NguCorvallis Divest ukusuka eMfazweni, ngoNovemba 10, 2022
CORVALLIS, OKANYE: NgoMvulo, ngoNovemba 7, 2022, iBhunga lesiXeko saseCorvallis liphumeze ngamxhelo mnye isigqibo sokuthintela esi sixeko kutyalo-mali kwiinkampani ezivelisa izixhobo zemfazwe. Isigqibo esiphunyeziweyo emva kweminyaka yomsebenzi wokuthethelela yiCorvallis Divest evela kumfelandawonye weMfazwe, kubandakanya nengxoxo yokuqala ngoFebruwari 2020 engakhange ikhokelele kuvoti. Ukurekhodwa kwevidiyo yentlanganiso yeBhunga leSixeko ngoNovemba 7, 2022 ezikhoyo apha.
Imbumba imele imibutho ye-19: I-Veterans For Peace Linus Pauling Isahluko se-132, i-WILPF Corvallis, i-Revolution yethu ye-Corvallis Allies, i-Raging Grannies yaseCorvallis, i-Pacific Green Party uLinn Benton Isahluko, iiKomiti zeNxuluwano yeDemokhrasi kunye ne-Socialism Corvallis, iCorvallis Palestine Solidarity, World BEYOND War, CODEPINK, Race Matters Group of Corvallis United Church of Christ, Electrify Corvallis, Corvallis Interfaith Climate Justice Committee, Corvallis Climate Action Alliance, OKANYE amaGqirha ajongene noXanduva lweNtlalo, amaBhuda aphendulayo - Corvallis, Oregon PeaceWorks, NAACP Linn / Benton, Isahluko saseSangha kunye neSunrise Corvallis. Isigqibo seDivest Corvallis ngexesha lokudlula sasinabaxhasi abangaphezu kwama-49.
IsiXeko saseCorvallis sijoyina isiXeko saseNew York, NY; Burlington, VT; eCharlottesville, VA; eBerkeley, CA; kunye neSan Luis Obispo, CA, phakathi kwezinye izixeko zase-US nakwihlabathi jikelele, ekuzibopheleleni ekukhupheni imali yoluntu kwizixhobo zemfazwe. Ngelixa uCorvallis okwangoku engekalubambi utyalo-mali kubavelisi bezixhobo, ukugqithiswa kwesi sigqibo kubonisa ukuzibophelela okubalulekileyo kwesi sixeko ukuxhasa uxolo kunye namashishini aqinisekisa ubomi kulo lonke utyalo-mali oluzayo.
“Ndifuna ukunceda ekudaleni ihlabathi elingcono elinokuphila ngendlela eyakhayo. Isipho esingumntu sesakhono sokusombulula iingxaki kufuneka sikhuliswe ngaphezu kweziseko ezingundoqo zemfazwe […] Kufuneka sicinge indlela yethu apho kunye. Oku kuHluleka kwiSigqibo seMfazwe yindlela yokuba siziqhelanise nekamva elitsha njengoluntu, utshilo uLinda Richards, ilungu leDivest Corvallis kunye nonjingalwazi wembali kwiYunivesithi yaseOregon State.
I-Divest evela kwisisombululo seMfazwe yakha isantya soxolo olomeleleyo lukaCorvallis kunye neentshukumo zobulungisa bemozulu. Kwicandelo lezimvo zoluntu kwintlanganiso ye-7 kaNovemba, ilungu lomfelandawonye kunye nowayesakuba nguceba weWadi 7 uBill Glassmire wathetha malunga nomlindo woxolo wemihla ngemihla we-19 owawubanjelwe eCorvallis ngumtshantliziyo ongasekhoyo u-Ed Epley, owathi ekugqibeleni wakhokelela ekusekweni kweCorvallis Divest evela. Umanyano lwemfazwe. Isisombululo sihlonipha eli lifa ngokubandakanya izilumkiso zembali malunga nomkhosi wase-US ovela ku-Dwight Eisenhower, uMartin Luther King Omnci., kunye noWinona LaDuke. I-Divest from War coalition ikwaseka umsebenzi wayo kwintshukumo yobulungisa bemozulu, ichaza ukuba umkhosi wase-US ngowona mvelisi mkhulu weziko lokuvelisa igesi eluhlaza emhlabeni.
“Kuqikelelwa ukuba umkhosi wase-US ukhupha ikharbon diokside eninzi emoyeni kunamazwe ephela, njengeDenmark nePortugal,” utshilo uBarry Reeves, ilungu leBhuda Responding-Corvallis. “Kubalulekile kuthi, njengenxalenye yoluntu, nakwabo bakwibhunga likarhulumente, ukuba siphendule kwaye siqale inguqu yekamva elizinzileyo. Kwanga singakhumbula ukuba uhambo lweemayile eziliwaka luqala ngenyathelo lokuqala. Kwaye esi sigqibo sinokubonwa njengenyathelo lokuqala, ”wongeze watsho.
Ngolwazi oluthe kratya okanye ukujoyina iCorvallis Divest evela kumfelandawonye weMfazwe, qhagamshelana corvallisdivestfromwar@gmail.com.
