Takulandilani ku Bizarro Congress. Miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yapitayi yadzaza ndi kupambana ndi zokhumudwitsa kwa Democratic Party: ndalama zotsutsa nkhondo ya Iraq, ndalama zowonjezera nkhondo ya Iraq, ndalama zoitanira asilikali kunyumba, ndalama zoperekera ndalama zosungira asilikali ku Iraq kwa ena atatu. zaka. Nkhani zachilendo? Onse ali bili yofanana. Bill ya 2007 Supplemental Spending Bill, yomwe idadutsa Nyumba ndi Senate kumapeto kwa Marichi, idayika ndalama zoposa $ 100 biliyoni kuti nkhondo ya Iraq ipitilize - mabiliyoni ambiri kuposa momwe Purezidenti Bush adanenera. Pamodzi ndi ndalama zina zokwana $ 142 biliyoni zomwe zikuyembekezeka kugwa, bajetiyi ndi yayikulu kwambiri kuposa bajeti iliyonse yankhondo mzaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zapitazi. Komabe pafupifupi a Democrat aliyense ku Congress adavota kuti athandizire ndalama zowonongera ndalama, bola ngati gawo laling'ono lidalumikizidwa: nthawi yochotsa asitikali ku Iraq pofika 2008.
"Zili ngati ndikuuza ana anga kuti, apa pali madola khumi - musagwiritse ntchito pa kanema waku Hollywood," akutero Laurie Hasbrook, wokonza gulu la gulu lolimbana ndi nkhondo ku Chicago la Voices for Creative Nonviolence (VCNV), lomwe lakhala likutsogolera gululi. motsutsana ndi ndalama zowonjezera zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito kuyambira pomwe zidaperekedwa. "Chotsatira chofunikira kwambiri ndikuti Congress asiye kupereka ndalama zankhondo."
Palibe njira zolimbikitsira zomwe zidaphatikizidwa kuti zitsimikizire kuti kuchotsedwako kumachitikadi, ndipo biliyo itadutsa nyumba zonse ziwiri, Bush adatsutsa - kuwonetsetsa kuti pakhale bajeti yayikulu yankhondo popanda tsiku lochotsa gulu lankhondo. Komabe pa Marichi 24, ma Democrat m'dziko lonselo adakondwerera kuperekedwa kwa Congress. Nyuzipepala ya The New York Times inachitcha kuti, โvuto lamphamvu kwambiri lomwe lidakalipobe pa ndondomeko ya nkhondo ya Purezidenti Bush.โ MoveOn.org, bungwe lopita patsogolo lomwe lidakhala ngati gulu lamphamvu lamtendere pambuyo pa Seputembara 11, lidavomereza biluyo ndi mtima wonse. (Ngakhale kuyesayesa mobwerezabwereza, sindinalandire yankho kuchokera ku MoveOn.org ponena za nkhaniyi.)
Chifukwa chiyani thandizo lonse lochokera ku "antiwar" Democrats pa bilu yomwe ikupitilizabe nkhondoyi? Omenyera nkhondo ambiri akuwopa kuti izi zachitika chifukwa cha ndale: Nyumbayi idasankha Seputembala 2008 ngati tsiku lotuluka chifukwa ndi nthawi yoyambira zisankho zakugwa, ndipo chisankho cha Senate pa tsiku lomaliza la Marichi 2008 chingakhale cholumikizidwa ndi nthawi yake mkati mwa zisankho. nyengo ya pulayimale ndi ya caucus, akutero wogwirizanitsa VCNV Jeff Leys. Malinga ndi njira iyi, zoopsa zomwe zikupitilirabe pankhondo zimakhalabe patsogolo m'malingaliro a anthu ovota, ndipo popeza ma Dems ndi omwe adakonza tsiku loti atuluke, woyimira demokalase amakhala shoo-in kwa purezidenti.
