Democracy ipi? Kupi? United States?
Hutongi hwejekerere hwakavakirwa panheyo yakapfava yehutongi hwevazhinji, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu.
Nezvekuvhota kwazvino kweGallup munaNovember 22, 2009, isingasviki hafu yevaAmerica vaizotsigira danho reWhite House rekuwedzera mauto muAfghanistan [1]. Nemusi weChipiri, mutungamiri mutsva weAmerica wehondo, VaBarack Obama, vachaenda panhepfenyuro yenyika kuti vaudze "vamwe vake vekuAmerica" kuti sei vachiwedzera huwandu hwemauto muAfghanistan zvakadaro. Achadzidzisa vadzidzi vake kuti nei vachifanira kuseri kwechisarudzo chake.
Haazotaura kuti anowana rutsigiro rwakanyanya kune yake "Af-Pak" mitemo yehondo kubva kumaRepublicans kupfuura zvaanoita kubva kumamiriyoni emahara Democrats akamubatsira kumusarudza.
Haataure chero chinhu pamusoro pemakumi ezviuru emakumi ezviuru emakondirakiti akazvimirira - mamercenaries anoshandira mafemu akaita seXe Services (yaimbozivikanwa seBlackwater) neDynCorps - anoronga kuramba achiendesa pamutero wakakura muAfghanistan [2]
Zvakare kubva pachiratidziro cheradar chekutaura kwemutungamiri wenyika kuchave nemazana mazhinji evasina mhosva vePakistani vakaurayiwa nehondo yake yakawedzera "chakavanzika" Predator drone war.
Neakaunzi yemunyori weNew Yorker Jane Mayer, VaObama vakambundira nekuisa hurongwa hwemhirizhonga hwemhondi - hwakaitwa neCIA uye (fembera ani?) Xe Services - ine zest inoshamisa. "Mukati memwedzi mipfumbamwe nehafu ari muhofisi," Mayer anoti, "akapa mvumo yakawanda yeCIA kurwiswa nendege muPakistan sezvakaitwa naGeorge W. Bush mumakore ake matatu ekupedzisira ari muhofisi ... kurwiswa neCIA kwauraya vanhu vari pakati pemazana matatu nemakumi maviri nenhanhatu nemazana mashanu nemakumi matatu nevasere. Vatsoropodzi vanoti vazhinji vevafi vange vasina mhosva.
Kurwiswa kwekutanga kwePredator kwehutongi hwaObama kwakaitika mangwanani aNdira 23, 2009 - ramangwana remuhwina weNobel Peace Prize zuva rechitatu muhofisi. Yechipiri-yakarohwa nemutungamiri we "runyararo" pazuva iro yakakanganisa imba yemutungamiri wehurumende, achiuraya mhuri yake yese, kusanganisira vana vatatu. "Mukuenderana nemutemo weUS, pakanga pasina mvumo yepamutemo yekuramwa mabasa." Kutenda kukuvanzika kwechirongwa ichi, "hapana hurongwa hwekuzvidavirira huripo, zvisinei nekuti sangano iri rakauraya vanhu vazhinji mukati menyika isina kusimba, ine zvombo zvenyukireya iyo US isiri muhondo." [3] Chirongwa cheCIA drone chakavanzika cheUS chiri pamutemo chisipo uye chinoremekedzwa zvakadaro nekutonga kwaObama, sezvazviri zvisiri izvo zvekuti Israel inyika ine zvombo zvenyukireya [4].
Hondo Rugare, Rudo Ruvengo. Kusaziva iSimba.
Heano mamwe anonakidza, akapusa, uye asina basa nemutemo data rekuona, zvakare kubva gore rino:
* 59 muzana yevaAmerica vanotsigira imwe-mubhadhari wehurumende inishuwarenzi yehutano (CBS/New York Times poll, Ndira 2009)
* 65 muzana yevanhu vokuAmerica vanopindura vachitsigira mubvunzo unotevera: “Ungada here kuti hurumende ipe munhu wose chirongwa cheinishuwarenzi yeutano inotungamirirwa nehurumende—chimwe chinhu chakaita sechafisi yeMedicare iyo vanhu vane makore 65 zvichikwira vanowana—inokwikwidzana nezvirongwa zveinishuwarenzi youtano yakazvimirira?” (CBS/New York Times, Gunyana 23, 2009).
* Ingori 7 muzana chete yevanhu vokuAmerica vanowana makambani einishuwarenzi ezvoutano kuva “akatendeseka uye akavimbika kazhinji kazhinji.” Mitengo yekuvimba yakatonyanya kuipa kumakambani ekuchengetedza anochengetedzwa / maHMO (5 muzana) uye isiri nani (11 muzana) yemakambani emishonga nemishonga (Harris Poll Mbudzi 2007)
* 71 muzana yevaAmerica vanonzwa kuti tinoda "shanduko dzakakosha" kana kuve nehurongwa hwehutano hweUS "kuvakwazve," zvichienzaniswa ne24 muzana chete vanoshuvira "kuchinja kudiki" (Pew Research Center, 2009).
