Congress Imapereka Ndalama Nkhondo Yogulitsa Kuti Anthu Ayenera Kupatukana Kuchokera

Magulu onsewa amawongolera matumba awo ndi phindu kuchokera ku malonda a zida.

Wolemba Medea Benjamin, Elliot Swain, February 5, 2018,  AlterNet.

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Pazokambirana zaposachedwa, Senate Democrats adagwirizana kukulitsa ndalama zankhondo zomwe zidapitilira kapu ya ndalama 2018 ndi $ 70 biliyoni, kubweretsa kufunsa kwathunthu kwa $ 716 biliyoni. Mosalephera, izi zikutanthauza kuti mapangano ambiri a Pentagon adzaperekedwa ku mabungwe azinsinsi omwe amagwiritsa ntchito nkhondo yopanda malire kuti atulutse matumba awo. Ma democrat adachita chidwi ndi kuchuluka kwakukuru kumeneku popanda kuwononga chilichonse. Koma kusunthaku sikudabwitsidwa, chifukwa kuchuluka kwa ndalama zomwe amapanga kuchokera kwa opanga zida kupita kumakampulo okonzekera magulu onse awiri.

Pomwe zida zambiri zimapita kwa ma Republican, akuluakulu a Democrates Tim Kaine ndi a Bill Nelson amawonekera mu olandira khumi apamwamba zopereka kampeni- m'zipinda zonse ndi maphwando - kuchokera kwa omanga zankhondo ku 2017 ndi 2018. Northrop Grumman adapereka$ 785,000 kwa osankhidwa a Democratic kuyambira 2017.Hillary Clinton adatenga $ 1 miliyoni kuchokera kumakampani ku 2016. Ngakhale okondedwa omwe amapita patsogolo ngati Elizabeth Warren ndi Bernie Sanders tengani ndalama kwa opanga zida, ndi ma Sanders anathandiza F-35 yomwe Boeing adakumana nayo chifukwa boma lake lidawonongeka pantchito.

Ngati chipani chachikulu sichingalimbane ndi izi, chingachitike ndi chiyani?

Yankho limodzi likhoza kupezeka pakukakamiza kwakanthawi kochepa kuchoka kumakampani oyambira mafuta opangidwa ndi mafuta, omwe amapangidwa, mwa ena, Norway ndi New York City. Pofika Disembala la 2016, Mabungwe a 688, yomwe ikuyimira ndalama zoposa $ 5 thililiyoni, idachotsedwa m'mafuta. Mu kukambirana ndi The Guardian, wolemba a Naomi Klein adalongosola ntchito yoyeserera yopanga mafuta ngati "mafuta opukutira mafuta" ngati "njira yoperekera" ntchitoyo ndikuwatsimikizira kuti imabweretsa "zopindulitsa."

Ntchito yodziwika yopatsa anthu omwe apindula ndi nkhondoyi yatha. Kuphatikiza pakukakamiza mamembala athu a Congress kuti akane zopereka zothandizidwa ndi opanga zida ndi zida zankhondo, tiyenera kukhazikitsa gawo lozama pantchito ya mabungwe ndi oyang'anira mabungwe. Kugulitsa kunkhondo kuyenera kubwera chifukwa chomenyedwa ndi anthu onse.

Ophunzira ku Yunivesite atha kupempha chidziwitso m'masukulu awo. Nthawi zambiri, mabizinesi m'magulu ankhondo amamangidwa m'mabungwe azachuma ovuta omwe mabizinesi awo samavomerezedwa. Zomwe zili pazida izi zitha kutsimikiziridwa ndi kulumikizana ndi gulu la asitikali a yunivesite kapena manejala wa mphamvu. Kenako pakukhazikitsidwa kampeni yoyambitsidwa, kumanga mabungwe ophunzirira sukulu, kupempha zopempha, kukonza zochita mwachindunji ndikupereka zigamulo kudzera m'maboma a ophunzira. Buku lowongolera lothandizira ophunzira ogwira ntchito angapezeke Pano.

Ogwira nawo ntchito akhonza kuyambitsa kuyeserera kwapadera kwa tauni posankha momwe ndalama zapenshoni zam'mizinda, zothandizira, kapena inshuwaransi zingakhalire. Mu 2017 msonkhano waku Mayor, US, mayanjano am'mizinda omwe ali ndi anthu ambiri pa 30,000, anatengera lingaliro kuvomereza kufunika kosintha ndalama zofunikira kuti zisakhale zopanga nkhondo komanso kukhala mdera lanu. Ntchito zothanirana zikuluzikulu zitha kupangitsa kuti izi zitheke kuti atsogoleri amizinda azikwaniritsa mawu awo. Zambiri zakuyambitsa tsankho mzindawo zilipo Pano.

Kupatukana kumapereka njira ina yothanirana ndi vuto lakupindulitsa kunkhondo munthawi yomwe njira zandale zachikhalidwe zatsekedwa ndi oimira athu olakalaka. Zimabweretsanso uthengawu m'magulu ang'onoang'ono - madera omwe amaphulika pomwe omanga zachitetezo amakhala pazabwino.

Mgwirizano watsopano wamagulu pafupifupi a 70 m'dziko lonselo akhazikitsa kukhazikitsa kampeni ya Divest From the War Machine. Mgwirizanowu ukupempha onse omwe akhumudwitsidwa ndi akatswiri ankhondo kuti athandize kulimbikitsa yunivesite, mzinda, penshoni ndi mabungwe achipembedzo kuti achoke kunkhondo .. Phunzirani zambiri ku: //www.divestfromwarmachine.org/

M'malankhulidwe a 2015 ku US Congress, Congress yomwe yadziwika kwambiri ndi gulu lankhondo, Papa Francis adafunsa chifukwa chake zida zakufa zikugulitsidwa kwa iwo omwe amachititsa kuti anthu azunzidwa. Yankho, anati, linali ndalama, "ndalama zomwe zimakhetsedwa m'mwazi, nthawi zambiri magazi osalakwa." Poyang'ana m'chipinda chodzaza ndi anthu ambiri omwe amapindula ndi zomwe amatcha "amalonda aimfa," Papa adafuna kuti manja awachotse. malonda. Njira imodzi yomvera mayitanidwe a Papa ndikudya zipatso za omwe amapha anthu akamapha.

Medea Benjamin ndi wolemba gulu la mtendere la CodePink. Buku lake laposachedwa Ufumu wa osalungama: Kumbuyo kwa Chigwirizano cha US-Saudi (OR Mabuku, Seputembala 2016).

Elliot Swain ndi mthandizi wokhazikitsidwa ndi Baltimore, wophunzira womaliza maphunziro a anthu komanso wofufuza wa CODEPINK.

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