Los ntawm David Swanson, Lub Ob Hlis 28, 2019
Charlottesville, Virginia, tsis tau coj nws cov teeb meem racist (tag nrho cov fuss tau txog los yog ib yam ntawm lwm yam). Charlottesville tsis tau txwv cov phom los ntawm cov xwm txheej hauv pej xeem. Nws thuam lub xeev Legislature hauv ob qho tib si ntawm no thiab ntau lwm yam. Tab sis lub nroog ntawm Charlottesville muaj peb pej xeem cov nyiaj ua lag luam nyob rau hauv riam phom, thiab nws muaj peev xwm sawv pauv hloov qhov ntawd.
Hauv qhov no, excuses yuav ua pov thawj nyuaj tuaj. Charlottesville tau dhau los hauv kev dhau los ntawm Sudan thiab los ntawm South Africa.
Lub Nroog tau dhau los ntawm kev tawm tsam txog kev tsov kev rog thiab tabtom tawm Congress kom txav nyiaj ntawm militarism mus rau tib neeg thiab ib puag ncig cov kev xav tau. Txawm li cas los, lub nroog muaj peb cov nyiaj tau siv rau hauv cov cuab yeej cuab tam riam phom uas siv riam phom siv rau hauv kev ua tsov ua rog uas ua rau feem ntau ntawm cov neeg raug mob tsis saib "dawb" - thiab feem ntau siv rau ob tog ntawm kev tsov kev rog.
Thiab lub nroog muaj peb cov nyiaj txais nyob rau hauv fossil roj tuam txhab - raws nraim cov chaw National Security Advisor John Bolton hais tias yuav pab tau los ntawm overthrowing tsoom fwv ntawm Venezuela.
Lub Nroog tau zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev tsim txoj cai ntawm kev tsis tso nyiaj hauv cov tuam txhab muaj riam phom - ib txoj cai uas yuav npog cov tuam txhab tau tsim cov phom neeg coj tuaj rau lub yim hli no 2017. Nws yog tus muaj peev xwm sawv ntawm divesting los ntawm fossil roj tuam txhab uas muag.
Lwm lub zos muaj kev sib tw zoo sib xws. Tebchaws Asmeskas Congress muaj cov cai tswjfwm rau kev txaus sab ntawm cov ntawv thov los ntawm cov nom tswv hauv zos thiab lub xeev. Cov cai raug sau los ntawm ib tug txiv leej tub hu ua Thomas Jefferson, lub zos Charlottesville. Nws yog qhov tseeb tsim nyog rau peb lub nroog sawv cev rau peb sawv cev rau ib tus neeg sawv cev qib siab thiab tsawg dua ntawm tsoomfwv los sis ua haujlwm rau ib lub tebchaws lossis thoob ntiajteb. Tab sis qhov no yog qhov teeb meem hauv zos. Kev nyab xeeb chaos tshwm sim hauv Charlottesville li txhua txhia qhov chaw. Rab phom quab yuam tshwm sim ntawm no. Qhov kev cuam tshuam ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog kev tshwm sim ntawm no. Thiab qhov no yog peb cov nyiaj peb tab tom tham txog.
Muaj tsawg kawg ob lub tuam txhab uas Charlottesville muaj nyiaj tso rau hauv yog cov lag luam loj ntawm Saudi Arabia thiab nws txoj kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Yemen, qhov phem tshaj humanitarian humanitarian pom nyob rau hauv ntau xyoo. Qhov no tsis yog dab tsi rau cov neeg ntawm Charlottesville yuav pov npav rau, tab sis peb yeej tsis tau nug. Yog li ntawd, peb tab tom ua haujlwm pub dawb rau peb lub tswv yim.
