Izithombe nguJackie Rudin
U-Alice Slater, World BEYOND War, Januwari 31, 2020
Umkhandlu waseNew York City ubambe izingxoxo ezivulelekile engqondweni nasemlandweni izolo, ngomthetho ozodinga ukuthi iDolobha laseNew York lihlukanise izimali zalo zempesheni kunoma yikuphi ukushushumbiswa kokwenziwa kwezikhali zenuzi, futhi linxuse uhulumeni wase-US ukuthi asayine futhi kuqinisekiswe iSivumelwano Sokuvinjelwa Kwezikhali ZaseNyukliya (TPNW), esamukelwa izizwe eziyi-122 ngonyaka wezi-2017. Kuzophinde futhi kusungulwe iKomishini ekhethekile ezobuyekeza iqhaza leNYC ekwakheni ibhomu kanye nezinyathelo ezinqala zeDolobha ekulweni nalo, kubandakanya nokuzimemezela indawo engenazo izikhali zenuzi, ekhipha abantu abayisigidi ngonyaka we-1982 eCentral Park, ehlanza izindawo ezikhanyiswe imisebe engcoliswe yizilingo zenuzi, futhi ibamba izingxoxo ze-UN ngesivumelwano esisha esinqobe i-International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN, a Umklomelo Wokuthula KaNobel. Abakubizi ukwenziwa kwebhomu le-athomu iManhattan Project ngeze!
Ingxenye eduduzela kakhulu yokulalelwa kwakuyinqubo evulekile nenentando yeningi, lapho wonke umuntu ayengakwazi wenza empeleni fakaza. Abantu abangaphezu kwama-60 bathathe ithuba lokuhlanganyela ulwazi lwabo kanye nolwazi lwabo kuzo zonke izici zebhomu le-nyukliya, kufaka phakathi izicelo ezihamba phambili ezivela kubantu bokuqala baseNew York, isizwe saseLenape, sokugcina nokuhlonipha uMama Womhlaba. Ubufakazi obubhaliwe maduze buzofakwa kuwebhusayithi yoMkhandlu.
Ubudlelwano obuhle egumbini lokulalelwa koMkhandlu, phakathi kwezinhlangano zomphakathi kanye namalungu kahulumeni, kufanele kusikhuthaze ukuthi silandele ngemuva kwevoti, elinamandla amakhulu manje eliyixhasayo futhi okungenzeka ukuthi lidlule kalula. Singacela uMkhandlu, uma usuvotile, njengengxenye yesibambiso sawo sokucela uhulumeni wase-US ukuthi asayine futhi aqinisekise isivumelwano sokuvinjelwa, ukuthi aqale ngokuxhumana namaSenator ase-NY kanye nethimba le-DRM. Mhlawumbe uMkhandlu ungababiza emhlanganweni ubanxuse ukuthi basayine iphalamende lase-ICAN isibambiso futhi ucabangele ukuthi iCongress ingasidlulisela kanjani phambili lesi senzo.
Enye indlela eya phambili kungaba ukukholisa ithimba le-NY DRM ukuthi liqale ikholi yomthetho ebiza ukuthi kumiswe futhi kumiswe noma yikuphi ukuthuthukiswa kwezikhali zenuzi kanye nokuvuselelwa okucatshangelwe esivumelwaneni esisodwa sedola u-Obama aphakamise ngalo kanti uTrump uqhubekele izimboni ezimbili ezintsha zamabhomu, i-nuclear izikhali, nezinhlelo ezintsha zokulethwa ngomoya, ngomkhumbi nangesikhala. Futhi ngesikhathi sokubanda okunjalo kunoma yikuphi ukuthuthukiswa okusha, ukuhambela izingxoxo ngokushesha neRussia futhi unxuse womabili la mazwe ukuthi aqale indlela yokuhambisana ne-TPNW esanda kumiswa ehlinzeka ngezinyathelo zokuthi izikhali zenuzi zingajoyina kanjani.
