IMelika ibhekene nenkinga yezomnotho, yezombangazwe, yokuziphatha kanye neyemvelo ejulile njenganoma iyiphi kusukela ngeMpi Yombango. Abashisekeli benkolo baye bahlanganisa imali namandla ukuze bandise ukunqwabelana kwengcebo, behlise ubulungiswa bezomnotho, bagqugquzele impi yaphesheya kanye nodlame lwamaphoyisa ekhaya, bandise ukucwasa ngokwebala, ubulili, nokuxhashazwa, futhi baqede yonke imizamo yokuvikela indawo entekenteke.
Imali eningi, ehlinzekwa kakhulu ngabakwaKoch Brothers kodwa futhi ivela kwezinye zezinkampani ezinkulu kakhulu ezweni (umshwalense, amandla, izidakamizwa, ukutshalwa kwezimali, amanzi kanye ne-inthanethi), yakha i-American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) 1970s. Osozigidigidi uDavid noCharles Koch basebenzise imali yabo ukuguqula ezombusazwe zaseMelika ikakhulukazi ezingeni lohulumeni bezifundazwe. Ubaba wabo, uFred Koch, wayengumsunguli we-John Birch Society of the 1950s and 1960s eyathuka "amakhomanisi" anjengalowo owayenguMongameli u-Eisenhower kanye neJaji Elikhulu LeNkantolo Ephakeme u-Earl Warren.
I-ALEC idale izikhungo zokucabanga, ukhetho lwezepolitiki oluxhaswa ngemali olusekela i-ajenda yabo eyeqisayo, yalungiselela izinhlelo zomthetho ezinemininingwane kuzo zonke izindaba zenqubomgomo yomphakathi, futhi yabamba izingqungquthela ukuze ibuthe futhi ithole umusa wabashayamthetho bezifundazwe. Le nhlangano yeminyaka engamashumi amane eyimfihlo iholele ekuthunjweni kohulumeni bezifundazwe abangamashumi amathathu (ababusi kanye nezishayamthetho zezifundazwe). Kusukela ngo-2010 labo hulumeni bezifundazwe baqale ukuhlasela kubasebenzi, abesifazane, abantu bebala, kanye nentsha.
E-Indiana, okungenani abamele izifundazwe abayi-16 kanye namasenenja esifunda ayi-9 baye baba nobudlelwane ne-ALEC. OwayenguMbusi uMitch Daniels kanye nomlandeli wakhe uMike Pence baye futhi/noma bakhuluma e-ALEC nakweminye imicimbi ye-Koch Brothers.
Njengomphumela we-ALEC, ukuhlaselwa okuqhubekayo enhlalakahleni yama-Hoosiers kusukela ngo-2004 kuye kwahlanganisa: ukugunyazwa kwezinyunyana zabasebenzi bakahulumeni, ukuphasiswa komthetho onelungelo lokusebenza, ukwakhiwa kwezikole eziqashiwe, ukushintshwa kwezinsiza zemfundo emphakathini. izikole eziya kwezizimele ngokusungula amavawusha. Kuphinde kwenziwa imizamo yokwenza izinkonzo zezenhlalakahle zibe yimfihlo futhi eminye imigwaqo ekhokhelwayo yase-Indiana yaqashiselwa izinkampani zakwamanye amazwe. Ngaphezu kwalokho osopolitiki base-Indiana bakhuthaze imithetho ekhawulela ikhono le-Planned Parenthood yokuhlinzeka ngokuhlolwa kwezempilo kwabesifazane abampofu futhi bavimba noma yimiphi imithetho yezindawo zokuphehla amandla amalahle ikakhulukazi eduze nemiphakathi eyidlanzana. I-Indiana iqale eminye yemithetho ye-ID yokuqala yokuvota ezweni okwenza kube nzima kakhulu kuma-Hoosiers ukuthi avote futhi uMbusi wamanje wanquma ukunganwebi i-Medicaid. (bheka uBryan K Bullock, "i-Ultra-Right-Wing State Akekho Okhulumayo," Iqiniso, Julayi 1, 2014).
