Mu 2015 asanafike kusankhidwa kwa Sanders Tom Gallagher adalemba kabuku ka ndale kamutu, Njira Yaikulu: Momwe 99% Amatengera Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo. Kuwunika kwakanthawi kochepa komanso kochititsa chidwi kwa zoyesayesa za gulu lachitatu ndi zovuta zazikulu zinali zodziwika bwino pakulosera zamphamvu za Bernie Sanders mu pulaimale ya demokalase ya 2016. Tsopano patatha zaka ziwiri chisankho cha a Donald Trump ndikulowera ku 2020 Gallagher akuwunikanso kuthekera kwa ndale kwa njira yoyamba yomanga chikhalidwe cha sosholisti ku America.
Kodi kutenga nawo mbali mwachangu pamipikisano yapurezidenti kungapititse patsogolo chitukuko cha zisankho zaku America zomwe zatsala? Chisanafike chaka cha 2016, oweruza adayankha funso ili. Mtsutso wa kutenga nawo mbali mu ndondomeko ya pulezidenti unali wakuti, ngakhale kuti kupambana kungakhale kotheka mumipikisano ya Nyumba kapena Senate (ndipo ndithudi mu mafuko a boma kapena a m'deralo), kusankhidwa kwa pulezidenti kunapereka mwayi wochuluka umene mitundu yotsika siinatero. Njira yachisankho cha pulezidenti yokha ndi yomwe imapereka bwalo la ndale lokhudza dziko lonse - mkangano ndi zokambirana za komwe dziko liri ndi komwe likufuna kupita, zomwe kufunikira kwake kumaposa zochitika zina zilizonse muzandale za ku America. Ndipo mkangano wotenga nawo gawo makamaka pama primaries (ndi ma caucuses) - mosiyana ndi mpikisano wa "third party" - wakhazikika pa mfundo yakuti ma primaries amapereka njira "yotetezeka", pomwe ofuna kumanzere sangawone. uthenga wawo wophimbidwa ndi chiwopsezo chowoneka cha zoyesayesa zawo potsirizira pake kupangitsa zinthu kuipiraipira pothandiza mosadziwa kusankha wa Republican - mkangano womwe wapitilira kwa zaka pafupifupi makumi awiri kuyambira pomwe Ralph Nader adayendetsa 2000. Pambuyo pa kampeni ya Bernie Sanders, funso la kufunika kotenga njira yoyamba likuwoneka kuti lathetsedwa.
Potenga "zovuta zazikulu" zachilendo - inshuwaransi yazaumoyo padziko lonse lapansi, malipiro ochepa omwe kwenikweni ndi malipiro amoyo, mbiri ya US kugwetsa maboma osankhidwa mwa demokalase, ndi zina zotero - m'zipinda zochezera zaku America pazokambirana, a Sanders. kampeni inasintha ndondomeko yonseyi, ndipo ndithudi inapatsa dziko lonse kulawa koyamba kwa "demokalase ya sosholizimu," yomwe ndi "demokalase ya sosholizimu" monga momwe bwenzi limafotokozera osati mdani. Mkangano wandale wapadziko lonse tsopano ukuphatikiza malingaliro odziwika pafupifupi padziko lonse laufulu - koma osati pano.
Funso lanthawiyi ndilakuti ngati izi zitha kuwoneka ngati mbiri yakale chabe kapena chiyambi cha kusintha kosatha kwa nyanja mu ndale zaku America. Kodi tsogolo liphatikizepo munthu waku America yemwe atsala pang'ono kukumana ndi zovuta zandale zapadziko lonse lapansi? Kapena kodi imabwereranso kumalingaliro ake achikhalidwe, makamaka osatenga nawo mbali, omwe amaperekedwa kuchokera m'mphepete?
Kufikira momwe munthu amafunikira kumvetsetsa zam'mbuyomu kuti akonzekere zam'tsogolo, kuwunika kolondola kwa kampeni ya Sanders kumawoneka ngati kofunikira pakukonzekereratu kwapatsogolo. Kuthamanga kwa Sanders ndikutilowetsa m'chizoloŵezi chatsiku ndi tsiku cha kugwedeza mitu yathu ndi/kapena zibakera chifukwa cha mkwiyo waposachedwa ndi zopusa za aboma, koma sizimawonekera nthawi zonse ngati kukula kwa kampeni ya Sanders kudayamba kale kulowa. kuti alinso wosankhidwa adzangoyesa mopanda chidwi kwambiri paulendo wake womaliza kukhala wovuta kwambiri.)
