Na Vijay Prashad, ʻO ka Tricontinental, Mei 9, 2022
Makamaka,
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ʻElua mau hōʻike koʻikoʻi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka mahina i hala, ʻaʻole hoʻi i loaʻa ke ʻano o ka manaʻo e pono ai lākou. Ma ka lā 4 o ʻApelila, ʻo ka Panel Intergovernmental on Climate Change's Working Group III hoike ua paʻi ʻia, e hōʻeuʻeu ana i kahi ʻano ikaika mai ke Kakauolelo Nui o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo António Guterres. ʻO ka hōʻike, ʻo ia mai la, ' he litania o na olelo hoopomaikai i haki. He faila ia o ka hilahila, ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana i nā ʻōlelo hoʻohiki ʻole e hoʻokau paʻa iā mākou ma ke ala i kahi honua ola ʻole '. Ma COP26, nā ʻāina kūkulu hoʻohiki e hoʻolilo i kahi $100 biliona liʻiliʻi no ka Adaptation Fund e kōkua i nā ʻāina e ulu nei e hoʻololi i ka loli aniau. Eia nō naʻe, ma ka lā 25 ʻApelila, ua hoʻopuka ka Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) i kāna makahiki hoike, i ka ʻike ʻana ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻolimalima kaua honua ma mua o $ 2 trillion ma 2021, ʻo ka manawa mua i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka $ 2 trillion mark. ʻO nā mea hoʻolimalima nui ʻelima - ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Kina, India, United Kingdom, a me Rusia - ua helu ʻia he 62 pakeneka o kēia huina; ʻO ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo ia wale nō, ʻo ia ka 40 pakeneka o ka nui o nā mea kaua.
Aia ke kahe mau ʻole o ke kālā no nā mea kaua akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka liʻiliʻi e pale aku i ka pōʻino honua.
ʻAʻole hoʻonui kēlā huaʻōlelo 'pōʻino'. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo UN Secretary General Guterres 'ke ala wikiwiki nei mākou i ka pōʻino o ke aniau… ʻO ka manawa kēia e hoʻōki i ka puhi ʻana i ko mākou honua'. Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia mau ʻōlelo i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo i loko o ka hōʻike o ka Hui Hana III. Ua paʻa paʻa i kēia manawa i loko o ka moʻolelo ʻepekema ʻo ke kuleana o ka mōʻaukala no ka pōʻino i hana ʻia i ko mākou kaiapuni a me ko mākou aniau e kau ʻia me nā mokuʻāina ikaika loa, alakaʻi ʻia e ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻAʻohe hoʻopaʻapaʻa liʻiliʻi e pili ana i kēia kuleana i ka wā i hala aku nei, he hopena o ke kaua ʻino ʻole i ke ʻano i hana ʻia e nā mana o ka kapitalisme a me ka colonialism.
Akā, ua paʻa kēia kuleana a hiki i ko kākou wā. Ma ka lā 1 ʻApelila, he haʻawina hou hoolaha in ʻO ke olakino planetet Lancet hōʻike mai 1970 a hiki i 2017 'kiʻekiʻe-loaʻa aupuni ke kuleana no ka 74 pakeneka o ka honua keu aku mea hoʻohana, i alakai mua ia e ka USA (27 pakeneka) a me ka EU-28 kiʻekiʻe-loaʻa 'āina (25 pakeneka)'. ʻO ka hoʻohana nui ʻana i nā mea waiwai ma nā ʻāina ʻo ʻAkelanika ʻĀkau ma muli o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kumu waiwai abiotic (nā wahie fossil, nā metala, a me nā minerala non-metallic). ʻO Kina ke kuleana no ka 15 pakeneka o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea waiwai honua a ʻo ke koena o ka Global South ke kuleana no ka 8 pakeneka wale nō. Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka hoʻohana nui ʻana i kēia mau ʻāina haʻahaʻa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai biotic (biomass). Hōʻike kēia ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā kumuwaiwai abiotic a me nā biotic e hiki ke hoʻololi hou ʻia nā kumu waiwai nui mai ka Global South, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻololi hou ʻia nā mokuʻāina ʻo ʻAkelanika ʻĀkau.