Saka manje? Zvisinei neruzivo urwu rwakajeka rwemaonero eruzhinji, iyo yakanyanya kupihwa nemutungamiri weDemocratic (Obama) uye ruzhinji rweDemocratic Congress maererano neimwe nzira yehurongwa hwekuchengetedza hutano hweveruzhinji ishoma, inochengetedza ruzhinji rwevanhu. sarudzo”—iyo inongowanikwa kune avo chete vasina kuwana inishuwarenzi yakazvimirira uye mune dzimwe nyika chete. VaObama vanonyepa-vanofambira mberi vanonzi vanosarudza "sarudzo yeruzhinji" ine "trigger," zvichireva chirongwa chidiki uye chisina kusimba cheavo vasina kuvimbiswa chinongozoitwa pane imwe nguva mune ramangwana, kana zvakatemwa kuti zvakavanzika. veinishuwarenzi vanga vatadza kuzadzisa zvimwe zvibodzwa.
Hapana chinhu mumutemo wezvehutano "reform" waVaObama vari kutarisira kusaina kutitungamira kuti tibvunze hungwaru hweBusiness Week mutongo wakajeka kupfuura mwedzi isati yatanga kutaura: "Vana Inishuwarenzi Vehutano Vatokunda." "Indasitiri," vanyori veBusiness Week Chad Terhune naKeith Epstein nyaya-yechokwadi yakapera musvondo rekutanga raNyamavhuvhu 2009, "yakatozadzisa chinangwa chayo chekudzikisa, uye pamwe kuvharira chero chirongwa chitsva cheinishuwarenzi chinopihwa pachena chinogona kubata. chikamu chemusika kubva kumakambani anotungamira bhizinesi. " [5]
Uye "kutonga mutemo," mukupokana kwakatonhora kwemaonero eruzhinji, Terhune naEpstein vanogona kunge vakawedzera - ratidziro yekuda kuziva nezvehupenyu mu "democracy huru yenyika."
Kuedza kweVaObama-Pelosi Democrats kwakaomarara uye nenhapwa "kugadzirisa hutano" chipo chikuru kune "vakasununguka" vavo pamusoro peinishuwarenzi hombe uye makambani ezvinodhaka uye iwo mafemu eWall Street investimendi. Makambani aya nevanoisa mari vakapa mari yekumisikidza mari yemushandirapamwe kumutungamiri nevamwe maDemocrat panguva yesarudzo dza2008. Mari yezvematongerwo enyika yakaiswa nechinangwa chakajeka chekudzikisira chero mikana yekuchinja kwakakosha kwehutano muna 2009 na2010.
VaObama pavanopa hurukuro huru vachiti ndiye mutungamiri wekutanga kupasa shanduko chaiyo yehutano muUS, tinogona kuva nechokwadi, hapana chaanotaura nezvemashoko anotevera aakataura seseneta wehurumende mukutanga kwezhizha ra2003. iyo Illinois AFL-CIO:
"Ini ndinogona kunge ndiri mutsigiri wechirongwa chimwe chete chekubhadhara hutano hwese. Handioni chikonzero nei United States of America, iyo nyika yakapfuma kwazvo munhoroondo yenyika, ichishandisa 14 muzana yeGross National Product pahutano hwehutano isingakwanise kupa inishuwarenzi yehutano kumunhu wese. Uye ndizvo zviri kutaurwa naJim paanoti munhu wese apinde, hapana anobuda. Chirongwa chekuchengetedza hutano hwemubhadhari mumwe chete, chirongwa chekuchengetedza hutano hwepasirese. Uye ndizvo zvandinoda kuona. Asi sezvamunoziva mose, tinogona kusasvika ikoko nekukasika. Nekuti chekutanga tinofanirwa kudzosera White House, isu tinofanirwa kudzosera Seneti, uye isu tinofanirwa kudzosa Imba. " [6]
Chirevo chinoshamisa ichi chakaitwa Obama asati aziva kuti aive nepfuti yakakomba pahofisi yenyika - kuziva kwakawedzera chido chake chekuzviisa pasi peizvo Edward S. Herman naDavid Peterson Peterson vanodana "udzvanyiriri husina kusarudzwa hwemari." Hudzvinyiriri huri kuseri kwezviratidziro "hunodzivirira vanodomwa vemapato eRepublican neDemocratic Party, vachidzikisa sarudzo dziripo kuvagari vemuUS kune vaviri vavhoti, hapana kana mumwe wavo anogona kushandura zvekunze kana zvepamba zvehutongi hweUS." [7].
Tichitaura nezvezvinokosha zveumambo, bhajeti raObama re "defense" (empire) pamwe nekuwedzera kwehondo yekoloni muSouth Asia kwakapa mubairo mukuru wemauto emaindasitiri, kusanganisira vanotungamira vezvematongerwo enyika nevatsigiri vaObama vakaita saGeneral Dynamics neBoeing. . Kusiyana ne "shanduko yehutano" yeDhipatimendi, mashandisirwo ehondo eWashington haana kuremerwa nezvinodiwa kuti (sekuvimbisa kwaObama mukutaura kwake kwehutano kumusangano weCongress munaGunyana) "kwete kuwedzera dime kune kushomeka kwemubatanidzwa."
