Wolemba Laurie Timmermann, Asheville kwa a World BEYOND War Mutu Coordinator, North Carolina, US, Disembala 27, 2020
Gulu la omenyera ufulu omwe ali ndi magulu amtendere ku Western NC adayamba kuda nkhawa atazindikira mapulani a Pratt & Whitney (P&W), omwe amathandizira kampani yomanga zankhondo Raytheon Technologies, kuti apange injini zama jet pamahekitala 100 a malo osadutsika mumtsinje wa French Broad kwa iwo $ 1 dollar ndi Biltmore Farms, LLC ngati gawo la mgwirizano wachinsinsi.
P&W imapanga mainjini wamba, amalonda ndi ankhondo a jeti, monga a F-35. Pambuyo pake zinadziwika kuti 20% ya kupanga chomera chomwe akufuna kukhala ndi zida za injini zankhondo. Raytheon ndi kampani yachiwiri yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi yodzitchinjiriza padziko lapansi, yopindula ndi nkhondo pafupifupi zaka makumi awiri ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq, ndipo ndi m'modzi mwa ogulitsa zida zazikulu ku Saudi Arabia, yomwe ikuchita nkhondo yopha anthu kwazaka zambiri motsutsana ndi anthu aku Yemen.
P&W idakambirana ndi akuluakulu aboma kwa chaka chopitilira, komabe ntchitoyi idalengezedwa kwa anthu pa Oct 22, 2020. Komiti ya m'boma la Buncombe idayenera kuvotera $27 miliyoni pakuchotsa msonkho wa katundu pamtengo wa 160 miliyoni masikweya mita $17 miliyoni. P&W chomera pamsonkhano wake pa Nov. 2020, XNUMX.
Woyimira bungwe la WBW wadera Laurie Timmermann adapereka ndemanga yamphindi ya 3 pamsonkhano, ndipo adapereka ndemanga zolembedwa ku Buncombe County Commission, pansipa.
November 17, 2020
Wokondedwa ma Commissioner a County Buncombe:
Monga wodzipereka wamba ndi World BEYOND War, ndikutumikira nzika zokonda mtendere za 400 ku WNC ndi zikwi za mamembala achangu kudutsa US ndi dziko lonse lapansi, ndikulemba kuti ndigwirizane ndi NC Peace Action kutsimikizira mfundo zothetsa nkhondo, kuika patsogolo chikhalidwe chamtendere, ndi chitetezo chopanda usilikali.
Anthu okhala ku Asheville County ndi Buncombe County ndi omwe amapita kutchuthi amayamikira kutetezedwa kotsimikizirika kwa chilengedwe komanso kulimbikitsa mtendere pakati pa mayiko. Atamva zambiri, ambiri angakhumudwe kuti komiti ya m'boma la Buncombe ikufuna kupereka ndalama zokwana $27 miliyoni kuti zithandizire pafakitale yayikulu yopangira Pratt & Whitney yopanga zida za injini za jet pamtunda wa maekala 100 pafupi ndi mtsinje wa French Broad River pafupi. pafupi ndi Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina Arboretum, ndi Bent Creek River Park.
Chigawo cha Buncombe sichingakwanitse kukhala ndi kubwereza kwa CTS ya Asheville electroplating plant superfund site ku Mills Gap Road ku South Asheville yomwe inatulutsa milingo yoopsa ya TCE, kuphatikizapo ma carcinogens ena a 10, kwa zaka zoposa 30 ndipo sichinakonzedwenso mokwanira.
Fakitale ya injini ya jet ya Pratt & Whitney ku North Haven, CT idatulutsa mankhwala oopsa okwana mapaundi 5.4 miliyoni pakati pa 1987 ndi 2002, pomwe malo ake a West Palm Beach, FL ali ndi malo 47 a zinyalala zapoizoni omwe amakhala amodzi mwa malo oyeretsa kwambiri a EPA.
Kodi ndi zinthu ziti zomwe zikuyenera kutsatiridwa pofuna kupewa kuchucha kwapoizoni ndi ngozi, zofunika kuti anthu anene msanga za kutayikira kapena kuipitsidwa kulikonse, makonzedwe a kukonzanso kwathunthu, ndi zofunika pakulipira chipukuta misozi ku boma ndi anthu aliwonse ovulazidwa?
