I-New Congress Imfuno Yokudala I-Green Planet Ekuthuleni

NgoMedea uBenjamin no-Alice Slater, uJanuwari 8, 2019

I-chorus evala ukukhononda okungekuhle kusuka kwesobunxele, kwesokudla, nasesikhungweni sezepolitiki e-US ekuphenduleni isinqumo sikaTrump sokususa amasosha ase-US eSyria futhi anciphise izinombolo zawo e-Afghanistan kubonakala sengathi yehlise umzamo wakhe wokuletha amabutho ethu ekhaya. Kodwa-ke, kulo nyaka omusha, ukusebenzisa amandla inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US kufanele kube phakathi kwezinto eziphambili ku-ajenda yeCongress entsha. Njengoba nje sibona ukunyuka okunyukayo kwe-Green New Deal yombono, ngakho-ke, nesikhathi sesifikile seDili Elisha Lokuthula elilahla impi engapheli kanye nosongo lwempi yenuzi, kanye nokuguquka kwesimo sezulu okuyinhlekelele, okudala usongo olukhona kwiplanethi yethu.

Kumelwe sithuthukise futhi sisebenze ngethuba elivezwe ngokungahambi kahle "kwezinja ezimbi" uMattis nezinye izinhloli zempi. Okunye ukuthutha ekudambisweni kwemimoya kuyinselelo engakaze ibe khona yeCongress for the support of Trump empini eholwa eSaudi eYemen. Futhi ngenkathi iziphakamiso eziphazamisayo zomongameli zokuphuma ezivumelwaneni zokulawulwa kwezikhali zamandla enyukliya zimelela ingozi entsha, nazo ziyithuba.

I-Trump yamemezela ukuthi i-US iyona ukuhoxiswa kusukela ku-Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), baxoxisana ngo-1987 nguRonald Reagan noMikhail Gorbachev, futhi baxwayisa ukuthi akanandaba nokuvuselela isivumelwano esisha esincane esincane se-START esixoxwa yiBarack Obama noDmitry Medvedev. U-Obama wakhokhela imali enzima ukuze aqinisekise ukuqinisekiswa kwe-DRC, ukuthembisa uhlelo lwe-trillion-dollar ngaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu ngezinsimbi ezimbili zamabhomu ezitsha zamabhomu, nempi emisha, imicibisholo, izindiza nemikhumbi engaphansi komhlaba ukuletha ukukhokha kwabo okubulalayo, uhlelo iqhubeka ngaphansi kwe-Trump. Ngenkathi i-INF inqunyula i-US neRussia ukuba ibeke impi ye-1,500 emabhomu enqwaba ephethe amabhomu enyukliya, ihlulekile ukwenza okuhle ku-1970 US isithembiso esenziwe kwi-Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). ukuqeda izikhali zenuzi. Ngisho nanamuhla, cishe eminyakeni engu-50 ngemuva kokuthi lezo zithembiso ze-NPT zenziwe, i-US neRashiya ilandisa nge-14,000 ephawulekayo yamabhomu enuzi we-15,000 emhlabeni.

Ngenkinga yezempi yase-Trump e-US ekubonakala sengathi iyiphutha, sinethuba lokuzakhela isikhathi esisodwa ukuveza izenzo ezintsha zesibindi sokuzibambisana. Ukuphumelela okuthembisayo kakhulu kwezokulwa kwezikhali zenuzi yiSivumelwano esisha sokuQinqatshelwa kweNuclear Weapons, okwaxoxisana futhi yamukelwa yizizwe ze-122 e-UN ku-2017. Lesi sivumelwano esingakaze senzeke ekugcineni sivimbela ibhomu, njengoba nje izwe lenzelwe izikhali zezinto eziphilayo kanye namakhemikhali, futhi lathola abahleli balo, Umkhankaso Womhlaba Wonke Wokuqeda Izikhali Zenuzi (ICAN), i-Nobel Peace Prize. Isivumelwano manje sidinga ukuqinisekiswa yizizwe ze-50 ukuba zibophezele.

Esikhundleni sokusekela lesi sivumelwano esisha, nokwamukela isithembiso se-US 1970 NPT sokwenza imizamo "ethembekile" yokulwa nokulwa nezikhali zenuzi, sithola isikali esifanayo, iziphakamiso ezinganele ezivela kwabaningi eDemocratic Alliance manje abaphethe iNdlu. Kuyakhathaza ukuthi u-Adam Smith, uSihlalo omusha we-House Armed Services Committee, ukhuluma kuphela ngokusika ezindaweni zethu ezinkulu zenuzi nokubeka imingcele yokuthi uMongameli angazisebenzisa kanjani futhi nini izikhali zenuzi, ngaphandle kokukhombisa ukuthi kukhona ukucatshangelwa sinikezwe ukuboleka ukusekelwa kwe-US ngesivumelwano sokuvinjelwa noma ukuhlonipha isithembiso sethu se-1970 NPT sokunikela ngezikhali zethu zenuzi.

