Akukho uthungela isiziba somchako omtsha engutyeni endala; Senjenjalo ke, sisikrazula isiziba eso, esitsha kuyo endala, sisuke sibe sibi ngokunye isikrobo. Kananjalo akukho mntu uyitha kwiimvaba ezindala iwayini entsha engekabili; ukuba wenjenjalo, zogqabhuka iintsuba iwayini, zitshabalale iwayini, zitshabalale iintsuba; yona iwayini entsha yeyeemvaba ezintsha.

      —UYesu waseNazarete, ngokweBhayibhile yesiXhosa, uMarko 2:21-22        

 

Andizange ndibe yiDemokhrasi, nangona abazali bam babengamaDemokhrasi enkululeko, kwaye nangona bendibaxhasa abagqatswa bezikhundla ababenenkqubela ngokuqinisekileyo. Ukusukela ekubeni yinkwenkwe ukuya kwindoda ngeminyaka yee-1960, kwakubonakala ngathi yinto nje engenamsebenzi kum. Ndingalixhasa njani iqela elalinabalandeli bocalucalulo ngokobuhlanga kubunkokeli balo njengoJames Eastland, uJohn Stennis kunye noStrom Thurmond, kunye noMongameli onyulwe ngo-1964, uLyndon Johnson, owakhankasela ukuchasa ukuthunyelwa kwemikhosi yase-US eVietnam kodwa, emva kwakhe. unyulo, ngaba okuchaseneyo noko, ngokumangalisayo nangokuphambanayo kwayandisa loo mfazwe yama impiriyali?

 

Ewe kunjalo, bekusoloko kukho iphiko lenkululeko/eliqhubela phambili leDemocratic Party elinike inkxaso kwiintshukumo eziqhubela phambili ezilwela uxolo, ukulingana kunye namalungelo oluntu.

 

Incwadi yamva nje kaVan Jones ethi, Yakha kabusha iPhupha, ihlalutya iDemocratic Party, into ka-Obama, intshukumo ye-Occupy kunye nentshukumo iyonke yenkqubela phambili kwaye ibeka phambili imbono yobuchule malunga nokuba singalitshintsha njani ilizwe xa sijonge apho sikuyo ngo-2012. incwadi ekufanele ukuba uyifunde. Nangona ndinenani lokugxeka, uVan wenze intshukumo yenkonzo ngokubeka ingqondo yakhe ekrelekrele ukuze asebenze ukubeka phambili iseti yeembono malunga nendlela yokwakha, kwincwadi yakhe yangaphambili, Uqoqosho lweKhola eluhlaza, wayibiza ngokuba “lumanyano olubanzi, oluquka lonke udidi oluphantsi kwelanga kunye nayo yonke imibala kumnyama.”

 

Ukwakha “imanyano ebanzi, ebanzi, yomanyano lwabantu abaninzi,” ndivuma ngokupheleleyo, ngumsebenzi wobuchule oyimfuneko, kunye nengxoxo-mpikiswano eyakhayo malunga nendlela engcono yokuyakha, kwaye owona msebenzi wokwenza oko, ufuneka kakhulu, ngoku.

 

Kwi-Rebuilt the Dream, uJones ucela ukwakhiwa kombutho ozimeleyo ngaphandle kweDemocratic Party, kodwa kukho umbuzo wokwenyani malunga nokuba "uzimele" uyibona njani le ntshukumo, ngakumbi xa kuziwa kumsebenzi wonyulo. Kwizivakalisi ezimbalwa eziphambili, uthi, umzekelo: “Ucelomngeni luya kuba kukubona ukuba inxalenye ye-99% inokubamba unxweme ngaphakathi kwetheko elimiselweyo—ngaphandle kokuzibamba. Ukuba inokuphumelela, intshukumo ye-99% iya kuba nokuma kunye namandla okunyanzela inkqubo yezopolitiko yase-US ukuba iphendule ngakumbi kwiimfuno zabantu baseMelika bemihla ngemihla. " (iphepha 173)

 

Kwenye indawo ubiza intshukumo “ezimeleyo ngokusisiseko kulo naliphi na iqela, ipolitiki okanye ubuntu,” kwaye UHLALA ugxeka ngeendlela ezininzi omabini amaqela. Ngokomzekelo, kwintshayelelo, ubhala athi “ootatomkhulu noomakhulu bethu baqulunqa imithetho nemigaqo-nkqubo yokukhusela ilizwe ekuxhatshazweni kweenkampani nasekugqityweni kweWall Street. Ngelishwa, omabini amaqela aphambili ezopolitiko aluhliswa ekubeni avumele abantu abakumgangatho ophezulu ukuba bahluthe olo khuseleko kwiincwadi zethu zomthetho.” (iphe. 7) Kodwa nangona ezi mbono ezintle nezichanekileyo, indlela yobuchule iyonke yoKwakha kwakhona iPhupha xa kufikwa kwinkqubo yonyulo kukuba le ntshukumo ezimeleyo kufuneka isebenze ngokuyintloko ngaphakathi kweDemocratic Party.