Lezi zindlela zesikhathi eside ezifundazweni ezihlukahlukene ziye zabangela ukuvela kokumelana. Enye indlela yokumelana neMoral Mondays movement eyaqala eNyakatho Carolina futhi isisabalele yonke iNingizimu nasezingxenyeni zaseMidwest. Ukunyakaza kweNorth Carolina kwabizwa yi-NAACP ngo-2006 ukuqala ingxoxo mayelana nobulungiswa bezepolitiki nezomnotho. Ngo-2013, inhlangano yaseNorth Carolina yakhula isuka kubalingani benhlangano abayi-16 yaya ngaphezu kwe-150. Izishoshovu zaqala umbhikisho wamasonto onke wokuphikisa i-ajenda yesishayamthetho saseNorth Carolina futhi ngesikhathi sokushaya umthetho sasentwasahlobo ngaphezu kwabasebenzi abayi-1,000, ongqongqoshe, amadoda, abesifazane, abantu abambalwa, othisha, ochwepheshe bezokunakekelwa kwempilo. , abasebenzi bokudla okusheshayo, kanye nabanye baboshelwe ukungalaleli umphakathi eNdlu Yesifunda saseNorth Carolina. Iningi lababoshiwe lisanda kumenyezelwa ngokuphambene nomthethosisekelo.
UMfundisi William Barber, umongameli weNorth Carolina NAACP, useqhamuke njengomkhulumeli onamandla wenhlangano iMoral Mondays. Uveza umbono wokuthi izwe liphakathi kokwakhiwa kabusha kwesithathu. Eyokuqala, ngemva kweMpi Yombango, yahlanganisa ababeyizigqila eziMnyama kanye nabasebenzi abamhlophe ukuze babhale imithethosisekelo yombuso wentando yeningi. Baqhuba ipolitiki โexubeneโ; esebenzela ukuhlanganisa abantu ezindabeni ezabiwe namagugu kanye nobumbano mayelana nobuhlanga, ubulili, amasiko enkolo, kanye nothando olufanayo lokwakha intando yeningi yangempela.
UBarber ubika ukuthi ukunyakaza kwe-fusion yama-1860s kanye nama-1870s kwacekelwa phansi yi-Klan extremism kanye nabasekeli be-rightwing plantation yohlelo oludala lwezigqila. Ukwakhiwa kabusha kwesibili kwavela ngeminyaka yawo-1950s ngemva kukaBrown vs. Ibhodi Lezemfundo futhi kwanqotshwa umjikelezo omusha wokweqisa okwabangelwa "Isu LaseNingizimu" lekhandidethi u-Richard Nixon wesizini yokhetho ka-1968.
Manje, uBarber uthi siphakathi kokwakhiwa kabusha kwesithathu. Ukunyakaza kweMoral Mondays eNorth Carolina, kanye nezinye izifundazwe eziyi-13 eNingizimu naseMidwest seziqalile ukwakha inhlangano entsha yokuhlanganisa ehlanganisa abasebenzi, abesifazane, abasha nabadala, abamnyama, abansundu, nabamhlophe, ababhalwe phansi nabangenazo izincwadi, abezemvelo, abantu. abokholo nabaphika ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu, kanye nomphakathi we-LBGT osuselwe ezinhlelweni โzokuziphathaโ kanye โnomthethosisekeloโ. Ugomela ngokuthi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi izindinganiso zomuntu siqu zenkolo noma zezombangazwe zomuntu siqu zithini, abantu abaningi babambelela emnyombweni wokuziphatha okhuluma ngobulungiswa bezomnotho nenkululeko. Futhi, imithethosisekelo yombuso kanye neningi yezifundazwe ikubeka ngokusobala ukuzibophezela kwayo kuntando yeningi nobulungiswa. Ubukhulu bokuziphatha kanye nomthethosisekelo akukhona, uthi, ngamaqembu ezombusazwe noma imibono kodwa mayelana nala masiko ayisisekelo.
