Kuwonetsedwa ku Vienna International Summit for Peace ku Ukraine, June 2023.
Wolemba Melissa Garriga ndi Tim Biondo, World BEYOND War, September 7, 2023
Ndi anthu pafupifupi 10,000 omwe akuyembekezeka kupita m'misewu ya New York City pa Seputembara 17 pa Marichi to End Fossil Fuels, gulu lachilungamo lanyengo likuwoneka lokonzekera bwino kuposa kale. Koma, muli njovu yayikulu mchipindamo, ndipo ili ndi Pentagon yolembedwa ponseponse.
Asilikali aku US ndi adziko lapansi wogwiritsa ntchito mafuta ambiri. Zimayambitsa mpweya wowonjezera kutentha kuposa mayiko 140 ndipo zimatengera gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a mafuta onse a ku America. Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo (DoD) imagwiritsanso ntchito mpweya wambiri wachilengedwe ndi malasha, komanso magetsi a nyukiliya m'madera ake kuzungulira dziko. Kodi tingafune bwanji kuti US ikhale gawo la gulu lomwe likufuna kuthetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta oyaka mafuta ndikuteteza dziko lathu lapansi pomwe mabungwe awo akuwononga popanda kuyankha mlandu? Yankho: simungathe.
Malingana ngati tikunyalanyaza udindo wa Pentagon popititsa patsogolo kusintha kwa nyengo, nkhondo yathu yoteteza dziko lapansi siinathe. Timakhalanso pachiwopsezo chowononga mphamvu zathu posaganizira momwe bajeti yankhondo pafupifupi thililiyoni imachotsera anthu kupeza zinthu zomwe sizimangokhudza kuthekera kwawo komenyera chilungamo chanyengo komanso kukhala pansi pa kusagwirizana kwakukulu kwachuma.
Pomwe akuluakulu aku United States akufuna kuti anthu ogula aziyang'anira momwe amakhalira ndi mpweya, monga kupangitsa oyendetsa galimoto kupita ku magalimoto amagetsi kapena kuletsa mababu amagetsi, akupewa udindo waukulu wa "bootprint" womwe gulu lankhondo likuchoka padziko lonse lapansi. Kuchokera ku maenje oyaka moto ku Iraq, kapena kugwiritsa ntchito zida za uranium ndi magulu ankhondo omwe atha ku Ukraine, mpaka pamndandanda womwe ukukulirakulira wamagulu ankhondo apanyumba ndi akunja - asitikali aku United States sikuti akungowononga dziko lawo koma akuwononga midzi yawo komanso mayiko odzilamulira kudzera. kuwonongeka kwakukulu kwa chilengedwe.
Malinga ndi Magulu Ogwira Ntchito Zachilengedwe, "kuposa 700 kukhazikitsa asilikali mwina akhudzidwa ndi “mankhwala osatha"yotchedwa PFAS." Koma vuto limaposa kumwa madzi basi. Ku Japan, a mbadwa za Ryukyuan ikubwerera kumbuyo polimbana ndi gulu lina lankhondo lomwe likumangidwa pachilumba cha Okinawa. Maziko atsopanowa ndiwowopsa kwambiri ku zachilengedwe zosalimba zomwe a Ryukyuans amagwira ntchito molimbika kuti asamalire. Kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe chawo cha m'nyanja kumagwirizana ndi poizoni wa madzi awo akumwa - nkhondo zonse za Hawaii ndi Guam ndizodziwika bwino.
Zinthu zonsezi zomwe zikuthandizira kuwonongeka kwa nyengo zikuchitika m'malo "opanda mikangano", koma kodi asitikali aku US ali ndi zotsatira zotani pazigawo zankhondo? Chabwino, yang'anani pa nkhondo ya Russia / Ukraine - nkhondo yomwe US ikuthandizira kuti ikhale yoposa madola mabiliyoni zana. CNN inanena posachedwa kuti “chiwonkhetso cha matani 120 miliyoni a kuipitsidwa ndi kutentha kwa mapulaneti kunganenedwe kuti chinachititsidwa ndi miyezi 12 yoyambirira ya nkhondoyo.” Adafotokoza momwe njirazi zilili "zofanana ndi mpweya wapachaka waku Belgium, kapena womwe umapangidwa ndi pafupifupi Magalimoto oyendera gasi okwana 27 miliyoni panjira kwa chaka chimodzi.” Kuwonongeka sikuthera pamenepo. Nkhondo ku Ukraine yasokoneza mapaipi ndi kutayikira kwa methane; chifukwa cha ma dolphin akufa ndi kuwonongeka kwa nyanja; kunawononga nkhalango, kuwononga minda, ndi kuipitsa madzi; komanso kuwonjezeka kwa kupanga mphamvu zonyansa monga malasha. Imanyamulanso chiwopsezo chayandikira cha kutulutsa kwa radiation ndi tsoka la nyukiliya. Kupitilizidwa kwa nkhondoyi ndi kupitiliza kwa ecocide. Tiyenera kuchita zonse zomwe tingathe kuti tithetse vutoli tsopano popanda imfa ndi chiwonongeko.
