In recent budget negotiations, Senate Democrats agreed to a boost in military spending that exceeded the cap for fiscal 2018 by $70 billion, bringing the total request to an enormous $716 billion. Inevitably, this means more Pentagon contracts will be awarded to private corporations that use endless war to line their pockets. Democrats capitulated to this massive increase without so much as a scuffle. But the move hardly comes as a surprise, given how much money flows from weapons makers to the coffers of congressional campaigns for both parties.
While the majority of the weapons money goes to Republicans, Democratic Senators Tim Kaine and Bill Nelson appear in the top ten recipients of campaign contributions–in both chambers and parties–from military contractors in 2017 and 2018. Northrop Grumman gave $785,000 to Democratic candidates since 2017.Hillary Clinton took over $1 million from the industry in 2016. Even progressive darlings like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders take money from weapons manufacturers, and Sanders supported Boeing’s disastrous F-35 because his home state had a financial stake in the program.
Agar hech bir yirik siyosiy partiya bu status-kvoga qarshi tura olmasa, nima qilish mumkin?
One answer might be found in the recent push to divest from fossil fuel companies undertaken by, among others, Norway and New York City. By December of 2016, 688 institutions, representing over $5 trillion in assets, had divested from fossil fuels. In an interview with The Guardian, author Naomi Klein described the fossil fuel divestment effort as “a process of delegitimizing” the sector and of affirming that it yields “odious profits.”
Urushdan foyda oluvchilarni delegitizatsiya qilish bo'yicha shunga o'xshash kampaniya allaqachon o'tib ketgan. Kongress a'zolarimizga qurol ishlab chiqaruvchilar va urushdan foyda oluvchilarning xayriya kampaniyasini rad etishlarini talab qilishdan tashqari, biz institutsional va munitsipalitet darajasida mablag'larni ajratish bo'yicha harakatni kuchaytirishimiz kerak. Urushga sarmoya kiritish xalq sharmandaligi evaziga kelishi kerak.
Universitet talabalari o'z maktablaridan xolding ma'lumotlarini so'rashlari mumkin. Ko'pincha harbiy korporatsiyalarga investitsiyalar investitsiyalari ommaga oshkor etilmagan murakkabroq moliyaviy vositalarga birlashtiriladi. Ushbu vositalarning mazmunini universitet vasiylik kengashi yoki jamg'arma menejeri bilan bog'lanish orqali aniqlash mumkin. Shundan so'ng, kampus koalitsiyalarini qurish, petitsiyalar yaratish, to'g'ridan-to'g'ri harakatlarni tashkil etish va talabalar hukumati organlari orqali qarorlar qabul qilish orqali ajratish kampaniyasi boshlanishi mumkin. Talabalar faollari uchun foydali qo'llanmani topish mumkin Bu yerga.
Activists can launch municipal divestment efforts by determining the holdings of city pension, utility, or insurance funds. In 2017 the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the national association of cities with populations over 30,000, adopted a resolution acknowledging the need to transform funding priorities away from war-making and into local communities. Divestment campaigns can leverage this resolution in order to hold city leaders to their word. More information for activists at the city level is available Bu yerga.
Divestment offers an alternate means of addressing the blight of war profiteering in an era in which traditional political routes have been closed by our craven representatives. It also brings the message into smaller communities–communities that crumble while defense contractors live in luxury.
Butun mamlakat bo'ylab 70 ga yaqin guruhlardan iborat yangi koalitsiya "Urush mashinasidan voz kechish" kampaniyasini boshlash uchun tuzildi. Koalitsiya urush manfaatdorlaridan nafratlangan barchani universitet, shahar, pensiya va diniy institutlarni urushdan voz kechishda yordam berishga taklif qiladi. Batafsil ma'lumot: http://www.divestfromwarmachine.org/
2015-yilda AQSh Kongressida qilgan nutqida, urush mashinasiga juda bog'liq bo'lgan Kongress, Rim papasi Frensis nega jamiyatga mislsiz azob-uqubatlarni keltirganlarga halokatli qurollar sotilayotganini so'radi. Uning so'zlariga ko'ra, javob pul, "qonga botgan, ko'pincha begunoh qon" edi. "O'lim savdogarlari" deb atagan narsadan foyda ko'radigan kongress a'zolari bilan to'la xonaga qarab, Papa qurol savdosini yo'q qilishga chaqirdi. Rim papasining chaqirig'iga quloq solishning bir yo'li - o'ldirish orqali o'ldirganlarning foydasini yeb qo'yishdir.
ZNetwork faqat o'z o'quvchilarining saxiyligi orqali moliyalashtiriladi.
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