Thandizani mzimu ndi tsogolo la m'badwo wa Bernie. Izi ndizofunikira ngakhale mutavotera ndani m'mapulaimale. Kupita patsogolo kwake kwakhala kodabwitsa kuyambira nthawi yoyambirira pomwe ndidamulandira pamisonkhano yoyambira ku LA. Kampeni ya Sanders idzakhala ndi chiyambukiro chokhazikika pamakhalidwe a anthu, ma Democrat opita patsogolo, zisankho zakomweko ndi ndale zapurezidenti mtsogolomo. Tikukhulupirira kuti isintha "mapiko opita patsogolo a Democratic Party" kukhala mphamvu zenizeni kutsogolo.
Ngati Bernie apambana ku Iowa ndi New Hampshire, zomwe zingatheke, kukwerako kumakhala kolimba ndipo mikangano ikhoza kukhala yovuta kwambiri. Kuyenda kwake kudzasefukira ndi chisangalalo chofulumira, Monga nyengo yozizira ya 1967 pamene ophunzira odzipereka adadutsa m'mapiri kuti atenge Eugene McCarthy oposa 40 peresenti ya mavoti, ndipo anathandiza kukakamiza LBJ kusiya ntchito. Kapena ngati kampeni yayikulu ya Jesse Jackson mu 1988 yomwe idatsogolera ku Rainbow Coalition. Chitsanzo chenicheni chosinthira dongosolo kuchokera mkati chinali chipambano cha Senator Barack Obama ku Iowa mu 2008, mothandizidwa ndi ovota mosiyana ndi omwe atsala pang'ono kuchita nawo masiku angapo.
Palibe kukayika kuti m'badwo wa Bernie ndi tsogolo lathu landale, kujowina ndi magulu omwe akufuna malipiro amoyo kapena $ 15 / h, Black Lives Matter, the Dreamers, ndi 350.org. Ndi mizu yawo mu gulu la Occupy, amakwiyira kwambiri chuma chokhazikika chozikidwa pa McJobs ndi mphamvu zodziyimira pawokha za plutocrats. Akufuna kukwezedwa kwa ngongole za ophunzira ndikutsitsa maphunziro, kukulitsidwa kwa chisamaliro chaumoyo. 80% ya millennials amafuna kusintha kwa mphamvu zoyeretsa ndi zowonjezera pofika chaka cha 2030. 82% akufuna kufufuza zam'mbuyo pazogula zonse zamfuti. Akufuna kuti Citizens United ichotsedwe komanso kuti ndalama zachinsinsi ziwululidwe. Bernie wapeza ndalama zokwana $41 miliyoni, 74 peresenti pazopereka zazing'ono zapayekha.
Pambuyo pa Iowa ndi New Hampshire Bernie adzathamangira kutali kufunafuna ovota a Black ndi Latino. Mwina akuyembekeza kuti ovotawa abwera kumbali yake mofanana ndi momwe Obama adachitira pambuyo pa 2008, pamene ovota akuda adathandizira Hillary mpaka Obama adatsimikizira kuti akhoza kupambana mavoti ku Iowa yoyera. Ngati akuganiza kuti Bernie ndi wosankhidwa, ovota akuda atha kusintha. Ndi njuga yowopsa kwambiri, koma chisankhochi chili ndi chiopsezo. Ambiri akuyimitsa chivomerezo chomaliza mpaka mavoti aku Africa America abwera kuchokera ku South Carolina ndi voti ya Latino kuchokera ku Nevada.
Palibe chowopsa kuposa kutaya nthambi zonse zaboma kuchipembedzo cha ma Republican akumanja. Ichi ndichifukwa chake ambiri ali a tikiti ya Democratic mu Novembala.
Ngati palibe kusintha kwadzidzidzi kwa Bernie, ngati ma primaries ayamba, kugawanika kwa Bernie-Hillary kumakhala kovutirapo pamlingo uliwonse. Ntchito yothetsa kusamvana pakati pa misasa iwiriyi idzakhala yovuta. Mphepete mwa Bernie pa Trump ikhoza kuchepera kapena ayi. Ma Democrat ambiri omwe ali paudindo adzachita mantha chifukwa chokhala pa tikiti imodzi ndi Democratic Socialist.