Charlottesville yuav tsum tsim ib qho piv txwv rau lwm lub nroog ua raws. Nov yog peb lub ntiaj teb ntawm ceg txheem ntseeg. Ntawm no yog TV hauv zos kev pab them nqi ntawm peb lub dag zog los thov kom lub Nroog thiaj li raug. Peb npaj siab los coj qhov teeb meem mus rau City Council thaum lub Peb Hlis 4th. Peb cov neeg sib tw rau City Council xyoo no, thiab ntau lub koom haum tau pom zoo. Daim ntawv teev npe ntawm cov lag luam yog nyob tom DivestCville.org raws li yog qhov kev txiav txim siab no:
Qhov chaw twg, cov chaw lag luam riam phom tuaj Asmeskas riam phom rau cov neeg tawg rog [1], thiab cov tuam txhab Charlottesville tam sim no muaj pej xeem cov peev nyiaj lag luam xws li Boeing thiab Honeywell, uas yog cov neeg lag luam loj ntawm Saudi Arabia kev ua tsov rog rau cov neeg ntawm Yemen;
Tamsim no, tsoomfwv cov tsoomfwv tseem niaj hnub pom tias kev hloov pauv kev dag ntxias, tsiv tawm Tebchaws Asmeskas los ntawm lub ntiaj teb kev haumxeeb, sim ua kom muaj kev tswjhwm kev nyab xeeb, thiab ua haujlwm kom muaj zog thiab siv cov roj ua kom sov taus, nyob rau hauv nroog, nroog, thiab hauv lub xeev los tswj kev coj noj coj ua hauv kev ua haujlwm rau lawv cov pej xeem kev noj qab haus huv thiab kev noj qab haus huv ntawm cheeb tsam thiab cheeb tsam chaw;
Qhov twg, militarism yog ib qho tseem ceeb rau kev hloov kev nyab xeeb [2], thiab lub nroog ntawm Charlottesville tau hais kom US Congress los nqis peev tsawg ntawm militarism thiab ntau ntxiv rau kev tiv thaiv tib neeg thiab ib puag ncig cov kev xav tau [3];
LEEJ TWG, lub nroog ntawm Charlottesville tus kheej cov kev nqis peev yuav tsum tau hloov cov kev hloov nws tau hais rau hauv Congress;
Qhov twg, ntxiv mus rau qhov kev hloov ntawm kev hloov pauv yuav ua rau lub ntiaj teb kub nruab nrab kub ntawm 4.5ºF los ntawm 2050, thiab them nqi ntiaj teb kev khwv nyiaj $ 32 trillion dollars [4];
Qhov twg, kwv yees li tsib lub xyoo hauv Virginia pib ua qhov tseem ceeb thiab ruaj khov ntxiv thaum 1970s, nce ntawm 54.6 degrees Fahrenheit ces mus rau 56.2 degrees F nyob 2012, thiab thaj tsam Piedmont pom qhov kub ntawm qhov siab ntawm 0.53 degrees F ib xyoo twg, qhov twg tus nqi Virginia yuav kub li South Carolina los ntawm 2050 thiab raws li sab qaum teb Florida los ntawm 2100 [5];
LEEJ TWG, economists nyob rau hauv University of Massachusetts ntawm Amherst tau sau tseg tias kev siv nyiaj tub rog yog kev lag luam kev khiav dejnum es tsis yog cov haujlwm tsim cov haujlwm, thiab cov peev txheej hauv lwm sectors yog kev tsim txiaj [6];
LOS QHIA, satellite xov xwm qhia tias dej ntxhuav dej hiav txwv thoob ntiaj teb, thiab ntau tshaj ib qho hauv peb lub nroog hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas muaj peev xwm ntsib "muaj teeb meem loj" los yog "phom" ntawm kev tsis tshua muaj dej vim muaj kev hloov pauv hauv nruab nrab ntawm 21st caug xyoo, kaum ntawm ntau tshaj 3,100 cov cheeb tsam yuav raug "qee qhov" kev pheej hmoo ntawm qhov tsis muaj dej tshiab [7];
YOG twg, kev tsov kev rog feem ntau tiv thaiv nrog US-ua riam phom uas siv ob sab [8];
