Njengoba lo nyaka ongalawuleki uphela, sibuyela enkathini yezipho. Nasi isipho ongeke usithole maduze: noma iyiphi inguqulo evamile yePharadesi. Uyazi, indawo lapho kungenzeki lutho olukhulu futhi akukho lutho olufunwa kuwe. Izipho osuvele uphiwe zona ngo-2012 zifaka phakathi umshikashika isiphetho soMhlaba. Lokhu mhlawumbe akukhona lokho kanye enikucelile, futhi ngifisa sengathi ngabe bekungenjalo - kodwa ukwenza umsebenzi omuhle, ukuba nesidingo, nokuba nokuthile kokupha: lezi ziyizipho zeqiniso. Futhi okungenani kusekhona umzabalazo ophambi kwethu, hhayi nje ukubhujiswa nokuphelelwa ithemba.
Cabanga ngo-2013 njengoNyaka onguZiro empini yokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, okuzodingeka siwine khona kakhulu, noma sihlulwe kakhudlwana. Lokhu kuyinto embi kakhulu ukuyisho, kodwa ayimbi kangako njengeqiniso ongalibona ezithombeni zezinguzunga zeqhwa zishabalala, izithombe zeqhwa. indawo yonke weGreenland Ice Shield kuncibilika ngaleli hlobo, amamephu yekusasa le-Europe lapho ukuba seningizimu ye-Europe lapho ukushisa kuhlasela kuzoba yinhlekelele, ingasaphathwa eyezindawo eziningi zenkabazwe.
Izigidi zeminyaka, lo mhlaba ubuyisipho esihle cishe kuyo yonke into ephila kuwo, iplanethi umkhathi wayo, izinga lokushisa, umoya, amanzi, izinkathi zonyaka, nesimo sezulu kwalinganiswa ngokunembile ukuze kusivumele - thina esikhulu, kuhlanganise namahlathi nezilwandle, izinhlobo ezinkulu nezincane - ukuchuma. (Noma kunalokho, yithina esalinganiswa ngokwemibandela yaso yokuphana, ngisho nokuphana.) Futhi leso sipho manje siyabhujiswa ngenxa yesintu. bazuze amalungu ambalwa ohlobo olulodwa.
Umhlaba esiguqukele kuwo ukuze sihlale kuwo uphenduka into eneziyaluyalu futhi engathembeki ngesivinini esisheshayo ukuze izinto eziningi eziphilayo zikwazi ukuzivumelanisa nazo. Lokhu kusho ukuthi silahlekelwa izici ezibalulekile zesipho sethu esingabuyiseleki, esihle kakhulu, futhi abanye bethu balahlekelwa ukulahlekelwa manje - ngenxa yeminenke yasolwandle enamagobolondo. Ukuhlakaza olwandle olune-asidi kwabasinde eSiphepho uSandy ababhekene nayo isikhunta esimnyama futhi ukuphathwa kabi kwe-bureaucracy emahhashini ukulamba ezweni lonke ngoba isomiso esibhubhisayo senyuse izindleko zotshani ziphezulu kakhulu Bolivian abalimi ukwehluleka ngoba izinguzunga zeqhwa ezazinisela izigodi zabo ziye zancibilika kakhulu.
Lokhu akuyona nje inkinga yezazi zemvelo ezithanda izinhlobo ezingavamile nezindawo ezikude: uma unendaba izingane, zezempilo, ububha, abalimi, ukudla, ukulamba, noma umnotho, awunakukhetha ngempela ngaphandle kokukhathazeka ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
Izizathu zokwenza zingase zibe muncu, kodwa ukulwa kuyisipho nodumo. Okuzokunikeza yona ngokubuyisela incazelo, inhloso, ithemba, ubuwena obuhle kakhulu, inkampani ethile enhle ngempela, kanye nokwaneliseka kokuba yingxenye yokunqoba okuzayo. Kodwa okushiwo ukunqoba kudinga ukucatshangelwa ngezinga elisha lonke njengoba izindaba ziba zimbi.
