nguShea Leibow kunye noGreta Zarro, Rampant Magazine, Aprili 29, 2022
Iimali zomhlalaphantsi zaseChicago okwangoku zityalwe kubenzi bezixhobo ezinkulu. Kodwa utyalo-mali loluntu alukho nje ukhetho olungcono lwezopolitiko, lwenza ingqiqo yezemali.
Ngo-1968, iChicago yayiyeyona ndawo iphambili yokuchasa i-US kwiMfazwe yaseVietnam. Amawakawaka olutsha aqhankqalazela imfazwe kwiNgqungquthela yeDemocratic Party kumbindi wedolophu yaseChicago aza aphathwa ngenkohlakalo nguMkhosi weSizwe, umkhosi, nomkhosi wamapolisa—uninzi lwazo olwasasazwa kumabonwakude ehlabathini lonke.
Eli lifa lokuchaswa kwemfazwe, impiriyali kunye namapolisa anocalucalulo eChicago asaqhubeka unanamhla. Imizekelo emininzi iyayicacisa le ngongoma. Ngokomzekelo, abaququzeleli basebenzela ukuphelisa idolophu Isivumelwano semali esingu-27 yezigidi ngeShotSpotter, itekhnoloji engalunganga eyenzelwe ukusetyenziswa kwiindawo zemfazwe ukubona ukudubula kompu odlale indima ebalulekileyo ukubulawa kweSebe lamaPolisa aseChicago ka-Adam Toledo oneminyaka eli-13 ubudala ngoMatshi ophelileyo. Abaququzeleli basekhaya baye bagxila ekupheliseni inkqubo ye-Pentagon "1033" yentsalela yasemkhosini, ethe yaqhuba. $ 4.7 yezigidi ixabiso lezixhobo zomkhosi zasimahla (ezifana neenqwelo zokulwa ze-MRAP ezinganyangekiyo emigodini, iiM16, iiM17, kunye neebhayonets) ukuya kwiiarhente zonyanzeliso lomthetho zase-Illinois. Kwiiveki zamva nje, abantu baseChicago abaninzi baye ezitalatweni ukuqhankqalaza imfazwe yaseUkraine. Le ntshukumo yasekhaya ibonisa ukuzibophelela kwabantu baseChicago ukuba bamanyane noluntu olujongene nobundlobongela basemkhosini, ekhaya naphesheya.
Olu tyalo-mali luphembelela iimfazwe ezingapheliyo phesheya kunye nomkhosi wamapolisa apha ekhaya.
Yintoni abantu abaninzi baseChicago abangayaziyo, nangona kunjalo, kukuba iidola zethu zerhafu zasekhaya zidlala indima ebalulekileyo yezemali ekukhuthazeni umkhosi.
IsiXeko saseChicago sinamakhulu ezigidi zeedola etyalwe kubenzi bezixhobo kunye nabenzi benzuzo emfazweni ngengxowa-mali yomhlalaphantsi yesixeko. Umzekelo, ingxowa-mali enye kuphela, i-Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund (CTPF), ine-260 yezigidi zeerandi ubuncinane etyalwe kwiinkampani zezixhobo ezibandakanya abenzi bezixhobo abahlanu abaphezulu: uRaytheon, uBoeing, uNorthrop Grumman, uGeneral Dynamics, kunye noLockheed Martin. Olu tyalo-mali luphembelela iimfazwe ezingapheliyo kumazwe angaphandle kunye nomkhosi wamapolisa apha ekhaya, nto leyo ephikisana ngqo neyona nto kufanele ukuba ibe yindima ephambili yesixeko ukukhusela impilo kunye nentlalontle yabahlali.
