Na fito daga unguwar Chicago guda (Hyde Park) a matsayin sabon tauraron siyasa na kasar Barack Obama. Ina aiki a cikin manufofin birane da yancin jama'a kuma kwanan nan na gaya wa 'yan hagu su shiga cikin "daba'a" zaben shugaban kasa - don Kerry a cikin jihohin da ba a yanke shawara ba da kuma na hagu kamar Cobb ko Nader a cikin "lafiya" jihohi. Don haka tabbas na ji daɗin kwarjinin tsohon lauyan kare haƙƙin jama'a Obama babban jawabin da ya yi a babban taron jam'iyyar Democrat a ranar Talata, daidai ne?
Ba da gaske ba. Yi haƙuri, Ina iya zama (maimakon rashin jin daɗi) na ba mutane shawara su zaɓi Kerry a wasu hukunce-hukuncen faɗuwar gaba amma har yanzu ni ɗan hagu ne - ainihin abu, ba nau'in tatsuniyoyi da aka kirkira ta dama ba, wanda ke haɗaka da bambance-bambancen son (ce) Bill Clinton, The New York Times, Tom Daschle, Al Franken, Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, da Che Guevara a matsayin wani ɓangare na hangen nesa iri ɗaya.
Daidaito Da Dama Daidai
Kuma a matsayina na mutumin hagu na gaske, ina adawa da rashin daidaituwar zamantakewa a cikin kanta, ko menene tushensa. Babban rarrabuwar kawuna na zamantakewar al'umma da ke cutar da rayuwar Amurkawa da ta duniya zai zama abin ban tsoro a gare ni - kuma yana cutar da dimokuradiyya da kuma ci gaban al'umma a ra'ayina na duniya - ko da duk wadanda ke saman dala sun tashi zuwa matsayinsu daga matsayi daidai. layin farawa na "filin wasa matakin." Babu irin wannan filin a cikin al'umma da ke da gaske, amma ƙirƙirar irin wannan daidaitaccen farkon ba zai sa ya zama mai guba ba kuma mai mulki ga kashi 1 cikin dari na yawan jama'ar Amurka don mallakar fiye da kashi 40 na dukiyar al'ummar (tare da mai yiwuwa mafi girma). yawan 'yan siyasa da masu tsara manufofin Amurka). Kamar yadda babban dan gurguzu na dimokuradiyya Eugene Debs ya ce, ma'anar - ga masu tsattsauran ra'ayi, aƙalla - ba shine "tashi daga jama'a ba, amma don "tashi tare da talakawa." Babban hangen nesa na hagu shine game da matakin gaba-gaba kafin, lokacin. , da kuma bayan tsarin manufofin.
Ra'ayin duniya da aka bayyana a cikin jawabin Obama ya fito ne daga wani wuri daban-daban, bourgeois-mai son kai da kuma na kishin kasa mai kishin kasa da akida. Obama ya yaba wa Amurka a matsayin "mafilar 'yanci da dama" ga wadanda suka nuna "aiki da jajircewa" tare da da'awar aiwatar da babban alkawari na Amurka Horatio-Algerian. "Labari na," daya (ya ce) na tashi daga asali mai tawali'u zuwa Makarantar Shari'a ta Harvard da kuma (yanzu) shahararriyar siyasar kasa, " wani bangare ne," in ji Obama "na babban labarin Amurka." "Ba wata kasa a duniya," in ji shi, "labari na ko da zai yiwu."
Obama ya nakalto sanannen layin Thomas Jefferson game da duk "maza" an halicce su daidai, amma ya bar gargadin Jefferson game da mummunan tasirin rashin daidaito ga dimokuradiyya da gwamnati mai farin jini. Ya ba da shawarar tseren bera daidai gwargwado, inda "kowane yaro a Amurka yana da kyakkyawar harbi a rayuwa, kuma ƙofofin dama [kalmar "dama" ta maimaita aƙalla sau biyar a cikin jawabinsa) ya kasance a buɗe ga kowa.
