Kusekuseni ngolwesihlanu kwaye iholo yomanyano izele ngabantu abalindele ukubona uBernie Sanders. Ubukhulu becala abantu abangwevu abadla umhlala-phantsi bagcwalisa imigca embalwa yokuqala ngelixa abaququzeleli bemibutho yabasebenzi, abafundi beekholeji kunye namatsha ntliziyo, kuquka namagqala entshukumo ye-Occupy, besasazeke ngasemva kwegumbi elinobukhulu obundilisekileyo. Baze kwintlanganiso yeholo yedolophu ebizwa ngokuba โIdabi Lobulungisa Kwezoqoqosho.โ
Xa uSenator waseVermont efika emva kwexesha elibhengeziweyo, isihlwele kwikomkhulu lezoNxibelelwano laBasebenzi baseMelika baseKhaya 3204 e-Atlanta bulisa oneminyaka engama-72 ubudala obuzimeleyo ngokuma kwehlombe. USanders unokuba liwaka leekhilomitha kude nommandla wakhe waseNew England, kodwa nantsi "iSenator yaBantu," njengoko abantu abaninzi bebhengeza ngexesha lombuzo kunye nokuphendula inxalenye yentlanganiso.
I-Columbia, i-SC, iBirmingham kunye ne-Atlanta zinokubonakala njengeendawo ezingaqhelekanga kuSenator ozazisayo wobusoshiyali osuka eVermont othetha ngolwimi lwaseBrooklyn ukuze abambe iintlanganiso zeholo yedolophu. Kodwa uSanders uqinisekile ukuba umyalezo wezopolitiko wedemokhrasi-osekelwe kwikhwelo lobulungisa kwezoqoqosho kunye nombuso olungelelanisiweyo-ungavakala naphi na elizweni, nakuloo mazwe aseMazantsi anoxanduva ukunyula uninzi lwabameli beQela leTea kwiNkongolo.
Ke ngentsasa yangoLwesine, kusuku emva kokuvota ukunyusa amatyala kwaye aphelise ukuvalwa kukarhulumente, uSanders wehla waya eMississippi ukuze aqalise uhambo olusemaZantsi ebelucwangcisa ukusukela ekuqaleni kweli hlobo. USenator uthethe kwiintlanganiso ezintathu zeeholo zedolophu eziququzelelwe yimibutho yabasebenzi kunye namaqela anenkqubela phambili, kunye nekomiti esanda kusekwa yezopolitiko eSouth Forward. ukunceda ukupapasha imicimbi. Ukwacwangciselwe ukuba athethe kwiholo yedolophu eJackson ngolwesiThathu ebusuku, kodwa ngorhatya lolo suku lwangokuhlwa-ivoti yokuthintela ingxaki kwiSenethi yanyanzela uSanders ukuba ahlale eWashington kwaye avele nge. Incoko kaGoogle.
Ngexesha leentsuku ezintathu, ekwabandakanya iindawo zokumisa kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, amaziko ezempilo asekuhlaleni kunye nabaqokeleli-mali abancinci ababini kumaqela anenkqubela, uSanders wazihlawulela iindleko zakhe kwaye akazinyuselanga mali-kunqabile ukuba ahlale eUnited. USenator waseMelika ubetha indlela ngaphandle kwelizwe lakhe. Endaweni yoko, injongo ephambili yolu hambo yayikukwenza unxibelelwano nabaphulaphuli kunye nabaviwa bezopolitiko abanengqondo efanayo kwindawo yelizwe ehlala icinywa ngabakhululi benkululeko.
Yintoni ingxaki nge-Alabama?
โAndivumelani kakhulu nalo mbono wokuba kukho ilizwe eliluhlaza kunye nelizwe elibomvu laseMelika,โ undixelele uSanders kwindawo yokupaka iimoto ngaphandle kwekliniki yezempilo yoluntu e-Atlanta. โNdikholelwa ukuba kuzo zonke izizwana zelizwe uninzi lwabantu lungabantu abasebenzayo. Aba ngabantu abazama ukugcina iintloko zabo phezu kwamanzi ngokwezoqoqosho, aba ngabantu abafuna uKhuseleko lweNtlalo lukhuselwe, bafuna ukunyusa umvuzo omncinci, bafuna utshintsho kumgaqo-nkqubo wethu wezorhwebo. Kwaye ukuvuma ngokusisiseko iinxalenye ezibalulekileyo zaseMelika, kuquka uMzantsi, kwicala lasekunene kum ayingobubhanxa bezopolitiko kuphela, kodwa kubi nangakumbi kunokoโawujiki umva kwizigidi nezigidi zabantu abasebenzayo.โ
Ewe kunjalo, uhlobo lohlengahlengiso olunzulu lwezopolitiko athetha ngalo uSanders aluzukwenzeka ngobusuku. Kula mazwe amane ahanjelwa nguSanders, onke aneerhuluneli zeRiphabhlikhi kunye neGOP enkulu kuwo omabini amagumbi owiso-mthetho kwaye akukho namnye oye wavotela umgqatswa womongameli weDemokhrasi ukusukela ngo-1992. eMzantsi.
