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Njengoba ingekho indlela engokoqobo yokuwina ukuqokwa njengoMongameli weDemokhrasi kanye naphezu koMqedazwe weCoronavirus ohlasimulisayo, ngijabule ukubona uSenator Bernie Sanders ebiza umhlangano wengqungquthela yezwe lonke nabasebenzi bakhe kanye nabasekeli bakhe ukuze amemezele ukuthi uyawumisa umkhankaso wakhe. Lokhu akungabazeki ukuthi kwabadumaza kakhulu abanye babalandeli bakaBernie abashisekayo ababenethemba lokuthi uzoqhubekela phambili asosha ukuze acindezele isizathu phezu kwezingqinamba ezingenakwenzeka. Kodwa, njengoba umculi ongasekho uKenny Rogers ecula ingoma yakhe eshisa izikhotha Umgembuli, “wazi ukuthi kufanele uzibambe nini futhi wazi ukuthi uzigoqe nini.” Nakanjani kwase kuyisikhathi sokuba “zisonge.” Benginezingxoxo nabangane, abathuthukayo, abakhonze uBernie amashumi eminyaka, bexoxa ngesidingo esiphuthumayo sokuthi enze isimo esifana nesombuso ngokumisa umkhankaso. Ngithi kuyaphuthuma, ngoba besisaba ukuthi uBernie uzokwenza umonakalo omkhulu esimeni sakhe nasendimeni yakhe njengomholi/umkhulumeli wesokunxele, kuyilapho ngokusobala yayingekho indlela engokoqobo yokunqoba. Futhi, ubebhekene neqiniso elibandayo lokuhlangana okunamandla kwemizwa “yokunqoba kukaTrump” yabavoti beDemokhrasi, ngisho naphakathi kwalabo abebeseka abaningi, uma kungebona bonke, bezinqubomgomo zakhe eziqhubekayo. Ukuqhubeka isosha ngaphansi kwalezi zimo bekungaba yinkinga kakhulu.
Nakuba sasingenakho ukufinyelela noma ithonya langempela ngomkhankaso, iseluleko sethu kwakuwukuthi uBernie wayezothola ukuhlonishwa okukhulu kubaphikisi bakudala ngisho nakwabanye babasekeli bakhe uma emisa umkhankaso wakhe; wathi uphumelele ngenxa yokwemukela komphakathi izikhundla zenqubomgomo ezazibhekwa ngaphandle kwe-mainstream ngenkathi ethula umkhankaso wakhe wokuqala ngo-2016; yamemezela ukuthi umbutho ubu/ubaluleke kakhulu kunomkhankaso futhi uzoqhubeka noma ngabe ubani onqobayo okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-2020; khulisa amandla omnyakazo kanye nezithunywa zabuthana ukucindezela uBiden ukuthi amukele izikhundla eziningi zenqubomgomo yemikhankaso ngangokunokwenzeka; futhi, azibophezele ekuhlanganiseni abalandeli bakhe ukuba banqobe, lokho yena ngokwakhe akubize ngomongameli "oyingozi kakhulu" emlandweni waseMelika. Okwasimangaza futhi kwasijabulisa, ngo-April 8th, uBernie Sanders wenza cishe konke lokho!
