Gwero: The Nation
Bernie Sanders safuna kulakwitsa kukhala woyembekezera. “Ndine munthu wamtundu wagalasi wopanda kanthu,” akung’ung’udza, pamene akuyang’ana m’milu ya zikalata za bajeti zomwe zili pa desiki mu ofesi yake ya spartan pansanjika yachitatu ya mnyamata wazaka 123. nyumba ya njerwa zofiira kumpoto kumapeto kwa mzinda wa Burlington. Ndiwo chithunzi chomwe adadzipangira pazaka makumi asanu za ndale, ndipo amasangalala nazo. Koma chowonadi ndi chakuti, chifukwa cha kukayikira kwake konse pazandale ndi njira zolamulira zomwe wakhala akudzinenera kuti ndi zachinyengo, Sanders akupitilizabe kutsata zomwe wolemba Rebecca Solnit amatcha "chiyembekezo mumdima." Ndiwokonzeka kutenga mwayi kuti athe kukankhira malire a zomwe zingatheke: kuthamangira ndi kuteteza mpando ku Senate ya US ngati wodziimira payekha, kupempha pulezidenti ngati demokarasi ya demokarasi, kuti apereke ndondomeko ya ndale. Chifukwa chake siziyenera kudabwitsidwa kuti, kuchokera pomwe adangopeza udindo komanso mphamvu monga wapampando wa Komiti ya Bajeti ya Senate - Sanders wayambitsa kampeni yatsopano kuti akwaniritse "nthawi yomwe ikupita patsogolo kwambiri kuyambira Chigwirizano Chatsopano."
Kwa Sanders, iyi ndi ntchito yofulumira yomwe ili pafupi kwambiri kuposa zomwe zafotokozedwa mundondomeko ya bajeti. adalumikizana ndi mtsogoleri wa Senate Chuck Schumer pofotokoza pa Ogasiti 9. Ndikofunikira kuthana ndi kukhumudwa komwe kukukulirakulira ndi ndale monga mwanthawi zonse komwe a Donald Trump ndi ogwirizana nawo aku Republican apezerapo mwayi kupititsa patsogolo zolinga zotsutsana ndi demokalase komanso zankhanza.
"Zomwe tikuyesera kuchita ndikukhazikitsa malamulo osintha kuti athe kuthana ndi zovuta zomwe zakhudza miyoyo ya anthu ogwira ntchito kwa nthawi yayitali," akutero Sanders. “Kaya ndi chisamaliro cha ana, kaya ndi tchuthi cholipidwa chabanja ndi kuchipatala, kaya maphunziro apamwamba, kaya ndi nyumba, kaya chisamaliro chaumoyo chapakhomo—ndife anthu okalamba; anthu angakonde kusamaliridwa kunyumba—kaya ikukulitsa Medicare kusamalira mano ndi magalasi a maso ndi zothandizira kumva, chimene tikuyesera kuchita ndicho kusonyeza anthu kuti boma lakonzekera kuchitapo kanthu pa zosowa zawo.”
Uku ndi kubwereza kwa uthenga wabwino wa boma-boma womwe Sanders wakhala akuchita kwazaka makumi asanu zapitazi pamakampeni ake onse. Komabe tsopano, kwa munthu wakunja yemwe wangokhala wosamasuka, uthenga wapeza nthawi yake. Akupita ku White House kuti ikambirane ndi Purezidenti Joe Biden za njira. Iye akutenga pa chiyani Politico akufotokoza kuti ndi "gawo lalikulu mu Democratic caucus" m'chipinda momwe otsutsa adamutsutsa ngati wodzudzula kumanzere. Iye akuwonekera ndi Schumer kuti alengeze, osati kuchokera kumbali panonso koma kuchokera ku diso la maelstrom atolankhani, kuti "mabungwe olemera ndi akuluakulu ayamba kulipira gawo lawo lamisonkho, kuti titeteze mabanja ogwira ntchito a izi. dziko.”
