NguLaurie Timmermann, u-Asheville nge World BEYOND War Umxhumanisi Wesahluko, North Carolina, US, Disemba 27, 2020
Iqembu lezishoshovu ezinamaqembu okuthula eNtshonalanga NC lakhathazeka kakhulu ngokufunda ngezinhlelo zikaPratt & Whitney (P&W), inkampani engaphansi kwenkontileka yezempi iRaytheon Technologies, yokwenza izingxenye zezinjini zezindiza kumahektare ayi-100 omhlaba ongahlelambi oMfula obanzi waseFrance owanikwa kubo nge $ 1 dollar yiBiltmore Farms, LLC njengengxenye yesivumelwano esiyimfihlo.
I-P & W ikhiqiza izinjini zomphakathi, ezentengiso nezempi zamajethi, njenge-F-35. Kamuva kwafundwa ukuthi ama-20% womkhiqizo walesi sitshalo ohlongozwayo kuzoba ngezingxenye zezinjini zempi. URaytheon uyinkampani yesibili ngobukhulu yokuvikela umkhathi emhlabeni, ezuza cishe eminyakeni engamashumi amabili yempi e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq, futhi ungomunye wabathengisi bezikhali abakhulu kunabo bonke eSaudi Arabia, eqhuba impi yokuqothulwa kwabantu iminyaka eminingi nabantu baseYemen.
Abakwa-P & W babeke izingxoxo nezikhulu zesifunda isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka, kepha lo msebenzi wamenyezelwa emphakathini ngo-Okthoba 22, 2020. Ikhomishini yaseBuncombe bekufanele ivotele imali engamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-27 emalini ekhokhisa intela yempahla ngesigidi sikwele sikwele esingu- $ 160 million Isitshalo seP & W emhlanganweni waso ngoNovemba 17, 2020.
Ummeli we-WBW wendawo uLaurie Timmermann wethule umbono ngomlomo wemizuzu emi-3 emhlanganweni, futhi wahambisa imibono ebhaliwe kwiKhomishini Yesifunda saseBuncombe, ngezansi.
November 17, 2020
OKhomishani BesiFunda SaseBuncombe:
Njengesisebenzi sokuzithandela sendawo nge World BEYOND War, ngisebenzela izakhamizi ezingaphezu kuka-400 ezinentshisekelo yokuthula eWNC kanye nezinkulungwane zamalungu asebenzayo kulo lonke elase-US nasemhlabeni jikelele, ngibhala ukujoyina i-NC Peace Action ukuqinisekisa izindinganiso zokuphela kwempi, ukubeka phambili isiko lokuthula, kanye nokuvikeleka okukhubazekile.
Izakhamizi zase-Asheville naseBuncombe County kanye nabavakashele kule ndawo bayakwazisa ukuvikelwa okuqinisekisiwe kwekhwalithi yezemvelo nokukhuthaza ukuthula phakathi kwezizwe. Lapho bezwa imininingwane ephelele, abaningi bangazizwa bedumele ngokuthi ikhomishini yaseBuncombe County iphakamisa ukunikela ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-27 izikhuthazi zesitshalo esikhulu sokukhiqiza iPratt & Whitney esihlelwe izingxenye zezinjini ze-jet kumahektare ayi-100 omhlaba onobuhle eduze komfula obanzi waseFrance eduze. eduze neBlue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina Arboretum, neBent Creek River Park.
Isifunda saseBuncombe asinakukwazi ukuphinda indawo ye-CTS yase-Asheville electroplating plant superfund site eMills Gap Road eSouth Asheville ekhiphe amazinga ayingozi e-TCE, kanye namanye ama-carcinogens ayi-10, iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-30 futhi ayikalungiswa ngokuphelele.
Imboni yezindiza iPratt & Whitney eNorth Haven, CT yakhipha amakhilogremu ayizigidi ezingama-5.4 amakhemikhali anobuthi phakathi kuka-1987 no-2002, kuyilapho isitshalo sayo i-West Palm Beach, i-FL sinezindawo ezingama-47 zemfucumfucu enobuthi eziqukethe enye yezindawo zokuhlanza ezinobungozi ezinkulu ze-EPA.
Yiziphi izixwayiso ezidingekayo zokuvimbela ukuvuza okunobuthi nezingozi, izidingo zokubika esidlangalaleni kwanoma yikuphi ukuchitheka noma ukungcola, amalungiselelo okulungiswa okuphelele, nezidingo zesinxephezelo esifundeni nakunoma yibaphi abantu abalimele?
