Ndi Medea Benjamin ndi Alice Slater, December 12, 2018
kuchokera Maloto Amodzi
Mu mzimu wa chaka chatsopano ndi Congress yatsopano, 2019 ikhoza kukhala mwayi wathu komanso wotsiriza wochotsa sitimayo kutali ndi mapulaneti a mapasa a zinyama ndi zachiwawa, ndikukonza njira yopita ku dziko la 21st.
Dera la December likudandaula za bungwe la UN Climate panel: Ngati dziko silingagwirizane ndi zaka zotsatila za 12 pa mlingo wa mwezi, komanso kuti zitha kusintha mphamvu zathu zamagetsi kuchokera ku zamoyo zakuda, nyukiliya, mafakitale ogulitsa mafakitale kumalo omwe amadziwika kale pogwiritsa ntchito dzuwa, mphepo, hydro, mphamvu zamadzimadzi ndi mphamvu, tidzasakaza moyo wonse padziko lapansi monga momwe tikudziwira. Funso la existential ndiloti osankhidwa athu, omwe ali ndi mphamvu, adzakhala mosasamala pamene dziko lapansili likumana ndi moto wowononga, kusefukira kwa madzi, chilala, ndi nyanja zomwe zikukwera kapena adzatenga nthawiyi ndikuchitapo kanthu monga momwe tachitira United States inathetsa ukapolo, inapatsa akazi voti, inathetsa kuvutika kwakukulu, ndi kuthetsa tsankho.
Anthu ena a Congress akuwonetsa kale mbiri yawo yakale pochirikiza Green New Deal. Izi sizidzangoyamba kubwezeretsa kuwonongeka kumene tapereka kunyumba kwathu, koma izo zingapangitse ntchito zambirimbiri zomwe sizingathe kutumizidwa kunja kwa mayiko ochepa.
Ngakhale akuluakulu a mpingowo omwe akufuna kuthana ndi vutoli, samalephera kuthana ndi vuto la nkhondo. Nkhondo yowopsa chifukwa cha zigawenga za 9 / 11 zachititsa kuti pafupifupi zaka makumi awiri za nkhondo zosagonjetsedwa. Ife tikugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zambiri pa ankhondo athu kuposa nthawi iliyonse mu mbiriyakale. Nkhondo zopanda malire ku Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Syria ndi kwina kulikonse zikupsa mtima, zimatipiritsa madola mamiliyoni ambiri ndi kupanga masoka achilengedwe. Mikangano yakale yowononga zida za nyukiliya ikudziwika pa nthawi imodzi yomwe ikutsutsana ndi maboma akuluakulu a Russia ndi China akuwotcha.
Kodi kuli kuti kuitanirana kwa mtendere wamtendere watsopano umene ukanatha kumasula mabiliyoni mazana ochuluka kuchokera ku bajeti yowonjezereka ya usilikali kuti agwire ntchito zowonongeka? Kodi kuli kuti kuyitanira kuti kutseka mtundu wochuluka wa dziko lathu pazombo za nkhondo za 800 kunja kwa dziko lapansi, zigawo zomwe ziri zofunikira za nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse ndipo ziri zopanda phindu pa zolinga za usilikali? Kodi kuli kuti kulimbikitsidwa kotani pokonzekera kuopsa komwe kulipo zida za nyukiliya?
Pogwirizana ndi zochitika zotsutsana ndi zida za nyukiliya zapitazo, sichikudziwika kuti sichigwirizana ndi mgwirizano wa UN womwe unangosinthidwa, wolembedwa ndi mayiko a 122, kuletsa ndi kuletsa zida za nyukiliya monga momwe dziko lapansi lachitira zida zamagetsi ndi zachilengedwe. Bungwe la US Congress siliyenera kulamulira ndalama za madola 1 trillion kwa zida zatsopano za nyukiliya, kugwadira olemba malipiro omwe amalimbana ndi Russia ndi mayiko ena okhala ndi zida za nyukiliya kuti awononge anthu athu komanso dziko lonse lapansi. M'malo mwake, Congress iyenera kutsogolera kuthandizira mgwirizanowu ndi kulimbikitsa pakati pa zida zina za nyukiliya.
Ogwira ntchito zachilengedwe akuyenera kutsutsana ndi zochitika zazikuluzikulu za Pentagon padziko lonse lapansi. Asitikali aku US ndiomwe amagwiritsa ntchito mafuta ochulukirapo padziko lonse lapansi komanso gwero lalikulu kwambiri la mpweya wowonjezera kutentha, zomwe zimapereka pafupifupi 5% ya mpweya wotentha. Pafupifupi malo 900 mwa EPA a 1,300 Superfund amasiya malo ankhondo, malo opangira zida zankhondo kapena malo oyesera zida. Malo omwe kale anali zida zanyukiliya ku Hanford m'boma la Washington mokha adzawononga ndalama zoposa $ 100 biliyoni kuti ayeretse.
Ngati kusintha kwanyengo sikungayankhidwe mwachangu ndi Green New Deal, zankhondo zapadziko lonse lapansi zidzawonjezeka chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa othawa kwawo nyengo ndi kuwonongeka kwa anthu, zomwe zithandizira kusintha kwanyengo ndikusindikiza kozungulira komwe kumadyetsedwa ndi zankhondo zamapasa ndi kusokonezeka kwanyengo. Ichi ndichifukwa chake Mgwirizano Watsopano Wamtendere ndi Ntchito yatsopano yobiriwira iyenera kuyendera limodzi. Sitingakwanitse kuwononga nthawi yathu, chuma chathu ndi zida zathu zankhondo pazida ndi nkhondo pomwe kusintha kwanyengo kukugwera anthu onse. Ngati zida za nyukiliya sizingatiwonongere kusiyana ndi kufulumira kwanyengo.
Kuyenda kuchokera kuzinthu zachuma zomwe zimadalira mafuta ndi ziwawa zitha kutipangitsa kuti tisinthe mwachilungamo kukhala chuma choyera, chobiriwira, chothandizira moyo. Imeneyi ingakhale njira yachangu komanso yabwino kwambiri yothanirana ndi zida zankhondo zomwe Purezidenti Eisenhower adachenjeza zaka zambiri zapitazo.
~~~~~~~~~
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Global Exchange ndi CODEPINK: Akazi a Mtendere, ndiye mlembi wa buku latsopanolo, M'kati mwa Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mabuku ake akale ndi awa: Ufumu wa osalungama: Pambuyo pa US-Saudi Connection; Nkhondo ya Drone: Kupha ndi Kutalikira Kwambiri; Musamawope Gringo: Mkazi wa Honduran Akuyankhula kuchokera mu Mtima, ndi (ndi Jodie Evans) Siyani Nkhondo Yotsatira Tsopano. Mumutsatire pa Twitter: @medeabenjamin
Alice Slater, wolemba komanso wogwira zida za nyukiliya, ndi membala wa Komiti Yogwirizanitsa ya World Beyond War ndi Woimira bungwe la UN UN Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
