U-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilungu loMkhandlu uDanny Dromm, noSomlomo woMkhandlu Wedolobha, uCorey Johnson, iSt. Pats For All Parade, 2018 (Isithombe ngu-Anthony Donovan)
ngu-Anthony Donovan, I-Pressenza, Juni 7, i-2021
Ingxenye 1:
Isinqumo soMkhandlu Wedolobha, abasekeli basitshela ukuthi, “kungamazwi nje.” Kepha amagama aku-Resolution 0976-2019 - asedonsa isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka ngaphandle kwevoti - abaluleke kakhulu. Bakhomba indlela eya ezweni elingcono neliphephile.
Isixazululo izingcingo eNew York City ukwehlukanisa kubakhiqizi bezikhali zenuzi ezikhwameni zempesheni zabasebenzi bakahulumeni. Izimali zempesheni ezinhlanu zedolobha ziphethe cishe isigamu sezigidigidi zamaRandi ezinkampanini ezibandakanyeka embonini yezikhali zenuzi, ezimele ngaphansi kuka-.25 wezimpahla zizonke zohlelo. Lesi sinqumo sinxenxa ne-United States ukuthi isekele iSivumelwano Sokuvinjelwa Kwezikhali Zenuzi, esaba ngumthetho wamazwe omhlaba kanye wangena iqale ukusebenza ngoJanuwari.
Ukwehlukaniswa kwezimpahla kumelela isinyathelo esincane sokubhekisa ezweni elingenayo inuzi ngesikhathi lapho umjaho wezikhali wamarandi ayizigidigidi zamarandi uqhubeka, unganakwa kakhulu, uma ungakhonjiswa kabi yimithombo yezindaba ejwayelekile. Kepha kuyisinyathelo esibalulekile futhi esibalulekile.
Kuyaqabukela kakhulu ukuthi umuntu abe nethuba lokusindisa impilo, ungalokothi unake ukusiza ukusindisa yonke impilo yomuntu. USomlomo uCorey Johnson angavumela uMkhandlu Wedolobha ukuthi udlulise lesi sinqumo manje ukufakazela izinto eziseqhulwini edolobheni lethu, futhi wenze ingxenye yalo ngekusasa lesintu.
Ngo-Ephreli 2018, ngemuva kokwaziswa kubameli, uSihlalo Wezezimali woMkhandlu Wedolobha, uDaniel Dromm wabhalela uComptroller Scott Stringer incwadi ecela izimali zempesheni ze-NYC zahlukaniswe nalabo abazuza ezinkampanini zezikhali zenuzi. Bheka isixhumanisi idokhumenti
"Ukuhlukaniswa kwethu kuzothumela inkomba ecacile ezikhungweni zezezimali kanye nasezinkampanini emhlabeni jikelele ukuthi abantu baseNew York abasebenza kanzima bayenqaba ukuthola inzuzo kule mboni ekhohlakele futhi ngokungemthetho."
Ngemuva kokubuza okuphindiwe, kuze kube namuhla, iSikhumbuzo Day 2021, uScott Stringer akenzanga lutho maqondana nesicelo sikaSihlalo Wezezimali Zomkhandlu WeDolobha. UScott usebenzela iMeya ye-NYC, futhi manje uCorey ufisa ukuthatha isikhundla sakhe se-NYC Comptroller, ngomlando ohambisanayo wokungenzi isenzo esifanayo. Okubi kakhulu, uSomlomo uJohnson usivikele ngenkuthalo lesi sinqumo esasekelwa ngabantu ukuthi sifezeke.
UComptroller Stringer noSomlomo woMkhandlu uJohnson bobabili bakhuluma ngabantu abayizibonelo, abathi bakhuthaza impilo yabo.
