Umthombo: The American Prospect
Ukuqala kwam ukubona uNina Turner ethetha kwiNgqungquthela yaBantu yowama-2017, indibano yabalandeli abathembekileyo uBernie Sanders emva kokubaleka kwakhe umongameli wokuqala, ebanjwe nguNational Nurses United. Yayingumongameli kaTrump, kwaye uTurner wayezimisele ukuvusa isihlwele ukuba sithathe amanyathelo.
URoseAnn DeMoro, owayengumlawuli olawulayo we-NNU, wamazisa โnjengenkokeli yokomoyaโ yombutho wakwaSanders. Yena wathatha iqonga kwilokhwe ye-magenta ephantsi-ubude kunye neeglasi zamehlo ekati, kwaye waqhubeka eshukumisa isihlwele njengendibaniselwano kaMartin Luther King Omnci kunye no-Iggy Pop. Embindini wentetho yakheโeneziphumlisi, iziphumlisi, nentetho ethi โSizophakama ngezi zandlaโโwatsiba eqongeni waza waqhubeka ethetha ngoxa etyhutyha eso sihlwele, esibetha ngesabhokhwe satsho ngentswahla yezandla. emva koko bewayeka bagqibe ukuthula. UTurner wabonisa ukuba xa abafazi abaNtsundu njengaye bethetha ngokuphandle, โmaxa wambi sityholwa ngokuba kuthiwe sinomsindo.โ Uye wanqumama egxininisa. โNgale ntsasa ndize kuthi igama lam ndinguNina Turner kwaye ndilibhinqa eliNtsundu elinomsindo. Njengoko isihlwele sasivungama, wahleka waza wasimema ukuba sibe โngumfazi oNtsundu onomsindoโ kunye naye.
Ngasekupheleni kwentetho yakhe, uTurner wajikela kweso sihlwele, wabamba izandla zamalungu amabini abaphulaphuli waza wabasondeza kuye. โSinezandla ezibini. Enye ifikelele phambili kwaye enye ibuyele ngasemva,โ utshilo. Yandibetha ke kwaye ngoku njengengcaciso egqibeleleyo yento amagosa anyuliweyo ashiyekileyo, kwaye ngakumbi uTurner ngokwakhe, azama ukwenza: ukufikelela phambili kwiintshukumo ezisemhlabeni, ethatha imibono evela kuMbali woBomi oMnyama kunye nabaququzeleli bobulungisa bezoqoqosho kunye nemozulu, kunye nokufikelela emva kwabo basenokungabikho ebhodini, bebaqinisekisa ukuba intshukumo ebanzi yenkqubela phambili inento yokubabonelela nabo.
Ngoku elwela iCongress, kunyulo olukhethekileyo lokugcwalisa isihlalo sikaMarcia Fudge esingenamntu kwiSithili se-11 saseOhio, uTurner unethemba lokuzisa loo msebenzi eWashington. Umbutho weDemokhrasi awukamxoleli ngokukhetha uSanders endaweni kaHillary Clinton, kwaye ujonge ukuzama ukumoyisa. Kodwa ukuba banokudlula kwi-slights ezidlulileyo, ii-Democrats eziqhelekileyo zinokubona kwindlela ka-Turner indlela yokuphuma kwi-stalemates kunye nokuphikisana okuhlala kubonisa ixesha labo kulawulo. Ukuvuma kwakhe ukufunda kwisiseko sakhe, ngelixa ebambelele ngokuqinileyo kwimithetho-siseko kwaye ekulungele ukuthatha ukuma esidlangalaleni nokuba oko kunokumxabisa, kunika isifundo kwiqela malunga nendlela yokuvela kwiminyaka ezayo.
NGOMEYI, NDATYELELA UMJUNI kwi-ofisi yakhe yephulo, efumanisa kwaloo charisma ifanayo ekhoyo kwiintetho zakhe zikawonke-wonke nakwiincoko zomntu ngamnye, uburharha obufanayo, ubunzulu obufanayo. Iofisi yayikwingingqi yaseCleveland apho wayekhulele khona, eyaziwa ngokuba nguLee-Harvard. Wayehlala notatomkhulu nomakhulu wakhe kunye noko akuchaza โnjengonxibelelwano loomakhuluโ elumelwaneni, ebeke iliso kuye nakwabanye abantwana. Umama wakhe, umncedisi womongikazi, wasokola ukukhathalela abantwana abasixhenxe kunye nempilo yakhe, kwaye wasweleka eneminyaka engama-42 kuphela. xa wayekwishumi elivisayo ukuze ancede intsapho ukuba ihlale iqhuba kakuhle ngenxa yokuzimisela kwakhe ukunyusa imivuzo yabantu abasebenzayo besizwe.