Ngo-2016 ngabhala i-eseyi, evela encwadini yami (Kusekulolu hambo: Umbono kanye Nomgomo kaDkt. Ron Daniels) enesihloko Kungani Umkhankaso kaBernie Sanders Ubalulekile. Kuleyo ndaba ngivume ukuthi ngikholelwa ngokuqinile kuleyo “nto yombono:” ukubaluleka kwamaphupho, ugqozi kanye nethemba lokugqugquzela abantu ukuthi bakhe ikusasa elingcono. Amashumi eminyaka Iqembu leDemocratic Party belithunjwe yipolitiki yokulingisa kanye nokulandela imiyalelo yenqubomgomo yeRiphabhulikhi elandelanayo njengokuqeda inhlalakahle njengendlela “esebenzayo” yokuwina ukhetho; ipolitiki engeniswe yiDemocratic Leadership Conference eholwa nguBill Clinton. Kube khona uhlobo lokukhungatheka okucashile ngakwesobunxele nokuvumelana nalokhu okuqeda ingqondo, ukuhlehlisa amaphupho kancane kancane. Kwabe sekufika isishoshovu esiqhubekela phambili impilo yonke kanye nomholi wezepolitiki uBernie Sanders onombono “oqinile” wokuthi iMelika kufanele ibe yini, ibiza umnyakazo, “uguquko” lwabantu abasebenzayo ukuthi bathathe “isigaba sosozigidigidi” ukuze bakhe umphakathi. lokho "kusebenza kithi sonke."
Umholo ophilayo wama-$15 ngehora; I-Medicare-for-All njengesandiso esinengqondo sokunakekelwa kwezempilo njengelungelo lomuntu; ukwesulwa kwezikweletu zabafundi; imfundo yamahhala yomphakathi yawo wonke umuntu onesifiso kuleli zwe; uguquko lwezokufika kanye nendlela eya ekubeni isakhamuzi ezigidini zezakhamuzi ezingenazo izincwadi kuleli zwe; ukuqeda ukubusa kwemboni yamafutha ezinsalela ezimbiwa phansi ngokuthuthukisa “i-ajenda eluhlaza” yokunqanda nokuhlehlisa ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu, lokhu kwakuphakathi kwemibono “eqinile” eyakhuthaza izigidi zabantu abavamile, kuhlanganise nentsha, ukuba banikele futhi bajoyine inguquko eholwa iDemocratic Socialist! Ngaphandle kokungabaza, bekungomunye wemikhankaso kamongameli enethonya futhi enomthelela omkhulu emlandweni waleli zwe!
Cishe eminyakeni emine kamuva, lapho uBernie ethatha isinqumo sokungenela umongameli futhi, le mibono “eqinile” yayisiphenduke insakavukela umchilo wesidwaba, iqinisekisa isiphakamiso sami eside sokuthi “okujwayelekile,” okuthiwa “isikhungo,” akusona. i-static. Okuqukethwe izimemezelo zomphakathi nezinqumo zenqubomgomo kushintshela esiphethweni esiqhubekayo noma esilandelanayo se-pendulum yezepolitiki ekuphenduleni ukunyakaza. Kuyafaneleka ukuthi inhloso yomkhankaso wezi-2020 kwakuwukufeza lokho umkhankaso odlule owawuhlulekile ukukwenza, ukunqoba ihhovisi likaMongameli njengepulpiti ukuze kusetshenziswe i-ajenda yenqubekelaphambili yenqubomgomo. Futhi, okwesikhashana ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, okwakungenakwenzeka ngokuphelele kwabonakala kungenzeka; iDemocratic Socialist ingawina ukuqokwa kweDemokhrasi futhi ngokusho kwayo yonke inhlolovo ethembekile, inselele futhi inqobe "indoda ye-Orange" ukuba ibe uMongameli wase-United States!
Kodwa kwaba okomzuzwana nje. Ngemuva kokunqoba okuwumngcingo kodwa okubalulekile ezifundazweni eziMhlophe kakhulu e-Iowa naseNew Hampshire, uBernie uthole impumelelo emangazayo e-Nevada, izwe elihluke kakhulu, lapho akhombise khona ukufinyelela kuzo zonke izifunda, ikakhulukazi kubantu abasha naseLatinos. Wayesenguye owayehamba phambili ngokungangabazeki. Bese kuthi ngoFebhuwari 29th, ngemuva kwenkulumompikiswano evivinyayo nencane kunenkanyezi, uBernie uphonseke “esicishamlilo” sikaJoe Biden osekunesikhathi eside sihlonishwa eSouth Carolina: udonga olwakhiwe iningi labavoti base-Afrika baseMelika abadala kanye okungenzeka ukuthi u-Biden akhe ubuhlobo nabo eminyakeni eminingi kuhlanganise nePhini likaMongameli Obama. -Umongameli. Futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, udonga lwabavoti be-pragmatic abebefuna umuntu ozongenela ukhetho, ezingqondweni zabo, abangafinyelela inhloso ebaluleke kakhulu yokhetho lukamongameli lwango-2020, i-DEFEAT TRUMP!