Ngesikhathi eseyingane uScott ezobona umama wakhe nomzala wakhe, ummeli wethu odumile waseMelika uBella Abzug esebenza. Lapho iwela etafuleni lakhe, wayishaya indiva le ndaba eyinhloko uBella ayezinikele ngentshiseko kuyo; ukuqedwa kwezikhali zenuzi. Ngo-1961 uBella wasiza ekutholeni iWomen Strike For Peace (WSP), okuyinhlangano eyabamba ukubonakaliswa okukhulu kwabesifazane ezweni lonke ngekhulu leminyaka elidlule, ifuna kuphele umjaho wezikhali zenuzi. Kuze kube manje uqhubeke nokuba ngumpetha wethu wokwakha amabhuloho nabesifazane baseSoviet Union ngesikhathi seMpi Yomshoshaphansi.
USomlomo uCorey Johnson angakhombisa ukuthi uyalihlonipha impela iqhawe lakhe elimenyezelwe kanye nogqozi olukhulu, ongasekho uBayard Rustin, iqhawe lethu elikhulu lamalungelo omphakathi eNew York City, iphayona lobushoshovu be-LGBT, futhi kuze kube seqophelweni lokunikela ngempilo yakhe, umkhondo wethu ozinikele ngokuphelele wokuqeda umhlaba wezikhali zenuzi.
URustin wayengumphikisi oholayo walawa madivayisi kusukela ngawo-1940. Ngo-1955 waboshwa ngaphandle kweCity Hall noDorothy Day nabanye ngenxa yokuphikisana nezizwe zivuma ubuhlanya nokuphepha okungelona iqiniso lokungena ezindlini zokukhosela ngesikhathi sokuzivivinya kokuhlasela kwenuzi. Babekwazi kahle ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi uhulumeni usenqaba ukwamukela yini emphakathini; Akukho ndawo yokukhosela, akukho ukuphepha, akukho ukuphepha, futhi akukho mqondo. Ngaphambi koMkhandlu weDolobha uCorey Johnson akhonza kuwo njengoSomlomo, eCity Hall lapho kuzwakale khona umphakathi ngalesi sinqumo, umlingani kaBayard Rustin, uWalter Naegle, wayenobufakazi obubalulekile: “Ukube [uBayard] ubenathi namhlanje, ngiyazi ukuthi ubezonxusa UMkhandlu Wedolobha ukuqhubekela phambili ngalezi zinhlelo. ”
Ngokusho kwehhovisi lezomthetho likaSihlalo Wezezimali uDanny Dromm (ngemuva kwezicelo eziphindiwe zokuthi uDanny aphendule ngqo), uSomlomo uCorey Johnson uqhubeke nokuvumela ivoti, ngaphandle kwencazelo. Bachaza uSomlomo ongeke anyakaze. Naye uDanny ngeke aqhubeke nokuzibophezela kwakhe kithina. Sonke sikuqondile ukubambezeleka, nokusilela emuva kwezikweletu ngenxa yokubekwa phambili kweCovid-19. Mina ngokwami ngingumhlengikazi osebenzayo kuyo yonke le nselele enkulu esabonakala phambi kwethu. Kepha, sekudlule unyaka nezinyanga ezi-4 selokhu kwavela Ukuzwa Komphakathi okubalulekile.
Njengoba uCorey Johnson ecela izakhamizi zedolobha ukuthi zimuphathise ukuthi agcwalise isikhundla seScotts Comptroller, isibonelo sakhe sokubambezeleka kwegumbi langemuva kanye nokuqothuka kwenze ukuthi sime kancane sisekele umuntu ebesimthanda ngezinye izindlela. Ukuvumela ivoti lalesi sinqumo kuzodalula futhi kucacise izikhundla zabambalwa athi ziba nomthelela ekungasebenzini kwakhe okuhlangene. Lokhu kungabaluleka hhayi kuphela iningi lamaLungu oMkhandlu asekela isinqumo 0976, kodwa kubo bonke abavoti baseNew York abamcabangela ukulwela izinto eziseqhulwini kwezezimali zethu.
Izikhali zenuzi ziyinkinga eyodwa ebalulekile esingenza okuthile okukhonkolo ngayo, namuhla. Sizenza, ngentando yezepolitiki, singazikhohlisa. Isethenjwa sethu Indawo Yokutshala Amandla yaseNdiya.
