Lokacin shekara hudu yana kan mu: Zaɓen Amurka. A hannun hagu, mun riga mun fara sake maimaita hujjar da muka samu a 2000: idan muka hada kai a bayan jam'iyyar Democratic Leadership Council's Party, shin za mu iya kwace wannan jam'iyyar daga DLC, idan muka yi hakan ta hanyar amfani da iyakacin albarkatunmu. don taimaka wa Ralph Nader, shin Greens abin hawa ne mai kyau, menene game da Sabuwar Jam'iyyar, Jam'iyyar Labour, kuma a ƙarshe, shin akwai wata ma'ana a ci gaba da tunanin cewa ikon mallakar ikon mallakar ikon mallakar kowane irin daraja?
Irin wannan cece-kucen da muke da su a lokacin, kuma a yanzu ana gudanar da su da gaske musamman saboda 'yancin ya bayyana kansa a matsayin mai tsananin kishi, cewa Bush-Cheney ya koma Goldwater wanda ya sa Johnson ya zama mai sassaucin ra'ayi ga masu sassaucin ra'ayi. Taken shine "Kowane Amma Bush," amma ga duk wanda ya kalli tarihin Kerry na baya-bayan nan game da manyan batutuwan zamaninmu (yakin duniya, haɗin gwiwar kamfanoni, da adalci na zamantakewa), akwai, kamar yadda kundin Counterpunch mai zuwa ya kira shi, “dime's darajar bambanci."
Duk wannan, a gare ni, ja ne. Wannan ita ce hujjar da ba daidai ba a yi, musamman saboda duka biyun ba su da tasiri kuma sun rasa ainihin batun. Kuri'u miliyan 2.9 na Nader a shekara ta 2000 ya yi ƙasa da adadin mutanen da suka je ganin Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911 a daren da aka buɗe shi: batu ba shine a yi yaƙi da waɗanda suka zo rumfunan zaɓe ba, amma don haɗa waɗanda za su iya jefa ƙuri'a waɗanda ke da ko dai. an hana su da gangan, ko kuma wadanda ba su da wani tasiri ko kadan a cikin cibiyoyin dimokuradiyya ko kuma a cikin yunkurin neman sauyi na zamantakewa.
Muhawarar tamu, a wannan matakin da bai balaga ba na harkar mu, bai kamata ya kasance akan kimar takarar Nader kawai ba. Don ba da damar wannan tattaunawa ta mamaye mu, wacce ta riga ta tabarbare ta zama bacin rai, shi ne rashin gaskiyar cewa juyin juya halin zamantakewa da aikinmu ya haifar a fagage daban-daban ya riga ya zama hujjar siyasa.
Al'ummominmu suna aiki a fagage da yawa (a kan zaluncin 'yan sanda, da aikin aiki, da wariyar launin fata, da yaƙi, da tashin hankali a cikin gida, yaƙi da ecocide, da luwaɗi, da masu aiki, da ikon gida, da rashin adalci iri-iri) - muna buƙata. don matsawa daga waɗannan ƙwaƙƙwaran, sau da yawa nasara gwagwarmaya zuwa wani mataki na daban. Dole ne mu kasance da ƙarfin hali don matsawa zuwa yankin zaɓe don tabbatar da nasarorin da muka samu da kuma shiga cikin kasada na mulki, tare da dukkan matsalolinsa.
Na yi farin ciki da tunanin cewa tsayawa takara mai zaman kansa zai taimaka wajen kawo mutane zuwa rumfunan zabe: cewa Nader ko duk wani mai takara zai zaburar da masu kada kuri’a su zo su zabe su, sannan kuma ‘yan jam’iyyar Democrat da ke neman takarar Majalisar Dattawa, Majalisa da mukamai daban-daban. Ina jin wannan juye ne. Mun riga mun sami yunƙurin zamantakewa wanda ya haifar da riba da yawa, kuma ya rage namu mu matsar da mu zuwa rumfunan zabe don zabar ƴan takara na gari masu nagarta waɗanda ke da alhakin tafiyar da motsinmu. Haka yunkurin mu ke karuwa, ba ta hanyar sama-sau ba, yunkurin barka da sallah.
Nasarar takarar Felix Arroyo na Boston, Miguel Luna na Providence, Alisha Thomas na Austell, Raul Grijava na Tucson, Raul Grijava na Newark, New Platz's Jason West da sauransu da yawa misalai ne na inda zaɓe da siyasar zamantakewa ke haduwa. Wadannan mutane mataimaka ne na kungiyarmu, wadanda suka tashi daga gwagwarmayar gwagwarmaya a fannoni daban-daban zuwa akwatin zabe, zuwa mukaman siyasa. Maimakon mu mai da hankali kan tseren Shugaban kasa a matsayin hanyar da za mu ji al'amuranmu, muna bukatar mu gudu daga yakin neman zabe a cikin yankunanmu da kuma gina tsarin zabe wanda ya bambanta da rikitarwa kamar motsin zamantakewar mu.