“Udonga” lwakhuluma ngokuzwakalayo nangokucacile ngoFebhuwari 29th, iletha ukunqoba okumangalisayo kuBiden futhi yaphoqa uPete Buttigieg, u-Amy Klobuchar noTom Steyer ukuthi bamise imikhankaso yabo ngenxa yokungakwazi kwabo, njengoBernie, ukungena “odongeni,” abavoti Abamnyama. Ngokusobala ebanjwe ukwesaba ukuvota phansi okhethweni lukazwelonke okuzobiza amaDemocrats ukulawula iNdlu ngenkathi ehluleka ukunqoba isikhundla sikamongameli noma iSenethi, iMeya uPete kanye noKlobuchar bagijimela eTexas ngobusuku bangaphambi koLwesibili ukujoyina owayengumongameli. ikhandidethi u-Beto O'Rourke ukuthi agunyaze i-Biden. Mashi 3rd UBernie wehlulwe kabuhlungu ngo-Super-Tuesday njengabavoti beDemocratic Alliance, ngisho nabanye abebeseka izikhundla zakhe zenqubomgomo, bathumela umyalezo - uBiden nguyena ongahlula indoda yase-Orange. Engadikibali, uBernie uzimisele ngokuba isosha ngokuqiniseka ukuthi i-firewall yakhe, iMichigan Primary, izonqanda lo mkhuba. NgoMashi 10th igagasi le-Biden lasibekela “i-Bern,” ngazo zonke izinhloso nezinhloso liyisusa esiteji se-Democratic Primary yango-2020. Lokhu kwakuwukunqunywa “okungabonisi umusa” kunawo wonke.
Umkhankaso wawubhuntshile. Kungani lantenga? Izizathu ziningi kakhulu ukuthi zingaphinda zilandwe futhi cishe zizohlaziywa iminyaka ezayo, kodwa ngizobeka ezimbalwa. Umlayezo kaBernie ongaphenduki, ongayekethisi osekelwe ekilasini odalula ukungalingani okubi kakhulu kuleli lizwe futhi ojabulisa isigaba sosozigidigidi njengembangela eyinhloko yaleli qiniso elihlazo nelikhubazayo kwakuwukuqina kanye nobuthakathaka. Kwamzuzela ibutho lamaqhawe enguquko, iningi labo okwakungabantu abasha; isisekelo esiqinile esinganyakaziswa esingama naye ebuhleni nasebubini. Kwakuwubuthakathaka ngoba, njengo-Ralph Nader ngaphambi kwakhe kanye nabanye abaningi ababesele bekhethiwe, wanamathela ohlotsheni lwe-orthodoxy olusekelwe ekilasini olubonakala lungazwani “nomjaho” njengesici esiyinhloko sokufaka ku-ajenda yenqubomgomo eqhubekayo.
Endabeni esencwadini yami ekhonjwe ngenhla ngathi: “Kubalulekile ukuxwayisa ngokuthi 'inguquko' eqhubekayo, ekhuthazwa uSanders, izosilela emandleni ayo uma ingaqapheli ngokucacile futhi igomela ngokugcizelela ukuthi 'uhlanga lubalulekile' leli zwe; ukuthi ngenxa yokucwasa ngokwesakhiwo, ukucekelwa phansi kokungalingani nokuxhashazwa nokunganakwa kwabantu abampofu nabasebenzayo kuhlupha ngendlela engafanele abaNsundu nabantu bebala.” Ngingasho ngaphandle kokwesaba ukuphikiswa ukuthi umbuzo wokuthi uBernie uzolufaka kanjani futhi kanjani umjaho endaweni yakhe yenkundla ubuwumthombo oqhubekayo wezingxoxo nokukhathazeka kwabaNsundu abasebenza ngaphakathi komkhankaso nabasekeli ngaphandle ngo-2016 nango-2020.