USanders undixelela ukuba injongo yolu hambo, ngokuyinxenye, kukuchonga abantu abanokuba ngabagqatswa abanokuthi baxhamle ekungeneni kwemali encinci kumjikelo wonyulo olandelayo-โnokuba izimele, nokuba ngabantu beqela lesithathu okanye iidemokhrasi ezinenkqubelaโฆ ukuya kutsho kwinzala yemali eninzi nokumela iintsapho ezisebenzayo.โ Ikomiti yeSenator yezopolitiko, iProgressive Voters of America, inyuse malunga ne-300,000 yeedola kwimijikelo yolonyulo emithathu yokugqibela yeeDemocrats ezisekhohlo kwiCongress. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uninzi lwaba baviwa sele bekwinqanaba lomdibaniso, kodwa uSanders uvulelekile ukufumana abagqatswa benqanaba likarhulumente olufanele ukuxhaswa ngemali. Emva kokuzisa umceli mngeni wakhe weRiphabhlikhi ka-2012 ukuya kuma-71 ekhulwini ukuya kuma-25 eepesenti, kubonakala ilixesha elifanelekileyo lokuba uSanders aboleke ilizwe lakhe elikhulayo kwabanye abantu bezoqoqosho.
Ngazo zonke iingxelo, abaphulaphuli babenobuhlobo-benenkqubela, beentlanga ezininzi, kwaye sele beyixhasa i-ajenda kaSanders. Baquka abantu abafana no-Antonia Shields, umongameli woMbutho weSizwe we-Letter Carriers 'Local 530 eBirmingham, abaxabisa iinzame zeSenator thintela ukusikwa kwiNkonzo yePosi. Kwaye uClaire Stanton, umncedisi wethala leencwadi kwiThala leeNcwadi loLuntu laseBirmingham "othanda ukucinga ukuba uninzi lweeSenetha zeDemokhrasi zigxile kakhulu." Kwaye uWalter Simons, umsebenzi wokwakha wexeshana kunye negcisa eBirmingham othi ungumntu wobusoshiyali kwaye uphume kuba โakukho baninzi bobusoshiyali abonyulwayo.
Kodwa uSanders ekugqibeleni amehlo akhe ajonge ekuphumeleleni icandelo labantu elithe laguqukela kakhulu kumaRiphabhlikhi kunyulo lwakutsha nje: abasebenzi abamhlophe. Kwilizwe ngalinye kwezine ezatyelelwa nguSanders-iMississippi, Alabama, Georgia kunye neSouth Carolina-uMongameli Obama wafumana ngaphantsi kwama-20 ekhulwini Ivoti yabamhlophe ngo-2012.
โKulo lonke eli lizwe, kodwa eyona nto ibonakalayo apha eMzantsi, ninabantu abamhlophe abavota ngokuchasene neminqweno yabo,โ uxelele isihlwele kwiholo ye-CWA e-Atlanta. "Eli lizwe lijongene neengxaki ezinkulu, kwaye asinakukwazi ukujongana nezo ngxaki zabantu abasebenzayo ukuba uMzantsi uyaqhubeka usithumelela amalungu eNdlu kunye neSenethi ahlala evota ngokuchasene neminqweno yoninzi lwabantu baseMelika."
Kwiintetho zakhe, uSanders utyhola abantu abalondoloza indalo ngokusebenzisa imiba yentlalo efana nomtshato we-gay, ukukhupha isisu kunye namalungelo ompu ukuphazamisa abavoti kwiindlela zoqoqosho ezitshabalalisa uninzi lwabantu-ukukhula kokungalingani kunye nentlupheko, ukunyanzeliswa kwemivuzo, izoyikiso kwiinkqubo ze-inshurensi yentlalontle, i-corporate-friendly. izivumelwano zorhwebo, iindleko ezikhulayo zemfundo ephakamileyo, kunye nokhuseleko lwezempilo olungonelanga nolubiza imali eninzi (uSanders uyawuxhasa uMthetho woNonophelo oZifikelelekayo, kodwa uhlala engummeli wokhathalelo lwempilo lombhatalwa omnye jikelele).
