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Izwi rokuti jubheri rinobva muchiHebheru "yovel,โ kureva โkurira kwehwamanda yorusununguko.โ Kwainzi, pazuva rokusunungurwa, kurira kwehwamanda kwaizorira munyika yose. Mazuva ano, ndinonzwa kurira kwehwamanda iyo ndichifamba nevana vangu mumigwagwa yeNew York City, apo kuratidzira kuchienderera mberi pano, kunyange mukati medenda, sezvavakaita kubva mushure meMay 25th apo mupurisa akaisa ibvi rake kuna George. Mutsipa waFloyd ndokumubira hupenyu hwake. Ndinozvinzwa pandinotaura nevatungamiriri vasina pekugara vachidzivirira misasa yavo pakati pehusiku hweCovid-19. Ndinozvinzwa pandinosangana nevanhu vakaneta, vakashatirwa, asi, nenzira inoshamisa zvakakwana, vachiwana manzwi avo ezvematongerwo enyika kekutanga. Ndinozvinzwa pandakaverenga hurukuro yemuranda akapukunyuka uye wekubvisa Frederick Douglass manheru eEmancipation Proclamation.
Ini zvakare ndinonzwa chiyeuchidzo chakapinza chaFrederick Douglass, kubva mukutaura kumwe cheteko, kwekudiwa kwekusvinurira kusingaperi pandinonzwa nezverufu rwevatungamiriri mubato rekushandura nyika yedu - senge. Pamela Rush, aigara muMississippi Delta ane tsvina isina tsvina pachivanze chake uye akafa neCovid-19 matambudziko, chipatara chepedyo chiri chinenge awa kubva kumba kwake. (Anosiya mwanasikana anoda kuenderera mberi kwakanaka kwemhepo, kana kuti CPAP, muchina wekufema uye mwanakomana.) Idzi, shure kwezvose, nguva dzengozi inokatyamadza, asiwo mukana wakakura, nguva dzinofanira kusangana nefungidziro isingadzoreki, kusimba kwakakwana, uye mumhanzi wenyanga idzodzo dzejubheri. Kupfuura zvese, munyika yakatimikira zvakati kuti, tinofanira kutenda kuti tinogona kubudirira.
ยกSรญ, se puede! Hungu, tinogona!
Nzira Yokuporesa America
Musi waChikumi 20, ndakanzwa kurira kwehwamanda yejubheri, apo vanhu vangangosvika mamirioni matatu vakamirira Mass Poor People's Assembly uye Moral March paWashington kuti vataure nyaya dzisinga taurike, zvido, uye mhinduro dzinogona kuitika kukura kwekufamba kwevanhu kune kusaruramisira kwakawanda. Padivi pesocial media, redhiyo, neTV (muChirungu, Spanish, uye Mutauro Wemasaini wekuAmerica), nhamba dzemahara dzakatepfenyura chirongwa ichi kumisasa isina pekugara nedzimwe nzvimbo dzakasiiwa neruzhinji rwenzanga iyi kare Covid-19 isati yatanga, uye vateereri zviuru mazana matatu vakatumira. hurongwa hwePoor People's Campaign kumagavhuna avo neCongress.
Zvichakadaro, zuva iroro muTulsa, Oklahoma, Mutungamiri Trump vaitaura panguva dziite kwaaitengesa, sezvaanogara achiita, mukusarurana kwakajeka uye ruvengo kunyangwe akaramba kuparara kwedenda rekoronavirus uye dambudziko rehupfumi raakakonzera. Nezve 6,000 vanhu akagara zvakanyanya asina mask uye akabatana papfudzi muhoro iyoyo, yaigona kunge yakabata zviuru gumi nezvipfumbamwe. Kunyange zvakadaro vanoita sevana yakabatsira spark kuvhiya kwenyaya dzekoronavirus muguta iroro anenge masvondo maviri gare gare.
