Tom Hayden delivered these remarks to a gathering of activists at the Democratic National Convention in
Ndiroleni ndikuuzeni zina mwa nkhani zanga ndi maphunziro omwe ndaphunzira pazaka makumi asanu zapitazi. Ndakhala ndikuyesera kupititsa patsogolo dziko langa, ndikuyesa kuchokera kumalo ozungulira ine.
Ndinali wanzeru komanso wofuna kutchuka komanso wothamanga, koma china chake sichinamveke bwino mdera langa, sukulu ndi tchalitchi. Ndinkaona kuti ndili panyumba kwambiri ndi anthu aang’ono komanso olakwika kusiyana ndi akuluakulu a boma. Ndinali Holden Caulfield mkati Catcher mu Rye motsutsana ndi Alfred E. Newman pa misala magazini.
Ndinalemba zotsutsana ndi makalasi odzaza anthu kusukulu yasekondale. Ndinalemba mkonzi wotsutsa tsankho lachibale ku yunivesite. Ndinapita ku Msonkhano wa Demokalase mu 1960 ndipo ndinasunthidwa ndi Martin Luther King ndi John Kennedy, ndi gulu latsopano la ophunzira.
Ndinasamukira ku
I left graduate school and became a community organizer in the slums of
Now I was living in two worlds, still knocking on doors in
I went back to
I went back to mainstream antiwar work trying to defund the
After the long radicalizing interruption of the war, I tried to combine community organizing and electoral politics. I served in the
Zina mwazinthu zomwe tidazigwira ndi izi:
• Protecting the right to local rent control, which saved
• Stopping a nuclear power plant in
• Stopping a Liquified Natural Gas terminal on Indian land in
• Kupatsa mphamvu anthu oyandikana nawo kuti azitha kukambirana bwino ndi otukula akuluakulu. Kupulumutsa nyumba yakale kwambiri ku LA ku mpira wosweka.
• Kupulumutsa nsomba za salimoni, mabedi a mitsinje, madambo, zipululu ndi nkhalango za redwood kuchokera ku mphamvu ya omanga ndi zokonda zapadera.
• Trying to replace the war on gangs, mass incarceration and unconstitutional police misconduct, with gang peace processes and employment opportunities, from LA to
• Kutenga nawo mbali mu ndale zopitirira makumi asanu za ndale m'madera, kuphatikizapo zisankho zoyambirira za omenyera ufulu wa amayi, amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, ochita lendi, Asiya-America ndi anthu omwe kale anali a zaka za m'ma 60s.
• Getting
It was said by
And so it has gone. Even when the
Then came 9/11, and a legitimate security crisis was transformed into the invasion of
Kotero ndi inu apo. Tidzayenera kubwereranso ku maphunziro a ufumu wa Roma ndi Britain kuti tiphunzire zowawa za kuwonjezereka kwa ufumu. Maphunziro a magazi amakhetsedwa molimba mtima pazifukwa zotayika kapena zokayikitsa. Phunziro la kufooka kwa mphamvu zopezera ndalama zothandizira zaumoyo, maphunziro, tsogolo la ana athu. Phunziro loti demokalase imachepa pamene chinsinsi cha dziko lotentha chikuwonjezeka. Phunziro la kudedwa m’dziko limene mayanjano ali kofunika, osati kusankha.
Kwa nthawi yayitali takhala tikugawanitsa ntchito yathu yoyenda pakati pa nkhani zapakhomo ndi zakunja. Nthawi zina pamakhala zosemphana, mwachitsanzo, pamene omenyera ufulu wankhondo-othandizira anthu amasiku ano-amakhulupirira kuti titha kukhala ndi mfuti ndi batala, zida zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, zowotchedwa ndi mafuta, kuphatikiza zoyeserera zamphamvu zapakhomo pazaumoyo kapena chilengedwe kapena mzinda wamkati. ntchito. Izo sizinachitike mwanjira imeneyo. Dziko lolemera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi likusowabe pulogalamu yazaumoyo yapadziko lonse, komabe lili ndi ma ghettos ndi barrios, lidakali ndi ziwopsezo zazikulu zosiya sukulu kuphatikiza ndi chiwopsezo chachikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
Ndipo ngakhale pali umboni uliwonse wa chipambano chachikulu, nkhondo zikupitirirabe, nkhondo yolimbana ndi uchigawenga, nkhondo yolimbana ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo komanso nkhondo yolimbana ndi achifwamba.
