NguDavid Swanson, Februwari 28, 2019
I-Charlottesville, eVirginia, akukafaneli ihlise iziqwenga zayo zobuhlanga (ezo zonke iingxabano sele zi malunga nazo okanye naziphi na ezinye). UCharlottesville akayi kuvalwa izibhamu kwiziganeko zikarhulumente. Isola ipalamente yombuso kuzo zombini kunye nezinye izihloko. Kodwa iSixeko saseCharlottesville sineedola zikarhulumente ezirhwebileyo kwizixhobo, kwaye iyakwazi ukutshintsha ngokupheleleyo.
Kule meko, izizathu ezingabonakali ziza kunzima ukuza. I-Charlottesville iye yahlula kwiSidan naseMzantsi Afrika.
ISixeko sidlulisele izigqibo kwiimfazwe ezichasileyo kunye nokukhuthaza iCongress ukuba ihambise imali kwi-militarism kwiimfuno zabantu kunye nezosingqongileyo. Nangona kunjalo iSixeko sinomali esitshala imali kwiinkampani zezixhobo ezixhobo ezisetyenziswayo kwiimfazwe ezibhubhisayo apho amaninzi amaxhoba engabonakali "amhlophe" - kwaye ahlala esetyenziselwa kumacala omabini aloo mfazwe.
Kwaye iSixeko sinomali esitshala imali kwiinkampani zamathambo e-fosil - ngokuqinisekileyo izixhobo zeSizwe soMcebisi weSizwe soKhuseleko uJohn Bolton uthi ziya kuxhamla ekugqithiseni urhulumente waseVenezuela.
IsiXeko sinokukwazi ukuseka umgaqo-nkqubo wokungatyi imali kwiinkampani zezixhobo-umgaqo oza kubandakanya nayiphi na inkampani eyenza izibhamu eziziswe apha ngo-Agasti 2017. Iyakwazi ngokupheleleyo ukwahlula kwiinkampani zomoya.
Ezinye iidolophu zidlulisa amanyathelo afanayo. I-Congress ye-US inemithetho yokwamkelwa kwezikhalazo ezivela kuburhulumente basekhaya kunye noorhulumente. Imithetho yabhalwa ngumfana ogama linguTomas Jefferson, unkulunkulu waseCharlottesville wendawo. Kuyafaneleka ukuba iBhunga lethu leSixeko lisimelele kumgangatho ophezulu nangaphantsi omele urhulumente okanye ukuthatha inyathelo kumcimbi kazwelonke okanye wehlabathi. Kodwa le ngxaki yendawo. Iingqungquthela zemozulu zenzeka apha eCharlottesville njengaye yonke indawo. Ubundlobongela bebhamu bulapha. Iimpembelelo zenkcubeko yemfa zenzeke apha. Yaye le yimali yethu esiyithethayo.
Ubuncinane iinkampani ezimbini ezenziwa nguCharlottesville ngemali eninzi kubanikezeli abakhulu be-Saudi Arabia kunye nemfazwe yayo eYemen, intlekele eyingozi kunazo zonke ezibonakalayo kwiminyaka emininzi. Oku akuyona nto abantu baseCharlottesville abaza kuvota, kodwa asizange siceliwe. Ngoko, sizinikela ngokuzithandela umbono wethu.
