namalungelo omphakathi esikhungweni semfundo ephakeme - ukuthi lokhu kuzoba impendulo yombuso wamaphoyisa. "
-Ralph Nader, izitatimende zokugubha iminyaka engama-50 yeSifundazwe sase-Kent sikaMeyi 4, 1970.
Mickey Huff, Umsingathi kanye Nomongameli; ungumqondisi weProject Censored; uprofesa wesayensi yezenhlalakahle kanye nomlando e-Diablo Valley College e-San Francisco Bay Area lapho ehlanganyela khona usihlalo wendawo yomlando futhi engusihlalo womnyango wezintatheli. UMickey wenza i-thesis yakhe yeziqu emlandweni, "Ukupholisa Amanxeba Amadala,” emizamweni yezikhulu zikahulumeni nezamanyuvesi yokuhlola ukutolika okugxeka ukulandisa okusemthethweni ngezehlakalo zangomhla zizi-4 kuNhlaba phakathi kuka-1977-1995. Wenza izingxoxo ezingaphezu kuka-20 zomlando womlomo e-Kent iminyaka engu-25 futhi kamuva wafakaza eNkantolo YamaQiniso yase-Kent State eNew York City. Ngo-2012, wabhala noLaurel Krause isahluko se-Censored 2013: Dispatches from the Media Revolution, "I-Kent State: Ingabe Kwakumayelana Namalungelo Abantu noma Ukubulala Ababhikishi Babafundi,” okwaveza ubufakazi obusha bomthetho ngo-May 4 obaholela uLaurel Krause ukuba athathe leli cala lize lifike eNhlanganweni Yezizwe.
Laurel Krause, Umsingathi kanye Nobambe iqhaza; umqondisi kanye nomsunguli we- Inkantolo Yamaqiniso yaseKent State
UPrapat Campbell, uMqondisi Wezobuciko
Adam Armstrong, Umhleli
Isithombe sangoMeyi 4, 1970 esadubula i-Ohio National Guardsmen sivela kuJohn Darnell
Ukubonga kanye nokubonga kuNeil Young ngengoma yakhe ethi "Ohio"
Ihlelwe yi-Project Censored kanye ne-Kent State Truth Tribunal
Izimpendulo ze-2
Ngikhumbula ngesikhathi kwenzeka lezi zigameko zokubulalana. Ngikhumbula ngenkathi uMongameli wase-United States ebiza ababhikishi babafundi ngokuthi “bums”. Ngikhumbula ukuthi uJames Michener, ngaleso sikhathi owayengumbhali wezincwadi ophumelelayo futhi nomakadebona weMpi Yezwe 2, wayehola ithimba lokuthola iqiniso. Leli thimba ligcine lidalule zonke lezi zinsolo ezisemthethweni zokubulala njengamanga. Ngikhumbula ukuthi uWilliam Safire, omunye wababhali bezinkulumo zikaMongameli uNixon ngesikhathi sokubulala, wezwa ilungu eliphezulu lokuphatha kukaNixon (umakadebona wezempi yase-US Marine Corps) ephawula ngokudabukisayo ukuthi ukubulawa kwabantu e-Kent State kwaba umphumela wevolley ngamabomu. Ukuqhuma kwesibhamu okuhlanganisiwe kuyalelwe isikhulu, hhayi impendulo ethusayo yomuntu ngamunye ofakwe ohlwini lwe-National Guardsmen esabela ngobumpumputhe kulokho okucatshangwa ukuthi kuyingozi. Okwakukade, futhi kuseyiyo, ukuhlola okusemthethweni. Isikhathi esiyihlazo empilweni yaseMelika. Izinto azikathuthuki kangako kusukela lapho.
Ngibuka lokhu ngoFebhuwari 2021. Wachitha u-Ephreli-Meyi 1970 ejele e-Ottawa kulandela umbhikisho wokulwa nempi lapho. Ngesikhathi kuqulwa icala ngakugxeka ukushushiswa ngatshela inkantolo ukuthi akufanele isishushise kodwa imise i-US ebulala izingane zayo.