Wolemba Anthony Donovan, Pressenza, Epulo 29, 2022
M'zaka zaposachedwa tayamba mpikisano wina wa zida za nyukiliya, popanda kukambirana zenizeni kapena kuyikapo maganizo kwa nzika. Pofika pano, tapereka ndalama zazikulu kwambiri m'mbiri ya Pentagon bajeti yathu. M'malo mogwiritsa ntchito nzeru zazaka zambiri pamikangano yomwe ikukulirakulira, sitinalumphepo pang'ono kuti tisinthe malingaliro a mliri wakupha ndi kusefukira ndikutsegula nkhokwe za anthu kuti apereke ndalama zowononga kwambiri padziko lapansi, nkhondo, kuwopseza chilengedwe komanso chitukuko chonse.
Mopanda manyazi, anali a General Lloyd Austin omwe adapuma pantchito kuti akhale CEO wa Raytheon, wopanga zida zathu za nyukiliya, yemwe panthawiyo adawunikiridwa ndi Senate yathu yaku US pamilandu yake yotsimikizira, kuti atsimikizire kuti atakhala Mlembi wathu wa Chitetezo, angatilimbikitse mwamphamvu. , monga "chofunika kwambiri", kubwezeretsanso ndi kumanga zida zathu za nyukiliya Triad (nthaka, nyanja, zida za nyukiliya zochokera kumlengalenga ndi zida zake).
Polumbira, General Austin wopuma adatsimikizira cholinga chake ndi zofuna zawo. Tsopano Secretary of Defense Austin yemwe amagwira ntchito mu nduna ya Purezidenti Biden mu Nyumba yathu ya Anthu, ali ndi udindo womwe malamulo athu amafunikira kuti akhale munthu wamba, osati usilikali.
Tawuni yathu ndi kwawo kwa Wall Street, njira yankhondo iyi yopitilira, opindula ndi zida zakupha anthu ambiri, njira yachiwopsezo chachikulu komanso chaposachedwa cha mibadwo yamtsogolo.
Mwamwayi mzindawu uli ndi atsogoleri omwe akukankhira kumbuyo. Makampani ofalitsa nkhani mwadala sawonetsa zoyesayesa zawo mosamalitsa, kotero atsogoleriwa akuyenera kuyamikiridwa mwamphamvu kwambiri.
Woyang'anira City yemwe wasankhidwa kumene Brad Lander walamula ofesi yake kuti iyambe ntchito yochotsa mapulani a penshoni a NYC pamakampani opanga zida za nyukiliya. Sabata yatha ya Earth Day a Comptroller's Press Office adatulutsa mawu akuti ofesi yawo "pakali pano ikuwunika momwe ndalama zapenshoni zikuyendera pakugwiritsa ntchito zida zanyukiliya". Mapulani asanu akuluakulu a NYC Firefighters, Apolisi, Aphunzitsi, ogwira ntchito ku Bungwe la Maphunziro, ndi ogwira ntchito mumzinda wamba aliyense ali ndi matabwa awo akuluakulu omwe amazindikira ndalama zomwe akukonzekera, koma ofesi ya Comptroller ili ndi zonena ndipo imathandiza kutsogolera ndondomekoyi, kupereka chidziwitso chabwino kwambiri chotheka. zomwe zidzathandizira maudindo awo odalirika.
Comptroller Brad Lander anali membala wa City Council mu 2018 pomwe adasaina kuti athandizire Wapampando wa Zachuma ku NY City Council, kalata ya a Daniel Dromm kupita kwa Wolamulira wakale Scott Stringer. Membala wa Council Dromm anali wodziwa komanso wotsimikiza. "Ndikulembera kupempha kuti thumba la Pension la NYC ndi ndalama zichoke kumabanki ndi mabungwe omwe amapindula ndi kupanga zida za nyukiliya." Umboni waukatswiri udadzaza msonkhano wa Public Hearing womwe unachitikira ku City Hall ku NYC kunena momveka bwino, ndikuchotsa nthano zabodza zachitetezo chabodza cha chiphunzitso choletsa zida za nyukiliya, kuwulula mtengo wake komanso chiwopsezo chachikulu kwa onse. Comptroller Lander anali m'modzi mwa mamembala 44 a City Council omwe adachita nawo Disembala lapitali chigamulo chofuna kuti ofesi ya Comptroller iyambe ntchito yochotsa zida za nyukiliya.