Bernie Sanders sanasinthe-pakati pa zikalata za bajeti zomwe zidayikidwa pa desiki lake mu nyumba yakale ya Masonic Temple ku Burlington ndi buku la Eugene V. Debs, wokonza ntchito komanso woimira pulezidenti wa Socialist Party yemwe Sanders wakhala akumulemekeza kwa zaka zambiri. Koma Washington idatero. Mwadzidzidzi, wa demokalase wokhala ndi malingaliro omwe kale adatchedwa "zambiri" akutengedwa mozama ndi anthu omwe sangamusankhe kukhala purezidenti koma omwe ali okonzeka kukumbatira zigawo zazikulu za zomwe akufuna. Biden amalandila upangiri wa yemwe anali mdani wake wakale, nthawi zambiri pafoni, nthawi zina pamisonkhano yachinsinsi ku Oval Office - imodzi yomwe idathandizira pulezidenti pamalingaliro a Sanders oti akhazikitse pulogalamu ya Medicare kuti iphatikizepo kuphimba mano, masomphenya. , ndi chisamaliro chakumva.
"Chinthu chovuta kwambiri pazandale ndi kulamulira ndikukankhira malingaliro omwe anthu ambiri omwe ali ndi mphamvu sali okonzeka kuvomereza. Koma pamene anthu olamulira azindikira kuti malingaliro amenewo ndi otchuka, ndipo kuti ndi ofunikira, chirichonse chimasintha, "akutero Ben Jealous, pulezidenti wakale wa NAACP ndi woimira gavana wa Maryland yemwe tsopano akutumikira monga pulezidenti wa People for the American Way. Jealous, yemwe adalankhula mawu olimbikitsa pamsonkhano wa 2016 Democratic National Convention m'malo mwa Purezidenti woyamba wa Sanders, akuti senator walowa gawo latsopano paulendo wake wautali wandale. "Ndikuganiza kuti zomwe zidachitika ndikuti Bernie adapita kukalankhula za malingaliro awa. Anasonyeza mmene iwo alili okopa, ndipo zimenezo zinakhudza mtima,” akufotokoza motero Jealous. "Tsopano anthu omwe ali ndi mphamvu - pulezidenti, mamembala a Senate - akumvetsera."
Pamene ndinakhala ndi Sanders ku Burlington mu July, pamene anali otanganidwa kumanga thandizo la ndondomeko ya bajeti, senema anali kuyimba mafoni ndi kuwalandira pa mlingo wovuta. Kuchokera kwa mamembala a nduna ndi ogwirizana nawo m'mabungwe omwe wakhala akugwirizana nawo nthawi zonse. Kuchokera ku White House aides komanso maseneta odziyimira pawokha omwe amafunikira kuwongolera pang'ono. Anazunguliridwa ndi maspredishithi, mindandanda yoyambira, ndi malingaliro a mfundo, komabe sanawonekere wovutitsidwa. Kufikira momwe munthu wazaka 79 wazaka zambiri amakhala wodekha, anali. Kapena, osachepera, kuyang'ana.
Sanders amazindikira kuti atha kufotokozera zambiri zomwe zimachitika.
Anali kuyembekezera ndondomeko ya bajeti ya $ 6 thililiyoni, ndipo zomwe adamaliza ndi phukusi la $ 3.5 trillion. Koma zikadali, monga senate akunenera, "zambiri." Ndondomekoyi ikuyembekeza ndalama zowonjezera Medicare, chitetezo cha mabanja omwe amalipidwa ku federal ndi tchuthi chachipatala, ndi ndalama zazikulu zothandizira ana, kuphatikizapo kuonjezera ngongole ya msonkho wa ana yomwe inaphatikizidwa mu American Rescue Plan; kuchepetsa mtengo wamaphunziro apamwamba ndikupanga koleji ya anthu ammudzi kukhala yaulere; kukhazikitsa njira zochepetsera kudalira mafuta oyaka; ndi kubwerera kumisonkho yopita patsogolo ya kusukulu zakale imene kwenikweni “imakhometsa olemera.” Sanders ally Ro Khanna, woimira Democratic ku Silicon Valley, akuti ngati chilichonse chofanana ndi bajetichi chitsatiridwa, "zikhala zosintha mbiri momwe timaonera udindo wa boma."
