Indawo yeMfazwe

NguKathy Kelly, uJuni 27, 2020

Ixesha lokuveliswa kwezixhobo zemfazwe lidlulile njengeshishini elifanelekileyo kwisizwe sethu, ngaphandle kokuba ezinye iinkokheli zethu zezopolitiko zibambelele kuqoqosho lwangaphambili.-Lisa Savage, umgqatswa we-US Senate e-Maine

NgoLwesine, nge-25 kaJuni, iinzame zikaMongameli uTrump zokumnyula kwakhona zamsa kwindawo "yemfazwe" eWisconsin, apho ajikeleza indawo yokugcina iinqanawa iFincantieri Marinette. Wathuka ngokuchasene needemokhrasi njengotshaba oloyikisayo kuneRashiya okanye iChina. Uye wabhiyozela ukuphumelela kweWisconsin kwiintshaba zasekhaya ezifana nelizwe laseMaine ekufumaneni iprojekthi yokwakha iinqanawa. “I-FFG (X) yokuqala (X) [frigate] ekumgangatho wokuqala ayizukuphumelela nje kubasebenzi baseWisconsin; kananjalo iya kuba luloyiso olukhulu kumkhosi wethu waselwandle, ”uTrump wathi. TIinqanawa ezothusayo ziya kuzisa amandla amakhulu, ukubulala, kunye namandla esiwadingayo ukubandakanya iintshaba zaseMelika naphina kwaye nangaliphi na ixesha. Kwiingqondo ezininzi zomkhosi, kubonakala ngathi yayiyiTshayina.

"Ukuba ujonga ijografi ye-Indo-Pacom, ezi nqanawa zinokuhamba kwiindawo ezininzi ezingenakubakho ngabonakalisi," wathi Ummeli wase-Northeast Wisconsin uMike Gallagher, iRiphabhlikhi yaseRiphabhlikhi elangazelela iimfazwe ezizayo 'kwi-Indo-Pacific Command': ngakumbi, iimfazwe ezichasene ne China. “… Hayi nje iifriji, kodwa iinqanawa ezingagunyaziswanga… iyakulungelelana kakuhle nento eninzi ayithethayo uMlawuli weMarine Corps malunga nokwenza imali ekufeni okungalibalekiyo [kweSivumelwano esiPhakathi soMkhosi weNyukliya], kunye nokubeka imililo ephakathi. ”

Umlawuli osemthethweni, u-Gen. David Berger, une wachaza"Into esiqhubele apho sikhoyo ngoku kukutshintsha kweparadigi yiChina isiya elwandle…" uBerger ufuna iinqanawa "ezihambayo nezikhawulezayo" ukugcina oolwandle baseMelika kwiziseko zexeshana kufutshane neTshayina, kuba "i mgama xa ubuya umva e-China, baya kuza kuwe. ”

I-Fincantieri, inkampani yase-Italiya, yafumana indawo ekugcinwa kuyo iinqanawa eMarinette ngo-2009, kwaye, kwinyanga ephelileyo, yafumana ikhontrakthi enenzuzo yase-US Navy yokwakha phakathi kwefriji enye kunye ne-10, emele utshintsho kubuchule bokutshabalalisa. Ikhutshwe nguLokheed Martin ngemibhobho yokuvula ethe nkqo engama-32 kunye “nenkqubo ye-radar ye-SPY-6 yobugcisa,” enegunya lokulungiselela ukufika “kweenkqubo zemfazwe zombane,” i-frigate iyakukwazi ukuhlasela ngaxeshanye oomatshini abangaphantsi kolwandle, iithagethi zomhlaba kunye neenqanawa zomhlaba. . Ukuba zonke iinqanawa ezili-10 zakhiwe kwivenkile yeenqanawa, ikhontrakthi iya kuba ne-5.5 yezigidigidi zeedola. Ummeli uGallagher kunye noMongameli uTrump bobabini bayayixhasa injongo yobunkokheli boMkhosi waseMelika wokwandisa iinqanawa zase-US ngaphaya kwenqanawa yokuqikelela yeenqanawa zemfazwe ezingama-355, isongeza iinqanawa ezininzi ezingabanjwanga. . 

