In igalelo lakutshanje ku Jacobin, UChris Maisano unikezela ngembali egciniweyo yeenzame zenkulungwane yamashumi amabini ekulungelelaniseni amaqela amabini aphambili ezopolitiko eUnited States. Kwimeko enye, abaphiko basekunene baphumelele ekuguquleni iRiphabhlikhi Party kaDwight Eisenhower ibe liqela lokwenyani lolondolozo, libeka inqanaba lolungelelwaniso lwasekunene lweqela phantsi kukaDonald Trump.
Ngeli xesha, iinkululeko, abalweli bamalungelo oluntu, iinkokeli zabasebenzi, kunye noonontlalontle basebenze ukulungelelanisa iiDemokhrasi kwiminyaka yoo-1960 kunye nee'70s. I-Progressives ayizange iphumelele kwiinjongo zabo zokuphumelela umbutho wedemokhrasi yezentlalo. Kodwa baye baphumelela ukutyhalela ngaphandle abantu baseMazantsi ababambeleleyo, bebuyisela iQela leDemokhrasi ukusuka kumanyano lweDixiecrat/New Deal baba ngumbutho okhululekileyo ngokufanelekileyo.
Intshayelelo yale mbali, uMaisano uthi, kukuba abaKhohlo namhlanje kufuneka bamkele iqhinga lokuzama ukulungelelanisa iQela leDemocratic Party. Ukuba abaphiko basekunene banokuhlengahlengisa iiRiphabhlikhi kunye nabasekhohlo banokufezekisa ulungelelwaniso oluyinxenye lweeDemokhrasi, kubonakala ngathi ucebisa, ngoko ke iKhohlo namhlanje linokwenza iidemokhrasi ngokomfanekiso wethu.
Kodwa kukho imiqobo ecacileyo yolungelelwaniso lobusoshiyali okanye lwedemokhrasi yezentlalo yeQela leDemokhrasi elingakhange lijongane nalo iLungelo kwi-GOP. Umba omnye, okhankanywe kwisiqwenga sikaMaisano, kukuba abadlali basekunene banokuthembela kwinkxaso yemali ebonakala ngathi ayinasiphelo evela kubaxhasi abazizityebi, kwaye abasekhohlo abanako.
Luphawu nje lwengxaki enzulu, nangona kunjalo. Iprojekthi yezopolitiko yeRight ihambelana ngokupheleleyo nomdla we-ultrarich ebhankini kwaye ilawule amaqela omabini. Nangona abanye kwiklasi yeshishini balk kwiTrump okanye izinto ezikude ngasekunene ngaphakathi kwe-GOP, xa iyonke Ikhapitali ayinayo inkuthazo eyomeleleyo ngokwaneleyo yokulungelelanisa inkcaso kwinkqubela phambili yephiko lasekunene - kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ongxowankulu abaninzi banokufumana okuninzi abangakuthanda kwimigaqo-nkqubo yeqela echasene nabasebenzi kunye nokwamkela ulawulo lwabambalwa. Iipolitiki ezikude zihambelana nezinto ezinomdla kwi-ultrarich.
Ngomqondiso ofanayo, inyani yokuba iinkululeko ziye zakwazi ukukhabela abantu abasabelayo kwi-Democratic Party kwiXesha lamaLungelo oLuntu ayisiniki sizathu sininzi sokucinga ukuba iqela linokuphinda lidityaniswe kwiqela lokwenyani labasebenzi. Isizukulwana sangaphambili se-left-wing realigners njengoBayard Rustin kunye noMichael Harrington ayiphumelelanga ukwenza oku, inqaku le-Maisano, kuba imikhosi ye-pro-corporate yeza kubamba isikhundla esiphezulu kumfelandawonye omtsha weDemokhrasi; oko kwakuyinxalenye nje yokuba umsebenzi olungelelanisiweyo wawuqalisa ukuwohloka kangangexesha elide.
Ukuba abasebenzi abakwazanga ukuphumelela i-hegemony kwi-Democratic Party ngelo xesha langaphambili, nangona kunjalo, izinto zibonakala zimfiliba namhlanje. Ngaphandle kwemizamo eyonwabisayo yokulungelelanisa kwiinkampani ezinkulu ezifana neAmazon kunye neStarbucks, ukunyuka koqhankqalazo kulo nyaka, kunye nokwanda kwenani ukuthandeka kweemanyano, ingxinano yomanyano iyaqhubeka nokuhla kwaye yawela kwi lonke ixesha phantsi kwi 2022.