Palibe kukayikira kuti Nkhondo yaku Iraq imapangitsa ma Republican kuwoneka oyipa, ndipo kutalika kwake kudzatalikitsanso kuvomerezedwa kwa Bush. Koma zomwe zatayika mu njira yachisankho yodziwika bwino imeneyi ndikuti ndi mwezi uliwonse nkhondo ikupitirira, anthu mazana ambiri amafa.
"Nkhondo ya ku United States ku Iraq yachititsa kuti anthu apulumuke, ndipo anthu a ku Iraq anakakamizika kuthawira ku Yordano kuti atetezedwe, koma kukanidwa ndi kuiwalika ndi mayiko ena," akutero Mgwirizano wina wa VCNV, Kathy Kelly, yemwenso ndi Nobel Peace. Wosankhidwayo, yemwe wakhala miyezi ingapo yapitayi akutsutsa ngongole zandalama. "Tili ndi udindo kwa ma Iraqi: kuyimitsa ndalama zankhondo ndikulipira ndalama zolipirira nkhondo ku Iraq kuti athe kumanganso dziko lawo pambuyo pazaka zapitazi za 16 zankhondo zachuma ndi zankhondo."
Leys akusonyeza kuti kuwonjezera pa imfa masauzande ambiri zimene zimachitika chaka chilichonse, ndalama zochulukitsitsa pankhondo zimatanthauza kunyalanyaza zosoลตa za anthuโku Iraq ndi United States ponse paลตiri.
"Ntchito zachipatala zawonongeka ku Iraq pambuyo pa zaka 16 za nkhondo zachuma ndi zankhondo," akutero Leys. "Ntchito zachipatala sizikuyenda bwino ndipo zasweka ku US, ndipo anthu opitilira 45 miliyoni alibe inshuwaransi yazaumoyo. Maphunziro ku Iraq - omwe kale anali anthu ophunzira kwambiri m'derali - awonongedwa. Masukulu omwe ali m'mizinda yapakati m'dziko lathu komanso madera akumidzi agwa. Kusowa kwa ntchito ku Iraq kuli ponseponse komanso mochititsa chidwi kwambiri. Ku US, madera amkati mwamizinda yathu komanso madera akumidzi amakhalabe ovutika pazachuma. โ Mkangano wokhudza chiwongola dzanja chowonjezera m'miyezi yomwe adakhala ku Congress udapangitsa anthu ena kuti ayambe kutsutsa biluyo. Anagwiritsa ntchito njira yosayembekezereka kuti atsutse izi: m'malo mogunda m'misewu, maguluwa adapita molunjika kwa osewera akulu-maseneta ndi oyimira.
Kupita nayo ku Maofesi
Pa March 19, ndinasiya ntchito mofulumira, ndinakwera sitima kupita kumzinda wa Chicago, ndipo ndinalowa mu Federal Building cha mโma 2:30, nโkudziwitsa wapolisi wa pa makina ojambulira zitsulo kuti ndinali kupita ku Credit Union pansanjika ya nambala 18. Sindinatero - ndidapita ku ofesi ya Senator Dick Durbin pa 38th - koma aliyense wopita ku Durbin mkati mwa Marichi (makamaka m'modzi wokhala ndi mayina a anthu wamba aku Iraq omwe anamwalira) amayenera kupatsidwanso . . . kapena kukana kulowa kwathunthu. Zili choncho chifukwa, pafupipafupi kwa mwezi watha ndi theka, omenyera ufulu - ku Chicago ndi m'dziko lonselo - akhala akulowa m'maofesi awo oyimira ndi a senate, kuwapempha kuti avotere kuti asapitirire ndalama zomenyera nkhondo, ndikukana. kusiya ntchitoyo mpaka andale adalonjeza kuti abweza ndalama. Kampeniyi, yokonzedwa ndi VCNV ndipo mothandizidwa ndi magulu amtendere odziwika bwino monga CODEPINK ndi United for Peace and Justice, ili ndi mutu wa "Occupation Project."