UMarinette wayelwela nezinye izakhiwo zeenqanawa, kubandakanya iBat Iron Works eMaine, kwikontraki yezigidi zeedola. Ngomhla we-2 ku-Matshi 54, umanyano lwe-bipartisan lwabezomthetho abangama-XNUMX beWI besayine ileta ngokunyanzela uMongameli uTrump ukuba axelele ikhontrakthi yokwakhiwa kwefransi yaseMelika kwiMarinette yenqanawa yezikhephe. "Sinethemba lokuba Umkhosi wamanzi wase-US uzakuthatha isigqibo sokuzisa ulwakhiwo olongezelelekileyo lwenqanawa kwisithili saseWisconsin," ababhali bezomthetho babhale kumhlathi wokuqukumbela, bebiza eli thuba ukuba libaluleke kungekuphela nje kwenqanawa yeWisconsin ekhulayo, "kodwa kuluntu lwaseMelika olukhulu. Ngubani ozakuxhamla iminyaka izakuza kwilizwe lethu?

Isivumelwano sinokongeza imisebenzi eyi-1,000 200 kule ndawo kwaye umakhi wenqanawa uceba ukutyala imali ezizigidi ezingama-XNUMX zeedola ukwandisa isibonelelo seMarinette ngenxa yesivumelwano. Ke le yayiyimpumelelo kwindawo yokulungisa iinqanawa, kodwa nakuDonald Trump, onokuthi ahambise le misebenzi kwindawo "yedabi" ebalulekileyo kumathemba akhe kolu nyulo lasebusika oluzayo. Ngaba le rally ngeyenzekile ukuba ikhontrakthi iye eMaine's Bath Iron Works?  Lisa Savage ukhankasela njengoGreen ozimeleyo ukuba amele iMaine njengeNdlu yeeNgwevu yase-US. Ebuzwa ukuba aphawule ukuba iMaine “ilahlekile” xa ikhontrakthi iye eWisconsin, wanikela le ngxelo:

Umsebenzi weBath Iron usebenza eMaine kungokunje ubandakanyeka kwimvumelwano yokubambisa ngamakhontrakthi ukukhuthaza umgaqo-nkqubo oqhubekekayo wokuzisa abasebenzi kwimvumelwano engadityaniswanga. Oku kulandela iminyaka yezivumelwano zokunganyusi kunye nemanyano enkulu, i-S6, isiphumo se-BIW esifuna abasebenzi babingelele ukuze umniniyo ahlawule i-CEO yemashumi ezigidi zeedola ngonyaka kwaye athenge kwakhona isitokhwe sayo. I-Dynamics Jikelele inakho ukuhlawula abasebenzi ngokufanelekileyo, inikwe isaphulelo serhafu esingama- $ 45 ezigidi kwiNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yaseMaine inikwe umenzi omkhulu wezomkhosi, kunye ne- $ 900 yezigidi zemali ekhoyo kwinkampani ekunikwe ingxelo ngayo kwifayile ye-SEC yokugqibela.  

Ixesha lokuveliswa kwezixhobo zemfazwe lidlulile njengeshishini elifanelekileyo kwisizwe sethu, ngaphandle kokuba ezinye iinkokheli zethu zezopolitiko zibambelele kuqoqosho lwangaphambili. Ubhubhane wehlabathi ugxininisa kuthi lonke ukunxibelelana koluntu lwethu lwehlabathi kunye nobudenge, ukuchitheka, kunye nokusilela kokuziphatha kwimfazwe ngazo zonke iindlela. Kufuneka siguqule amaziko afana ne-BIW kunye neMarinette ukuba abe ziindawo zokugcina izisombululo kwiingxaki zemozulu, kubandakanya nezothutho lukawonke-wonke, izixhobo zokudala amandla ahlaziyekayo, kunye neenqanawa zokuphendula kwintlekele. 

