Ezinyangeni ezandulela okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-2016 ngangicwile ngokuphelele emzamweni wokwenza konke okusemandleni ukuqinisekisa impumelelo yomlando weNkomfa Yezwe Elimnyama IV eNewark. Ngakho-ke, ngaba nesikhathi esincane esiyigugu sokubhala imibono yami ngokhetho noma imiphumela yalo. Njengoba iNkomfa engemva kwami, leli yithuba lami lokuqala lokunikeza ukuhlolwa kwami โโkokhetho olulodwa oluyinqaba nolunemiphumela emlandweni waseMelika; ukhetho olwaholela ekutheni uDonald Trump anyukele ehhovisi likaMongameli we-United States; umphumela onzima ozokhiqiza umbuso ozofana noReagan kuma-steroids.
Ngisanda kuthola ithuba lokuba yiPhaneli Yenkomfa Yentando Yeningi Yabantu, ehlelwe eNational Press Club ngu-Atty. I-Transformative Justice Coalition kaBarbara Arnwine. Okugxilwe kuNgqungquthela bekuyizinhlelo eziningi zokucindezelwa kwabavoti eziqashwe amaRiphabhulikhi ezisize ukuletha ukhetho kuTrump. Ngenkathi enikeza ubufakazi ngamasu okucindezela ukuvota eNyakatho Carolina, uBrenda Harding, uSihlalo weBhodi le-Transformative Justice Coalition, uphinde wakhumbuza izethameli ukuthi "ukhetho lubalulekile." Ubephakamisa ukuthi ngaphezu kokucindezelwa kwabavoti, baningi kakhulu abangaba abavoti abahleli okhethweni ngezizathu ezahlukahlukene, ngokusobala benganakile imiphumela engaba khona yokuba ngumongameli kaTrump noma ngaleyo ndaba izindlela ezibambekayo lapho imiphumela yenqubomgomo yanoma yiluphi ukhetho ithinta izimpilo zabantu.
Amagama athi โukhetho lubalulekileโ angithinta inhliziyo ngoba ayenanela izixwayiso engizisho njalo ohlelweni lwami lomsakazo ku-WBAI, inhlangano yePacifica Network eNew York, ingxenye yami yamasonto onke ethi Make It Plain noMark Thompson ku-SIRIUSXM kanye nezingxoxo ku-SIRIUSXM. ezinye imidiya. Yebo, ukhetho lubalulekile, futhi ngishaqekile ukuthi abanye abangalithathanga ngokungathi sรญna leli qiniso bashaqekile, badumala, badangele futhi bahlukumezeka ngenxa yomphumela wokhetho lwangomhla ziyisi-8 kuLwezi. Babebaningi kakhulu ababengaba abavoti abahlulekile ukuvota ngenxa yokunganaki noma ukunganaki (okunye okuqondakalayo); abanye ababenomuzwa wokuthi womabili amakhandidethi ayenamaphutha, ayefana noma amele nje ukubonakaliswa okuhlukile โkobubiโ ngaphakathi โkombuso wobunxiwankulu;โ noma njengoba kuhlotshaniswa noHillary Clinton, kwaba nenkulumo ephindaphindiwe ethi, โAngimethembi nje.โ
Eqinisweni, ngiyaqonda futhi ngiyazwelana nalokhu kungaboni ngaso linye, kodwa ngizame ngamandla ukuncenga abangabaza abanezisusa ezinhle ukuba bacabangele i-axiom ka-Ron Daniels: Umehluko phakathi kweDemocrats kanye namaRiphabhulikhi awubalulekile, uyakhuphuka kodwa awusho lutho ngokwemiphumela yenqubomgomo. ezimpilweni zabantu. Ngisungule lesi sihloko njengendlela yokukhuthaza abakhululekile, abathuthukisi kanye nabaguquli ukuthi bacabangele umqondo wokuthi, ngokwencazelo, alikho IQembu Lokusungula elizibophezele ekuguquleni umnotho wezombangazwe wobunxiwankulu, kodwa kubalulekile ukwenza izinqumo ezihlakaniphile phakathi nenqubo yokhetho. njengoba siphishekela umgomo wamasu woguquko olukhulu, oluyisisekelo - ukwakha umphakathi omusha.