Eqaqa uManqoba
"Awujabulile umhlaba odinga iqhawe," kusho uGalileo ngokudumile emdlalweni kaBertold Brecht mayelana nalowo sosayensi oyimbuka, kodwa okungenani, leli qhawe linethuba lokwenza okuthile ngalokho kungajabuli, njengoba, isibonelo, Sierra Club unayo. Ihole ukulwa namalahle amakhulu, isiza ekuvimbeleni izitshalo ezisebenza ngamalahle eziyi-168 ekuvuleni nasekuhoxiseni izimila zamalahle ezingcolile eziyi-125. Inhloso yomkhankaso wayo we-Beyond Coal ukuhoxisa zonke izitshalo ezinjalo ezingama-522 e-United States, okungaba ukunqoba okukhulu.
Ukunqoba kwayo kuphinde kuthwebule ukuthi izipho zethu eziningi eziluhlaza zibukeka kanjani: lutho. Izifunda ukuthi azizange ziboshwe, izitshalo zamalahle ukuthi ayizange ivule, iziqongo zezintaba ukuthi azizange zikhishwe ngezinkampani zezimayini, izingane ezingayitholanga ufuba or ubuthi be-mercury kusukela ekukhishweni kwamalahle, ikhabhoni leyo wahlala eMhlabeni futhi akazange alenze emkhathini. Iphayiphi le-Keystone XL elinesihlabathi setiyela eliletha engcolile kakhulu of amandla angcolile ukusuka eCanada kuya eGulf Coast kungenzeka ukuthi sekuvuliwe ngaphandle kwezishoshovu ezithe kwakhala the Indlu Emhlophe futhi bazibophezela kulo lonke izwekazi.
Ngokwesibonelo, empumalanga yeTexas, izenzo ezimangalisayo zokungalaleli umphakathi bezilokhu ziqhubeka kusukela ngo-Agasti, okuhlanganisa nabavimbeli abathathu kule nyanga. wakhasa phakathi ubude bepayipi elingamafidi amathathu ububanzi futhi wenqaba ukuhamba. Abantu bebelokhu besebenzisa imizimba yabo, begxambukela ezinsizeni ezisindayo, bese beya ejele ngemizamo yokuvimbela ukwakhiwa kwepayipi. Abaningi babo bawuhlobo olufanayo lwentsha eqinile eyagcina amakamu e-Occupy eqhubeka ekuqaleni kuka-2012, kodwa okhulukhulu, amakhehla, kanye abantu abaneminyaka ephakathi njengami bengingabadlali ababalulekile futhi.
Khonamanjalo eBritish Columbia, lapho abenzi benzuzo bamapayipi babebheka eminye imizila yokuthutha imikhiqizo yabo ebhubhisa isimo sezulu phesheya, amalungu wesizwe saseWet’suwet’en ukuxoshwa abahloli bezindawo futhi ngesizotha bamemezela impi kubo. E-Ohio naseNew York, impi yokulwa ne-fracking ihamba ngamandla. Ngaphesheya kwe-Atlantic, France has kuvinjelwe fracking, kuyilapho iJalimane yenze intuthuko emangalisayo ngokusebenzisa imithombo yamandla e-carbon-neutral. Uma ilanga lisebenza lapho, asinazo izaba. Futhi njengoba u-Ellen Cantarow wabhala e-TomDispatch yenhlangano elwa nokukhwabanisa eNew York State, “uCaroline, idolobhana elincane eTompkins County (enabantu abangu-3,282), iyidolobha lesibili esifundazweni ukuthola u-100% kagesi walo ngamandla omoya kanye nelinye lamadolobha akamuva kakhulu esifundazweni. ukwedlula ukuvinjelwa kwe-fracking.”
Yonke indawo abantu basebenzela ukwakha umhlaba ongcono lapho thina - nobunye ubuhle balo mhlaba - sizoqinisekiswa ukuthi sizosinda. Yonke indawo balwa namandla asongela thina neplanethi. Ngivame ukugwema izingathekiso zempi, kodwa kulokhu akuwona neze umfanekiso. Uhlangothi lwethu alunabudlova, kodwa lusempini, futhi abantu babeka imizimba yabo emgqeni kanye nempilo yabo ngemuva kwesizathu. Olunye uhlangothi luhlose ukukhulisa inzuzo yalo ngezindleko zayo yonke into.