U-Turner ebekwinkonzo yoluntu ngendlela ethile ukusukela ngo-1997, xa wayethatha umsebenzi njengomncedisi wowiso-mthetho echaza uSen. URhine McLin, emva koko wasebenzela isithili sesikolo saseCleveland. Uphumelele isihlalo kwibhunga lesixeko saseCleveland ngo-2005 kwaye emva koko wonyulwa ukuba athathe indawo yeSenator yesizwe eyarhoxayo ngo-2008. KwiNdlu yeeNgwevu zelizwe, watsala umdla ingqalelo yesizwe xa, kuqhanqalazo ngokuchasene (oyindoda) imizamo eqhubekayo yowiso-mthetho ukunqanda ukhathalelo lwempilo yokuzala, wazisa umthetho oyilwayo oya kufuna ukuba amadoda atsibe ngohlobo olufanayo lweehupu ukuze afumane iViagra efunwa ngabasetyhini ukuze bakhuphe isisu. Bekuya kugunyazisa uvavanyo loxinzelelo lwentliziyo kunye nobungqina obuvela kwiqabane lamva nje ukuba ngenene bafumana ukungasebenzi kakuhle kwe-erectile. Ubuganga-kunye noburharha-kwelo tyala yayiluphawu lwesitayile sakhe, kwaye inika isibonakaliso sohlobo lokulwa anokuthi aluthathe eCapitol Hill.
Njengosenator yelizwe ehleliyo kunye nenkwenkwezi ekhulayo kwi-Ohio's Democratic Party, u-Turner wangenela isikhundla sokuba ngunobhala welizwe ngo-2014, ejonge kunyulo oluzayo lukamongameli kwilizwe elingundoqo, kwaye emva kwimbali ende yokukhanyela abantu abaMnyama ngokukodwa ukufikelela. uvoto. Uphulukene nolo gqatso kwaye akakhange angenele isikhundla ukusukela ngoko. Kodwa xa uFudge, omele isithili apho uTurner echithe ixesha elininzi lobomi bakhe, wakhethwa njengonobhala wezindlu kunye nophuhliso lwedolophu, "esi sabelo sakhetha mna," utshilo uTurner.
Kodwa uTurner waziwa kakhulu ngaphandle kweOhio njengomnye wabaxhasi bokuqala bakaBernie Sanders. Kwaye ngelixa abaxhasi bakhe basekhaya bethetha ngokuvumayo ngexesha lakhe e-ofisini kunye nokungeneka kwakhe kwiphulo lokukhankasela, uyaqhubeka nokutsalelwa umva kwingxolo engapheliyo yokuphinda aqalise iprayimari ka-2016.
Njengomxhasi wokuqala omnyama welungu lesenethi yaseVermont "yenqaku," engaqondanga wangena ngokuthe ngqo kwenye yezona zinto zithe gqolo - kwaye ngokuqhubekayo engalunganga-iingxelo zezopolitiko ezishiyekileyo kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo: ukuba ipolitiki yobuhlanga kunye neklasi ngandlel' ithile ichasiwe, nokuba uSanders kunye nentshukumo ekhulayo yedemokhrasi yedemokhrasi e-US imele uninzi lwesiseko esimhlophe esifuna ukubeka phantsi "ipolitiki yesazisi" kwisambatho esiqukayo sodidi.
Phambi kokuba ugqatso lukamongameli lwango-2016 luqale, uTurner, owayesakuba ngusihlalo wothethathethwano kwi-Ohio Democratic Party, wasamkela isimemo sokuthetha kumsitho oLungele uHillary. Wayesandula ukuphuma unobhala wakhe ogruzukileyo wogqatso lukarhulumente, apho yena kunye nayo yonke enye iDemocrat yelizwe lonke baphulukene nayo, kwaye, wathi, "njengeDemokhrasi elungileyo," wavuma ukubonakala. Yena wanikela intetho engumxholo kwirali. โNgeliphandle, andikhange ndicinge ukuba kukho omnye umntu oza kubaleka.โ
Xa uSanders ebhengeza iphulo lakhe, uTurner wathi, umyeni wakhe wambiza, esithi, "Lo mfo uvakala njengawe!" Ukhumbule uSanders kweyakhe iiyure ezisibhozo ezinesiqingatha intetho ngo-2010 egxeka isivumelwano serhafu se-bipartisan, kwaye ingcamango yokuba angaqhuba olo hlobo lwephulo lokungalalani lahlala naye. Iifowuni zakhe ze-Medicare for All zamkhumbuza ngokufa okungalindelekanga kukanina; IKholeji Yabo Bonke ukhumbule eyakhe indlela yokuba ngumfundi ophumelele kwikholeji yesizukulwana sokuqala. Kodwa abahlobo bakhe bamlumkisa ngelithi: โUkuba wenza oku, baza kukuphuthuma.โ
Isamkhathaza uTurner into yokuba abantu โabayiqondi indlela endenze ngabom ngayo esi sigqibo.โ Kwanyanzeleka ukuba arhoxe kwisikhundla sakhe kunye neqela likarhulumente, kwaye i-MSNBC yafumana umoya wokumvuma njengoko wayesendleleni eya e-Iowa. โUbucinga ukuba ndithe ndigqatsela ukuba ngumongameli,โ wahleka. โXa elo lizwi laphumayo, lahamba njengomlilo wasendle.โ Kodwa izilumkiso bezichanekile: Abantu bebeze kuye, kuTwitter nangasese. Ngolo suku lokuqala, wathi, wakhala. "Iidemokhrasi ziya kuthuka ngokuchasene namaRiphabhlikhi kunye namaRiphabhlikhi aya kuthuka ngokuchasene neeDemocrats, kodwa omabini amagunya enza into efanayo kubantu abangaphakathi abangagobiyo kwintando yabo," utshilo uTurner. "Elo licala lezopolitiko elibi kwaye licala lezopolitiko ngaphakathi endifuna ukuba yinxalenye yotshintsho."