Uma lesi sinqumo singaphasiswa emasontweni ambalwa ezayo, sizobe sesilahlekelwe ngumxhasi waso wokuthatha umhlalaphansi, futhi sizoba nomyalelo omude kakhulu wokuthi siphinde sibuyiselwe eMkhandlwini weDolobha olandelayo ngobuholi nobulungu bawo obusha. Ilungu loMkhandlu uDanny Dromm, ongafuni ukuphinde akhethwe kabusha, futhi owake wachaza umthetho wakhe njengeyona ebaluleke kakhulu kuye, owayethembise ukuthi uzowufinyelela ekugcineni, kuze kube manje.
Ucele ukuhlanganisa amakhulu abantu baseNew York ukuthi bafonele futhi banxenxe ukusekela lesi sinqumo, okuthe ngenxa yalokho saba yimpumelelo enkulu, sathola ngokushesha okukhulu ukusayinwa kwamalungu oMkhandlu, kanye nokuthululwa okukhulu kofakazi abasuselwa eqinisweni ababegcwalisa iCity Hall Ukuzwa Umphakathi ngobuhlakani futhi, nengqondo ejwayelekile. I-CM Dromm nabanye abaxhasi, okubalwa kubo Ilungu loMkhandlu uBen Kallos, manje osegijimela uMengameli waseManhattan Borough, banesibopho sokusebenzisa imali yezombusazwe ukuqoqa ozakwabo futhi bacele uMkhandlu ukuba uvote.
Ukuqhubeka nefa lomsebenzi womphakathi, manje yisikhathi sokuba bobabili uCM Dromm noSomlomo Johnson bathathe umthwalo wemfanelo futhi balandele. Uma kungenjalo, kwangathi kungaphawulwa ngokufanele futhi kuqoshwe esidlangalaleni ukuthi iminyaka emibili nohhafu yemizamo yomphakathi ekhuthazekile iphonswe yinqwaba yezepolitiki ngabo, ngaphandle kokuphendula kwizakhamizi, ngaphandle kwenhlonipho eyisisekelo yokuchaza isizathu esizwakalayo. Izinyanga zakamuva zezingcingo ezihloniphekile nama-imeyili aziphendulwanga.
Bonke abameli nezishoshovu bayazuza ngokuhlehla ekubeni "yinkinga eyodwa". Kodwa-ke, inkinga yezikhali zenuzi izobuya kaninginingi kuze kube yilapho siyiphendula, noma impucuko iphela. Izindleko zalolu daba olulodwa zibuyisela emuva kuzo zonke ezinye izinto eziseqhulwini.
Izingqinamba ezimbili eziyinhloko esishiya izingane zethu ezinkulu zibhekane nazo ngokunganaki yilezi: umthwalo omkhulu wesimo sezulu / imvelo yethu, futhi lokhu kungaphezu kwamadivayisi amabi wokubhujiswa. Ziyizinsongo ezihlobene eziseduze, zombili ezibiza konke ukucaca namandla ethu. Imiphumela emibi yanoma yiliphi izinga lokuqhunyiswa kwenuzi, ngephutha, ukuhlaselwa kwe-cyber noma ukushintshaniswa kwenuzi kungaba ukubuyela emuva okubhubhisayo ngokushesha futhi okungenakuguqulwa kuzo zonke izinhloso zemvelo, kanye nempilo yabantu.
Ngaphandle kwehaba, ukugwema, kanye nokungasebenzi kwalabaholi bamanje be-NYC kusekela inkulumo-ze edukisayo yenkampani yezimboni ezibalekile esizijwayele. Lokhu kuthula kuphikisana nakho konke ukusungulwa kolwazi lwesayensi, lwezokwelapha nolwezomthetho mayelana nemboni yenuzi nemiphumela yayo. Abanye babaholi bethu abanesibindi abathathe umhlalaphansi abenze wonke amaStrategic Forces ethu (izikhali zenuzi) bayavuma ukuba yize kwalokhu nganoma iyiphi injongo esemthethweni noma ewusizo yezempi.