Hillary watero adaterera kuchokera ku malire amphamvu a 25 mpaka 13-15 peresenti yokha pakati pa ma Democrats adziko lonse. Ayenera kuchita bwino m'maboma omwe akubwera kumene kuli anthu ambiri akuda, Latino, komanso azikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana. Koma mayendedwe a Bernie akadali paliponse.
Ngati Bernie angasinthike motsutsana ndi Hillary, monga momwe akatswiri amanenera, kuyenda kwake kudzakhala kofunikira kuti apambane ndi Democratic mu Novembala. Hillary sangangopanga mgwirizano wachikhalidwe ndi Bernie kuti apambane magulu ake ankhondo, koma amayenera kuchita kampeni yake molemekeza mdani wake komanso maudindo omwe amatenga ku Wall Street ndi Citizens United. Bernie ayenera kutsogolera omutsatira kuti agwirizane ndi adani awo, Hillary ndi Democratic Party. Pongoganiza kuti chisankho chapafupi cha Novembala chokhazikika ndi mfundo zosakwana zinayi, othandizira a Bernie adzakhala kusiyana.
Sitingaike pachiwopsezo choluzanso zisankho, kaya zabedwa kapena ayi, koma chiopsezo chokulirapo chili pati? Izi ndi zomwe ma Democrats ndi Independents akulingalira ndikudandaula masiku ano. Ndi nthawi yoluma chala pamene kupsya mtima kumakula, kukwerana kochulukira, ndi zilakolako zimayaka.
Ambiri amati chiwopsezo chake ndi cholembedwa "demokalase ya demokalase", zomwe zikutanthauza kuti Bernie ali ndi zambiri zofotokozera kuti achite. Kumbali inayi, munthu wakuda dzina lake Barack Hussein Obama adapambana paudindo wa Purezidenti ngakhale adanyozedwa, ndiye chilichonse chitha.
Bernie adzathandizidwa bwino ndi tanthauzo lomveka bwino komanso lomveka bwino la zomwe "kupambana" kumatanthauza. Utsogoleri ndi wofunikira kwambiri, koma chipani cha Republican chili ndi loko ku Congress ndi Supreme Court. Ngati Bernie ndiye wosankhidwa, Ufulu udzalimbana ndi nkhanza zazikulu, ngati zingatheke. Chifukwa chake ndizongoganiza kuti Bernie apita patsogolo pamalamulo pamalingaliro ake osangalatsa a maphunziro aulere komanso inshuwaransi yaumoyo yomwe amalipira m'modzi. Chowonadi ndichakuti akuyenera kulimbana ndi ma Republican mu 2017-2018 ndipo akuyembekeza kupeza mwayi pamasankho a Congress komanso mpikisano wapurezidenti wa 2020. Kungomanga gulu lalikulu kapena "kusintha kwandale" sikungagwire ntchito m'dziko logawanika kwambiri. Nthawi zonse "zigawenga" zachipani cha Democratic Party zimatsatiridwa ndi kuyesetsa kulimbikitsa gululo kukhala bungwe logwirizana, koma nthawi zonse zakhala zikuyenda bwino.
Pali malamulo ambiri otheka kuti Purezidenti Bernie kapena Purezidenti Hillary apereke. Sizikudziwika kuti ndi mavoti angati aku Republican omwe Hillary adzatha "kufika panjira". Bernie samayika malingaliro. Chifukwa chake tikuyenera kuwona kuti timakumana ndi anthu osachepera awiri kapena atatu aku America nthawi imodzi, ndikupita patsogolo makamaka m'maboma otsamira a Democratic komanso mizinda yayikulu. Njirayi yatsimikizira kuti ikugwira ntchito pakusintha kwanyengo, chitetezo chamfuti, malipiro a $ 15 / ola ndi chitetezo cha ogwira ntchito. Pakatikati pa Congressional Progressive Caucus, ndi maziko a Senators Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown, Dick Durbin, Chris Murphy, Al Franken, Maria Cantwell, Tammy Baldwin, Brian Schatz ndi Mayor Bill de Blasio amamangidwa pazipilala zomwezo. M'nyumba zonse ziwiri, ma Democrat adzamenya nkhondo yodzitchinjiriza ndi zigonjetso zofunika m'chigawo.