Izvi zviri kunyangwe zvisingaite, zvekunze uye zvedzidzo chokwadi icho ruzhinji rwevanhu vekuAmerica vagara vachifarira kudzikisa zvakanyanya "kudzivirira" (empire) kushandisa uye kuwedzera zvakanyanya mari yekusangana nehutano uye zvimwe zvinodiwa nevanhu uye zvemagariro. Rutsigiro rwenguva refu rwevanhu rwerunyararo rwakapatsanurwa runoramba rusina basa - chiratidzo chikuru chemweya wekutonga kwakakurumbira munyika yekwamusha uye kumuzinda werusununguko rwepasi rose.
Zvichida "hupenyu" huri nyore mu "dollar democracy" yeUnited States. Wakamboona “P”BS 'husiku “Nhau Nguva?” Kuwanda kwemakakatanwa anogamuchirwa anotenderwa pazviratidziro “zvakadzama” kufukidzwa uye “nyanzvi” tsinhiro ingangoita 99.6 muzana mukati memiganhu yakamanikana yekubvumirana kwebipartisan corporate-neoliberal nemauto. Mari yekambani chikamu chechikonzero. Chikamu chega chega che“Nhau Yenguva” chinotanga nemaminetsi mashoma ekushambadza kushambadza nekambani yepamusoro, mauto, uye petro-kemikari seChevron (“Human Energy: Finding Newer, Cleaner Ways to Power the World”), Boeing (“ Nyaya Yedu Iri Kuitika”), Intel, Monsanto (“Tinobatsira Varimi Munyika Yose Kugadzira Zvakawanda Tichiri Kuchengetedza Zvakawanda,” BNSF (“Mugwagwa Wakachena Uri Kumberi”), Toyota (“Tinoona Kupfuura Mota”), uye Wells Fargo Investments ( "Kushanda Kusimbisa Nharaunda Dzedu"), pamwe chete nezviziviso zvipfupi kubva kune zvakanaka-zvitsitsinho, zvekambani-pasi "zvisina purofiti" seBill naMelinda Gates uye John D. uye Catherine T. MacArthur nheyo. Yakavanzika ndeyeruzhinji. ruvengo…
Zvakafanana nechirevo chekare chevashandi chinoti: "kutaura kwemari, kufamba-famba." Hapana chakaoma pazviri. Fungidzira kuti haisi "democracy."
Paul Street ([email inodzivirirwa]) ndiye munyori wezvinyorwa zvakawanda, zvitsauko, hurukuro, uye mabhuku, anosanganisira Racial Oppression muGlobal Metropolis (New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007), Empire uye Kusaenzana: America neNyika Kubva 9/11 (Boulder, CO: Paradigm, 2004), Zvikoro Zvakaparadzaniswa: Dzidzo yeApartheid muPost-Civil Rights Era (New York: Routledge, 2005); uye Barack Obama uye Ramangwana reAmerican Politics (Boulder, CO: Paradigm, 2008).
ZVINYORWA
1. Gallup, November 25, 2009 at http://www.gallup.com/poll/124490/In-U.S.-More-Support-Increasing-Troops-Afghanistan.aspx
2. "Kubva 30 Chikumi," 2009, The Guardian (UK) yakashuma munaGunyana apfuura, "kwaive nevanoda kuita 74,000 makondirakiti emauto - kusanganisira 5,165 vakapakata vachengetedzi vakapakata zvombo - muAfghanistan, vachipfuura zvakanyanya mauto eUS angangoita 58,000 munyika." Ona Eric Stoner, “Guards Gone Wild,” The Guardian, Gunyana 4, 2009 (verenga pa http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/sep/04/afghanistan-embassy-guards-abuse), inotsanangura maitiro makuru e "kunze kwekutonga" pane chikamu chemakontrakta akazvimirira.
3. Jane Mayer, "The Predator War," The New Yorker (Gumiguru 26, 2009), mapeji 36-38.
4. Eli Lake, “Obama Agree to Keep Israel’s Nukes Secret,” Washington Times, Gumiguru 2, 2009, yakaverengwa pa. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/02/president-obama-has-reaffirmed-a-4-decade-old-secr/
5. Chad Terhune naKeith Epstein, “The Health Insurers Vakatokunda,” Business Week (Nyamavhuvhu 6, 2009), yakaverengwa pa. http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/09_33/b4143034820260.htm
6. “Obama paSingle Payer Health Insurance,” Chikumi 30, 2003, vhidhiyo yepaYouTube pa http://www.1payer.net/All-Videos/obama-on-single-payer.html. Onawo YouTube link pa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpAyan1fXCE
7. Edward S. Herman naDavid Peterson, "Kutasva 'Green Wave' paMushandirapamwe weRugare uye Democracy uye Beyond," Electric Politics, July 22, 2009.
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