[Phawula. INdibano ye-Biodevastation 2003 kaMeyi ka-7 yaba yinkomfa yokuqala yamazwe ngamazwe ebaluleke kakhulu kubunjineli bemfuza eyathi yasondeza unxulumano phakathi kobuhlanga bokusingqongileyo kunye neshishini le-biotechnology. Kwakucwangciselwe ukuba kwenzeke ngokukhawuleza phambi kweForam yezoLimo yeHlabathi (i-WAF), ezisa abantu abavela kwihlabathi lonke ukuya kwidolophu yaseMonsanto yaseSt. NgoMeyi 16, usuku lokuqala lwe-Biodevastation, abantu abangama-27 ababeza kuthatha inxaxheba kuyo babanjwa kwiindawo ezine zaseSt. Iqela elihlaza laseSt. Oku kulandelayo kusekwe kwinkcazo-ntetho yombhali kwiforam.]
Ngomhla wokuvulwa kweNgqungquthela yeBiodevastation, amalungu asithoba eFlying Rutabaga Bicycle Circus abanjelwe ubugebenga bobugebenga "wokukhwela ibhayisekile ngaphandle kwelayisenisi." Malunga nelo xesha, umhloli wesakhiwo wabethelela umbhalo othi โugwetyiweโ kwikhaya laseSt. kuqhanqalazo lwangempelaveki ngezityholo โzokuhlala kwisakhiwo esigwetyiweyo.โ Kwiiyure ezimbini emva koko amapolisa agqogqa isakhiwo seCommunity Arts and Media Project (CAMP), esihlala iSt. Louis Independent Media Centre, iGreen Party yaseSt. USarah Bantz, umququzeleli we-Missouri Resistance Against Genetic Engineering (i-MoRAGE), eyayilungelelanisa umboniso ocwangcisiweyo kwi-WAF, watsalwa ngelixa eqhuba ukunika intetho kwi-Biodev 7; iVithamin A yakhe yabanjwa njengeziyobisi ezingekho mthethweni; kwaye wasiwa kwintolongo yase-St. Louis ngenxa yokungabhinqi ibhanti.
I-Biodevastation 7 nangona kunjalo yaqala ngexesha kwiKholeji yoLuntu yase-Forest Park. Kwiintsuku ezintathu, izithethi ezivela e-Afrika, e-Asiya, eLatin America, eLondon, eKhanada nase-US zagxeka amandla amakhulu eMonsanto, ukusetyenziswa kwequmrhu lezityalo ezenziwe ngofuzo (GE) ukutshabalalisa amafama osapho, ukuhlaselwa kwemizi-mveliso kwabaNtsundu kunye neSpanishi. amafama nabasebenzi basezifama, iinzame zobuhlanga zokunyanzelisa izityalo ze-GE e-Afrika, kunye nokwanda kokuzibulala kweelebhu ze-bioweapons kulo lonke elase-US.
Kubalulekile ukujongana nemibuzo ebanzi yengcinezelo kaMeyi 16:
Yayahluke ngantoni le ngcinezelo? Isixelela ntoni ngohlaselo olutsha lwenkululeko yoluntu? Yintoni esifanele siyenze ngayo?
Impatho-mbi yamapolisa indala njengamapolisa. Okoko zasekwayo, imibutho yabasebenzi ibisazi ukuba leliphi icala lodidi amapolisa ekuthiwa โangathathi calaโ akweliphi na icala. Ubundlobongela basebuRhulumenteni buye baqhubeka ngokungayeki ukusuka ebukhobokeni ngenkulungwane yama-21, xa amapolisa eqhubeka ebetha kwaye ebulala ulutsha oluNtsundu ngaphandle kokukhathazeka malunga nempindezelo.
Iziganeko zaseSt. Louis zibonakala ziqhubekisela phambili iphethini yaqala xa abo beza eFiladelphia ukubonisa kwindibano yeRiphabhlikhi ye-2000 bahlaselwa ngaphambi kokuba iziganeko ziqale. NjengaseSt. Louis, oonodoli abakhulu, ababeza kuba yinxalenye yentetho yenkululeko yokuthetha, babanjwa okanye batshatyalaliswa.
Yintoni eyayintsha ngokunyanzeliswa kweSt. Louis yayiyeyokuqala ukusetyenziswa kwe-post-9 / 11 hysteria ukuzama ukuthintela ingxoxo yomgaqo-nkqubo othile wenkampani: uxhulumaniso phakathi kobuhlanga bendalo kunye nobunjineli bezofuzo.