Ubaba, owayengumfundi wasesikoleni esiphakeme phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili, wayilandela eduze le mikhankaso ephethe izikhonkwane ebalazweni elisodongeni ukuze amelele amabutho nezimpi. Ungabeka imephu yaseNyakatho Melika ngaleyo ndlela manje futhi ubone, lapho uhlanganisa imizabalazo ngokumelene nayo ukumba e-Arctic, ama-fracking, ukususwa esiqongweni sezintaba, nokunye ukucekelwa phansi kwamalahle amakhulu namafutha amakhulu, lokho okuphawulekayo kakade kwenziwa. Kule mpi, ukuphikiswa sekunesikhathi eside kuqhubeka, ngakho ukunganakwa abezindaba abajwayelekile kungase kube ngaphansi komhlaba njenge-French Resistance emuva ngaleso sikhathi.
Okuningi kusezingeni elincane, kepha uma uxhuma izingcezu uthola isithombe esikhulu salokho okungenzeka, okunethemba, kanye nabanamandla. Cabanga ngalezo zenzo ezincane zokuvikela umhlaba njengesipho kuwe. Futhi cabanga ngamandla akho, isipho esihlale sicashile ngaphakathi kuwe esikudinga ukuthi usibuyisele.
Uma ufunda lokhu, usuvele usengxoxweni. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ungubani, noma ukuphi, kunokuthile ongakwenza: zifundise wena nabanye, bhala izincwadi, hlela noma ujoyine amaqembu endawo, ubambe iqhaza ekuvinjweni nasekubonisweni, sebenzela ukuhlukana kusuka ezinhlanganweni zikawoyela (uma uxhumeke enyuvesi), futhi wenze lolu daba lube yingqikithi yezingxoxo nepolitiki yesikhathi sethu.
Ngiqale ukusebenza ngqo kumaphrojekthi ahlukahlukene nge 350.org, umthelela wawo womhlaba wonke kanye nokusungulwa kabusha kwamaqhinga ezishoshovu osekunesikhathi ngikuthanda. Umdali wayo UBill McKibben isuke ekubeni umbhali nje ophambili yaba umhleli obalulekile wesimo sezulu kanye nesipho kithi sonke.
Umhlaba ohlala kuwo awunikezwa; okuningi okuhle kakhulu kuyo kwakhiwe ngenxa yemizabalazo yezishoshovu ezishisekayo phakathi namakhulu eminyaka edlule. Basinikeze inkululeko eminingi futhi bavikela nobuhle abaningi. Bala lezo zipho phakathi kwenqwaba yakho ekhulayo.
Ukudweba umugqa
Nasi esinye isipho osusitholile kakade: imigqa yempi ezayo idwetshwa ngokucacile nakakhulu. Ukucaca kuyimpahla enkulu. Kuyasiza uma wazi ukuthi umi kuphi, ubani omelene nawe - nokuthi ubani omelene nawe.
Sibuyele ezimpini zamakilasi ezingxabanweni emhlabeni jikelele - kuhlanganisa ne Isiteleka Sothisha saseChicago kwe 2012 kanye Imibhikisho ye-Walmart kuleli zwe (okuholele ezenzweni eziyi-1,197 ezweni lonke zokweseka abasebenzi baleyo nkampani abahola kancane Black Friday), kanye nokuvukela okukhulu kwabafundi e Quebec futhi Mexico City.
