Izwe Lempi

NguKathy Kelly, uJuni 27, 2020

Isikhathi sokwenza izikhali zempi sesidlulile njengemboni esebenzayo esizweni sakithi, yize abanye ubuholi bethu bezepolitiki bunamathela kwezomnotho zangesikhathi esedlule.-Lisa Savage, oqokelwe isikhundla seSenate eMelika eMaine

NgoLwesine, ngoJuni 25, imizamo kaMengameli uTrump yokuphinda futhi ukhetho yamyisa “endaweni yokulwa” eWisconsin, lapho ahambela khona umkhumbi wemikhumbi iFincantieri Marinette Marine. Wathuka amaDemocrats njengesitha esesabekayo kuneRussia noma iChina. Uphinde wagubha ukunqoba kukaWisconsin ezitheni zasekhaya njengesifundazwe saseMaine ekutholeni iphrojekthi ebalulekile yokwakha imikhumbi. “I-FFG (X) yokuqala (X) [frigate] esezingeni lokuqala ngeke nje ibe yimpumelelo kubasebenzi baseWisconsin; kuzoba futhi ukunqoba okukhulu kuNavy yethu, ”uTrump wathi. “UTimikhumbi emangazayo izoletha amandla amakhulu, ukubulala, namandla esiwadingayo ukuze sithinte izitha zaseMelika noma kuphi nanoma nini. ” Ezingqondweni eziningi zezempi, kubonakala sengathi kwakuyiChina.

"Uma ubheka nje ukuma kwezwe kwe-Indo-Pacom, le mikhumbi ingaya ezindaweni eziningi ababhubhisi abangakwazi ukuya kuzo," wathi Ummeli waseNyakatho-mpumalanga yeWisconsin uMike Gallagher, oyiRepublican hawkish ngokulangazelela elangazelela izimpi ezizayo e-'Indo-Pacific Command ': ikakhulukazi, izimpi ezilwa neChina. “… Hhayi nje ama-frig, kodwa nemikhumbi engenamuntu… izohambisana kahle nokuningi okushiwo yi-Marine Corps Commandant mayelana nokwenza inzuzo ekufeni okwedlulele kwesivumelwano se- [Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces], nokufaka imililo ebangeni eliphakathi. ”

I-Commandant okukhulunywa ngayo, uGen David Berger, une wachaza: "Into esiqhubele lapho sikhona njengamanje ukushintsha kwepharadesi okwenziwa yiChina ukuthuthela olwandle…" uBerger ufuna imikhumbi "esheshayo futhi esheshayo" ukugcina amabutho asolwandle aseMelika ezisekelweni zesikhashana eseduze neChina, ngoba "i Ukude kakhulu neChina, kuzothuthela kuwe. ”

IFincantieri, inkampani yase-Italy, yathola indawo okwakhiwa kuyo imikhumbi iMarinette ngo-2009, futhi, ngenyanga edlule nje, ithole inkontileka enenzuzo enkulu yase-US Navy yokwakha phakathi kwamafrigi ayishumi kuya kwayishumi, emele ukuguqulwa kwamasu okususa ababhubhisi abakhulu. Ilungiswe nguLokheed Martin ngamashubhu wokuqalisa amile angama-10 kanye nohlelo “lwe-state of the art SPY-32 radar,” olunamandla okufaka "amasistimu empi kagesi," i-frigate izokwazi ukuhlasela ngasikhathi sinye imikhumbi-ngwenya, izinhloso zomhlaba kanye nemikhumbi engaphezulu . Uma yonke imikhumbi eyishumi yakhiwe endaweni yokugcina imikhumbi, inkontileka izobiza u- $ 6 billion dollars. Ummeli uGallagher noMongameli uTrump bobabili bayayisekela inhloso yobuholi beNavy yokwandisa imikhumbi yase-US ngaphezu kwenqola yayo yamuva yokuqagela yemikhumbi yempi engama-10, ingeze imikhumbi eminingi engenamuntu. . 