Ngaphezu koko, i-Democratic Party ayinazo iindlela zokwenyani zedemokhrasi yangaphakathi. Oko kwabonakaliswa ngamandla xa i-socialists yedemokhrasi ithatha i-Nevada State Democratic Party ngo-2021. Nangona bathatha izakhiwo ezisesikweni zeqela, amaSocialists akalukhuselanga ulawulo lwemithombo yokwenyani yamandla eDemokhrasi - Uluhlu lwamalungu, izixhobo zobuchwepheshe, kunye nothungelwano lwabaxhasi kunye nabacebisi. Ke xa bagxothwayo kwizikhundla zobunkokeli ezisesikweni, ukusekwa kweeDemokhrasi basuka bahamba nazo zonke ezo zinto, benza enye into, kwaye baqhubeka nokudlala indima efanayo kwipolitiki yeNevada Democratic Party.
Okoko nje iQela leDemokhrasi likhaya labaphezulu kwaye akukho nkqubo yedemokhrasi yokwenyani apho amalungu anokuthi abe nempembelelo kwizixhobo zeqela, akukho sizathu sincinci sokucinga ukuba abasebenzi okanye abaKhohlo banokuluhlutha ulawulo lweqela ekusekweni kwayo neoliberal. Kwanonyulo oluphambili, apho abantu abaqhelekileyo banokutsho okuthile, balinganiselwe kwizinto abanokuzifeza. Iinkokeli zeqela kwaye amajelo eendaba babe nempembelelo enkulu kolu khuphiswano, kwaye kwixesha elidlulileyo babhengeze ukuzimisela kwabo ukugxeka abavoti ukukhetha umgqatswa amthandayo. Ukusekwa kunokutshintsha imithetho yokufikelela kwi-ballot-accession ukuthintela ama-socialists ukuba aqhube kwi-primaries yabo, okanye ukuthintela ukufikelela kwizixhobo ezibalulekileyo ezifana ne-NGP VAN.
Kukho isizathu esincinci sokucinga ukuba ukusekwa "kungaziswa" ukuxhasa i-ajenda ye-socialist. Njenge-GOP, awona mandla anamandla kwi-Democratic Party ngabaxhasi bemali enkulu evela kwi-American corporate kunye ne-Wall Street, kwaye iimfuno zabo ziphikisana nolwabiwo olukhulu lobutyebi kunye namandla afunwa nguNxele. Oongxowankulu banokwamkela inkululeko yentlalontle yeedemokhrasi zanamhlanje kunye nokuba banako ukufana ne-fascism - baya kulwamkela ngokulula uhlaselo kwiingeniso zabo kwaye. ulawulo kwimveliso.
Musa Ukwenza Isidima Ngokuyimfuneko
UMaisano ulungile ukuba imiqobo yokuseka iqela lesithathu e-United States ingumnqantsa, kwaye oososhiyali bedemokhrasi benze imitsi emikhulu ekwakheni iKhohlo ngokubaleka kumgca wokuvota weDemocratic Party. Kodwa kukwachanekile ukuba amasoshiyali ajonge eli qhinga ngokungathandabuzekiyo; nokuba yintoni na imfanelo yayo yexesha elifutshane, idala iingxaki kwiprojekthi yethu yexesha elide.
Uhlaziyo olukhulu - olufana ne-Medicare for All, isiqinisekiso semisebenzi, ikholeji yasimahla yendalo yonke, njl.njl.-zinokuthi ziphunyezwe kuphela ngokuphazamiseka kwengca okumandla okuzala i-New Deal kwaye iphumelele uloyiso lwentshukumo yamalungelo oluntu. Kwaye idemokhrasi ebanzi nenzulu yoqoqosho efunwa ngamasoshiyali inokwenzeka kuphela ngentshukumo enkulu yabantu abasebenzayo abaya ezitalatweni kwaye bezama ukubhukuqa ulawulo lwemithombo yoluntu enemveliso kongxowankulu, emva koko siqalise ukwenza izinto ngokwethu.
Ngokwembali, abasebenzi baye benza amanyathelo amakhulu kwelo cala ngokuzihlanganisa zibe yimibutho yabasebenzi kunye namaqela. Loo mibutho yimeko ebalulekileyo kuphuhliso lwe ukuqonda iklasi: abasebenzi beqonda ukuba baneminqweno efanayo njengodidi oluchasene nezo zongxowankulu, kwaye banako kwaye kufuneka bathathe amanyathelo adibeneyo ukuqhubela phambili loo minqweno. Abezopolitiko bezentlalo kufuneka basebenzise amaqonga abo kunye nawaphi na amandla omthetho abanawo ukwakha loo mbutho kunye nokuqonda.
Ukuba ukuthathwa kwephiko lasekhohlo leDemokhrasi akuzukwenzeka kungekudala, njengoko uMaisano ecebisa, ke iisocialists kuya kufuneka zisebenze "njengeqela elincinci" ngaphakathi komfelandawonye weDemokhrasi. Kodwa ukwenza oko kubeka imiqobo enkulu kwisakhono samasoshiyali sokwakha umbutho wabasebenzi kunye nokuqonda. Ekuchongeni esidlangalaleni njengeeDemokhrasi, oonontlalontle bazibandakanya namashumi eminyaka yolawulo lwe-neoliberal kunye nophawu oluyityhefu kwizigidi zabavoti - kubandakanywa, ngokwandayo, abavoti abangabasebenzi bazo zonke iintlanga. Loo nto ibonakalisa ukungaphumeleli kwenkxaso yabasebenzi esibanga ukuba sibamele. Ukuqhawula ileyibhile yeDemocratic Party kunokuba yimfuneko ekugqibeleni ukubhenela abasebenzi ngokubanzi.
