Ngu-Medea Benjamin no-Alice Slater, Disemba 12, 2018
Kusukela Amaphupho ajwayelekile
Ngomoya wonyaka omusha kanye neNkongolo entsha, u-2019 angase abe yithuba lethu elingcono kakhulu nelokugcina lokuqondisa umkhumbi wethu wezwe usuke ezingozini ezimbili zamaplanethi eziyaluyalu zemvelo kanye nezempi, sihlela indlela ebheke ekhulwini lama-21 eliqinisekisa umhlaba.
Inkinga yezemvelo idalulwe umbiko odabukisayo wangoZibandlela wephaneli ye-UN Climate ethi: Uma umhlaba uhluleka ukuhlangana phakathi neminyaka eyi-12 ezayo ngezinga lokudutshulwa kwenyanga, futhi uzilungiselele ukuguqula indlela esiwasebenzisa ngayo amandla ethu ezinsalela ezimbizeni ezinobuthi, izikhali zenuzi kanye I-industrial biomass fuels ezixazululweni ezaziwayo kakade zokusebenzisa i-solar, umoya, i-hydro, amandla e-geothermal nokusebenza kahle, sizobhubhisa yonke into ephilayo emhlabeni njengoba sikwazi. Umbuzo okhona ngowokuthi ingabe izikhulu zethu ezikhethiwe, ezinezintambo zokuphatha, zizohlala zingakwazi ukwenza lutho njengoba iplanethi yethu ibhekana nemililo ebhubhisa kakhulu, izikhukhula, isomiso, nolwandle olukhuphukayo noma bazowuthatha lesi sikhathi futhi bathathe izinyathelo ezinkulu njengoba senza ngenkathi i-United States yaqeda ubugqila, yanikeza abesifazane ivoti, yaqeda ukucindezeleka okukhulu, futhi yaqeda ukuhlukaniswa okungokomthetho.
Amanye amalungu eCongress asevele akhombisa amandla awo angokomlando ngokusekela i-Green New Deal. Lokhu ngeke nje kuqale ukubuyisela emuva umonakalo esiwudalele ikhaya lethu sonke, kodwa kuzodala amakhulu ezinkulungwane zemisebenzi emihle engeke ithunyelwe phesheya kwezilwandle emazweni aneholo eliphansi.
Ngisho nalabo bantu beCongress abafuna ukubhekana nenkinga yesimo sezulu, nokho, bayehluleka ukubhekana nenkinga efanayo yezempi. Impi yobushokobezi eyaqubuka ngemuva kokuhlasela kwamaphekula ngo-9/11 iholele cishe emashumini amabili eminyaka yezempi enganakiwe. Sichitha imali eningi kwezempi yethu kunanoma yisiphi isikhathi emlandweni. Izimpi ezingapheli e-Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Syria nakwezinye izindawo zisadlanga, zibiza izigidigidi zamaRandi futhi zidala izinhlekelele zobuntu. Izivumelwano ezindala zokulawula izikhali zenuzi ziyembuleka ngesikhathi esifanayo lapho izingxabano nemibuso emikhulu yaseRussia neChina ziyashuba.
Luphi ucingo lwesivumelwano esisha sokuthula esingakhulula amakhulu ezigidigidi kwisabelomali sezempi esichichimayo ukuze kutshalwe nengqalasizinda eluhlaza? Luphi ubizo lokuvala iningi lezizinda zezempi zesizwe sethu ezingaphezu kuka-800 phesheya kwezilwandle, izisekelo eziyinsalela yeMpi Yezwe II futhi ezingenalusizo lwezinjongo zempi? Sikuphi isicelo sokubhekana ngqo nosongo olukhona olubangelwa izikhali zenuzi?