I-Charlottesville kufuneka imisele umzekelo kwezinye izixeko ukuba zilandele. Le yiplanethi yethu inobungozi. Nantsi iTV yendawo Ukufihla kwimizamo yethu yokucela isiXeko ukuba sihlukane. Siceba ukuzisa umcimbi kwiBhunga leSixeko ngoMatshi ngo-4th. Abaviwa abathathu beBhunga leSixeko kulo nyaka, kwaye imibutho emininzi iye yavuma. Uluhlu lwabaxhasi ba DivestCville.org njengolu luqulunqo lwesilungiso:
NJENGOBA, iinkampani zezixhobo ze-US zibonelela izixhobo ezibulalayo kwiintlobo ezininzi zobukhohlakali ezininzi emhlabeni wonke [i-1], kunye neenkampani zikaCharlottesville njengamanje zikarhulumente zemali ezifaka imali ku-Boeing no-Honeywell, abanikezeli beemfazwe e-Saudi Arabia imfazwe enzima kubantu baseYemen;
NJENGOBA, ulawulo olukhoyo lwaloo mgaqo-nkqubo luye lwachaza ukutshintsha kwemozulu kwintlonelo, yafudukela ekubeni ihoxise i-US kwimvumelwano yemozulu yehlabathi, izame ukukhusela isayensi yemozulu, kwaye yasebenzela ukuqinisa umveliso kunye nokusetyenziswa kwamafutha asebushushu okubangela ukufudumala. kwidolophu, urhulumente kunye noorhulumente baseburhulumenteni ukuba bathathe inkokheli yemozulu ngenxa yobomi bezakhamuzi zabo kunye nempilo yeemeko zendawo kunye neengingqi;
NJENGOBA, ukulwa kwezempi kuyinxaxheba enkulu ekutshintshisweni kwemozulu [2], kwaye iSixeko saseCharlottesville sinxuse i-Congress ye-US ukuba ityala imali engaphantsi kwezempi kunye nokunye ekukhuseleni iimfuno zabantu kunye nezendalo (3];
NJENGOBA, utyalo-mali lwesiXeko saseCharlottesville kufuneka lufanise ukutshintshwa kweenguqu ezicelile kwiNgqungquthela;
NGAKHO, ukuqhubela phambili kwikhosi yangoku yenguqu yemozulu kuya kubangela ukuphakama kwamaqondo okushisa kwe-4.5ºF nge-2050, kwaye ixabise uqoqosho lwamazwe e-$ 32 dollar [4];
NJENGOBA, ukunyuka kwamazinga okushisa e-Virginia kwi-five-year-year kwaqala ukunyuka okukhulu kunye nokunyuka kwama-1970, ukunyuka kwi-54.6 degrees Fahrenheit ngoko kwii-56.2 idigri kwi-2012, kwaye indawo yasePiedmont ibone ukushisa kwezinga kwi-degrees ze-0.53 kwishumi elinesibini, apho izinga laseVirginia liza kutshisa njengeSouth Carolina yi2050 kunye nenyakatho yeFlorida ngo-2100 [5];
NJENGAKHO, i-economics kwiYunivesithi yaseMassachusetts e-Amherst iye yabonisa ukuba ukusetyenziswa kwezempi kukuxhamla kwezoqoqosho kunenkqubo yokudala amathuba emisebenzi, kwaye utyalo-mali kwamanye amacandelo luzuzisa ngokomoya [6];
NJENGOBA, ukufundwa kwe-satellite kubonisa iitafile zamanzi eziwela emhlabeni wonke, kwaye ngaphezulu kweyodwa kwiibalo ezintathu e-United States inokujamelana nengozi "enkulu" okanye "eyingozi" yokunqongophala kwamanzi ngenxa yokutshintsha kwemozulu phakathi kwe21st kwinkulungwane, ngelixa i sixhenxe ezilishumi ezingaphezu kwamaqela e-3,100 zinokujamelana nobungozi "obuninzi" bokunqongophala kwamanzi amatsha [7];
NJENGOBA, iimfazwe zisoloko zilwa nezixhobo zase-US ezisetyenziswe ngamacala amabini [8];
