Ndamangidwa katatu mpaka pano chaka chino chifukwa chopanda chiwawa (nvda) pazovuta zanyengo. Sindikuganiza kuti ndinamangidwapo kangapo m’chaka chimodzi chisanafike chaka chino; kuyambira pamene ndinamangidwa koyamba mu 1970, ndamangidwa pafupifupi maulendo 30.
Ndinaika pangozi yomangidwa pamodzi ndi ena 100 sabata yapitayo kummwera chakumadzulo kwa Virginia, kumenyana ndi Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Asanu a ife—osati ine—anamangidwa, anayi dala titatsekereza magalimoto anayi omangira mapaipi pamalo awiri osiyana. Masamba onsewa adatsekedwa kwambiri tsiku lonse, cholinga chachikulu cha izi.
Pakumangidwa kwanga kuwiri mwa atatu chaka chino, ku Chase Bank ku DC mu Marichi ndi ku Federal Reserve ku NYC pafupifupi mwezi wapitawo, sindinali m'modzi mwa oyambitsa. Ndidayankha zomwe ena adachita, wokondwa kuti adachita izi ndipo ndikukondwera kujowina ndikupereka zomwe ndingathe pakumanga.
Pakhala pali zina zambiri, zokhudzana ndi nyengo, zochitika zomangidwa pangozi chaka chino, pakati pawo: zochita zambiri, mwina osachepera 20, ndi gulu latsopano ndi lotsogozedwa ndi achinyamata Climate Defiance; kusokonezeka kwa kampani yomwe idathandizidwa ndi US Tennis Open ku NYC mu Seputembala; pafupifupi 20 otsutsa MVP onse omwe adamangidwa kuyambira Ogasiti ku Appalachia; zikwi zambiri ku Netherlands; Greta Thunberg sabata yatha; Anthu 20 ku Boston mwezi watha; 14 ku East Hampton Town Airport mu Julayi ku NY; ndi zambiri, mwina zambiri.
Chotsatira ngati a cholinga chachikulu cha chilungamo chanyengo ku US ndi ena omenyera ufulu ndi Asia Pacific Economic Consortium ku San Francisco, Ca. mkati mwa Novembala.
Ndiye pali mazana a mamembala a Jewish Voices for Peace, kuphatikiza arabi 12, omwe adamangidwa sabata yatha ku White House akuyitanitsa kuti pakhale kutha kwankhondo komwe kukufunika ku Palestine/Israel. Pafupifupi pakhala zochitika zambiri za nvda zoyesa kuletsa kukwera kwa mkangano wazaka zambiri, wakupha komanso wankhanza.
Nkhani zonsezi, vuto la nyengo ndi nkhondo ku Middle East, ndizofunikira kwambiri. Ndikuganiza kuti kukwera kwa nyengo ya nvda m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yapitayi kapena kupitilirapo kumakhudzana ndi masoka anyengo ambiri padziko lonse lapansi m'nyengo yachilimwe yotentha kwambiri yomwe idalembedwa ku Northern Hemisphere. Ndipo kupha ndi kubedwa kwa Hamas kum'mwera kwa Israeli, kutsatiridwa ndi chiwonongeko chachikulu chomwe chinachitidwa pa Gaza pambuyo pake ndi Israeli, ndizochitika zazikulu kwambiri, zosokoneza kwambiri. Ndikoyamikila magulu ambiri ku USA ndi kwina kuti pakhala kuyankha mwachangu chonchi chifukwa choyitanitsa kuyimitsa moto, zomwe malipoti ovotera amathandizidwa ndi ambiri aku America aku America.
Komabe, monga nvda ilili yofunika ngati njira, ndi izi: njira. Imeneyi si njira yopezera kusintha kwakukulu kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu komwe timafuna kapena ngakhale kampeni yopitilira pa nkhani inayake yayikulu.
Menyani nkhondo yolimbana ndi Mountain Valley Pipeline. Palibe kukayikira kuti mtengo wamasiku 932 wotsatizana umakhala kuyambira 2018 mpaka 2021 ndi Appalachiaans Against Pipelines anali ndi gawo lalikulu poletsa MVP kumalizidwa. Zomwe zikuchitika pano ndi AAP ndizofunikira kwambiri pakuchedwa kwa ntchito yomanga komanso kulimbikitsa chikhalidwe cha gulu lonse, kufalitsa nkhani za kukana ndikusunga chiyembekezo. Koma chofunikanso, pakali pano, ndi ndawala yomwe ikuchitika ndi ena pa nkhani ya mapaipi a dzimbiri—mapaipi amene akhala akusiyidwa kunja akukumana ndi nyengo kwa zaka zisanu. Kampeni imeneyo yakhudza kale zochita za bungwe la federal, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, PHMSA, yomwe ikuyenera kulamulira MVP. Chofunikiranso ndikuyang'anira ntchito yomanga, kuyang'ana ndi kujambula zithunzi za kuphwanya kwa MVP kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito m'makhothi, komanso kukakamiza olamulira kuti alowemo.
Ndakhala nawo m'magulu omenyera ufulu m'mbuyomu omwe anali ndi vuto lomvetsetsa phunziro lofunikira la mbiri yakale: ndale za purist kapena malingaliro odzikuza akuti "njira yanga ndiyo njira yokhayo" samagwira ntchito kawirikawiri. Ndipo ngati agwira ntchito kwakanthawi kochepa, posakhalitsa mavuto omwe amabwera chifukwa cha njirazo zofikira polojekiti ya kusintha kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu adzayambitsa ziphuphu, mwina, ngati sikulephera konse.
Aliyense wa ife akutenga mtundu wa zochita zomwe timakhulupirira kuti zidzakhala zogwira mtima kwambiri, pokhala okonzeka nthawi zonse kumvetsera ndi kukambirana chifukwa chake ena omwe ali ndi malingaliro ofanana a ndale amawona zinthu mosiyana-ichi ndi chofunikira chomangira chigonjetso chomaliza ndi dziko latsopano.
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