Tambayar da ya kamata mu yi ita ce ta yaya aka yi zaben Arroyo, Luna, Thomas, Grijava, Baraka, Yamma da sauransu tun da farko. Ta yaya hagu ya haifar da haɗin gwiwar zamantakewar da ya dace don samun nasara, duk da cewa tsarin zabe gaba ɗaya ya yi magudi don dukiya a kan adalci? Wani bangare na amsar yana cikin wani sabon littafi mai kyau na kungiyar masu kada kuri'a mai suna Yadda ake samun farar fata wawa daga ofis. Anti-Siyasa, Jagoran Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙaƙwalwar Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwarƙa, 2004, Adrienne Maree Brown da William Upski Wimsatt suka gyara).
Littafin ya buɗe da kalamai daga editocin da suka yi gaggawar wuce kan Green-Democrat conundrum ("juyin juya hali ba zai faru gobe"), sa'an nan kuma ci gaba da sanar da mu cewa "a zahiri dole ne mu yi aiki tuƙuru na samun nasara da kuma. tara wasu miliyan goma ko ashirin ko fiye da haka masu jefa ƙuri'a na Amurka don gina gagarumin rinjaye na ci gaba ta yadda za mu iya samun abubuwa masu haɗari na juyin juya hali kamar kiwon lafiya da kuma kudin koyarwa; ayyukan da ke biyan isashen rayuwa; Tsaron zamantakewa don lokacin da muka tsufa; da tattalin arzikin da ya dogara da dorewar muhalli maimakon permawar." Mawallafa suna da hangen nesa na shekaru talatin - bege cewa dabarun su za su biya a cikin shekaru talatin.
Arroyo, Luna, et. al., ba kawai ƙwararrun ƴan takara ne waɗanda suka fito daga inda ba don cin zaɓe ba. Sun samo asali ne na "siyasa na ainihi," yawanci masu ƙima da masu bincike waɗanda suka san kadan daga cikin manyan nasarorin waɗannan kamfen na siyasa don tabbatar da adalci a cikin daban-daban, masu mahimmancin aljihunan mu. Littafin Brown da Wimsatt ya tsara wasu daga cikin waɗannan kamfen kuma ya nuna mana cewa ’yan takarar sun kasance masu mahimmanci, amma mafi mahimmanci shine rawar da suka taka a cikin ƙananan kamfen da suka ƙarfafa yankunansu.
Na san Miguel Luna sama da shekaru goma yanzu, kuma takararsa ta Majalisar Birni ta yi ma'ana ne kawai domin ya kasance mai fafutuka har abada a Side ta Kudu ta Providence, a kowane yakin neman adalci. A yanzu shi ne wakilin wadancan gwagwarmaya, kuma ya ci gaba da yi musu hisabi kamar yadda ya shafi mazabarsa baki daya. Saboda mutane kamar Luna suna da alaƙa da ƙungiyoyi, sun ceci kansu daga zama masu bin doka. Dole ne mu maido da zabe kuma mu fara gabatar da bukatu a kan sake gina jihar - ba za a sake cin mutuncin jihar don amfanin kamfanoni ba, amma jihar da aka kwato wacce za ta tsara riba don amfanin jama'a.
GOP yana jin tsoron Arroyo, Luna, et. al., domin waɗannan su ne shugabannin makomar Amurka. A shekara ta 2052 yawancin kiyasi sun yi imanin cewa mutane masu launi za su kasance mafi rinjaye. Wannan shi ne mai yiwuwa abin da ya sa masanan kafa kamar Samuel Huntington suka kwatanta mutuwar abin da Arthur Schlesinger ya kira "mahimmanci cibiya" (a cikin 1997). Saboda kasashe masu duhu ba sa jefa kuri'a na Republican, Wimsatt ya rubuta, shugabannin GOP suna "shirya a cikin wando. ‘Yan jam’iyyar Republican sun san idan ba su kulle na’urarsu ta siyasa ba a zabuka masu zuwa, mulkinsu tarihi ne.”