Ngentsasa ye-16 kaMeyi, ekuphela kwephepha lemihla ngemihla laseSt. Yayinenqaku elichaza umbono wequmrhu le-WAF kwelinye icala kunye nelinye inqaku elinika ingxelo nge-Biodevastation kwelinye. Ishishini le-biotechnology, elijwayele ukuba i-US press iphathe imbono yayo njengeyodwa esemthethweni, kufuneka ibe ngaphantsi kovuyo lokuba abachasi bayo bafumana i-billing elinganayo kwi-back yard yaseMonsanto.
Oku kwakunokuba nzima kakhulu kwiingqondo ze-Allied Intelligence, i-arhente yamapolisa yabucala eqeshwe yi-WAF ukukhusela umdla wayo. Isebe lePolisa laseSt. Louis livumile ukuba lisebenzisana ne-Allied Intelligence kwaye lithathe ngokungathรญ sina isilumkiso sokuba i-hoards ye-anti-GE yabanqolobi inokugalela kwisixeko ukutshabalalisa indawo yedolophu. Amapolisa aseSt. Kwiveki engaphambi kwe-Biodevastation 7, uloyiko oluye lwavela ngamapolisa lwakhokelela kwiPosi yase-US kunye namashishini aliqela edolophu akhwela iifestile kunye neengcango zawo ukubakhusela kubahlaseli abangama-50,000 abarhanelwayo.
Xa ugqogqo lwamapolisa lweza ngexesha lokuvulwa kwe-Biodevastation 7, i-coverage kushicilelo lwenkampani yenza inguqu ebukhali. Imibuzo ngeengozi zobunjineli bemfuza yaphela kwiingqondo zabacholacholi beendaba. Babenomdla kuphela kwisihloko esinye: ubundlobongela obunokubakho.
Umphathi wamapolisa uMokwa wacaphuka. Wabamba inkomfa yabezindaba ukubonisa "izixhobo" ezithinjwe ngexesha lohlaselo: amatye, izikhonkwane zokuphahla, iitotshi kunye ne-Molotov cocktails.
Ngemini elandelayo, kwabonakala ukuba amatye ayengamaphepha; izikhonkwane zophahla zazilungisa uphahla oluvuzayo; kwaye izibane yayiziintonga ezivuthayo zeBicycle Circus. Xa i-website ye-St. Louis Independent Media Centre yathumela ingxelo yokuzibonela ngepolisa elibeka iphepha langasese okanye i-rag kwibhotile yebhiya, zonke iingxelo zeendaba ze "Molotov cocktails" zanyamalala - ngokungathi azizange zikhankanywe. Izityholo โzezixhoboโ yayizizityholo zokuqala ezachithwa kwabo babanjiweyo.
Kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa i-mania yaphela. I-Post-Dispatch yade yagxeka kancinci into eyayibiza ngokuba "kukubanjwa kwangaphambili". Kodwa umshicileli awuzange ubuyele kwingxoxo malunga nendlela ubunjineli bemfuza obuyisongela ngayo impilo yabantu, bungcolisa indalo, kwaye bulungiselela ulawulo lweshishini lezolimo eAfrika. Okwasalayo yayiyingxoxo-mpikiswano yokuba amapolisa โayibaxekileโ kusini na.
Kakade ke, kuzo zonke ezo ziganeko, ekuphela kobundlobongela obunokubakho ekuxoxweni ngabo yayilolo lwabaqhankqalazi. Njengomququzeleli, kwadliwanโ indlebe izihlandlo ezili-12 ukusa kwezili-15 ngaphambi naphakathi kweNdibano. Xa ndibuzwa ngogonyamelo olunokubakho, andizange ndithandabuze ukuchaza ukuba โKukho isisongelo sokwenyani sokuchasโ umthetho xa i-WAF ilawulwa yiMonsanto, inkampani etyhoboza ngokungekho mthethweni kumhlaba wamafama anjengoPercy Schmeiser, ngolwaphulo-mthetho ibiwa iisampulu zezityalo nangogonyamelo. iwisa iibhombu zezibulali-zinambuzane emasimini abo ukuze kuhlolwe ukuba izityalo zabo ziyakwazi ukumelana neRoundup.โ
Ngokungaguquguqukiyo, intatheli yayidla ngokundixelela ukuba yayingeyiyo le nto wayeyithetha. Babefuna ukwazi enoba kukho isisongelo sogonyamelo ebudeni boqhankqalazo olwalumiselwe ngoMeyi 18. Ngokungaguquguqukiyo, ndandidla ngokuphendula ngokuthi โEwe, kukho isisongelo sokwenene sogonyamelo. Xa ukhuseleko loluntu lubekwe ezandleni zomphathi wamapolisa ovumele ukubulawa kwamapolisa kolutsha oluNtsundu olungaphezu kweshumi elinesibini kwiminyaka yakutshanje, isixeko sifanele sikhathazeke.โ
Iphephandaba laseSt. Louis lalingenamdla kwingxoxo ngogonyamelo lwemibutho okanye urhulumente wabo. I-ajenda yabo yayikudliwano-ndlebe nelinye icala eliqikelela ukuba abaqhankqalazi baya kuba nobundlobongela kwaye "balinganise" kunye nemizuzwana embalwa yomququzeleli okhanyela intlawulo. Ukuthatha inxaxheba kwingxoxo enjalo kuya kunceda umshicileli ukuba athathe ingqalelo kude neMonsanto kunye ne-WAF.