Zvakare musi waChikumi 20, Mushandirapamwe Wevarombo (uyo ini ndiri sachigaro) yakatanga "Moral Policy Agenda yeKuporesa America: Iyo Varombo YeJubilee Platform." Yakatsanangura kwete chete ndaza yezvinodikanwa, asi purani yekuvakazve tsika dzenzanga iyo zvino inoratidzika kunge iri kukundikana nekukurumidza. Zvinoreva kutiyeuchidza isu tese kuti kupedza hurombo uye rusaruraganda, kushanda kudzikamisa shanduko yemamiriro ekunze, uye kumisa mauto emunyika ino anoramba achikura, kumba nekune dzimwe nyika, hazvigoneke chete, asi kuti isu tinonyatsoziva zvazvichazotora kuti tiwane. ikoko. Pakati pemitemo inodiwa ndeye universal single payer healthcare, mhando uye dzidzo yemahara kuburikidza nekoreji, kubhadhara chikwereti, a yakavimbiswa mari, kodzero yebasa rinobhadhara chokurarama nacho kudzivirira kwezvakatipoteredza, kodzero dzechivanhu nedzakabva kune dzimwe nyika, uye mararamiro akakwana evanhu vose, kusanganisira varombo, munyika ine kongiresi uye purezidhendi anonyanyotarisa vapfumi uye kutsigira Pentagon pamwero unoshamisa.
Iyi Jubheri Platform, sezvatinoidana, inosimbisa chokwadi chakawanda chakawanikwa nevarwi verusununguko kubva mumazera ose - kusanganisira chakavanzika chakachengetedzwa muAmerica kuti kune chaizvoizvo zvakakwana kune munhu wose uye kuti isu tose takafanirwa nekuwanda kwenyika yedu; kuti patinosimudza kubva pasi kumusoro, munhu wese anosimuka; kuti nharaunda yedu inoda zvikuru shanduko yetsika yehunhu yatinofanira kuvimba nayo nehutungamiriri hweavo vanonyanya kukanganiswa nekusaruramisira; uye kuti, saReverend Martin Luther King, Jr., akamboti, zvirokwazvo tinogona โkumanikidza chimiro chesimba kuti hungu apo vangave vachida kuramba.โ
Hapana Murombo Pakati Pedu
Vanhu vakawanda vakati dambarefu iri rineshungu zvakanyanya, zvekuti zvinodiwa zvakadaro hazvigoneke mune zvematongerwo enyika uye zvinodhura zvakanyanya. Musavatenda. Pane kudaro, nditendei kuti mabhenefiti ekudyara muhupenyu, kwete rufu, anodarika mutengo, chero zvingave.
Mushure mezvose, urombo hwevana nechekare mari nyika yedu, zvishoma, inofungidzirwa $ Miriyoni 700 gore negore; kudzvinyirirwa kwevavhoti mudunhu rimwe chete, Florida, akawedzera ku mari inosvika madhora mazana matatu nemakumi masere nemashanu pagore mumitengo yekutonga nedare; kutadza kugadzirisa zvakakwana shanduko yemamiriro ekunze uye kugadzira hupfumi hwegirini hunogona, pakupedzisira, mutengo inofungidzirwa kuti 15.7% yegross chigadzirwa chedu pagore, ichibvisa yakaenzana ne3.3 trillion yemadhora kubva upfumi - uye, kana mhedzisiro yekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze ikasvika nekukurumidza kupfuura zvaitarisirwa, zvinogona kuipa. Zvichakadaro, hondo dzisingaperi, tisingatauri nezve 800 US mauto ari pasi dzakapararira pasirese, dzinodhura mazana emabhiriyoni emadhora emuteresi pagore pasina kuita kuti nyika yedu kana pasi rose zvive zvakachengeteka.
Panzvimbo yehondo yekubhengi uye mauto-maindasitiri akaoma, maAmerican anogona kukurumidza kucheka $ 350 bhiriyoni kubva kubhajeti regore rePentagon, rishandise kusimudzira kuchengetedzwa kwechokwadi kumba (kunyanya panguva yedenda iri), uye uchine Chikuru bhajeti remauto kupfuura China, Russia, neIran dzakasanganiswa. Hurumende inogona kusimudza federal Minimum wage kune mupenyu uye nekuona kuparara kwemari sezvo iyo mari yakatenderera ichidzoka kuburikidza nehupfumi, nekukurumidza uye mberi kupfuura mabhiriyoni eCongress akapa kuburikidza. mutero kune vakatopfuma zvakanyanya nemakambani. Uye iyo US inogona kuwana $ 886 bhiriyoni mumari inofungidzirwa yegore negore kubva kumitero yakanaka pane iyo 1% yeAmerica, makambani ane simba zvikuru, uye Wall Street.