"Into ongafuni ukuyenza, kuba awuvumelani kumcimbi omnye, kukuvotela umntu osebenza ngokuchasene nawe kwimiba eli-10 eyahlukeneyo," uSanders uxelele isihlwele esasihlanganisene kwiholo yeYunivesithi yaseAlabama eBirmingham ngentswahla yezandla. . "Apho kufuneka sidibanele kukungavumeli ubuhlanga ukuba lusahlule, singavumeli isini ukuba sisahlule, singavumeli nayiphi na eminye imiba ukuba isahlule."
Ngelixa egcine izigxeko zakhe eziqatha kubantu baseRiphabhlikhi, iqela "labaxekileyo," uSanders akazange axolise ngeeDemocrats. Ekufundeni kwakhe, iiDemokhrasi ziye zathembela ngakumbi nangakumbi kwimali yenkampani kwaye ngokuhambelanayo ziye zabeka phambili imiba yentlalontle kwindleko ye-ajenda yezoqoqosho eqhubekayo. Ayikuko ukuba uSanders akavumelani noninzi lweeDemokhrasi kwimiba yezentlalo-ube ngumongameli wokukhetha umsebenzi wakhe wezopolitiko iminyaka engaphezu kwama-30 kwaye ngokuzingca wabonisa ukuba iVermont yayililizwe lokuqala esizweni ukuvumela imibutho yabantu besini esifanayo. izibini.
Kodwa waxoxa ukuba ukuphambuka okufanelekileyo kweqela kwimicimbi yengeniso kunye nokuhanjiswa kobutyebi kunye nokuhla kokukhusela iinkqubo zentlalontle kubashiye abavoti beqela labasebenzi bedangele kakhulu kwaye bengenandawo yokuya.
Ngokubanzi, kuya kuba nzima ukuthetha ukuba uninzi lwabantu baseMelika bakholelwa ukuba iDemocratic Party liqela labantu baseMelika abasebenzayo, utshilo uSanders kwisihlwele eBirmingham. โOmabini amaqela ezopolitiko aphenjelelwa kakhulu yimali eninzi kwaye ndicinga ukuba abantu basengxakini kwaye ababoni mntu ubathethelelayo kwaye impendulo kukuba abavoti okanye bavotela imiba entsonkothileyo.โ
Kodwa ukuba abagqatswa eofisini banokubeka i-ajenda yezoqoqosho elinganayo kunye neziko, uSanders uqinisekile ukuba banekamva eMzantsi. Basenokufumana intsikelelo yakhe kunye noncedo lwemali.
Amabhongo kaMongameli okanye iphupha lombhobho wasekhohlo?
Umntu akanakuzibamba kodwa abone ukungacacanga kukamongameli kulo mcimbi uphela-iintetho ezifikelela kububanzi bezisiphunzi ezinikezelwe kumhlaba ongaziwayo kunye nenyaniso yokuba uSanders wamkelwa ngolwamkelo lwe-rock star apho bambalwa abanye oosenenja abakwaziyo ukuyivelisa-singasathethi ke. kwangoko emva kokuvalwa komsebenzi okwashiya iNkongolo esele ingathandwa ngokunzulu nayo ireyithingi ezisezantsi zokuvunywa kwimbali yovoto.
Ndabuza uSenator ukuba wayecinga ukuba ngumongameli ngo-2016. wambongoza ukuba acele umngeni ku-Obama kunyulo lokuqala lokugqibela, kwaye kukho kwakhona thetha ngaye esenza iphuloโnjengakwixesha elidlulileyo, yonke loo nto yayiyintelekelelo. Uthi akafuni.
"Ndicinga ukuba ulwela umongameli, mhlawumbi ukuya eMississippi kwaye i-Alabama ayisiyiyo indawo uninzi lwabagqatswa baya kuya kuyo. Uya e-Iowa naseNew Hampshire okanye into enjalo,โ utshilo uSanders ehleka. โKodwa into endiyicingayo kukuba kufuneka kubekho ilizwi elinenkqubela phambili kwinkqubo yomongameli. Ndiyathemba ukuba kuya kubakho ilizwi eliza kwenza oko. โ
Kodwa xa ecinezelwe ukuba achaze ukuba ugqibe ngokupheleleyo ukubaleka, uyavuma ukuba akenzanga. Andikhange ndiyikhuphele ngaphandle.
Cole Stangler ngumbhali wabasebenzi Ngalamaxesha osekelwe kumntla-mpuma DC, oquka iCongress, urhwaphilizo kunye nezopolitiko eWashington. Ingxelo yakhe ivele kwi-Huffington Post kunye neThe American Prospect. Ukwangumdlali webhodi ye-Betsy kunye neeBhayisekile, unebhongo ngokuba ngumfundi wangaphambili Kula Maxesha kwaye uyachacha kwithisisi yakhe yembali ephezulu. Unokufikelelwa kwi-cole[at]inthesetimes.com. Mlandele kuTwitter @colestangler.
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