Despite the evidence, the organized peace movement is weaker than any other social movement, or network of NGOs, in
Mfundo yomwe ndikunena ndiyakuti zomwe timayika patsogolo ndizolakwika. Chiyembekezo chilichonse chakusintha kwapakhomo kumadalira kusintha zomwe zidakhazikika zomwe zikuyendetsa magawo awiri ankhondo ndi mabungwe, kuphatikiza Pentagon ndi makampani amafuta komanso malingaliro ocheperako a akatswiri ambiri azachitetezo ndi zachuma.
Nkhondo ili pakati pa ufumuwo, kapena kufotokozera kulikonse komwe kumapita, ndi demokalase yogawana nawo.
Our adversaries, who once favored monarchy and then white supremacy, have done a successful makeover and attempted to steal the banner of democracy. For example, they are exuberant about imposing democracy by force across the Middle East and to the borders of
I am campaigning for and voting for Barack Obama not because I agree with him on every foreign policy issue but because I think we need to unleash the energy of those who fight for justice and housing and healthcare and jobs and the environment here at home. The Obama movement is registering and mobilizing millions of new voters, young people, working class, people of color and poor. The mere fact of their being mobilized will create a pressure for new priorities on the economic home front against the present priorities of militarization abroad. The fact that Obama rose to his present position on the tide of antiwar sentiment forces Obama and the Congressional Democrats to pay greater attention to our needs at home or pay a political price. If he expands the quagmires in
Chifukwa chake ndikunena kuti magulu apakhomo-omwe adapangidwa mozungulira nkhani kuchokera ku ufulu wachibadwidwe kupita ku chilengedwe-sangakwanitse kusiya mtendere kugulu lamtendere. Ndipo gulu lamtendere liyenera kuloza tsiku lililonse kumitengo yapakhomo, kuphatikiza ndalama zamphamvu, za Nkhondo ya Iraq ndi ufumu waukulu. Ndipo tiyenera kufotokozera masomphenya ena kuzinthu zopanda demokalase zamphamvu zamakampani ndi zankhondo zomwe zimalonjeza chitetezo koma kutibweretsera nkhondo, zomwe zimalonjeza ntchito koma zimachepetsa moyo wathu. Tikufuna chitsanzo chatsopano cha chuma cha ndale chomwe chili choyenera komanso chokhazikika, osati chomwe chikuyembekeza kuti dziko lililonse padziko lapansi likwaniritse zosowa zathu, kuphatikizapo chilakolako chathu cha chuma chawo. Ndipo potsiriza, tiyenera kumanga gulu lopita patsogolo mkati ndi kunja kwa Democratic Party, lomwe limalemekeza kudziyimira pawokha kwa kayendetsedwe ka nkhani imodzi, zomwe zimabweretsa zochitika zomwe tikukonzekera gulu lathu kuti zigwirizane ndi ndondomeko yokhumudwitsayi ya ndale, yomwe ingamanga ndi kulimbikitsa mphamvu zowonjezera mphamvu. amene akhoza kumenyera tsiku ndi tsiku zosowa zathu, osati zofuna za ufumu.
Sikokwanira kumasula ufumuwo; ntchitoyo ndikuyithetsa mwamtendere komanso mosasunthika, kupanga demokalase kukhala yotetezeka padziko lonse lapansi monga momwe okonza ena adanenera zaka makumi asanu zapitazo. M'malo mwa ufumu, tiyenera kumvetsetsa dziko lapansi ngati dziko lamitundu yambiri, ndikuliyendetsa ku demokalase yotenga nawo mbali kudzera mumagulu a anthu. Mabungwewa samangokakamiza maboma awo omwe alipo koma kulimbikitsa gulu lachitukuko padziko lonse lapansi lomwe lingathe kukwaniritsa zikhalidwe zatsopano zaufulu wa anthu, malipiro amoyo padziko lonse ndi kuyankha kwamakampani, malo abwino m'malo mwa kutentha kwa dziko, ndi kuchepetsa kuchepa kwa zida za nyukiliya.
Tom Hayden ndiye wolemba mabuku ambiri. Zake zaposachedwa kwambiri Voices of the Chicago Eight: A Generation on Trial ndi Zolemba za Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader zonse zosindikizidwa koyambirira kwa chaka chino ndi City Lights Books, www.citylights.com.
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