Panthaŵi ngati imeneyi, omasuka ambiri ndi opita patsogolo adzakumbukira mawu a wochirikiza ntchito Joe Hill: “Musalire, konzekerani.”
Koma tiyeni tinene zoona. Ife tiri mu mantha. Timafunika nthawi yolira. Kuti achire ku zowawa za chisankhochi.
Ndikumva chisoni kwambiri chifukwa cha ana anga amapasa azaka 19, omwe adavota koyamba chaka chino ndipo tsopano akuyenera kukhala zaka zawo zaku koleji ndi Trump ngati purezidenti. Iwo akhumudwa. Anakambirana za kusamukira ku Canada. Iwo anali half serious. Tinacheza ndi kutumizirana mameseji usiku wonse, kuyesera kudzitonthoza. Zinali zovuta.
Ndinawakumbutsa kuti tidakumanapo ndi nthawi ngati izi m'mbuyomu. Nkhondo Yapachiweniweni. M'badwo Wokhazikika. Kukhumudwa Kwakukulu.
Ndinawauza kuti mu 1968, ndili ndi zaka 20, dziko la America linasankha Richard Nixon. Panthawiyo, tinkaganiza kuti uwu ndi apocalypse. Ndinagwirapo ntchito pa kampeni ya Bobby Kennedy. Kupha kwake mu June chaka chimenecho kunali kowawa kwambiri. Akadamenya Nixon, kusonkhanitsa ufulu wachibadwidwe, mgwirizano, ndi zotsutsana ndi nkhondo, ndikukankhira kuti athetse nkhondo ku Vietnam, kuchulukirachulukira ndikumenyana ndi umphawi, ndikukulitsa ufulu wa ogwira ntchito.
Nixon atapambana, ndinaganiza zosamukira ku Canada ndekha, osati chifukwa choopa zomwe Nixon akufuna komanso kupeŵa kulowa usilikali ndi Vietnam. Ndinaperekanso fomu yofunsira ku yunivesite ya Toronto.
Koma ndinakhalabe. Sindinafune kusiya dziko langa. Mofanana ndi ena ambiri a m’badwo wanga, ndinkafuna kusintha.
Nixon atamenya Hubert Humphrey mu November 1968, gulu lalikulu lotsutsa linatuluka kuti zikhale zovuta kuti Nixon azilamulira. Mu 1970, tinayamba kusankha anthu odana ndi nkhondo ku Congress. Tidayamba kusinthika kwamagulu amagulu amagulu m'matauni. Kenako omenyera ufuluwo adamanganso kayendetsedwe ka azimayi, kayendetsedwe ka ogula, ndi kayendetsedwe ka chilengedwe.
Nixon adawononga kwambiri (kuphatikiza kuukira kwa Cambodia, kupha anthu ku Jackson State ndi Kent State, kulowerera kwa boma ndi kuyang'anira otsutsa), koma dzikolo linapulumuka.
Inde, Trump ndi woipa kuposa Nixon. Iye ndi demagogue, white supremacist, psychopath. Koma ife tidzakana kachiwiri.
Ndinakumbutsa ana anga aakazi kuti mwina 35 peresenti ya anthu oyenerera sanavote chaka chino. Ambiri a iwo ndi osauka, anthu amtundu, ndi/kapena achinyamata. Akadavota, Clinton akanapambana chigonjetso chachikulu. Osaweruza dziko lonse potengera mavoti. Anthu aku America, onse, ndiabwino kuposa omwe adavota.
Padzakhala ma post mortems ambiri akuyesera kufotokoza momwe ndi chifukwa chake Trump adapambana. Zina mwazofunikira:
James Comey: Palibe katswiri wamkulu wachisankho usikuuno (ngakhale Rachel Maddow) yemwe adatchulapo za kulowererapo moyipa kwa director wa FBI Comey pazotsatira za chisankhochi. Kuti, kuposa china chilichonse, anasiya mphamvu Clinton, anapatutsa maganizo kutali ndi kugonana Lipenga ndi zoipa zina, ndipo refocused anthu pa maimelo Clinton. Anthu opitilira 20 miliyoni adavotera pakati pa kalata yake ku Congress masiku 11 apitawa, ndi mawu ake masiku awiri apitawa kuti FBI sinapeze chilichonse choyipa mumayendedwe atsopano a maimelo a Clinton. Zowonongeka zambiri zidachitika. Comey, wotsogolera wankhanza wa FBI, ndiye adayambitsa kupambana kwa Trump kuposa wina aliyense. Wa Republican mokakamizidwa ndi opanga malamulo a GOP, Comey adawononga mwadala.
