Sekela umoya nekusasa lesizukulwane sikaBernie. Lokho kubalulekile noma ngabe uvotela liphi ikhandidethi kokuyinhloko. Intuthuko yakhe ibimangalisa kusukela ekuqaleni lapho ngimamukela embuthanweni wokukhahlela e-LA. Umkhankaso wakwaSanders uzoba nomthelela ojulile ohlala njalo ezinhlakeni zomphakathi, amaDemocrats athuthukayo amancane, ukhetho lwasekhaya kanye nepolitiki yomongameli esikhathini esizayo. Ngethemba ukuthi izoguqula โuphiko oluqhubekayo lweDemocratic Partyโ lube amandla angempela ngaphambili.
Uma u-Bernie ewina e-Iowa naseNew Hampshire, okungenzeka kakhulu, umqansa uba nzima futhi izimpikiswano zingashuba kakhulu. Ukunyakaza kwakhe kuzochichima injabulo esheshayo, Njengobusika bango-1967 lapho amavolontiya angabafundi edlula eziphephweni ezishisayo ukuze athole u-Eugene McCarthy ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-40 evoti, futhi asiza ukuphoqa u-LBJ ukuthi asule. Noma njengomkhankaso wokuqala kaJesse Jackson ngo-1988 owaholela ku-Rainbow Coalition. Imodeli yangempela yokushintsha uhlelo kusuka ngaphakathi kwaba ukunqoba kukaSenator u-Barack Obama e-Iowa ngo-2008, okuxhaswe ngabavoti ngendlela engafani nalabo abazobamba ikhokhasi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa.
Akungabazeki ukuthi isizukulwane sikaBernie siyikusasa lethu lezepolitiki, sihlangana namaqembu afuna amaholo okuphila noma ama- $ 15 ngehora, I-Black Lives Matter, Abaphuphi, kanye 350.org. Ngezimpande zabo embuthweni we-Occupy, bathukuthele ngokubonakalayo umnotho oqinisiwe osuselwe kuMcJobs kanye namandla okubusa ama-plutocrats. Bafuna ukwenyuswa kwesikweletu sabafundi nokwehliswa kwezifundo, kwandiswe ukunakekelwa kwezempilo. U-80% weminyaka eyinkulungwane ufuna inguquko ekuhlanzeni amandla nezinto ezivuselelekayo ngo-2030. Ama-82% afuna ukuhlolwa kwangemuva kukho konke ukuthengwa kwezibhamu. Bafuna iCitizens United ichithwe futhi kudalulwe imali eyimfihlo. UBernie unyuse amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-R41, amaphesenti angama-74 eminikelo emincane yomuntu ngamunye.
Ngemuva kwe-Iowa ne-New Hampshire u-Bernie kuzodingeka agijimele le kude efuna abavoti Abamnyama nabaseLatino. Mhlawumbe unethemba lokuthi laba bavoti bazoza ngakuye ngesikhathi esifana nesika-Obama ngemuva kuka-2008, lapho abavoti abamnyama beseka uHillary kwaze kwaba yilapho u-Obama ekhombisa khona ukuthi angawina amavoti e-Iowa emhlophe qwa. Uma becabanga ukuthi uBernie uyakwazi ukukhethwa, abavoti abamnyama bangase bashintshe. Ukugembula okuyingozi kakhulu, kodwa lolu khetho lumayelana nobungozi. Abaningi basabambe iqhaza ekugcineni kuze kube yilapho amavoti ase-Afrika aseMelika ephuma eSouth Carolina kanye nevoti laseLatino elivela eNevada.
Ayikho into eyingozi njengokulahlekelwa yiwo wonke amagatsha kahulumeni enkolweni yamaRiphabhulikhi aphiko lwesokudla. Kungakho abaningi bengamathikithi eDemocratic Alliance ngoNovemba.
Uma kungabikho ukushintshela kuBernie kungazelelwe, uma amaprimaries eqhubeka, ukuhlukana kukaBernie-Hillary kuzoba nzima kakhulu kuwo wonke amazinga. Umsebenzi wokuxazulula izingxabano phakathi kwalezi zinkambu ezimbili uzoba nzima. Imajini yamanje kaBernie ngaphezu kukaTrump ingase inciphe noma inganciphi. AmaDemocrat amaningi aphethe azothuthumela ngokuba thikithi elilodwa neDemocratic Socialist.