United States sikuti ikungoyambitsa zovuta zanyengo zomwe zikuchitika, koma ikuperekanso ndalama pazovuta zathu komanso zovuta zathu. Pentagon imagwiritsa ntchito 64% ya ndalama zomwe boma lathu limagwiritsa ntchito mwanzeru (zomwe zimaphatikizapo zinthu monga maphunziro ndi chithandizo chamankhwala). Tikugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zathu zomwe zingapereke ndalama zothandizira anthu kuti apitirizebe kuwonongeka kwa nyengo.
Anthu wamba a ku America, makamaka Black, Brown ndi madera osauka, amakakamizika kulipira nkhondo yosatha ndi kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe kudzera mumisonkho yapamwamba, malipiro ndi ndalama zothandizira. Kusintha kwanyengo ndikuwopseza chitetezo cha dziko, zomwe zimatha kukhudza kukhazikika kwapadziko lonse komanso kuthekera kwa maboma kupereka ntchito zofunika. Yemwe amakumbukira Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Kamala Harris mawu owopsa, "Kwa zaka zambiri panali nkhondo zomenyera mafuta; m’kanthaŵi kochepa padzakhala nkhondo zomenyera madzi.”
Cholinga chachikulu cha Pentagon ndikukonzekera kuukiridwa ndi adani aumunthu, koma palibe "otsutsa" a United States - Russia, Iran, China ndi North Korea - omwe adzaukira United States. Komanso gulu lankhondo lalikulu si njira yokhayo yochepetsera ziwopsezo zomwe akuti adani amabweretsa omwe onse ali ndi asitikali ang'onoang'ono powayerekeza. Pamene boma likuyesera kuopseza anthu a ku America chifukwa cha "ziopsezo" zongopekazi, akukana kuthana ndi zoopsa zenizeni zomwe zikuchitika padziko lonse lapansi tsiku lililonse chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo.
Mavuto a nyengo ali pano tsopano ndi zotsatira zenizeni. Ku United States, kusintha kwa nyengo kwachititsa kale chilala ndi moto wolusa ku California, Hawaii, ndi Louisiana. Kukwera kwa nyanja kumawopseza madera a m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndipo kukwera kwa kutentha kuyenera kuonjezera chipwirikiti chapachiweniweni ndikuwonjezera kufa kwantchito.
Tiyenera kuchitapo kanthu tsopano polimbikitsa mtendere ndi mgwirizano padziko lonse lapansi. Tiyenera kusokoneza ndalama kuchoka ku ntchito zankhondo ndi nkhondo komanso kusokoneza nyengo. Kapena ayi.
Tikufuna nsanja yachilungamo yanyengo yomwe ikufuna kuthetsa nkhondo zakunja komanso kunyumba. Tiyenera kuthetseratu nkhondo yachigawenga, yomwe yawononga madola mabiliyoni ambiri, kupha anthu mamiliyoni ambiri ndikupanga chiwawa chosatha ndi kusakhazikika padziko lonse lapansi.
Tiyenera kusiya kuwononga mabiliyoni ambiri pa zida zankhondo zopangidwira kulimbana ndi adani ongoyerekeza . M'malo mwake tigwiritse ntchito ndalamazo pazofunikira zapakhomo monga chisamaliro chaumoyo, maphunziro ndi zomangamanga kuno kwathu.
Tiyenera kugwira ntchito limodzi ndi mayiko onse kuti tithane ndi vuto la nyengo. Izi zikuphatikizanso omwe tidawawona ngati adani komanso a Global South - omwe akukumana ndi vuto la nyengo.
Tiyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti ndalama zathu zamisonkho zikugwiritsidwa ntchito pazinthu zomwe zili zofunika kwambiri kwa ife-ndipo izi zikutanthauza kutha kwa nkhondo yosatha komanso kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe. Tikufuna Green New Deal yomwe imawongolera ndalama za federal kuchokera ku ndalama zankhondo kupita ku zofunikira zapakhomo monga chisamaliro chaumoyo, maphunziro ndi ntchito zomanga.
Pankhani yolimbana ndi chilungamo chanyengo, Pentagon ndiye njovu mchipindamo. Sitingapitirize kunyalanyaza "bootprint" yake yayikulu. Ndi zophweka - kuteteza dziko lapansi tiyenera kuthetsa nkhondo ndipo tiyenera kuthetsa tsopano. Mtendere sulinso chinthu chomwe chiyenera kuwonedwa ngati lingaliro la utopian - ndilofunika. Kupulumuka kwathu kumadalira pa icho.
Melissa Garriga ndiye woyang'anira zolumikizirana ndi media ku CODEPINK. Iye akulemba za mphambano ya nkhondo ndi mtengo wa anthu pa nkhondo.
Tim Biondo ndi manejala wolumikizana ndi digito wa CODEPINK. Ali ndi digiri ya bachelor mu Peace Studies kuchokera ku yunivesite ya George Washington. Maphunziro awo adakhazikika pakumvetsetsa mozama mafunso amtendere, chilungamo, mphamvu, ndi ufumu.