Kuponderezedwa kwa Ovota: Kampeni yopondereza ovota a Republican (kuphatikiza ID ya ovota ndi malamulo oletsa anthu ovota) m'maboma omenyera nkhondo - makamaka m'malo osauka ndi ochepa - idapatsa Trump mwayi wopambana. Izi zinali choncho ku Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Charlotte, ndi mizinda ina. Achipani cha Republican adachita zachisankho monga kutumiza ma robocalls kwa mabanja akuda ndi nkhani zabodza zokhudza malo ovota ndi nthawi. Malamulo athu a zisankho adagwiranso ntchito. Tsiku la Chisankho likanakhala tchuthi la dziko lonse (monga momwe zilili m'madera ambiri a demokalase), kapena mayiko ambiri akanakhala ndi kalembera wa ovota tsiku lomwelo, chiwerengero cha ovota pakati pa maguluwo chikanakhala chochuluka, ndipo Clinton akanapambana ku Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, ndi mayiko ena othamanga. , ndipo adapambana utsogoleri.
Kukondera kwa Media: Zofalitsa zodziwika bwino zinapatsa Trump ulendo waulere kwa zaka zambiri zapitazo; kumutenga ngati munthu wamba osati munthu watsankho. Izi zidamupangitsa kuti apambane kusankhidwa kwa GOP ndikupeza chidwi pambuyo pa msonkhano waku Republican. Kutengeka kwa atolankhani ndi maimelo a Clinton kudabisa nkhani zowopsa kwambiri za Trump - kulephera kwake kulipira misonkho, kukonda kwake kugonana, maziko ake onyenga komanso odzikonda, mabodza ake okhudza chuma chake, chinyengo chake komanso nkhanza zamabizinesi, kusazindikira kwake konse. mfundo za anthu, Ndi mwezi wathawu pomwe atolankhani adadzuka ndikuyamba kufotokoza mozama za Lipenga lenileni. Koma zinali zochepa, mochedwa kwambiri.
Ndalama Zakumanja: Abale a Koch sanagwirizane ndi Trump, koma ufumu wawo wandale - kuphatikiza mabiliyoni ena akumanja omwe adalumikizana nawo - mwina adawononga ndalama zokwana madola biliyoni imodzi kuthandiza ofuna ku Republican ku Nyumba ndi Senate. Izi zidachulukitsa kuchuluka kwa anthu a GOP m'malo omenyera nkhondo, ndikuthandiza Trump.
Zinthu zina—WikiLeaks, msonkhano wopusa wa Loya Woimira Boma Loretta Lynch ndi Bill Clinton pabwalo la ndege, komanso kulimbikira kwa tsankho komanso kusankhana mitundu pakati pa anthu ambiri aku America—zonse zinathandizanso.
Kodi ofufuza ambiri analakwitsa bwanji? Trump adapindula ndi zomwe asayansi andale amatcha "Bradley effect." Tsiku la Chisankho litangotsala pang'ono kutha mu Novembala 1982, zisankho zidawonetsa kuti Tom Bradley, meya waku Africa America waku Los Angeles, apambana George Deukmejian waku Republican pa mpikisano wofuna kukhala kazembe wa California. Koma pa Tsiku la Zisankho, Deukmejian adapambana. Zinkawoneka kuti ovota ambiri adanamiza ovota (kapena kwa iwo eni). Sanafune kuwoneka atsankho, motero adauza anthu ochita kafukufuku kuti amakonda Bradley, koma adavotera Deukmejian. Zikuoneka kuti anthu ambiri chaka chino adauza anthu omwe adavotera Clinton, kapena sanasankhe, koma adamaliza kuvotera Trump. Mwina iwo sanafune kuvomereza pollsters, kapena kwa iwo okha, kuti ankakonda Lipenga kuposa Clinton.
