Amaqembu angama-48 aya e-US Congress: Hhayi Idola Elilodwa Ngaphezu kwePentagon

By Izakhamuzi Zomphakathi, Julayi 15, i-2021

Somlomo Othandekayo uPelosi noMajority Umholi Schumer,

Ummemezelo osayinwe ngezansi we-48, ukholo, izisekelo, kanye izinhlangano ezibhekele uhulumeni zi ukhathazwa ngu imibiko ukuthi amalungu eCongress ayacubungula engeza imali entsha ye UMnyango Wezokuvikela kwingqalasizinda ezayo kanye nomthetho wokuthola kabusha. Sijoyina ama-24 Amalungu eCongress eholwa Abamele uBarbara U-Lee, uMark Pocan noCori Bush in
ngokunxusa kakhulu ukuthi akukho mali entsha yePentagon efakiwe ohlelweni lokwakha emuva olungcono.

Siyisizwe esinezinkinga eziningi. Singa ukululama onyakeni wokuqoshwa ukungasebenzi nokungaqiniseki ngezindlu, okubhebhethekisa ukulahlekelwa abantu obathandayo, kuyamangaza ngaphansi kwe- isisindo sokuphindaphinda isikweletu semalimboleko yezokwelapha neyabafundi, ukubhekana nokucwasana ngokohlelo nobudlova ubuzwe obumhlophe, nokulwa nesimo sezulu esiqhubekayo Inkinga. Ukusetshenziswa kwempi akusombululanga lezi zinkinga, futhi ngezindlela eziningi uzenze zaba zimbi kakhulu. Yonke imali eyengeziwe eyabelwe iPentagon ngenye idola engasetshenziswanga ukubhekana nalezi zinselelo eziphuthumayo, futhi ngeke inikeze usizo imiphakathi yethu ngokulangazelela isidingo.

Sekuvele kunenqubo esungulwe kahle uxhaso lwezempi luphikiswa futhi lubhekwe yiCongress. Ngale nqubo, uMongameli Biden usevele uphakamise ukuphakama kwesibhakabhaka $753 Izigidigidi ngePentagon. Osonkontileka bezokuvikela banakho kakade ithole futhi yeqa ukusetshenziswa kwe-COVID imali, futhi iPentagon ayikwazi ukuphendula ngale mali njengamanje ithola kubakhokhi bentela, ukwehluleka konke ukucwaningwa kwamabhuku amane okwenziwe kukho wonke umlando wayo. Kuyaphuthuma ukuthi iCongress igxile imizamo yayo yokwakha kabusha umnotho wase-US olungele i Ngekhulu lama-21 ngokwandisa amathuba emisebenzi, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nomnotho oluhlaza, kunokuzijabulisa ngisho nesenti ngaphezulu ekunikezelweni kwempi abahlomuli nabakhiqizi bezikhali, njengalawo madola zidingeka kabuhlungu futhi ngokujulile unikeze usizo emindenini esebenzayo kuyo yonke imicu ezweni lonke.

Ngakho-ke sikunxusa ukuthi uqinisekise ukuthi ayikho iPentagon entsha imali ifakiwe kokuzayo umthetho wengqalasizinda, nokuthi esikhundleni salokho umthethosivivinywa igxile kakhulu emiphakathini yethu izidingo eziphuthumayo.