 

UJones ubeka le mbono phambili nangona egxeka uLawulo luka-Obama awayeyinxalenye yalo iinyanga ezintandathu. Enye yezinto azenzayo kule ncwadi kukuhlalutya ukuba intshukumo ka-Obama ka-2008 ivela phi, yintoni u-Obama kunye naloo ntshukumo yenze okulungileyo nokubi emva kokuba enyulwe njengoMongameli, kwaye zeziphi izifundo ezinokuthathwa kuloo mava.

Kukho iimbono ezimbini ezibalulekileyo zeengcamango uVan azibeke phambili ezikhathazayo:

 

-Uqhelaniso lwakhe oluhle olucacileyo lwe-pro-capitalist. Phakathi kwezinye iindinyana, kwiphepha 189 ubhala oku, “Sifanele sihambele phambili kububukapitali obulunge ngakumbi.” Isihlomelo sikaEva Patterson sithi ngoJones ngokubhekiselele kwincwadi yakhe, Uqoqosho lweKhola eluhlaza, “Incwadi kaVan yingoma yokwenene yokuncoma ubukhapitali, ngakumbi abo banoxanduva ngokwentlalo nolulungele indalo.” (iphe. 252)

 

Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, ngaphakathi komanyano olubanzi, olunenkqubela “amashishini anoxanduva loluntu kunye ne-eco-friendly” kufuneka abe yinxalenye yawo. Kodwa ndiyabuza ukuba ingaba olo manyano kufuneka luzibhengeze njengongxowankulu. Kum kubonakala ngathi into efunekayo lumanyano olwakhiwe malunga nenkqubo kwimiba. Kufuneka kuqhutywe ingxoxo malunga nokuba zeziphi ezona ndlela zilungileyo zokujongana noluhlu lweentlekele eziveliswa yinkqubo-imozulu, impilo, intswela-ngqesho, izindlu, imfundo, ubundlobongela benkcubeko, ukungalingani, njl njl. usoshiyali, i-pro-libertarian, i-pro-anarchist okanye nayiphi na enye ingcamango esekelwe ngokwembali.

 

Ewe, umbutho wakha kwakhona iPhupha ancediswa nguVan ekukhokeleni, uvelise into enje nge "Contract for the American Dream." Yinkqubo enamanqaku ali-10 enegalelo elininzi-intatho-nxaxheba yabantu abayi-131,203 ngokukaJones. Inokomelezwa kwaye yandiswe, kodwa ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo liqonga lenkqubela phambili eliqinileyo ngaphandle kobungxowankulu obucacileyo, usoshiyali okanye olunye uqhelaniso lwengcamango endikwaziyo ukulubhaqa.

 

-ikhwelo lakhe lentshukumo ye-99% "ezichaza njenge-99% ye-100%. Ndifumanise ukuba oku kuyandikhathaza kwaye akucacanga. Ngaba uVan ukholelwa ngokwenene ukuba i-1/10^th ye-1% eyona nto ilawula urhulumente wase-US kwaye uninzi loqoqosho lwehlabathi ngamahlakani anokubakho kumzabalazo wehlabathi elinobulungisa ngenene? Ubhala ukuba "uninzi lwe-1% lukwicala lethu." Ngokwenene? Ndiyakwamkela nabani na ovela naphi na, nokuba uhlanga lwakhe, isini, udidi, ingcamango yezopolitiko okanye imbali yomntu, ukuba baqala ukubona impazamo yeendlela zabo kwaye, ngezenzo zabo, beza kwicala labantu. Kodwa yimbono engeyonyani yokuba uninzi lodidi olulawulayo lwequmrhu aluyonto ngaphandle nje kwenani elincinane kodwa linamandla “kubo” “kubo ngokuchasene nathi.”

 

Lo mbono ucwangcisiweyo uyasibekela kwaye uyabhida indlela esenza ngayo umsebenzi wethu. Umsebenzi wethu kufuneka ugxininise phakathi kweendawo ezibuhlungu phantsi kwale nkqubo-uninzi lwazo uVan aluchaza kwincwadi-kunye nabo bazo zonke iiklasi abaxhalabele ngokunyanisekileyo ngokungekho sikweni kunye nesimo seplanethi. Kwaye ngokunyaniseka, ayisiyiyo "i-99% leyo." Kufana nokuba “ngama-70%,” nangona ekuhambeni kwexesha sinokuphumelela ngakumbi nangakumbi kwezinye iipesenti ezingama-30 abathi, ngenxa yeengcinga zabo zasekunene okanye amalungelo odidi oluphezulu, bakwelinye icala.