Phwando lokha lidzafunikanso kukonzanso, osati ntchito yabwino. Democratic National Committee yakhumudwitsa ambiri atolankhani komanso udindo wawo pochepetsa kuchuluka kwa mikangano yapurezidenti ndikusankha nthawi zowonera kanema wawayilesi. [Mwamwayi, iwo angowonjezera mkangano wowonjezera.] Ndondomeko ya maboma 50 yomwe a Howard Dean adayambitsa yafota, ndikusiya zida zochepa zokonzekera phwando kuti likhale lopikisana kwambiri. Lingaliro lotsogolera likuwoneka ngati chitetezo choyenera osati gulu la demokalase. Zida zamaphwando nthawi zambiri zimadzudzulidwa ndi anthu wamba chifukwa chopita kukatenga macheke akuluakulu kuchokera kwa olemera omwe amapereka ndalama zisanakwere kupita ku zochitika zina zomwe zimalimbikitsa opereka ndalama. Ngakhale kuti kukakamizidwa kwa chipanichi kuti apeze ndalama n'komveka, omenyera ufulu wa anthu nthawi zambiri amakhala ogwira ntchito yolowera kuti akalembetse zochitika za matikiti otsika. Kampeni ya Bernie idakhazikitsidwa ndi chidwi cha ovota odziyimira pawokha omwe si achikhalidwe monga omwe adathandizira Obama, McCarthy, ndi Bobby Kennedy kalekale. Apanso, tsogolo limadalira Bernie ndi otsatira ake njira imodzi kapena imzake. Ngati ataluza mapulaimale, maziko ake akupangabe kusiyana pachisankho chapafupi. Ndili ndi anzanga ambiri osangalatsa azaka za m'ma sikisite ndi makumi asanu ndi awiri omwe amagwirabe ntchito pama foni ndi odzipereka pazochitika za ofuna kusankhidwa, koma chiwerengero chawo ndi mphamvu zawo sizokwanira mu November.
Chifukwa chake vuto la Hillary ndilakuti atha kuwukira Bernie ndi omutsatira pama primaries pomwe akupambana ulemu ndi chithandizo chomwe amafunikira Novembala isanafike. Ndipo vuto la Bernie ndi momwe angakulitsire mayendedwe ake kukhala gulu lomwe likukula mpaka Novembala ndi pambuyo pa Novembala.
Ngakhale zochitika zatsopano zimachitika nthawi zonse, mbiri yanga yomwe imandisangalatsa apa:
1. Mu 1968, ndinathandiza Bobby Kennedy mpaka imfa yake, ndiyeno ndinabwerera ku ntchito yolimbana ndi nkhondo ndikuyembekeza kuti Humphrey asintha kukhulupirika kwake ku LBJ ndi Vietnam. Monga momwe zinakhalira, Humphrey mu October adayitana kuyimitsa mabomba ndi zokambirana zamtendere, adakwera pamavoti, ndipo adatayika ndi peresenti imodzi yokha mu November [ tisaiwale kuti voti ya George Wallace inali 13 peresenti, kutsimikizira kuti anthu ambiri ochirikiza nkhondo ali ndi maganizo. voti.] Palibe amene ali ndi lingaliro lenileni la kuvota, koma ndithudi ma Democrats ambiri ndi anthu odana ndi nkhondo sakanatha kudzibweretsa okha kuti avotere Humphrey omwe ankafuna "kutaya". Tili ndi Nixon.
2. Mu 1976, ndinachita kampeni ya Senate ya ku United States pa pulaimale ya California Democratic. Nkhani yaikulu inali ya chisamaliro chaumoyo m’dziko, chimene ndinachirikiza motsutsana ndi lamulo losunga malamulo la Sen. John Tunney. Tunney anali patsogolo kwa miyezi isanu ndi itatu mpaka ndidafika pamalo ofanana, kapena amphamvu pang'ono mu chisankho cha May Field. Kenako bungwe loona za ufulu wachipanilo linadzaza m’mabokosi a makalata ndi ma TV ndi uthenga wakuti ndinali wabodza, munthu wokhwima maganizo, wosayenerera ndiponso wosadziŵa zambiri, amene angakweze misonkho ya aliyense. Zinali zochulukira kwa wobwera kumene kuchokera ku Sixties kuti apitirize, ndipo Tunney ndiye adapambana. Nditalandira mavoti okwana 1.3 miliyoni m’boma limodzi, ndinapitiriza kumanga Campaign for Economic Democracy pofuna kupeza zipambano pamasankho. Koma Tunney, wodetsedwa m’mapulaimale, adagonja mu Novembala ndi ngwazi ya New Right, SI Hayakawa, yemwe mbiri yake idakhazikika pakuthamangitsa ophunzira pamasukulu. Popeza ndimakhulupirira kuvomereza gawo lililonse lomwe ndingakhale nalo poyambitsa zotsatira zoyipa, ndiyenera kuvomereza kuti kampeni yanga idathandizira kutsitsa Tunney.
