Mwachidziwitso chodabwitsa, cholandilidwa, chopereka nsembe Cornel West adanena kuti akufunafuna pulezidenti wa US ku 2024. Poyang'ana koyamba, izi zikuwoneka ngati zododometsa zopanda udindo kuchokera ku chisankho chakufa chakufa ndi munthu yemwe sanakhalepo wandale ndipo alibe. chiyembekezo chokhala purezidenti. Kuyika chipewa chake m'bwalo kuli ndi chiyembekezo chochepa chokopa mavoti kusiyapo gawo losiyana la nzika. Komabe pachisankho chapafupi momwe zikuwonekera, West ngati woyimira chipani chachitatu atha kupeza mavoti okwanira kuti athandizire woyimira mapiko akumanja a neo-fascist ngati a Trump kapena Ron DeSantis kuguba kuti chigonjetso chowopsa ku US komanso chowopsa padziko lonse lapansi. Nthawi yomweyo kodi anthu aku America sakuyenera kusankha bwino kuposa Biden v. Trump? Ndipo Cornel West yokhala ndi chidwi chowoneka bwino ikuwonetsa kuti iyi si nthano yakutali, koma njira yovomerezeka mwalamulo ngati ndale zithandizira chiyambi chatsopano chotere.
Kutsutsana kotereku kumati kuti West agwiritse ntchito guwa la pulezidenti kulengeza za kubwera kwa neo-fascism ku America kungathandize kubweretsa zomwe amaopa komanso zonyansa. N'zoona kuti ili ndi vuto lalikulu loyenera kuliganizira, koma kuti tigonjetse mikangano yotereyi pamafunika kukhala chete poyang'anizana ndi zosankha zolakwika zoperekedwa kwa ovota. Zomwe tafotokozazi zavuto lophiphiritsa lapurezidenti zili ndi zotsatira zochotsa mkangano wapadziko lonse funso lofunikira la utsogoleri wovomerezeka wandale ku US pazovuta monga kusankhana mitundu, ukapitalizimu wolanda, hyper-militarism, kusamuka/kuthawa komanso umbava wachilengedwe. Izi, ndi zina zazikuluzikulu, zakhala zikusangalala ndi kuthandizidwa ndi zipani ziwiri zazikuluzikulu zomwe zimayambitsa chipwirikiti kunyumba, chiwonongeko chakunja, ndikuwononga mwayi wopeza zida, chitukuko chokhazikika pazachilengedwe, komanso chilungamo pokhudzana ndi mphotho zachuma, zilango, ndi chitetezo cha anthu.
Zowonadi, zenizeni izi zimalepheretsa ovota kuti asankhe pakati pa utsogoleri wa Biden woyambitsa nkhondo kwa zaka zina zinayi kapena kupatsa Trump wa neo-fascist mwayi wachiwiri kuti atsogolere dzikolo kukhala gulu la anthu mabiliyoni ambiri komanso ochepa amitundu. Mwina, ngati US siinali dziko loyamba lankhondo lapadziko lonse lapansi m'mbiri yapadziko lonse lapansi, koma imodzi yokha mwa maulamuliro ambiri apakati, kusankha kwa Biden kukanapanga kusiyana kokwanira malinga ndi chikhalidwe cha umunthu kotero kuti kusankhidwa kwa West kuchotsedwa chitsanzo cha chionetsero chopanda udindo cha narcissism. Koma izi sizili choncho pano.