Impela sekunempi elwa nabantu abasebenzayo nabampofu amashumi eminyaka, kuphela asizange siyibize ngokuthi “impi yekilasi” lapho abacebile belwa kanzima. Sakubiza ngokuthi ukuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke kwezinkampani, umjaho obheke phansi, ukuncishiswa kwentela kanye nokwehliswa kwezinsiza zokuxhumana, ukwenziwa kwezinto ezizimele, i-neoliberalism, nezinye izinto eziyikhulu. Manje njengoba abampofu sebezilwela, singayibiza ngegama layo lakudala. Mhlawumbe abakukhohliwe ama-Conservatives ukuthi uma usibuyisela odabeni olubi nobumpofu obusabekayo bekhulunyaka leshumi nesishiyagalolunye, ungase usibuyisele emoyeni wokuvukela umbuso walelo khulu leminyaka.
Nokho, kulokhu, akugcini ngokuphathelene nomsebenzi nemali. Impi yesigaba samashumi amabili nanye igubungele umhlaba wemvelo lapho konke kulele khona. Singabona ngokucacile ukuthi impi enkulu yezemvelo yesikhathi sethu imayelana nemali, mayelana nokuthi ubani ozuzayo ekubhujisweni kwesimo sezulu (abambalwa kakhulu) futhi olahlekelwayo (bonke abanye isikhathi esizayo futhi cishe yonke into ephilayo). Kulo nyaka, iSiphepho uSandy kanye nokucekela phansi izitshalo, Mississippi-Umfula-ubuna isomiso ebesinaso ezingaphezu kuka 60% wesizwe ekubambeni kwaso ukubeke kwacaca ukuthi ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu sekukhona manje futhi kubuhlungu.
Ngo-2012, abaningi sebebona ukuthi ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kuyindaba yezomnotho, nokuthi ezomnotho wudaba lokuziphatha kanye nemvelo. Kungani kuncane kangaka okwenziwe mayelana nesimo sezulu kule minyaka engamashumi amathathu edlule kuhlobene nokuthi ubani owenza inzuzo. Esikhathini esingeside esidlule, abantu baseMelika abaningi kakhulu bebesocingweni, benyakaziswa yi- inkampani kawoyela impi ye-propaganda mayelana nokuthi uguquko lwesimo sezulu lukhona yini.
Nokho, kule nyanga, ngokuvumelana ne I-Associated Press, "AbaseMelika abane kwabahlanu bathi ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu kuzoba yinkinga enkulu e-United States uma kungenziwa lutho ngakho." Leyo nkolelo esabalele iphakamisa ukuthi ukwesekwa okungaba khona okubanzi manje sekukhona futhi kungenzeka kukhulele umnyakazo owenza ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu - ukugcwala komhlaba - okumaphakathi, okuphuthumayo, kanye nebhizinisi lawo wonke umuntu.
Eminyakeni eyishumi edlule futhi, abantu abaningi babecabanga ukuthi lolu daba lungaxazululwa, uma kunjalo, ngokuzilahla komuntu siqu empilweni yangasese: ukuthenga ama-Prius, ama-compact fluorescent, nokunye okunjalo. Manje abantu abaningi abakhathalelayo nhlobo bayazi ukuthi izinguquko ezidingekayo ngeke zenzeke ngokukhetha kwabathengi kuphela. Okudingekayo yizimpi ezilwa nezinhlangano ezinamandla kakhulu (nezinenzuzo) Emhlabeni, i izinkampani zikawoyela namandla futhi osopolitiki ngubani sebenzisa bona esikhundleni sethu.
Lokho kucaca kuyabalulekile futhi lezo zingxabano sezivele zikhona kodwa zidinga ukukhula. Lowo ngumhlaba wethu njengamanje, ocwebile njengosuku olubandayo lwasebusika, obukhali njengengilazi ephukile.
Ukubeka Eceleni IPharadesi
Lapho ngikhumbula izwe engakhulela kulo, ngibona izingxenye zalo ezaziyiPharadesi—futhi ngibona zonke izihogo ezincane. Ngiseyingane eCalifornia ngenkathi ine uhlelo olungcono kakhulu lwemfundo yomphakathi emhlabeni nasemanyuvesi acishe akhululeka futhi umnotho wawungenzima kangako kubantu futhi abacebile babekhokha intela eningi. Isimo sezulu sasibikezelwa futhi sasingacabangi ukuthi singashintsha noma nini ngaphambi kwenkathi yeqhwa elandelayo.
