IT linali tsiku loyamba ngati masika ku Boston pamene achinyamata asanu ndi atatu olimbana ndi zida za nyukiliya anakhazikitsa khitchini ya supu kunja kwa msonkhano wa osunga masheya wa 26 Marichi 1981 wa First National Bank of Boston. Ronald Reagan anali atangoyamba kumene kulamulira akulonjeza kuti athetsa mapulogalamu ambiri omwe akhala akupindulitsa anthu ambiri a ku America, kusamutsira chuma cha dzikolo kwa anzake olemera omwe amabanki. Mosiyana ndi izi, tinali kuyesera kupanga chithandizo chodziwika bwino motsutsana ndi mafakitale a nyukiliya, kufunafuna kuletsa bungwe la oyang'anira kuti asayike ndalama za omwe amawasungitsa pazinthu zowopsa komanso zowopsa zomwe zingayambitse kusungunuka kwa nyukiliya, ndi kugwa kwa chilengedwe. Mamembala a board of director a Bank of Boston adakhala pa board ya Babcock ndi Willcox, kampani yomwe imamanga Seabrook Nuclear Power station ndipo ambiri aiwo adakhalanso pa board ya Public Service Company ya New Hampshire, yomwe inali kugula. pokwerera magetsi.
Pamene tikukonzekera mphika wathu waukulu wa supu, tinali ndi nkhawa kuti sipadzakhala anthu okwanira oti aimire mzere wa supu wa nthawi ya Kuvutika maganizo. Chotero ndinapita ku Pine Street Inn ndi kuuza anthu opanda pokhala osonkhanawo kuti tinali kukonzekera zionetsero masana kunja kwa Federal Reserve Bank ku South Station. Iwo anayankha mosangalala chifukwa cha zionetserozo ndipo tinadabwa pamene anthu oposa 50 anabwera kudzatenga nawo mbali.
 Food Not Bombs idaguba kupita ku Draper Labs ku Cambridge, Massachusetts mu 1981 kukatsutsa nukes-chithunzi kuchokera ku FNB
Odzipereka asanu ndi anayi a FNB anamangidwa mu 1988 chifukwa chogawana chakudya pakhomo la Golden Gate Park ku San Francisco, California-chithunzi ndi Greg Garr
Hartford FNB imanyamula Katrina thandizo-chithunzi kuchokera ku FNB
Wodzipereka wa FNB ku Bangkok, Thailand—chithunzi chochokera ku FNB |
Zaka 26 pambuyo pake pa Marichi 2011, 30, dziko lapansi likukumana ndi tsoka lalikulu la nyukiliya pomwe malo opangira magetsi a nyukiliya a Fukushima Daiichi ali pafupi kusungunuka. Chuma chapadziko lonse lapansi chili pachiwopsezo chifukwa cha mfundo za mabanki omwe amaika ndalama kuti apindule nawo. Akatswiri angatchule kuti "Kugwa Kwakukulu," koma kwa anthu mabiliyoni ambiri amamva ngati Kukhumudwa Kwakukulu. Mitengo yazakudya ikuchulukirachulukira kwambiri m'zaka XNUMX pomwe oganiza bwino ayamba kuyikapo ndalama pazogulitsa. Kusintha machitidwe olephera ndi dongosolo lokhazikika kungakhale kovuta kwambiri kuposa kugwetsa maboma, komabe pali chikhumbo chofuna kubweretsa demokalase, ulemu, zofunikira, ndipo, ngati palibe, kukhala ndi maganizo abwino kudziko lathu lapansi.
Olemera 2 peresenti ali kale ndi chuma ndi chuma choposa theka la dziko lapansi. Iwo amati ndi eni ake a mabiliyoni a nyama zovutika zolimidwa m’mafakitale, chibadwa cha mbewu zathu za chakudya, maekala mamiliyoni ambiri a nkhalango zakale, magaloni mabiliyoni a madzi abwino, mafuta, gasi, ndi matani a mchere zonse zimene zimatengedwa ngati zinthu zoti zigulitsidwe dziko la ogula chabe. Tsopano tikukhala dziko la ogula opanda ndalama, pogona, chakudya, kapena ulemu, nkhondo yowonongeka, kugwa kwa radioactive, pafupi ndi ukapolo, ndi "chakudya" chapoizoni.
Pamene tinkapereka supu kunja kwa msonkhano wa eni masheya zaka 30 zapitazo, tinali ndi nkhaŵa yakuti tingakumane ndi masoka a nyukiliya, masoka achilengedwe, ndi kusokonekera kwachuma padziko lonse m’tsogolo. Tidalimbikitsa omwe amayendera chakudya chathu choyamba cha Food Not Bombs kuti agwirizane nafe pomanga kukana mfundo zomwe zingawononge dziko lathu lapansi. Mabuku athu ndi zolankhula zathu zinawapempha kuti aleke kuchirikiza “chikhalidwe cha imfa” ndi kugwirizana nafe m’kusintha anthu.
Zaka makumi atatu pambuyo pake, zikuwonekeratu kuti nkhawa zathu zidakhazikitsidwa bwino ndipo kufunika kosintha sikungakhale kwachangu. Chimene sitikanatha kuchiwona chinali chakuti mzere wathu wawung'ono wa supu ya zisudzo udalumikizidwa ndi ena masauzande ambiri omwe akufuna kuthetsa njala yawo yowawa ndikulowa nawo kuyesetsa kwathu kuti tiyimitse ukonde wazinthu zoopsa. Vuto lililonse lalimbikitsa anthu ena odzipereka ofunitsitsa kutengapo mbali ndikudyetsa anjala, akuthamangira kutenga nawo mbali, atakakamizika umphawi kapena kuwukitsidwa ndi zigawenga zomwe sizingachitike. Takulandirani ku tebulo lathu. Pali zokwanira kwa aliyense ngati tisiya kuchirikiza dongosolo la nkhanza ndi kukhazikitsa gulu lolera lomwe malingaliro a aliyense amalemekezedwa.
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Keith McHenry ndi woyambitsa wa Food Not Bombs (www.foodnotbombs.net, 800-884-1136 800-884-1136) ndipo akukonzekera bukhu latsopano Kuphika Mtendere: Kukulitsa Community, Kukolola Revolution.