Pono ke ʻano o ia hana ma nā ʻaoʻao mua o nā nūpepa o ka honua, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma Global South, a ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa nui ʻia kāna mau ʻike ma nā kīwī. Akā ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia. E hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana ʻo nā ʻāina kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻAkelanika ʻĀkau e luku nei i ka honua, pono lākou e hoʻololi i ko lākou mau ala, a pono lākou e uku i nā kālā hoʻololi a me nā mitigation e kōkua i nā ʻāina ʻaʻole i hoʻokumu i ka pilikia ke pilikia nei i kona hopena.
Ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka ʻikepili, ʻike ka poʻe loea i kākau i kēia pepa e 'aʻa nā lāhui kiʻekiʻe i ke kuleana nui no ka haki ʻana o ka honua, a no laila he aie kaiaola i ke koena o ka honua. Pono kēia mau lāhui e alakaʻi i ka hoʻemi ʻana i kā lākou waiwai i mea e pale aku ai i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa hou ʻana, e koi ana paha i ka transformative post-growth and degrowth approaches '. He mau manaʻo hoihoi kēia: 'hōʻemi ʻino i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai' a laila 'hoʻokokoke ma hope o ka ulu a me ka degrowth'.
ʻO nā mokuʻāina ʻo ʻAkelanika ʻĀkau - alakaʻi ʻia e ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa - ʻo ia ka mea hoʻolimalima nui loa i ka waiwai pilikanaka ma nā mea kaua. ʻO ka Pentagon - ka pūʻali koa US - 'ʻo ia ka mea kūʻai nui loa o ka aila', wahi a he haʻawina kula ʻo Brown University, 'a ma muli o ka hopena, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hoʻokuʻu kinoea honua kiʻekiʻe'. No ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me kona mau hoa pili i ka Kyoto Protocol i ka makahiki 1997, pono nā mokuʻāina o UN ʻae e hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā kinoea hoʻomehana honua e ka pūʻali koa e kāpae ʻia mai ka hōʻike ʻana o ka ʻāina no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana.
Hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka ʻinoʻino o kēia mau mea ma ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ʻelua mau waiwai kālā. ʻO ka mea mua, ma 2019, ka United Nations helu 'ia ʻo ka hapa kālā makahiki e hoʻokō ai i nā Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) he $2.5 trillion. ʻO ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ka $2 trillion makahiki i ka hoʻolilo kaua honua i ka SDGs e hele lōʻihi loa i ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻouka kaua nui i ka hanohano kanaka: ka pōloli, ka ʻike ʻole, ka hale ʻole, ka nele o ka mālama olakino, a pēlā aku. He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ma aneʻi, ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia ka helu $2 trillion mai SIPRI i ka pau ʻana o ke ola o ka waiwai kaiāulu i hāʻawi ʻia i nā mea hana lima pilikino no nā ʻōnaehana mea kaua. No ka laʻana, ua manaʻo ʻia ka ʻōnaehana mea kaua Lockheed Martin F-35 kāki kokoke $2 trillion.
Ma 2021, ua lilo ka honua ma luna o $ 2 trillion ma ke kaua, akā wale nō hoʻokomo - a he helu manawaleʻa kēia - $750 biliona i ka ikehu maʻemaʻe a me ka pono o ka ikehu. Huina waiwai kūʻai i ka ikehu i ka makahiki 2021 he $1.9 trillion, akā ʻo ka hapa nui o ia hoʻopukapuka i hele i nā wahie fossil (ʻaila, kūlohelohe, a me ka lanahu). No laila, hoʻomau ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i nā wahie fossil a piʻi aʻe ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i nā mea kaua, ʻoiai ʻaʻole lawa ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā ʻano hou o ka ikehu maʻemaʻe.
