Philly Pension Board Investments mu Nukes 'Akugudubuza Dice' pa Nuclear Apocalypse

Wolemba Gayle Morrow ndi Greta Zarro, World BEYOND War, May 26, 2022

Mavuto omwe akuchitika ku Ukraine ambiri akuda nkhawa kuti tili pafupi ndi nkhondo ya nyukiliya, monga momwe Putin alili ikani ma nukes aku Russia kukhala tcheru kwambiri. Tisaiwale kuti, zaka makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri pambuyo pake, chiŵerengero cha anthu omwalira ndicho akadali kukwera chifukwa cha zotsatira za khansa kuyambira nthawi yoyamba ndi yomaliza bomba la A linagwiritsidwa ntchito. Bomba kuphedwa nthawi yomweyo Anthu 120,000 ku Hiroshima ndi Nagasaki ndipo apha anthu osachepera 100,000 kuyambira chifukwa cha radiation. Ndipo masiku ano nukes, amene nthawi zina Nthawi 7 zina zamphamvu kuposa zomwe zidagwetsedwa pa WWII, zipangitsa kuti mabomba akale aziwoneka ngati zoseweretsa za ana.

Kudzera mwa oyang'anira chuma, Bungwe la Pension Board la Philadelphia likuyika ndalama zamisonkho za Philadelphians pa zida za nyukiliya, kulimbikitsa bizinesi yomwe imakhala yokhazikika pakupindula ndi imfa komanso zomwe zimayika anthu onse pachiwopsezo. Mabungwe 5 azachuma omwe amayang'anira chuma cha Pension Board - Strategic Income Management, Lord Abbett High Yield, Fiera Capital, Ariel Capital Holdings, ndi Northern Trust - amayikidwa mu opanga zida za nyukiliya mpaka $11 biliyoni. Ndipo pomwe Bungwe la Pension Board limayika zida zanyukiliya, a Doomsday Clock yolembedwa ndi Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists yakhazikitsidwa ku masekondi 100 okha mpaka pakati pausiku, kusonyeza kuwopsa kwa nkhondo ya nyukiliya.

Ngati mukuganiza kuti ndinu otetezeka ku zida zanyukiliya chifukwa cha chiphunzitso cha Mutual Assured Destruction (MADD), ganizirani izi. Union of Concerned Scientists akuti chiwopsezo chachikulu chokhazikitsa zida za nyukiliya chikhoza kuchitika mwangozi popeza US ndi Russia ali ndi zida zawo zanyukiliya pachitetezo chowombera tsitsi, kutanthauza kuti mivi imatha kuyambika mphindi zochepa, kupereka nthawi yochepa yotsimikizira. Kusamvana komwe kulipo pano ndi Russia pa Ukraine kumatha kuyambitsa kukhazikitsidwa molakwika.

Sikuti ndalama za Philadelphia pa zida za nyukiliya zimawopseza chitetezo chathu, koma mfundo ndi yakuti, alibe nzeru zabwino zachuma. Kafukufuku akuwonetsa kuti ndalama zothandizira zaumoyo, maphunziro, ndi mphamvu zoyera Pangani ntchito zambiri - nthawi zambiri, ntchito zolipira bwino - kuposa ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pagulu lankhondo. Ndipo Environmental Social Government (ESG) ndalama zili kutali ndi zoopsa. Chaka chatha, Council City wadutsa Chigamulo cha membala wa Council Gilmore Richardson #210010 chopempha Bungwe la Pension Board kuti litsatire njira za ESG mu ndondomeko yake yoyendetsera ndalama, ponena kuti "2020 chinali chaka chodziwika bwino cha ndalama za ESG, ndi ndalama zokhazikika zomwe zikuwona kubwezeredwa komanso kuchita bwino. Ndalama za ESG zidaposa ndalama zachikhalidwe mu 2020, ndipo akatswiri akuyembekeza kupitiliza kukula. "

Kubedwa sikuli kowopsa pazachuma - ndipo, kwenikweni, Bungwe la Pension Board lachoka kale kumafakitale ena oyipa. Mu 2013, adasiyana Mfuti ndipo mu 2017, kuchokera ndende zapadera. Pochoka ku zida za nyukiliya, Philadelphia ilowa nawo gulu la anthu osankhika a mizinda yoganiza zamtsogolo zomwe zapanga kale zigamulo zosiyanitsidwa, kuphatikiza. New York City, NY; Burlington, VT; Charlottesville, VA; ndi San Luis Obispo, CA.

Pomwe Philadelphia ikupitilizabe "kupha kupha" poika zida zankhondo, dera lathu likulandidwa ndalama zokwanira zogwirira ntchito zotsimikizira moyo. Ganizirani izi: Khumi ndi zinayi peresenti anthu anali opanda chakudya ku Philadelphia mu 2019. Izi zikutanthauza kuti anthu oposa 220,000 mumzinda wathu amagona ndi njala usiku uliwonse. Ziwerengerozi zangochulukirachulukira chifukwa cha mliri wa COVID-19. M'malo moyika ndalama m'mabungwe akuluakulu padziko lonse lapansi, mzindawu uyenera kuyika patsogolo njira yoyendetsera ndalama zamagulu zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ndalama ziziyenda kwanuko ndikukwaniritsa zosowa za anthu aku Philadelphia.

Chaka chino chinali chaka choyamba cha Pangano la UN loletsa zida za nyukiliya (TPNW) kulowa mu mphamvu, potsirizira pake kupanga zida za nyukiliya kukhala zosaloledwa. Mzindawu wapereka kale thandizo ku TPNW, kudutsa City Council chiwerengero #190841. Ino ndi nthawi yoti City of Brotherly Love igwiritse ntchito mfundo zomwe zafotokozedwa ndi chisankho #190841, ndi lingaliro la Gilmore Richardson #210010 pazachuma za ESG. Tikuyitanitsa Pension Board kuti ipangitse oyang'anira chuma chake kuti awonetsere ndalama zake kuti asaphatikizepo opanga zida za nyukiliya 27 zapamwamba. Mkangano womwe ukukula ku Ukraine ukuwonetsa kuti sinthawi yoti achitepo kanthu. Kuchotsa ndalama zapenshoni za Philly kuchokera ku nukes ndi sitepe yakhanda kuti tibwerere kuchokera kumapeto kwa nkhondo.

Greta Zarro ndiye Mtsogoleri Wokonzekera World BEYOND War.
Gayle Morrow ndi wofufuza pawokha wokhala ku Philadelphia.