Eyona ngxaki ingundoqo, nangona kunjalo, kukuba oosocialists abanakuphumelela ekuququzeleleni abasebenzi ngokwesiseko seklasi ukuba bahlala bethumela imiqondiso ebhidayo malunga noko bakumelayo kwaye basecaleni likabani. Xa bebambisana nabapolitiki abaxhasa umatshini wemfazwe kwaye bathathe imali kwiibhiliyoni kwaye bachase ukunyusa irhafu kwizityebi kwaye bavotele ukuqhankqalaza - okanye okubi ngakumbi, xa beqinisekile ukuba benze ezo zinto ngokwabo - abezopolitiko bezopolitiko bajongela phantsi amandla abo okusebenzisana. -abantu abakumgangatho ophakathi kwezinye iindawo zezopolitiko kunye ne-ajenda. Kwaye ngenxa yokuba iinkokeli zeqela zilawula ukufikelela ekuqeshweni kweekomiti ezibalulekileyo kumaqumrhu owiso-mthetho kunye nokufikelela kuluhlu lwabavoti, abanikela ngemali, kunye nabacebisi bephulo, baneseti enamandla yeekherothi kunye neentonga zokugcina amaphiko asekhohlo kwi-Democratic fold folding up or acting out. ngokuchasene esidlangalaleni.
Akukho nanye kwezi kuthetha ukuba uKhohlo unokuzama okanye kufuneka azame ukuqala iqela elitsha ngoku. Kodwa iyacebisa ngokubaluleka kokwakha umbutho ozimeleyo kunye nokwenza isazisi esahlukileyo kweso seDemokhrasi. Kukho izinto ezininzi ezinokwenziwa ngabapolitiki bobusoshiyali ukuphuhlisa isazisi esizimeleyo kunye nombutho ngelixa usebenzisa umgca wokuvota weDemokhrasi - enyanisweni, iDemocratic Socialists of America (DSA) isanda kuvota. ukuthatha amanyathelo anjalo kweyona ndibano yesizwe yakutshanje. Ezi ziquka, phakathi kwezinye:
- Ukuphuhlisa uluhlu lwayo lwabavoti kunye namavolontiya ukuze kungaxhomekeki kweminye imibutho, kubandakanywa izixhobo zendawo, zelizwe, okanye zelizwe leDemocratic Party, kwezo zinto;
- Ukwakha iikomiti ze-"Socialists kwi-Ofisi" (efana nale ikhoyo ngoku kwi-New York State) kwilizwe lonke, ukuze amagosa anyuliweyo obusoshiyali akwazi ukulungelelanisa isicwangciso sabo sowiso-mthetho esizimeleyo kwiicaucuses zeDemokhrasi;
- Ukudala indlela yonxibelelwano emanyeneyo yezopolitiko ezivunywe yi-DSA kuyo yonke indawo, ukuze oososhiyali baziveze esidlangalaleni njengenye indlela yokusekwa kwezopolitiko.
Asazi ukuba iimeko zomntu wesithathu eMelika ziya kwenzeka njani okanye nini. Inokuthi ithathe ukunyuka okukhulu kwintshukumo yabasebenzi, kunye nokuqhekeka kwangaphakathi kwesiseko esikhoyo seDemocratic Party; ngokwenene, abaninzi kwi-DSA babelana ngokuthandabuza kuka-Maisano ukuba iqela elitsha linokwenzeka. Kodwa kwakhona kubonakala kucacile ukuba ukwakha umbutho ozimeleyo kunye nesazisi kubalulekile ekuphumeleleni abantu kwi-socialism kunye nokubakhuthaza ukuba balwe egameni labo.
Ngokuphuhlisa loo mbutho uzimeleyo ofana neqela-“ummeli weqela” — singabeka isiseko seqela elitsha elinokubakho. Nangona kunjalo, olu hlobo lombutho kusenokwenzeka ukuba luyimfuneko ngokunjalo nokwandisa impembelelo yethu kwezopolitiko ngelixa sihlala ngaphakathi kwiDemocratic Party, ngokuhlanganisa isiseko esidumileyo esinokuxhasa abezopolitiko bobusoshiyali kungquzulwano kunye nabaphezulu beqela kwaye bancede abaNxele baphumelele iimvume ekusekweni. Ukugcina injongo yokuzimela kwezopolitiko emehlweni ethu, ke, kunokuba yintsikelelo eKhohlo ukuba siyakufumana okanye hayi. umgca wethu wokuvota.
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