Nipa David Swanson, Jẹ ki Gbiyanju Tiwantiwa.
We Did It! Now’s Our Chance!
Everybody out to oppose war at the next meeting!
At the March 6, 2017, meeting of the Charlottesville City Council, (fidio nibi) three members of the council proposed to put on the agenda for a future meeting a vote on a resolution opposing the increased military spending proposed by President Donald Trump. If even just those three (Kristin Szakos, Wes Bellamy, and Bob Fenwick) vote in support of the resolution it will pass. The views of the other two City Council Members (Mike Signer and Kathy Galvin) are unknown.
We are currently assuming, and will confirm as soon as possible, that the vote on the resolution will come at the March 20th, 7 p.m., meeting. We need to be there in large numbers!
We also need to sign up in large numbers ahead of time for 3-minute speaking slots. Please do that here: http://bit.ly/cvillespeech (Of fifteen slots, ten go to online sign-ups, five to early arrivals in person.)
Thus far, these organizations have endorsed the resolution: Charlottesville Veterans For Peace, Charlottesville Amnesty International, World Beyond War, Just World Books, Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, the Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club, Candidate for Commonwealth’s Attorney Jeff Fogel, Charlottesville Democratic Socialists of America, Indivisible Charlottesville, heARTful Action, Together Cville,
We need to reach out to other organizations and ask them to sign on. We’ll add them here: http://bit.ly/cvilleresolution
In making the case for this resolution, the Awọn Ilana Agbegbe orilẹ-ede can be a useful resource. For example:
“For Department of Defense, taxpayers in Charlottesville, Virginia are paying $ 112.62 million, kii ṣe pẹlu iye owo ti ogun. Eyi ni ohun ti awọn dọla owo-ori wọn le ti sanwo dipo:
1,270 Elementary School Teachers for 1 Year, or
1,520 Clean Energy Jobs Created for 1 Year, or
2,027 Infrastructure Jobs Created for 1 Year, or
1,126 Jobs with Supports Created in High Poverty Communities for 1 Year, or
12,876 Head Start Slots for Children for 1 Year, or
11,436 Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for 1 Year, or
2,773 Scholarships for University Students for 4 Years, or
4,841 Students Receiving Pell Grants of $5,815 for 4 Years, or
41,617 Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for 1 Year, or
99,743 Households with Wind Power for 1 Year, or
23,977 Adults Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for 1 Year, or
61,610 Households with Solar Electricity for 1 Year.”
And here’s a chart of the percentage of federal discretionary spending going to militarism each year. It hasn’t topped 60% since the Cold War ended. Trump is proposing to put it back up there.
Cities that have passed resolutions in favor of reducing military spending in recent years are numerous and include Charlottesville as well as the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Already this year, New Haven has passed one
Atako ti o wọpọ julọ si awọn ipinnu agbegbe lori awọn akọle orilẹ-ede ni pe kii ṣe ipa to dara fun agbegbe kan. Atako yii jẹ rọọrun sẹ. Gbigbe iru ipinnu bẹẹ jẹ iṣẹ iṣẹju diẹ ti o jẹ idiyele agbegbe ko si awọn orisun.
Awọn eniyan America yẹ ki o wa ni ipoduduro taara ni Ile asofin ijoba. Awọn alakoso agbegbe ati ipinle wọn tun yẹ lati ṣe aṣoju wọn si Ile asofin ijoba. Aṣoju ni Ile asofin ijoba ṣe aṣoju awọn eniyan 650,000 - iṣẹ ti ko ṣeeṣe. Ọpọlọpọ awọn ọmọ igbimọ ilu igbimọ ni Orilẹ Amẹrika ti bura ti ọfiisi ni ileri lati ṣe atilẹyin ofin Amẹrika. Aṣoju awọn ẹgbẹ wọn si awọn ipele ti o ga julọ ni ijọba jẹ apakan ti wọn ṣe pe.