Tsogolo likuwoneka bwino. Ngakhale kuti chiwerengero cha anthu omwe anapezekapo chinali chochepa pakati pa m'badwo wosapitirira zaka 30, omwe adapita kukavota adavotera Hillary Clinton ndi liberal Democrats ku Congress. Latinos - gawo lomwe likukula mwachangu mwa osankhidwa - adavotera Clinton. M'zaka zochepa, ziwerengero zawo zomwe zikukula zidzasankha zisankho ku Florida, Arizona, Nevada, ngakhale Texas.
Panalinso zomangira zasiliva Lachiwiri. Ovota ku Maricopa County, Arizona, adagonjetsa a Sheriff Joe Arpaio omwe amapita kumanja. Ovota ku boma la Arizona, Colorado, Maine ndi Washington adavomereza zoyeserera Lachiwiri kuti awonjezere malipiro ochepera a mayiko awo. Ovota ku Arizona ndi Colorado adavomereza njira zofunira mabizinesi kuti apatse antchito masiku odwala omwe amalipidwa. Oponya voti ku California adavomereza njira zovota m'boma kuti awonjezere misonkho yomwe ilipo kuti anthu olemera azilipira maphunziro awo, kukweza msonkho wa fodya ndi $2 pa paketi, kuletsa kuletsa maphunziro azilankhulo ziwiri, kulimbikitsa malamulo owongolera mfuti, komanso kuvomereza chamba. Ndipo ena angapeze chitonthozo podziwa kuti ngakhale Trump adagonjetsa Clinton ku Electoral College, adapambana mavoti otchuka.
Komanso, kafukufuku onse akuwonetsa kuti anthu ambiri aku America amathandizira ndondomeko yopita patsogolo yomwe imagwirizanitsa chitukuko cha zachuma ndi chilungamo. Amafuna misonkho yayikulu pa olemera kwambiri, malamulo amphamvu pa Wall Street, ndi mabizinesi akulu kuti ateteze ogula, ogwira ntchito, ndi chilengedwe, kuwonjezeka kwakukulu kwa malipiro ochepera a federal, mtundu wina wa inshuwaransi yazaumoyo, ntchito yayikulu. -kukhazikitsa pulogalamu ya zomangamanga, komanso makoleji otsika mtengo komanso mayunivesite.
Koma maganizo a anthu paokha sabweretsa kusintha. Ndi zomwe mayendedwe amachita. Anthu aku America akuyenera kulumikizana kuti akane komwe Trump, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, abale a Koch, ndi Wall Street akufuna kutenga dzikolo. Tiyenera kulimbikitsa kukula kwa kampeni ya Black Lives Matter ndi Fight for $ 15 kampeni, ndi kayendedwe ka kuteteza alendo, kutsekereza mapaipi a Keystone ndi Standing Rock, kusiya mafuta oyaka, ndikuteteza Ubale Wokonzekera ndi ufulu wa amayi wosankha.
Tikufuna utsogoleri watsopano wa Democratic Party. Tikufuna wopita patsogolo ngati Senators Elizabeth Warren kapena Dick Durbin, kapena Congressman John Lewis monga mutu wotsatira wa Democratic National Committee.
Ino si nthawi yoti anthu omasuka komanso opita patsogolo, othandizira a Bernie Sanders ndi otsatira Clinton, aloze zala. Ino ndi nthawi yogwirizana komanso kukonza njira. Mabungwe, Planned Parenthood, Sierra Club, NAACP, magulu okonzekera madera, omenyera ufulu wa LGBT, ndi olemera omwe akupita patsogolo ayenera kugwirizana. Omwe akupita patsogolo akuyenera kukweza ndalamazo - mazana mamiliyoni a madola - kuti atumize gulu lankhondo la okonzekera olipidwa ku zigawo zazikuluzikulu ndi zigawo za House tsopano. Sitingathe kungoyika okonza ma parachuti m'malo othamanga miyezi ingapo chisankho chisanachitike. Tiyenera kumangirira ndi kukulitsa maziko pokonza anthu wamba pazandale komanso zadziko. Tiyenera kulimbikitsa ziwonetsero ndikuchita kusamvera anthu kuti tiletse zomwe a Donald Trump achita. Ndipo tikuyenera kulembetsa ovota, kuti "akhale otanganidwa ndikukonzekera kupita" zisankho zapakati pazaka ziwiri komanso mpikisano wapurezidenti mu 2020.
Tiyenera kukhazikitsa maziko a ma Democrat kuti abwezeretse Congress mu 2018, ndikusankha Purezidenti Elizabeth Warren mu 2020.
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