Yi haƙuri, amma waɗannan kofofin ba su ma kusa da zama "buɗe ga kowa ba." Amurka ba ta da kyau musamman dangane da matakan motsi zuwa sama, idan aka kwatanta da sauran ƙasashe masu masana'antu (kuma babban jami'in gudanarwa na Brazil a halin yanzu an haife shi a cikin rukunin masu aiki na ƙasar). Kowane yaro ya cancanci "rayuwa mai kyau," ba kawai "harbi" daya ba. Kuma irin wannan rayuwa ba game da rayuwa a cikin duniyar rashin daidaito ba ko (duba ƙasa) daular.
Dimokuradiyya Da Polyarchy
Masu hagu na gaske ’yan tsattsauran ra’ayi ne na “kananan-d” dimokuradiyya. Sun yi imani da gaske a cikin ingantacciyar dimokuradiyya mai fage, tushe da reshe. Ta hanyar dimokuradiyya suna nufin tasiri na mutum ɗaya, kuri'a ɗaya da daidaitaccen tasiri ga kowa, ba tare da la'akari da aji, dukiya, kabila, da sauran bambancin gata da mulki ba. Suna da matuƙar kula da ainihin sabani na Jeffersonia tsakanin ƙayyadaddun tsarin dimokuradiyya da tsarin jari-hujja na asali na dukiya da iko. Suna ba da shawarar rayuwa ta siyasa da zamantakewa inda aka tsara ainihin, na yau da kullun, da mashahuran gudanar da mulki mai nau'i-nau'i a cikin tsarin cibiyoyi na ƙwarewar yau da kullun da sani.
Ba su da sha'awar abin da ya wuce don "dimokiradiyya" na siyasa a Amurka, inda zaɓen da aka saba da shi, na lokaci-lokaci, da kuma rarrabuwar kawuna wani aiki ne a cikin zaɓen shahararrun mashahuran wakilai na lokaci-lokaci daga "aminci" da ƙananan da'irar "masu gata". " Wani lokaci da za a kwatanta ainihin dimokuradiyyar Amurka da ta kasance ita ce "polyarchy," abin da ya bar masanin zamantakewa William I. Robinson ya kira "tsarin da ƙaramin rukuni ke mulki da kuma shiga cikin yanke shawara ya keɓe ga zaɓin jagoranci a hankali ana sarrafa ta hanyar gasa [kasuwanci] da masu sana'a] elites.
Ma'anar mulkin dimokuradiyya," in ji Robinson, "tsari ne mai inganci don halastawa da kuma dorewar rashin daidaito tsakanin al'ummomi da tsakanin al'ummomi (zurfafa cikin tattalin arzikin duniya) fiye da yadda ake magance masu mulki" (Robinson, Promoting Polyarchy - Globalization, US Intervention, and Hegemony, Jami'ar Jami'ar Cambridge, 1996, shafi na 385).
Jawabin Obama ya haɓaka ra'ayi mara kyau na dimokuradiyya, wanda ya kamata mu kasance cikin farin ciki kawai saboda ba ma rayuwa ƙarƙashin duga-dugan dimokuradiyya na buɗe ido. Wani “abin al’ajabi ne na Amurka,” in ji shi, “muna iya faɗin abin da muke tunani, mu rubuta abin da muke tunani, ba tare da jin bugun ƙofa kwatsam ba” da kuma cewa “za mu iya shiga cikin tsarin siyasa ba tare da tsoron azaba ba, kuma cewa za a kirga kuri'unmu - ko a kalla, mafi yawan lokaci."
Kada ku manta cewa abin da muke faɗi da tunani gabaɗaya ƙwararrun ƴan kasuwa ne, masu tattara bayanan jama'a na jihohi da kuma cewa ƙuri'unmu - ko da a zahiri an ƙirga su - rabin-kuɗin siyasa ne kawai idan aka kwatanta da ingantaccen ikon ɗan ƙasa da aka baiwa manyan bukatu da kamfanoni waɗanda ke mulkin "dimokuradiyyar dala," "mafi kyawun abin da kuɗi zai iya saya." Jefferson da Madison sun yi ƙoƙari su gargaɗe mu game da wannan rarrabuwar kawuna.
"Yin Mubaya'a ga Taurari da Taurari"
Masu ra'ayin hagu na hakika suna shakkun wadanda suka raina rarrabuwar kawuna na cikin gida, "a kishin kasa" suna ba da damar hadin kan "kasa ta gida" kan bambance-bambancen aji da kuma hadin kan kasa da kasa tsakanin mutanen da ke karkata zuwa ga zaman lafiya, adalci, da dimokuradiyya. Muna matukar suka, ba shakka, yaƙi da daular, waɗanda ke haɓaka rashin daidaito da wahala a gida da waje. Bil'adama ta duniya - nau'in - kuma ba "ƙasa" ko ƙasa ba, shine "ƙungiyar tunani" da ke da mahimmanci a gare mu.