Kalula nje, kufanele sisebenzise ngobuchule umehluko phakathi Kwamaqembu Asunguliwe kanye namaqembu angaphakathi kweqembu elibusayo ngendlela eyakha ukusekelwa kwabantu abaningi/okudumile kwezepolitiki yoguquko emphakathini. Lokhu kusho ukuthi sihlale sicabanga ukuthi izinqumo zethu zizoba nomthelela kanjani ezimpilweni zabantu esithemba ukubafaka emzamweni wokuthola umphakathi omusha. Inkulumo yokuguquguquka, i-sloganeering eqhubekayo kanye nokwakheka kwemibono yemishini kulula ukuqhubekela phambili futhi ingase idlale kahle phakathi kwamakholwa eqiniso, kodwa iyobe ingenamsebenzi uma bengabhekani ngendlela enengqondo neqiniso lempilo yansuku zonke yabamnyama abacindezelwe. abantu, abanye abantu bebala, abesifazane, abasebenzi, abampofu kanye nesigaba esiphakathi esidonsa kanzima. Kungumehluko phakathi kokulula nokuvumelana. Emhlabeni wangempela, thina abathi singabaqhubekela phambili nabaguquli kufanele sibhekane nesidingo sokuthatha izinqumo eziyinkimbinkimbi. Ukhetho lukamongameli lwango-2016 lwaluyisikhathi esinjalo.
Ukuphatha kukaTrump kuzofana noReagan kuma-steroids. U-Reagan ungene esikhundleni โesihlahleni esimhlopheโ esigqugquzelwe ngokucwasa, ethembisa ukungadingeki โukucwasa okuhlehlisiweโ kwesenzo sokuqinisekisa nezinhlelo zomphakathi ezithathwa njengezizuzisa Abamnyama. Ngakho-ke, ukuqokwa kwakhe uWilliam French njengo-Attorney General kubalwa ukuthi angaphoqeleli imithetho nemithethonqubo Yamalungelo Abantu kodwa ukuyibukela phansi. U-Reagan uphinde wafunga wagomela ukuthi uzohlehlisa, ahlehlise noma ahlakaze izinhlelo athi zithuthukisa abaNsundu kusimo esibi sabaMhlophe. Wayezimisele futhi ukulwa nezisebenzi ezihleliwe. Kunzima ukucabanga ngokuphatha okwenze umonakalo omkhulu kumalungelo abantu, izinhlelo zomphakathi kanye nabasebenzi kunoRonald Reagan, kodwa lowo mbuso usuzothatha i-White House.
Cishe ngokushesha, uMongameli Trump uzohoxisa i-Executive Order ka-Obama enikeza isimo sesikhashana somthetho kwabaPhuphayo kanye nezinye izigaba zabokufika abangenazo izincwadi zokuthi bahlale ezweni ngaphandle kokwesaba ukuxoshwa; ukukhansela i-Executive Order enweba ilungelo lokukhokhelwa isikhathi esengeziwe kubasebenzi abangaba izigidi ezine; futhi, sikhiphe i-Executive Orders exega imithetho ezinkampanini nasezikhungweni zezimali. Lokhu ukuguqulwa โokunesizothaโ uma kuqhathaniswa nomonakalo ozodalwa ngabaqokwe yiKhabhinethi kaTrump. Cabangela lokhu okulandelayo:
UScott Pruitt, u-Attorney General wase-Oklahoma, ungumphikisi ngokuphelele wokushintsha kwesimo sezulu ozoklebhula imithetho yezemvelo ukuze anikeze imboni kaphethiloli wezinto ezimbiwa phansi ithuba lamahhala lokukhulisa inzuzo.
Uzoba nozakwethu ozimisele kulowo owayenguMbusi wase-Texas u-Rick Perry, yena njengomuntu ozongenela ukhetho lukamongameli, wafunga ukuthi uzoqeda uMnyango Wezamandla njengomuntu ozongenela ukhetho lukamongameli ukuze kukhululwe imboni kaphethiloli wezinsalela zemitheshwana enzima. Manje usezohola uMnyango ake wathembisa ukuwubulala - okuyigalelo eliphindiwe emizamweni ephusile yokusindisa imvelo neplanethi.