NAKUBA kunjalo, amaza okushisa ngoku adala ukufa kwabantu eUnited States kunamanye amajelo emozulu (iziphepho, izikhukhula, umbane, i-blizzards, i-tornados, njl) kunye kunye nokugqithiseleyo ngaphezu kwabo bonke abantu abafayo kubundlobongela, kunye nokuqikelelwa kwabantu be-150 e-United States Uya kufa ngenxa yokushisa okukhulu kwimihla yonke yehlobo ngo-2040, kunye nokufa kwe-30,000 malunga nokushisa okuqhelekileyo ngonyaka [9];
NJENGOBA, urhulumente wengingqi utyalo-mali kwiinkampani ezivelisa izixhobo zemfazwe zixhasa ngokupheleleyo inkcitho yemfazwe yombutho kwiinkampani ezifanayo, ezininzi zazo zixhomekeke kuburhulumente bombuso njengomthengi wabo oyintloko;
NJENGOBA, phakathi kwe-1948 kunye ne-2006 "iziganeko ezinqabileyo ezinqabileyo" zanda i-25% eVirginia, ezineempembelelo ezingalunganga kwezolimo, umgangatho oqikelelweyo wokuqhubeka [i-10], kunye nenqanaba lolwandle lomhlaba, kucetywayo ukuba kuphakanyiswe ubuncinane ubuncinane ubuncinane beenyawo ngasekupheleni yenkulungwane, ngokunyuka kwinqanaba laseVirginia phakathi kweyona ndlela ikhawuleza kwihlabathi [11];
NJENGOBA, iinkampani zezixhobo ezenziwa yiCharlottesville ukuba zingenalo imali ekuveliseni izixhobo ezilethwe eCharlottesville ngo-Agasti 2017;
NJENGAKHO, ukukhutshwa kwamathambo e-fossil kufuneka kukhutshwe ngu-45% nge-2030 kwaye ku-2050 ukuze ubambe ukufudumala kwiinjongo ze-2.7 ºF (1.5 ºC) ekujoliswe kuyo kwisivumelwano seParis [12];
NJENGOBA, utshintsho lwemozulu luyingozi enkulu kwimpilo, ukhuseleko kunye nenhlalakahle yabantu baseCharlottesville, kunye ne-American Academy ye-Pediatrics uye waxwayisa ukuba utshintsho lwemozulu lubeka ingozi kwimpilo yabantu kunye nokukhuseleka, kunye nezingane ezikhuselekileyo, kwaye zibiza ukusilela ukuthatha "isinyathelo, isenzo esilandelayo" isenzo sokungabi nabulungisa kubo bonke abantwana "[13];
NJENGOBA, izinga lokuthungulwa kwamatye eUnited States liphezulu kunaphi na kwilizwe eliphuhlisiweyo, njengabavelisi bombundu abaqhubekayo ukufumana inzuzo enkulu kwigazi elingafuneki ukutyalula iidola zethu zikarhulumente;
NJENGOBA, iinkqubo zokutyalomali zesiXeko zingabhikisana nokuzibophelela kwesiXeko ekulinganeni kunye nobulungisa;
NAKUBA kunjalo, amakhulu abantu baye banxusa iSixeko ukuba bathathe amanyathelo alandelayo [14];
NAMANJE, NGAPHAMBILI, UKUQHUBEKA, ukuba iBhunga leSixeko lichaze ngokucacileyo inkcaso yalo ekutshatyalalisweni kwemali yeSixeko kuyo nayiphi na imibutho echaphazelekayo ekuveliseni i-fuel fossil okanye ukuveliswa okanye ukuphuculwa kwezixhobo kunye nezixhobo zezixhobo, nokuba ziqhelekileyo okanye zenyukliya, kwaye ziquka ukuveliswa kweengalo zomntu, kwaye unquma ukuba kuya kuba ngumgaqo-dolophu weSixeko ukwahlula kwiinkampani ezinjalo; kwaye
KUNYE NOKUBHOLWA, ukuba iBhunga leSixeko lilawula nawuphi na umntu osebenza egameni loMsebenzi wezoLimo-mali ukunyanzelisa imiqathango yesi Sigqibo; kwaye
KUNYE NOKUBHOLWA, ukuba esi sigqibo siya kubophelela umgaqo-dolophu weSixeko kwaye siya kusebenza ngokugcwele emva kokuthotyelwa yiBhunga leSixeko.