Ukwakha iisistim zamandla acocekileyo kuya kuvelisa ukuya kuthi ga kwiipesenti ezingama-50 zemisebenzi ngaphezulu kokwenza iingalo ngokwendlela uphando ngoqoqosho oluphambili. Ezona zisongelo zinkulu kwezokhuseleko eMelika okwangoku yingxaki yemozulu kunye ne-COVID-19. Iikhontrakthi zePentagon kudala zinegalelo kwingxaki yemozulu, kwaye ixesha lokuguqulwa ngoku.

Phambi kokuba kuqhambuke ubhubhane, naphambi kokuba inikezwe imvumelwano yaseMelika eMelika, uMarinette, abalingane bam kwiVoices for Creative Nonviolence babecwangcisa uhambo oluya kuhambo lweenqanawa zaseMarinette. Njengoko uTrump waphawula kwintetho yakhe eMarinette, okwangoku bakha iiNqanawa ezine zokuLwa ngeLttoral Combat ezithengiselwe uBukumkani baseSaudi Arabia. Abahlalutyi bemveliso yezokhuselo baqaphele ukuba, ngasekupheleni kowama-2019, umkhosi wase-US akasenamdla wokuthenga iinqanawa zaseLittoral Combat ukusuka eyadini, isikhululo seenqanawa iMarinette "igcinwe yi-Saudis”NguL Lockheed Martin, obesize ekucwangciseni ikhontrakthi. 

Umkhosi waseSaudi usebenzisa i-Littoral (kufutshane nonxweme) e-US yokulwa neenqanawa zokuthintela amazibuko aselunxwemeni e-Yemen, efumana eyona ngxaki inkulu emhlabeni ngenxa yendlala eyandiswe kukukhokelwa yi-Saudi Arabia kunye nohlaselo olubandakanya i-aerial engapheliyo. ukuqhushumba. Esona sifo sikholera, esikhumbuza iinkulungwane ezidlulileyo, sasisesinye isiphumo sokudala ukulibaziseka okubulalayo kunye nokunqongophala kwabantu base-Yemeni abadinga amafutha, ukutya, amayeza kunye namanzi acocekileyo. Imeko yobuntu yase-Yemen, ekhathaza ukwanda kwe-COVID-19, ngoku inxanelwe kangangokuba inkosi yeZizwe eziManyeneyo kwezabantu, uMark Lowcock, walumkisa I-Yemen iya "yawa eweni”Ngaphandle kwenkxaso enkulu yemali. UMongameli uTrump uthathe ikhredithi epheleleyo kwisivumelwano saseSaudi kwindibano yanamhlanje.  

Umhlaba obuthi ubukhosi bethu behlabathi buwumbe ngokukhawuleza, ngokusebenzisa iimfazwe zethu ezitshabalalisa ioyile kuMbindi Mpuma kunye nokufika kwethu kweemfazwe ezibandayo neRussia ne China, lilizwe elingenabaphumeleleyo. UMaine unokufumana izizathu ezaneleyo zokubhiyozela ukulahlekelwa ngumlo wale kontrakthi ukuba ithathe ingqalelo njengelixabisekileyo elifumene ithuba apho iSavage isikhumbuza ngokucacileyo: ngenguquko, ngenzuzo yokufumana imisebenzi, kumashishini asilungiselela ngokuchasene nezisongelo zokwenyani esijongene nazo: eyonakalisayo Ukutshintsha kwemozulu, ubhubhane wehlabathi, kunye nehlazo elonakalisayo lemfazwe engapheliyo. Kufuneka sixhathise izivumelwano zokutyikitya kunye nabenzi bezixhobo ezifumana inzuzo evela kugqogqo olungapheliyo ku-Mbindi Mpuma nakwiimbambano ezinamandla ezingekho mthethweni ezibiza imfazwe yenyukliya epheleleyo. Izivumelwano ezilolu hlobo, ezabhalwa ngegazi, azisoze zitshabalale njengendawo yomlo. 

Kathy Kelly ivumelaniswe ngu PeaceVoice, baququzelela Iimvo ze-Creative Unviolence Ungumyaleli woxolo nelilungu lebhodi World BEYOND War.