Wolemba Demilitarize Western Mass, Okutobala 12, 2023
NORTHAMPTON, Mphindi ZOCHEPA POKHALA - M'mawa wa Lachinayi, Okutobala 12, mamembala ndi othandizira gulu la Demilitarize Western Mass adapanga chotchinga ku 50 Prince Street, Northampton, kutsogolo kwa L3Harris (gulu lothandizira zida zankhondo.) L3Harris ndi gulu lachisanu ndi chinayi lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi lopanga zida, ndipo izi zachindunji zikutsutsana ndi gawo ili la mafakitale ankhondo m'derali, makamaka gawo lawo pazachiwawa zakunja ndi machitidwe oyang'anira carceral.
Kutsekerezaku kumakhala ndi ziwonetsero zodzitsekera m'boti lalikulu ndi ma trailer atatu, kuletsa magalimoto kulowa munjira iliyonse yopita ku L3Harris. Akufuna kusungabe blockade kuti asokoneze phindu la L3Harris ndi kupanga, komanso kudziwitsa anthu za L3Harris ndi gawo lake poyambitsa ziwawa. Ziwonetserozi zikuphatikizanso anthu ammudzi omwe asonkhana pamsonkhano womwe uli patsamba, wokhala ndi zikwangwani ndi nyimbo zotsutsana ndi L3Harris ndi machitidwe achiwawa omwe amathandizira.
Zehra Parvez, m'modzi mwa omwe ali pachiwopsezo chomangidwa, adaphunzira za L3Harris pomwe amafufuza njira zandale kuti ayankhe pavuto lalikulu lothandizira anthu ku Yemen. “Nditazindikira kuti mmodzi wa ogulitsa zida ku Saudi Arabia anali pamtunda wa makilomita ochepa chabe, ndinadziŵa kuti ndiyenera kutenga nawo mbali. Ana anga kapena adzukulu anga tsiku lina akandifunsa zimene ndinachita pamene dziko langa linali m’mavuto aakulu kwambiri ophera fuko la anthu m’nthaŵi yanga, ndimatha kuwayang’ana m’maso n’kunena kuti ndachita zoyenera.”
Monga wothandizira kwa nthawi yayitali ufulu wa Palestine ndi Saudia Arabia, Parvez akuti, "Ndakhala ndikulembera Congress reps, ndikuyenda mozungulira, ndikusaina zopempha kwa zaka makumi atatu. Kuchita mwachindunji motsutsana ndi zida zankhondo ndiyo njira yamphamvu komanso yomveka yomveka ndikuwonetsa mgwirizano wanga. ” L3Harris ili ndi makontrakitala pafupifupi nthambi iliyonse ya asitikali aku US, komanso ICE, CBP, IDF, ndi ma dipatimenti apolisi aku US. Ma projekiti ochepa omwe adachitapo nawo ndi awa: kupereka ukadaulo wowunikira kumalire a US-Mexico, akasinja ankhondo ndi mabomba omwe agwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Israeli Defense Force kupha masauzande a anthu wamba ku Gaza, ndikupanga ukadaulo wa cell-site simulator. Apolisi amagwiritsa ntchito zionetsero ndikuwongolera zochitika kuti azindikire anthu ndikuwona mayendedwe awo.
Paki Wieland, yemwe ali pachiwopsezo chomangidwa, wayenda padziko lonse lapansi m'njira zambiri zamtendere, kuyambira kulandira thandizo ku Palestine kudutsa malire a Rafah, kupita kukaona mabanja omwe akhudzidwa ndi drone ku Afghanistan. “Mkhalidwe wovuta womwe tikukumana nawo uyenera kutchulidwa ndi kusinthidwa, kuti tithe kukhala ndi dziko lachilungamo ndi lamtendere. L3Harris, m'modzi mwa ochita malonda ankhondo, alibe malo kumbuyo kwathu. Tiyenera kuchita chilichonse chomwe tingathe kuti tisinthe chuma ichi chifukwa cha nkhondo ndi mavuto. ”
Demilitarize Western Misa ndi gulu la anthu odana ndi nkhondo, otsutsa-imperialist, ndi othetsa nkhondo omwe akukumana ndi zovuta zankhondo ndi mafakitale m'madera mwawo kudzera mu maphunziro, kulengeza, kupatukana ndi kuchitapo kanthu mwachindunji. Iwo ndi magulu ena akhala akukonzekera motsutsana ndi L3Harris kwa zaka zingapo - posachedwapa ali ndi mwayi wowonekera pamaso pa L3Harris pachikumbutso cha 20 cha kuwukira kwa Iraq ndikuchita nawo limodzi maphunziro ku UMass pa L3Harris ndi UMass. makampani ankhondo.