Isayinwe,

Izinhlangano Zezwe:
+ Ukuthula
Isikhungo Sezenzo Kumjaho Nomnotho
Ikomidi lezinkonzo zaseMelika
I-Asia Pacific American Labour Alliance, i-AFL-CIO
Ngaphesheya kweBomu
Amafilimu Amasha Anesibindi
Isikhungo senqubomgomo yamazwe omhlaba
Isikhungo Sonembeza Nempi
Ukubumbana Kwezidingo Zabantu
CODEPINK
Ukuvikela Okuvamile
UMkhandlu Womhlaba Othandekayo
Funa Intuthuko
Intando yeningi yaseMelika
I-Eisenhower Media Network
Ukunika Amandla Imiphakathi Yeziqhingi ZasePacific (EPIC)
IKomiti Labangane Kwezomthetho Kazwelonke
Abangane Bomhlaba US
Izwi LamaJuda Lesenzo Sokuthula
Ubulungiswa buseMhlabeni wonke
UMADRE
Iphrojekthi Kazwelonke Ebaluleke Kakhulu e-Institute for Policy Izifundo
Iphrojekthi Entsha Yezizwe Zonke e-Institute for Policy Izifundo
QAPHELA Lobby YamaKatolika Ubulungiswa Kwezenhlalo
Ukuvukelwa Kwethu
Pax Christi USA
Isenzo Sokuthula
Isenzo Sabantu
Odokotela Ukuzibophezela Komphakathi
AmaDemokhrasi aqhubekayo eMelika
Izakhamuzi Zomphakathi
Isikhungo saseQuincy Sokubophezelela Isitatimende
RootsAction.org
Odadewabo Bomusa WaseMelika - Ithimba Lezobulungiswa
I-Sunrise Movement
I-United Methodist Church - IBhodi Jikelele Yesonto kanye noMphakathi
United Church of Christ, Ubulungiswa kanye noNgqongqoshe Abangofakazi
Ama-Veterans For Peace
Isenzo Sabesifazane Ngezikhombisi-ndlela Ezintsha (WAND)
Ukunqoba Ngaphandle Kwempi
Iqembu elisebenzayo lemindeni
World BEYOND War

Izinhlangano Zombuso Nezasekhaya:
Broward for Intuthuko, Broward County, Florida
Odokotela beChesapeake bokuzibophezela Komphakathi
UDorothy Day Umsebenzi WamaKatolika, eWashington DC
Abaphathi Bobuholi Obuphendulayo
I-Massachusetts Peace Action
Isikhungo Sezemfundo Yokuthula, eLansing, eMichigan

“Emikhakheni eminingi yezomnotho nomphakathi ezikhokhelwa imali encane, iPentagon ayiyona phakathi kwazo. Uma kunengqalasizinda yezempi engahlanganiwe izidingo, isabelomali sePentagon esivimbile siningi ngaphezu kokwanele ukubanakekela. Ayikho indlela okufanele idola ngayo sikhishwe emabhulohweni, emanzini ahlanzekile, i-broadband, ukunakekelwa kwezingane, ukunciphisa ubuphofu, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, ukugwema ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu okuyinhlekelele noma okunye izidingo ezinzima ukuze kufakwe imali eningi kumaPentagon isikhwama esichichimayo. ”
URobert Weissman, Mongameli, Isakhamuzi Somphakathi

“Ngesabelomali esingaphezulu kwezintathu ikota yesigidigidi ngonyaka, iPentagon nabathengisi bezikhali bamane awudingi enye imali. Kepha ukufaka ingulube yePentagon esenzweni esenzelwe ukuchuma kanye ukuphepha kwemiphakathi yethu bekungaba nzima. Idola ngedola, imisebenzi eminingi idalwa lapho utshale imali emikhakheni efana namandla ahlanzekile nemfundo kunokusetshenziswa kwemali yokuvikela. Kungakho, lapho uyinki womisiwe, noma imuphi umthetho ongaphansi kwe-Build Back Uhlelo olungcono kufanele lusekele ngamandla abantu be kuleli zwe futhi kufaka phakathi amadola ayi-Pentagon isabelomali. ”
U-Erica Fein, Umqondisi Omkhulu waseWashington, Win Ngaphandle War

“Into ebaluleke kakhulu ubhadane olusifundise yona ukuthi asitshalanga ngokwanele ekugcineni okwethu abantu abaphephile ezinsongweni zezempilo nezomnotho wethu ukuphepha. Izinhlelo zeBiden zenza utshalomali ezisivikelayo. ICongress kufanele ifake imali kwezempilo, izindlu, imisebenzi, nemfundo, futhi umelane ne isilingo sokungeza ukusetshenziswa kwemali ePentagon nosonkontileka bayo bezempi abakhokhelwa kakhulu. ”
UDeborah Weinstein, Umqondisi Omkhulu, Coalition on Izidingo Zomuntu