UCongressman Tom Price waseGeorgia, ongudokotela wezokwelapha, uyisinqumo esihle njengoNobhala Wezempilo Nezinsizakalo Zabantu ukuhola icala "lokuqeda i-Obamacare," ukubuyisela emuva ukunwetshwa kwe-Medicaid futhi ahlose ukwenza i-Medicare ngasese kanye nezici Zokuvikeleka Komphakathi. Ngokubona kwakhe โimakethe yamahhalaโ izoxazulula zonke izinkinga.
U-Andrew Pudzer, oyi-CEO ye-CKE Restaurants, uphikisana kakhulu ne-Labour ozosebenza njengoNobhala omusha Wezabasebenzi. Umelene kakhulu nomholo omncane, isikhathi, ingasaphathwa eyokunyuswa kweholo elincane lika-$7.25 ngehora. U-Pudzer uphinde aphikisane nokwelulwa kwezinzuzo zesikhathi esengeziwe kanye nokukhulelwa okukhokhelwayo kanye nekhefu lokugula. Zonke lezi zinzuzo uzibheka njengezithiyo ekudaleni amathuba emisebenzi emakethe yamahhala.
USenator Jeff Sessions, uSenator wase-Alabama ozwakalise imizwa yokucwasa ngokwebala esikhathini esedlule, uzovimba noma yimuphi umzamo wokuqinisa isenzo samalungelo okuvota, enze buthaka ukuphoqelelwa kwamalungelo omphakathi ngaso sonke isikhathi futhi azame ukuhlehlisa izinguquko ezibalulekile zobulungiswa bobugebengu ezenziwa ngaphansi kukaMongameli Obama. Uzoba yinhloko emelene nobulungiswa yoMnyango Wezobulungiswa.
Bese kuba noStephen K. Bannon, uMqondisi omhlophe we-nationalist we-Ultra, ultra, rightwing Breitbart News, ozobekwa ngokuphephile e-White House njengo-Chief Strategist kaMongameli Trump.
Ukwengeza, uMongameli u-Trump uzoqoka amajaji ane-ultra-conservative eNkantolo Ephakeme ngendlela efana nomufi u-Antonin Scalia azonikeza unswinyo lwenkantolo kulokhu kudilizwa kwamalungelo. INkantolo Ephakeme kaTrump izoba sesimweni sokwenza umonakalo amashumi eminyaka.
Manje ama-liberal, abaholi benqubekela phambili kanye nabavukeli abangakwazi ukuthulisa u-Hillary Clinton kufanele aphendule umbuzo olula, ngabe ubezoqoka lolu hlobo lwabantu kuKhabhinethi yakhe noma eNkantolo Ephakeme? Impendulo eqotho ithi cha! Besingeke sikhononde ngokufanelekile ngokuthi ezinye zezinketho zika-Hillary Clinton bezinethezekile kakhulu nge-Wall Street, abanye bengenelela ngokuthanda kwethu nokuthi isikhathi esiningi sokuqokwa kwakhe besingaqhubeki ngokwanele. Kepha, lokho kukude kakhulu neKhabhinethi eligcwele osozigidigidi abavaleleke nge-Wall Street kanye nezinhloko zezinhlangano ezizimisele ukubuyisela isikhathi ezinzuzweni ezalwe kanzima zamalungelo omphakathi, amalungelo abesifazane, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, abasebenzi, imvelo nokuvikelwa kwabathengi. .
