Abo bethu basekhohlo baye bagxeka u-Obama, njengokuba nam ndiye, ngenxa yokusilela kwakhe ukuthatha izikhundla ezibukhali emfazweni nakuqoqosho, kufuneka bazibandakanye nemigcobo yabo bantu baseMelika, abamnyama nabamhlophe, abakhwazayo balila ngoLwesibini ebusuku njengoko baxelelwa ukuba uBarack Obama uphumelele unyulo lukamongameli. Lixesha eliyimbali ngokwenene, ukuba umntu ontsundu akhokele ilizwe lethu. Inzondelelo yabaselula, abamnyama nabamhlophe, amathemba abantu abadala, ayinakungahoywa.
Kwakukho umzuzu ofanayo kwinkulungwane enesiqingatha eyadlulayo, ngonyaka ka-1860, xa u-Abraham Lincoln wonyulwa njengomongameli. Lincoln uye wagxekwa kabukhali ngababhubhisi, umbutho ochasene nobukhoboka, ngokusilela kwakhe ukuthabatha ukuma okucacileyo, okukhaliphileyo ngokuchasene nobukhoboka, ngokusebenza njengosopolitiki onobuqili kunokuba amandla okuziphatha. Kodwa xa wonyulwayo, inkokeli yokubhangisa uWendell Phillips, owayengumgxeki onomsindo. LincolnUkulumka, waqaphela ukuba kunokwenzeka kunyulo lwakhe.
UPhillips wabhala ukuba okokuqala kwimbali yesizwe “ikhoboka linyule uMongameli welizwe eunited States." Lincoln, wathi, wayengeyena u-abolitionist, kodwa ngandlela-thile "uvuma ukumela isikhundla esichasene nobukhoboka." Njengesixhobo sokudlala kwi-chessboard, Lincoln babenakho, ukuba abantu baseMerika basebenze ngamandla, ukuba bahanjiswe ngaphesheya kwebhodi, baguqulelwe ekubeni yindlovukazi, kwaye, njengoko uPhillips wathi, "ukutshayela ibhodi."
Obama, njengaye Lincoln, utyekele ekujongeni kuqala ubutyebi bakhe kwezobupolitika endaweni yokwenza izigqibo zakhe ngemilinganiselo yokuziphatha. Kodwa, njengomntu wokuqala wase-Afrika waseMelika kwi-White House, onyulwe ngummi onomdla olindele inyathelo eliqinisekileyo elibhekiselele kuxolo kunye nobulungisa bentlalontle, ubonisa ukuba kunokwenzeka utshintsho olubalulekileyo.
U-Obama uba ngumongameli kwimeko apho ukhalela olo tshintsho. Uhlanga luye lwabandakanyeka kwiimfazwe ezimbini ezililize nezokuziphatha okubi, ngo Irakh kwaye Afghanistani , kwaye abantu baseMelika baye bajika ngokugqibeleleyo ngokuchasene nezo mfazwe. Uqoqosho luyagungqiswa zizithonga ezimangalisayo, kwaye lusengozini yokuwohloka, njengoko iintsapho ziphulukana namakhaya abo kwaye abantu abasebenzayo, kuquka abo bakumgangatho ophakathi, baphulukana nemisebenzi yabo, Ngoko abantu balungele utshintsho, ngokwenene, banqwenela inguqu, kwaye "utshintsho" lelona gama lisetyenziswa kakhulu ngu-Obama kwiphulo lakhe.
Luluphi uhlobo lotshintsho olufunekayo? Okokuqala, ukubhengeza ukurhoxiswa kwemikhosi yethu ukusuka Irakh kwaye Afghanistani , kunye nokulahla imfundiso kaBush yemfazwe yokuthintela kunye nemfundiso kaCarter yesenzo somkhosi ukulawula. Mideast ioli. Kufuneka atshintshe kakhulu indlela ahamba ngayo US umgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle, ubhengeze ukuba US lilizwe elithanda uxolo elingayi kungenelela ngezomkhosi kwezinye iindawo zehlabathi, kwaye liqalise ukudiliza iziseko zomkhosi esinazo kumazwe angaphezu kwekhulu. Kwakhona kufuneka aqalise ukudibana noMedvedev, inkokeli yaseRashiya, ukufikelela kwisivumelwano sokuchithwa kwezixhobo zenyukliya, ngokuhambelana neSivumelwano sokuLwisana neNyukliya.
Oku kuguqulwa komkhosi kuya kukhulula amakhulu eebhiliyoni zeedola. Inkqubo yerhafu eya kunyusa kabukhali irhafu kwabona bazizityebi nge-1% yesizwe, kwaye iza kurhafisa ubutyebi babo kunye nengeniso yabo, iya kuvelisa amakhulu eebhiliyoni zeedola.
Ngayo yonke loo mali yongiwe, urhulumente uya kukwazi ukunika wonke umntu ukhathalelo lwempilo lwasimahla, abeke izigidi zabantu emsebenzini (nto leyo ebizwa ngokuba yi-free market khange ikwazi ukuyenza. Ngokufutshane, xelisa inkqubo yeNew Deal, ngo apho izigidi zanikwa imisebenzi ngurhulumente. Olu ludweliso nje lwenkqubo enokuguqula eunited States kwaye wenze ummelwane olungileyo kwihlabathi.
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UHoward Zinn wakhulela kuyo eBrooklyn, wasebenza njengebhombu kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi II, kwaye uye wabandakanyeka ngokukhutheleyo kumalungelo oluntu kunye neentshukumo ezichasene nemfazwe. Ungumbhali weencwadi ezininzi, kuquka Igunya Oorhulumente abanako Ukulicinezela epapashwe yiCity Lights Books, www.citylights.com.
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