Sinezinqola! Ukuthula Action @ Weapons Expo 2018

Kusukela Isenzo Sokuthula sase-Auckland, November 4, 2018

I-2018 Weapons Expo kanye nomkhankaso ohambisana nawo wokuyivala uqeda unyaka. Kube yisonto elimangazayo neliphumelelayo lomnyakazo wokuthula ePalmerston North, futhi isifiso sokuqhubeka nokuzabalaza sikhule ngamandla. Akulula neze ukumelana nomkhakha omkhulu futhi onamandla kunayo yonke emhlabeni - ukuhweba ngezikhali - kodwa kuyacaca ukuthi umsebenzi wethu namaqhinga ethu athela izithelo.

Iqembu elihlukahlukene labantu abakha i-Peace Action Manawatū benze umsebenzi obalulekile emphakathini wabo wakule ndawo. Bakha ukusekelwa kwangempela nokusebenzisana kusuka emaqenjini esonto, ababaleki kanye namaqembu afudukayo, abaculi namabhizinisi. Babenesineke futhi bekholisa, besebenza ngokwethembeka nobuqotho ekuletheni udaba lwe-Weapons Expo eMkhandlwini naseMkhandlwini.

Bathola ukusekelwa okukhulu ngaphakathi koMkhandlu. Ngeshwa baphinde bathola ezinye izinhlaka zokusekelwa kweNZ Defense Industry Association kuMeya nePhini lakhe. Owedlule wayevumile umcimbi ngaphandle kokufaka okuvela kwamanye amaKhansela, futhi wafuna ukufihla ubukhulu bokuxhumana kwakhe nabahleli bomcimbi ngokubayalela ukuthi bathinte yena kuphela ngocingo. Ubuye wasivuma ngokuvulekile i-Expo, futhi usebize esidlangalaleni ukuthi umcimbi uzoba seDolobheni futhi ngonyaka olandelayo. Ukuziphatha kwakhe akumangazi njengoba kunikezwe umlutha wamandla, kepha kuyadumaza abaningi ababembize umhlanganyeli kwezinye izindaba. Abahleli bomcimbi baphinde bafuna ukuphoqa ukuvimba umgwaqo ngokungemthetho endaweni, kwaphoqa izinhlangano zomphakathi ezibalulekile ukuthi zivale noma zinciphise izinsizakalo zazo ngesikhathi somcimbi. Inselelo engokomthetho yalokhu inciphise imiphumela emibi kakhulu, kepha kunokungaqondi koMthethosivivinywa Wamalungelo we-NZ woMkhandlu, ikakhulukazi ngamalungelo abantu enkululeko yokuhamba nokubhikisha.

Ukuba khona kwamaphoyisa nama-gargantuan kanye nesabelomali sezinkanyezi se- $ 250,000 sakhula ngokuqinile kusuka ngonyaka ophelile, futhi saphinde saphakamisa kakhulu isifiso sokuvikela izihambeli nganoma yisiphi izindleko nanganoma iliphi inani lokulimala.

Ukufika kwe-Weapons Expo kwenzeka ngaphambi kokusuka kwayo e-Wellington ngemuva kweminyaka eyi-20 eDolobheni. Lokhu kube ngumphumela wokuhlelelwa okuhle okwenziwe ngonyaka owedlule yi-Peace Action Wellington - futhi zombili mayelana nokubeka lolu daba phambi koMkhandlu kanye nozwela (noma mhlawumbe ukubala okwengeziwe) iMeya, nokuhlela abantu ngaphesheya kwedolobha nezwe abazokwehla kulo i-Cake Tin amahora amaningi okuvinjwa.

Isisekelo sesenzo salo nyaka besivele sibekiwe iminyaka emithathu yokukhankasa ejwayelekile, yokuxhumana kanye nokukhulisa amakhono.

Amasu wokukhetha wezinsuku zangempela zomcimbi kube yizenzo eziqondile ezingezona ezinodlame ezifuna ukubambezeleka, ukuphazamisa futhi ngenye indlela ukuphika ukungena kwezihambeli ezifuna ukuhambela ingqungquthela. Lokhu kukhombise ukuphumelela futhi kulo nyaka. Ngosuku lokuqala, izingcingo namasango omgwaqo ovinjelwe ngokungemthetho abhidlizwa phansi abekwa ngaphesheya komgwaqo. Lokhu kulandelwe ukugoqwa kwamabhasi okwedlulisa nezindawo zomsebenzi emasangweni okungena. Lezi zivimba zibambezele ukuqala kwengqungquthela cishe amahora amathathu.

Ngemuva kokuqala komgwaqo, imashi yokuthula ebonakalayo yahlangana eSikweleni nangemva kwezinkulumo eziya endaweni. Amakhulu abantu bendawo nabantu abavela phesheya kwe-Aotearoa bamasha behlasela ukuhweba ngezikhali.