Fungidzira nzanga yakanyatso tanga kuisa mari muzvivakwa zveveruzhinji, ichigadzira mabasa akawanda uye ari nani asina hukama nemauto-indasitiri yakaoma, uku ichimhanyisa shanduko yesimba yakachena (uye mabasa aifamba nawo). Fungidzira izvo zvingaite kune nyika yedu uye nyika. Mukuita izvi, United States yaigona kupa hutano hwehutano, pekugara, uye dzidzo kumunhu wese. Munyika yakapfuma kwazvo pasi rose, mune, chokwadi, zviwanikwa zvakawanda, kunyangwe kwenguva yakareba kwazvo mitemo yedu yeruzhinji yakawedzera zvakanyanya kune vashoma kwazvo.
Jubheri uye Kururamisira
Kusanganisirwa kwejubheri mupuratifomu yepuratifomu hakureviwe seimwewo imwe rhetorical inokura. Zvinorehwa semhere mhere, izwi rinobata nenzira yakanakisisa yeramangwana rehupfumi nemagariro maonero ekururamisira, nzira yezvematongerwo enyika yenguva yedu, uye kuratidzwa kwemoyo wehutsika hwekufamba kwevanodzvinyirirwa munyika ino. Chokwadi, jubilee yagara ichidaidzwa sechipfupi chevimbiso yerusununguko munyika ino, kubva mubato rekubvisa Hondo yepamberi kusvika nhasi.
Musi wa28 Zvita 1862, manheru enguva apo Mutungamiri Abraham Lincoln akapa Chiziviso cheEmancipation kusunungura varanda, Frederick Douglass akapa hurukuro, "Zuva reJubheri Rinouyaโ kuti akatanga seizvi: โRino harisi zuva renganonyorwa. Izuva renhetembo nerwiyo, rwiyo rutsva.โ Ipapo akanyevera, zvisinei, kuti kwakanga kusiri kuchenjera โkuti shamwari dzorusununguko dzipenge maoko adzo ndokurangarira basa radzo pakupedzisira. Mutengo weRusununguko kungwarira kusingaperi. "
Makore maviri nehafu ekufa uye kurwisana gare gare, muna June 19, 1865, Union Army yakasvika muGalveston, Texas, uye vanhu vakatapwa veguta iroro - vekupedzisira kuita kudaro - vakaziva kuti vakanga vaitwa. emancipated. Kurangarirwa kwezuva iroro kubvira panguva iyoyo kwakava nezvakunoreva kunzanga dzakawanda dzeVatema, pamwe chete nedzimwe dzinotsvaka rusununguko rwemarudzi akasiyana-siyana. Vamwe vanozviziva kuti Juneteenth. Vamwe vanoridaidza kuti Jubilee Day.
In my 25 years of grassroots anti-poverty kuronga, kubva misasa isina pokugara to mahofisi erubatsiro, takazivisa jubheri kasingaverengeki, kungave kubva mukupwanya kwechikwereti uye kuparadzana kwemhuri kana kusakwana kwedzimba nehurongwa hwehutano. Kunzwisisa kwezvinorehwa nejubheri, uye tariro yarinomiririra, kwagara kwakavakirwa pakudzidza nhoroondo nedzidziso yebhaibheri.