Pratt & Whitney ndi gawo la Raytheon Technologies, wopanga zida zachitatu padziko lonse lapansi. Raytheon ali ndi mbiri yopindula mabiliyoni chifukwa chogulitsa ndege zankhondo ku Saudi Arabia zomwe zachititsa mantha Yemen kwa zaka zambiri pochita bwino. Kuukira kwa ndege 16,749, kupha anthu wamba, kuyambitsa njala ndi mliri wa kolera.
Chifukwa chiyani nkhani ya Citizen's Times yonena za chomera cha Pratt & Whitney chomwe chikukonzekera chili ndi injini ya F135 ya ndege yankhondo ya F-35 Lightning II? Mwachidziwikire, Pratt & Whitney apanga zida zama injini pa F-35s ndi mzere wake wa injini zankhondo, zomwe zidzagulitsidwa kumayiko ngati Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), ndi Israeli omwe amaphwanya ufulu wa anthu. .
Zodzinenerazi sizingachitike. Pofika pa Novembara 11, 2020, olamulira a Trump akufuna kuthamangitsa kugulitsa kwakukulu komaliza kwa $23.37 biliyoni mu ndege zankhondo, ma drones ndi mabomba ku UAE yomwe ikuchita nkhanza ku Yemen.
Mgwirizanowu pakati pa Biltmore Farms, LLC ndi Pratt ndi Whitney/Raytheon udasungidwa mwachinsinsi, dzina la kampaniyo silinabisidwe ngakhale m'nkhani zapagulu, ndipo Biltmore Farms idafunsira zilolezo zachilengedwe m'dzina lake chifukwa chosowa poyera. Mlandu wazachilengedwe udakonzedwa koma udathetsedwa mu Marichi chifukwa cha kutseka kwa COVID.
Anthu a m’boma la Buncombe akuyenera kudziwitsidwa bwino za ndondomekozi. Lingaliro lopereka zilimbikitso za County izi liyenera kuyimitsidwa mpaka nzika zitapeza nthawi yokwanira yowunikira ndikuwunika zovuta zakuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe ndi zotsatirapo zoyipa zamakhalidwe.
Tonsefe tingapindule ndi maphunziro mu chitsanzo cha bizinesi cha Pratt ndi Whitney / Raytheon ndi mbiri yopangira kupha (mu phindu), popanga kupha (mu nkhondo, mabomba ndi imfa).
Inde, dera lathu likufunika chuma chamitundumitundu, koma kodi zikutanthauza kuti kupatsa boma chilimbikitso ndi kuchotsedwa kwa misonkho yanyumba kwa Raytheon Technologies mnzake Pratt & Whitney, yemwe akufuna kupanga injini za jet pa maekala 100 a malo abwino, operekedwa kwa iwo motsatira French. Broad River?
Tikupempha oyimira athu osankhidwa a County kuti achitepo kanthu ndikusamala popanga zisankho potengera zovuta zomwe zingachitike kwanthawi yayitali.
modzipereka,
Laurie Timmermann
World BEYOND War Wolimbikitsa
Popanda kuyankha kapena kuthana ndi nkhawa zilizonse za anthu 20 omwe amatsutsa mgwirizano wa P&W wolimbikitsa, Atsogoleri a County Buncombe adavota mogwirizana kuti avomereze ndalama zokwana $27 miliyoni zochotsa msonkho. Mgwirizano ndi a Veterans For Peace, Sunrise ndi Democratic Socialists of America adatulukira ndikudzipanga okha pamodzi pansi pa mbendera ya Reject Raytheon. Gululo linakonza zionetsero zawo zoyamba pa Sabata. Dec. 9, 2020 nthawi ya 3:00pm mpaka 5:00 pm yomwe idaphatikizapo gulu la okamba ndi "kufera" pokumbukira omwe adazunzidwa ku Yemen. Mamembala a Coalition, kuphatikiza WBW, akhala akuyambitsa chitsutso chopitilira ndikuyang'ana zolimbana ndi chomera cha P&W, pomwe mamembala angapo ali ndi zilembo zawo zotsutsa zosindikizidwa m'mapepala akomweko.