Awọn ilu ati ilu ni igbagbogbo ati firanṣẹ awọn ẹbẹ si Ile asofin ijoba fun gbogbo awọn ibeere. Eyi ni a gba laaye labẹ Clause 3, Ofin XII, Abala 819, ti awọn ofin ti Ile Awọn Aṣoju. Eyi ni a ma n lo lati gba awọn ẹjọ lati ilu nigbagbogbo, ati awọn iranti lati awọn ipinle, gbogbo agbedemeji Amẹrika. Bakan naa ni a ti fi idi rẹ mulẹ ni Itọnisọna Jefferson, iwe aṣẹ fun Ile ti akọkọ kọwe nipasẹ Thomas Jefferson fun Alagba.
Ni 1798, Ilufin Ipinle Virginia ṣe ipinnu kan nipa lilo awọn ọrọ ti Thomas Jefferson ti ṣe idajọ awọn ilana ijọba ti ilu fọọmu ti o ṣe atunṣe France.
Ni 1967, ẹjọ kan ni California ti ṣe akoso (Farley v. Healey, 67 Cal.2d 325) fun ẹtọ awọn ẹtọ ilu lati gbe igbesilẹ kan lori iwe idibo ti o lodi si Ogun Ogun Vietnam, o sọ pe: "Bi awọn aṣoju ti agbegbe, awọn alabojuto ati awọn igbimọ ilu ti ṣe awọn igbasilẹ ti eto imulo lori awọn nkan ti o ni ibakcdun si agbegbe bi o ti jẹ pe ko ni agbara lati ṣe iru awọn idiyele bẹ nipasẹ ofin ti o bajẹ. Nitootọ, ọkan ninu awọn idi ti ijoba agbegbe ni lati soju fun awọn ilu rẹ ṣaaju ki Ile asofin ijoba, Ile asofin, ati awọn ile-iṣẹ ijọba ni awọn ohun ti ijọba agbegbe ko ni agbara. Paapaa ni awọn ọrọ ti awọn eto ajeji ko ṣe deede fun awọn isofin agbegbe lati ṣe ipo wọn mọ. "
Awọn abolitionists koja ipinnu agbegbe si awọn ofin AMẸRIKA lori ifipa. Ẹsẹ anti-apartheid naa ṣe kanna, gẹgẹbi igbiyanju ipasẹ iparun naa, igbiyanju lodi si ofin PATRIOT, igbiyanju ti o ṣe atilẹyin fun Ilana Kyoto (eyiti o ni awọn ilu 740 kere ju), ati bẹbẹ lọ. iṣẹ ilu lori awọn oran orilẹ-ede ati ti kariaye.
Karen Dolan ti Awọn ilu fun Alafia kọwe: "Apeere apẹrẹ ti bi o ṣe jẹ ki ilu ilu ni ipa nipasẹ awọn ijalẹ ilu ilu ni o ni ipa fun US mejeeji ati eto imulo agbaye jẹ apẹẹrẹ ti awọn ipolongo idariji agbegbe ti n tako Sijiya ni South Africa ati, daradara, eto imulo ajeji Reagan "Ṣiṣe adehun" pẹlu South Africa. Bi ipilẹ inu ati ti kariaye agbaye ti n ṣe idaniloju ijọba Gẹẹsi ti South Africa, awọn ipolongo idalẹnu ilu ni Ilu Amẹrika ṣafikun titẹ ati ki o ṣe iranlọwọ lati tẹsiwaju si ilogun Imọ-ipilẹ-Iyatọ ti Aṣoju ti 1986. A ṣe ilọsiwaju nla yii bii aṣeyọri Reagan veto ati nigba ti Alagba naa wa ni Republikani. Iwọn ti awọn olutọ ofin orilẹ-ede ti 14 US ti sọ ati sunmọ awọn orilẹ-ede 100 US ti o ti lọ lati South Africa ṣe iyatọ nla. Laarin ọsẹ mẹta ti iṣakoso veto, IBM ati General Motors tun kede pe wọn nlọ kuro lati South Africa. "
