Ambiri atsopano a demokalase atenga udindo ku US House of Representatives mu Januwale, chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe akutenga nawo mbali pazisankho zaku US. Malingana ndi deta yoyambirira, zikuwoneka kuti zatha 49% ya ovota oyenerera adawonekera pamavoti chaka chino, poyerekeza ndi zaka 70 zochepa za 36.4% m'zaka zapakati pa 2014. Kuposa kale lonse, a Democrats ayenera kuthokoza ovota achinyamata chifukwa cha kupambana kwawo, monga 18-39 zaka akuwonekera adavotera ndi a awiri mpaka amodzi.
Zodabwitsa 71.6% ya zaka 18-29 adavotera Senator Bernie Sanders pa Hillary Clinton mu 2016. Choncho siziyenera kudabwitsa kuti 2018 "Blue Wave" mu Nyumbayi ndi gulu laling'ono kwambiri, losiyana kwambiri komanso lopita patsogolo kwambiri la mamembala a Democratic House m'zaka zambiri, okonzeka kumenyera nkhondo. nkhani zomwe Sanders adakumana nazo mu 2016 ndipo ambiri aiwo akhala akugwira ntchito m'madera awo.
Koma nkhani yomwe ikhudza kwambiri achinyamata kwazaka zambiri zikubwerazi, mwachitsanzo, malangizo a mfundo zakunja za US, zomwe sizikuwoneka mu kampeni ya 2018. Ndi mamembala atsopano a Congress omwe ali ndi mbiri yakumayiko akunja, kotero a House Dems atsopano atha kudodoma atazindikira kuti zonse zomwe amafunikira kunyumba zimagwidwa ndi "msonkho wankhondo" waukulu womwe umatha. kupitirira 60% ya federal discretionary ndalama pa zida, nkhondo ndi ndalama zankhondo.
Ngakhale kwa iwo omwe alibe chidwi ndi mfundo zakunja, kuyang'ana mozungulira "njovu m'chipinda" monga momwe ma Congress adachitira kudzakhala kopunduka ndikuchepetsa zofunikira zawo zonse, kuyambira chithandizo chamankhwala, maphunziro ndi mphamvu zoyera mpaka kuthana ndi umphawi. mayiko olemera kwambiri padziko lapansi.
Zaka XNUMX zapitazo, Martin Luther King adaphwanya "chete wausiku," monga adanenera, kuti athane ndi vuto lankhondo zakunja, mbiri yowononga ndalama zankhondo komanso umphawi wapanyumba m'mbiri yake. "Pambuyo pa Vietnam" adilesi ku Riverside Church ku New York City. Dr. King adayamika pulogalamu yaumphawi ya a Johnson kuti ndi "nthawi yowala" polimbana ndi umphawi ku America ndipo adalankhula momveka bwino za zomwe zidapangitsa kuti zilephereke: nkhondo ya Vietnam.
"Kenako kudachitika ku Vietnam, ndipo ndidawona pulogalamuyi ikusweka ndikusokonekera ngati kuti ndi nkhani yandale yomwe anthu achita misala pankhondo," adatero King. "Ndipo ndimadziwa kuti dziko la America silingawononge ndalama kapena mphamvu zofunikira kuti akonzenso osauka awo malinga ngati ulendo waku Vietnam ukupitilizabe kukopa amuna ndi maluso ndi ndalama ngati chubu cha ziwanda, chowononga. Chotero ndinakakamizika kwambiri kuona nkhondoyo monga mdani wa osauka ndi kuiukira motero.โ
Masiku ano, ngakhale kuti US sikumenya nkhondo pamlingo wa Vietnam ndipo Cold War yatha kale, Mlembi wa Chitetezo Mattis '. pempho la bajeti ya FY2019, pambuyo pa kusintha kwa inflation, ndi 18% kuposa kusinthanitsa kwazinthu zonse zomwe Dr. King adatsutsa mu 1967.
Zolepheretsa kulimbana ndi vutoli sizichokera kwa aku Republican okha. Adzabweranso kuchokera ku hawkish, ma Democrats amakampani omwe nthawi zonse amavota mogwirizana ndi a Republican kuti avomereze ndalama zowonongera usilikali zomwe zimawononga tsogolo la ana athu ndi zidzukulu ndi nkhondo zomwe zimawononga miyoyo ndi tsogolo la mamiliyoni a anansi athu padziko lonse lapansi.
Ndalama Zovotera Nkhondo
Monga tafotokozera mu CODEPINK 2018 Peace Voter Guide & Divestment Record, ambiri mwa ma Democrat omwe ali ndi mbiri yovota ya hawkish ndi omwewo omwe amapeza zopereka zazikulu za kampeni kuchokera kumakampani opanga zida za US. Purezidenti wakale a Jimmy Carter amatcha ndalama za kampeni yaku US komanso kukopa makampani kukhala njira yoyendetsera "chiphuphu chandale chopanda malire." Chiphuphuchi, chikatsogolera ku mbiri ya ndalama zankhondo, chimafanana ndi kulipira anthu kuti avotere zida ndi nkhondo zomwe zimapha anthu.
Gawo lalikulu la bajeti ya Pentagon ya 2019 limaphatikizapo a Pempho la $ 235.5 biliyoni chifukwa cha "ndalama" za zida zatsopano ndi zida, kuchuluka kwakukulu kuyambira pomwe Purezidenti Obama adakulitsa nkhondo yotsogozedwa ndi US ku Afghanistan idafika pachimake mu 2011.