Mwachidule, popambana mavoti oposa 13 miliyoni pama primaries ndi ma caucuses a Democratic, a Bernie Sanders adapambana mavoti onse omwe adasankhidwa kukhala pulezidenti wa Socialist m'mbiri yakale ya dzikolo. Ndipo komabe timapezabe, kumbali ina, odzizindikiritsa okha a sosholisti omwe amawona kampeni ngati yolephereka kapena yosokoneza, ndipo, kwina, omenyera ufulu ndi ochirikiza zifukwa zomwezo zomwe kampeniyo idachirikiza omwe amawoneka osaganizira kapena osalabadira. pakuchita bwino kwake polimbikitsa nkhanizi.
Ndizovuta kunena kuti ndi anthu angati omwe agwera m'gulu lililonse lamaguluwa - wina akukayikira kuti omwe sachita chidwi amaposa omwe amatsutsa - koma mosasamala kanthu za kukula kwawo, zovuta komanso changu chokhazikitsa kusintha komwe kampeni ya Sanders idasunthira kutsogolo. asonyeza kuti pali phindu poyesa kutitengera tonsefe amene tikuyesera kukwera sitima imodzi kupita kumalo amodzi.
Lingaliro limodzi mwa otsutsa omwe akukana kampeni ya Sanders amangonena kuti kulephera kopambana kusankhidwa kukuwonetsa kupanda pake kwa bizinesi yonse - tikadakhala tikuchita bwino ndi nthawi yathu. Mkangano wina umasokonekera kwa Sanders chifukwa chogwira ntchito mkati mwa chipani cha Democratic Party ndipo, potero, kutsimikizira mitundu ya Wall Street yomwe imayang'anira, komanso zokonda ndi maudindo awo, maudindo omwe nthawi zambiri amatsutsana ndi ake - ndi athu. Lingaliro linanso likunena kuti anthu omwe amayendetsa chipani cha Democratic Party samatifuna komweko, nanga bwanji tizikhala komwe sitikufunidwa? Kuwamangiriza onse pamodzi ndi chikhulupiriro chakuti zinthu zimafuna "chipani chachitatu," chipani chathu, chipani chomwe chimagawana nawo ndale zathu, chipani chomwe timachilamulira.
Tsoka ilo, mbiri ikuwonetsa kuti ngati tikufuna njira yobwerera kumtunda komwe American Left idagwira ntchito kwanthawi yayitali, izi zitha kukhala pafupi kwambiri. Mwinanso chosagwirizana kwambiri kapena chotsutsana ndi ndale pamikangano iyi ndi lingaliro lakuti tiyenera kuchoka ku Democratic Party chifukwa mphamvu zake sizimatikonda. Ngati sitingathe kupirira mfundo yakuti pamene mukuyesera kugwetsa anthu pa maudindo awo omwe sakonda, tingafune kuganizira zopereka mphamvu zathu kuzinthu zina osati ndale. Mukufuna kupikisana ndi mphamvu zenizeni? Ndiye yembekezera pushback. Amuna awa amadziwa zomwe akuchita. Ndipo zoti akufuna kuti tipite ndi chifukwa chake tiyenera kukhala: Democratic Party ikuyimira njira yotsimikizika yopita kumphamvu. Mwachindunji, wosankhidwa wa demokalase sanamalize kuchokera pa awiri apamwamba pampikisano wapurezidenti kuyambira pomwe chipanichi chidakhazikitsidwa mu 1828.
Kodi munthu wachitatu amapereka chiyani? Kumveka bwino? Inde, ndizowona kuti kukhazikitsidwa kwa chipani china chatsopano kumanzere kungathandize kuti uthenga umveke bwino kuposa chilichonse chomwe tingakwaniritse mu Democratic Party m'tsogolomu. Koma funso nlakuti ndani angamvetsere uthenga womveka bwino umenewo pakati pa zenizeni za dongosolo limene tikukhalamo kwenikweni? Anthu ambiri omwe amaphunzira zinthu zotere amatsutsa zabwino za dongosolo lanyumba yamalamulo, lomwe limalola kuti anthu azisankhidwa kuti azitsatira pulogalamu yapadera ya chipani, pambuyo pake, kusakhalapo kwa chipani chilichonse chomwe chikupeza unyinji weniweni - zotulukapo zanthawi zonse m'mabungwe ambiri anyumba yamalamulo - zipani zosiyanasiyana zili ndi mwayi wophatikiza chipani kapena zipani zomwe zili pafupi kwambiri ndi iwo kuti apange boma, motsutsana ndi zipani zomwe sakugwirizana nazo pang'ono. US ikadakhala ndi dongosolo lotere mu 2016, titha kuganiza kuti a Sanders ndi Clinton akuphatikiza magulu ankhondo motsutsana ndi othandizira a Trump ndi zinthu zina zolimba, kupanga boma ndikusankha nduna yayikulu kuchokera kugulu lalikulu kuti alamulire.