Ngenxa yokuwohloka kwezivumelwano zokulawula izikhali zenuzi eseziphelelwe yisikhathi, akunangqondo ukungasisekeli isivumelwano se-UN esisanda kuxoxisana ngaso, esisayinwe yizizwe eziyi-122, sokuvimbela nokuvimbela izikhali zenuzi njengoba nje umhlaba wenze ngezikhali zamakhemikhali nezebhayoloji. I-US Congress akufanele igunyaze ukusetshenziswa kwezigidigidi zamadola ezikhali zenuzi ezintsha, ikhothame kubakhokhi bezinkampani abafuna umjaho omkhulu wezikhali neRussia namanye amazwe ahlomile ngezikhali zenuzi ukuze kulimaze abantu bakithi kanye nomhlaba wonke. Esikhundleni salokho, iCongress kufanele ihole ekusekeleni lesi sivumelwano futhi isikhuthaze phakathi kwezinye izifundazwe zezikhali zenuzi.
Abezemvelo badinga ukuqhudelana nezinyathelo ezimangalisayo zomhlaba wonke zePentagon. Ibutho lase-US liyisikhungo esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni esithenga amafutha ezinto ezimbiwa phansi kanye nomthombo omkhulu wamagesi abamba ukushisa, anikela cishe ngamaphesenti angu-5 okukhishwa kokufudumala kwembulunga yonke. Cishe iziza ezingama-900 kwezingu-1,300 ze-Superfund ye-EPA zilahliwe izisekelo zamasosha, izindawo zokukhiqiza izikhali noma izindawo zokuhlola izikhali. Isikhungo sangaphambili sezikhali zenuzi saseHanford esifundazweni saseWashington sizodla imali engaphezu kwezigidigidi eziyi-100 zamaRandi ukuyihlanza.
Uma ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kungabhekwanga ngokushesha nge-Green New Deal, impi yomhlaba wonke izokhula ngenxa yokwanda kwababaleki besimo sezulu kanye nokuwohloka komphakathi, okuzokondla ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu futhi kuqinise umjikelezo ononya osuselwe yizimpi ezimbili ezimbi kanye nokuphazamiseka kwesimo sezulu. Kungakho Isivumelwano Esisha Sokuthula kanye Nesivumelwano Esisha Esihlaza kufanele kuhambisane. Ngeke sikwazi ukuchitha isikhathi sethu, izinsiza kanye nemali yobuhlakani ngezikhali nempi lapho ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kuphazamisa sonke isintu. Uma izikhali zenuzi zingasibhubhisi kunesimo sezulu esiyinhlekelele esizophuthuma.
Ukusuka esimisweni sezomnotho esithembele emafutheni ezinto ezimbiwa phansi kanye nobudlova kungasenza sikwazi ukwenza inguquko efanelekile siye emnothweni wamandla ohlanzekile, oluhlaza, osekela ukuphila. Lena kungaba indlela eshesha kakhulu futhi enhle kakhulu yokubhekana necala lokufa esikhungweni sezempi nezimboni uMongameli Eisenhower axwayisa ngakho eminyakeni eminingi edlule.
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Medea Benjamin, co-founder of I-Global Exchange futhi CODEPINK: Abesifazane Ukuthula, ungumbhali wencwadi entsha, Ngaphakathi kwe-Iran: Umlando Weqiniso Nezombangazwe YeRiphabhulikhi Yase-Islamic yase-Iran. Izincwadi zakhe zangaphambilini zihlanganisa: Umbuso Wabangalungile: Ngokwe-US-Saudi Connection; Impi ye-Drone: Ukubulala ngokuLawula kude; Ungesabi Gringo: Owesifazane waseHonduran ukhuluma kusuka enhliziyweni, futhi (noJodie Evans) Misa i-Next War Now (Inner Ocean Action Guide). Mlandele ku-Twitter: @medeabenjamin
Alice Slater, umbhali kanye nommeli wokuchithwa kwezikhali zenuzi, uyilungu leKomidi Lokuxhumanisa le World Beyond War kanye noMmeleli we-UN NGO we I-Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