Ma ka lā 28 ʻApelila, ka Pelekikena ʻAmelika ʻo Joe Biden ninau ka US Congress e hoʻolako i $ 33 biliona no nā ʻōnaehana mea kaua e hoʻouna ʻia i Ukraine. ʻO ke kāhea no kēia mau kālā e hele pū me nā ʻōlelo hoʻonāukiuki i hana ʻia e ka US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, nāna mai la ʻAʻole hoʻāʻo ʻo ʻAmelika e hoʻoneʻe i nā pūʻali Lūkini mai Ukraine akā e 'ike i ka nāwaliwali o Rūsia'. ʻAʻole pono ka manaʻo o Austin he mea kupanaha. Hōʻike ia iā US pili mai 2018, ka mea i pale aku iā Kina a me Rūsia mai lilo 'near-peer rivals'. ʻAʻole nā kuleana kanaka ka mea e hopohopo nei; ʻO ka manaʻo nui ke pale aku i kekahi pilikia i ka hegemony US. No ia kumu, hoʻopau ʻia ka waiwai pili i nā mea kaua a ʻaʻole hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia o ke kanaka
E noʻonoʻo i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o ʻAmelika i kahi hana ma waena o nā mokupuni ʻo Solomona a me Kina, ʻelua mau hoalauna. ʻO ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Solomona ʻo Manasseh Sogavare mai la ua ʻimi kēia kuʻikahi e hoʻoikaika i ke kālepa a me ka launa pū ʻana o ke kanaka, ʻaʻole ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o ka Moana Pākīpika. Ma ia lā hoʻokahi o ka haʻi ʻōlelo a ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Sogavare, ua hōʻea mai kahi ʻelele kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ʻAmelika i ke kapikala o ka lāhui ʻo Honiara. ʻO lākou haʻiʻia ʻO ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Sogavare inā e hoʻokumu ka poʻe Kina i kekahi ʻano 'hoʻokomo pūʻali koa', ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa 'a laila e hopohopo nui a pane aku e like me ia. He mau olelo hooweliweli maopopo keia. I kekahi mau lā ma hope mai, ua haʻi ʻōlelo ʻo Wang Wenbin ka ʻōlelo a ke Kuhina Haole mai la, 'He mau moku'āina kū'oko'a a kū'oko'a nā 'āina mokupuni ma ka Pākīpika Hema, 'a'ole he pā hale o ka US a me Australia. ʻO kā lākou hoʻāʻo e hoʻōla i ka Monroe Doctrine ma ka Pākīpika Hema ʻaʻole loaʻa ke kākoʻo a alakaʻi ʻole i kahi '.
He hoʻomanaʻo lōʻihi ko Solomon Islands i ka mōʻaukala o Australian-British colonialism a me nā ʻōpala o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka pōma atom. ʻO ka hana 'blackbirding' ka mea i ʻaihue i nā tausani o ka mokupuni ʻo Solomona e hana i nā māla kō ma Queensland, Australia i ke kenekulia 19, a hiki i ke kipi ʻo Kwaio o 1927 ma Malaita. Ua hakakā ikaika ʻo Solomon Islands i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana, ke koho ma 2016 me ka honua e pāpā i nā mea kaua nuklea. ʻAʻole i laila ka ʻiʻini e lilo i 'hope' o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a i ʻole Australia. Ua akaka ia ma ka poem malamalama 'Peace Signs' (1974) na ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Solomon Islands ʻo Celestine Kulagoe:
Puka mai kahi halo mai
he ʻātoli pākīpika maloʻo
Hoʻokaʻawale i kahi ākea
E waiho wale ana i ke koena o ka mana
i mea hoopunipuni
ka maluhia a me ka maluhia
pili kanaka.
I ka malie o ke kakahiaka nui
ke kolu o ka la mahope
aloha i loaa ka olioli
i ka lua kupapau
ke kea laau o ka hilahila
hoʻololi ʻia i hōʻailona
o ka lawelawe aloha
maluhia.
I ka wela o ke awakea lull
lele ka hae UN
hunaia mai ka ike aku e
hae aupuni
malalo iho
noho kanaka me na lima lima
kau inoa maluhia
nā kuʻikahi.
ʻO ke kaua,
Vijay