UPratt & Whitney uyingxenye yeRaytheon Technologies, ingumkhiqizi wezikhali wesithathu ngobukhulu emhlabeni. URaytheon unerekhodi lokuzuza ezigidigidini ngokuthengisa izindiza zempi eSaudi Arabia nakho okwethuse iYemen iminyaka ngokuqhuba kahle Ukuhlasela kwasemoyeni okungu-16,749, kubulala izakhamizi, kwadala indlala nokuqubuka kwekholera.
Kungani isihloko seCitizen's Times mayelana nesitshalo esihleliwe sendawo yasePratt & Whitney sifaka injini ye-F135 yendiza yempi yeF-35 Lightning II? Kungenzeka ukuthi, uPratt & Whitney bazokwakha izingxenye zezinjini kuma-F-35 kanye nolayini wezinjini zamasosha, ezizogcina sezithengiselwa amazwe anjengeSaudi Arabia, i-United Arab Emirates (i-UAE), ne-Israel abenza ukuhlukunyezwa kwamalungelo abantu .
Lezi zimangalo azikho kude. Kusukela ngoNovemba 11, 2020, abaphathi bakaTrump bafuna ukusheshisa ukuthengiswa okukhulu ngomzuzu wokugcina kwama- $ 23.37 billion emajetini empi, ama-drones namabhomu aya e-UAE enza ubudlova e-Yemen.
Lesi sivumelwano phakathi kweBiltmore Farms, LLC noPratt noWhitney / Raytheon sasigcinwa siyimfihlo, igama lale nkampani ligodliwe ngisho nasezindabeni zomphakathi, kanti iBiltmore Farms yafaka izicelo zemvume yezemvelo egameni layo ngokungabi bikho obala. Ukulalelwa kwemvelo kwahlelwa kepha kwakhanselwa ngoMashi ngenxa yokukhiya kwe-COVID.
Izakhamizi zesifunda saseBuncombe zifanelwe ukwaziswa kahle ngalezi zinhlelo. Isinqumo sokunikeza lezi zikhuthazi zase-County kufanele sihlehliswe kuze kube izakhamizi zithole isikhathi esanele sokubuyekeza nokuhlola imithelela ebucayi engcupheni yokungcola kwemvelo kanye nemiphumela yokuziphatha ehluphayo.
Sonke singasizakala ngemfundo kumodeli yebhizinisi likaPratt noWhitney / Raytheon nomlando wokubulala (ngenzuzo), ngokubulala (empini, ukuqhuma kwamabhomu nokufa).
Yebo, isifunda sethu sidinga umnotho ohlukahlukene, kepha lokho kusho ukuthi kunikezwa izikhuthazo zombuso kanye nokukhishwa kwesifunda kusuka enteleni yempahla kumlingani weRaytheon Technologies uPratt & Whitney, ohlela ukwenza izinjini zezindiza kumahektare ayi-100 omhlaba ongahluziwe, abanikezwe wona ngaseFrance UMfula obanzi?
Sicela abamele abakhethwe esifundeni bethu ukuba basebenze nabo futhi bathathe konke okufanele ekuthatheni izinqumo uma kunikezwe izinzuzo ezibucayi zesikhathi eside ezisengozini.
Ozithobayo,
ULaurie Timmermann
World BEYOND War Ummeli
Ngaphandle kokuphendula noma ukubhekana nanoma yikuphi ukukhathazeka kwabaphawuli abangama-20 abaphikisana nesivumelwano se-P & W, oKhomishani B esifundazweni saseBuncombe bavote ngazwilinye ukuthi bavume imali engamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-27. Kwavela umfelandawonye namaVeterans For Peace, Sunrise kanye neDemocratic Socialists of America futhi bazihlela ndawonye ngaphansi kwesibhengezo sikaReject Raytheon. Leli qembu lahlela umbhikisho walo wokuqala ngo-Wed. Dis. 9, 2020 ngo-3: 00 pm kuya ku-5: 00 pm obekubandakanya uhlu lwezikhulumi futhi "zifa" ukukhumbula izisulu zempi yase-Yemen. Amalungu omfelandawonye, kufaka phakathi i-WBW, azobe eqhubeka nokuphikisana nokuqapha okuqhubekayo ngomshini weP & W, ngamalungu amaningana enezincwadi zawo eziphikisayo ezishicilelwe emaphepheni endawo.