UTurner "akazisoli" ngokuhambelana nentshukumo kaSanders, nangona ethathele ingqalelo into eninzi. Ulindelo lokuba njengowasetyhini, kwaye ngakumbi njengowasetyhini omnyama, wayetyekele ekuxhaseni uClinton kumenza ahleke ngoku, ejonge emehlweni ukuba uyagula ngulo mbandela, kodwa uyazi ukuba kufuneka athethe ngawo. โA. UPhilip Randolph wayengumntu wasekhohlo, โutshilo ethetha ngomququzeleli wemanyano yabaNtsundu kunye nenkokeli yamalungelo oluntu. โAbasebenzi beza kuzo zonke iimo nobukhulu kunye neempawu zabo. Bekuhleli kunjalo kwaye kuya kuhlala kunjalo. โ
Enyanisweni, impumelelo yonyulo yasekhohlo iye yakhokelwa ngabantu abamnyama nabantsundu, abafuduki kunye nabantwana basemzini. Kwanangaphambi kokuba uSanders agqatse njengomongameli, bekukho uChokwe Lumumba eJackson, eMississippi, naseKshama Sawant eSeattle. Ehlabathini lonke, kukho amagosa anyuliweyo asekuhlaleni afana nokhalid kamau eSouth Fulton, eGeorgia; Jabari Brisport, Jessica Ramos, kunye nabanye kwipalamente yelizwe laseNew York; kunye noCarlos Ramirez-Rosa, uRosana Rodriguez Sanchez, kunye namanye amalungu ebhunga lesixeko iDemocratic Socialist Caucus eChicago. KwiCongress, i-core "Squad" ibonakala njengabasebenzi banamhlanje: i-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, i-Latina kunye ne-bartender yangaphambili yaseBronx; U-Ilhan Omar, osuka kwindawo efanayo yabaphambukeli baseSomalia apho abasebenzi benza isihobe sokuqala kwisikrweqe saseAmazon; URashida Tlaib, intombi yasePalestine yaseMelika yomsebenzi wefektri yakwaFord othi kuyo yonke intetho yakhe ivume iingcambu zakhe kumzabalazo weDetroit's Black; kunye ne-incandescent uCori Bush, owamilisela ezopolitiko kwiintsuku zakhe nobusuku bazo kwimvukelo yaseFerguson, nowathi kunye nowayesakuba yinqununu yesikolo oMnyama uJamaal Bowman waya eAlabama ukuya kuxhasa iphulo lemanyano yabasebenzi baseAmazon.
Imilo inokuqhubeka kuTwitter, kodwa kwihlabathi lokwenyani, abantu baqhubeka nomsebenzi, belungiselela imiba echaphazela ubomi babo. Ukuqaphela kukaTurner unxibelelwano phakathi kwemizabalazo yobuhlanga kunye neklasi kunokumenza umntu omanyana ngendlela engaqhelekanga kwiCongress-kodwa iintshaba zakhe zisafuna ukumchaza njengomntu onengxaki.
KWIMINYAKA EMIHLANU eGqibeleleyo, UTurner ube ngoyena buso bubonakalayo bentshukumo yeSanders ngaphandle kweSanders. Wayengumongameli weRevolution yethu, iqela elafumana ilifa loluhlu lwe-imeyile kaSanders kunye nolunye lwentshukumo yakhe, ukusuka ngo-2016 ukuya ku-2019.
Njengemibutho emininzi yaphuma kwiphulo elingaphumelelanga lonyulo lomgqatswa-okanye eneneni, eliphumeleleyo, ukuba i-Organization ka-Barack Obama yeMelika iza kuqukwa-iRevolution yethu yayinexesha elinzima lokuhluza ukugxila kwayo ukuya kwinqanaba elisezantsi kunokuba yenze inkxaso yombutho. umgqatswa wophawu lwegama. Ngenxa yokuba inokufikelela kuluhlu lwe-imeyile olubawelayo ayithethi ukuba inokugcina inqanaba lokuqina kwephulo likamongameli kwiminyaka ephakathi.