Izi ndi zomwe Sanders akudalira-osati kungofuna kupanga bajeti koma tsogolo la demokalase yaku America.
"Chifukwa chiyani kuli kofunika kuti tithetse vutoli lerolino si chifukwa cha mavuto omwewo - chifukwa mabanja sayenera kuwononga gawo lalikulu la ndalama zawo posamalira ana kapena kutumiza mwana wawo ku koleji - koma chifukwa tiyenera kuthetsa. mfundo yakuti anthu ambiri aku America amene akuchulukirachulukira alibenso chikhulupiriro chakuti boma lawo likuwaganizira zofuna zawo,” inatero phunguyo. "Izi zimatifikitsa ku chiwopsezo chonse cha Trumpism ndi kuwukira kwa demokalase. Ngati ndinu wantchito amene akugwira ntchito yolandira malipiro ochepa lero kuposa momwe munachitira zaka 20 zapitazo, ngati simungakwanitse kutumiza mwana wanu ku koleji, ndi zina zotero, ndipo ngati muwona anthu olemera kwambiri m'dziko lino akukhala modabwitsa. olemera, mukudzifunsa kuti, ‘Ndani amene amayang’anira boma, nanga boma limasamala za kuvutika kwanga ndi mavuto a banja langa?’”
Sanders akunena kuti kubwezeretsa chikhulupiriro m'boma monga mphamvu yabwino ndiyo njira yabwino kwambiri yothanirana ndi ziwopsezo za demokalase. Senator, yemwe watsegula kwambiri m'zaka zaposachedwa za mbiri ya banja lake monga Ayuda omwe adathawa ku Ulaya koma adataya achibale awo ambiri pakuphedwa kwa Nazi., amawerenga kwambiri masiku ano za kukwera kwa fascism mu Nkhondo Yachiŵiri Yadziko Lonse ku Ulaya, ndipo ali wotanganidwa kwambiri ndi zokambirana zokhudzana ndi ziwopsezo zamasiku ano ku demokalase. Izi sizongochita zomwe zidachitika pa Januware 6, pomwe a Trump adayambitsa zigawenga za omwe amamutsatira kuti awononge zotsatira za zisankho za 2020. Ndizodetsa nkhawa zomwe Sanders akhala akulankhula nawo mwachangu zaka zingapo zapitazi.
Sanders adapereka zolankhula zake zambiri ku 2020 Democratic National Convention ku mutu. "M'malo mwake, chisankhochi ndi cha kusunga demokalase yathu," adatero. "Ine ndi banja langa, ndi ambiri a inu, tikudziwa momwe ulamuliro waulamuliro umawonongera demokalase, ulemu, ndi umunthu. Malinga ngati ndili pano, ndigwira ntchito limodzi ndi anthu opita patsogolo, odekha, ndipo, inde, ndi osunga mwambo kuti nditeteze dziko lino ku chiwopsezo chomwe ngwazi zathu zambiri zidamenya nawo ndi kufa kuti tigonjetse.
Pafupifupi chaka chotsatira, madzulo a chilimwe ku Burlington, ndidafunsa Sanders za zomwe adalankhula polankhula kwa a Trump akukana kuchoka paudindo komanso zonena zabodza zomwe adalankhula pazokambirana zomwe tinali nazo kumapeto kwa 2020. " Ngati mukukumbukira, ndidayandikira kwambiri kulosera ndendende zomwe a Trump angachite potengera kuyankha kwake pachisankho, "akutero. “Ndinafunsa anthu kuti aganizire ngati angavomereze kugonja ndi kunena kuti, ‘Oh, gee whiz, kampeni yabwino. Zabwino kwambiri, Joe. Kodi ndingakuthandizeni bwanji?’ Zimenezo sizinachitike.” Ndipo, ndithudi, sizinatero.
