Mata na Napalm

Mata na Napalm

Matan Napalm shine sunan da aka danganta ga wasu mata hudu na Amurka masu fafutuka da aka lura da su don toshe jigilar bama-bamai na napalm zuwa Vietnam a lokacin yakin Vietnam. Masu fafutukar neman zaman lafiya su ne Joyce McLean, Beverly Farquhar, Lisa Kalvelage, da Aileen Hutchinson. [1]

Fage

McLean, Farquhar, Kalvelage da Hutchinson duk sun kasance ɓangare na Matan Strike for Peace (WSP), motsi mai mahimmanci ga Yakin Cold da kuma sojojin Amurka. A shekara ta 1965, motsi ya yi aiki don adawa da shigar Amurka a Vietnam da kuma mambobinsa biyu, Mary Clarke da Lorraine Gordon sun zama wakilai na farko na yunkurin zaman lafiya na Amurka don ziyarci Vietnam. Zanga-zangar ta WSP ta mayar da hankali ne kan yadda Amurkawa ke amfani da abubuwan da ba su dace ba a cikin rikicin, wanda ya raunata yaran Vietnam. A cikin bazara na 1965, Amurkawa sun fara amfani da bama-bamai na napalm. An yi amfani da shi don cajin foliage da mutane don zubar da abokan gaba a fili.

Ayyukan aiki

Hankalin jama'a game da kera da tasirin bama-baman napalm ya karu bayan da aka fara bayyana adadin wadanda suka mutu, wanda ya kai dubunnan mutane. McLean, Farquhar, Kalvelage da Hutchinson sun zama masu sha'awar yin amfani da bama-bamai na napalm a matsayin wani ɓangare na mayar da hankali ga WSP don inganta zaman lafiya kamar yadda aka gabatar a cikin mahallin uwa. An baje su akai-akai ga labarai da mujallu da suka shafi amfani da bama-bamai na napalm. Majiyoyin su sun hada da Gidan Ladies, wanda aka lura da shi don bayyana mummunan tasirin napalm kamar hotunan yara da aka kona.

Dangane da bayanan jigilar kaya, sun toshe jigilar napalm na Kamfanin Dow Chemical a cikin 1966. Za a jigilar bama-baman ne a San Jose, California. Washegari, sun ƙaura zuwa gundumar Alviso, inda suka hana jigilar bama-bamai zuwa wani jirgin ruwa. Wannan ya jinkirta jigilar jigilar na yini guda, saboda ya sa jirgin ya ɓace. Ayyukan matan hudu kuma sun haɗa da ƙoƙarinsu na toshe jigilar bama-bamai a kusa da Vallejo .

An kama McLean, Farquhar, Kalvelage da Hutchinson kuma an yanke musu hukunci. Sun ja hankalin ‘yan jarida inda suka kira matan da ‘yan matan napalm yayin da wasu ke musu lakabi da ‘yan ta’addar uwar gida.

Tasiri

A cewar McLean, da gangan sun so su bayyana a matsayin mata masu matsakaicin matsayi yayin zanga-zangar. Sun yi ƙoƙari su haɓaka tasirin jama'a ta hanyar wasa a kan matsayinsu na zamantakewa kuma sun yi ado da sashin yayin da suke sanye da manyan takalmi, safa, safar hannu, da lu'ulu'u yayin zanga-zangar. Wannan yunkuri ya ba da gudummawa ga karuwar hotunan matan Amurka, matan gida, da mata masu hankali, wanda ya taimaka wajen mayar da hankalin yakin Vietnam daga yakin soja zuwa tasirin zamantakewa da tunani. A cikin Janairu 1967, 2,500 WSP masu zanga-zangar sun yi zanga-zanga a gaban Pentagon don adawa da yakin. Har ila yau an ce gwagwarmayar matan napalm na da matukar tasiri ga matasa 'yan jarida irin su The New York Times ' Tom Wicker .