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World BEYOND War - Yuni 3, 2019

A yammacin Yuni 3, 2019, majalisar gari ta Charlottesville, Va., Ta yi zazzafa ta kuɓutar da kuɗin a cikin tsarin aikinsa daga masu sayar da makami da masu samar da man fetur. A nan ne ƙuduri kamar yadda majalisar gari ta wuce: PDF. Birnin ya kuma yi ƙoƙarin yin wannan matakan tare da kudaden ritaya ta wannan kaka mai zuwa.

An gabatar da shawarar da aka yi a birnin a watan Maris ta hanyar hadin gwiwa da kungiyoyin da aka kira Divest Cville, wanda ya halarci taron kuma ya yi magana a taron majalisa (duba videos), aka gudanar rallies, ya rubuta haruffa, sanya ƙuƙwalwa, sayo tallace-tallace, samfurori martani ga yiwuwar ƙyama, ya sadu da City Treasurer, kuma ya gabatar da shi takarda.

David Swanson, Babban Darakta na World BEYOND War, daya daga cikin kungiyoyi da ke ciki, ya ce hada hada-hadar da ke da burbushin burbushin halittu ba wai wani abu ne kawai ba ne na jerin abubuwan zuba jari guda biyu mafi kyau, amma wani mataki ne da gangan ya dauka don nuna alamar sadarwa tsakanin masana'antu guda biyu.

Babban dalilai a bayan wasu yaƙe-yaƙe shine sha'awar sarrafa albarkatun da suke shafe ƙasa, musamman man fetur da gas. A gaskiya, ƙaddamar da yaƙe-yaƙe tsakanin al'ummomi masu arziki a cikin matalauci ba ya haɗu da cin zarafin bil adama ko rashin mulkin demokraɗiyya ko barazanar ta'addanci, amma yana haɓaka da gaban man fetur.

Divest Cville ya sanya wannan batu:

Kamfanoni na Amurka wadata muggan makamai ga dimbin mulkin kama-karya a duniya, kuma kamfanoni Charlottesville a halin yanzu suna da kudaden da jama'a suka saka a ciki sun hada da Boeing da Honeywell, wadanda su ne manyan masu samar da mummunan yakin Saudiyya kan mutanen Yemen.

Gwamnatin tarayya na yanzu ta sanya hannu a kan sauyin yanayin yanayi, kuma ya janye Amurka daga yarjejeniyar yanayi na duniya, yunkurin kawar da kimiyya na yanayi, kuma ya yi aiki don ƙarfafa kayan aiki da amfani da lalata fasalin burbushin halittu, tare da nauyin da ya fadi a birni , jihohi, da gwamnatocin jihohi don daukar jagorancin sauyin yanayi domin kare lafiyarsu da kuma lafiyar yankuna da yankuna.

Militarism muhimmi ne mai taimakawa ga sauyin yanayi, kuma Birnin Charlottesville ya rigaya bukaci Majalisar Dattijai ta Amurka don saka jari a ƙasa a cikin militarism da kuma ƙarin kare lafiyar mutane da muhalli.

Ci gaba da halin yanzu na sauyin yanayi zai haifar da yaduwar yanayin 4.5ºF ta duniya ta hanyar 2050, kuma ya rage tattalin arzikin duniya $ 32 trillion daloli.

Shekaru biyar na ma'aunin zazzabi a Virginia ya fara muhimmiyar mahimmanci ƙara a farkon 1970s, tashi daga 54.6 digiri Fahrenheit sa'an nan kuma zuwa 56.2 digiri F a 2012, da kuma yankin Piedmont ya gani da yawan zafin jiki a wani nau'i na 0.53 digiri F a kowace shekara, a matsayin kudi Virginia zai zama zafi kamar yadda South Carolina by 2050 kuma a arewacin Florida ta 2100;

Masana kimiyya a Jami'ar Massachusetts a Amherst suna da rubuce wannan aikin soja shi ne fadada tattalin arziki maimakon aikin samar da ayyuka, kuma wannan zuba jarurruka a wasu sassa na da amfani mai amfani da tattalin arziki.