Kuyambira Januware 6, Trump yachulukitsa kaŵirikaŵiri nkhani zake zabodza zokhudza chisankho, ndipo ogwirizana nawo m'malamulo m'dziko lonselo apanga chiwembu chopitirira pa demokalase pakati pa ntchito yawo yandale. "Ndimaona kuwopseza kwaulamuliro ndi ziwawa mozama kwambiri," akutero Sanders. "Sindikuganiza kuti Januware 6 ndizochitika kamodzi. Tikuwona kukula kwa magulu ankhondo, ndipo…
Sanders adavotera kuti aweruze a Trump pamilandu yayikulu komanso zolakwika - kawiri - ndipo adasintha kukhala wochirikiza mwamphamvu zoyeserera kugwetsa filibuster kuti apereke lamulo loteteza demokalase For People Act ndi John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Zosinthazi ndizofunikira, akuti, kuteteza demokalase. Koma nayenso, akutsutsa, ndi lingaliro lakuti boma likhoza kuthetsa mavuto omwe amawoneka ngati osatheka ndikupangitsa miyoyo ya anthu ogwira ntchito kukhala yabwino kwambiri.
"Ngati sitibwezeretsa chikhulupiriro cha anthu a ku America m'boma lawo, kuti tikuwona zowawa zawo ndikuyankha ku zowawazo, kuti tili ndi kulimba mtima kuchita zinthu zapadera zamphamvu - ngati sitichita zimenezo, . ndipo anthu ambiri ayamba kutengera nthanthi zochitira chiwembu, aulamuliro, ngakhale chiwawa,” akufotokoza motero Sanders. "Chifukwa chake ndikuganiza kuti ino ndi nthawi yofunika kwambiri m'mbiri yaku America."
Tikatero, udindowo ndi wovuta kwambiri. Koma Sanders ankamasuka ndi ntchito zovuta kalekale.
Wochokera ku Brooklyn adapanga kampeni yake yoyamba yosankhidwa kukhala ofesi - kuyitanitsa molimba mtima pamzere wovota wa chipani chachitatu champando wa Senate yemwe adzapambana mu 2006-zaka 50 zapitazo Januware wamawa. Ndipo sanasiye kuchita kampeni. Kufunitsitsa kutenga zigonjetso komanso kupambana, komanso kukana kusiya chikhulupiriro chake cha demokalase cha demokalase mu mphamvu yosintha ya boma lomwe limagwiritsidwa ntchito pothandiza anthu, kwapangitsa opikisana nawo pazisankho ndi olemba ndemanga kuti awonetse Sanders ngati ntchentche. Komabe chinthu chomwe ochita ndale ndi akatswiri amaphonya nthawi zambiri ndi momwe adadziwonetsera yekha ngati wandale komanso woyimira malamulo.
Monga membala wodziyimira pawokha wa Nyumbayi kuyambira 1991 mpaka 2007, komanso ngati senate kuyambira pamenepo, Sanders adadziwika kuti adapanga mgwirizano wakumanzere ndikuwongolera mwaluso malamulo. Wawonetsa luso lothandizira upampando wa komiti kuti akwaniritse zolinga zazikulu. Anachita izi panthawi ya utsogoleri wa Barack Obama pamene, monga wapampando wa Komiti ya Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, adatsogolera zoyesayesa zapawiri zolimbikitsa chipatala cha VA povomereza zipatala zatsopano 27 ndikupereka ndalama zokwana madola 5 biliyoni kuti azilemba madotolo ndi anamwino ambiri kuti azisamalira. kwa omenyera nkhondo ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan. Ndipo apitiliza kutero kuyambira pomwe adakhala wapampando wa komiti ya Senate Bajeti mu Januware.