 

Ndiqhubeka ndikholelwa ukuba into efunwa ngumbutho wenkqubela phambili ozimeleyo sisicwangciso esicacileyo "samandla esithathu", hayi ukuthatha iqhinga leDemocratic Party, okanye isicwangciso sokuseka i-beachhead ngaphakathi kwayo.

 

Iqhinga "lamandla esithathu" laqala ukuchazwa endilaziyo nguMfundisi uJesse Jackson kwi-1984 ngexesha lakhe lokuqala likamongameli. Wayibophelela kwisakhiwo se-Rainbow Coalition njengembumba edibanisa ama-Afrika aseMelika, amaLatinos, amaMelika aseMelika, ama-Asiya, amafama, abasebenzi, amabhinqa, ama-lesbians kunye nama-gay, abagqugquzeli boxolo, abagcini bendalo kunye nabanye abahlukunyezwayo okanye baphazanyiswa yinkqubo. Ikwamkele ngokuphandle abo babezimisele ukwakha iqela lesithathu, nangona njengoko uMfundisi uJackson waba namandla ngakumbi kwezopolitiko ngexesha lephulo lakhe lobuMongameli ngo-1988, abo babeyixhasa loo njongo baqala ukuhoywa. Kwaze, ngo-1989, amandla angakholelekiyo ale mfelandawonye idumileyo atshatyalaliswa xa utshintsho lombutho lwanyanzeliswa ukusuka phezulu lwathatha i-Rainbow Coalition's dynamic and movement-building character.

 

Eso siphelo sibuhlungu sale ntshukumo ithembisayo asiyichasi isandi seqhinga lesithathu lamandla, okanye imfuneko eqhubekayo yalo.

 

Umkhosi wesithathu uya kuthi, phantse ngokuqinisekileyo, uxhase iiDemokhrasi ezinenkqubela phambili ekuqaleni ukuya kuthi ga kumaqhinga ayo onyulo, kodwa uya kwamkela ukubandakanyeka kweeGreens kunye nabanye abaxhasayo okanye ababaleka njengabazimele kwiofisi. Izigqibo zokuba ngubani oza kuxhasa kwaye ziya kwenziwa njani ngokwedemokhrasi. Mhlawumbi okona kubalulekileyo kukuba, iqela lesithathu lingaxhasa iintlobo zohlaziyo lonyulo oluya kuvula inkqubo yethu yonyulo elawulwa ngamaqela amabini elawulwa yimibutho engenademokhrasi kwaye yenze ukuba kube lula ukuva amazwi kunye neembono ezininzi. Uhlaziyo olunjalo kufuneka luquke unyulo lukawonke-wonke-hayi ushishino-mali lonyulo, uvoto olukhawulezileyo, umelo olulungelelanisiweyo, olunengqiqo-kungekhona uthintelo-imithetho yokufikelela kuvoto, ixesha leendaba lasimahla kubo bonke abagqatswa ababonisa isiseko senkxaso, njl.njl.

 

Kodwa ibutho lesithathu kufuneka lenze okungakumbi kunokuxhasa okanye ukuqhuba abagqatswa bezikhundla, kwaye kule nkalo incwadi kaJones inezinto ezilungileyo zokuthetha. Ubhala ngokubaluleka "kweNdawo yeNtliziyo" kunye "nomdlalo wangaphandle." Intshukumo ye-Occupy Wall Street ngumzekelo omhle wazo zombini, apho uVan enethemba malunga nayo: “I-Occupy Wall Street iye yazalisa iNdawo yeNtliziyo ngobuhlungu be-visceral kunye nomsindo wokwenyani. Basebenzise italente enkulu yokuyila kwinkonzo kumyalezo wabo, kwaye basebenzisa iinethiwekhi zentlalo ukusasaza. Kuyo yonke le nto, badlale uMdlalo oqinileyo waNgaphandle ngokunjalo. Isenzo sabo sasinoburhalarhume-sivuse impendulo yamapolisa kwaye yafuna impendulo kumaziko abanzi. ” (iphepha 133)

 

UJones naye uthetha kakuhle malunga nokungathobeli koluntu. Ebhekisela kuthungelwano lwe<em>Take Back the Land, ubhala athi: “Amapolisa aye eze kugweba [abanini bendlu evalelweyo] yaye ajamelene nezihlwele zabantu abakulungeleyo ukubanjwa, yaye kwiimeko ezininzi, amapolisa aye agqiba kwelokuba agxothwe. khohlo. Emva koko iibhanki ziye zalinda ukuba izinto zizole ngaphambi kokuba ziphinde ziqhube okwesibini kuyo. " (iphe. 207)

 

Ukwakhankanya iphulo lokungathobeli i-civil House kwi-White House ehlotyeni lika-2011 ngokuchasene nombhobho we-tar sands Keystone XL apho abantu abayi-1253 babanjwa kwisithuba seeveki ezimbini. Nangona kunjalo, kukukhankanywa kwesivakalisi esinye.