Ezigidini zabokufika manje ezizodingiswa; izigidi zabasebenzi abazolahlekelwa yilungelo lokufaka izicelo zesikhathi esengeziwe, nabanye abangasakwazi ukubheka phambili ekukhushulweni kweholo elincane; izigidi ezizolahlekelwa usizo lwezinzuzo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo futhi ukuphila kwazo kube mfushane ngenxa yalokho; Imiphakathi yabaNsundu kanye neyabaNsundu ezoba nesivikelo esincane ekubandlululweni kwemvelo; izinkulungwane ezingenakubalwa, uma kungenjalo izigidi, zabesifazane abangase baphinde baphoqeleke ukuba babekezelele ukukhishwa kwezisu okungaphephile; futhi, izigidi zabavoti abangaba abasazoqhubeka nokuncishwa amalungelo ngenxa yezinqubomgomo, imikhuba kanye nemithetho yokucindezelwa kwabavoti ezogcinwa yiNkantolo Ephakeme enelungelo lokuvota, umehluko phakathi kukaDonald Trump noHillary Clinton wawungeyona into eyisisekelo, wawukhula kakhulu kodwa ngokuphelele akubalulekile! I-Trump i-Reagan kuma-steroids, futhi izigidi zabantu zizobhekana nemiphumela. Ukhetho lubalulekile!
Impela zikhona izifundo okumele zifundwe kulolu khetho oluyinqaba noluthusayo futhi bekungafanele ukuthi kuthathelwe phezulu ukubona. Kubantu abakhululekile, abathuthukayo nabaguquki, u-Hillary Clinton wayengeyena "ububi obuncane." Ngobuhlakani, kusobala ukuthi โwayeyisinqumo esingconoโ enikezwe ukuhlaziya okujulile โkwengozi esobala nekhonaโ edalwe yiTrumpism. Kungakho abathuthukayo abafana no-Angela Davis kanye noDanny Glover bengenza isinqumo esinzima sokweseka uClinton naphezu kwamaphutha akhe - ngoba amaphutha akhe afiphele uma eqhathaniswa nakaTrump.
Esinye isifundo okufanele sifundwe yindlela ama-Conservatives namaRiphabhulikhi ayo yonke imivimbo abahlangane ngayo eduze kukaTrump, naphezu kobubi benkulumo yakhe, ihlumela lakhe elinezindebe ezixekethile elisuka kwisitayela senyonga kanye nokungezwani naye ezikhundleni zenqubomgomo. Iningi labaholi beRiphabhulikhi lagcina amehlo alo emklomelo - ukuthola amandla okhetho lukazwelonke ngokuwina i-White House/umongameli! Yize bekukhona abambalwa โabangakaze babe nguTrumpโ Republicans, uPaul Ryan, uMitch McConnell, uMarco Rubio, uTed Cruz, uRick Perry kanye neningi lamaRepublicans avale izikhundla ngemuva kukaTrump. Ngisho noma bekumele babambe amakhala, baqala baphumelela ngokuphikisana ngokungaboni ngaso linye kamuva, bebona ukuthi ukuphumelela kwesobumongameli kwakuzothuthukisa kakhulu amathuba okuba babeke i-ajenda yabo kuleli zwe. Babeqonda ukuthi ukhetho lubalulekile futhi benza konke okusemandleni ukuze bawine. Manje uyababona bephikisana ngezikhundla ezithile zenqubomgomo, nakuba bebonakala bevumelana kuhlelo olukhulu lwezithombe.
Ngasohlangothini olukhululekile, oluqhubekayo, ukungabaza ukungena enkundleni yokhetho ngabanye, ukunengeka kuka-Hillary Clinton ngabaningi, noma isifiso esilungile sokweseka umuntu ongenele ukhetho ngabanye kwasivimbela ekwenzeni ubumbano ukuze sibuyisele emuva igagasi elinonya. Trumpism. Manje kufanele sibhekane nemiphumela.
Futhi, nansi ingozi yangempela: Eminyakeni emine ezayo uma u-Trump ekwazi ukusabalalisa ubukhulu obanele kubantu ngabanye kanye nemikhakha yemiphakathi yase-Afrika yaseMelika kanye ne-Latino kangangokuthi angawina kuphela i-15% yama-African American kanye nama-25% evoti laseLatino. futhi alondoloze noma andise ukusekelwa kwesisekelo sakhe esiMhlophe, uzophenya umbhalo futhi ngokugxilisa iphiko elilungile, i-Rainbow, i-Coalition - isimo esiphezulu sokuphikisa uguquko/ngemuva kokwakhiwa kabusha! Kuyethusa lokho.