Lokhu akusho neze ukuthi uBernie wayengenazo izikhundla ezindabeni ezibalulekile kubantu abaMnyama. Ngezinye izikhathi wayebhekisela kushintsho lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu, kodwa angizange ngibone inkomba yokuthi “Une-Ajenda Yenqubomgomo Yabamnyama” njengengxenye Yenkundla yakhe iyonke. Futhi, uma ibikhona, engikubheka njengenqubo yanoma iliphi ikhandidethi izinga izindaba zabaNsundu ezigcizelelwa ngalo ngokusobala njengengxenye yenkulumo yabo evamile yesiphunzi noma ezingxoxweni zikamongameli. Isibonelo, okwacaca ngokusemthethweni kubavoti Abamnyama ukuthi ukubuyisela akuyona inkomishi yetiye kaBernie. Wangabaza, wahlehla, wakhubeka futhi waphuthaza kaningi kulolu daba phakathi nomkhankaso. Okwakumele akusho ngokungaguquki ukuthi weseka i-HR-40, umthethosivivinywa weCongressional owawuzosungula iKhomishini ezocwaninga “iziphakamiso zokunxeshezelwa kwabantu base-Afrika baseMelika.” Akakwazanga nokwenza lokho. Omunye angase abuze ukuthi kungani uBernie wayenomthwalo wemfanelo wokuba ne-Black Agenda kuyilapho abanye abangenele ukhetho bengenayo? Kungoba ngokomthetho lokhu kwakuyinto efanele ukwenziwa futhi njengodaba olungokoqobo kwakubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi uBernie andise isisekelo sakhe sokusekelwa phakathi kwabavoti Abamnyama ukuze awine ukuqokwa kweDemocratic Alliance.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uBernie kwakudingeka akhe ubudlelwano nabantu bomdabu wase-Afrika phakathi kwemikhankaso yakhe nangesikhathi somkhankaso ka-2020. Nalapha, kunobufakazi obuncane obubonakalayo bokuthi wawuthatha ngokungathi sína lo msebenzi, futhi uma ewenza, imizamo yabhuntsha ngokudabukisayo njengoba sabona engozini ebulalayo “yodonga” eNingizimu Carolina. Kwakuwukwehluleka kwengqikithi nezimpawu. Abeluleki Benqubomgomo Yase-Afrika YaseMelika kanye nabamele abanye baye baphazanyiswa kakhulu ukungakwazi noma ukungafuni kwakhe ukufaka izindaba zobuhlanga ePlatform yakhe kanye nokungabi namandla kwakhe ekusingatheni izindaba okungenzeka zibe nenani elingokomfanekiso kubantu abamnyama. Iziphakamiso eziningi zenqubomgomo kaBernie zazigoqwe embonweni nasemsebenzini kaDkt. Martin Luther King, kodwa ngokusobala wayengakunakile lokho. Abantu abaNsundu ababambe iqhaza njengoDanny Glover, umlandeli we-stanch, babengavamile uma kukhulunywa ngezinkulumo noma ezingxoxweni, nakuba ukwenza kanjalo ngokungaguquguquki kwakungase kunike uBernie ukuhlonishwa okwengeziwe emphakathini wabaNsundu; nakuba kwaphakanyiswa ukuthi ukumemezela inhloso yakhe yokukhetha owesifazane wase-Afrika waseMelika njengomlingani wakhe womshado kungase kuthuthukise kakhulu umkhankaso wakhe, uBernie akakwazanga ukwenza kanjalo. KwakunguBiden owawina usuku engxoxweni eyandulela iSouth Carolina Primary ngokumemezela ngendlela emangalisayo ukuthi uzoqoka owesifazane wokuqala wase-Afrika waseMelika emlandweni waleli lizwe eNkantolo Ephakeme.