UHillary ukwenzile washelela ukusuka emaphethelweni aqinile wamaphuzu angama-25 ukuya kumaphesenti ayi-13-15 kuphela phakathi kwamaDemocrat kazwelonke. Kufanele enze kahle ezifundazweni ezizayo lapho kunabantu abaningi abamnyama, amaLatino, namasiko ahlukahlukene. Kodwa ukunyakaza kukaBernie kusazoba yonke indawo.
Uma uBernie eshelela emelene noHillary, njengoba kubikezela umcwaningi, umnyakazo wakhe uzohlala ubalulekile ukuze anqobe iDemocratic Alliance ngoNovemba. U-Hillary akakwazi nje ukwenza isivumelwano sendabuko no-Bernie ukuze awine ibutho lakhe, kodwa kuzodingeka aqhube umkhankaso wakhe ngenhlonipho enkulu imbangi yakhe kanye nezikhundla azithatha ku-Wall Street kanye neCitizens United. U-Bernie kuzofanele ahole abalandeli bakhe ukuba benze umfelandawonye nezitha zabo, u-Hillary kanye ne-Traditional Democratic Party. Uma sicabanga ukuthi kuzoba nokhetho oluzophela ngoNovemba oluxazululwe ngamaphuzu angaphansi kwamane, abalandeli bakaBernie bazoba umehluko.
Asikwazi ukufaka engozini okunye ukulahlekelwa okhethweni, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwebiwe noma ngenye indlela, kodwa ikuphi ubungozi obukhulu? Yilokho kanye amaDemocrats kanye nabazimele abakucabangisisayo futhi abakukhathazayo kulezi zinsuku. Isikhathi sokuluma iminwe lapho intukuthelo iqhuma khona, i-hyperbole iyakhuphuka, kanye nezinkanuko.
Abaningi bathi ubungozi ngelebula elithi โdemocratic socialistโ, okusho ukuthi uBernie unokuningi okumele akwenze. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uBarack Hussein Obama ongenele ukhetho lukaMengameli omnyama wadla umhlanganiso phezu kwawo wonke amahlazo, ngakho-ke kungenzeka noma yini.
UBernie uzosizwa kahle ngencazelo ecacile nephusile yokuthi kusho ukuthini โukuwinaโ. Ubumongameli bubaluleke kakhulu kunjalo, kodwa i-Republican Party inokhiye kuCongress kanye naseNkantolo Ephakeme. Uma uBernie kunguye oqokiwe, Ilungelo lizozilwela ngonya olukhulu nakakhulu, uma lokho kungenzeka. Ngakho-ke kuyiphupho ukukholelwa ukuthi uBernie uzokwenza inqubekelaphambili yomthetho eziphakamisweni zakhe ezincomekayo zokufunda mahhala kanye nomshwalense wezempilo okhokha oyedwa. Iqiniso liwukuthi kuzofanele alwe namaRiphabhlikhi ngo-2017-2018 futhi anethemba lokuthola indawo okhethweni lwengqungquthela kanye nomncintiswano womongameli wezi-2020. Ukwakha nje inhlangano enkulu noma โuguquko lwezepolitikiโ ngeke kusebenze ezweni elihlukene phakathi. Konke "ukuvukela umbuso" okwedlule kwiDemocratic Party kulandelwa umzamo wokuqinisa inhlangano ibe yinhlangano ebumbene, kodwa bebelokhu bencipha ekusebenzeni kahle.
Miningi kuphela imiyalelo yokuphatha engenziwa uMongameli Bernie noma uMongameli uHillary. Akukacaci ukuthi mangaki amavoti e-Republican u-Hillary azokwazi โukufinyelela kuwo wonke umzilaโ. U-Bernie akanangozi ukuqagela. Ngakho-ke sidinga ukubona ukuthi sibhekana okungenani nabavoti baseMelika ababili noma abathathu ngesikhathi esisodwa, nenqubekelaphambili engenzeka kakhulu ezifundazweni ezincike kuDemocratic Alliance kanye namadolobha amakhulu. Lelisu lifakazele ukuthi lisebenza ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, ukuphepha kwezibhamu, iholo lika-$15/ihora kanye nokuvikela abasebenzi. Umnyombo weCongressal Progressive Caucus, kanye nesisekelo samaSenator u-Elizabeth Warren, uSherrod Brown, uDick Durbin, uChris Murphy, u-Al Franken, uMaria Cantwell, uTammy Baldwin, uBrian Schatz kanye neMeya uBill de Blasio zakhelwe phezu kwezinsika ezifanayo. Kuzo zombili izindlu, amaDemocrats azolwa impi yokuzivikela ngokunqoba okubalulekile kwesifunda.