UMfundisi Barber ukhulume ngombono wakhe e-Indianapolis emhlanganweni wezinsuku ezimbili weMisombuluko esanda kwakhiwa yase-Indiana Moral ngoSepthemba 19-20. Ngomhla ziyi-19 kuMandulo, wabikela izishoshovu ze-Hoosier ezazinezinyanga eziningi zihlangana ukuze zihlele ukuvakasha kukaMfundisi Barber โnjengesiqaloโ somnyakazo omusha we-Indiana Moral Mondays. NgoMgqibelo, kubanjwe imihlangano yokucobelelana ngolwazi mayelana nezindaba zeMoral Mondays eCrispus Attucks High School. Ngemva kwama-workshops amakhulu amasha esuka esikoleni samabanga aphakeme aya eState House. Lapho uMfundisi Barber wakhuluma ngokulangazela ngesidingo seMisombuluko Yokuziphatha yase-Indiana. Abasekeli ababebuthene baphinde bezwa amazwi asekelayo avela kumongameli Wenhlangano Yesizwe Yabesifazane (MANJE) uTerry OโNeill kanye noMongameli Wesifunda sase-Indiana NAACP uBarbara Bolling Williams. Izishoshovu ze-Hoosier ziphawule ngezidingo ezithile zabasebenzi bokudla okusheshayo, intsha yase-Afrika-yaseMelika, kanye nabasebenzi bezempilo. Abameli base-Indiana bokwandiswa kwe-Medicaid, amalungelo abasebenzi, kanye nobulungiswa bezemvelo nabo bakhulume kulo mhlangano.
Njengoba inhlangano entsha ye-Indiana Moral Mondays iqhubeka ezinyangeni ezizayo izobe ikhuluma ngohlelo olunamaphuzu amahlanu olufana nalolo olwamukelwa ukunyakaza kweMoral Mondays kwezinye izifundazwe:
- Ukuvikela izinqubomgomo ezisekela abasebenzi, ezilwa nobumpofu eziqinisekisa ukusimama komnotho;
- Ukuhlinzeka ngemfundo yomphakathi exhaswe kahle, esezingeni eliphezulu kubo bonke;
- Ukumelela impilo yawo wonke ama-Hoosier ngokukhuthaza ukufinyelela ekunakekelweni kwezempilo kanye nobulungiswa bezemvelo kuyo yonke imiphakathi yombuso;
- Ukubhekana nokungalingani okuqhubekayo ohlelweni lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu futhi kuqinisekiswe ukulingana ngaphansi komthetho kuwo wonke umuntu, kungakhathaliseki uhlanga, isigaba, inkolelo, imibhalo noma ukukhetha ubulili;
- Vikela futhi wandise amalungelo okuvota abantu bebala, abesifazane, abokufika, abadala nabafundi ukuze kuvikelwe ukumeleleka kwentando yeningi ngendlela efanele.
Enkulumweni yakhe yangoMgqibelo, Septhemba 20, ntambama kubantu abangu-400 ababehlangene e-Indiana State House, uMfundisi Barber uthe watshelwa yindodana yakhe, isazi sesayensi yemvelo, ukuthi uma ike yalahleka endaweni enezintaba kufanele ahambe aye endaweni ephakeme. . Lokhu kudingekile, kubika uBarber, ngoba ezindaweni eziphansi izinyoka ziyabuthana kodwa uma umuntu ekhwela phezu kwezinyoka โezinegazi elibandayo,โ azikwazi ukuphila.
Ebhekise kwisingathekiso somugqa wenyoka enkulumweni yangaphambili uBarber umemezele:
โKunezinyoka lapha phandle. Kukhona izinqubomgomo eziphansi lapha. Kunoshevu lapha ngaphandle. Ukubuyela emuva emalungelweni okuvota, lokho kungaphansi komugqa wenyoka. Ukubuyela emuva emalungelweni omphakathi, lokho kungaphansi komugqa wenyoka. Ukuhlukumeza abantu ngenxa nje yokuthi banobulili obuhlukile, lokho kungaphansi komugqa wenyoka. Ukunyathela abantu abampofu ngoba nje unamandla, lokho kungaphansi komugqa wenyoka. Ukwenqabela ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kwabagulayo kanye nokuvimbela izingane emathubeni, lokho kungaphansi komugqa wezinyokaโ (Dave Johnson, โLet's Get Our Politics above the Snake Line,โ Umkhankaso Wekusasa LaseMelika, Julayi 22, 2014).
Umfundisi Barber unxuse umfelandawonye owawusanda kusungulwa we-Indiana Moral Mondays ukuthi โuye ezindaweni eziphakeme,โ lapho ubumpofu buqedwa khona, wonke umuntu angavota, izingane zingafundiswa, abagulayo baphulukiswe, futhi wonke umuntu ahlonishwe.
Abantu bawushiye lo mhlangano benogqozi oluvuselelwe lokuhamba ngaphezu komugqa wezinyoka baye endaweni ephakeme. Bafunga ukuthi bazokwakha izwi elisha lezombusazwe elinamandla esifundazweni: Indiana Moral Mondays.
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