Here is the proposed resolution:
Fund Human and Environmental Needs, Not Militarism
Lakoko ti Mayor Mike Signer ti ṣalaye Charlottesville ni olu-ilu ti resistance si iṣakoso Alakoso Donald Trump.[I]
Nibi Aare Aare ti dabaa lati gbe $ 54 bilionu lati owo eniyan ati inawo ayika ni ile ati ni ilu okeere si iṣowo-ogun[Ii], mu iṣowo ti ologun si daradara lori 60% ti awọn inawo iyasọtọ ti Federal[Iii],
Nibi apakan ti iranlọwọ lati dinku idaamu asasala yẹ ki o dopin, kii ṣe gbigbe silẹ, awọn ogun ti o ṣẹda awọn asasala[Iv],
Nibi pe Aare Aare ara rẹ jẹwọ pe iṣeduro agbara nla ti awọn ọdun 16 ti o ti kọja ti jẹ ajalu ati ki o ṣe wa ni ailewu, ko ni aabo[V],
Diẹ ninu awọn ipin ti iṣeduro agbara ologun le pese free, ẹkọ giga-didara lati ile-iwe-ẹkọ-ẹkọ-ẹkọ nipasẹ kọlẹẹjì[vi], fi opin si ebi ati ebi npa ni ilẹ ayé[vii], yi pada US lati nu agbara[viii], pese omi mimu mimu ti o mọ nibi gbogbo ti o nilo lori ile aye[ix], kọ awọn ọkọ oju-irin ni kiakia laarin awọn ilu pataki US[X], ati pe awọn ajeji ajeji ti kii ṣe ologun US aje ju dipo gige rẹ[xi],
Bi o tilẹ jẹ pe 121 ti fẹyìntì awọn ogboogbo US ti kọ lẹta kan ti o ni ihamọ fun gige ajeji ajeji[xii],
Njẹ pe idibo Kejìlá 2014 Gallup ti awọn orile-ede 65 ti ri pe Amẹrika ti jina si ati pe orilẹ-ede naa ṣe akiyesi ewu ti o tobi julọ si alaafia ni agbaye[xiii],
Niwon Ilu Amẹrika kan ti o ni ipese omi mimu mimọ, awọn ile-iwe, oogun, ati awọn paneli ti oorun si awọn elomiran yoo ni aabo diẹ sii ki o si dojuko ibanujẹ ti o kere ju ni agbaye,
Bi o ṣe jẹ pe awọn ayika wa ati awọn aini eniyan ni o nira ati ni kiakia,
Nibo ni ologun jẹ ara ẹni ti o tobi julo ti epo ti a ni[xiv],
Niwọn pe awọn ọrọ-aje ni Ile-ẹkọ giga Massachusetts ni Amherst ti ṣe akiyesi pe iṣowo-ogun jẹ idaniloju owo aje ju iṣẹ-ṣiṣe lọ[xv],
Nitorina o jẹ ipinnu pe Igbimọ Ilu ti Charlottesville, Virginia, rọ Ile-igbimọ Amẹrika lati gbe awọn dọla owo-ori wa ni ọna idakeji ti Aare ti pinnu, lati ologun si awọn eniyan ati awọn iwulo ayika.