1. Rich Whitney, Truthout, Sept. 23, 2017, "I-US inikezela ngoncedo lwezempi kwi-73 Percent ye-Dictatorships yehlabathi" https://truthout.org/articles/us-provides-military-assistance-to-73-percent-of-world-s-dictatorships/
2. World BEYOND War, "Imfazwe iyasongela indawo," https://worldbeyondwar.org/environment
3. World BEYOND War, "ISixeko saseCharlottesville sithatha isigqibo sokucela iNkquthela ukuba iNgxowa-mali yeZintu kunye neZendalo, kungekhona ukunyuka kwezempi," ngoMatshi 20, 2017, https://worldbeyondwar.org/city-charlottesville-passes-resolution-asking-congress-fund-human-environmental-needs-not-military-expansion
4. "Ukuphishekela i-1.5 ° C Umda: IiNzuzo kunye namathuba," ngu
Inkqubo yoPhuhliso lweZizwe eziManyeneyo, uNom 16, 2016. http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/climate-and-disaster-resilience-/pursuing-the-1-5c-limit—benefits-and-opportunities.html
5. UStephen Nash, uVirginia Umoya weHlabathi: Indlela Ukufudumala Kwehlabathi Kuza Kuguqula Amadolophu Athu, amaNxweme, namaHlathi, iYunivesithi yaseVirginia Press, i-2017. https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/4501
6. I-Institute of Economy Research Institute, "Iimpembelelo zeNgqesho zaseMelika zoPhuhliso lwezeMpi kunye nezeNdlu: Uhlaziyo lwe-2011," https://www.peri.umass.edu/publication/item/449-the-u-s-employment-effects-of-military-and-domestic-spending-priorities-2011-update
7. "Ukutshintsha kwemozulu kunokunyusa umngcipheko wokunqongophala kwamanzi kumakhulu amabandla e-US ngo-2050," https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120215143003.htm
8. Imizekelo ibandakanya iimfazwe zase-US eSiriya (https://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-cia-pentagon-isis-20160327-story.html ), Irakh (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/isis-weapons-arsenal-included-some-purchased-u-s-government-n829201 ), Libhiya (https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/world/africa/weapons-sent-to-libyan-rebels-with-us-approval-fell-into-islamist-hands.html ), imfazwe ye-Iran-Iraq (http://articles.latimes.com/1987-06-18/news/mn-8000_1_gulf-war ), imfazwe yezilwanyana zaseMexicohttps://fas.org/asmp/library/publications/us-mexico.htm ), IMfazwe Yehlabathi II (https://www.amazon.com/Trading-Enemy-Charles-Higham/dp/0760700095/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463760561&sr=1-1&keywords=Trading+with+the+enemy ) kunye nabanye abaninzi.
9. "Iidolophu zethu ziya kutshisa-kunye nabantu bayo ababulalayo," nguAlissa Walker, https://www.curbed.com/2018/7/6/17539904/heat-wave-extreme-heat-cities-deadly
10. Nash, op. cit.
11. "Ukunyuka kwezinga lokunyuka kwesimo se-sea ngokukhawuleza kwenyuka kwi-altimeter," ngo-RS Nerem, uBD Beckley, uJT Fasullo, uBD Hamlington, D. Masters kunye noGT Mitchum. I-PNAS Februwari 27, 2018, 115 (9) 2022-2025; papashwe ngaphambi kokushicilela ngoFebruwari 12, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1717312115. https://www.pnas.org/content/115/9/2022
12. Ukufudumala kwe-1.5 ° C, iNgxelo ekhethekileyo ye-IPCC; Isishwankathelo seMigaqo-nkqubo. "Oktobha 2018. https://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_spm_final.pdf
13. "I-Global Climate Change and Health's Children," nguSamantha Ahdoot, uSusan E. Pacheco, kunye neBhunga kwiMpilo yeNdalo. Izifo zengqondo, i-Nov 2015, i-Vol 136 / i-5, ingxelo yezobuchwepheshe evela kwi-American Academy ye-Pediatrics. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/136/5/e1468