Chigamulochi chikuyitanitsanso dziko lathu kuti lisayine zomwe zachitika kale, lamulo latsopano lapadziko lonse lapansi, Pangano la Kuletsa Zida za Nyukiliya. Ngakhale pali zabodza pankhaniyi, Mgwirizanowu ndi njira yokwanira, yotetezeka, yotsimikizika komanso yotetezeka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi kuthana ndi mpikisano wankhondo wakupha womwe wayambikanso ndi njira yochotsera zida za nyukiliya padziko lonse lapansi, nthawi isanathe. Patatha zaka zambiri za misonkhano yapadziko lonse ya Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons, miyezi yovuta kwambiri yomaliza zokambilana zoti Panganoli libadwe linachitika kuno ku NYC. Mayiko 122 adati kwa mayiko a nyukiliya, asiye kuyika tonse pachiwopsezo. https://www.un.org/disarmament/wmd/nuclear/tpnw/
Amalgamated Bank
Wokondedwa woyandikana ndi mzinda wa Wall Street, osati kuti mukufuna kumva, koma osadziwika ndi Financial Times ndi Wall Street Journal, TPNW (The Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty) anali ndi wothandizira wina akuyenda nkhani isanayambe kusaina Pangano ku UN ku 2017; New York City yochokera ku Amalgamated Bank.
Banki yadziko lonse yodzipereka ku ufulu wa ogwira ntchito, ufulu wachibadwidwe komanso kwazaka zopitilira khumi ndikuyika ndalama pazothetsera zachilengedwe / zanyengo. Ndi mfundo zomwe amakana kuchita malonda kapena kuyika ndalama zawo kumakampani opanga zida. https://www.amalgamatedbank.com/anti-violence-and-gun-safety
Anthu chonde thokozani nokha chifukwa chokhudzidwa ndikuchitapo kanthu. Kodi mumatenga nawo mbali bwanji komanso Divest panokha?
Tinene mosapita m'mbali: Ngati simukufuna kuthandizira zida zankhondo, zankhondo zokhazikika pazokambirana kuti muthetse mikangano, ngati simukufuna mabiliyoni ambiri kupitilira bajeti yanthawi zonse kupita kumakampani akupha, 60% yandalama zathu zanzeru zatengedwa. za izo m'malo mwa zosowa zathu zachangu…. ndiye tsatirani ndalama zanu, pakuti inu/ine/tikulipira zonse. Zida zowononga anthu ambiri, monga Fr. Daniel Berrigan adafotokoza momveka bwino pamlandu wake wa 1980, kuti ndinu ake ndipo amalipidwa ndi inu ndi ine. "Iwo ndi athu."
Tikakhala ndi akaunti yochezera, kapena akaunti yosungira ku banki, bankiyo imagwiritsa ntchito zinthuzo pochita malonda, kubwereketsa ndi mabizinesi ake. Zosavuta komanso zosavuta, moyo wanga wonse ndakhala ndikuthandizira bizinesi iyi osazindikira kutero.
Tiyeni titchule dzina. Ngati banki yanu ndi Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, BNP, TD, Wells Fargo, Citi, Bank of China, RBC, HSBC, Santander, ndi zina zotero, ndi mabanki ang'onoang'ono am'deralo omwe tsopano ali ndi mabungwe akuluakulu, anu ndi mabungwe anu. ndalama, ngakhale zitakhala zochepetsetsa bwanji, ndizomwe zimathandizira makampani ankhondo ndi zankhondo. Umu ndi momwe aliyense wa ife amachitira komanso kutenga nawo mbali pazowopsa zapadziko lonse lapansi, komanso nthawi zambiri, m'misewu yathu.
