Wolemba Greta Zarro, Januware 29, 2020
Mwezi umodzi wokha muzaka khumi zatsopano, tikukumana ndi chiwopsezo chochulukirachulukira cha apocalypse ya nyukiliya. Kupha kwa boma la US kwa General Soleimani waku Iran pa Januware 3 kudakulitsa chiwopsezo chenicheni cha nkhondo ina yamphamvu ku Middle East. Pa Januware 23, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moyenerera idakhazikitsanso koloko ya Doomsday Clock kukhala masekondi ochepa 100 mpaka pakati pausiku, apocalypse.
Tikuuzidwa kuti nkhondo ndi yabwino kutiteteza ku "zigawenga" koma kubwerera kwa okhometsa msonkho ku US $ 1 thililiyoni pachaka mu "ndalama zodzitetezera" kunali kochepa kwambiri kuyambira 2001-2014, pamene uchigawenga unakula. Malinga ndi Global Terrorism Index, uchigawenga unakula kwambiri pa nthawi imene inkatchedwa “nkhondo yolimbana ndi uchigawenga,” mpaka m’chaka cha 2014. Atolankhani osawerengeka, akatswiri azamalamulo a federal, komanso akuluakulu ankhondo anena kuti kulowererapo kwa asitikali aku US, kuphatikiza pulogalamu ya drone, kungayambitse kuchulukira kwamphamvu kwa zigawenga, kudzetsa ziwawa zambiri kuposa momwe amaletsa. Ofufuza Erica Chenoweth ndi Maria Stephan awonetsa powerengera kuti, kuyambira 1900 mpaka 2006, kukana kosachita zachiwawa kunali kopambana kawiri kuposa kukana zida ndipo kunapangitsa kuti demokalase ikhale yokhazikika yopanda mwayi wobwereranso ku ziwawa zapachiweniweni komanso zapadziko lonse lapansi. Nkhondo sizimatipangitsa kukhala otetezeka kwambiri; tikusauka mwa kutaya ndalama za okhometsa msonkho pankhondo zakutali zomwe zimapweteka, kuvulaza, ndi kupha okondedwa athu, pamodzi ndi mamiliyoni a ozunzidwa omwe sanatchulidwe kunja.
Pakadali pano, tikuwononga chisa chathu. Asitikali aku US ali m'gulu la anthu atatu oipitsa kwambiri madzi aku US. Kugwiritsa ntchito kwa asitikali otchedwa "mankhwala osatha," monga PFOS ndi PFOA, kudayipitsa madzi apansi panthaka m'madera mazana ambiri pafupi ndi zida zankhondo zaku US kunyumba ndi kunja. Timamva za milandu yodziwika bwino yapoizoni yamadzi ngati Flint, Michigan, koma ndizochepa zomwe zimanenedwa zavuto laumoyo wa anthu lomwe likuchitika mkati mwa gulu lankhondo laku US lomwe lili ndi malo opitilira 1,000 apanyumba ndi mabungwe akunja a 800. Izi ndizowopsa komanso zitha kuyambitsa khansa PFOS ndi PFOA mankhwala, zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito mu thovu lozimitsa moto la asilikali, zimakhala ndi zotsatira za thanzi labwino, monga matenda a chithokomiro, matenda a uchembere, kuchedwa kwa chitukuko, ndi kusabereka. Kupitilira pavuto lamadzi lomwe likubwerali, monga gulu lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi logwiritsa ntchito mafuta, asitikali aku US ndiye gulu lankhondo. wothandizira kwambiri kutulutsa mpweya wowonjezera kutentha padziko lonse lapansi. Usilikali umaipitsa.
Pamene tikuwononga madzi athu, tikukhetsanso zikwama zathu. Anthu mamiliyoni makumi atatu aku America alibe inshuwaransi yazaumoyo. Anthu theka la miliyoni aku America amagona m'misewu usiku uliwonse. Mwana mmodzi mwa ana asanu ndi mmodzi alionse amakhala m’nyumba zopanda chakudya. Anthu aku America 1.6 miliyoni ali ndi ngongole yoposa $XNUMX thililiyoni ya ngongole za ophunzira. Ndipo komabe timasunga bajeti yankhondo yayikulu ngati bajeti zazikulu zisanu ndi ziwiri zotsatira zankhondo kuphatikiza ngati tigwiritsa ntchito US Army ziwerengero zake. Ngati tigwiritsa ntchito ziwerengero zenizeni zomwe zikuphatikiza ndalama zomwe sizili za Pentagon zankhondo (mwachitsanzo, zida za nyukiliya, zomwe zimalipidwa kuchokera ku Bajeti Yamagetsi), timaphunzira kuti leni Bajeti yankhondo yaku US ndizoposa kuwirikiza kawiri zomwe Pentagon boma bajeti ndi. Chifukwa chake, US imagwiritsa ntchito zambiri pazankhondo zake kuposa asitikali ena onse padziko lapansi kuphatikiza.
Dziko lathu likulimbana. Timamva mobwerezabwereza mu mpikisano wa pulezidenti wa 2020, kaya kuchokera kwa omwe akuyembekeza demokalase kapena a Trump, ofuna kusankhidwa ambiri amabwerera kukambitsirana zakufunika kokonza dongosolo lathu losweka komanso lachinyengo, ngakhale kuvomereza njira zawo zosinthira machitidwe zimasiyana kwambiri. Inde, china chake chasokonekera m'dziko lomwe likuwoneka ngati mabiliyoni osatha kwa gulu lankhondo lomwe silinawerengedwepo, koma zosowa pazinthu zina zonse.
Tikupita kuti kuchokera pano? Choyamba, titha kusiya thandizo lathu pakugwiritsa ntchito zida zankhondo mosasamala. Pa World BEYOND War, tikukonzekera kampeni zapakhomo padziko lonse lapansi kuti apatse anthu zida zochotsera ndalama zawo zopuma pantchito, zopereka zapayunivesite zapasukulu yawo, ndalama zapenshoni za mzinda wawo, ndi zina zambiri, ku zida ndi nkhondo. Divestment ndi njira yathu yowonongera dongosololi ponena kuti sitidzapereka ndalama zopanda malire ndi madola athu achinsinsi kapena aboma. Tidatsogolera kampeni yopambana yochotsa Charlottesville ku zida chaka chatha. Kodi tawuni yanu ili pafupi?
Greta Zarro ndi Mtsogoleri Wokonzekera World BEYOND War, ndipo imaphatikizidwa ndi PeaceVoice.