Ukusenza siphumelele phambili kule ndlela, mhlawumbe kufanele ngabe sifuna ukuxhumana nezakhamizi zaseMoscow naseSt Petersburg, njengoba amazwe ethu amabili ephethe izinqolobane zamanje zomhlaba ezingama-13,000 zamabhomu enuzi abulalayo ayi-14,000. Singacela uMkhandlu Wedolobha lethu ukuthi ube idolobha elinodade nalawo madolobha amakhulu aseRussia ahlose ukubambisana, sonke lesi sikhathi imicibisholo yamazwe ethu enuzi zenuzi ezingama-2500 ihloselwe ukubulalana, ngenkathi ibhubhisa konke okuphilayo emhlabeni kule nqubo, kufanele ingxenye encane yamandla abo eyinhlekelele iyoke idalulwe! Umbutho ubukade uhambisana nabantu izolo, futhi sekuyisikhathi sokuqhubeka nomfutho.
UBUFAKAZI BUKA-ALICE SLATER:
Malungu Athandekayo womkhandlu waseNew York
Igama lami ngingu-Alice Slater futhi ngiseBhodi ye World Beyond War kanye nommeleli we-UN weNuclear Age Peace Foundation. Ngibonga kakhulu kulo Mkhandlu ngokusukumela phezulu nokuthatha izinyathelo zomlando ekugcineni ukuvimbela ibhomu! Ngazalelwa eBronx futhi ngaya eQueens College, lapho izifundo zazingamadola amahlanu kuphela nge-semester, ngawo-1950s ngesikhathi seRed Scare esabekayo sangesikhathi sikaMcCarthy. Ekuphakameni kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi sasinamabhomu enuzi angama-70,000 emhlabeni. Manje sekune-14,000 enamabhomu acishe abe yi-13,000 aphethwe yi-US neRussia. Amanye amazwe ayisikhombisa ahlomile ngenuzi — anamabhomu ayi-1,000 XNUMX phakathi kwawo. Ngakho-ke kukithi impela neRussia ukuthi siqale kuqala ukuxoxisana ngokuqedwa kwabo njengoba kuchaziwe eSivumelwaneni esisha. Ngalesi sikhathi, azikho izikhali zenuzi ezithi kanye nabalingani bethu baseMelika eNATO, Japan, Australia naseNingizimu Korea abayisekelayo.
Kungamangaza ukwazi ukuthi, iRussia ibikade ingumhlaziyi ovuthayo wezivumelwano zokuqinisekiswa kwezixhobo zenyukiliya nezezixhobo ezingekho emthethweni, futhi ngokudabukisayo, yizwe lethu, ekuxhaseni izakhiwo zamasosha ezimboni, ezixwayisa u-Eisenhower ngalokho, okucasulayo. umjaho wezikhali zenuzi neRussia, kusukela ngesikhathi uTruman asenqaba isicelo sikaStalin sokubeka leli bhomu ngaphansi kokulawulwa yi-UN, kwizinqumo zikaReagan, uBush, uClinton, kanye no-Obama benqaba iziphakamiso zikaGorbachev noPutin, ezibhalwe ebufakazini bami obungenisiwe, kuTrump ukuphuma kwe-INF Isivumelwano.
UWalt Kelly, umdwebi wemidwebo wama-pogo wamahlaya we-Pogo ngesikhathi seRed Scare yango-1950s, uPogo uthi, "Sihlangane nesitha kanti yithina!"
Manje sesinethuba eliqhakazile lezenzo zomhlaba wonke eMadolobheni naseMelika ukuhlehlisa inkambo ekuqothuleni uMhlaba wethu ube yinhlekelele yenuzi eyinhlekelele. Ngalesi sikhathi, kunemicibisholo yezikhali zenuzi engu-2500 e-US naseRussia ebhekise kuwo wonke amadolobha ethu amakhulu. Ngokuqondene neNew York City, njengoba iculo lihamba, “Uma singakwazi ukufika lapha, sizofika noma kuphi!” futhi kuyamangalisa futhi kuyakhuthaza ukuthi iningi loMkhandlu Wedolobha lizimisele ukunezela izwi lomhlaba ongenayo inuzi! Ngibonga kakhulu!!