HAIS TXOG QHOV CHAW HAUS HEEV, kev kub ntxhov tam sim no ua rau muaj kev tuag ntau dua nyob rau hauv Tebchaws Meskas tshaj txhua yam kev tshwm sim hauv huab cua (nag xob nag cua, dej nyab, hluav taws, cua daj, tornados, thiab lwm yam) ntau dua li cov neeg tuag los ntawm kev ua phem, thiab suav tias 150 cov neeg hauv Tebchaws Meskas yuav tuag ntawm huab cua sov txhua lub caij ntuj sov los ntawm 2040, nrog rau 30,000 tshav kub hnyiab txog txhua xyoo [9];
Qhov twg, tsoom fwv hauv zos koom tes hauv cov tuam txhab ua khoom siv ua tsov rog nruab nrab ntawm tsoomfwv cov kev lag luam, ntau yam uas nyob ntawm tsoomfwv nom tswv los ua lawv tus thawj qhua;
Qhov twg, 1948 thiab 2006 "huab cua txheej thaum yav dhau los" ntau dua 25% hauv Virginia, muaj kev tsis zoo rau kev ua liaj teb, ib qho kev twv ua ntej mus ntxiv [10], thiab lub ntiaj teb hiav txwv qis tsim nyog nce siab qhov tsawg kawg yog ob txhais taw los ntawm qhov kawg ntawm lub xyoo pua, nrog nce raws ntawm Virginia ntug dej ntawm cov feem ntau sai hauv lub ntiaj teb [11];
Qhov twg, riam phom cov chaw lag luam uas Charlottesville tau ua rau tsis ua lag luam nyob rau hauv cov kev tsim riam phom coj mus rau Charlottesville nyob rau lub Yim Hli 2017;
Qhov twg, cov pa roj carbon monoxide phosphos yuav tsum raug txiav los ntawm 45% by 2030 thiab xoom los ntawm 2050 thiaj li ua kom sov sov rau 2.7 ºF (1.5 ºC) lub hom phiaj ntawm Paris Accord [12];
Qhov twg, kev hloov kev nyab xeeb yog ib qho teeb meem loj rau kev noj qab haus huv, kev nyab xeeb thiab kev noj qab haus huv ntawm Charlottesville, thiab American Academy of Pediatrics ceeb toom tias kev hloov kev hloov ua rau tib neeg muaj kev noj qab haus huv thiab kev nyab xeeb, nrog rau cov me nyuam tsis muaj teeb meem, thiab hu tsis ua hauj lwm ua "kom sai, ua ntau yam" ua "kev tsis ncaj ncees rau txhua tus me nyuam" [13];
Qhov twg, qhov ntaus nqi coob tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas yog qhov chaw siab tshaj plaws nyob thoob plaws hauv lub ntiaj teb tsim tsa, ua cov neeg siv phom tua tsiaj tseem pheej mus sau ntau ntau cov txiaj ntsim ntawm cov ntshav uas peb tsis tas yuav siv peb cov nyiaj hauv tsoom fwv;
QHOV CHAW NYOB, Lub Nroog txoj kev nqis peev yuav ua teeb meem nrog Lub Nroog qhov kev cog lus rau kev sib luag thiab kev ncaj ncees;
THIAB QHOV CHAW, ntau pua tus neeg tau thov lub Nroog los ua raws li nram qab no [14];
TAM SIM NO, YUAV TAU TXAIS, uas lub City Council tau tshaj tawm nws qhov kev tawm tsam los ntawm kev siv nyiaj hauv Lub Nroog los ntawm cov khoom siv fossil fossil lossis cov khoom tsim lossis kev kho dua tshiab ntawm kev siv riam phom thiab kev sib ntaus, kev tsim khoom siv ntawm pejxeem caj npab, thiab txiav txim siab tias nws yuav tsum yog lub nroog txoj cai tswj hwm los ntawm cov chaw zoo li no; thiab
YUAV TSUM MUAJ TAU TXAIS, tias City Council ncaj qha rau txhua tus thiab txhua tus neeg uas sawv cev rau lub Nroog kev ua dej num los tswj cov kev cai ntawm Qhov Txhuam no; thiab
YUAV UA LI CAS XAV TAU KEV PAB, tias Qhov Kev Txhaum Cai no yuav tsum yog kev tswj fwm lub nroog txoj cai thiab yuav tsum tau siv tag nrho cov kev quab yuam thiab cov nyhuv tom qab txais los ntawm City Council.