Ndiri mushumiri uye ndinodzidzisa museminari yezvidzidzo zvebhaibheri, saka handinganyatso ziva kuti โjubheriโ rinowanikwa muBhaibheri rose, kusanganisira mubumbiro remitemo raDhuteronomi, zvakanyanya kutaurwa Bhuku reTestamente Yekare. Mitemo iwawo yakasimbisa sungano naMwari umo maizova nedenderedzwa risingaputsike remakore ejubheri apo zvikwereti zvaipedzwa. akadzima, varanda vanoitwa, mibayiro inobhadharwa pakupedzisira, varombo nevane nzara vanopiwa gadziriro, uye minda yepurazi inobvumirwa kurara pasina kurimwa (chimiro chapakuvamba chokuchengetedza kwezvakatipoteredza). Pamwe chete, mitemo iyoyo yakashanda somutemo unoyera uye vanhu vakadaro Akaudzwa kuti, kana vakateverwa, โkurege kuva nomurombo pakati penyu.โ
Hapana kana mumwe wemitemo iyoyo waifanirwa kunge uri wezvekubatsira, asi nezvemitoro yenyika nevanhu. Chokwadi, dzakasvika pakukurudzira kuvakwazve kukuru kwenzanga. Yakanga isiri tsaona, kutaura idi, kuti kududzwa kwokutanga kwejubheri kwakauya mabhuku maviri pakuvamba-vamba muna Revhitiko mugadziriro yakafanana yebhuku raRevhitiko. liberatory codes yakapiwa naMwari pashure pokunge vanhu vechiJudha vasunungurwa muEgipita. Vaifanira kupa zororo rakachena nenyika yehero vaJudha ivavo vakanga vachangobva kutiza uye matombo ekutanga okuvaka eimwe itsva, imwe chete.
Zvose izvi zvinei chokuita neUnited States nhasi? Chechimwe chinhu, kunyangwe Covid-19 isati yarova, pakanga paine mamiriyoni 140 varombo uye vanhu vane mari yakaderera munyika yakapfuma kwazvo pasi rose, nyika yakapfuma kwazvo, munhoroondo uye umo kusaenzana kwakavepo. simuka kusvika kumatanho asina kuonekwa muzana remakore. Zvichakadaro, mihoro yevashandi vazhinji yave iri stagnating kwemakumi emakore uye, munguva yeCovid-19, nhoroondo mwero wekushaya mabasa kurova, pamwe nekutyisidzira kwe guru guru rekudzingwa pakati pedambudziko rehupfumi riri kuwedzera. Mukuwedzera, mumakumi mashomanene amakore apfuura, urombo hwava chinhu chinopfuurira uye chisingagumi nyowani hwehupenyu hweAmerica.
Muchirevo chechinyorwa ichocho, zvinofanirwa kuve pachena kuti United States iri kuda zvakanyanya chiono chitsva.
Zuva reJubheri Riri Kuuya
Matambudziko a2020 anoda zvakajeka chiono chejubheri kurudzi, chimwe chinhu icho, mushure mekuratidzira kweBlack Lives Matter, inonzwa zvakanyanya kuitika iye zvino kupfuura zvazvave nazvo kuzvizvarwa. Reverend William J. Barber II, sachigaro wangu wePoor People's Campaign, anowanzo taura kuti tiri padanho rekutanga. Kugadziriswa kwechitatu (mushure memashure eHondo yeVanhu vekutanga uye Civil Rights Movement). Mune imwe neimwe yenguva dzakapfuura, shanduko huru dzemagariro, dzezvematongerwo enyika, uye dzehupfumi dzakakonzerwa nekufamba mukati memamiriro ezvinhu asingagoneki uye pamberi pehurumende dzakadzora.
Mwedzi mishoma yapfuura inopa humbowo hwekuti zvikamu zvinokura zvevanhu - kana zvisiri hutongi hwaTrump nehurumende dzakasiyana siyana dzeRepublican - vanoda kufungidzira mhinduro dzakashinga kumatambudziko akaita sehurombo uye rusaruraganda uye vakagadzirira kuronga chingave kuvaka patsva kuti vagadzirise. chokwadi. Mwedzi mitanhatu mudenda, makumi ezviuru zvevanhu vekuAmerica vari kuenderera mberi rent strikes uye kupinda mu matambudziko emuhoro wakaderera vashandi nevasina mabasa vachida zvose rubatsiro nekukasika uye kodzero dzechigarire dzimba uye basa rakanaka pamuripo unorarama.
Avo vari muboka revashandi rinomutsiridza vari kutora matanho echiuto, kusanganisira enyika Kurovha Vatema musi waChikunguru 20 nevashandi vanotambira mari shoma. Zvichakadaro, kumukirana kwerusarura kwechirimo chino kwakamutsa imwe yeiyi masangano makuru ekuratidzira munhoroondo yeAmerica, tichishandura nhaurirano pamasangano aimbova asingabatike semapurisa uye mauto. Gakava risati ramboitika rakazaruka pamusoro pemashandisiro anoita nzanga zviwanikwa uye nei vezvematongerwo enyika vakaisa mari yakawanda kudaro mukudzora magariro nemhirizhonga, uku vachipa mari pasi pemakona enzanga ine hutano: dzidzo nekuchengetedzwa kwezvakatipoteredza, hutano, dzimba, zvivakwa, uye chikafu. nemigove yemvura, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu.