Koma, zabwino kapena zoipa, sitikukhala mu dongosolo la "zowonjezera" zomwe zimalola mphamvu za maphwando osiyanasiyana kuti ziphatikizidwe pambuyo povota - ndipo sitingathe kuzilakalaka. Zowona zaku America, wina watsopano kumanzere atha kuchita msonkhano wogwirizana, kupanga nsanja yolumikizana ndikusankha munthu wodziwa bwino kukhala pulezidenti kuti apikisane nawo papulatifomu. Ndipo pambuyo pake? Mbiri mwatsoka ikuwonetsa kuti wosankhidwayo achita bwino kwambiri kuti apeze mavoti opitilira atatu peresenti ya mavoti. Womaliza "wachitatu" wosankhidwa pulezidenti wa kumanzere kuti afike ngakhale msinkhu umenewo anali Eugene Debs mu 1920. (Robert LaFollette nayenso anachita mu 1924, koma kwenikweni anali Republican - inde, panali chinthu choterocho ngati mapiko akumanzere. Republican m'masiku amenewo.) Ndipo ngati m'mbuyomo atakhala wowongolera, chinthu chimodzi chomwe timaganiza kuti angapambane kwambiri ndi - mlandu. Pakuti mu dongosolo la "subtractive" lomwe limagwiritsidwa ntchito pa chisankho cha pulezidenti waku America, chipani chilichonse chachitatu chopereka m'malo mwa munthu yemwe omutsatira ake angamuganizire "chochepa pa zoyipa ziwiri" amakhala pachiwopsezo chothandizira pa chisankho cha zoyipa ziwirizo. Tingolingalira momwe Trump adasankhidwiranso mu 2020 ndi mavoti a zisankho ochokera m'maboma omwe malire ake pa omwe adasankhidwa ndi demokalase anali ochepa kuposa mavoti omwe adaponyedwa kwa munthu wina wodziwika kumanzere, kuti azindikire tsoka pa kusankhidwa koteroko. Anthu ena akhoza kutenga gawo lawo la zomwe akwaniritsa, kutsimikiza. Ndipo pali mabwalo achisankho momwe angathere ndikuchita bwino - koma mulingo wapurezidenti si umodzi mwaiwo.
Kulephera kuvomereza kufunikira kwa kampeni ya Sanders ya 2016 sikungokhala kwa omwe amalimbikitsa chipani chachitatu, ngakhale. Kumbali inayi, zikuwoneka kuti pali anthu ambiri omwe amawoneka kuti akugwirizana ndi mbiri ya Sanders kumbuyo, koma kwenikweni sanali - kuphatikiza ena otsalira omwe adayimilira kwanthawi yayitali, ambiri ngakhale odziwika okha. Ena mwa iwo anali olakwika chifukwa Sanders adalowa mu mpikisanowu, atasankhidwa kukhala Clinton kuti akhale wopambana, komanso / kapena kuganiza kuti Sanders alibe mwayi wosankha. Kwa ena, chiyembekezo chosankha purezidenti woyamba wachikazi chimaposa mfundo yoti anali pafupi kwambiri ndi a Sanders pankhaniyi. Ena atha kukhala ndi mavuto enieni ndi Sanders ngati phungu, chopunthwitsa chomwe chingakhale chopunthwitsa ndi aliyense, yemwe, mosiyana ndi bilu kapena funso lovota, amabwera ndi mbiri yakale komanso mawonekedwe. Ena mwina amaganiza kuti, “Ayenera kukhala wa Democrat,” kapena “Sindinakonde zomwe anachita kale pamene anali meya wa Burlington,” ndi zina zotero. mndandanda wa ma Democrat olunjika ku Wall Street, omwe sanathenso kuzindikira munthu wokhala ndi mizere yosiyana kwenikweni pomwe zenizeni zidabwera.
