Ka la 10 Hlakola, 2016, Khotso ea khotso—mokhatlo o moholo ka ho fetisisa oa khotso United States—o ile oa phatlalatsa eona khothatso Bernie Sanders bakeng sa khetho ea Democratic bakeng sa Mopresidente.
Khotso ea khotso ke setloholo sa mekhatlo e meng e 'meli e meholo ea khotso ea US: Komiti ea Naha ea Leano la Nyutlelie e Sane (SANE) le Letšolo la Lihlomo tsa Nuclear Weapons Freeze (The Freeze). SANE e thehiloe ka 1957 ka sepheo sa ho felisa liteko tsa libetsa tsa nyutlelie. Leha ho le joalo, haufinyane e ile ea atolosa morero oa eona ho kenyelletsa ho hanyetsa Ntoa ea Vietnam le ho kenella ha sesole linaheng tse ling, ho fokotsa litšenyehelo tsa sesole, le ho tšehetsa litumellano tsa libetsa tsa nyutlelie, hammoho le ho tšehetsa phetoho ea moruo ho tloha sesoleng ho ea ho sechaba. Har'a batšehetsi ba pele ba SANE e ne e le Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr., Walter Reuther, le Dr. Benjamin Spock. The Freeze, e qaliloeng ke Randy Forsberg, e hlahile ho elella bofelong ba lilemo tsa bo-1970 'me ea fihla sehlohlolong halofong ea pele ea lilemo tsa bo-1980, ha e ne e etella pele letšolo le atileng la ho emisa kaho ea libetsa tsa nyutlelie tse matla tsa tsamaiso ea Reagan le ho thellela ho kotsi ntoeng ea nyutlelie. Ka lintho tse ngata tse tšoanang, SANE le Freeze li kopantsoe ka 1987 ho theha Action Action. Joalo ka ba pele ho eona, Peace Action e ile ea ikitlaetsa ho aha lefatše le nang le khotso.
Although the three peace organizations rarely endorsed Presidential candidates, they did so on occasion. Appalled by the Vietnam War, SANE backed the peace campaigns of Eugene McCarthy in 1968 and George McGovern in 1972. In 1984, challenging the Reagan administration’s bellicose approach to international affairs, SANE and the Freeze endorsed Walter Mondale. Then, in 1992, fed up with twelve years of Republican hawkishness, the newly-combined organization threw its support behind Bill Clinton.
In polelo ea eona ho tšehetsa Bernie Sanders, Peace Action e rorisitse hae khanyetso ea lintoa tse peli tsa Iraq, tšehetso ea molao ho fokotsa tšebeliso ea chelete libetsa tsa nyutlelie, tšehetso e matla ea tumellano ea Iran, likhetho ho thibela chelete e sebelisoang sesoleng, le bompoli ba dipuisano mabapi le ntwa. According to Kevin Martin, the executive director of the peace organization, Sanders “best represents the values that Peace Action and its 200,000 supporters have espoused.” And, in fact, before Peace Action’s board of directors voted overwhelmingly to have the organization’s Peace PAC back the Sanders campaign, an online poll of Peace Action’s members revealed support for endorsement by 85 percent of the respondents.
Cheseho ena ea Sanders har'a baitseki ba khotso e bonts'a likarolo tse ling tsa rekoto ea hae. Senator ea US e tsoang Vermont e na le e hanyetsa katoloso ea NATO ho ea Europe Bochabela, e ratoang ho tloaeleha ha likamano le Iran, 'me e ile ea nyatsa tlhaselo ea Iseraele Gaza in 2014 as “disproportionate” and “completely unacceptable.” When it comes to the war in Syria, he has opposed the establishment of a “sebaka se sa fofang” le tšebeliso ea masole a fatše a Amerika. In a Puisano ea July 2015, Sanders o ile a hlalosa hore, le hoja e se motho ea ratang ntoa, o lumela hore “ntoa ke eona khetho ea ho qetela.”
Sanders’ depiction as a peace candidate has inspired some grumbling. During the Presidential race, he has shied away from foreign and military policy issues, and this has soabisa batšehetsi ba bang ba khotso. Hard-line leftists, already irked by his benign brand of socialism, have been particularly critical. A mongoli oa buka ka Mosebeletsi oa Sechaba denounced Sanders’ “backing of U.S. imperialism,” while e mong, a Jacobin, o ile a qosoa ka hore “o ne a sa bone ka boomo kamano e pakeng tsa bokapitale le sesole.”
Even so, when it comes to mainstream electoral politics, Sanders is a logical choice for peace activists. Although it’s true that he has focused his campaign on economic inequality within the United States, he has not hesitated to assail the "sesole-liindasteri complex," as well as the “regime change” policies of past U.S. administrations. Also, the attacks upon him by leftwing purists are often divorced from reality. Driven by a kelello ea maquloana le lehloeo le matla la Democratic Party, li-firebrands tsena li khopamisa kapa li hlokomoloha boholo ba rekoto ea hae e mabapi le khotso. Ho feta moo, ba hlokomoloha mekhoa e sa thabiseng ea bopresidente ba Sanders: a Hillary Clinton kapa e Rephabliki e mabifi ea sesole ka White House.
A more serious question is whether American voters, in 2016, will respond positively to a peace candidate. Although the answer remains unclear, there are some indications that they will. Opinion polls reveal that most Americans u se ke ua tšehetsa ho eketsa tekanyetso ea sesole sa US, li hlokomela ea ho romela mabotho a fatše a US ntoeng e 'ngoe ea Mideast, le ho khutlisa litumellano tsa morao-rao tse fokotsang likhohlano le lichaba tsa "lira" joalo ka. Iran 'me Cuba. Therefore, campaigning as a peace candidate might end up producing benefits for Bernie Sanders at the ballot box.
Lawrence Wittner (http://www.lawrenceswittner.com) ke Moprofesa oa nalane ea nalane ea nalane ho SUNY / Albany. Buka ea hae ea morao-rao ke buka ea lipale tse mabapi le tšebetso ea univesithi le borabele, Ho ntse ho etsahala'ng ka UAardvark?
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