UMarinette ubelokhu ephikisana nezinye izikhungo zemikhumbi eziningi, okubandakanya iBat Iron Works eMaine, kwinkontileka yezigidigidi zamarandi amaningi. NgoMashi 2, umfelandawonye wezishayamthetho ezi-WI zabafundi abangama-54 wasayina Incwadi ukunxenxa uMongameli uTrump ukuthi aqondise inkontileka yokwakha amasele e-US Navy ethekwini laseMarinette. "Siyethemba ukuthi i-US Navy izothatha isinqumo sokuletha ukwakhiwa kwemikhumbi eyengeziwe esifundazweni saseWisconsin," izishayamthetho zibhale esigabeni sokuphetha, zibiza leli thuba ukuthi lingabi nje yindawo ekhulayo yokwakhiwa kwemikhumbi yaseWisconsin, "kodwa nemiphakathi yamaMelika amakhulu ozohlomula iminyaka ezayo emsebenzini obalulekile futhi onenjongo owenzela izwe lethu. ”

Lesi sivumelwano singangeza imisebenzi eyinkulungwane kule ndawo kanti umakhi wemikhumbi uhlela ukutshala imali engamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-1,000 ukukhulisa indawo yaseMarinette ngenxa yenkontileka. Ngakho-ke lokhu bekuyikhethelo lokunqoba kwesikhumulo semikhumbi, kodwa nakuDonald Trump, ongaletha le misebenzi ezweni “lokulwa” elibaluleke kakhulu kumathemba akhe okhethweni lwasebusika oluzayo. Ngabe le rally ibizokwenzeka ukube inkontileka iye eMaine's Bath Iron Works?  Lisa Savage umkhankaso njengoGreen Independent ozomela iMaine njengeSenator yase-US. Ebuzwa ukuthi aphawule ngokuthi ngabe iMaine “ilahlekile” ngenkathi inkontileka iya eWisconsin, unikeze lesi sitatimende:

IBath Iron Works eMaine njengamanje ibandakanyeka ezingxoxweni zenkontileka yokuphanga inyunyana ukukhuthaza inqubomgomo yayo eqhubekayo yokuletha abasebenzi abangasebenzi. Lokhu kulandela iminyaka yezinkontileka zokungaphakanyiswa kwemali nenyunyana yayo enkulu kunazo zonke, i-S6, umphumela we-BIW ofuna ukuthi abasebenzi bancame ukuze umnikazi wawo akhokhe i-CEO yakhe amashumi ezigidi zamadola ngonyaka futhi ithenge kabusha impahla yayo. IGeneral Dynamics iyakwazi ukukhokhela abasebenzi ngendlela efanelekile, uma inikwe imali eyizigidi ezingama-45 zamaRandi Isishayamthetho saseMaine sinikeze umakhi omkhulu wamasosha, kanye nemali eyizigidi ezingama-900 zamaRandi imali ebhalwe yinkampani lapho kufakwa i-SEC yokugcina.  

Isikhathi sokwenza izikhali zempi sesidlulile njengemboni esebenzayo esizweni sakithi, yize abanye ubuholi bethu bezepolitiki bunamathela kwezomnotho zangesikhathi esedlule. Ubhubhane lomhlaba wonke ligcizelela kithi konke ukuhlangana komphakathi wethu womhlaba kanye nobuwula, ukuchitheka kwendle, kanye nokwehluleka kokuziphatha kwempi ngazo zonke izindlela. Kufanele siguqule izindawo ezifana ne-BIW neMarinette zibe yindawo yokukhiqiza ukuthola izixazululo ebunzimeni besimo sezulu, kubandakanya nokuhamba komphakathi, izinsizakusebenza zokwenza amandla avuselelekayo, nemikhumbi yokuphendula inhlekelele. 