Lapho abeluleki base-Afrika baseMelika ekugcineni bekholisa uBernie ukuthi enze inkulumo enkulu mayelana nobulungiswa bezinhlanga, wanquma ngokungaqondakali ukuthi akwenze ngemva komhlangano obalulekile waseNingizimu Carolina kanye neSuper Tuesday Primaries lapho ukuwina kwabavoti abamnyama kwakubalulekile. Esikhundleni salokho, ukhethe ukwethula inkulumo eJackson, MS, ephethwe nguMeya odume kakhulu uChokwe Antar Lumumba. Ngombhalo osodongeni mayelana nokuwina izinombolo eziningi zamavoti aBamnyama eMississippi, wayikhansela ngokunganaki futhi kungazelelwe inkulumo wabe esephuthuma endaweni yakhe yokuvikela umlilo nabavoti besigaba sabasebenzi abaMhlophe eMichigan. Ube eseletha uMfu Jesse L. Jackson emzamweni omkhulu wokusindisa usuku (siyazi ukuthi lokho kwenzeke kanjani). Futhi, ekugcineni, ngoMgubho Waminyaka Engamashumi amahlanu nanhlanu "weSonto Logazi" e-Selma, uBernie Sanders nguyena kuphela ikhandidethi likamongameli ongazange avele. Ngokusobala, uBernie wayengazi ukuthi ukufinyelela okungokomfanekiso kubavoti abamnyama kungaba nenani.
Ngikugcizelele ukwehluleka kukaBernie ukubhekana ngokusobala nangempumelelo nokucwasa ngokwesakhiwo/kwesikhungo kanye nokungakwazi ukuqinisa ubudlelwano nomphakathi wabaNsundu phakathi nemikhankaso yakhe njengesifundo nesixwayiso kumakhandidethi/imikhankaso yesikhathi esizayo kwesokunxele/eqhubekayo. Ngethemba ukuthi izozwakala. Kodwa-ke, ngemva kokuliveza iphuzu, kubalulekile ukusho ngokucacile ukuthi umkhankaso kaBernie wantenga, kodwa njengoba ngishilo ekuqaleni kulesi sethulo, awuzange wehluleke neze! Ikakhulukazi wonke umuntu uyavuma ukuthi uBernie uwine impi yemibono yokushintsha inqubomgomo okuphusile. Akazange abukwe njengomuntu ofaneleka kakhulu ukushaya indoda yase-Orange. Ngakho-ke, uBernie wayeqinisile uma ethi uphumelele ngo-Ephreli 8 futhi wamemezela ukuthi "umzabalazo uyaqhubeka." Ngokwenza kanjalo, ibutho lakhe labasekeli, uguquko, kufanele libone ukuthi ukunyakaza kukhulu kunomkhankaso - futhi kufanele kuqhubeke ngale kwenkathi yomkhankaso kamongameli ukuze kuthuthukiswe ipolitiki yoguquko emphakathini.