Pamene ndinafunsa Schumer posachedwa, adayamika Sanders chifukwa cha ntchito yake yopereka $ 1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan pogwiritsa ntchito ndondomeko ya Senate ya arcane reconciliation, yomwe imalola kuti ndalama zowonongeka zipite patsogolo popanda kutsekedwa ndi filibuster. Schumer, yemwe adadalira Sanders pankhondo yachipulumutso komanso yemwe angamudalirenso ngati kuyanjanitsidwa kudzagwiritsidwa ntchito kuvomereza bajeti, amazindikira Vermonter ngati mnzake wofunikira. "Nthawi zonse ndimakhulupirira kuti boma ndilo yankho, ndipo ndimagawana ndi ... Bernie," akutero, akubwereza Sanders pa kufunikira kopangitsa kuti boma ligwire ntchito munthawi yamavutoyi. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti demokalase ili pachiwopsezo, ndipo sitingathe kulephera."
"izi demokalase ili pachiwopsezo, "Schumer akuwonjezera. "Koma ngati tiwonetsa anthu kuti maloto aku America akadali amoyo - ndipo dongosolo la Biden limachita izi m'njira zambiri - titha kubwezeretsa ndikuwongolera."
Zikumveka ngati Schumer akumva. Kodi Biden?
Ndikafunsa Sanders funso ili ku Burlington, samazengereza. “Inde! Chosangalatsa ndichakuti, ndikuganiza kuti amatero, "ayankha Sanders. "Akakamba za mpikisano pakati pa demokalase ndi ulamuliro waulamuliro padziko lonse lapansi, ndikuganiza kuti akulankhula za izi. Ndikukhulupirira kuti amamvetsa izi. " Vuto, ndithudi, ndi kuchoka pa kumvetsetsa ndi kuchitapo kanthu. “Sikokwanira kuyankhula za izo. Muyenera kuchitapo kanthu. ”
Ndipamene Sanders amabwera. Akuchita kale kampeni ya bajeti yatsopano ya purezidenti m'njira zomwe Biden ndi Schumer sangathe. Pofuna kukhala pulezidenti, Sanders sanangodzipangira dzina, monga momwe anthu ambiri amachitira; adapanga gulu lomwe linakankhira malingaliro opita patsogolo okhudza kulamulira patsogolo. Mokulirapo kuposa kampeni iliyonse kuyambira Ronald Reagan mu 1976 ndi 1980, kampeni ya Sanders idasintha momwe anthu amaganizira za boma. Ngakhale Reagan anatsimikizira anthu ambiri aku America kuti "boma silothetsera vuto lathu, boma ndilo vuto," Sanders adatsimikizira anthu ambiri aku America - makamaka achichepere - kuti Reagan anali kulakwitsa. “Pakhala kusintha kwenikweni kwa mmene anthu amaganizira ponena za boma,” akutero pulofesa wa zamalamulo ndi wolemba Jennifer Taub, “ndipo Bernie anali mbali ya zimenezo.”
Tsopano, monga momwe adachitira pa kampeni, Sanders ayenera kupangitsa anthu kugwedeza mitu yawo ndi kunena, "Inde, titha kuchita izi," nthawi ino za bajeti yomwe ikufuna kukwaniritsa zosowa za anthu pokhometsa msonkho mabiliyoni ndi mabungwe akumayiko osiyanasiyana. Iye sadzasowa kugwira ntchito yekha; ali ndi gulu lomwe likukula la ogwirizana nawo mu Nyumbayi, ndipo amalemekezedwa ndi akuluakulu otchuka, monga Senator wa Virginia Mark Warner. Ntchito yoyanjanitsa idzakhalabe yovuta, monga ndemanga zokayikitsa za ndondomeko ya bajeti kuchokera kwa akuluakulu a demokalase monga Kyrsten Sinema wa Arizona akupereka chikumbutso cha momwe zidzakhalira zovuta kusunga mgwirizano womwe ukufunikira. Koma iyi ndi ntchito yomwe Sanders amakhalabe okonzekera mwapadera. Pamene adachita kampeni yofuna kuvotera pulezidenti wa Democratic mu 2020, kafukufuku wa Quinnipiac adawonetsa kuti ovota amamuwona ngati munthu wowona mtima komanso wowona mtima kwambiri. Amakhalabe ndi chikhulupiliro komanso kutchuka kwaumwini pakati pa anthu omwe sakhulupirira kwambiri ndale.