Lokhu kuthula kwenza futhi ngaleyo ndlela kuthuthukise umjaho wamanje wezikhali zenuzi, umjaho ngaphandle kokubandakanyeka kwesakhamuzi, noma inqubo yeningi. Njengomunye odumile waseNew Yorker, uMfundisi uDan Berrigan wakwenza kwacaca enkantolo ngo-1980 ngesenzo sokuqala sePlowshares, “Lezi izinto bangabethu. Bangabethu…. ” Ushiye ijaji nejaji ngegama elilodwa lokugcina. "Isibopho."
Ukuthula yikhona okuvumela umbono onamaphutha ajulile nophelelwe yisikhathi wokunqanda amandla enuzi ukuthi uchume, kanye nenganekwane ephelele yokuthi sizoba “nenhlanhla ingunaphakade”. Ibizwa ngokuthi “ukucabanga ngomlingo”. Iningi lamalungu oMkhandlu we-NYC awagcinanga nje ngokubona ukukhanya, kepha akhombise ubuhlakani, isibindi kanye nengqondo yokwenza okuthile ngakho. Iningi lamalungu oMkhandlu we-NYC, njengoba uMkhandlu wenza emashumini eminyaka adlule, lihambisane nalomthetho omusha okhazimulayo wamazwe omhlaba osekelwa kulesi sinqumo.
USomlomo woMkhandlu wethu ulalele umuntu angamkhombanga. Uma emisa lokhu okwenziwe ngumphakathi ezingeni loMkhandlu, yini emvimba ekwenzeni okufanayo neComptroller? Futhi uma siphasisiwe, besingeke sifune uMlawuli oMelana nomoya ohudula izinyawo njengoScott Stringer enza ngokuhlukaniswa kukaphethiloli.
Esikhundleni sethu, uMphathi Wezokuphatha we-NYC ubizwa ukuthi aziphathe kahle kwezezimali, ukuze abhekisise “izibopho zethu zobufazi”. Kungumsebenzi, insizakalo ebalulekile. U-CM Danny Dromm njengoSihlalo Wezezimali woMkhandlu Wedolobha kanye nomethuli wesisombululo 0976 wayegcwalisa isidingo sakhe sokuthi abe nesibopho kwezimali futhi.
Uma sikhuluma ngokuzibophezela, ake sigqamise ibhange likazwelonke elisungulwe futhi lizinze lapha e-NYC kule minyaka engama-98 edlule. Kube nesizathu esizwakalayo sokuthi i-Amalgamated Bank ithumele i-Senior VP ukuthi izofakazela igama nesenzo se-Resolution 0976 eMkhandlwini Wokuzwa Umphakathi ukuthi kungani ukwehlukaniswa embonini yezikhali zenuzi kuwukuwina kwedolobha. Ukuhlanganiswa okuhlanganisiwe kufakazile ukuthi kungani ukubiza ukweseka iSivumelwano Sokuvinjelwa Kwenuzi kusiza emabhange nasezinhlosweni zethu zokutshala imali edolobheni nakumbono osimeme. Yebo, kuleli bhange iqiniso liwukuthi, idolobha lethu, isizwe kanye nomhlaba akunakwehlukaniswa, futhi kuncikene. Uma kukhulunywa ngesimo sezulu, izikhali zenuzi, nokucwasana ngokobuhlanga, kungumhlaba owodwa omncane, oyigugu, ohlangene. Sidinga ukuyikhuthaza futhi sitshale kuyo.