Iyakuba yintoni iNguqulelo yethu? Ngaba ibiya kulwela imigaqo-nkqubo okanye ifundise ngezopolitiko? Ingaququzelela emazantsi okanye ibe yiPAC ukuze ixhase abagqatswa? Akunjalo, emva kwayo yonke into, ngokungathi i-US ayinayo imibutho yezopolitiko eqhubekayo, ukusuka kwi-MoveOn ukuya kwi-DSA. I-Turner yatyalwa imali ekwenzeni OKANYE indawo yokwakhiwa komfelandawonye, โโkwinqanaba elinzulu kunokubetha abantu ngeminikelo rhoqo emva kweminyaka emibini okanye emine. Icawe yabaNtsundu, uthe, liphulo eliqhubekayo lokumisa iidemokhrasi ezithi ke zingabonakali kude kube lunyulo olulandelayo. Wathi: โAsikuko ukuba uya kukwazi ukucombulula zonke iingxaki abanazo, kodwa abantu abafuni kusetyenziswa.โ
Inguquko yethu ibinamakhulu ezahluko kunye namalungu angaphezulu kwekota yesigidi kwilizwe liphela; UTurner uchaze ngokutyelela onke amazwe ngaphandle kwesithathu ngexesha lakhe elapho. Nangona kunjalo, uDavid Duhalde, owayesakuba ngumlawuli wezopolitiko ka-OR, wabhala Jacobin, "Inyaniso esemva kwala manani izotywe umfanekiso ontsokothileyo weqela labantu abasuka kwiingcango elizama ukubalisa ibali labo ledemokhrasi kunye nelobuvukelo ngesakhiwo esingenzi nzuzo kunye nokwahlulwa kwamandla okungaqhelekanga." Turner, uDuhalde wandixelela, waxhasa amaqela asekuhlaleni azenzela izigqibo, kwaye akhankasele abagqatswa behla benyuka ngevoti. "Ubesazi njengommeli welizwe ukubaluleka kokwakha ibhentshi kunye nokuba zingakanani iipolitiki ezenzeka ekuhlaleni."
Kodwa uTurner wayenabagxeki boluntu. U-Erika Andiola, umlawuli wezopolitiko we-OR phambi kukaDuhalde, wabhala ukuba wagxothwa ngenxa yokubandakanyeka kwakhe kwisenzo esithe ngqo malunga noMthetho we-DREAM, kwaye wakugxeka ukuqeshwa kukaTurner Tezlyn Figaro, ukwabelana ngesikrini kwiitweets zikaFigaro ezibhekiselele "kubaphambukeli abangekho mthethweni." ULucy Flores, omnye umva odumileyo wakwaSanders kunye nelungu lebhodi, walishiya iqela, exela Politico ukuba wayenexhala lokuba imiba yesiLatini iya isiba mbi phakathi kweqela kwaye uTurner uchithe ixesha elingakumbi ezakhela eyakhe iprofayile ngeendleko zombutho. (UFigaro kamva wafaka ityala ngokuchasene OKANYE ucalucalulo ngobuhlanga.)
UDuhalde, kwelakhe icala, wathetha kakuhle ngobugosa bukaTurner kulo mbutho. โUbeyinkokeli emangalisayo kwaye ndicinga ukuba zininzi izinto azikhokeleyo kumbutho weBerniecrat angafumani zuko ngazo,โ utshilo.
Ngexesha lakhe kunye no-OR, u-Turner uthe amaphulo kamongameli angatshayela ukungavumelani okukhulu phantsi kombhoxo okwethutyana, njengoko abalandeli abahlukeneyo behlangana kumgqatswa othile. โKwezopolitiko-ingakumbi ezolonyulo-sakha olu manyano luthambileyo,โ utshilo. โAyiqinanga kuba awuqhelanga nyani kwaye awuva ebantwini ukuba ngamathemba namaphupha abo kunye noloyiko lwabo.
U-Turner, njengoninzi lwabasebenzi baka-OR, ushiye umbutho ukuba abuyele kwiphulo lesibini lika-Sanders likamongameli, kwaye ubunkokeli obutsha buka-OR bugxile kwimisebenzi kunye nokucela umngeni kuMongameli u-Biden ukuba enze ngcono ngabasebenzi kuqoqosho oluguqukayo. (Ndibhale ngomnye waloo msebenzi we Prospect in EyeNkanga.) Kodwa ukusebenza kwayo kusahluka ngokwelizwe.
E-Ohio, ulungiselelo lwasekhaya luvela nje kubhubhane, ngokukaDiane Morgan, usihlalo we-OR Ohio. Uququzelela imisitho ye-intanethi, iindibano ezikude ekuhlaleni, kunye nenani leebhanki zebhanki ekwindla yokugqibela ukoyisa uTrump, kunye nokulungiselela unyulo olukhuphisanayo. Umbutho ukwasebenze ekuguquleni ibhunga lesixeko saseCleveland, kwaye uququzelele ibhodi yophononongo yamapolisa asekuhlaleni. Ewe kunjalo, bayamvotela uNina Turner. โSinala maqhosha athi โNdigonyiweโ anokuthi abantu bawanxibe xa bephuma kunye nekhanvasi ukubonisa abantu xa besemnyango,โ utshilo. Kwaye sinabantu abavela kwilizwe lonke abathumela amakhadi eposi.
Ngaphandle kokuzabalaza, uTurner wathi ixabiso le-OR kunye nephulo likaSanders kukuba "lenze abantu bakholelwe ukuba ezopolitiko zinokugoba kwintando yomntu wemihla ngemihla." Kwaye kumalungu OKANYE eOhio, uMorgan uthe, uTurner uyaqhubeka nalo mkhuba. "Xa sithumela umntu kwiCongress, kuya kufuneka ibe ngumntu oza kuya apho kwaye asilwele."