Nakuba i-US kanye ne-NATO ne-Pacific partners (e-Australia, eJapan naseNingizimu Korea) ziye zaze zenqaba ukusekela isivumelwano sokuvinjelwa, umzamo womhlaba jikelele, ohlelwe yi-ICAN, usuvele uthola amasignisha kusuka ku-69 izizwe, futhi ukuqinisekiswa ku-19 amaphalamende ezizwe ze-50 ezidingekayo ukuze kunqatshelwe ukutholakala, ukusetshenziswa, noma ukusongela ukusebenzisa izikhali zenuzi, ukuba ubophe ngokomthetho. NgoDisemba, i-Australian Labor Lab wafunga ukusayina nokuqinisekisa isivumelwano sokuvinjelwa uma kuphumelela ukhetho oluzayo, nakuba i-Australia njengamanje ilungu le-alliance yase-United States. Futhi imizamo efanayo iyaqhubeka Spain, ilungu le-NATO.

Inombolo ekhukhulayo yamadolobha, amazwe, kanye namaphalamende emhlabeni wonke abhalisiwe umkhankaso ukubiza ohulumeni babo ukusekela lesi sivumelwano esisha. E-US Congress, kuze kube manje abameli abane kuphela-u-Eleanor Holmes Norton, uBetty McCollum, uJim McGovern noBarbara Lee-basayine isibambiso se-ICAN sokuthola ukusekelwa kwe-US ukuvimbela ibhomu.

Njengoba nje iDemokhrasi ishicilela ithuba elisha lokususa umhlaba, ekugcineni liqede umkhankaso we-nyukliya emhlabeni, manje usuqede umkhankaso ongavamile we-Green New Deal ukusekela ngokugcwele i-United States ngemithombo yamandla esimeme eminyakeni eyishumi, eholwa yi- ekhuthazayo i-Congresswoman Alexandria u-Ocasio-Cortez. USomlomo uNancy Pelosi wenqabe iziphakamiso ezivela emibuthanweni yabashushisi abasebasha wacela ihhovisi lakhe ukwakha iKomidi Elikhethiwe le-Green New Deal. Esikhundleni salokho, uPelosi wasungula a Ikomidi elikhethayo ngeCrisis Climate, abangenayo amandla e-subpoena futhi abaholwa ngu-Rep. Kathy Castor, owenqaba umkhankaso womkhankaso weGreen Deal Campaign ukuvimbela noma yiliphi amalungu ekukhonzeni eKomidini owathola iminikelo evela ezinkampanini zamafutha.

Ukwenziwa Kokuthula Okusha kufanele kwenziwe izicelo ezifanayo zamalungu eNdlu kanye namaKomidi EziNsizakalo Ezizimele. Singalindela kanjani izihlalo zamakomiti, iDemocratic Congressman Adam Smith noma iRepublican Senator James Inhofe, ukuba abathengi abathembekile ukuthula lapho bethola iminikelo ngaphezu kwe-$ 250,000 kusuka embonini yezikhali? I-coalition ebizwa ngokuthi Ukuhlukana okuvela ku-War Machine ukhuthaza bonke amalungu enkomfa ukuthi banqabe imali embonini yezikhali, ngoba bavota minyaka yonke kwisabelomali sePentagon esinikeza izigidigidi zamaRandi ngezikhali ezintsha. Lokhu ukuzibophezela kubaluleke ngokukhethekile kumalungu Amakomidi EziNsizakalo Ezihlomile. Akekho oye waxhaswa ngemali emikhulu evela kubakhiqizi bezingalo kufanele akhonze kulawo amakomiti, ikakhulu uma iCongress kufanele ihlolisise, ngokuphuthumayo, umbiko ohlambalazayo we-Pentagon wokuhluleka ukudlulisa ukucwaninga ngonyaka odlule kanye nezitatimende zalo ezingenalo ikhono lokwenza njalo!

Asikwazi ukubekezelela iCongress entsha elawulwa yiDemokhrasi eqhuba ibhizinisi njengokujwayelekile, ngebhajethi yempi engaphezu kwe $ 700 billion kanye namaRandi ayizigidi eziyizigidi ezilandelwa izikhali zenuzi ezintsha eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu ezayo, ngenkathi kunzima ukuthola izimali zokubhekana nesimo sezulu . Ngezingxabano ezingavamile ezidalwe ukuhoxiswa kukaMongameli Trump kusukela kokubili isivumelwano sezulu saseParis kanye ne-Iran nuclear deal, kufanele senzeke ngokuphuthumayo ukuze sisindise umhlaba wethu ezinsongweni ezimbili ezikhona: ukuchithwa kwesimo sezulu esiyingozi kanye nokwenzeka okubangelwa ukubhujiswa kwezikhali zenuzi. Sekuyisikhathi sokushiya iminyaka yenuzi futhi ihlukanisa emshini wempi, ukukhulula ama-trilliyoni ama-dollar asetshenziwe eminyakeni eyishumi ezayo. Kumele siguqule uhlelo lwethu lwegazi olubulalayo olusisondezayo, ngenkathi edala ukuvikeleka kwangempela kwezwe kanye nakwamanye amazwe ngokuthula nayo yonke imvelo nobuntu.

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UMedea uBenjamin ungumxhumanisi CODEPINK for Ukuthula futhi umbhali wezincwadi eziningana, kufaka phakathi Ngaphakathi kwe-Iran: Umlando Weqiniso Nombusazwe weRiphabliki yamaSulumane.  

U-Alice Slater ukhonza eKomidini Yokuxhumanisa World Beyond War futhi unguMmeli we-UN we  I-Nuclear Age Peace Foundation,