Sicela ufunde ukuthi kungani i-Amalgamated Bank inezinqubomgomo eziqinile zokungatshali izimali noma ukuvumela ukuthengiselana nezinkampani zezikhali zenuzi, nokuthi kungani zikubona kuhlakaniphile, kuzibophezela futhi kunenzuzo kuwo wonke ama-akhawunti. INew York City ingaziqhenya ngebhange lokuqala lase-US ukuhola ngale ndlela: https://www.amalgamatedbank.com/blog/divesting-warfare
Ingxenye 2:
Ukulalelwa kwekomidi elihlangene leNew York City Hall ngeNuclear Ban and Divestment ngoJanuwari 29, 2020 (Isithombe sikaDavd Andersson)
Ngosuku lokuvota, ngoJuni 22, besizofuna uMlawuli Wezokuphatha, iMeya kanye noMkhandlu ozomemezela futhi bandise lezi zimiso kanye nale modeli edolobheni lethu.
Ngabe izikhali zenuzi zibaluleke kakhulu ngalesi sikhathi senhlekelele sikaCovid? Kunjalo! Lokhu kuhlala kungeyona nje inkinga eseduze yokuphila nokufa, kepha ukukushaya indiva ngamabomu kusitha izimali ezibekwe eqhulwini ezidingeka kakhulu zezidingo zedolobha lethu. Izintela zabahlali be-NYC kuphela zikhokha izigidigidi embonini yezikhali eziyimfihlo. Kuhlala kuyinkinga egxilile emqondweni ofanayo. Kungumnyakazo obucayi okuthi uma uphumelele ube nomphumela omuhle, omuhle edolobheni lethu, esizweni nasemhlabeni. Izomisa ukungcola okuphelele.
Isixazululo 0976-2019 singasiza kuphela ukuvusa, ukuqondisa nokufundisa Abamele bethu. Kubonisa ubuholi bangempela ezikhathini ezinzima, futhi kutshala imali ekuqinisekiseni ikusasa lethu. Akugcini nje ngokuhlukumeza izinkohliso ezesabekayo zale mboni, kepha kuyisibonelo sobumbano nabo bonke abantu. Kusukumela ukucwasa okujulile okukhohlisayo kwale mboni, futhi kungaba yinto ebalulekile emisebenzini yethu yokuvikela okungenakuguqulwa okungenziwa ukubhujiswa okuyinhlekelele. Sihambisana nesinye isinqumo esifanelekile soMkhandlu esidinga ukuthi sisuse imali yethu kanye nengqondo yethu ebusosheni obukhulu, siye ezixazululweni nasemiphumeleni ethe xaxa kanye nokuziphatha, iSinqumo 747-A.
NgoJanuwari 28, 2020, bekugcwele ngokugcwele iCity Hall Public Hearing kuDanny Dromm Res. I-0976 ifakazele ukuthi i-NYC iphinde ikulungele ukubuyisa umjaho emjahweni wezikhali zenuzi obaleke ngokuphelele, umjaho ngalesi sikhathi lapho imithombo yezindaba eyinhloko yezinkampani ingayinaki ngamabomu, igcina izakhamuzi zingazi lutho.
Ubuholi ngokufanele abubizeli kuphela ukwehlukaniswa kepha busekela isivumelwano esesidlulile isikhathi eside, esingumlando seSivumelwano Sokuvinjelwa Kwezikhali Zenuzi.
Okukodwa nje kwezinkulungwane zamadivayisi enuzi asezinweleni kuzothuthukisa konke, konke esikuthandayo, ukubaluleka, esikwaziyo, sonke, kube ngumlotha. Njengoba uMongameli u-Eisenhower ngonyaka we-1960 abeka isenzo embonini, "ukweba", lokhu "kwebiwa" kwezinsizakusebenza ezingenakubalwa, amasethi wamakhono nezimali kwenzeka ngenkathi silwela ukusiza amabhizinisi amancane ukuba aphile, akhokhele izimpendulo ze-Covid nokunakekelwa kwezokwelashwa, ancengela ubulungiswa izindlu, imfundo enhle, ingqalasizinda edingekayo, ukukhuphuka kube yinkinga yethu ebucayi yesimo sezulu / imvelo, kanye nezinguquko eziningi eziphuthumayo zepolitiki / zenhlalo ezisibizayo.