“Imali yezokuvikela iPentagon, engakaze uphasile ukucwaningwa kwamabhuku, sekuvele kuphakame kakhulu. Esikhundleni sokuqhubeka nokufaka izikhwama zosonkontileka bezokuvikela, kumele sinciphise ama-Pentagon dollars kusuka ku- umthethosivivinywa wengqalasizinda kanye nokuqinisekisa inzuzo yethu yamadola wentela imiphakathi ehlushwa ukungavikeleki kwezindlu, indlala, nokwenza izinqubomgomo ezinobandlululo ngokobuhlanga nezinzalamizi. ”
UMac Hamilton, Umqondisi Wokumela, Isenzo Sabesifazane se Imikhombandlela emisha

“Uma kuke kwaba nesikhathi sokwenza kucace ukuthi i- Utshalomali kuzwelonke kufanele luqondiswe esiphuthumayo izidingo zemiphakathi yethu hhayi iPentagon, manje yileso sikhathi. Izinkinga imiphakathi yethu ebhekene nazo ayikwazi ukubhekelwa ngabazuzi bezempi nezikhali abakhiqizi. Idola ngalinye ku-Build Better I-Back Better idinga ukuya ekhelini eliyisisekelo izidingo zomuntu. ”
UJohnny Zokovitch, Umqondisi Omkhulu, uPax Christi USA

“Uma sicela imali yokusebenzisa amanzi ahlanzekile, izindlu, nezikole, iCongress ithatha imali eningi okwezikhali nempi. Lokhu akwamukelekile, neCongress kufanele iyenqabe ngokuphelele yonke imizamo yokufaka ifele imali ehlose ukuthi imiphakathi yethu ibe yizikhali, impi, namaphakethe osonkontileka bezokuvikela. ”
UTori Bateman, Umxhumanisi Wokuvikela Inqubomgomo, waseMelika IKomidi Lezinsizakalo Zabangane

“Ukubeka imali yengqalasizinda esikhwameni esinemali enkulu isikhungo obekuhloswe ngaso ichazwe ngokunembile nangokudumile ngokuthi 'ukubulala abantu nokweqa izinto 'kuphambene ne- ingqalasizinda nokuthi yini edingekayo ukuvikela abantu nokunye ukuphila emhlabeni. ”
UDavid Swanson, Umqondisi ophakeme, World BEYOND War

"Kubalulekile ukuthi siqondise kabusha izindinganiso zethu zobuzwe nokuthi sikuchaza kanjani 'ukuphepha kwezwe,' kanye ukubhekana nezidingo zasekhaya nokungabi nabulungisa kwesakhiwo. I- ubhadane lubeke obala isidingo sokushintshela lapho sibeka izinto eziza kuqala kithi — nengcebo yethu. Siyaqinisekisa futhi a umlayezo uPapa Francis ayenikele ngakho abaholi bezwe kulo bhubhane, 'Le nkinga iyathinta sonke, abacebile nabampofu ngokufanayo, 'uqaphele ukuthi Inkinga 'ibeka obala ubuzenzisi,' igxeka abaholi bomhlaba abagijimela ukusindisa izimpilo ngenkathi bona qhubeka ukhiqize izikhali, wakhe izinqolobane ezinkulu kanye nokuqhubekisela phambili umnotho ongafanele amasistimu. "
UJean Stokan, Umxhumanisi Wezobulungiswa Wokungabi Nodlame

“Yonke imali eyengeziwe yesabelomali samasosha yidola entshontshiwe emsebenzini obucayi ongaphambili thina: ukuguqula ingqalasizinda yethu ukubhekana ne amaqiniso wokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Kungaba yicala kuya kukhukhula iPentagon nosonkontileka bezempi abazimele ngemali eningi ukuze baqhubeke nokucekela phansi ingqalasizinda kwamanye amazwe futhi kungcolise umhlaba kuleli. ”
UCarley Towne, Umqondisi-Co, CODEPINK


“I-US kumele ihlele kabusha izinto eziseqhulwini ukuze ivikele impilo nenhlalakahle yabantu bayo – bese wakhela ikusasa elinobulungiswa futhi elizinzile. Ungaphambukisi ingqalasizinda izinsiza kwezempi. ”
UMartin Fleck, Umqondisi, Ukuqedwa Kwezikhali ZaseNyukliya Uhlelo, Odokotela Bokuzibophezela Komphakathi

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