Tsiku lina masana ku Burlington, tinayenda mumzindawo. Kapena, kunena zolondola, zoyimitsa zingapo. Sanders ndi woyenda mwachangu, koma nthawi zonse amaimitsidwa ndi anthu ammudzi komanso alendo ochokera ku Idaho ndi Colorado ndi Texas ndi mayiko ena kudera lonselo. Onse ankadziwa yemwe anali Senator. Onse ankaona kuti akhoza kumuyandikira. Onse ankafuna kusonyeza kuyamikira kwawo.
"Zikomo chifukwa chotenga makampani."
"Zikomo chifukwa cholankhula za msonkho wa anthu olemera."
“Zikomo chifukwa chonena zoona.”
"Zikomo chifukwa chokhala nafe."
Kutchinga pambuyo pa block, mpaka tidafika m'mphepete mwa mzinda, Sanders adayima ndikucheza kwakanthawi, ndikumwetulira ma selfies, ndikupitilira. Nthawi zina ankati, “Ndikufuna. Tili ndi ndewu zazikulu patsogolo pathu. " Nthaŵi zonse, yankho linali lakuti: “Tiuzeni zimene tiyenera kuchita.”
Kukhulupilika koopsa kwa omutsatira, komanso kumasuka ku uthenga wake wochokera kwa anthu aku America omwe mwina sakanagwirizana ndi zopempha zake zapurezidenti koma ulemu wawo wapambana, zimapangitsa Sanders kukhala wosewera wamphamvu ku Washington. Ali pamalo abwino kuposa wina aliyense mu Senate Democratic Caucus kuti atsutsane ndi anthu omwe ali ndi bajeti yayikulu komanso utsogoleri wolimba mtima. Ma Democrat, kuphatikiza Purezidenti, akudziwa kuti akufunika Sanders. Izi zimamupatsa mphamvu zomwe sanakhalepo nazo. Koma mphamvu imeneyo imabwera ndi udindo. Ndidalemba Sanders ngati pulezidenti, ndipo ndidawona momwe adalimbikira ndi omenyera ufulu m'dziko lonselo kuti apange mayendedwe achilungamo pazachuma, chikhalidwe, tsankho ndi nyengo. Tsopano akupanga kampeni yosintha ndale za gululo kukhala ndondomeko yolamulira. Ndi mtundu wina wa kupsinjika, kupsinjika kosiyana, komanso kwa Sanders, yemwe nthawi zonse amakonda kuchita kampeni yapansi panthaka ndikuyendayenda m'makonde amphamvu, sizosangalatsa. Koma munthu wopanda galasi uyu watsala pang'ono kuphonya mwayi wotsatira New Deal mphindi ndipo, potero, kukonzanso lonjezo la demokalase yaku America. "Ngati mukundifunsa kuti ndinabadwa kuti ndikhale wosewera wa Beltway, sindinali. Ndingakonde kulankhula ndi gulu la anthu 25,000 kuposa kuyimba foni ndikulankhula ndi anzanga ena. Ndizowona, "akutero, pomwe akutsamira kampeni yotsatira. “Koma iyi ndi ntchito yanga. Apa ndi pamene mphamvu zanga zonse zili pakali pano. Ndiyenera kuchita, ndipo ndichita. ”
John Nichols ndi mtolankhani wa nkhani za dziko la The Nation komanso mlembi wa buku latsopanoli Nkhondo ya Moyo wa Chipani cha Democratic Party: Cholowa Chokhazikika cha Henry Wallace's Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics. (Zomwe). Iye ndiyenso mlembi wa Okwera pamahatchi a Trumpocalypse: Buku Lotsogolera Anthu Oopsa Kwambiri ku America, kuchokera ku Nation Books, ndi wolemba nawo, ndi Robert W. McChesney, wa Anthu Khalani Okonzeka: Kulimbana ndi Chuma Chopanda Ntchito ndi Demokalase Yopanda nzika.
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