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INew York Ihamba Ngasondelene Nivear Divestment
By UTim Wallis
Elinye lamaphaneli amaningi afakaza ngaphambi koMkhandlu Wedolobha laseNew York (kwesobunxele kuya kwesokudla): UMfu TK Nakagaki, Heiwa Foundation; UMichael Gorbachev, isihlobo sikaMikhail; U-Anthony Donovan, umbhali / umbhali; USally Jones, Peace Action NY; Rosemarie Pace, Pax Christi NY; UMitchie Takeuchi, Izindaba zikaHibakusha. IZITHOMBE: UBrendan Fay
NgoJanuwari 29, 2020: INew York City ishukumise igxathu elilodwa lokushiya phansi izikhali zenuzi kuleli sonto, ngemuva kwekomiti elihlangene lokulalelisisa eCity Hall. Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka ukulalelwa kwecala, okuwukuphela kokuphikiswa kwaba yiHhovisi leMeya ngobuchwepheshe, futhi ikomidi lalisashoda ngamavoti amaningi. Kepha kubukeka sengathi yimizamo engakhathali yeqembu elincane labakhankaseli abavela eNew York City, abazibiza ngeNCCAN, ukuthi ekugcineni izothela izithelo, ngemuva kweminyaka ecishe ibe mibili yokugqugquzelwa okukhulu koMkhandlu Wedolobha.
Ngemuva kokuzwa kobufakazi obuvela kubantu abangaba ngu-60, iHhovisi leMeya lithuthele ngokushesha ukumemezela ukuthi "bazothola indlela" yokuxazulula ubuchwepheshe, kanti iLungu loMkhandlu uFernando Cabrera umemezele ukwesekwa kwakhe ngokudilizwa. Ngokusekelwa nguCabrera, lezi zinqumo ezimbili manje zinesibalo esikhulu sokusekelwa eMkhandlwini waseNew York, futhi ngokuhoxa kokuphikiswa kwehhovisi leMeya cishe bazodlula kwesinye isikhathi emavikini azayo.
Eyokuqala kulezi zindleko ezimbili, eyethulwe iLungu loMkhandlu uDaniel Dromm, yi-Int 1621, efuna ukuthi kusungulwe iKomidi Lokweluleka elizophenya futhi libike ngesimo seNew York City njengendawo “engenazikhali zezikhali zenuzi,” isimo iNew York ICity ibilokhu isukela ngonyaka we-1983. Eyesibili, i-RES 976, icela iCity Comptroller ukuthi yehlise imali yempesheni yabasebenzi bakahulumeni eNew York City "ukugwema noma ikuphi ukuboniswa kwezimali ezinkampanini ezibandakanyekayo ekukhiqizweni nasekulondolozeni kwezikhali zenuzi." Kubuye futhi. icela uhulumeni wobumbano ukuthi uxhase futhi ujoyine iSivumelwano Sango-2017 Sokuvimbela Izikhali Zenuzi.
Ilungu loMkhandlu uDromms lithe "uqiniswe amandla" wubufakazi obuqhamuka ezinhlanganweni ezahlukene nakubantu abaneminyaka yobudala eyi-19 kuye kwayi-90, izizukulwane zezizukulwane zabahlali baseLenape National eManhattan ziya kumalungu awine uMklomelo weNobel Peace Prize Ukuqeda Izikhali Zenuzi.