Shi ya sa da yawa daga hagu suka yi kuka a lokacin da suka ji sabon shafaffu mai suna Great Progressive Hope Obama yana kiran Amurkawa da "mutane daya, dukkanmu mun yi mubaya'a ga taurari da ratsi, dukkanmu muna kare Amurka." Wani bangare na dalilin da ya sa na ji dadi lokacin da Obama ya yaba wa "wani matashi" mai suna Shamus wanda "ya gaya mani zai shiga sojan ruwa kuma zai nufi Iraki mako mai zuwa." Daya daga cikin kyawawan halayen Shamus, Obama yana tunanin, shine "cikakkiyar bangaskiya ga kasarmu da shugabanninta, sadaukarwarsa ga aiki da hidima." "Na yi tunani," in ji Obama, "wannan matashin shi ne abin da kowannenmu zai yi fata ga yaro." Ba ni ba. Ina fata ga yaran da ke yawan tambayar hukuma a kai a kai da kuma sa al'ummar kasa da shugabanninta/shugabanninta su rika bincike akai-akai.
Da yawa daga cikin mu na hagu ya kamata mu damu lokacin da Obama ya yi magana game da mummunan halin da ake ciki na jini na mamayewar Iraki da mamayewa kawai dangane da sojojin Amurka "wadanda ba za su koma garuruwansu ba," 'yan uwansu, da sauran sojojin Amurka da ke mu'amala da su. tare da munanan raunukan yaki.
Menene game da adadin da ya fi girma (zuwa dubun dubatar) na Iraqi waɗanda aka kashe kuma aka raunata a sakamakon mulkin mallaka na Amurka kuma adadin su ba su da mahimmanci ga hukumomin Amurka a hukumance? Ɗaya daga cikin matsalolin da ke tattare da keɓancewar Amurkawa da Obama ya ɗauka shine cewa yana ciyar da halin ko in kula ga "wanda aka azabtar" tsakanin al'ummomi da al'ummomi da ba su yarda da "Allah" da / ko Tarihi fiye da "tasha" Amurka ba. Wannan sanyin launin fata yana komawa ga waɗanda suka kafa al'umma, waɗanda suke tunanin "Birnin kan tudu" an ba su ikon da Mahalicci ya naɗa don kawar da ainihin mazaunan Arewacin Amirka, marasa Allah da rashin cancanta.
A wani bangare na jawabin nasa da ya zo kusa da sukar kai tsaye kan harin Iraki, Obama ya ba da shawarar cewa gwamnatin Bush ta "innata gaskiya" game da dalilin da ya sa aka tura sojojin Amurka zuwa "hanyar cutarwa." Dole ne Amurka ta taba "tafi yaki ba tare da isassun sojojin da za su ci nasara a yakin ba, tabbatar da zaman lafiya, da kuma samun girmamawar duniya."
Ba shi da wuya "yaki," duk da haka, lokacin da mafi girman ikon mulkin mallaka a tarihi ya kai hari kuma ta mamaye wata ƙasa mai rauni wadda ta riga ta lalata shekaru da yawa na tashin bama-bamai da (mafi kisa) "takunkuman tattalin arziki." "Tabbatar da zaman lafiya" talauci ne na ɗabi'a da girman kai na ƙasa, bayanin son kai na ainihin manufar Fadar White House a Iraki: don kwantar da hankali, da karfi lokacin da ya zama dole, fusatattun al'ummar al'ummar da ta fahimci rashin jin daɗin mamaye ta. daidai yake ganin burin manyan kasashen duniya ne ke sa su zurfafa ikon sarrafa albarkatun mai da suke da matukar muhimmanci.
Kuma "inuwa gaskiya" ba ya kusantar yin adalci ga yaudarar manyan kasa - muguwar dabi'a, muguwar fahimta, da tsattsauran karya - wanda gwamnatin Bush ta yi amfani da ita kuma har yanzu tana amfani da ita don rufe ainihin manufarsu, fahimtar ba tare da ƙaranci ba. da mutanen Iraki.