Palibe zonena kuti gululi ndi lalikulu bwanji, koma zikuwoneka kuti likuphatikizanso "mitundu yoyenda" yomwe idakhala zaka zambiri muzochitika zokhudzana ndi kumanzere m'malo monga kusaka ndalama, maziko, ntchito zachitukuko, kutsatsa, maubale ndi anthu. , ntchito zamalamulo, utolankhani, ndi ntchito zina zochepa. Kaya akuganizabe kupita ndi Clinton chinthu choyenera kuchita pansi pazimenezi, pakadali pano, ndi nkhani yofunikira payekha. Chofunikira, komabe, ndikuti lingaliro lapitalo likuwalepheretsa kuzindikira momwe kampeni ya Sanders idasinthira zinthu - mpaka zomwe adayesetsa kwa nthawi yayitali. Palibe njira yeniyeni yodziwira yankho la funsoli kapena kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe akukhudzidwa, koma gawo la utolankhani, lomwe lili ndi anthu ambiri pazantchitozi, likuwonetsa kuti pangakhale chiwerengero chokulirapo chomwe sichinawunikenso zomwe zikuchitika. Ganizirani za olemba angati omwe amalankhula bwino pazabwino za Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, koma sanachite zotere kwa Sanders mu 16, ndipo sanawonetsere kuti adawunikanso momwe amachitira, akuwoneka kuti akunyalanyaza, kapena osazindikira momwe zingakayikire. zakhala kuti iye akhale mayi wocheperapo kwambiri yemwe adasankhidwa kukhala ku U.S. Congress, kulibe kampeni ya Sanders.
Nanga zonsezi zikutisiya kuti? Kumayambiriro kwa 2019 kumapereka chiwonetsero cha ndale za ku America zomwe sizingaganizidwe kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2016. Chowonadi chodabwitsa kwambiri ndi White House yomwe imakhala ndi munthu yemwe amadziwika kuti ndi wabodza, akuyang'anira kupititsa patsogolo chuma cha olemera kale, kuwonongeka kwa kayendetsedwe ka chilengedwe, ndi kuipitsidwa kwa nkhani zapoyera za anthu omwe si a fuko ndi jenda; munthu yemwe khalidwe lake loipa kwambiri ladabwitsa mamiliyoni a ife - tsiku lililonse la ulamuliro wake. Kumbali inayi, tikuwona America yomwe ili pafupi ndi kusintha kwa paradigm popanda kale, America yomwe ikukula kuzindikira kuti koloko yapadziko lapansi ikuyenda, kuzindikira kuti anthu adziko lino ndi dziko lapansi sangathenso kusiya tsogolo m'manja mwa mabungwe ofunafuna phindu ndi zida zankhondo zankhondo zofunafuna mphamvu, kuzindikira kufunikira kopeza njira yotengera mphamvuzo m'manja mwathu, demokalase.
Chaka chamawa primaries ndi caucuses adzakhala kachiwiri mosakayika nthawi ya mkangano ndi kusagwirizana - ndicho chimene iwo ali. Koma kwanthawi yoyamba m'miyoyo ya ovota ambiri omwe akutenga nawo mbali, kwanthawi yoyamba m'miyoyo ya ovota omwe akutenga nawo gawo, zikuwoneka kuti ndizotheka kumaliza nyengo yapulayimale ndi munthu yemwe amangopitilira vuto lochepa kwambiri lokhala wabwinoko kuposa yemwe akukhala pano. White House, koma m'modzi yemwe ali ndi vuto lokhazikitsa ulamuliro wademokalase pamagulu omwe akutitsogolera ku chiwonongeko.
Tom Gallagher - mbadwa ya Hunts Point gawo la Bronx - koma wokonda moyo wa Dodger, yemwe amatha kufotokoza ngati angafune! Womenyera nkhondo komanso wotsogolera anthu ku Boston. Adayimira Allston Brighton oyandikana ndi Boston ku Massachusetts House of Representatives. Woimira boma loyamba la Socialist kuyambira nthawi ya Sacco ndi Vanzetti ku Massachusetts. Mu 1986 adapikisana nawo mu pulaimale ya demokalase pamalo odzaza anthu ambiri kuti alowe m'malo mwa Tip O'Neil. Pambuyo pake adatsogolera mutu wa Boston wa Democratic Socialists of America. Pambuyo pake adasamukira ku SF komwe amakhala ku Bernal Heights, ndi mphunzitsi wolowa m'malo ku SFUSD ndipo adalemba za zomwe adakumana nazo m'buku lotchedwa Sub. Adasankhidwa kukhala nthumwi ya Bernie Sanders ku Msonkhano Wosankhira Purezidenti wa 2016. (Anatumikiranso mofanana ndi George McGovern mu 1984.) Iye ndi membala wa Bernal Heights Democratic Club, Progressive Democrats of America, ndi Democratic Socialists of America.
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