"Tikulimbikira kuti anthu aku US, omwe apereka udindo kwa atsogoleri osankhidwa omwe sakufuna kuti nkhondoyi ipitirire, atha kuwona mwachinyengo chopitirizira kukulitsa gulu lankhondo ndikuwononga miyoyo ya anthu ambiri. kuphatikizapo miyoyo ya ku United States,โ anatero Kelly ponena za zolinga za ntchitoyi. "Ngati tipitiliza kufotokoza izi momveka bwino komanso momveka bwino chifukwa chosamvera ziwawa, tikukhulupirira kuti atsogoleri osankhidwa omwe ali ndi chikumbumtima alabadira."
Ntchitoyi imadziwikiratu mwachangu: Pafupifupi nthawi zonse "zantchito," ochita ziwonetsero amamangidwa chifukwa chokhala m'maofesi atapemphedwa kuti achoke. Panthaลตi imene ndinakankhira batani la Nyumba ya Federal Building yosanja 38, ndinadziลตa kuti mazana a anthu anali atamangidwa kale mkati mwa ndawala imeneyi, ndipo ena ambiri anatsagana nawo, akutumikira monga chichirikizo. Okonza ntchito ya Occupation Project akuti kumangidwaku ndi gawo lofunika kwambiri la kampeni, kutchula zolimbikitsa monga Ghandi, Martin Luther King Jr., komanso anthu ambiri omwe achitika m'makoleji kutsutsa nkhondo. Ochita nawo gawoli akuti maseneta amawona kusamvera kwa boma mozama-ndizoyipa kulengeza pomwe anthu awo akumangidwa m'maofesi awo. Hasbrook, yemwe anamangidwa pa tsiku loyamba la ntchitoyi, ku ofesi ya Sen. Durbin anati: "Maseneta awa akakumana ndi anthu akumidzi akunena kuti, 'Tidzamangidwa muofesi yanu,' zimadabwitsa anthu - aphungu ndi anthu onse."
Kulunjika kwa Opanga zisankho, Mmodzi ndi Mmodzi
Chimodzi mwazosangalatsa za Occupation Project ndi kulunjika kwake. Zimasiyana kwambiri ndi maulendo achikhalidwe m'misewu, misonkhano m'mapaki, miliri kunja kwa White House, ngakhalenso makalata kapena mafoni kwa akuluakulu osankhidwa. Ntchitoyi ikutsutsa akuluakuluwo maso ndi maso, kuwapempha kuti ayankhe chimodzimodzi - polengeza maso ndi maso kuti sadzavota kuti awonjezere ndalama zothandizira nkhondo ya Iraq.
Doug Mackenzie, yemwe ndi wokonza bungwe la South Bay Occupation Project, lomwe ndi gulu la omenyera nkhondo, atero a Doug Mackenzie. , omenyera ufulu wa anthu, omenyera mtendere kwanthaลตi yaitali, ndi ena.
"Kulinganiza ndi mgwirizano wa polojekitiyi zidatithandiza kukumana ndi [oimira Bay Area] Lofgren ndi Honda. Sindikuganiza kuti tikanapatsidwa mwayi woti tikambirane popanda kugwira ntchito mโmaofesi awo.โ
Kukhazikitsa mawonekedwe (koma osachita zachiwawa) mu ofesi ya ndale kumafuna kuyankha komwe zochita zina zambiri sizimatero. Yankho limenelo lingakhale mwayi wolankhula ndi wandale mwamseri. Kungakhalenso kutseka chitseko ndi kumangidwa mwamsanga kwa ena mwa otengamo mbaliโkuyankha kwa ine ndi mabwenzi anga tinalandira ku ofesi ya Durbin pa March 19. Mulimonse mmene zingakhalire, chitsanzo cha โntchitoโ cha kukana chimasokonekera ndi muyezo. mphamvu pakati pa nzika ndi atsogoleri: timawavotera mwachinsinsi komanso mwakachetechete, pamene iwo, poyera ndi momveka bwino, amapanga zisankho zokhudzana ndi moyo wathu ndi madera athu. Ntchito yolimbitsa thupi imayika mawu athu awiri pamlingo wofanana.