AMALUNGU ESIQELA ANAWO WONKE wavuma uTurner kwindawo exineneyo yeSithili se-11, nge Abaviwa be13 ku cwangciswe ukuba isikwere off ngo-Agasti 3. Ngoko ke uluhlu olude lwemibutho, kunye namaqela progressive ezifana Working Families Party, MoveOn, Justice Democrats, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo Revolution yethu, i Sanders iphulo spinoff wayesebenzisa ukubaleka.
Kodwa ke zininzi iidemokhrasi eziphambili, kubandakanya nosodolophu waseCleveland, UFrank Jackson, kunye nomtya we abawisi-mthetho bakarhulumente nabengingqi. Ukungabi namdla kukaTurner ekubizeni ngokuba ngumntu wobusoshiyali kusenokuba kumlahlekisele ngeCleveland Democratic Socialists yaseMelika, kodwa. Akron DSA wamvuma kunjalo. Weza ngeqela eliphambili leDemocratic Party โ wade wangena "Uhlaziyo lwezemfundo" ngelixa kwiSenethi yelizwe-kodwa kuthathe iminyaka emine edlulileyo ukuzinikela ekwakheni ekhohlo nasekuguquleni amaziko ayo. Ngelixa iintengiso zakhe zephulo zisafuna i-Medicare for All kunye nezinye izikhundla ekhohlo likaMongameli uBiden, ukuthobile ukugxeka kwakhe ukuya kwinqanaba, kwaye wazama ukugxila ekuqhubeni iphulo eliza kutshisa abantu abaqhubela phambili kumgaqo-nkqubo kunokuba bahlasele. iphiko lokusekwa.
Mhlawumbi ngaphezu kwabo nabaphi na abanye abaxhasi abadumileyo bakaSanders, uTurner uhlawule ixabiso lokuhamba kwakhe ekhohlo. Ukusukela oko wabhengeza ugqatso lwenkongolo, kwabizwa โNabani na ngaphandle kukaNinaโ ukuba amchase kwisihlalo sikaFudge. โOko kundenze ndanqumama,โ watsho. 'Uxolo, ngokwenene?! Ngaba nabani na ngaphandle kwam?!'โ
Sathi sakuthetha, usandulโ ukuhlatywa ziintetho ezithi kuye isikhundla kwaSirayeli yayiza konakalisa ulwalamano lwakhe namalungu akhe angamaYuda. (UTurner uthethe ngokuchasene nemithetho echasene neBDS, nangona engengomxhasi weBDS; uye wavuma ibuyile isenzo sombutho wamaYuda ochasene nomsebenzi othi IfNotNow; uxhasa ukubeka iimeko kuncedo lwasemkhosini kwa-Israyeli-akukho nanye kuzo izikhundla ezigqithileyo kodwa ezimbeka ngaphandle kwenkxaso ye-lockstep yakwaSirayeli esesinye sezikhundla zokugqibela ze-bipartisan e-DC)
Umchasi wakhe ophambili, uShontel Brown, uvunyiwe yiDemocratic Majority yakwaSirayeli kwaye uye waswayipha eTurner phezu kwayo. Iidemokhrasi ezine ze-pro-Israel uxhaswa nguBrown ngokunjalo, kwaye ekupheleni kukaJuni iDMFI icwangcise i-ad yePAC ephezulu ngokuchasene noTurner. โBabethile abantu abafana nam, [uJamaal] Bowman waseNew York, uIlhan Omar,โ utshilo uTurner. โKuyandityhafisa kakhulu kuba ndingumlweli wenkululeko ngokupheleleyo.โ Kodwa kwakhona, ithuku likaTurner lilungelelaniswa ngakumbi nalapho uluntu lusiya khona: Le ntwasahlobo kunye nehlobo libonile inkulu pro-Palestine bonisa eMelika kwinkumbulo yamva nje.
Kutshanje, uBrown ufumene imvume evela mhlawumbi ekuphela komntu kwezopolitiko othanda ukugxeka ngakumbi kunoTurner: Hillary Clinton. Kwiiyure ezingama-24 kweso saziso, uTurner wayenayo iqokelelwe ngaphezulu kwe-100,000 yeedola kwi-intanethi, iphulo elikhulu lokunyusa ingxowa-mali yosuku olunye, kunye nomnikelo oqhelekileyo we-22 yeedola. Ngeli xesha, amalungu aphezulu eCongressional Black Caucus kunye a I-PAC yenziwe ngabaxhasi bamashishini ibe unyusa imali kaBrown kwimisitho yeedola eziphezulu.
