Ibhalwe ngu-Anthony Donovan, I-Pressenza, Ephreli 29, 2022
Eminyakeni yamuva nje sethule ngokugcwele komunye umjaho wezikhali zenuzi, ngaphandle kokuxoxa ngamaqiniso noma okokufaka kwezakhamizi. Kuze kube manje, sesikhiphe imali enkulu kakhulu emlandweni wesabelomali sethu sePentagon. Esikhundleni sokusebenzisa ubuhlakani besipiliyoni samashumi eminyaka ezingxabanweni eziwohlokayo, asizange seqe isigqi kusukela ekuguquleni ukugxila kobhubhane olubulalayo kuye kwizikhukhula kuvule isikhwama sabantu ukuze kuxhaswe amandla abhubhisa kakhulu emhlabeni, impi, esongela imvelo yethu kanye yonke impucuko.
Ngokungahloniziyo, ngabe uGeneral Lloyd Austin wethula umhlalaphansi ukuze abe yi-CEO kaRaytheon, umenzi omkhulu wezikhali zenuzi, owabe ecijwa yiSenethi yethu yaseMelika ezigcawini zakhe zokuqinisekisa, ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi uma eba uNobhala Wezokuvikela, uzosimela ngokuqinile. , “njengento ehamba phambili”, ukugcwaliswa kabusha kanye nokwakhiwa kwe-nuclear Triad yethu (izikhali zenuzi ezisekelwe emhlabeni, ulwandle, emoyeni kanye nezinsiza zazo).
Ngaphansi kwesifungo uGeneral Austin osethathe umhlalaphansi waqinisekisa inhloso yakhe ngezimfuno zabo. Manje uNobhala Wezokuvikela u-Austin osebenza kuKhabhinethi kaMongameli u-Biden eNdlini yethu Yabantu, usesikhundleni lapho uMthethosisekelo wethu wawudinga ngokukhethekile ukuze kube umuntu ongekho empini, ongewona owezempi.
Idolobhana lakithi liyikhaya leWall Street, umgudu wale mboni yempi eqhubekayo, abenzi benzuzo bezikhali zokuqothulwa kwabantu abaningi, umzila wosongo olukhulu nolwamanje lokuba khona kwezizukulwane ezizayo.
Ngenhlanhla idolobha linabaholi abakhathazekile abahlehlela emuva. Imithombo yezindaba ngamabomu ayifaki imizamo yabo ngokukhulu ukucophelela, ngakho laba baholi badinga ukushayelwa ihlombe kakhulu.
Umlawuli Wedolobha wethu osanda kukhethwa u-Brad Lander uyalele ihhovisi lakhe ukuthi liqale umsebenzi wokuqala wokukhipha imali ezinhlelweni zempesheni ze-NYC embonini yezikhali zenuzi. Kuleli sonto eledlule loSuku Lomhlaba iHhovisi Lamaphephandaba Lomlawuli likhiphe isitatimende sokuthi ihhovisi labo “njengamanje lihlola ukuchayeka kohlelo lwempesheni ekutshalweni kwezikhali zenuzi”. Izinhlelo ezinhlanu ezinkulu ze-NYC Firefighters, Amaphoyisa, Othisha, abasebenzi beBhodi Lezemfundo, kanye nabasebenzi baseDolobheni abavamile banamabhodi abo amakhulu abona ukutshalwa kwezimali kohlelo lwabo, kodwa ihhovisi loMlawuli linezwi futhi liyasiza ekuqondiseni inqubo, linikeza ulwazi olungcono kakhulu olungenzeka. ezosekela izibopho zabo zokwethembeka.
Umlawuli uBrad Lander wayeyiLungu LoMkhandlu Wedolobha ngo-2018 lapho esayina esekela USihlalo Wezezimali WoMkhandlu Wedolobha LaseNew York, incwadi kaDaniel Dromm eya kuMphathi wangaphambili uScott Stringer. Ilungu loMkhandlu u-Dromm ubenolwazi futhi ezimisele. "Ngibhala ngicela ukuthi isikhwama sempesheni ye-NYC kanye nezimali zihlukane namabhange nezinkampani ezizuza ngokukhiqizwa kwezikhali zenuzi." Ufakazi onguchwepheshe wagcwalisa i-Public Hearing ebiseHholo Ledolobha lase-NYC ebeka icala elicacile, echitha izinganekwane zokuvikeleka okungamanga kwethiyori yokuvinjelwa kwezikhali zenuzi, edalula izindleko kanye nobungozi obukhulu kubo bonke. U-Comptroller Lander ubengomunye waMalungu oMkhandlu weDolobha angama-44 abambe iqhaza ekuphasiseni isinqumo ngoZibandlela odlule sokuthi ihhovisi loMlawuli liqale inqubo yokukhipha imali embonini yezikhali zenuzi.