Zvinokoshesa nyika hazvisi kukanganisa magariro evanhu chete, asi kutiita kuti tisvike kuhupfumi husina kugadzikana umo vapfumi chete ndivo vachabudirira zvechokwadi. Pasi pemafungu anowanzo kuvharirwa emusika wemasheya pane gungwa rematambudziko: kupfuura. vanhu mamiriyoni 80 isina inishuwarenzi kana underinsured, semuenzaniso, mukati me inodhura zvakanyanya hutano hwehutano pakati penyika dzakabudirira. Muna 2019, 137 mamiriyoni eAmerica vakatarisana nedambudziko remari nekuda kwemitengo yakakwira yekurapwa uye chikwereti chiri kukwira. Zvichakadaro, Pentagon yakapa Boeing zvakangofanana mari muzvibvumirano zvepagore zvemauto sezvo zvingadhura kuwedzera Medicaid mumatunhu gumi nemana ayo asati adaro.
MuAmerica, kushomeka ingano uye hapana chimwe. Mari iripo kuti iwanikwe uye, panguva yedenda, inofanirwa kuve. Zhizha rapfuura, Mushandirapamwe weVarombo uye Institute for Policy Studies yakaburitsa โbhajeti yetsikaโ richitsanangura kuti zviwanikwa zvenyika ino zvakashandiswa sei nenzira yakaipa kudaro uye kuti zvingaendeswa sei kwatiri tose.
Mari dzakadaro dzaizoenda kupi? Pakuita chokwadi cheizvo Bumbiro reMitemo ragara richivimbisa: kugadza kururamisira chaiko (kodzero yedemocracy uye kuchengetedzwa kwakaenzana pasi pemutemo), kusimudzira magariro akanaka (kodzero yemararamiro akakwana), kuve nechokwadi cherunyararo rwemumba (kodzero yekuva nerunyararo). kushanda zvine chiremerera), kuchengetedza makomborero erusununguko (kodzero yehutano uye nharaunda ine hutano), uye kupa kune vese kudzivirira (kuisa zvakare zviwanikwa zvedu kudzivirira hupenyu pamusoro pepurofiti uye chengetedzo yedu chaiyo pamusoro peiyo yenyika yekuchengetedza nyika).
Kuti iite izvi, nyika yaizoda kukoshesa dzidzo, kutarisira utano, pokugara, uye kugara zvakanaka sekodzero dzevanhu vose; kukwidza mibairo, uku uchigadzira miitiro mitsva yebasa uye uchikurudzira kodzero yekubatana nekuronga; kuderedza hupfumi nenharaunda dzedu; chengetedza vhoti, kwete gerrymander, uchidyara mari mudemokrasi, kwete incipient Trump-style autocracy; kukanganwira zvikwereti, pane kuvandudza kukwanisa kwemabhangi kuunganidza; zivisa shanduko yemamiriro ekunze senjodzi yenyika; uye kuisa mari muzvivakwa uku uchivaka hupfumi hwakasvibira.
Mafambiro ezvemagariro evanhu, kunyanya paanotanga kuwana nzvimbo, anowanzoudzwa kuti ave โanoshanda,โ kuita kuti zvavanoda zvive zvishoma uye zvine mwero. Zvakakosha kuziva, zvakadaro, kuti zvakafanana hazvina kumbobvunzwa kune vakapfuma-pamusoro, ve1%, kwete mumatambudziko emari a2007-2008 apo Wall Street yaive. kubudiswa kusvika kuchikamu chinosvika chikamu chimwe muzvina chemadhora trillion, kana mudambudziko riripo apo Congress yekusimudzira package kusvika nhasi zvave zvakanyanya kune yakatokura yekupa chirongwa. Chikuva chejubheri hachisi chirevo chekutarisa kumucheto. Iro hurongwa hwekuvaka patsva hunotarisira kugadzirisa marwadzo uye tariro yemamiriyoni ari kurwisana zuva rega rega nekuda kwekodzero yekurarama. Chirongwa chekuvakazve nzanga maererano nezvinodiwa nevarombo uye vakadzingwa zvinoda kufamba kunotungamirwa nevaya vanonyanya kukanganiswa nenjodzi dzehupfumi uye dzemarudzi dzenguva yedu.
