Chicago Ayenera Kusiyanitsidwa ndi Opanga Zida

Mu 1968, Chicago inali malo ofunika kwambiri ku US kukana nkhondo ya Vietnam. Achinyamata masauzande ambiri anachita ziwonetsero zankhondo pa msonkhano wa chipani cha Democratic Party kumzinda wa Chicago ndipo anachitiridwa nkhanza ndi gulu lankhondo la National Guard, gulu lankhondo, ndi apolisi—zambiri mwa zimene zinaulutsidwa padziko lonse pawailesi yakanema.

Cholowa ichi chotsutsa nkhondo, imperialism ndi apolisi atsankho ku Chicago akupitirizabe mpaka lero. Zitsanzo zambiri zikusonyeza mfundoyi. Mwachitsanzo, okonza mapulani akuyesetsa kuthetsa mzindawo Mgwirizano wa $ 27 miliyoni ndi ShotSpotter, ukadaulo wolakwika wopangidwa kuti ugwiritsidwe ntchito m'malo omenyera nkhondo kuti azindikire kulira kwamfuti komwe kunathandizira kwambiri kuphedwa kwa apolisi ku Chicago wa Adam Toledo wazaka 13 mu March watha. Okonza am'deralo ayang'ananso kuthetsa pulogalamu ya Pentagon ya "1033" yochuluka yankhondo, yomwe yawonjezera. $ Miliyoni 4.7 zida zankhondo zaulere (monga magalimoto ankhondo a MRAP osamva mgodi, M16s, M17s, ndi bayonets) kupita ku mabungwe achitetezo ku Illinois. M'masabata aposachedwa, anthu ambiri aku Chicago adapita m'misewu kutsutsa nkhondo ya ku Ukraine. Izi zikuwonetsa kudzipereka kwa anthu aku Chicago kuti akhale ogwirizana ndi madera omwe akukumana ndi ziwawa zankhondo, kunyumba ndi kunja.

Zomwe ambiri aku Chicago sakudziwa, komabe, ndikuti ndalama zamisonkho zakumaloko zikuchita gawo lalikulu lazachuma polimbikitsa zankhondo.

Mzinda wa Chicago uli ndi madola mamiliyoni mazana ambiri omwe adayikidwa kwa opanga zida ndi opindula pankhondo kudzera mu ndalama za penshoni za mzinda. Mwachitsanzo, thumba limodzi lokha lokha, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund (CTPF), ili ndi ndalama zosachepera $260 miliyoni zomwe zayikidwa m'makampani opanga zida zankhondo kuphatikiza opanga zida zazikulu zisanu: Raytheon, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, ndi Lockheed Martin. Mabizinesiwa amayambitsa nkhondo zosatha kumayiko ena komanso usilikali wapolisi pano kunyumba, zomwe zikusemphana ndi zomwe ziyenera kukhala gawo lalikulu la mzindawu poteteza thanzi ndi moyo wa okhalamo.           

Nkhani yake ndiyakuti, kuyika ndalama pazankhondo sikumveka bwino pazachuma. Studies zikuwonetsa kuti ndalama zothandizira zaumoyo, maphunziro, ndi mphamvu zoyera zimapanga ntchito zapakhomo - ndipo nthawi zambiri, ntchito zolipira bwino - kusiyana ndi ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pamagulu ankhondo. M'malo moyika ndalama m'mabungwe akuluakulu ankhondo padziko lapansi, mzindawu uyenera kuika patsogolo a Community impact Investment njira yomwe imalowetsa ndalama m'mapulojekiti akomweko omwe amapereka zopindulitsa pazachikhalidwe komanso/kapena zachilengedwe kwa aku Chicago. Ndalama zamagulu alinso ndi mgwirizano wochepa ndi makalasi azinthu zachikhalidwe, zolimbana ndi kutsika kwa msika komanso kuwopsa kwachuma. Kuphatikiza apo, amapereka zopindulitsa zachuma monga kusiyanasiyana kwa mbiri, zomwe zimathandizira kuchepetsa chiopsezo. M'malo mwake, 2020 inali chaka chatsopano pofuna kuyika ndalama moyenera pazakhalidwe ndi chilengedwe, ndi ndalama za ESG (Environmental Social Governance) zomwe zimapambana ndalama zachikhalidwe. Akatswiri ambiri amayembekezera kukula kopitilira muyeso.

Popeza ndalama za msonkho wa mumzinda zimachokera kwa anthu, ndalama zimenezi ziyenera kuikidwa m’njira yogwirizana ndi zofuna za anthu a mumzindawo. Poika chuma chake, mzindawu uyenera kusankha mwadala momwe ndalama zimayikidwira, zisankho zomwe zimayendetsedwa ndi kukhazikika, kulimbikitsa anthu ammudzi, kusankhana mitundu, kuchitapo kanthu pa nyengo, kukhazikitsa chuma chongowonjezera mphamvu, ndi zina zambiri.

Ziyenera kunenedwa, komabe, kuti mzindawu wapanga kale masitepe ang'onoang'ono kumbali iyi. Mwachitsanzo, mzinda wa Chicago posachedwapa ukhala mzinda woyamba padziko lonse lapansi kusaina mgwirizano wa United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment mu 2018. Ndipo posachedwa, Treasurer wa Chicago City Melissa Conyears-Ervin. anachiika patsogolo kuyika madola aku City ndi makampani oyika ndalama omwe amakwaniritsa njira zosiyanasiyana, zofananira, komanso kuphatikizidwa. Izi ndi njira zofunika kwambiri zoyendetsera ndalama zomwe zimalemekeza anthu ndi dziko lapansi, kuphatikizapo phindu lazachuma. Kuchotsa ndalama zapenshoni za City ku zida ndi sitepe yotsatira.

Pamenepo, Chigamulo chaposachedwa cha City Council chomwe chinayambitsidwa ndi Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, ndipo mothandizidwa ndi chiŵerengero chokulirapo cha alderpeople, cholinga chake ndicho kuchita zimenezo. Resolution R2021-1305 ikufuna kuunikanso kofunikira kwa chuma cha City, kugulitsa ndalama zomwe zilipo kale kwa opanga zida, komanso kukhazikitsidwa kwa mfundo zoyendetsera ndalama zomwe zimayimira zomwe zili zofunika kwambiri mdera lathu. Zingaletsenso ndalama zamtsogolo zamakampani opanga zida.

Yakwana nthawi yoti Chicago asiye kukulitsa zida, nkhondo, ndi ziwawa ndi ndalama zathu zamisonkho. Popitiliza ntchito yolimbana ndi zigawenga za Mzindawu, anthu aku Chicago atha kugwiritsa ntchito mawu athu kuyitanitsa kuti ziwawa zamagulu zithe m'mabizinesi athu, m'misewu yathu komanso padziko lonse lapansi.

Saina pempho lathu kuti tipereke Chigamulo R2021-1305 apa: https://www.divestfromwarmachine.org/divestchicago