Ezinye izikhulumi zisukela eNew Yorkers eziqhoshayo kuya kwabasindayo beHiroshima naseNagasaki, kusukela esotweni elihileleke ezivivinyweni eziningi zamabhomu enuzi eNevada kuya esihlotsheni sikaMikhail Gorbachev, kusuka kwizishoshovu ezikhulile ezihlala ziphindisela iminyaka ejele ngenxa yokubhikisha ngezikhali zenuzi kubabhange nakwizazi zokutshala imali echaza ukuthi kungani ukudonswa kwezikhali zenuzi kunenzuzo kumaphothifoliyo abo.
UManhattan, oyingqophamlando wokusungulwa kwezikhali zenuzi, usahlushwa ukungcoliswa kwemisebe kusukela ngalezozinsuku. I-Teamster ikhumbule isebenza endaweni yokugcina izimpahla lapho i-High Line manje isikhona, lapho imigqomo yayikhanyisa ukushisa incibilikisa i-asphalt phansi. Kwakunezinto eziningi ezishiwo nge-Doomsday Clock, eyaqala ngo-1947 ngososayensi be-Manhattan Project abanecala, manje "esekwe" eduze "nobusuku" okungathi nganoma yisiphi isikhathi emlandweni.
IManhattan ibiyikhaya lokuphila komuntu iminyaka engama-3,000. Kepha ubufakazi besazi bukwenzile kwacaca ukuthi isikhali esisodwa senuzi singasusa bonke abantu, izilwane, ubuciko bokwakha kanye nokuthi umsakazo uzohlala iminyaka engaphezu kuka-3,000 XNUMX ngokuzayo. Yiqiniso, iNew York City iyisisulu esiyinhloko sokuhlaselwa kwenyuklea.
Ubufakazi obubhaliwe buhanjiswe futhi ngabantu abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba, kubandakanya neHhovisi leDalai Lama, kanye noMmeli wase-US u-Eleanor Holmes Norton we-DC, isikweletu sakhe u-HR 2419 esasizokhokhela izikhali zenuzi zase-US futhi sisebenzise amadola abakhokhi bentela ubuchwepheshe obuluhlaza, imisebenzi, nokunciphisa ubuphofu.
Yize izimpesheni zaseNew York City zinezimali ezingaphansi kwezigidi ezingama-500 zamaRandi ezitshalile embonini yezikhali zenuzi, ingxenye yeshumi yezinga layo lokutshalwa kwezimali emfucumfucwini, ukuthunyelwa kweNew York kuzoba yinto ebaluleke kakhulu enhlanganweni yomhlaba wonke yokuqeda izikhali zenuzi futhi kubeke nengcindezi yezimali ezweni. izinkampani ezibhekele.
INew York City yengamela izikhwama eziyisihlanu zempesheni, okuthi phakathi kwazo zimelele uhlelo lwempesheni yomphakathi ngobukhulu ezweni, ngokubeka imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizigidi ezingama-200 zamaRandi. Ngo-2018, iCity Comptroller yamemezela ukuthi idolobha seliqale inqubo yeminyaka emihlanu yokudonsa imali yempesheni engaphezulu kwezigidi eziyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezinhlanu zamaRandi embonini yezimbiwa. Ukudonswa kwezikhali zenuzi yinto eyenzeka maduze nje, okuqiniswe ukwenziwa ngo-5 kweSivumelwano se-UN Sokuvimbela Izikhali Zenuzi.
Kuze kube manje, izikhwama ezimbili ezinkulu kakhulu zempesheni emhlabeni, iSikhwama SaseNorway kanye ne-ABP yaseNetherlands, sizibophezele ukweqa emkhakheni wezikhali zenuzi. Ezinye izikhungo zezezimali eYurophu naseJapan, ezibandakanya iDemchebank neReona Holdings zijoyine abanye abangaphezulu kwama-36 abaye banquma ukudeda ezikhali zenuzi. E-US, amadolobha afana neBerkeley, CA, Takoma Park, MD neNorthampton, i-MA, ashonile, kanye ne-Amalgamated Bank yaseNew York neGreen Century Fund eBoston.
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