Amalgamated Bank ikadali banki yoyamba yodziwika ku US kupanga malamulo otere, ndipo ikhoza kukhala yokhayo. Maura Keaney, Wachiwiri kwa Wachiwiri kwa Wachiwiri kwa Commercial Banking ku Amalgamated Bank akuti "Sindingathe kuyankhulira mabanki ena. Zomwe ndikudziwa, palibe banki ina yaku US yomwe ili ndi mfundo izi. Nditha kulankhula motsimikiza kuti sitipereka ndalama, kubwereketsa, kapena kubanki kumakampani omwe amapanga kapena kugawa zida. Timabanki zambiri zamabizinesi, makamaka mabizinesi omwe ali ndi udindo pagulu komanso osapeza phindu, sichoncho? Koma ndondomeko yathu imati pali mabungwe osiyanasiyana omwe sitingasungire mabanki. Mwachitsanzo sitibanki kwa obwereketsa tsiku lolipira. Sitidzasungitsa mabanki opanga mapaipi amafuta, kapena opanga zida ndi ogulitsa. ” Zida zankhondo ndi “zida zonse kuyambira mfuti zapamanja mpaka zida zakupha.”
M'mawu a Public Hearing omwe amathandizira chigamulo cha NY City Council, Woyamba Wachiwiri kwa VP Keaney adachitira umboni kuti Amalgamated Bank idawona mfundo zotere ngati kuchita zoyenera komanso kuti kusankha kwawo pazachuma komanso chilengedwe / nyengo kwakhala kopindulitsa kwambiri, kopindulitsa kubanki. Adanenanso kuti ndalama za penshoni za mzinda zomwe zimachokera kumakampani opanga zida sizingakhale zodalirika komanso zokhutiritsa zamakhalidwe, komanso kupititsa patsogolo kayendetsedwe ka thumba.
Oimira US ayenera kumva kukakamizidwa ndi thandizo kuchokera kwa inu. Mabanki ayenera kumva kufunika kosintha. Ndife okha amene timapanga zimenezo. Ngati wina akubanki ndi zomwe tatchulazi, musachoke ku bankiyo musanakhale ndi kukambirana nawo. Auzeni chifukwa chake mukukakamizika kusuntha ndalama zanu. Apatseni nthawi yoti aganizirepo.
Kusintha mabanki kumawoneka ngati kovuta, koma kunali kosavuta kuposa momwe mukuganizira. Ndinali ndi zaka 40 ndi Chase (Chemical), ndi zida zonse zachuma ndi zolipiritsa zamagalimoto motsogozedwa ndi gwero limodzili. Palibe chilichonse chaumwini, ndinkadziwa ndipo ndinkakonda anthu a panthambi. Panalinso pafupi ndi kwathu. Koma nditadzuka ndikuwona momwe makampani ankhondo akupezera ndalama chifukwa cha kusalakwa kwathu, ndi mamiliyoni a ife nzika zogwira ntchito molimbika, ndi ndalama zathu zochepa, ndinasamuka. Kusintha konseko kunatenga nthawi yosakwana ola limodzi kuti zikhazikike bwino. Ndikumva bwino kotani nanga pambuyo pake, ndikudandaula kokha kukhala kuti sindinatenge nthawi kuti ndichite izi kale.
Pankhani ya ndalama kwa iwo omwe ali ndi ndalama zambiri kuposa omwe amalipira cheke kuti alipire cheke, pali ndalama zambiri tsopano zomwe zimatsatsa zopanda zida, zopanda mafuta, fodya, zopanda mankhwala, ndi zina zambiri. koma tikutsindika apa kufunikira kwa ndalama zanu zoyambira pamaakaunti anu osungira ndi cheke.
Mandalama aliwonse omwe mungakhale obisala m'ndalama zazikulu, mudzafunika kugawanitsa mosamala ndi mlangizi. Tikupangabe zida zomveka bwino zomwe zimazindikiritsa kukhudzidwa kwa zida. Makampani opanga zida zankhondo, ndi maboma athu omwe akulimbana nawo nthawi zambiri sakhala owonekera.
Chida chomwe chimathandiza. https://weaponfreefunds.org
Mabungwe ena ochotsera zida amayang'ana kwambiri mabungwe 25 apamwamba ankhondo. Dziwani kuti pali masauzande ambiri omwe akugwira nawo ntchito, komanso m'boma lililonse. Pamene ndinkathawa zaka zingapo zapitazo, ndinakambirana ndi SIPRI, a Bungwe la International Research Research Institute la Stockholm kuzindikira makampani 100 apamwamba.