Eyona nto ikukuba, ukutyala imali kwizixhobo akunantsingiselo yezoqoqosho. Studies bonisa ukuba utyalo-mali kukhathalelo lwempilo, imfundo, kunye namandla acocekileyo kudala imisebenzi yasekhaya ngakumbi - kwaye kwiimeko ezininzi, imisebenzi ehlawula ngcono - kunenkcitho yecandelo lomkhosi. Endaweni yokutyala imali kwamanye amashishini amakhulu omkhosi emhlabeni, isixeko kufuneka sibeke phambili Utyalo-mali olunefuthe loluntu isicwangciso esifaka inkunzi kwiiprojekthi zengingqi ezibonelela ngezibonelelo zentlalo kunye/okanye zokusingqongileyo kubantu baseChicago. Utyalo-mali loluntu zikwanazo nonxulumano oluphantsi kunye neendidi ze-asethi zemveli, ukuthintela ukuhla kweemarike kunye nemingcipheko yenkqubo kuqoqosho. Ngaphezu koko, banikezela ngeenzuzo zemali ezinje ngokwahlukana kweepotfoliyo, ezixhasa ukuthomalalisa umngcipheko. Enyanisweni, i-2020 yaba ngonyaka kutyalo-mali olunoxanduva lwentlalo nokusingqongileyo, kunye neESG (uLawulo lwezeNtlalo yezeNdalo) inkxaso-mali egqwesileyo kwiimali zolingano zemveli. Iingcali ezininzi zilindele ukukhula okuqhubekayo.
Ekubeni ingeniso yerhafu yesixeko ivela eluntwini, le mali ifanele ityalwe ngendlela esabelayo kwiminqweno yabahlali beSixeko. Xa utyalo-mali kwi-asethi yaso, isixeko kufuneka senze ukhetho lwangabom malunga nendlela imali etyalwa ngayo, ukhetho oluqhutywa yimilinganiselo yokuzinza, ukuxhotyiswa koluntu, ukulingana ngokobuhlanga, isenzo kwimozulu, ukusekwa koqoqosho lwamandla avuselelekayo, kunye nokunye.
Kufuneka kuthiwe, nangona kunjalo, ukuba isixeko senze amanyathelo amancinci kweli cala. Umzekelo, iChicago mva nje yaba sisixeko sokuqala emhlabeni ukuba sisayine kwiMigaqo yeZizwe eziManyeneyo yoTyalo-mali oluXanduvayo ngo-2018. Kwaye kutshanje, uNondyebo weSixeko saseChicago uMelissa Conyears-Ervin wayenza into ephambili ukutyala iidola zesiXeko ngeefemu zotyalo-mali ezihlangabezana neyantlukwano, ukulingana, kunye nemigaqo yobandakanyo. La ngamanyathelo abalulekileyo ngokubhekiselele kwisicwangciso sotyalo-mali esixabisa abantu kunye neplanethi, ukongeza kwinzuzo yemali. Ukuhluthwa kweengxowa-mali zomhlalaphantsi zeSixeko kwizixhobo linyathelo elilandelayo.
Lixesha elidluleyo lokuba iChicago iyeke ukubasa izixhobo, imfazwe, kunye nobundlobongela ngeedola zethu zerhafu.
Inyaniso, Isigqibo seBhunga lesiXeko samva nje esaziswa ngu-Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, kwaye ixhaswe linani elikhulayo labantu abadala., inenjongo yokwenza kanye loo nto. IsiGqibo se-R2021-1305 sihlaba ikhwelo lokuphononongwa kwakhona okusisiseko kwempahla yesiXeko, ukuthengiswa kotyalo-mali olukhoyo kubavelisi bezixhobo, kunye nokwamkelwa komgaqo-nkqubo wotyalo-mali onoxanduva loluntu olumela eyona nto ibalulekileyo kuluntu lwethu. Ikwanokuvala utyalo-mali lwexesha elizayo kwiinkampani zezixhobo.
Lixesha elidluleyo lokuba iChicago iyeke ukubasa izixhobo, imfazwe, kunye nobundlobongela ngeedola zethu zerhafu. Ngokuqhubeka nomsebenzi wesiXeko ochasene nomkhosi, abantu baseChicago banokusebenzisa amazwi ethu ukucela ukuba kupheliswe ubundlobongela obunobundlobongela kutyalo-mali lwethu, ezitalatweni zethu nakwihlabathi.
Sayina uxwebhu lwethu lwezikhalazo ukuze siphumelele iSigqibo se-R2021-1305 apha: https://www.divestfromwarmachine.org/divestchicago