Umbuzo uthi yini elandelayo? Mhlawumbe, okuthukuthelise abanye babalandeli bakhe, ezinsukwini ezinhlanu ngemuva kokumisa umkhankaso, uBernie uye wasukuma ngokushesha wavuma uJoe Biden (lokhu kwenzeke namuhla njengoba ngibhala lesi siqeshana) ukuze akhe ubumbano phakathi kweDemocratic Party ukuze anqobe uTrump. Uma kubhekwa ingozi esobala indoda yase-Orange eyibeka kuntando yeningi, lena inhloso esheshayo ebaluleke kakhulu yakho konke ukuthambekela kwezepolitiki kwiDemocratic Party. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kubalulekile ukuthi ukunyakaza kuqhubeke. Ukuze iphumelele kakhulu, nokho, inhlangano kumele ibhekane nenkinga yobuhlanga ngale ndlela engiyibeke ngenhla. Futhi, ngokusobala, ukunyakaza kufanele futhi kubhekwe njengokukhulu kunomunye umuntu. Umlando uye wabonisa ukuthi ngezinye izikhathi abantu abasungula noma abaholayo akubona abakuhlomele kangcono ukuyisa “ezweni lesithembiso.”
Kukho konke ubuhlakani bakhe nezinto azifezile, indlela kaBernie enephutha emjahweni ingase imenze angakwazi ukuba ngaphezu kwenhloko yomnyakazo ayizalayo. Ngakho-ke, kunesidingo sesitsha esifanele sokunyakaza; esizibophezele ekubhekaneni nobuhlanga njengesici esiyisisekelo somsebenzi wabo futhi ehlonipha ukubaluleka kobuholi bama-Afrika aseMelika kanye nabanye abantu bebala. Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi nginobudlelwano obuhle ne-Working Families Party mayelana nalokhu. Mhlawumbe, sekuyisikhathi sokucabangisisa ngombuzo obuzwe kwenye indaba eseNcwadini yami: Ingabe Iqembu Lemindeni Esebenzayo Lingaphuma Njengombutho Wesithathu Oqhubekayo Kwezombangazwe ZaseMelika? Isikhathi sizotshela!
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UBernie uphakamise izinkinga eziningi futhi wazenza zasakazeka kabanzi. Kodwa-ke, ungumuntu wezenhlalakahle ngendlela efanayo neBud Light engubhiya - kancane. Ngabe umuntu ozibiza ngesocialist angakwazi kanjani ukugunyaza onxiwankulu abanamandla kanye nama-lackey aseWall Street afana noClinton noBiden? Futhi uzama ukwenza bonke abasekeli bakhe benze kanjalo?
Ake sithi uTrump unqotshiwe lonyaka. UBiden unguMongameli. IDemocrat. Yiziphi izinhlelo zesocialist ezizokwethulwa? Lutho. Yini ezothuthukisa ukuphila kwabantu abavamile? Lutho. Yiziphi-ke izizathu ezikhona zokuthi osocialists bavotele iBiden? Lutho.
Impela, uma uvota umuntu wesithathu ngeke uwine. Kodwa kufanele ucabange isikhathi eside, wakhe umfutho. Alikho iqembu lezemidlalo eliba ngompetha bomhlaba ngesizini yokuqala. Kodwa-ke, ngokuhlala uvotela iDemocrat awuqinisekisi nje kuphela ukuthi i-Wall Street hegemony kodwa iDemocratic Party ihlala ngokukhululeka yazi ukuthi ayidingi ukwenza nento eyodwa kwesobunxele ukuze ithole ivoti elingakwesokunxele. Futhi lokho kufanele kuphele.
Ngicabanga ukuthi uSanders wahamba ngendlela umuntu angangena ngayo kwezombusazwe zaseMelika ezijwayelekile nentando yeningi yonxiwankulu. Kulula uma kuqhathaniswa ukuthola nokunciphisa ukulimala kwekilasi ngoba kufanele kwenziwe ngokusobala. Ukucwasa ngokwebala, njengezinye izinhlobo zokucwasa ngokwezizwe, akunzima ukuliqeda ngoba ngokuvamile kufihlwa ngaphakathi noma ngemuva kwalokho abantu abakushoyo nabakwenzayo. Angazi ukuthi ngabe uSanders ubekhulumeni ngaphandle kokuphakamisa inhlamba yezinhlobo zepolitiki yokuzazisa, engicabanga ukuthi bekuzolimaza umkhankaso wakhe kodwa awudlalile.