Iphathi ngokwalo izodinga ukulungiswa futhi, ungalokothi ube umsebenzi onethezekile. IKomidi Likazwelonke Lentando Yeningi licasule abezindaba abaningi kanye nesikhundla salo ngokukhawulela inani lezinkulumo mpikiswano zikamongameli kanye nokukhetha izikhathi zokubuka kukamabonakude okulinganiselwe. [Ngenhlanhla, basanda kwengeza inkulumo-mpikiswano eyengeziwe.] Isu lezifundazwe ezingama-50 elavulwa u-Howard Dean selibunile, okushiya izinsiza ezimbalwa zokuhlela iqembu ukuze libe nokuncintisana kakhulu. Umcabango oqondisayo ubonakala uwukuvikela okufanele kunenhlangano yentando yeningi. Izinsiza zephathi zivame ukugxekwa abasemazingeni aphansi ngokwenza ukuvakasha okufushane ukuqoqa amasheke amakhulu kubanikeli abacebile ngaphambi kokundizela kweminye imicimbi egxile kubanikeli. Yize ingcindezi eyandayo yokuthi iqembu liqoke imali izwakala kodwa izishoshovu zasemazingeni aphansi zivame ukuphenduka izisebenzi ezisemazingeni aphansi ukuze ziqashelwe emicimbini yamathikithi aphansi. Umkhankaso kaBernie wakhelwe phezu kogqozi lwabavoti abazimele abangebona abendabuko njengalabo abaphumela obala ngo-Obama, uMcCarthy, noBobby Kennedy kudala. Futhi, ikusasa lincike kuBernie nabalandeli bakhe ngandlela thile. Uma kwenzeka ehlulwe ama-primary, isisekelo sakhe sisawenza umehluko okhethweni lukazwelonke olusondele. Nginabangane abaningi abancomekayo abaneminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha namashumi ayisikhombisa abasasebenza olayini bocingo futhi bavolontiya emicimbini yamakhandidethi, kodwa izinombolo zabo namandla abo akwanele ngoNovemba.
Ngakho-ke inkinga ka-Hillary isekutheni angakwazi yini ukuhlasela uBernie nabasekeli bakhe ngesikhathi samaprimaries kuyilapho ezuza inhlonipho nokusekelwa ekugcineni akudingayo ngaphambi kukaNovemba. Futhi inkinga kaBernie ukuthi anganweba kanjani umnyakazo wakhe ube namandla akhulayo ngoNovemba nangemva kukaNovemba.
Yize izehlakalo ezintsha zihlala zenzeka, owami umlando uyangihlupha lapha:
1. Ngo-1968, ngeseka uBobby Kennedy kwaze kwaba sekufeni kwakhe, ngabe sengibuyela emsebenzini wokulwa nempi ngethemba lokuthi u-Humphrey uzoshintsha ukwethembeka kwakhe ku-LBJ naseVietnam. Kwenzeka lokhu nje, uHumphrey ngo-Okthoba wabiza ukuthi kumiswe ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kanye nezingxoxo zokuthula, waphakama okhethweni, walahlekelwa ngephesenti elilodwa kuphela ngoNovemba [singakhohlwa ukuthi ivoti likaGeorge Wallace laliyi-13%, eqinisekisa iningi elisekela impi ngombono. ama-polls.] Akekho onombono oqondile wokuvota, kodwa ngokuqinisekile amaDemocrat amaningi kanye nabantu abamelene nempi abakwazanga ukuzovotela u-Humphrey ababefuna "ukulahla". Sithole uNixon.
2. Ngo-1976, ngakhankasela iSigele Sase-US emabangeni aphansi aseCalifornia Democratic. Inkinga enkulu bekuwukunakekelwa kwezempilo kuzwelonke, engakweseka ngokumelene nomthethosivivinywa ophethe weSen. John Tunney olandela imithetho eqinile. U-Tunney wayengaphambili kakhulu izinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili ngaze ngafika endaweni elinganayo, noma eqinile kancane kunhlolovo kaMay Field. Khona-ke inhlangano ekhululekile yeqembu yagcwala amabhokisi eposi nezikrini zethelevishini ngomyalezo wokuthi ngingumqambimanga, umuntu oqinile, ongafanelekile futhi ongenalwazi, owayezokhuphula izintela zawo wonke umuntu. Kube nzima kakhulu kumuntu osanda kungena eminyakeni engu-Sixties ukuthi akwazi ukuqhubeka, futhi u-Tunney nguyena ophumelele. Ngemva kokuthola amavoti ayisisekelo ayisigidi esingu-1.3 esifundazweni esisodwa, ngaqhubekela phambili ngokwakha umkhankaso ophansi weDemokhrasi Yomnotho ukuze ngifune ukunqoba okhethweni lwasendaweni. Kodwa uTunney, owangcoliswa esikoleni samabanga aphansi, wehlulwe ngoNovemba yiqhawe leNew Right, u-SI Hayakawa, udumo lwakhe olwalugxile ekuxosheni abafundi emakhempasini. Njengoba ngikholelwa ekwamukeleni noma iyiphi indima engingaba nayo ekubangeleni imiphumela engemihle, kufanele ngivume ukuthi umkhankaso wami usize ukwehlisa u-Tunney.