Chowonjezera pakusintha kwamphamvu kwamphamvu ndikuti ambiri mwa maseneta ndi nthumwi zomwe zidakambidwa panthawi ya Occupation Project akhala, nthawi zina, abwenzi ndi ogwirizana nawo omwe akupita patsogolo - ma Democrat omwe adavotera zigamulo zotsutsana ndi nkhondo, omwe adasankhidwa. motsutsana ndi Nkhondo ya Iraq kuyambira pachiyambi. Hasbrook akugogomezera kuti ntchito za Occupation Project sizikufuna kukhumudwitsa anthu a Congress. Mwachitsanzo, m'milungu yotsala pang'ono kuvotera ndalama, ntchito zambiri ku Chicago zidayitanitsa maseneta omwe amalankhula motsutsa nkhondoyo - koma omwe adakonza zovota kuti apereke ndalama.
"Ndikuganiza kuti Durbin ndi Obama adalowa ndale chifukwa chofuna kutumikira," akutero Hasbrook. โKoma akafika pamlingo womwe alimo, zimakhala zovuta kukhala wantchito. Ndikukhulupirira kuti izi zikhudza mtima wawo. โ
Kupanga Ziwonetsero Kucheza
Zochitazi zakhudzadi mtima wa anthu ena ogwira ntchito pa ndale. Hasbrook akufotokoza momwe "ana okonda nyenyezi" omwe amagwira ntchito muofesi ya Obama amawonera seneta wawo ngati "munthu wotsutsana ndi nkhondo"; Ichi ndichifukwa chake nthawi zambiri amakopeka naye poyamba. Kukhalapo kwa "okhalamo," ndi timabuku, zizindikiro, ndi zokamba zawo zofotokoza thandizo la Obama la ndalama zankhondo, kumapangitsa ana awa kuyang'ana kachiwiri pa ngwazi yawo - kukakamiza senate kuchokera mkati mwa antchito ake. Ambiri mwa omwe adatenga nawo gawo la Occupation Project adanenanso kuti ndi antchito omvera komanso odabwitsidwa. Ngakhale atamangidwa, otenga nawo mbali nthawi zambiri amakumana ndi makutu achifundo.
โMkazi amene ankandidindira zala ananena kuti, โNโzotayiriratu, achinyamatawa atumiza kunkhondo yoopsayi,โโ akutero Hasbrook. "Mochulukitsitsa, ogwira ntchito zachitetezo omwe tidakumana nawo, kuyambira kwa ICE mpaka apolisi aku Chicago, adagwirizana ndi zomwe timanena. Sindinadziลตe konse kuchirikiza nkhondoyo kapena kupitirizabe kupereka ndalama.โ
Kuphatikiza pa kukhalapo kwake kowongoka, kamvekedwe kake kapadera ka Occupation Project โ kutsitsa ma decibel ndi kutulutsa tanthauzo โ mwachiwonekere koma mwakachetechete kumasokoneza kuyankha koyenera. Zikutanthauza kuti andale ndi omwe amawatumikira sangangothimitsa TV, kuyika mapepala, kapena kupewa msewu kapena malo ochitira zionetsero; ayenera kumvera.
"Monga MLK [Martin Luther King] adanenera, cholinga chokana anthu ndikuyambitsa 'vuto la makhalidwe' pa nkhani yomwe ikuyang'ana kwambiri ndipo ndikukhulupirira kuti zochita zamtunduwu zimatero," atero a Peter Bergel, membala wa Defund the. Kampeni yankhondo ku Oregon, yemwe wamangidwa m'maofesi a Senators Ron Wyden ndi Gordon Smith. "Malinga ngati malingaliro athu akadali akulankhulana osati chilango, ndiye kuti, bola ngati tigwiritsa ntchito zomwe tachita kuti tikambirane osati kungowonetsa kusasangalala kwathu, ndikukhulupirira kuti tibweretsa nkhani yathu kunyumba mwamphamvu kwambiri."