Ƙarƙashin magana a cikin jawabin Obama ya zo, ina tsammanin, lokacin da ya faɗi haka game da ra'ayinsa na "bege" akai-akai.
"Ba ina magana ne game da makauniyar fata a nan ba - kusan jahilcin da ke tunanin rashin aikin yi zai kau idan ba mu yi magana a kai ba, ko kuma matsalar kiwon lafiya za ta magance kanta idan muka yi watsi da shi. Ina magana ne game da shi. Wani abu ne mai mahimmanci, begen bayi suna zaune a kusa da wuta suna rera waƙoƙin yanci, begen baƙin haure da ke tashi zuwa gaɓar ruwa mai nisa, begen wani matashin sojan ruwa na sojan ruwa da ƙarfin hali yana sintiri a Mekong Delta, begen ɗan ma'aikacin niƙa wanda ya ƙware. kau da rashin daidaituwa; begen yaro mai fatalwa mai suna mai ban dariya wanda ya yarda cewa Amurka tana da wurinsa, ita ma… A ƙarshe, wannan ita ce babbar baiwar Allah a gare mu, ginshiƙin wannan al'umma; imani da abubuwan da ba a gani ba. ; imani cewa akwai mafi kyawun kwanaki a gaba."
Yi haƙuri, amma wannan ɗan hagu ya keɓanta ga wannan mummunan ƙulle-ƙulle na gwagwarmayar bayi na Ba’amurke Ba’amurke da gicciye wariyar launin fata na Amurka na kudu maso gabashin Asiya - “Layin matashin sojan ruwa” yana nuni ne ga shiga “jarumtaka” na John Kerry a baya. da kuma mamayewar daular mulkin jini da yawa, wanda ya jawo asarar miliyoyin rayukan 'yan Vietnam - a karkashin hoton Amurkawa masu daraja suna fatan tare don samun kyakkyawar makoma. Ina tsammanin “Allah” (babban bayanin Obama ya yi nassoshi akai-akai game da “Allah” da “Mai halicci”) ya ba wa waɗanda aka kashe na Nazi da waɗanda aka kashe na Nazi kyautar bege na kwanaki masu zuwa.
Me ya gaya wa Kerry da manyansa cewa Mekong Delta nasu ne don " sintiri"? Irin wannan girman kai na hankali, watakila, wanda ya ba wa Amurkawa farar fata na karni na 19 izinin mallakar bayi na chattel kuma ya ba da damar gwamnatin Bush ta kwace Iraki a matsayin mallakin necolonial.
Shahararriyar Gwagwarmaya, Ba Masu Ceton "Elite" ba
Ina bukata in ƙara a ƙarshe cewa 'yan hagu sun yi imani da tsari da gwagwarmaya tare da talakawa don tabbatar da adalci da dimokuradiyya a gida da waje, ba wai a matsayin masu ceton manyan shugabanni daga (duk abin da ake zargin su na asali ala Obama ko John Edwards) a cikin masu gata. "Elite"? Watakila yana da nasaba da yanayin muhimmin aiki na Obama cewa zai kammala da cewa rantsar da Kerry da John Edwards a matsayin shugaban kasa da mataimakin shugaban kasa zai baiwa Amurka damar "kwato alkawarin da ta dauka" da kuma fitar da al'ummar kasar daga wannan dogon lokaci na siyasa. duhu." Yana da mahimmanci a ma'anar ta hagu na abin da dimokuradiyya da adalci suke da shi da kuma yadda ake samun cewa za a cimma kyakkyawar makoma ta hanyar sadaukarwa, matsayi na dimokuradiyya mai tsattsauran ra'ayi da gwagwarmayar tabbatar da adalci da 'yanci ba ta fata - ko zabe - don ’yan wasan kwaikwayo masu “fitattu” masu kirki masu aiki a madadin kowace jam’iyyar siyasa da/ko masu tallafa mata.
Paul Street ([email kariya]) Mataimakin Shugaban Kasa ne na Bincike da Tsare-tsare a Kungiyar Chicago Urban a Chicago, Illinois. Littafinsa Daular da Rashin daidaito: Amurka da Duniya Tun 9/11 (www.paradigmpublishers.com) za a buga a watan Satumba, 2004.
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