Kodwa, konke akulahlekile. Kufanele sihlale sizikhumbuza thina kanye nabavoti baseMelika ukuthi lokhu โumbuso wedlanzanaโ ongazange uzuze iningi lalabo abavotile. I-Trump kanye ne-Trumpism ilahlekelwe ivoti elidumile cishe ngamavoti ayizigidi ezintathu nangaphezulu kwalokho uma ungeza kumavoti abantu besithathu. Ngakho, ngemva kokufunda izifundo ezibuhlungu kanye nemiphumela yalolu khetho, sekuyisikhathi senkathi yokuqina nokumelana; isikhathi sokuqoqa amabutho anenqubekela phambili ukuze kusungulwe amasu nezenzo zokubuyisela emuva ukunqoba kwesikhashana kweTrumpism, siqiniseka ngokugcwele ukuthi โi-arc yendawo yonke igobela ebulungiseniโ lapho amandla okulunga ehlangana futhi ebambe iqhaza emzabalazweni ukuze kube njalo!
UDkt. Ron Daniels unguMongameli we-Institute of the Black World 21st Century kanye Nomfundisi Ovelele e-York College City University of New York. Izindatshana zakhe nezindatshana zakhe zivela nakuwebhusayithi ye-IBW ethi www.ibw21.org kanye ne-www.northstarnews.com. Ukuthumela umlayezo, ukuhlela izingxoxo nabezindaba noma izingxoxo zokukhuluma, uDkt. Daniels angatholwa nge-imeyili kokuthi [i-imeyili ivikelwe]
###
I-ZNetwork ixhaswa kuphela ngokuphana kwabafundi bayo.
Nikela
1 Amazwana
Mnu. Daniels: umzabalazo ozobhekana nawo uzokwehluka ngokwezimo zendawo. Ngingowokuzalwa e-West Virginian owazalwa futhi ngakhuliswa. Ngakhulela egqumeni laseWestside enhloko-dolobha yaseCharleston kanye nesihlalo Sesifunda.
Ukuhlanganiswa kwesikole kuhambe ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka
Kanawha ngo-1957, yaze yaqedwa ukwakhiwa kwesikole samabanga aphezulu esizimele saseLilly-white eSouth Hills.
Ukushayela endaweni ethokomele yaseRolling Hills
ngaphambi kuka-2012, utshani babugcwele izimpawu zika-Obama/Biden (Remeber Biden, umfana owasika amazinyo ephikisana nokuhlanganiswa kwesikole). Noma kanjani, i-South Hills elite ingabalwa ukuze ivimbe noma yikuphi
imizamo yokulingana kwesifunda sesikole. Kunamanga lapho ndawana thize.
Yebo sike sabhekana nokuvuselelwa kwedolobha kanye nokundiza okumhlophe kusuka e-Westside, njenganoma yiliphi elinye idolobha elikhulu lase-US. I-Stonewall Jackson Middle lapho indodana yami eyafunda khona manje i-50% Black-isikole samabanga aphezulu sasedolobheni ezimbili zahlanganiswa nesikole esikhulu emaphethelweni e-Charleston.
Ngihlala endaweni ephethwe ubuthongo (Mink Schoals) amamayela amahlanu phezulu e-Elk River-Elkview phezulu nomfula ukuya eClendenin yacekelwa phansi yizikhukhula zangoJuni. Noma ngubani, okuwukuphela kwezimpawu zotshani entanyeni yami yehlathi kwakungezaTrump.
UTrump uchoboze u-HILLARY eWVa. Ngakho-ke ukuzama ukwakha kabusha i-Democrat Party kuyi-chimera. Ngagijimela I-House of Delegates yendawo ngethikithi le-Mountain Party, ngaleyo ndlela ngaphuca umfana wamanzi ka-Rockefeller u-Wes Holden ukunqoba. NgamNaderized, ngamanye amazwi.
Esontweni elilandela ukhetho, ngashintsha ukuzihlanganisa neqembu ngaba yi-Republican. Emazwini angafi kaJose Marti, manje sengihlala esiswini sesilo. Noma ukweba isahluko ku-Daniel Ortega, ngiyi-skunk eyaziwayo ephathini yasengadini. I-Republican Party yake yaba yiqembu Lokwakha Kabusha. Kungani kungaphinde?