Kuyankha kwa a Biden pakuwukira kwa Russia ku Ukraine sikunali komwe kumafuna kuyimitsa moto koyambirira komanso kulolerana. M'malo mwake adasankha kutumiza zida zapamwamba kwambiri komanso thandizo lazachuma ku Ukraine kuti athe, komanso kukakamiza boma lake kuti lisunge nkhondoyo 'monga Lon momwe ikuyenera.' NATO/US yawoneka ngati yosalimbikitsidwa ndi chitetezo cha Ukraine kapena kutsatira chikhalidwe cha Charter motsutsana ndi nkhanza kuposa chidwi chofuna kuchititsa manyazi Putin, kugonjetsa Russia, ndikuchenjeza China. Osati izi zokha. Biden adawonjezeranso gawo lankhondo lomwe lidachitika ku Ukraine, ndikukhulupirira kuti kugonja ku Russia kungapangitse China kusiya chiyembekezo chophatikiza Taiwan. Cholinga cha ndondomekoyi koposa zonse pakukulitsa US unipolar ukulu monga chinthu chokhazikika cha dziko la pambuyo pa Cold War, mogwira mtima 'Chiphunzitso cha Monroe cha dziko lonse lapansi.' Mchitidwe wodzutsa maganizo woterewu unachitika poyang'anizana ndi ngozi yowopsa ya zida za nyukiliya ndi mwayi wa 'nkhondo yamuyaya,' mosakayikira kubweretsa anthu a ku Ukraine kuzunzika kwa nthawi yaitali ndi chiwonongeko chotsatira. Kumbuyo kwa khalidwe lotereli kuli maganizo ooneka ngati ankhanza ponena za kuyambika kwa nkhondo yatsopano yozizira, yomwe ikuchitika kale m'njira yokwera mtengo, yoopsa ya mpikisano wa zida zankhondo, kuthetsa mavuto osagwirizanitsa poyankha mavuto osiyanasiyana padziko lonse lapansi omwe sangathe. kuyankhidwa bwino pamaziko a boma ndi boma.
Koposa zonse, mawonekedwe a Biden a Cold War osagwirizana ndi mayiko ena akuwoneka kuti akuyika anthu padziko lonse lapansi pachiwopsezo chachikulu chomwe Trump adatsimikiza kukana mfundo zazikuluzikulu za demokalase yamachitidwe (kulemekeza zotsatira zazisankho komanso kudzipereka pakusamutsa mphamvu mwamtendere; wodziyimira pawokha. woweruza, ndi lamulo lalamulo lofuna ndi kuthekera kopangitsa olemera ndi amphamvu kuti aziyankha mlandu komanso ofooka ndi omwe ali pachiwopsezo.) Lipenga limawopsezanso kufanana pakati pa amuna ndi akazi komanso ufulu wakubereka kwa amayi, ufulu wa LGBT, komanso ufulu wodziyimira pawokha pawailesi yakanema, ndipo akupitilizabe kuyankhula mosapita m'mbali. wa malo olandirira mfuti komanso wowoneka ngati ngwazi yomenyera ufulu wamagulu ankhondo, kusankhana mitundu, komanso kulamulira kwa azungu. Ponseponse, osati chithunzi chokongola, koma choyang'ana kuchokera kutali, kobisika, kawonedwe ka mapulaneti, osawononga kwambiri zamoyo kuposa zomwe Biden amapereka.
Zomwe zimatchedwa kuti zipani ziwiri zingawoneke kuti zimapanga chisankho chopindulitsa, koma ndi chinyengo cholimbikitsidwa ndi chikhulupiriro chakuti kuyanjana kumbali zowononga za ndondomeko ya boma kungathe kugwirizanitsa ndi zofunikira za mtendere, chilungamo, ndi chilengedwe chamtendere kunyumba. ndi m’dziko. Cornel West akupita patsogolo kuti awulule chinyengo chowopsa chomwe chili pansi pa chikhulupiliro wamba chakuti zida zapoizonizi sizingathetse mavuto andale komanso kusintha kosintha. Sizodabwitsa kunena kuti demokalase ndi US yakhala nkhani yamachitidwe, mikangano yandalama, ndi zokonda zapadera m'malo mopereka zinthu zothandiza anthu. Kodi ndi liti komaliza kuti pulezidenti wamkulu ku US akufuna kuchepetsa chitetezo, bungwe la UN lamphamvu, kuwunikanso maubwenzi apadera a chithandizo chopanda malire chomwe Israeli ndi Saudi Arabia adapereka, kapena kulimbikitsa kuchotsedwa kwa Kusintha Kwachiwiri kwa Constitution ya US kutsimikizira ufulu kunyamula zida?