A saboda wannan dalili, GOP ya ƙirƙira kowane nau'i na hanyoyin da za a kafa ikonsu - ta hanyar Gerrymandering, ta hanyar ba da izini ga azuzuwan da ba a iya amfani da su ba, ta hanyar ɓarna a cikin unguwannin ƙungiyar da kuma ta hanyar amfani da "'yan takarar nuna" masu launi waɗanda ke da kuɗi mai kyau. kuma "mai ban sha'awa" amma ba tare da wata alaƙa da gwagwarmayar da ke da rai da lafiya a cikin waɗannan gundumomi ba.
Race ya kasance babban layin kuskure na motsinmu. Ko da yayin da muke yanke kabilanci tare da duk zaluncin zamantakewa da ke motsa rayuwarmu, dole ne mu gane cewa motsin zamantakewa a Amurka yana haifar da wariyar launin fata da launin fata. Kamfen na Kerry, Nader da Greens ba su san mahimmancin launin fata ba; suna fadin maganganun da suka dace, amma ba su da alaka da wadannan gwagwarmaya a cikin tawagar da ke dauke da shugabannin gobe. Jam'iyyar da ta fara farar fata ta ƙare fari: ƙalubale ne don yin ta in ba haka ba.
Sheldon Rampton da John Stauber's Banana Republicans (Penguin) da Greg Palast Mafi kyawun Kuɗin Dimokuradiyya Za Su Iya Siya (sabon bugu daga Plume) sun tsawaita tunani kan yadda GOP ke ƙoƙarin gina “jahar jam’iyya ɗaya.” Abin da GOP ke son kwace mana, ban da komai, shi ne hakkin zabe. Sashe na buɗewa a cikin motsi na Michael Moore Fahrenheit 9/11 yana tunatar da mu yadda kafa Florida ta sace zaɓe - da kuma yadda duk da zanga-zangar 'yan majalisa na Black Caucus da sauran wakilai masu haɗin gwiwa, babu wani memba na Majalisar Dattijai da ya shiga don jayayya da zaben.
J. Morgan Kousser's Colorblind Rashin Adalci: 'Yan tsiraru na Zabe da Rushewar Sake Gina Na Biyu, wani bincike mai zurfi na ilimi da aka buga a 1999, ya nuna mana madaidaicin makircin makirci na hana masu jefa kuri'a na launi.
Yayin da kuke karanta wannan duka, ku kula da waɗannan kalmomi daga Linda Burnham wacce ke aiki a Cibiyar Albarkatun Launi ta Mata (www.coloredgirls.org), “Da yawa daga cikinmu suna ɗaukar haƙƙin jefa ƙuri'a kamar yadda aka ba su a cikin 'manyan dimokuradiyya na duniya. ' Amma 'yancin kada kuri'a yana adawa da turbar siyasa. Za a iya matse sassan jama'a gaba ɗaya daga cikin turf, kamar yadda ake yi na tsoffin masu aikata laifuka a yawancin jihohi.
Wasu sassa za a iya ware su, hana su shiga ko kuma a yi musu cin hanci da rashawa. Muna iya tabbatar da cewa sojojin da suke ganin yana da amfaninsu na takaita damar kada kuri’a za su sake daukar matakai, wadanda suka hada da wadanda suka sabawa doka, marasa da’a da kuma bangaranci gaba daya, don shafar sakamakon. Dole ne mu hadu da su: masu jefa ƙuri'a masu taka tsan-tsan don kare, faɗaɗa da kuma amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da sunan kamfani.
Littafin Brown da Wimsatt ya ƙunshi kamfen masu fa'ida da yawa don karewa, faɗaɗawa da yin amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da sunan kamfani: kamar Boston Votes, Bus Project na Oregon, Jama'ar United don Ingantacciyar Aikin Oakland akan Doka ta Gaskiya da Maido da aikin Kuri'a don kawo tsoffin masu laifi a cikin tsarin dimokuradiyya. Wadannan labaran sun zaburar da mu wajen kawo zabe a unguwanninmu, don jawo mutane da yawa zuwa rumfunan zabe.
Ƙungiyoyin zamantakewar mu suna ci gaba da shirya ƙasa don dandamali na ci gaba don samun ikon zabe. Makamashi yakamata ya kasance cikakke a cikin waɗannan ƙungiyoyin zamantakewa, amma idan ba mu fara tafiya zuwa Hall Hall da Fadar White House ba, ba za mu iya yin iko na gaske a cikin al'ummominmu ba. Domin yin duk wannan, muna bukatar mu sanya alakar gwagwarmaya da zabe. Wannan aiki ne mafi mahimmanci fiye da ɗaukar ƙuri'armu a matsayin kayayyaki kuma mu yanke shawarar wane kantin sayar da shi don musanya wani ma'auni na gamsuwa na mutum.