Ukusetyenziswa koloyiko olukhulu ukuvala ingxoxo-mpikiswano kusikhumbuza ngeMcCarthyism yeminyaka yoo-1950 eyanceda ingxoxo esondeleyo ye-ajenda yezabasebenzi eyathi yatyhalwa ngokunyuka ngamandla ngeminyaka yoo-1930 kunye neMfazwe Yehlabathi II. Kufana nobudlelwane obuguquguqukayo beGeorge Orwell's 1984, kunye nokuphela kokunyuka kokuthotyelwa kwabantu ngenxa yokoyika utshaba, umphumo ongunaphakade wemfazwe.
Ulawulo lwaseBush lusebenzise ngendlela eyoyikisayo yomhla we-9/11 ukungenisa ixesha lento enokuthiwa "yi-hysteria esisigxina" - ukukhangela okungapheliyo kotshaba olubi kangangokuba luthethelele ukubhangiswa kwenkululeko yoluntu. Kungekudala yavelisa imfuno yeMfazwe e-Afghanistan, ingakhathali yinyaniso yokuba akukho mntu wase-Afghan wade wacetyiswa njengomenzi wobubi we-9/11. Ivelise i-"PATRIOT" Act enye kwaye emva koko enye.
Ngehlobo lowama-2002 โImfazwe nxamnye neengcongconiโ yabonakala iyinxalenye โyengxwabangxwaba ehlala ihleli.โ I-mania yeendaba yaqala xa abantu abamalunga ne-10 befile (ngaphantsi kokufa ngonyaka ngenxa yokulunywa ziinyoka okanye iikhokhonathi eziwayo). Iqhubekile nokubalwa kwemizimba yemihla ngemihla kwilizwe elingaziwa ncam ngenkxalabo ngemeko yezempilo yabemi bayo. Ukutshiza ngehelikopta, ubuchule obuqinisekisa ukuba obona buninzi buncinci bufikelela kwiingcongconi, kwaqinisekisa ukuba i-shenanigans yonke yasehlotyeni yayiza kuqhuba i-atmosphere ye-Rambo endaweni yayo nayiphi na into efana nephulo lempilo yoluntu.
Okulandelayo kwavela isidingo sokukhangela kunye nokuzingela izixhobo ezinqabileyo zokutshabalalisa kunye neMfazwe yase-Iraq. Inkxaso kaSaddam Hussein ngabalawuli base-US yalityalwa ngokucokisekileyo njengeMolotov cocktails kumakhaya abaququzeleli beBiodevastation.
Ndaweni ithile ngokulandelelana kwafika izilumkiso zemihla ngemihla ezisuka eWashington. Umsasazi weTV usixelela ukuba luluphi usuku lombala ngokwenkqubo ethile eyimfihlo ephezulu yokubala ukubakho kohlaselo lwabanqolobi. Yonke into ibonakala isekelwe kwingcamango kaBush yosuku. Ukuba uGeorge W. ubona ebomvu, lusuku olubomvu lwesilumkiso; ukuba uGeorge W. ucinga ngomthubi, sisilumkiso soloyiko esityheli; ukuba uGeorge W. uhombisa iorenjiโฆ njalo njalo.
"I-hysteria esisigxina" ayenzelwanga ukuphelisa naluphi na utshaba. Imfazwe yase-Afghanistan ayizange ibambe u-Osama; iMfazwe yeeMosquito yashiya izigidi ngezigidi ukuba ziqhushumbise kunyaka olandelayo; USaddam ulibalekile emva kweMfazwe yase-Iraq; kwaye, Iintsuku zokuLumkisa ngoMbala azinanjongo icacileyo ngaphandle kwe-neuroticism eyenziwa ngurhulumente.