Kwaye kwizithende zemvume kaClinton, Ummeli uJim Clyburn (D-SC), inani lesithathu kubunkokeli beNdlu kunye nelona lungu liphezulu eliMnyama leNkongolo, lingenelele ukuxhasa uBrown. Ngelixa wayekhanyela ukuba isigqibo sakhe sokwenza uqinisekiso olunqabileyo lwalumalunga noTurner, uye wakhalaza โukuhlambalazaโ ngasekhohlo, ngakumbi โukubuyisela amapolisa,โ esithi, โesika umqala weqela.โ Umjikijeli ngokunjalo ikhulise ngaphezulu kwe-100,000 yeedola kwi-intanethi ngobusuku, emva kweendaba zeClyburn.
iphulo Turner ukuvota wayemkhuphe kakuhle phambi kwepakethi ukususela ekuqaleni kukaJuni, indibaniselwano yokwamkelwa kwamagama, umdlalo oqinileyo womhlaba (iofisi yayizele ngamavolontiya ngentsasa ebandayo kaMeyi endayityelelayo), kunye nesiseko sonyuso lwemali kazwelonke. Kodwa yena nabasebenzi bakhe babengathathi nto. โNgenxa yayo yonke into ethi 'Nabani na ngaphandle kukaNina', kuya kubakho iinkcitho ezizimeleyo ezingaphaya kwesigidi seerandi,โ wandixelela. Iphulo lakhe lijonge ukunyusa ukuya kuthi ga kwi-6 yezigidi zeerandi kwaye kunokwenzeka ngakumbi ukutyhala umva ekuhlaselweni; bazi ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sendlela apho. โBambalwa kakhulu abantu abanokuthi bangenelele iCongress kuba uninzi lwabantu alunakuze lukwazi ukunyusa elo nqanaba lemali,โ utshilo. โInjani ke loo nto kwinkonzo yedemokhrasi yethu? [Sifuna] inkxaso-mali kawonke-wonke yamaphulo, ixesha. โ
Akukho nanye yeengxaki awayejamelene nazo uTurner xa wayegqibelisa ukubamba iofisi eyemka. Badityaniswe nengxaki entsha ngokupheleleyo: i-COVID-19, kunye nokuvezwa kwayo kweentanda kwiinkqubo zethu zoqoqosho nezentlalo. Kodwa ubhubhane unokuba, uTurner waphawula, ithuba lokutshintsha izinto zibe ngcono. Izitofu zokugonya zasimahla, umzekelo, zingasisiqalo solingo kukhathalelo lwempilo olubonelelwa esidlangalaleni. โNdidla ngokuthi, โKukho isithembiso kule ngxaki,โโ watsho. "Kufuneka sisebenzise le ngxaki ukuba ibe nkulu."
UMHLA WE-8 KAMEYI KWAKUBANDA KUNYE NEZINCU eCleveland. Kodwa uTurner, ebhinqe idyasi emnyama yesikhumba, watsiba ukusuka komnye umntu ukuya komnye kwiqonga lakhe Iincoko eziphakamileyo, onke amandla njengoko wayenika abalandeli bakhe iimaski ezigqunyiweyo kunye nezigingqi zengqiniba ngeveni enemakethi ejikelezayo yobuso bakhe ngaphezulu. . SasikwiโGas on God,โ isiganeko esasiqhutywa ngamaqela onqulo asekuhlaleni anikela ngepetroli yasimahla, yaye uTurner wayejikeleza.
Kumgca wegesi, umntu wanikezela nge-iPhone ngefestile kuTurner ukuze akwazi ukubulisa umntu kwelinye icala lomnxeba weFaceTime. Wabaleka ecaleni kwemoto njengoko babeqengqeleka besiya kwindawo empompayo. Uye wathatha iiselfies kunye namalungu eklabhu zesithuthuthu zamaKristu ehambelana nesikhumba esinemonogram, kwaye wabulisa abalandeli bakhe bephethe imiqondiso ecaleni kwendlela ngamagama. โNdivoteleni, ndinesibindi sokucela okungakumbi,โ uxelele ividiyo ye-smartphone.
โNgenxa ye-COVID,โ utshilo kamva, โndizive ndonwabile ukuba laphaya. Sikwindawo endihlala kuyo kwaye ukuva nje uthando oluvela ebantwini ... Abanye baba bantu bendibazi, abanye babo bantu andizange ndibabone ngaphambili, kodwa amandla ayebonakala kwaye yayiyinto endandiyidinga.
ISithili se-11, kunye neCleveland ngokukodwa, yi-microcosm yokwehla kweMelika. Isixeko esasikade sisityebiโiStandard Oil yaqala apho, yaye imveliso yentsimbi nentsimbi yayigqugqisile ebudeni bokukhula kwasoโngoku igqatswa njengeyona ndawo iphambili. esona sixeko sikhulu sihluphekayo eMelika. Njengomfazi oMnyama osuka kwi-Rust Belt, u-Turner uyazi ngokwakhe ukuba ngelixa ukuqhambuka kwe-deindustrialization kwabetha wonke umntu, kwabetha uluntu lwabaNtsundu kuqala. U-Akshai Singh, ilungu le-Cleveland DSA kunye nomququzeleli wendawo, waphawula ukuba kusengumzabalazo ukuguqula ukhathalelo lwempilo kunye nemisebenzi yemfundo-eyona nto isondeleyo ekuthatheni indawo yoshishino olunzima olude lwahamba-kwimisebenzi emihle yombutho enika ubomi bokwenene.