Pakhala pali anthu odziwika bwino a chipani chachitatu m'mbuyomu, makamaka wochita bizinesi waku Texan yemwe amakhudzidwa ndi ngongole za anthu, Ross Perot, wosankhana anthu aku Southern, George Wallace, komanso chofunikira kwambiri, Ralph Nader, yemwe akuthamanga pa Green Party mu 2000. Otsatirawa adatha kupereka mauthenga otsutsa, koma adawukiridwa ngati owononga, kutanthauza kuti, oyimira chinyengo omwe adapatutsa mavoti kuchokera kwa omwe akupikisana nawo enieni, motero kupotoza zotsatira za zisankho ndikuwononga phindu la zisankho monga chithunzi cha zomwe nzika zimakonda, ndipo motero anthu mphamvu. Tiyeni tiyerekeze kuti anthu aku North America okwanira okha amavotera Trump (kapena wofanana) kuti agonjetse mdani wake wa Democratic, mkwiyo waukulu udzalunjikitsidwa ku West, monga momwe zinalili mu 2000 pamene Nader adavotera 97,121 ku Florida, adalola George W. Bush kupambana. boma ndi mavoti 537, ndipo potero kulepheretsa kupambana kwa Al Gore (chifukwa cha machitidwe a federalist a US Electoral College ovotera molemera), omwe amanyalanyaza demokalase yaikulu.
Pozindikira zotsatira zoyipa zomwe zingachitike, ndikuthandizira mosanyinyirika kuthamangira kwa Cornel West paudindo wapulezidenti mu 2024, ndikuyembekezera chidani komanso kusamvetsetsa kuchokera kwa anzanga omasuka. West, mnzanga wokhazikika kuyambira pomwe tidali ogwira nawo ntchito ku Princeton pakati pa 1988 ndi 1994, adandipatsa chikondi ndi ulemu wanga pamenepo, kuyambira pamenepo. Kumadzulo ndiye munthu wanzeru kwambiri wanzeru ku North America, wolankhula mosadukizadukiza yemwe kwa zaka zambiri wakhala wosachita mantha kulankhula chowonadi ndi mphamvu m'mawu ophwanya malamulo, opatsa mphamvu. Ndipo chowonadi chomwe amalankhula chimaphatikiza kulankhula, kukhudzika, ndi nzeru zauzimu zili mumwambo wa William Du Bois, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela contra chiwawa ndi mitundu yonse ya kuponderezana. Monga am'mbuyomu ake Kumadzulo akulonjeza kuukira kwaumunthu pazachipongwe komanso mitundu ya pambuyo pautsamunda yodyera masuku pamutu ogwira ntchito, osamukira kumayiko ena, omangidwa, anthu amtundu, anthu ochepa. M'mawu a Cornel, "Palibe gulu lomwe likufuna kunena zoona za Wall Street, za Ukraine, za Pentagon, zaukadaulo waukulu." Kumadzulo kumafuna chitetezo cha anthu onse kunyumba, kutha kwa nkhondo zapadziko lonse lapansi, komanso kudzipereka kwakukulu kwa chilungamo, mayiko, komanso pamwamba pa ubale ndi alongo a anthu.
Kumadzulo kwa zaka zambiri liwu lopanda mantha la African-American la chilungamo, lokhala ndi malingaliro achikhristu ndi a sosholisti, poyambilira limadziwika chifukwa chofotokozera tsankho ladongosolo m'buku lake lodziwika bwino. Mitundu Yambiri (1992) adatsata zaka khumi pambuyo pake Demokalase Nkhani. Mwachiwonekere, West adaukira Barack Obama poyera chifukwa chokhala nawo limodzi ndi asitikali aku US komanso hegemonic capitalism, yemwe adamunyoza modabwitsa kuti "Rockefeller Republican in blackface." West akuwoneka kuti ali pafupi kwambiri ndi Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Edward Said ndi Jean-Paul Sartre, otsogolera anzeru pagulu la anthu, omwe amalankhula monga amakhulupirira zilizonse zomwe zingawononge. Aliyense anali wochirikiza ndale zosintha—‘sosholizimu imene ikudza’—kusiyana ndi ndale za zotheka zomwe zinasankha kukhala ndi moyo woipa wa dongosolo lino mwa kusankha ndale za ‘zoipa zazing’ono.
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