Ukwakha amasistimu wamandla ahlanzekile kungadala imisebenzi engaphezulu kwamaphesenti angama-50 ukwedlula ukwenza amasosha ngokusho ucwaningo ngosomnotho abaphambili. Izinsongo ezimbili ezinkulu zokuphepha e-United States njengamanje ziyinkinga yesimo sezulu kanye ne-COVID-19. Osonkontileka bePentagon sekuyisikhathi eside bebambe iqhaza enkingeni yezulu, futhi isikhathi sokuguqulwa manje.

Ngaphambi kokuba lo bhubhane luqubuke, nangaphambi kokuba inikezwe le nkampani yaseMelika iMarinette, izishoshovu engikanye nazo eVoice for Creative Nonviolence zazihlela uhambo lokukhalaza oluya ethekwini laseMarinette. Njengoba uTrump aqaphele enkulumweni yakhe eMarinette, njengamanje bakhela iSittoral Combat S Ship ukuthi ithengiselwe uMbuso waseSaudi Arabia. Abahlaziyi bezimboni yezokuvikela baphawula ukuthi, ngasekupheleni konyaka ka-2019, lapho i-US Navy ingasenandaba nokuthenga i-Littoral Combat Ships egcekeni, indawo yemikhumbi yaseMarinette "ligcinwe amaSaudis”No-Lockheed Martin, obesize ekuhleleni inkontileka. 

Amasosha aseSaudi abesebenzisa i-Littoral (eduze nogu) iMikhumbi Yokulwa yaseMelika ukuvimba amachweba asogwini aseYemen, asenkingeni enkulu yezenhlalakahle emhlabeni ngenxa yendlala ebangelwe ukuvinjelwa okuholwa yiSaudi kanye nokuhlasela okubandakanya i-aerial engapheli ukuqhuma kwamabhomu. Ubhadane lwekholera uqobo, okusikhumbuza emakhulwini eminyaka adlule, bekungomunye umphumela wokudala kwempi ukubambezeleka nokubulala kwabantu base-Yemen abadinga kakhulu uphethiloli, ukudla, imithi namanzi ahlanzekile. Isimo sokusiza abantu base-Yemen, esimbi kakhulu ngokusabalala kwe-COVID-19, manje sesishubile kangangokuba isikhulu se-United Nations esiza abantu, uMark Lowcock, sixwayise I-Yemen “awele edwaleni”Ngaphandle kosizo olukhulu lwezezimali. UMongameli uTrump uthathe isikweletu esigcwele ngenkontileka yaseSaudi emhlanganweni wanamuhla.  

Umhlaba umbuso wethu womhlaba wonke owakha ngokushesha, ngezimpi zethu ezihlukumezanayo kawoyela eMiddle East nasezimpini zethu ezibandayo neRussia neChina, ngumhlaba ongenabanqobi. UMaine angathola isizathu esanele sokugubha elahlekelwe impi yakhe ngalesi sikhathi senkontileka uma ebheka ithuba eliyigugu alitholayo uSavage asikhumbuza ngokusobala: ukuguqulwa, inzuzo enkulu emisebenzini, ezimbonini ezisilungiselela ukumelana nezinsongo zangempela esibhekene nazo: ezilimazayo ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, ubhubhane lomhlaba wonke, namahloni okonakalisayo empi engapheli. Kufanele simelane nokusayina izinkontileka nabenzi bezikhali abasizakala kusukela ekuhlushweni okungapheli kweMiddle East nezimbangi zethu ezingadingeki ezihlasela impi yenuzi ephelele. Izinkontileka ezinjalo, ezenziwe ngegazi, zibulala wonke amagumbi omhlaba wethu ukuba abhubhe njengesimo sempi. 

Kathy Kelly kuvunyelwe nge PeaceVoice, ukusebenzisana Amazwi we-Creative Nonviolence futhi ungumfundisi wokuthula nelungu lebhodi le World BEYOND War.