Lesi sinqumo siphinda futhi sinxusa isizwe sakithi ukuthi sisayine impumelelo eyingqophamlando, umthetho omusha wamazwe ngamazwe, ISivumelwano Sokuvinjelwa Kwezikhali Zenuzi. Ngaphandle kolwazi olungalungile ngaso, lesi Sivumelwano siyindlela ephelele, ephephile, eqinisekisekayo nevikeleke kakhulu yokuqala emhlabeni wonke ukulwa nomjaho wezikhali ezibulalayo ovuselelwe ngenqubo yokuqeda izikhali zenuzi emhlabeni, ngaphambi kokuthi kushaye isikhathi sokushicilela. Ngemva kweminyaka yezingqungquthela zomhlaba wonke mayelana Nemiphumela Yosizo Lwezikhali Zenuzi, izinyanga ezinzima ziphothula izingxoxo zokuzalwa kwalesi Sivumelwano senzeka khona lapha e-NYC. Izizwe eziyi-122 zathi ezifundazweni zenuzi, yekani ukusifaka engozini sonke. https://www.un.org/disarmament/wmd/nuclear/tpnw/
Ibhange elihlanganisiwe
Umakhelwane othandekayo wedolobha i-Wall Street, hhayi ukuthi ufisa ukuzwa, kodwa ngokunganakwa yi-Financial Times kanye ne-Wall Street Journal, i-TPNW (I-Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty) inomunye umsekeli ohamba ngenkulumo ngaphambi kokusayina kweSivumelwano ku-UN ngo-2017; New York City ezinze i-Amalgamated Bank.
Ibhange likazwelonke elizinikele emalungelweni abasebenzi, amalungelo abantu futhi iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi litshala imali ezisombululweni zemvelo/zesimo sezulu. Ngezinqubomgomo abavumeli noma yikuphi ukuhweba noma ukutshala izimali zabo nezinkampani zezikhali. https://www.amalgamatedbank.com/anti-violence-and-gun-safety
Abantu ngicela bazishayele ihlombe ngokukhathazeka nokuthatha isinyathelo kulokhu. Ubamba iqhaza kanjani kanye ne-Divest mathupha?
Masikhulume singagwegwesi: Uma ungafuni ukusekela amathuluzi empi, impi egcwele phezu kwezingxoxo zokuxazulula izingxabano, uma ungafuni izigidigidi ezingaphezu kwesabelomali esijwayelekile ziya embonini ebulalayo, 60 % wezimali zethu zokuzikhethela zithathwe. ngalokho esikhundleni sezidingo zethu eziphuthumayo…. bese ulandela imali yakho, ngoba wena/mina/siyikhokhela yonke. Izikhali zokucekela phansi okukhulu, njengoFr. UDaniel Berrigan wakwenza kwacaca ecaleni lakhe lango-1980, okungokwakho futhi kukhokhelwa yimi nawe. "Babethu."
Uma sine-akhawunti yokuhlola, noma i-akhawunti yokonga ebhange, lelo bhange lisebenzisa lezo zinsiza emisebenzini yalo, ekubolekiseni nasekutshaleni imali. Kusobala futhi kulula, impilo yami yonke bengilokhu ngisekela lo mkhakha ngaphandle kokuqaphela ukwenza kanjalo.
Masiyiqambe. Uma ibhange lakho kuyi-Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, BNP, TD, Wells Fargo, Citi, Bank of China, RBC, HSBC, Santander, njll, kanye nanoma iyiphi inombolo yamabhange endawo amancane manje aphethwe amabhizinisi amakhulu, akho nezinhlangano zakho. imali, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi inesizotha kangakanani, yiyona exhasa imboni yezempi nezempi. Lena yindlela ngamunye wethu ahlanganyele ngayo futhi ebandakanyeka ekwesabeni komhlaba wonke, futhi kaningi, emigwaqweni yethu.