Injongo ye-hysteria kukuqhubela phambili i-hysteria. Luloyiko olulungelelaniswe ukuba luzondle ngokwalo. Kukuvelisa uluntu oloyikayo oluya kuthi luvalwe amehlo kangangokuba aluyi kubona amaqumrhu atsala imitya karhulumente ukuba aqokelele iibhiliyoni.
Ulawulo lukaBush lubethe โizixhobo zokutshabalalisaโ ukuphanga i-oyile yase-Iraq. Isebe lamaPolisa aseSt. Amapolisa aseSt.
Xa ujongene nokusetyenziswa kukarhulumente kwe-hysteria esisigxina, abaqhubela phambili kufuneka badlulele ngaphaya kokuthi, "Urhulumente usabela ngokugqithisileyo kwaye usebenzisa amandla angeyomfuneko." Kuyimfuneko ukutsho ukuba kutheni loo mandla esetyenziswa kwasekuqaleni, zeziphi iinjongo ezisebenzayo kwaye kutheni kuvalwa ingxoxo-mpikiswano. Kuyimfuneko ukuchonga ukoyikeka ngabom ukuba yintoni na. Oku kuyinyaniso ukuba uloyiko luveliswa ngumongameli weRiphabhlikhi oqhuba iMfazwe ye-Oli okanye i-Democratic Party yolawulo e-St.
Abaqhubela phambili kufuneka bafune abo bafumana ukuxhatshazwa okufanayo. Loo maxhoba ngamahlakani endalo. Ukusukela ngo-9/11, abahambele phambili benze umgudu okhethekileyo wokuquka abantu bomnombo wakuMbindi Mpuma njengabaququzeleli nezithethi. Uninzi lwabaququzeleli benza iinzame eziqhubekayo zokufumana inkxaso kubasebenzi. Nangona uhlaziyo oluqhubekayo lwe-jingoistic ye-AFL-CIO, iimanyano zezikhundla kunye neefayile ziwazi kakuhle amaphulo achasene nomsebenzi karhulumente wase-US.
Ukwandisa ubambiswano ngomsebenzi odibeneyo wabo babelana ngamava engcinezelo karhulumente ubuncinane kubaluleke kakhulu kwiimbumba zasekhaya. Xa wayesazisa igqiza le-Environmental Racism kwi-Biodevastation 7, uJamala Rogers woMbutho woMzabalazo wabaNtsundu wagqabaza ngelithi โUkubona oko abantu abaNtsundu baseSt. Uninzi lweengcali zendalo esingqongileyo ngoku zinokuqonda nzulu ngakumbi ngemfuneko yeBhodi yokuBeka iliso kuluntu yamapolisa leyo imibutho yabaNtsundu ubukhulu becala ibisoloko iwaxhasa iminyaka.
Asimele sivumele ingcinezelo ukuba isiphazamise kumsebenzi esiwenzayo. Kunokuba siphulukane neenjongo zethu zokulwa nengcinezelo, kufuneka siphuhlise ukuzibophelela okunzulu ekuqondeni unxibelelwano phakathi koko sikusebenzelayo nokuba kutheni urhulumente efuna ukutshabalalisa loo msebenzi. Abo beza kwi-Biodevastation 7, bafunde ngayo, okanye beva udliwano-ndlebe lwe-rediyo kunye nezithethi zabo bafunde ukuba kutheni iMonsanto ifuna ukuyivala ngaphandle kwembono yoluntu. Bafunda indlela ubunjineli bemfuza obuyindlela entsha yocalucalulo lwemekobume esongela impilo yabantu abafumana umvuzo ophantsi yaye isetyenziselwa ukulawula ezolimo eAfrika. Bafunde ukuba kunceda njani ukugxotha abalimi emhlabeni jikelele. Baye bafunda ukuba ubunjineli bemfuza bubonelela ngesiseko senzululwazi kwisizukulwana esitsha sezixhobo zebhayoloji eziphuhliswa yi-US kuninzi lweelebhu kwilizwe lonke. Okona kubaluleke kakhulu, bafunde ukuba uninzi lwamaxhoba obu buchwepheshe banokumanyana ukomeleza umfelandawonye ovelayo ukuxhathisa ukunyanzeliswa kwawo kwihlabathi.
UDon Fitz wayelilungu leeKomiti zoCwangciso zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe ze-Biodevastation 7 kwaye ubekwiKomiti yeSizwe yeGreens/Green Party USA.
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