Nditafika ndi anzanga pakhomo la ofesi ya Durbin, tinapeza kuti yokhoma, koma zimenezo sizinaleke kulankhulana: Mkulu wa antchito a Durbin, Mike Daly, anatilonjera pakhomo akumwetuliraโwokakamiza, koma kumwetulira komabe. Anamvetsera pamene Jeff Leys anafotokoza chifukwa chake tinali kumeneko, akulongosola zifukwa zomwe ndalama zothandizira nkhondo ziyenera kuimitsidwa. Leys adalimbikitsa kuti a Durbin adzilonjeza kuvota motsutsana ndi ndalama zowonjezera, zomwe zidzavotedwe ku Congress kumapeto kwa sabata. Panthawiyi, alonda ndi apolisi anasonkhana mozungulira gulu lathu, ndipo amene anakana kuchoka anawatenga atawamanga maunyolo. Mlonda wina anandipatsa chikepe pamene ndinali kupita kumalo olandirira alendo kukadikirira kuti ndiwone zimene zidzachitikire anzanga. "Mukuganiza bwanji pa zonsezi?" Ndinamufunsa. Iye anati: โNkhondo imeneyi ndi yolakwika. โAliyense akutero. Aliyense amene ali pano.โ
Kukhala ndi DIY-Style
Magulu omwe amakhala m'maofesi panthawi ya Ntchito Yogwira Ntchito akhala ang'onoang'ono: pafupifupi anthu 15 ambiri. Kukula kochepa kumatanthauza mwayi wokulirapo wolumikizana ndi ndale ndi ogwira ntchito. Zikutanthauzanso kuthekera kokulirapo kwa otenga nawo gawo kuponya pang'ono umunthu wawo pachiwonetsero. Nina Klooster, membala wa CODEPINK, adakhala muofesi ya Rep. Rahm Emanuel ndi azimayi ena angapo mu February. Adapatsa antchito a Emanuel chikole cha Occupation Project, ndikulimbikitsa kuti Emanuel asayine ndikukana kuvotera ndalama zambiri zankhondo. Pofika pa Marichi 9, pomwe Emanuel anali asanayankhebe lonjezolo, CODEPINKers adabwerera kuofesi yake ndikuchita sewero lomwe adalemba kuti, Munagula, Inu Mwini: chiwonetsero chamasewera chomwe mphotho zidaphatikizapo amuna ndi akazi 3,200 omwe adamwalira. ndi 650,000 akufa aku Iraq.
โBungwe la Occupation Project [limasunga] mchitidwe weniweni wa ntchito iliyonse pansi pa ulamuliro wa magulu a mโderalo, kukulitsa luso la kulingalira ndi kupatsa mphamvu magulu a mโderalo kuchita zinthu mogwirizana ndi chikumbumtima chawoโpamene akusangalalabe ngati ali ndi mtima wofuna.โ Klooster anatero.
Ntchito zina zinali zovuta kwambiri. Ntchito yoyamba ya Hasbrook ku ofesi ya Durbin inali ndi mwambo wamaliro wakuti โIn Memory of Youโ. Pozungulira bokosi lamaliro, otenga nawo mbali ankaimba zauzimu, kuwerenga ndakatulo, ndi kutchula mayina a akufa. Mโkati mwa ntchito yanga yachiลตiri ya Occupation Project, mu April, anthu asanu a mโgulu langa amene anasankha kumangidwa anavala ziguduli ndi kudzipaka phulusa kusonyeza kulira. Iwo amayala pansi zithunzi za akufa mowazungulira, akumayimba mayina awo motsatiridwa ndi mawu osavuta kumva akuti, โTikukumbukira mwamtendere.โ
"Ndimakhulupiriradi mphamvu ya nyimbo," akutero Hasbrook. "Kuphatikiza nyimbo ndi zaluso, komanso lingaliro lakulira, zitha kudutsa nsanja yamphamvuyo."