[I] "Afọwọsi kede Ilu ni 'Olu ti Resistance' Lodi si Trump, Ilọsiwaju lojoojumọ, January 31, 2017, http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/politics/signer-declares-city-a-capital-of-resistance-against-trump/article_12108161-fccd-53bb-89e4-b7d5dc8494e0.html
[Ii] “Trump lati Wọ Ale si Bilionu $ 54 ni isanwo Ologun,” Ni New York Times, Kínní 27, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/us/politics/trump-budget-military.html?_r=0
[Iii] Eyi ko pẹlu 6% miiran fun ipin lakaye ti itọju awọn ogbo. Fun idinku ti inawo lakaye ninu eto-inawo 2015 lati Iṣeduro Iṣaaju ti Orilẹ-ede, wo https://www.nationalpriorities.org/campaigns/military-spending-united-states
[Iv] “Awọn Milii 43 Eniyan Gba lati Jade kuro ni Ile Wọn,” World Beyond War, https://worldbeyondwar.org/43-million-people-kicked-homes / "A Ti Ṣẹda Iṣoro Iṣilọ Yuroopu ni Amẹrika," Awọn Nation, https://www.thenation.com/article/europes-refugee-crisis-was-made-in-america
[V] On February 27, 2017, Trump said, “Almost 17 years of fighting in the Middle East . . . $6 trillion we’ve spent in the Middle East . . . and we’re nowhere, actually if you think about it we’re less than nowhere, the Middle East is far worse than it was 16, 17 years ago, there’s not even a contest . . . we have a hornet’s nest . . . .” http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/02/27/trump_we_spent_6_trillion_in_middle_east_and_we_are_less_than_nowhere_far_worse_than_16_years_ago.html
[vi] "Ile-ẹkọ giga ọfẹ: A le ṣe ifigagbaga rẹ,” Awọn Washington Post, May 1, 2012, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/free-college-we-can-afford-it/2012/05/01/gIQAeFeltT_story.html?utm_term=.9cc6fea3d693
[vii] “Agbaye nikan ni o nilo Bilionu 30 Dọla fun Ọdun kan lati paarẹ Aarun ti Ebi,” Ajọ Ounjẹ ati Ise-ogbin ti Ajo Agbaye, http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2008/1000853/index.html
[viii] “Orile-ede Agbara Mimọ Jẹ Ọsan Ọfẹ $ 25 aimọye,” Technica Mimọ, https://cleantechnica.com/2015/11/03/clean-energy-transition-is-a-25-trillion-free-lunch / Wo tun: http://www.solutionaryrail.org
[ix] “Omi mimọ fun Aye ilera,” Eto Ayika UN, http://www.unwater.org/wwd10/downloads/WWD2010_LOWRES_BROCHURE_EN.pdf
[X] “Iye owo ti Rail Rail Speed ni China Ọkan Kẹta Kere ju ni Awọn orilẹ-ede Miiran,” Banki Agbaye, http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2014/07/10/cost-of-high -iyara-iṣinipopada-ni-china-idamẹta-kekere-ju-ni awọn orilẹ-ede miiran
[xi] Iranlowo ajeji ti kii ṣe ologun US jẹ eyiti o to $ 25, ti o tumọ si pe Aare Aare yoo nilo lati ge o nipasẹ 200% lati wa $ 54 bilionu ti o pinnu lati fi kun si iṣeduro ologun
[xii] Iwe si awọn olori Igbimọ, Kínní 27, 2017, http://www.usglc.org/downloads/2017/02/FY18_International_Affairs_Budget_House_Senate.pdf
[xiii] Wo http://www.wingia.com/en/services/about_the_end_of_year_survey/global_results/7/33
[xiv] “Ja Iyipada Afefe, Kii Awọn Ogun,” Naomi Klein, http://www.naomiklein.org/articles/2009/12/fight-climate-change-not-wars
[xv] "Awọn Ifiyesi Iṣẹ oojọ ti AMẸRIKA ti Awọn Iloro Inawo Ile ati ti Awọn Akọbi Ile: Imudojuiwọn 2011," Ile-iṣẹ Iwadi Iṣelu Eto-ọrọ, https://www.peri.umass.edu/publication/item/449-the-us- tupu iṣẹ-effective-of-military -and-abele-inawo-awọn pataki-2011-imudojuiwọn
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Whereas even 121 retired U.S. generals have written a letter opposing cutting foreign aid[xii],
Whereas a December 2014 Gallup poll of 65 nations found that the United States was far and away the country considered the largest threat to peace in the world[xiii],
Niwon Ilu Amẹrika kan ti o ni ipese omi mimu mimọ, awọn ile-iwe, oogun, ati awọn paneli ti oorun si awọn elomiran yoo ni aabo diẹ sii ki o si dojuko ibanujẹ ti o kere ju ni agbaye,
Bi o ṣe jẹ pe awọn ayika wa ati awọn aini eniyan ni o nira ati ni kiakia,
Whereas the military is itself the greatest consumer of petroleum we have[xiv],
Whereas economists at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have documented that military spending is an economic drain rather than a jobs program[xv],
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Take care of the water, food and medical needs of the world rather than fighting everyone.