Nokho, leyo kwakuyiCalifornia lapho udlame lwasekhaya kwakungeyona into eyayithakazelelwa ngumthetho, lapho izitabane kanye nongqingili babebandlululwa ngokusobala, lapho cishe zonke izikhulu ezikhethiwe kwakungamadoda amhlophe, lapho abantu babengakafundi ngisho nokubuza imibuzo mayelana nodlame lwasekhaya. ukucwaswa kanye nokucwasa ngokwebala.
Okusho ukuthi, amapharadesi ahlala eyingxenye futhi, uma ubheka emuva, kufanelekile ukuzama ukubona isithombe sonke. Amalungelo azuzwe eminyakeni engu-35 edlule alwelwa, kanzima, kuyilapho okuningi kwalokho okwakunganakiwe - okuhlanganisa imfundo yomphakathi, ukufundiswa, amaholo, izimiso zamabhange, amandla ezinkampani, namahora okusebenza - kwangena esihogweni.
Lapho ulwa, ngezinye izikhathi uyanqoba; uma ungakwenzi, ulahlekelwa njalo.
Nasi esinye isipho esinaso njengamanje: abasha. Kukhona amaqhawe amaningi phakathi kwabo, kuhlanganise Iphupho noma izishoshovu ze-Dream Act ezimele abokufika; i abahlali owaphonsela inselelo i-Wall Street emzini wayo nakwezinye izindawo ezweni lonke, waba yi- abaphenduli bokuqala abangekho emthethweni ngubani Ngosizo lomoya izisulu zeSiphepho uSandy, futhi bamise amatende umnyango we-CEO kaGoldman Sachs kulezi zinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule; abasha abavimbe lelo payipi le-tar-sands, bahlinzeka ngamandla amakhulu e-350.org emhlabeni jikelele, futhi basanda kuqala ukuhlela ukucindezela amanyuvesi ukuba suka ku izinkampani zikaphethiloli wezinto ezimbiwa phansi emakhempasini ayi-192 ezweni lonke.
Ngo-2012, basuka e-Egypt naseRussia baya eCanada naseChile. Bazilwela bona nekusasa labo, kodwa balwela nathi. Banezinkolelo ezimbalwa ngokuphawulekayo mayelana nokuthi kuncane kangakanani umhlaba wethu okulungele ukunikeza iningi labo. Bayazi ukuthi okuwukuphela kwezipho abazozithola yilezo abangazilwela ngaphandle kwamandla akhona.
IPharadesi lilinganiselwe. Siphupha ngokuphela kosizi, kodwa ubani ngempela ofuna izwe elingenabo ubunzima? Sifunda ngamaphutha nokuhlupheka. Lawa amaminerali aqinisa amathambo ethu kanye neziqophamlando emigwaqweni esiyihambayo. Futhi senzelwe ukuhamba, hhayi ukuthi sihlale sithule.
Jabulela umzila. Kunokuhlupheka okubi kwezinhlobo eziningi ezindaweni eziningi, kodwa ubumbano luhlanganisa ukwenza okuthile ngakho, hhayi ukuba lusizi. Kule nkathi yobuqhawe, ukusinda kuzodinga futhi ukubona ukuthi yiziphi izingcezwana zepharadesi ezisasizungezile, yini esaqhakaza, yini eseyinhle ngendlela engacabangeki ngemifula, izilwandle, nesibhakabhaka sakusihlwa, yeka injabulo ekhona ekuboneni inkani yezingane ezincane kanye nesibhakabhaka. ukuthola kwabo izwe esicabanga ukuthi siyalazi. Konke lokhu kuyizipho futhi.
