Source: Wasu Kalmomi
A ranar 15 ga Janairu, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. yana barin taron tsarawa don yaƙin neman zaɓe na Talakawa lokacin da aka sake kiransa cikin ɗakin. Ita ce ranar haihuwarsa - na ƙarshe, zai zama.
Ma’aikatan taron shugabannin addinin Kirista na Kudancin kasar kan yi wa Sarki sabon kwat da wando, amma a bana sun so su sa shi dariya.
Xernona Clayton ya yi ba'a, "Mun san yadda kuke son shugabanmu Lyndon Johnson," wanda ya yi dariya. Sannan ta zaro ƙoƙon ƙarfe da aka zana: “Muna haɗin gwiwa da Yaƙin Lyndon akan Talauci. Zubar da tsabar kudi da takardun kudi a cikin kofi."
Dariya sosai sarki yayi, amma abin dariya duk gaskiya ne.
A cikin 1968, Yaƙin Vietnam yana kashe biliyoyin yayin da Yaƙin Talauci ya faɗi a gefe, kamar canjin canji a cikin kofi. Yau ma. gwamnatin mu ta ce eh don kara kasafin kudin soja zuwa dala biliyan 778 na shekara mai zuwa kadai - kuma babu dala tiriliyan 1.7 sama da shekaru 10 na Dokar Gina Baya mafi Kyau.
Don haka a nan kuma muna bikin ranar haihuwar Sarki, mayar da miliyoyin yara cikin talauci ta barin faɗaɗa kuɗin harajin yara ya ƙare, yana ba da ba fiye da canji a cikin kofi ba.
A matsayina na masanin kirista wanda ke nazarin Sarki, ina ganin yana da mahimmanci a tuna cewa ya shafe watannin da ya gabata yana shirya kamfen na talakawa don kalubalantar fifikon siyasa irin wadannan.
Ya tattaro talakawa da suka riga sun shirya al'ummominsu, tare da shugabannin 'yancin jama'a da shugabannin addini. Shirin shi ne a kawo talakawa 3,000 daga kowane jinsi su mamaye birnin Washington, D.C., da kuma tunkarar gwamnati da Majalisa game da gazawarsu wajen magance munanan abubuwa uku na wariyar launin fata, talauci, da kuma yaki.
Duk da cewa an kashe Sarki kafin kaddamar da yakin, yakin Talaka ya ci gaba a cikin ruhun kalaman Sarki tun shekarar da ta gabata, lokacin da ya kalubalanci ra'ayin cewa tsabar kudi a cikin kofi sun isa.
"Tausayi na gaskiya ya wuce jefar da tsabar kuɗi ga maroƙi," in ji shi a sanannen jawabinsa na Cocin Riverside a 1967. "Ya zo ganin cewa ginin da ke samar da maroka yana buƙatar gyarawa."
Da yake kira don “juyin juyin dabi’u na gaske,” King ya kuma yi gargaɗi: “Al’ummar da ke ci gaba kowace shekara don kashe kuɗi da yawa don tsaron soja fiye da shirye-shiryen inganta rayuwar jama’a tana gabatowa mutuwa ta ruhaniya.”
Kalmominsa sun yi kama da gaskiya a yau. Tausayi na gaske ba shine jefa tsabar kuɗi a cikin talauci yayin ciyarwa ba sau hudu akan kasafin yaki ko kuma kallon dukiyar manyan shuwagabannin suna girma da yawa yayin da albashin ma'aikata ya ragu shekaru da yawa a baya.
Kamar yadda a cikin 1968, zai ɗauki yaƙin neman zaɓe na talakawa don motsa mu zuwa ga juyin juya halin dabi'un da muke buƙata a waɗannan lokutan.
An ƙaddamar da shi a cikin 2018 akan bikin 50th na asali, sabon Ƙarƙashin Kasuwanci: Kira na Kasa na Kayan Ginawa Yana girma a cikin jihohi 40, yana shirya mutane da rashin adalci na tsarin mulki da shugabanni na ɗabi'a ya shafa don dagewa cewa zaɓaɓɓun jami'anmu sun saurari bukatunmu, kare dimokuradiyyarmu, kuma su wuce. kasafin kuɗi na ɗabi'a wanda ke sake fasalin tsarin samar da talauci.
A cikin bala'in bala'in duniya da ci gaba da kai hare-hare kan dimokuradiyya da kan talakawa, mun tabbatar da haƙƙinmu fiye da canji a cikin kofi. Yanzu muna shirya don Majalissar Talakawa ta Jama'a da Maris na ɗabi'a akan Washington a ranar 18 ga Yuni, 2022.
Tuni dai akwai tarurrukan da ke faruwa a kwamitocin gudanarwa na jihohi a duk fadin kasar don tsara manyan tawaga zuwa Washington, D.C., suna jan hankali. talakawa da masu karamin karfi miliyan 140 a kasar tare a fadin labarin kasa, layin bangaranci, kabilanci, da kabilanci. Muna zuwa ne don neman zababbun jami’anmu da su samar da manufofi na gaske don magance talauci da karancin arziki tun daga tushe.
Muna so mu kiyaye ranar haihuwar Sarki kamar yadda ya yi - ta hanyar gina ikon matalauta don juyin juya halin dabi'u.
Colleen Wessel-McCoy shine marubucin Cocin Freedom Church of the Poor: Martin Luther King Jr's Poor People's Campaign (Lexington, 2021), da Farfesa Neely Visiting Professor of Religion and Public Policy a Jihar Arizona. Ta yi haɗin gwiwa tare da Cibiyar Kairos don Addinai, Hakkoki, da Adalci na zamantakewa fiye da shekaru goma. OtherWords.org ne ya rarraba wannan op-ed.
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