Ɗaukacin tauraron dan adam show teburin ruwa suna faduwa a duk duniya, kuma fiye da daya a cikin kananan hukumomi uku a Amurka na iya fuskantar "babban" ko "matsananci" na karancin ruwa saboda canjin yanayi a tsakiyar karni na 21, yayin da bakwai cikin goma cikin fiye da Tiesananan hukumomi 3,100 na iya fuskantar “wasu” haɗarin ƙarancin ruwan sha.

An yi fama da yaƙe-yaƙe da makamai da Amurka ke amfani da su. Misalan sun hada da yaƙe-yaƙe na Amurka Syria, Iraki, Libya, da Iran da Iraq yaki, da Mexican miyagun ƙwayoyi, World War II, da sauransu.

Heat ruwa yanzu yanzu hanyar fiye da mutuwar a Amurka fiye da duk sauran yanayi (hadari, ambaliyar ruwa, walƙiya, blizzards, tornados, da dai sauransu) tare, da kuma karuwa fiye da duk mutuwar daga ta'addanci. An kiyasta mutanen 150 a Amurka za su mutu daga zafi mai zafi a kowace rana ta hanyar 2040, tare da kusan 30,000 mutuwar mutuwa a kowace shekara.

Gudanarwar gwamnati na zuba jari a kamfanonin da ke samar da makaman yaki suna nuna goyon baya ga yakin basasa na kamfanoni guda daya, wanda yawancin su ke dogara ne a kan gwamnatin tarayya a matsayin abokin ciniki na farko.

Tsakanin 1948 da 2006 "abubuwan da suka faru na haɗuwa" sun haɓaka 25% a Virginia, tare da tasirin mummunan tasirin noma, yanayin da ake tsammani ya ci gaba, kuma matakin duniya yana da tasiri. tashi wani matsakaici na akalla biyu ƙafa da ƙarshen karni, tare da fitõwar tare da tsibirin Virginia a cikin mafi sauri a duniya.

Kamfanonin da Charlottesville zasu iya yi don kada su zuba jari a samar da makaman da aka kawo wa Charlottesville a watan Agusta 2017.

Dole ne a cire 45% daga man fetur ta hanyar 2030 kuma ba ze 2050 ba don riƙe Warming zuwa 2.7 ºF (1.5 ºC) manufa da aka shirya a cikin Paris Accord.

Sauyin yanayi yana da mummunar barazana ga lafiyar, aminci da jin dadin mutanen Charlottesville, kuma Cibiyar Nazarin Pediatrics ta Amurka ta yi gargadin cewa sauyin yanayi yana kawo barazana ga lafiyar mutum da aminci, tare da yara suna da matukar damuwa, kuma da kira rashin daukar “mataki nan da nan,” wani aiki ne na rashin adalci ga dukkan yara. ”

Rashin yawan harbe-harben bindiga a Amurka shine mafi girma a ko'ina cikin kasashe masu tasowa, kamar yadda masu sana'ar bindigar fararen hula ke ci gaba da karbar riba mai yawa daga zub da jini da ba za mu buƙaci zuba jarurrukan mu ba.

DivestCville yana tallafawa ta: Cibiyar Aminci da Adalci ta Charlottesville, World BEYOND War.

Har ila yau, ya amince da: Indivisible Charlottesville, Casa Alma Katolika Katolika, RootsAction, Pink Code, Colonition na Charlottesville don Rigakafin Rikicin Rikicin, John Cruickshank na Saliyo, Michael Payne (dan takarar City Council), Charlottesville Amnesty International, Dave Norris (tsohon Charlottesville Mayor ), Lloyd Snook (dan takarar City City), Sunrise Charlottesville, Tare Cville, Sena Magill (dan takara na City Council), Paul Long (dan takara na City Council), Sally Hudson (dan takara don wakilin jihar), Bob Fenwick (dan takara na City Majalisar).