CAMPAIGN:

Tikulimbikitsa kuti tichotse Chicago ku zida. Chicago pakali pano ikuyika ndalama za okhometsa msonkho ku War Machine kudzera mu ndalama zake zapenshoni, zomwe zimaperekedwa kwa opanga zida ndi opindula pankhondo. Mabizinesiwa amalimbikitsa ziwawa komanso zankhondo kunyumba ndi kunja, zomwe ndi zosemphana kwambiri ndi zomwe ziyenera kukhala ntchito yayikulu ya City poteteza thanzi ndi moyo wa anthu okhalamo. Mwamwayi, Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa wabweretsa chisankho ku Chicago City Council kuti #Divest from War! Kuonjezera apo, 8 Alderman adathandizira chisankho, kuphatikizapo: Alderman Vasquez Jr., Alderman La Spata, Alderwoman Hadden, Alderwoman Taylor, Alderwoman Rodriguez-Sanchez, Alderman Rodriguez, Alderman Sigcho-Lopez, ndi Alderman Martin. Achi Chicago, tikukupemphani kuti mulowe nawo mgwirizanowu kuti muchepetse mgwirizano waku Chicago kunkhondo.

KODI MUNGAPEZE BWANJI?

• Lumikizanani ndi Alderperson wanu kuti muwafunse kuti athandizire nawo City Council Resolution pakuchotsa ndalama!
• The Chicago Teachers Pension Fund (CTPF) makamaka ili ndi ndalama zosachepera $ 260 miliyoni m'makampani a zida zapadziko lonse lapansi kuphatikiza asanu apamwamba: Raytheon, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, ndi Lockheed Martin. Gwiritsani ntchito chida chathu chothandizira pa intaneti kutumiza maimelo & ma tweet pa bolodi la CTPF!
• Mabungwe: onjezani dzina la gulu lanu ku kalata yosainira kuti muvomereze Divest Chicago.
• Pitani kumisonkhano yathu yamgwirizano wamwezi uliwonse! Timakumana kudzera pa Zoom Lachitatu lachiwiri la mwezi nthawi ya 2:6 pm-00:7pm Central. Lumikizanani ndi Shea ku shea@codepink.org pa ulalo wa Zoom!

CHIYANI CHINENERO CHA NKHONDO?

The War Machine imatanthawuza zipangizo zankhondo zakuda za dziko lonse za US zomwe zimagwira ntchito chifukwa cha mgwirizano pakati pa makampani apamanja ndi omwe amapanga malamulo. Nkhondo ya nkhondoyi imayambitsanso zokhudzana ndi ufulu wa anthu, Kugwiritsa ntchito ankhondo pazokambirana ndi kuthandiza, kukonzekera kumenya nkhondo popewa nkhondo, ndikupindulitsanso moyo wamunthu komanso thanzi lapadziko lapansi. Mu 2019, US idawononga $ 730 + biliyoni pazankhondo zakunja ndi zakunyumba, zomwe ndi 53% ya federal discretionary budget. Oposa $ 370 biliyoni a madola amenewo adalowa mwachindunji m'matumba a omanga asirikali wamba omwe amapha anthu popha. Okhometsa misonkho aku America awononga ndalama zochulukirapo pomanga makontrakitala ankhondo achinsinsi, Pentagon idatumiza zida "zochulukirapo" zankhondo ku polisi yapafupi mdziko lonselo. Izi ndi ziwerengero zochititsa chidwi zomwe zikuganizira anthu mamiliyoni 43 ku US amakhala muumphawi kapena amayenera kulandira ndalama zochepa, omwe zosowa zawo zitha kukwaniritsidwa ndi ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pomanga zida zankhondo.

N'CHIFUKWA CHIYANI KUDZAKHALA?

Kupatukana ndi chida cha kusintha kwa anthu. Mapulogalamu achipatuko akhala njira yowonongeka yoyambira ku South Africa panthawi ya chisankho.
Kupatukana ndi momwe tonsefe - aliyense, kulikonse - titha kuchitapo kanthu pompano pakufa ndi kuwonongedwa kwa nkhondo.