I-Amalgamated Bank iseyibhange lokuqala elaziwayo laseMelika ukwenza lezi zinqubomgomo, futhi kusengenzeka kube yilona lodwa. U-Maura Keaney, i-Vice yokuqala ye-Commercial Banking ye-Amalgamated Bank uthi “Angikwazi ukukhulumela amanye amabhange. Engikwaziyo, alikho elinye ibhange lase-US elinalezi zinqubomgomo. Ngingakhuluma kuphela ngokuqiniseka ukuthi asixhasi, asibolekisi, noma asibhange izinkampani ezakha noma ezisabalalisa izikhali. Senzela amabhizinisi amabhange amaningi, ikakhulukazi amabhizinisi anesibopho emphakathini kanye nengenzi-nzuzo, akunjalo? Kodwa umgomo wethu uthi kunezinhlaka ezehlukene esingeke sibhange ngazo. Isibonelo asibabhengi ababolekisi bosuku lomholo. Ngeke sibafake ebhange abathuthukisi bamapayipi kawoyela, noma abakhiqizi bezikhali nabasabalalisi bezikhali.” Izikhali “ziyizo zonke izikhali kusukela kwezibhamu kuya ezihlahleni ezinkulu.”
Emhlanganweni Wokulalela Umphakathi oweseka isinqumo soMkhandlu Wedolobha Lase-NY, iPhini LokuQala Lokwengamela uKeaney wafakaza ukuthi i-Amalgamated Bank ibone izinqubomgomo ezinjena njengokungenzi okulungile kuphela kodwa nokuthi ukukhetha kwabo mayelana noxhaso olubhekelela umphakathi kanye nemvelo/yesimo sezulu kuye kwazuzisa kakhulu, kunenzuzo ebhange. Ube esephakamisa ukuthi izikhwama zempesheni zedolobha eziphuma ezinkampanini zezikhali zingagcini nje ngokuba nomthwalo wemfanelo nokwanelisa ukuziphatha, kodwa zithuthukise ukusebenza kwesikhwama.
Abamele i-US badinga ukuzwa ingcindezi nokwesekwa okuvela kuwe. Amabhange adinga ukuzwa isidingo sokushintsha. Thina kuphela esenza lokho kwenzeke. Uma umuntu ebhanga nalokhu okubalulwe ngenhla, ungalishiyi lelo bhange ngaphambi kokuthi uhlale futhi uxoxe naye. Batshele ukuthi kungani uphoqeleka ukuthi uhambise imali yakho. Banike isikhathi esithile sokucabanga ngakho.
Ukushintsha amabhange kubonakala kunzima, kodwa bekulula kakhulu kunalokho obekucatshangwa. Ngibe neminyaka engu-40 ne-Chase (Chemical), enawo wonke amathuluzi ezezimali kanye nokukhokha okuzenzakalelayo isikhathi eside kuqondiswa yilo mthombo owodwa. Akukho lutho lomuntu siqu, ngangibazi futhi ngibathanda abantu basegatsheni. Bekuseduze nasekhaya. Kodwa lapho ngiphaphama ukuthi imboni yezempi ixhaswa kanjani ukungabi nacala kwethu, izigidi zethu zakhamizi ezisebenza kanzima, ngemali yethu encane, ngathatha isinyathelo. Konke ukushintsha kwakho konke kuthathe isikhathi esingaphansi kwehora ukusetha ngokuphephile. Yeka umuzwa omuhle kakhulu ngemva kwalokho, okuwukuphela kokuzisola ukuthi angizange ngizinike isikhathi sokukwenza ngaphambili.
Mayelana nokutshalwa kwezimali kwalabo abanemali eningi kunalabo abaphila ngesheke lokukhokha ukuze bakhokhe isheke, kunezimali eziningi manje ezikhangisa ngokuthi azikho izikhali, ezingenamafutha emvelo, ugwayi, i-big pharma free, njll. Ukuhambisa lezi zimali zomuntu siqu kubalulekile, kodwa lapha sigcizelela ukubaluleka kwemali yakho eyisisekelo ekongeni kwakho nasekuhloleni ama-akhawunti.
Noma yikuphi ukutshalwa kwezimali okungenzeka ukuthi ukufihlile ikakhulukazi ezikhwameni ezinkulu, kuzodinga ukuhlukaniswa ngokucophelela nomeluleki. Sisathuthukisa amathuluzi acacile ahlonza ukubandakanyeka kwezikhali. Izinkampani zezikhali, kanye nohulumeni bethu abasebenzisana nazo ngokuvamile abaphumeleli.
Ithuluzi elilodwa elisizayo. https://weaponfreefunds.org
Ezinye izinhlangano ze-divestment ngokuqondakalayo zigxila ezinkampanini eziphezulu ezingama-25 zezikhali. Yazi kunezinkulungwane ezihilelekile embonini, nakuzo zonke izifundazwe. Ngenkathi ngitshuza eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ngathintana ne-SIPRI, i I-Stockholm International International Research Institute ukuhlonza izinkampani eziyi-100 eziphezulu.