Kuganiza Nthawi Yaitali
Tikayang'ana m'mbuyo tsopano, miyezi inayi kuchokera pachiyambi, kodi Ntchito Yogwira Ntchito yathyola nsanjayo zingati? Onse a Nyumba ndi Senate - kuphatikiza ma Democrat ambiri - adavotera Supplemental Spending Bill ikafika. Mamembala ochepa omwe adayimba, kuphatikiza Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, ndi Rep. Barbara Lee (omwe adapanganso kusintha kwa biluyo). Komabe oyimilira ena omwe amatsutsa ndalama zankhondo adagonja, chifukwa chazovuta za zipani.
Mwachitsanzo, Jan Schakowsky waku Illinois adasinthiratu kuthandizira ndalama zomwe amawononga patatsala milungu ingapo kuti voti ichitike, ngakhale adalonjeza kale kuvota motsutsa. Iye akufotokoza mโkalata yake yopita kwa anzakewo kuti: โSi pafupifupi bilu imene inuyo kapena ine tikanalemba, koma, mโlingaliro langa, imatichititsa kuyandikira cholinga chathu.โ Kwa Klooster, mfundo yoti Schakowsky adawona kufunika kolemba kalatayo-komanso kukumana ndi okonza zotsutsana ndi ndalama m'chigawo chake atalengeza kuti akuthandizira biluyo-ndi umboni wa kukakamizidwa ndi Ntchito Yogwira Ntchito. Ma Democrat ena apampanda nawonso adakakamizika kuyanjana kwambiri ndi madera awo, akutero, kuti apeze malingaliro pazikhulupiliro za omwe ali nawo zomwe zingakhudze maudindo awo pamavoti ena.
"Ndikuganiza kuti ma Dems amayenera kulimbikira kwambiri kuti agulitse zomwe adagwirizana pazandalama komanso kuti nkhani zambiri zidanenedwa zomwe mwina sizikanakhalapo tikadapanda kuchita zomwe tidachita," akutero Klooster.
Peter Bergel akuyamikira Project Occupation ndi kugwedezeka kwa Sen. Smith, yemwe wakhala akuthandizira Bush ndikuvotera prowar, kuti avotere chigamulo chosagwirizana ndi March chofuna kuti pulezidenti alandire chilolezo kuchokera ku Congress asanaukire Iran (muyesowo unavotera). Bergel adanenanso kuti popeza ntchitozi zidabweretsa kulengeza kwanyumba kwa maseneta omwe amanyalanyaza madandaulo a anthu, antchito ena ayamba kumvera.
"Mnzake wogwira nawo ntchito m'bungwe losatsutsana kwambiri posachedwapa adatiuza kuti atayesa mosapambana kwa chaka chopitilira kuti akumane ndi a Smith's Chief of Staff, ndikunyalanyazidwa, mwadzidzidzi akumupatsa mosangalala wogwira ntchitoyo ndikumupatsa msonkhano, โ akutero Bergel. "Amakhulupirira kuti ntchito zathu ndizomwe zimachititsa mwachindunji."
Ogwira nawo ntchito pantchito ya Occupation Project akuyembekeza kuti malingaliro odana ndi ndalama adzakhazikika m'miyezi ikubwerayi, ndipo kuyesetsa kwawo kudzapindula, pamene Congress idzavotera ndalama zomwe zaperekedwa pa $ 142 biliyoni muzogwiritsira ntchito zankhondo mu 2008. otenga nawo mbali apitiliza kuchita kusamvera anthu kamodzi pamwezi, kumaofesi a congress m'dziko lonselo. Okonza ndawalayi akugogomezera zolinga zake za nthawi yayitali, kupanga gulu komanso kulengeza zachitetezo chankhondo.
"Ntchito ya Occupation inapanga malo kuti anthu apange magulu ogwirizana ndi mgwirizano wina ndi mzake zomwe zidzapitirire kubala zipatso pakukula ndi kugwiritsa ntchito kusamvera kwachiwembu kuti athetse nkhondo ya Iraq," akutero Leys. "Izi zikuwonetsa mphamvu zomwe zikuyenera kuchitika kuti bola ngati nkhondo ikupitilirabe, bizinesi sipitilirabe."
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