3. Mu 2000, nditaphunzira kuchokera kuzochitika zanga, ndinathandiza kwambiri Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Al Gore pa bwenzi lake Ralph Nader yemwe adathamanga ngati munthu wachitatu. Chakumapeto, ndikukumbukira kuti ndinali wolumikizidwa pamisonkhano yambiri ndikuyesera kukopa Nader kuti akalimbikitse otsatira ake kumayiko a buluu kuti asinthe kupita ku Gore. Ngati Gore atapambana, ndinaganiza kuti, tidzakhala ndi pulezidenti wathu woyamba wa zachilengedwe ndipo Ralph adzakhala mtsogoleri wamkulu wa anthu omwe amawakonda kwambiri mumsewu wochokera ku White House. Ndinamvera mikangano yambiri yotsutsana pakati pa othandizira a Nader monga Michael Moore ndi ogwira ntchito zapamwamba za Gore. Pamapeto pake, mgwirizano womveka unakhala wosatheka. Chisankhocho chinabedwa ndipo Khothi Lalikulu logwirizana linayambitsa utsogoleri wa George W. Bush. Ichi ndichifukwa chake chisankho cha Bernie chofuna kuthamangira ngati Democrat chinali chofunikira kwambiri.
Ndikhoza kupita ku 2004, pamene John Kerry mwiniwake adavomereza kuti mavoti asokonezedwa ku Ohio koma adadzipereka kwa Bush chifukwa cha mgwirizano wa dziko. Koma sindikufuna kupitiriza. Ndikufuna kuletsa kubwereza koopsa kowopsaku.
Ndiye yankho lolondola ndi liti nthawi ino? Zili ndi ife tonse. Zomwe ndingatsimikizire ndikuti aliyense amavomereza kuti akutenga chiopsezo chachikulu povotera tsogolo lathu. Onetsetsani kuti mwamva mbali ina kuchokera ku zochitika za mbali inayo. Konzani kusamvana mosamala. Phatikizaninso ulemu kwa omwe akukutsutsani ndi omwe sanasankhe. Kutengera ndi momwe mumachitira, mwachitsanzo, mutha kutenga kusintha kwa Bernie posachedwa kwa Hillary pa chitetezo cha opanga mfuti ngati "kungogwedeza" kapena kupita patsogolo kuphwando ndi tonsefe. Komanso mutha kulandila kusintha kwa Hillary pa mgwirizano wamalonda wa TPP ngati chitukuko cholandirika m'malo mokondwera, "Bernie adamukankhira." Ganizirani zomwe zingagwirizanitse ndi kukonza, osati amene angapindule pankhondo yanzeru. Sindinakhalepo wokhulupirira weniweni mu chirichonse, koma ndinatenga maimidwe anga amphamvu pakati pa kukaikira pa nthawi yomweyo.
Ichi ndi chisankho chofunika kwambiri, choopsa kwambiri pa moyo wanga wonse; Ndine wodzipereka kuchiritsa magawano awa ndikupambana mu Novembala. Ngati tipambana, ndiye kuti titha kuyambiranso mikangano yathu ndi ntchito yoleza mtima yamtendere ndi chilungamo.
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NB Onani Kuvomereza Kwamtundu wa Bernie Sanders kuyambira pa Januware 14, 2016. Tom Hayden ndi membala wanthawi yayitali wa The Nation's Editorial Board.
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Inde, mu chisankho chofunikira kwambiri ichi, komanso chowopsa komanso chofunikira kwambiri pa moyo wanga; Ndine wodziperekanso kuchiritsa magawano awa ndikupambana mu Novembala. Ziribe kanthu kuti tipambana kapena ayi, tidzayambiranso mikangano yathu ndikugwira ntchito moleza mtima komanso yotsimikiza kuti tipeze mtendere ndi chilungamo.