Akukona konke, kodwa kuyisiqalo esihle.
Izinkampani zilandela inzuzo. Umthetho omusha wamazwe ngamazwe wezikhali zenuzi ukhuthaza ukuba sobala okwengeziwe.
Ngakho-ke, sitshala kuphi? Amathuluzi okutshalwa kwezimali kwesimo sezulu/okuluhlaza manje asethuthukisiwe kahle. Elinye ithuluzi elinjalo ukusiza ukuthi: www.green.org
Abanye abantu basheshe baphendule, “Ngiyaphila, imali yami ikunyunyana yezikweletu.” Nakuba ngokwemvelo izinyunyana zezikweletu zingenzi nzuzo, ngaphandle uma zibeka obala futhi zisengaphambili ngezinqubomgomo zazo, umuntu ngeke acabange ukuthi azibolekisi noma azitshali imali ezikhalini noma enye into ongayikholelwa.
I-inthanethi entsha kuphela, amabhange angewona izitini kanye nezinsizakalo zezezimali nazo ziyakhula ekuthandeni nasekusetshenzisweni kwesizukulwane esisha. Kodwa-ke, okwamanje banokucaca okuncane kokuthi izimpahla zabo ezinezimali zakho zisetshenziswa kanjani.
Uma ngenxa yemikhawulo engokomzimba, noma uma usebenzisana nokheshi futhi udinga ibhange eliseduze ukuze uthole amadiphozithi, umuntu angagcina i-akhawunti ivuliwe egcina inani eliphansi lokungakhokhiswa imali eyengeziwe, futhi adlulisele nge-elekthronikhi ingxenye enkulu yemali yakho esikhungweni osithembayo sizokwenza lokho. yisebenzise ukuthuthukisa umhlaba nesintu.
E-DC, omele i-US u-Eleanor Holmes Norton naye uthumele ubufakazi bokweseka ucingo lwesinqumo se-NYC. Uye waba nokuhambisanayo umthethosivivinywa kuCongress obiza ukusekela i-TPNW kanye nokuhambisa imali eningi esetshenziswe kulezi zikhali zokucekela phansi okukhulu ezidingweni zethu ezinkulu zezindlu, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, ingqalasizinda, imfundo, izinyathelo zesimo sezulu, njll.
Omele i-NYC uCarolyn Maloney usayine. Cela Abameleli bakho bendawo, besifunda nabakazwelonke benze okuthile, basekele i-TPNW, namuhla.
Okokugcina, umbuthano oyingqopha-mlando uzovuleleka kithi sonke ukuze sihlanganyele, silalele abantu bomhlaba abazama ukumisa ukubhujiswa komhlaba ngonya, futhi esikhundleni salokho sikhuthaze impucuko ethuthukisa ukusabalala:
The Umhlangano Wokuqala Wamazwe WeSivumelwano Sokuvinjelwa Kwezikhali Zenuzi ibanjelwe e-Vienna, e-Austria ngalomhla zingama-21 kuNhlangulana, 2022.
Sicela usabalalise, ucele ukuthi uMmeleli wakho ahlele lesi Sivumelwano, asisekele, futhi ahlanganyele nezinhlangano eziningi zenza okuthile ngaso. Imali ikhuluma kakhulu, ngicela uyichithe namuhla.
Izinsiza zokuzibandakanya nolwazi olubuyekeziwe:
- www.icanw.org,
- www.nuclearban.US,
- http://www.nukeresister.org,
- https://orepa.org,
- https://www.codepink.org
- https://worldbeyondwar.org
- https://www.peaceaction.org
- kanye nabanye.
U-Anthony Donovan
Umgqugquzeli wezepolitiki kanye nesishoshovu kusukela eneminyaka engu-12 ubudala, wagcina eboshiwe izikhathi ezintathu ngenxa yempi yaseVietnam yokungalaleli komphakathi. UDonovan ungumkhiqizi wamadokhumentari amaningana, okuhlanganisa nalokhu: “Izingxoxo: Indlela ephumelela kakhudlwana yokubhekana nobushokobezi bomhlaba wonke” (2004), kanye “Nokucabanga Okuhle, Labo Abazame Ukumisa Izikhali Zenuzi” (2015). Uthando lwakhe lwesikhathi eside luhlala luwukuqedwa kwezikhali zenuzi.
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