Sikuti zonse, koma chiyambi chabwino.
Mabungwe amatsata phindu. Lamulo latsopano lapadziko lonse lokhudza zida za nyukiliya limalimbikitsa kuti pakhale poyera.
Ndiye, timayika kuti? Zida zopangira ndalama zanyengo / zobiriwira tsopano zapangidwa bwino. Chimodzi mwa zida zotere ndikuthandizira: www.green.org
Anthu ena amangoyankha kuti, “Ndili bwino, ndalama zanga zili m’gulu la ngongole.” Ngakhale mwachilengedwe mabungwe angongole sachita phindu, pokhapokha atakhala poyera komanso mosapita m'mbali za mfundo zawo, munthu sangaganize kuti sabwereketsa kapena kugulitsa zida zankhondo kapena china chake chomwe simumakhulupirira.
Ma intaneti atsopano okha, mabanki osakhala njerwa ndi ntchito zachuma zikuchulukirachulukira komanso kugwiritsidwa ntchito pakati pa achinyamata. Komabe, pakadali pano alibe kuwonekera pang'ono momwe chuma chawo ndi ndalama zanu chikugwiritsidwira ntchito.
Ngati chifukwa cha zofooka zakuthupi, kapena ngati mukuchita ndi ndalama ndipo mukufuna banki yapafupi kuti musungire ma depositi, munthu akhoza kusunga akaunti yotseguka kuti asamakulipiritsidwe ndalama zowonjezera, ndikusamutsira ndalama zambiri ku bungwe lomwe mumakhulupirira. gwiritsani ntchito kulimbikitsa dziko lapansi ndi anthu.
Ku DC, Woimira US Eleanor Holmes Norton adatumizanso umboni kuti athandizire kuyitanidwa kwa NYC. Iye ali ndi chofanana Bill ku Congress yomwe imayitanitsa kuthandizira TPNW ndikusuntha ndalama zambiri zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pazida zowononga kwambiri izi ku zosowa zathu zazikulu zanyumba, chisamaliro chaumoyo, zomangamanga, maphunziro, nyengo, ndi zina.
Woimira NYC a Carolyn Maloney wasayina. Khalani ndi Oimira amdera lanu, chigawo ndi dziko kuti achitepo kanthu, kuthandizira TPNW, lero.
Pomaliza, msonkhano wa mbiri yakale udzakhala wotsegukira kwa tonsefe kuti tigawane nawo, kumvetsera anthu padziko lapansi omwe akuyesera kuthetsa chiwonongeko cha dziko lapansi ndi nkhanza, ndipo m'malo mwake tilimbikitse zitukuko zomwe zikutukuka:
The Msonkhano Woyamba wa Mayiko pa Pangano Loletsa Zida za Nyukiliya ichitikira ku Vienna, Austria pa Juni 21, 2022.
Chonde falitsani mawu, pemphani kuti Woimira wanu akonzekere Mgwirizanowu, kuchirikiza, ndikulumikizana ndi mabungwe ambiri omwe akuchitapo kanthu. Ndalama zimalankhula mokweza kwambiri, chonde thawani lero.
Zothandizira kuti mutengepo nawo mbali komanso zambiri zosinthidwa:
- www.icanw.org,
- www.nuclearban.US,
- http://www.nukeresister.org,
- https://orepa.org,
- https://www.codepink.org
- https://worldbeyondwar.org
- https://www.peaceaction.org
- ndi ena.
Anthony Donovan
Woyambitsa ndale komanso womenyera ufulu kuyambira zaka 12, adatsekeredwa m'ndende katatu chifukwa cha kusamvera kwachiwembu kwa anthu ku Vietnam. Donovan ndiye wopanga zolemba zingapo, kuphatikiza: "Makambirano: Njira yabwino yothanirana ndi uchigawenga wapadziko lonse" (2004), komanso "Kuganiza Bwino, Amene Ayesa Kuletsa Zida Zanyukiliya" (2015). Chikhumbo chake cha nthawi yayitali chimakhalabe kuthetsedwa kwa zida za nyukiliya.
Yankho Limodzi
Zikomo.