 

Esi sesona sigxeko sam sokugqibela sokuphinda kwakhiwe iPhupha: kugxilwe kakhulu kwingxaki yemozulu. UJones ngokwakhe ubonakala ekuqonda oku xa ebhala, ngaphezu kwekota yesithathu yendlela kwincwadi ekwiphepha 184, ukuba, “kule ncwadi, asikhange sichukumise ingxaki yokusingqongileyo. Kodwa ekubeni ndibhale incwadi yam yokugqibela, UQoqosho lweKhola eluhlaza, izinto ziye zaba mbi ngakumbi—kwiimeko ezininzi ngakumbi. . . Ukutshintsha kwemozulu okuyintlekele, okuqhutywa yimisebenzi yabantu, kusesona sisongelo kwibutho labantu, singasathethi ke ngentaphane yezinye izinto eziphilayo.” Emva koko ubhala amaphepha amaninzi ngesi “sisongelo sikhulu.”

 

Ngelishwa, kweli candelo akaphindi iingcamango kumhlathi obalulekileyo kwi Uqoqosho lweKhola eluhlaza, malunga nesidingo "somgangatho weMfazwe Yehlabathi II wokuhlanganisa" malunga nokufudumala kwehlabathi. Yiloo nto ayibhalayo kwi-2008, evakalisa iifowuni ezifanayo ezivela ku-Al Gore, uJames Hansen, uBill McKibben, uLester Brown kunye nabanye: "Ukubuyisela ukufudumala kwehlabathi kuya kufuna inqanaba leMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini yokuhlanganisa. Ngumsebenzi wamashumi ezigidi, hayi amakhulu okanye amawaka. Olo tshintsho luya kufuna inkxaso enkulu kwezentlalo, ezenkcubeko nezopolitiko.” (iphe. 58)

 

Kuya kufuneka ndizibuze ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba oku kungenziwanga, ngakumbi xa kuchazwa ukuqonda kwakhe ukuba esi sisongelo sikhulu kwimpucuko yabantu siye saba mbi ngakumbi, sinxulumene nokuqhelaniswa ne-Van's Democratic Party. Inyani elusizi yeyokuba iQela leDemokhrasi, ngakumbi uBarack Obama, uye wabuyela umva kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo ukuya kuthi ga kwindlela yena neqela lakhe abajongana ngayo, okanye abangayilungisiyo ingxaki yemozulu.

 

Sifanele sifunde kumazwi kaYesu, omnye wabona balungelelanisi babalaseleyo kwimbali yoluntu. Masifumane iindlela zokugcina “iwayini” yethu, intshukumo yethu ezimeleyo enenkqubela phambili, kwiibhotile ezintsha. Masixabise kwaye sakhe phezu kwawo onke amajelo osasazo, ezenkcubeko, ezoqoqosho, ezopolitiko, amanyathelo angqalileyo, uqeqesho kunye namanye amaqela athe, ngokudibeneyo, anamandla ngakumbi kunesambuku samacandelo.

 

Masiyicacele into yokuba nangona zininzi iiDemocats eziyinxalenye yolu thungelwano lubanzi oluzimeleyo lwenkqubela-phambili, abanye babo banyuliwe okanye bangenela uzikhundla, iDemocratic Party ayiyonxalenye yothungelwano lombutho wethu. Masidibaneni njengamademokhrasi anenkqubela, njengabanye abazimeleyo, njengabaguquli, njengabahlaziyi, njengamaRiphabhlikhi anenkqubela phambili, sibe kumbutho omtsha wesithathu onokuluguqula ngokwenene uluntu lwethu phambi kokuba lishiywe lixesha.

 

UTed Glick ubengumququzeleli kunye netshantliziyo ukusukela ngo-1968. Uye wabeka phambili umsebenzi kwingxaki yemozulu ukusukela ngo-2004. Imibhalo yangaphambili kunye nolunye ulwazi lunokufumaneka apha. http://tedglick.com, kwaye unokulandelwa kwi-Twitter kwi http://twitter.com/jtglick.  

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