Mgwirizano Wokulirapo wa Magulu a Philadelphia Umalimbikitsa Mzindawu Kuti Uchoke ku Nukes Kuwala kwa Biden Chenjezo la Nuclear Armageddon

Wolemba Divest Philly wochokera ku War Machine Coalition, Novembara 16, 2022

Philadelphia - Philly DSA ndiye membala watsopano wa Divest Philly yemwe akukula kuchokera ku War Machine Coalition of mabungwe oposa 25 zomwe zikupempha City kuti ichotse ndalama zake zapenshoni kumakampani opanga zida za nyukiliya. Kufuna kwa mgwirizanowu kukuchulukirachulukira m'dziko lamasiku ano, potengera chenjezo loyipa la Purezidenti Biden mwezi watha la chiwopsezo cha ngozi. nyukiliya “Armageddon”. Pofotokoza lingaliro la gululo kuti alowe nawo kuyitanidwa kuti achotsedwe, a Philly DSA adalemba izi, nati: "Palibe phindu lomwe lingavomereze kuthandizira nkhondo yanyukiliya."

Kudzera mwa oyang'anira chuma, Bungwe la Pension Board la Philadelphia likuyika ndalama zamisonkho za Philadelphians pa zida za nyukiliya, kulimbikitsa bizinesi yomwe imakhazikika pakupindula ndi imfa komanso zomwe zimayika anthu onse pachiwopsezo. Mabungwe anayi omwe amayendetsa chuma cha Pension Board - Lord Abbett High Yield, Ariel Capital Holdings, Fiera Capital, ndi Northern Trust - onse pamodzi. mabiliyoni adayikapo mu zida za nyukiliya. Divest Philly wochokera ku War Machine akuyitanitsa Pension Board kuti alangize oyang'anira katundu wawo kuti awone opanga zida za nyukiliya 25 zapamwamba kuchokera kuzinthu zake.

Northrop Grumman ndiye wopindula kwambiri ndi zida za nyukiliya, wokhala ndi makontrakiti osachepera $24 biliyoni. Raytheon Technologies ndi Lockheed Martin amakhalanso ndi mapangano a madola mabiliyoni ambiri kuti apange zida za nyukiliya. Makampani omwewa akhala akupindula kwambiri pankhondo yaku Ukraine, pomwe dziko likuopa Armagedo. Lockheed Martin wawona masheya ake akukwera pafupifupi 25 peresenti kuyambira chiyambi cha chaka chatsopano, pomwe Raytheon, General Dynamics, ndi Northrop Grumman aliyense adawona mitengo yawo ikukwera pafupifupi 12 peresenti.

"Ndikuchulukirachulukira kwapadziko lonse lapansi, kuthekera komwe kumapezeka nthawi zonse kwa ochita zankhanza kuti azitha kudziwa zambiri zanyukiliya, komanso kukambirana zabodza kuti tilibe zofunikira pazosowa zaumunthu - kuphatikiza kuyang'anira zovuta zakusintha kwanyengo - nthawi yoti athandizire kugawanikana ndi tsopano. . Zosankha zathu pa zomwe zili zofunika zimawonekera ndi malo omwe ndalama zathu zimayikidwa. Monga mamembala a Meya a Mtendere, lolani Mzinda wa Brotherly Love ndi Sisterly Affection uwonetsere kuti tasankha kugulitsa dziko lopanda zida za nyukiliya, "anatero Tina Shelton wa Nthambi ya Greater Philadelphia ya Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). .

Sikuti ndalama za Philadelphia pa zida za nyukiliya zimawopseza chitetezo chathu, koma mfundo ndi yakuti, alibe nzeru zabwino zachuma. Kafukufuku akuwonetsa kuti ndalama zothandizira zaumoyo, maphunziro, ndi mphamvu zoyera Pangani ntchito zambiri - nthawi zambiri, ntchito zolipira bwino - kuposa ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pagulu lankhondo. Ndipo kafukufuku akuwonetsa kuti kusinthira ndalama za ESG (Environmental Social Governance) sikubweretsa chiwopsezo chochepa pazachuma. Mwachitsanzo, 2020 inali a chaka chatsopano pakuyika ndalama moyenera pazakhalidwe ndi chilengedwe, ndi ndalama za ESG zomwe zimaposa ndalama zachikhalidwe, ndipo akatswiri amayembekezera kupitiliza kukula. Mu Marichi chaka chatha, Philadelphia City Council wadutsa Chigamulo cha membala wa Council Gilmore Richardson #210010 chopempha Bungwe la Pension Board kuti litsatire mfundo za ESG mu ndondomeko yake yoyendetsera ndalama. Kuchotsa ndalama zapenshoni kuchokera ku nukes ndi sitepe yotsatira yotsatila kutsatira izi.

Kubedwa sikuli kowopsa pazachuma - ndipo, kwenikweni, Bungwe la Pension Board lachoka kale kumafakitale ena oyipa. Mu 2013, adasiyana Mfuti; mu 2017, ku ndende zapadera; ndipo chaka chino, idachoka Russia. Pochoka ku zida za nyukiliya, Philadelphia ilowa nawo gulu lapamwamba la mizinda yoganiza zamtsogolo zomwe zapanga kale zigamulo zochotsa zida, kuphatikiza. New York City, NY; Burlington, VT; Charlottesville, VA; ndi San Luis Obispo, CA.

"Januware 22 idzakhala chaka chachiwiri cha Pangano la UN loletsa zida za nyukiliya (TPNW) kulowa mu mphamvu ndipo potsirizira pake kupanga zida za nyukiliya kukhala zosaloledwa,” anatero Chris Robinson (Germantown), mtsogoleri wa gulu lolankhulana la Philadelphia Green Party. "Philadelphia idathandizira kale TPNW, kudutsa City Council chiwerengero #190841. Tsopano ndi nthawi yoti Mzinda wa Brotherly Love uyende ulendowu pochita zinthu mogwirizana ndi zikhulupiriro zake. Divest tsopano! "