Amatsha ntliziyo athetha nam ngokuzimeleyo kwiphulo likaTurner achaze umatshini wezopolitiko wesixeko omileyo kunye nomkhosi wamapolisa oqhubekayo phatha ngenkohlakalo abantu. Cleveland kulapho ipolisa wadubula Tamir Rice, kwaye apho amadabi kuqhubeka phezu a umthetho wemvume yomanyano yasungulwa ngo-2015 phezu kwesebe lamapolisa โipateni okanye isiqhelo sokusebenzisa amandla agqithisileyo. "
UChrissy Stonebraker-Martรญnez, umququzeleli we-InterReligious Task Force for Human Rights kuMbindi Merika naseColombia, waphawula ukuba phezu kwayo nje imbali ende kaCleveland yokulungelelanisa iphiko lasekhohlo, amatshantliziyo adla ngokuzabalaza ukuze aphumeze iziseko. โSichithe unyaka wonke emva kodushe silwela ukuba uluntu luhlomle kwiindibano zebhunga lesixeko kuba asinazo nezimvo zoluntu.โ
UAsiya Jones, Umququzeleli we-Black Lives Matter osandul 'ukubhengeza ukubaleka kwakhe kwiBhunga lesiXeko saseCleveland, wabonisa imfuneko yeenkonzo zongxamiseko ezingahambi ngokukhawuleza kumapolisa. โICleveland ihlwempuzekile. Ixesha,โ utshilo uJones. โSingasenzela njani umoya ongcono? Oko kunento yokwenza nokhuseleko olungcono loluntu kunye nempilo yoluntu, iinkonzo ezingcono zedolophu, amathuba amaninzi okuzonwabisa, amathuba amaninzi emisebenzi, iinkqubo zolutsha, iinkqubo eziphezulu. " Ukuvuselela ngaphandle kokuguqulwa, ngaphandle kokufuduswa kwabantu abaye bahlala eCleveland, wathi, kufuneka ibe yinjongo.
UJones ulichulumancile ngephulo likaTurner, nangokusebenza kunye naye. โUyinyani ngaphezu kokuba bendicinga. Wayefana nje, 'Andinazo zonke iimpendulo, kodwa ndixelele into endinokukwenzela yona. Undixelele into esinokusebenza kuyo kunye.'โ UStonebraker-Martรญnez wayethandabuza ngakumbi, kodwa waphawula ukuba u-Turner "uphume ecaleni kwimigaqo-nkqubo yenkqubela phambili esemngciphekweni kuye, emngciphekweni womsebenzi wakhe." Amagosa amaninzi anyuliweyo, athi, atyekele ekubeni nenkqubela ngakumbi ekhaya kunokuba enjalo kwimibandela yamazwe ngamazweโasalatha kuqhankqalazo oluqhubekayo eColombia, naseUnited States. inkxaso-mali yemikhosi yokhuseleko Pha. Bathi: โEzo zizinto endizixhalabeleyo ngoNina, kodwa ndiyabulela kwakhona,โ batsho, โukuba unyuliwe, sinokungena eofisini yakhe sithethe ngezi zinto. Okwangoku, asinakuyenza loo nto.โ
Kwelinye icandelo laseCleveland, uTurner wahlala phantsi kunye namagosa anyuliweyo asekuhlaleni amvumayo e-Bob-N-Sheri's Fortyniner, isidlo sakudala sesikolo esine-jukeboxes ye-Rock-Ola kwikhawuntara. (Abanikazi bayo ngabaxhasi.) Isidlo sakusasa sasiquka oosodolophu baseNewburgh Heights kunye neUniversity Heights, amahlomela edolophu amabini aseCleveland, kunye nabameli bakarhulumente ababini kunye nelungu lebhunga laseNewburgh Heights. Le ntlanganiso ibiyinxalenye yeseshoni yokubambisa ngokungekho sikweni, inxenye yengxoxo yeqhinga, ngamaqanda neegrits.
"Siyitshintsha njani inkqubo ukuze ivakale ngathi yinkqubo yethu sonke?" wabuza uJuanita O. Brent, omele iOhio House District 12. โAbantu boyika ukuba umgangatho uza kuwa. UStephanie Howse, omele iSithili esingummelwane se-11, uvumile wathi: "Kwakukho ubhubhane ngaphambi kobhubhane." Kwaye izinto, zonke ziphawulwe, zaziza kuba mbi ngakumbi kwabo bakwicala elingalunganga lokuchacha ngokungalingani. Iirhuluneli zaseRiphabhlikhi zaqala ukusika izibonelelo zokungaphangeli ngoJuni, kwaye ukumiswa kokukhutshwa kwe-CDC kuphelelwa ekupheleni kukaJulayi. Ngelixa iiDemokhrasi zisilela ukwenza okuthile, uTurner wachaza, abachasi babo bagcina abantu โkwimo yomzabalazo,โ apho bangakwaziyo ukucinga ngaphaya kweemfuno zemihla ngemihla.
โAbantu bafanele ukunandipha ubomi babo,โ uqukumbele watsho. "Isimo sengqondo esipheleleyo seqela lamandla kukuba abantu abahluphekayo, abantu abasebenzayo abafanelanga ukonwabela ubomi babo."
