Philly Pension Board Investments in Nukes Are 'Rolling the Dice' on Nuclear Apocalypse

NguGayle Morrow kunye noGreta Zarro, World BEYOND War, NgoMeyi 26, 2022

Ingxaki eqhubekayo eUkraine inexhala elininzi lokuba sisemngciphekweni wemfazwe yenyukliya, njengoko uPutin enzile beka iinukes zaseRashiya kwindawo ephakamileyo. Masingalibali ukuba, kwiminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe anesixhenxe kamva, inani labafayo linjalo nangoku ukunyuka ngenxa yeziphumo zomhlaza ukususela kwixesha lokuqala nelokugqibela i-A-bhombu yasetyenziswa. Ibhombu wabulawa ngoko nangoko Bayi-120,000 abantu baseHiroshima naseNagasaki kwaye babangele ukufa okungaphezulu kwe-100,000 ukusukela ngenxa yemitha. Kwaye ii-nukes zanamhlanje, kwezinye iimeko Amaxesha e-7 ngaphezulu zinamandla kunezo ziwiswe ngexesha leWWII, yenza iibhombu zexesha elidlulileyo zibukeke njengamathoyizi omntwana.

Ngokusebenzisa abaphathi bayo be-asethi, iBhodi yoMhlalaphantsi yaseFiladelphia ityala imali yerhafu ye-Philadelphians kwizixhobo zenyukliya, ixhasa ishishini elisekelwe ngokoqobo ekwenzeni ingeniso ngokufa nelibeka lonke uluntu emngciphekweni. Amaziko emali ama-5 alawula impahla yeBhodi yoMhlalaphantsi—iStrategic Income Management, Lord Abbett High Yield, Fiera Capital, Ariel Capital Holdings, kunye neNorthern Trust – zityaliwe abenzi bezixhobo zenyukliya ukuya kutsho kwi-11 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi. Kwaye ngelixa iBhodi yoMhlalaphantsi ityala imali kwizixhobo zenyukliya, i IDock Day Clock yiBulletin of the Atomic Scientists imiselwe kwimizuzwana nje eli-100 ukuya ezinzulwini zobusuku, nto leyo ebonisa ubungozi obuphezulu bemfazwe yenyukliya.

Ukuba ucinga ukuba ukhuselekile ekuweni kwenyukliya ngenxa yethiyori yeMutual Assured Destruction (MADD), qwalasela oko. IManyano yeeNzululwazi ezixhalabileyo ithi owona mngcipheko mkhulu wokuphehlelelwa kwezixhobo zenyukliya kungenzeka ukuba wenzeke ngengozi kuba zombini i-US kunye neRussia zinezixhobo zabo zenyukliya kwisilumkiso se-hair trigger, okuthetha ukuba imijukujelwa inokuqaliswa ngemizuzu, inika ixesha elincinci kakhulu lokuqinisekisa. Ukungavisisani kwangoku kunye neRussia malunga ne-Ukraine kunokubangela ukuqaliswa ngokulula ngempazamo.

Ayipheleli nje ekubeni utyalo-mali lukaFiladelphia kwizixhobo zenyukliya lusongela ukhuseleko lwethu, kodwa eyona nto ikhoyo kukuba, abanangqondo ilungileyo kwezoqoqosho. Uphononongo lubonisa ukuba utyalo-mali kukhathalelo lwempilo, imfundo, kunye namandla acocekileyo ukudala imisebenzi emininzi - kwiimeko ezininzi, imisebenzi ehlawula ngcono - kunenkcitho yecandelo lomkhosi. Kwaye URhulumente wezokusiNgqongileyo wezeNtlalo (ESG) iimali azikho mngciphekweni. Kunyaka ophelileyo, iBhunga leSixeko kudlula Isigqibo seLungu leBhunga uGilmore Richardson #210010 sihlaba ikhwelo kwiBhodi yoMhlalaphantsi ukuba yamkele imilinganiselo yeESG kumgaqo-nkqubo wotyalo-mali, isithi “u-2020 ibingunyaka orekhodiweyo wotyalo-mali lweESG, neengxowa-mali ezizinzileyo ezibona ukungena kwerekhodi nokusebenza okuphezulu. Inkxaso-mali ye-ESG iqhube kakuhle kakhulu kwiimali zezabelo zemveli ngo-2020, kwaye iingcali zilindele ukukhula okuqhubekayo. "

I-Divestment ayikho emngciphekweni wezezimali - kwaye, enyanisweni, iBhodi yomhlalaphantsi sele iphumile kwamanye amashishini ayingozi. Ngo-2013, yahlukana izibhamu kwaye ngo-2017, ukusuka iintolongo zabucala. Ngokuphuma kwizixhobo zenyukliya, iPhiladelphia iya kujoyina iqela eliphakamileyo lezixeko ezicinga phambili esele zidlulise izisombululo zokwahlukana, kubandakanya. IsiXeko saseNew York, NY; IBurlington, VT; Charlottesville, VA; yaye ISan Luis Obispo, CA.

Ngelixa iFiladelphia iqhubeka "yenza ukubulala ngokubulala" ngokutyala imali kwizixhobo, uluntu lwethu luvinjwa imali eyaneleyo kumacandelo aqinisekisa ubomi. Qwalasela oku: Ishumi elinesine ekhulwini yabantu babengakhuselekanga ukutya e Philadelphia ngo 2019. Oko kukuthi phezu 220,000 abantu kwisixeko sethu ukulala ngendlala ubusuku ngabunye. La manani aye enziwa mandundu kuphela ngenxa yobhubhani we-COVID-19. Endaweni yokutyala imali kwamanye amaqumrhu amakhulu ehlabathini, isixeko kufuneka sibeke phambili isicwangciso sotyalo-mali loluntu esigcina imali ijikeleza ekuhlaleni kwaye sijongane neemfuno eziyimfuneko zasePhiladelphia.

Lo nyaka uphawule isikhumbuzo sokuqala seSivumelwano se-UN soThintelo lwezixhobo zeNyukliya (TPNW) ukungena ngamandla, ekugqibeleni benza izixhobo zenyukliya zibe mthethweni. IsiXeko sele sinikezele ngenkxaso yaso kwi-TPNW, edlula kwiBhunga lesiXeko isisombululo #190841. Ngoku lixesha lokuba isiXeko sothando lobuzalwana sibeke ixabiso elichazwe ngesisombululo #190841, kunye nesisombululo sikaGilmore Richardson #210010 kwi-ESG yotyalo-mali, ekusebenzeni. Sihlaba ikhwelo kwiBhodi yoMhlalaphantsi ukuba iyalele abaphathi bayo bempahla ukuba babeke isikrini ngotyalo-mali lwayo ukuze bangabandakanyi abavelisi bezixhobo zenyukliya abaphezulu abangama-27. Ungquzulwano olwandayo eUkraine lubonisa ukuba asingomzuzu okhawulezayo wokuthatha inyathelo. Ukukhuphela imali yomhlalaphantsi kaPhilly kwi-nukes linyathelo lomntwana lokusibuyisela umva kwimfazwe.

UGreta Zarro unguMlawuli oQuquzelelayo World BEYOND War.
UGayle Morrow ngumphandi ozimeleyo ozinze ePhiladelphia.