Ukuhlukana Kweqhwa
Njengoba ulungiselela u-2013, ungakhohlwa ukuthi u-2012 ube unyaka ongavamile. Ubani owake wacabanga ukuthi singabona u-Aung San Suu Kyi ekhethwa esikhundleni sakhe eBurma futhi ekhululekile ukuhamba ngemva kweminyaka eminingi kangaka eboshiwe? Ubani obelindele ukuthi iNhlangano Yezizwe izovota ngokuzumayo ukuze inikeze iPalestine isikhundla sombukeli? Ubani owabona kusengaphambili ukuthi ukuhunyushwa okungalungile kweMayan kwakuprofetha kwakuzotholwa amaMayan Zapatistas, wavuka futhi ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule? (Ngaleso sikhathi, aboMdabu baseCanada baqala a ukunyakaza okunamandla mayelana namalungelo endabuko kanye nemvelo eholele kukho konke okuvela imidanso ye-flash-mob e-Edmonton Mall ukuze kube nemibhikisho e-Ottawa.)
Ubani owayecabanga ukuthi i-Occupy Wall Street, eyaxoshwa ngokuphelele yiqembu elivamile onyakeni wayo owodwa, izoveza amaphrojekthi amabili amaqhawe, i-Occupy Sandy kanye Shaya isikweletu? (Obani phakathi kwamaphoyisa abashaya ngesisi esikhalisa izinyembezi abasha Occupiers ngo-2011 ababecabanga ukuthi ngemva konyaka laba kwakuyoba abantu abanamandla nokuphana ukubasiza lapho isiphepho esibangelwa yisimo sezulu sibhidliza amakhaya abo?) Keep it engqondweni: ikusasa alibikezeleki. Ngezinye izikhathi, umhlaba ushintsha ngokuzumayo nangezindlela ezijulile. Ngezinye izikhathi sikwenza lokho.
Ifilimu entsha kaSteven Spielberg Lincoln iyisikhumbuzo sokuthi kusho ukuthini ukulwela lokho okubaluleke kakhulu. Ukukhulula unomphela izigqila eziyizigidi ezinhlanu nokuqeda ubugqila phakade kwakusho ukulahla umthombo wamandla oshibhile owawusetshenziswa iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-200. Ukwenza kanjalo ekuqaleni kwakungenakucatshangwa futhi kwaba yindaba yokunganaki ngaphandle kwezigqila ngokwazo kanye namaqembu amancane ama-abolitionists. Ngokulandelayo, kwakunobudlova obunamandla, ngaleso sikhathi kwakunezinhlangothi, isizwe sonke sithatha uhlangothi, okwabangela impi embi kakhulu. Ekugcineni, kwaba umthetho wezwe. Namuhla, sidinga ukuyeka, noma okungenani sehlise ukuthembela kwethu kakhulu kwenye iqoqo lemithombo yamandla: uwoyela, amalahle, negesi yemvelo.
Lokhu, phakathi kwezinye izinto, impi yomcabango: abazuza ngekhabhoni kanye nosopolitiki babo banethemba lokuthi awuxhumani namachashazi, noma ucabange ngekusasa elihlukahlukene esingalenza noma abangalibhubhisa, noma babambe izindlela ezinhle ngokumangalisayo neziyinkimbinkimbi. Imvelo isisebenzele ukusizuzisa futhi manje iyacekelwa phansi, noma thola unembeza nephimbo lakho, noma uke ucabange ukuthi konke kungase kwehluke kangakanani, kuyodingeka kwehluke kangakanani.
Sebevele balwa nenhlalakahle yoMhlaba wethu. Ukuhaha kwabo akunamingcele, umcabango wabo awunamingcele. Zilweleni. Unamandla. Kungesinye sezipho zakho.
U-Rebecca Solnit ubone i-salmon ifuduka kanye namabhere amhlophe elele, futhi ubone abavimbeli bevikela amakhaya avaliwe futhi bavala izindawo zokuhluza uwoyela: konke bekukuhle. Ungumbhali we IPharadesi Elakhiwe Esihogweni, phakathi kweminye imisebenzi eminingi. Kade ebhala I-TomDispatch's izindatshana zokuphela konyaka kusukela ngo-2004 futhi unethemba lokukubona emigwaqweni ngo-2013 naseWhite House ngoFebhuwari 18.
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