ILungu loMkhandlu wezifunda zami, ongomunye wabokuqala ukusayina kulesi sinqumo nguCM Carlina Rivera. Lapho ebuzwa ezinyangeni ezedlule, wayethi, “Yebo, ake sibize ivoti! Lokhu akusizi ngalutho. ”
Isixhumanisi sesixazululo nokulalelwa siqukethe ukurekhodwa kwevidiyo kobufakazi bomlomo, nefayela le-.pdf lakho konke ukuthunyelwa okubhaliwe:
NgoFebhuwari 11 owedlule, embukisweni we-WNYC uBrian Lehrer Show, uSomlomo uJohnson waphendula ngendlela exakile embuzweni wabafonayo kanye nesikhuthazo sokuhamba ngalesi sinyathelo: “Ngiyasisekela [isinqumo] esingu-100%,… [kodwa kuyaxaka uma INew York City Council ibhekisisa izingqinamba zomhlaba…. Kulesi sikhathi seCovid, sigxile kakhulu kulokho ebekwenzeka lapha e-NYC…. Ngicabanga nje ukuthi umbuzo uthi… ngabe lokhu kusibekela isibonelo sokuthi siqhubeke nokuthola izinqumo ezingaphandle kwegunya lendikimba yezomthetho yendawo…. ”
Ithimba likaBrian Lehrer lathintwa amahlandla ambalwa ukujabulisa ukulandela isithembiso sikaCorey ohlelweni lokukhuluma noDanny. Akekho ophendule ngokuqondile.
Ngokuphathelene nempendulo kaCorey, ake sibeke eceleni umbuzo wokuthi ukuqothulwa kwempilo yomuntu emhlabeni kuyindaba yasekhaya noma eyamazwe omhlaba. Iqiniso ngaleso sikhathi salolo bizo lwangoFebhuwari, ukubuyekezwa okusheshayo kwathola ezinye izindlela eziyishumi nesithupha ze-NY City Hall ezithinta "izingqinamba zomhlaba wonke" ngesikhathi sikaCovid.
Idolobha laseNew York linomlando omude futhi oziqhenyayo “wokuhlolisisa izindaba zomhlaba wonke.” Esinye isenzo esihambisanayo esisifundisayo kwaba wuMkhandlu owawufuna ukuhlukaniswa kwezinkampani ezenza ibhizinisi eNingizimu Afrika — njengoba kwenziwa yi-New York City Employees 'Retirement System ngo-1984 — futhi kwaba yinto ebalulekile ekuweni kombuso wobandlululo. Ukwehlukaniswa kukaphethiloli uScott Stringer akuthola kuyithuba lokulengisa isigqoko sakhe, nakho kuyinkinga yomhlaba.
Umgwamanda womthetho wedolobha wethule futhi wadlulisa izinqumo ezingaphezu kweshumi emashumini eminyaka ikakhulukazi ngezingozi ezinkulu nokumoshwa kwezinsizakusebenza ezidingekayo zomjaho wezikhali zenuzi.
Kusuka ngonyaka we-1963 kuya kowe-1990 kuphela, iDolobha lethu lahola izizwe ngezinhlelo zokuziphatha ngezinqumo eziyi-15 ze-NYC ezazifuna kuphele umjaho wezikhali zenuzi. Babize “amaqembu ezitha” ukuthi axoxisane esikhundleni salokho, ukuze babuyele emuva kule ngozi enkulu nokusetshenziswa kwengcebo yethu. Ngenkathi uMongameli uJohn F. Kennedy ephula iqhwa eMpini Yomshoshaphansi ebiza isikhali sokuqala senuzi iTest Ban Treaty, uMkhandlu we-NYC awuzange ungabaze umzuzwana ukusixhasa ngesinqumo. Ukuvinjelwa kwakhe bekuzoba isinyathelo sokuqala ekubhekaneni nezikhali ngokuphelele. Zonke izizwe zazikhona kwi-UN General Assembly ukuthi ngoSepthemba 1963 njengabamele zaqhuma ngokushaya ihlombe okungajwayelekile lapho i-JFK ikhuluma ngakho. Abantu bebelokhu bekulungele njalo.