3. Ngo-2000, ngemva kokufunda kokuhlangenwe nakho kwami, ngasekela ngokuqinile iPhini Likamongameli u-Al Gore phezu komngane u-Ralph Nader owayengenele ukhetho lweqembu lesithathu. Ngasekupheleni, ngikhumbula ngixhumene nezingcingo eziningi zenkomfa ngizama ukunxenxa uNader ukuthi akhuthaze abalandeli bakhe ezifundazweni eziluhlaza ukuthi bashintshele kuGore. Uma u-Gore ewina, ngacabanga ukuthi, sizoba nomongameli wethu wokuqala wezemvelo futhi u-Ralph uzoba umgqugquzeli ophakeme wokuthakasela umphakathi ezansi nomgwaqo ukusuka e-White House. Ngilalele izimpikiswano eziningi eziphikisanayo phakathi kwabasekeli bakaNader abafana noMichael Moore kanye nabasebenzi abaphezulu bezemvelo bakaGore. Ekugcineni, ukuvumelana okunengqondo kwabonakala kungenakwenzeka. Ukhetho lwebiwa futhi iNkantolo Ephakeme ngokubambisana yasungula ubumongameli bukaGeorge W. Bush. Yingakho isinqumo sikaBernie sokugijima njengeDemocrat besibaluleke kakhulu.
Ngingadlulela ku-2004, lapho uJohn Kerry ngokwakhe evuma ukuphazamisa ivoti e-Ohio kodwa wazinikela kuBush ngezizathu zobumbano lwesizwe. Kodwa angifuni ukuqhubeka. Ngifuna ukuvimbela omunye wale mijikelezo esabekayo ukuthi iphinde.
Ngakho iyiphi impendulo efanele kulokhu? Lokho kukithi sonke. Engingakugcizelela ukuthi wonke umuntu uyavuma ukuthi uzifaka engozini enkulu ekuvoteleni ikusasa lethu. Qiniseka ukuthi uzwile olunye uhlangothi kulokho okwenzeka ngakolunye uhlangothi. Hlunga kahle umehluko. Faka phakathi inhlonipho kwabamelene nawe kanye nabangakanqumi. Kuye ngendlela ophatha ngayo, isibonelo, ungathatha ushintsho lwakamuva luka-Bernie olubheke ku-Hillary mayelana nokuvikeleka kwabakhiqizi bezibhamu โnjengokuguquguqukaโ noma isinyathelo esiya phambili sephathi kanye nathi sonke. Futhi ungakwamukela ukushintsha kuka-Hillary esivumelwaneni sohwebo se-TPP njengentuthuko eyamukelekayo esikhundleni sokujabula, "uBernie wamqhubela kukho." Cabanga ngalokho okungahlanganisa futhi kulungise, hhayi ukuthi ubani ozuza empini yamaqhinga. Angikaze ngibe Ikholwa Leqiniso kunoma yini, kodwa ngithathe izitha zami eziqine kakhulu phakathi kokungabaza ngesikhathi esifanayo.
Lolu wukhetho olubaluleke kangaka, oluyingozi kakhulu empilweni yami; Ngizinikele ekwelapheni lokhu kuhlukana nokuwina ngoNovemba. Uma sinqoba, singase siphinde siqhubeke nokuxabana kwethu nomsebenzi onesineke wokuthula nobulungiswa.
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NB Bheka Ukugunyazwa Kwesizwe kwe UBernie Sanders kusukela ngoJanuwari 14, 2016. U-Tom Hayden usenesikhathi eside eyilungu leBhodi lokuhlela leSizwe.
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Yebo, kulolu khetho olubaluleke kakhulu, futhi oluyingozi kakhulu futhi olubaluleke kakhulu empilweni yami; Ngizinikele futhi ekwelapheni lokhu kuhlukana nokuwina ngoNovemba. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi siyawina noma cha, sizoziqalisa kabusha izimpikiswano zethu kanye nomsebenzi onesineke nokuzimisela wokuthula nobulungiswa.