1. Rich Whitney, Truthout, Sept. 23, 2017, "US Muab Kev Pab Tub Rog Rau 73 Feem Pua ntawm Lub Ntiaj Teb Tus Dictatorships" https://truthout.org/articles/us-provides-military-assistance-to-73-percent-of-world-s-dictatorships/
2. World BEYOND War, "Kev Tsov Rog Thoob Xeeb Peb Qhov Chaw," https://worldbeyondwar.org/environment
3. World BEYOND War, "Lub nroog ntawm Charlottesville Txoj Kev Soj Ntsuam Lub Rooj Sib Tham Nug Txog Kev Pab Tib Neeg thiab Kev Nyab Xeeb, Tsis Txhob Muab Tub Rog," March 20, 2017, https://worldbeyondwar.org/city-charlottesville-passes-resolution-asking-congress-fund-human-environmental-needs-not-military-expansion
4. "Nrhiav lub 1.5 ° C Txwv: Cov Kev Pab thiab Cov Tsam Tau," los ntawm
United Nations Development Program, Nov 16, 2016. http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/climate-and-disaster-resilience-/pursuing-the-1-5c-limit—benefits-and-opportunities.html
5. Stephen Nash, Virginia Climate Fever: Li Cas Thoob Ntiaj Teb Kev Ua Si Yuav Hloov Peb Lub Zos, Cov Shorelines, thiab Forests, University of Virginia Xovxwm, 2017. https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/4501
6. Kev Ncaj Ncees Kev Tshawb Fawb Lub Tebchaws Tshawb Fawb Lub Tuam Txhab, "Cov Neeg Ua Hauj Lwm Hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas Cov Kev Ua Hauj Lwm Los ntawm Cov Tub Rog Thiab Kev Siv Nyiaj Txiag: 2011 hloov tshiab," https://www.peri.umass.edu/publication/item/449-the-u-s-employment-effects-of-military-and-domestic-spending-priorities-2011-update
7. "Cov kev hloov pauv hloov yuav ua rau muaj kev tsim txom tsis muaj dej txaus hauv ntau pua lub nroog hauv 2050," https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120215143003.htm
8. Piv txwv xws li US kev tsov kev rog hauv Syria (https://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-cia-pentagon-isis-20160327-story.html ), Iraq (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/isis-weapons-arsenal-included-some-purchased-u-s-government-n829201 ), Libya (https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/world/africa/weapons-sent-to-libyan-rebels-with-us-approval-fell-into-islamist-hands.html ), Iran-Iraq rog (http://articles.latimes.com/1987-06-18/news/mn-8000_1_gulf-war ), Mexican drug war (https://fas.org/asmp/library/publications/us-mexico.htm ), Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog II (https://www.amazon.com/Trading-Enemy-Charles-Higham/dp/0760700095/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463760561&sr=1-1&keywords=Trading+with+the+enemy ) thiab ntau lwm tus.
9. "Peb lub zos tau txais kub-thiab nws tua neeg," los ntawm Alissa Walker, https://www.curbed.com/2018/7/6/17539904/heat-wave-extreme-heat-cities-deadly
10. Nash, ntawm. cit.
11. "Kev nyab xeeb-hloov-tau-tsav-nce ntawm hiav txwv-nce siab tau pom nyob rau hauv qhov kawg ntawm kev kub ntxhov," los ntawm RS Nerem, BD Beckley, JT Fasullo, BD Hamlington, D. Masters, thiab GT Mitchum. PNAS Ob Hlis 27, 2018, 115 (9) 2022-2025; luam tawm ua ntej ntawm luam Lub Ob Hlis 12, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1717312115. https://www.pnas.org/content/115/9/2022
12. "Ntiaj teb sov so ntawm 1.5 ° C, IPCC Special Report; Lub ntsiab lus rau Policymakers. "Kaum Hlis 2018. https://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_spm_final.pdf
13. "Kev Hloov Kev Ntseeg Thoob Ntiaj Teb thiab Me Nyuam Noj Qab Haus Huv," los ntawm Samantha Ahdoot, Susan E. Pacheco, thiab Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv. Pediatrics, Nov 2015, Vol 136 / Issue 5, ib Daim Ntawv Tshaj Qhia Kev Tshawb Fawb los ntawm American Academy of Pediatrics. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/136/5/e1468