Democrat paudindo wa House Armed Services Committee โ komiti yomwe imawunika, kusintha ndikuvomereza bajeti ya Pentagon โ ndi Adam Smith (WA-9). Sizinangochitika mwangozi kuti Smith adalandira $261,450 mu ndalama za kampeni kuchokera kumakampani opanga zida zankhondo panthawi yazisankho iyi, yomwe ndi yachiwiri yayikulu kwambiri pama Democrats onse a House. Mu 2016, Smith adavotera ndi anthu ambiri aku Republican ndi ma Democrat ena 15 okha kuti apitirize kugulitsa zida ku Saudi Arabia.
Mu chisankho chapakati, Adam Smith adatsutsidwa ndi wachinyamata wolimbikitsa mtendere komanso demokalase, Sarah Smith, omwe adapambana 31.7% ya mavoti, ngakhale kuti 11 mpaka 1 anali ndi vuto la ndalama zoyendetsera kampeni. Mayi Smith adatcha gulu lankhondo lankhondo "lotupa mochititsa mantha" ndipo adadzudzula usilikali wothawa:
"Tiyenera kuika patsogolo zokambirana pa nkhondo. Nkhondo zathu zomenyera nkhondo ku Middle East zawononga masauzande ambiri a servicemen ndi mabiliyoni a madola, komanso kufa kwa mamiliyoni a anthu wamba m'maiko omwe akuwukiridwa, kuti apindule pang'ono ku Iraq, Afghanistan, ndi Yemen. Izi ziyenera kutha. โ
Kuvotera nkhondo ya Iraq kuyenera kuthetsa ntchito zandale za 111 Democrats ndi 263 Republican omwe adavotera. Ambiri mwa ma Democrat adathamangitsidwa kapena achoka ku Congress kuyambira 2002, koma si onse.
Mwa ochirikiza 13 aku Iraq omwe adakhalabe pamipando mu Nyumbayi, Adam Smith ndi ena anayi tsopano akufuna kukhala ndi maudindo amphamvu, ngakhale onse akutenga zopereka zazikulu kuchokera kugulu lankhondo.
- Steny Hoyer (MD-5), yemwe ali pafupi kukhala Mtsogoleri wa Nyumba Yaikulu, adatenga $179,983 mu ndalama zamakampani ankhondo mu kuzungulira uku;
- Adam Schiff (CA-28), wosankhidwa kukhala wapampando wa Intelligence Committee, adatenga $80,743 kuchokera kumalo olandirira nkhondo;
- Nita Lowey (NY-17), yemwe akuyenera kukhala wapampando wa Komiti Yamphamvu Yonse Yogwirizira, adatenga $79,000;
- Eliot Engel (NY-16), yemwe akufuna kukhala wapampando wa Komiti Yowona Zakunja, adalandira $41,000 kuchokera kumakampani opanga zida.
CODEPINK ndi ogwira nawo ntchito m'gulu lopita patsogolo akuitana Adam Smith ndi ma Democrats onse omwe akufuna kukhala tcheyamani makomiti a Congression mu Congress yatsopano kuti abweze zopereka za kampeni kuchokera kumakampani a zida zankhondo ndikusiya kuzilandira kuyambira pano. Mutha kusaina kwathu chenjezo pa ulalo uwu.
Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) anali ndi nzeru zovotera nkhondo ndi Iraq zaka 16 zapitazo, koma nayenso, tsopano akuthandizidwa ndi gulu lankhondo, motengera $51,167 paulendowu.
Izi zitha kuthandiza kufotokoza chifukwa chake Pelosi sanawonetse utsogoleri pavuto lalikulu kwambiri padziko lapansi masiku ano, zotsatira zowopsa za nkhondo ya Saudi-US ku Yemen. Ngakhale adadzudzula zoyesayesa za Republican kuti athetse chikalata chothetsa udindo wa US pankhondo ku Yemen, H Con Res 138, zidali pambuyo pa zionetsero za magulu omenyera ufulu omwe adavomera kukhala cosponsor wa biluyo.
Kodi tingayembekezere bwanji kuti Nyumba ya Oyimilira yatsopano ya Democratic House of Representatives idzayimilire kumalo omenyera nkhondo ngati asankha atsogoleri omwe adavotera nkhondo yowopsa ya Iraq, kulephera kutsogolera pazovuta zankhondo, mtendere ndi mbiri ya ndalama zankhondo, ndipo akadali munkhondo. kulipira zokonda zankhondo ndi mafakitale?
Achinyamata aku America omwe adapezeka m'chisankhochi adavotera utsogoleri watsopano wopita patsogolo. Tsopano zili kwa ma Democrat ku Congress kuti apereke zomwe adavotera.
Medea Benjamin is kumanga of CODEPINK kwa Mtendere, ndi wolemba mabuku angapo, kuphatikizapo Ufumu wa osalungama: Pambuyo pa US-Saudi Connection ndi M'kati mwa Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Nicolas JS Davies is wolemba of Magazi Pa Manja Athu: Kuthamangira ku America ndi Kuwonongedwa kwa Iraq ndi wofufuza yemwe ali ndi CODEPINK.
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