Izenzo zosuku bezithanyelwe yinqwaba yamaqembu ahlanganisa iPacific Panthers, i-Political Organisation Aotearoa, iPeople Against Prisons Aotearoa, iMetropolitan Church eProgress, abafundi beSt John's Theological College, amaQuaker, iTāmaki Makarau Anarchists, iBerrigan House, Abasebenzi bamaKhatholika, iClimate Justice UTaranaki, iGreen Party, World Beyond War, i-Peas for Peace, izinyunyana kanye nabesifazane.

UMashi wayenesiphiwo esibhakabhaka esimangalisa futhi ukukhanya kwelanga okufudumele. Kwakuyindaba ethandekayo nemidlwane emikhulu, ubuso obupendiwe obumamatheka, nemiyalezo eminingi eyahlukahlukene yokuthula nobulungiswa. Kubahlali basePalmy, ngokuqinisekile bekungumqondo onaka.

Abangenelisi ukuphumula, amalungu e-Peace Movement ahlangane ntambama ephathini yezingane iWitches and Warlocks esikhungweni “Sokuvinjwa Kwendlela” Yabesifazane, abese ezungeza lesi sikhungo semicimbi, egcina ngempumelelo ezokuphepha namaphoyisa eqaphile.

Lapho uSuku 2 luzungeza, isimo sezulu sangena ngaphakathi, kepha umoya wokumelana awuzange. Sasivuka ekuseni futhi sabelwa ukusebenza ngamahhotela azungeze idolobha. Lapho kubonwa ibhasi lokuqala, kwagxumagxuma indawo ethile, ilandelwa umgibeli osemdala owagibela ophahleni lwebhasi. Kwakunina imvula - cha, empeleni, yayibhokoda phansi. Lapho lowo mgibeli esevukile, sasazi ukuthi ibhasi lalingayi ndawo ngakho abanye abasebenzi bangena kwelinye ibhasi, kwathi elinye, amabili, amathathu - omunye okhuphukayo wayephezulu ngalelo, naye!

Amabhasi angenalutho abonwe emise umgwaqo esuka ehhotela elilodwa, ngakho abanye abantu abanobuqili babavimba ngaphambili nangemuva bephethe imigqomo enama-wheelie ebibekelwe umgwaqo ongaphansi kwendlela. Ngemuva kwalokho, kwaba nomzuzu omncane womdlalo wamabhasi ahamba-hamba njengoba izihambeli zigijimisa i-gauntlet yokumelana. UKuia wahlabelela izingoma zokuthula ngaphandle kwesitolo sekhofi lapho izihambeli bezihlelile zilindele ukuthuthwa, kanti ezinye izishoshovu bezihambele izihambeli ezithile ezazigcwala imigwaqo.

Lapho ekugcineni silubiza ngokuthi usuku, sase siphinde sabambezela ababekhona kwinkomfa amahora amathathu - futhi yize sasinamanzi emathanjeni - isenzo sasebenza. Sigubhe impumelelo yethu nobumbano lwethu endaweni yomculi wendawo - indawo enhle emangalisayo emangalisayo yokudala - lapho sasiwela khona isiphuzo ngeziphuzo ezishisayo ne-yummy kai.

Isenzo sokugcina seviki bekungumbhedo womsindo wasekuseni - e-Hotel Coachman - obeqondise isikhulumi kanye “nokudla okwenziwe ngemuva” komcimbi obukhangisiwe Kwakuyinto encane ukuthi ahlukane neNZDIA ukuthi noma ngabe bayaphi, sizobe sesilapho.

Kunezinto eziningi ezimangazayo ngalo mkhankaso, kepha okuvelele kungamandla okuhlela ngokuhlanganyela kanye nokwenza. Noma sibhekene nomphikisi onezinsiza ezingcono kakhulu - umbutho uqobo - siyanqoba. Amandla esinawo angamandla wabaningi ngokumelene nabambalwa, amandla okubumba, ukuzimela nokuzimela ngokumelene negunya eliphakathi kanye nokunamathela ngokungagxili.

La mandla asiqondise futhi asinikeze ithemba ngekusasa. Banikeza amabhlogo wokwakha umhlaba omusha egobolondweni lakudala.

Ngakho-ke ake siqhubeke nakho - masiqhubeke nokwakha ukunyakaza kwethu nokuxhumana kwethu, masijule kakhulu ekuzibophezeleni kwethu ebunzimeni obuningi umhlaba wethu obhekene nabo futhi komunye nomunye njengabangani, abangane bomndeni, abathandi nemindeni.

Omunye umhlaba kungenzeka. Kungenxa yethu. Kithi ukuthi sikwenze.

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