Patinosimudza kubva pazasi, munhu wese anosimuka
Ndave ndichipinda mubato rekuvakazve nzanga inotungamirwa nevarombo nevakatorerwa pfuma kweinopfuura chikamu chimwe muzvina chezana remakore. Munguva iyoyo, vakawanda vakauya kuzotaura kuti kupedza urombo hakubviri, kuti izvi zvakanaka sezvazvinowana, kuti mari yekugadzirisa kusaenzana inongova yakakura. Kunyanya mubasa rangu senhengo yevafundisi vakagadzwa uye mudzidzi webhaibheri, kashoma kuti vhiki yapfuura ndisati ndanzwa mumwe munhu achitaura mutsara kubva kuna Jesu muBhaibheri - "varombo vachava nemi nguva dzose" - kuti pfungwa yekuti vanhu vagara vachiziva kuti urombo hahuperi uye kuti kudzikisira kwahwo kwakachengeterwa rudo kana philanthropy. Chokwadi, ndima yemubhaibheri iyi yave chimwezve chishandiso chinoshandiswa nevatsigiri vevapfumi kuti vatsause pfungwa kubva mukutadza kwehurongwa munyika yedu uye kuvabatsira kusimbisa simba ravo - kusimbisa kuti kusimudzira magariro kunodhura zvakanyanya kuti tifungidzire uye shanduko yerudzi irworwo isingafungidzike. .
mune mushumo mutsva unopisa pamusoro pedambudziko riri kuramba richikura rourombo hwenyika yose, Phillip Alston, aichimbova Mutauriri Anokosha weUN pamusoro peUrombo Hwakanyanya Nekodzero Dzevanhu, akatsanangura zvakanaka zvinoguma zvaitika achiti: โKubudirira kukuru kwenhimbe yepfungwa inotsigira mitemo yezvematongerwo enyika ndeyokuti yakabudirira kuita kuti vanhu vabvume kuti vaya vanotambura neurombo hwakaipisisa. muurombo hapana wekupomera asi ivo pachavo, asi vachitsigira pfungwa yekuti mitemo yehurombo ichagadzirisa."
Tinogona kurarama munguva inokoshera urombo, asi chinokatyamadza chemutsara iwoyo kubva muBhaibheri pamusoro pevarombo ndechekuti Jesu aitozvishoropodza (uye vapfumi) nekutaura zvine hungwaru bumbiro remitemo raDhuteronomi. Munguva yake, Umambo hweRoma hwakanga hwaumba nzanga yakazara nokutambura norufu, pamwe chete noutongi hwahwo humene hwokuunganidza pfuma. Jesu anodudza zvimwe murairo une simba kwazvo wekururamisira muTestamende Yekare neshoko rekuti โpakati pedu hapafaniri kuva nevaromboโ uye anorayira marudzi kukanganwira zvikwereti, kuripa vanhu zvavanofanira, kubvisa uranda, uye kuronga nzanga maererano nezvinodiwa. varombo. Iyo jubheri ndima yake yakanga isingambotauri kuti urombo hahungadzivisiki, asi kuti "varombo vacharamba vainesu" chero bedzi isu tichitarisira vapfumi pane kuvaka nzanga ine hanya nemunhu wese. Ndizvo zvimwewo nhasi.
Ngatisarudze imwe nzira.
Liz Theoharis, TomDispatch wenguva dzose, inyanzvi yezvechitendero, akagadzwa mushumiri, uye anorwisa urombo. Director ve Kairos Center yezvitendero, Kodzero uye Ruramisiro Yemagariro pa Union Theological Seminary muNew York City uye pamwe chete sachigaro we Mushandirapamwe Wevanhu Varombo: Kushevedzera KweNyika Kumutsidzirwa Kwetsika, ndiye munyori we Tinesu Nguva dzose? Zvakanyatsotaurwa naJesu Nezvevarombo.
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