UKUBA UNINA JIKELELE IINTLOKO KWI-CONGRESS ekwindla, uya kube esenza njalo ngoxinzelelo oluninzi ukwenza izinto zenzeke, kwisixeko kunye neziko apho rhoqo akukho nto eyenzekayo. Uyazi kakuhle imvakalelo yongxamiseko, esithi, "Xa iidemokhrasi ziphumelela, ubomi babantu kufuneka butshintshe." Ukanti uya kuba lilungu elinye kumzimba wama-435 apho ilizwi lakho lihlala limiselwa bubukhulu bakho.
UTurner unoluhlu lwempahla afuna ukusebenza kuyo: uhlaziyo lwamapolisa, imisebenzi kunye nemivuzo ephezulu, iMedicare for All, imfundo yoluntu emva kobhubhani. Walatha ku ingxelo yakutshanje eyafumanisa ukuba abemi kumaphecana amabini obalo lwabantu kummandla waseCleveland oshiyana ngeekhilomitha nje ezimbini babenomahluko omangalisayo weminyaka engama-23 ubudala.
Ucinga nangaloo ngxaki izayo yezindlu. โNdifuna ukutshata iGreen New Deal nezindlu,โ utshilo, ecebisa ukuba imali eyabiwe phantsi kwesi sikhokelo ingasetyenziselwa ukubuyisela amakhaya ashiyiweyo agcwele isixeko ngendlela eyonga amandla, emva koko incede abantu basekhaya ukuba bazithenge. "IsiVumelwano esitsha sokuHlaza sithetha ukubuyisela abantu emsebenzini ngendlela elungele bona kunye nosapho lwabo, ukwenza uluntu abahlala kulo lube ntle." Kwaye njengenxalenye yaloo projekthi, uthe, kubalulekile ukuqinisekisa ukuba abantu bahlawulwa ngokwaneleyo ukuze babe nexesha lesimahla. โKum,โ watsho, โumgangatho wobomi uthetha ukuba ndisoloko ndijoja iirozi yaye kukho iirozi endizivayo.โ
Ezi ziimbono ezinkulu kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo akukho sininzi kwiCongress ebaxhasayo okwangoku. Kodwa ixesha likaTurner kwiRevolution yethu limnike amava athile asebenza nabaququzeleli abasezantsi ukucinezela amagosa anyuliweyo ukuba enze okuthile. Obo budlelwane bunokunceda xa kufikwa kumlo weqela langaphakathi, utshilo, etyhala iiDemokhrasi ezinjengoJoe Manchin kunye noKyrsten Sinema abaye batshintsha ngamatye utshintsho lwamalungelo okuvota okanye ukonyuswa komvuzo omncinci. "Kukho into ethethwayo malunga nokungena kwindawo yabo kwaye baqalise ukulungelelanisa aba bantu kuba abantu bayabandezeleka kwimeko yabo."
Uthethe โngokuvusa izigebenga ezileleyo,โ indlela abantu baseOhio abadibana ngayo ukoyisa iSenate Bill 5, umlinganiselo owahlutha amalungelo othethathethwano oluhlangeneyo kude nabasebenzi becandelo likarhulumente ngo-2011. amatsha ntliziyo, kodwa kwanyanzeleka ukuba badlulisele umyalezo kubasebenzi abangengawo amalungu emanyano yabasebenzi ukuba kwixesha elizayo xa indlu yowiso-mthetho igqithe, ingaza kubo. โKufuneka sizame ukuyibuyisela, loo nto yokuba nokuba kwenzeka ntoni na kweli lizwe, kwisithili sam, kurhulumente, kwesi sizwe, ngandlelโ ithile sinxibelelana sonke,โ utshilo. โUkuba umoya wam umdaka, nawe ngokunjalo. Ukuba amanzi am amdaka, nawe ngokunjalo. Ukuba intombi yakho okanye unyana wakho akaphangeli kwaye loo nto ichaphazela ikhaya lakho, iyayichaphazela yam.โ
Kulapho isitayile sika-Turner, ngelixa si-abrasive kwii-Democrats eziqhelekileyo, sibabambele isifundo. Ekugqibeleni, ufuna ukumema abantu abaqhelekileyo ukuba bamthelele ekulweleni iingcamango ezinenkqubela. Kangangeminyaka, iiDemokhrasi zineengxaki zokuzichaza kubavoti ababanzi. U-Turner uye wabamba indawo ye-activist yentshukumo kwaye wafumana umyalezo ohambelanayo ohambelana nabantu abasebenza kwi-belllwether state. Ngaphaya kweemfazwe zikaClinton-Sanders, yinto enokuthi ithathwe macala onke.
Abantu baseRiphabhlikhi, uTurner waphawula, "musani ukudlala" xa benamandla, kwaye iiDemokhrasi kufuneka zithathe eso sifundo kubo ukuba akukho namnye. Loo mvakalelo yongxamiseko idla ngokunqongophala kakhulu embuthweni. โSiza kufunda nini? Abantu baseRiphabhlikhi bacwangcisela ixesha elide, โutshilo. "Singenza ntoni ngoku phambi komjikelo wonyulo olandelayo kwaye siyenze kwaye sihambe kakhulu? Kuba amandla ayadlula. Kuya kufuneka uyisebenzise ngelixa unayo. โ
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