Umthombo: Counterpunch
Yebo, uSenator wase-US uJoe Manchin (i-Demublican-WV) iyisilwane esihuquzelayo esinyanyekayo esikufanelekela ngokucebile ukudelelwa nguwe. Ukuphikisa kwakhe okungenangqondo, okuvumela i-fascism ukuqeda i-filibuster yeSenethi kanye nokuphasisa i-We the People Act (HR1) kuyinto enyanyekayo.
I-filibuster, edinga amavoti eSenethi angu-60 kwangu-100 ukuze izwe futhi liphasise umthethosivivinywa, iwumkhuba wokuphikisa osekunesikhathi eside usetshenziswa. ukuvimba amalungelo omphakathi ayisisekelo, abasebenzi, nezinye izinguquko. Inqobo nje uma isamile, iCongress ingumdlalo omkhulu odabukisayo wophiko lwesokudla uSimon Says.
Ungakhohlwa ukubona ukudlula kwezinguquko ezinkulu nezinamandla neziqhubekayo, noma ngabe lezi zinguquko zisekelwa kangakanani, thina bantu. Ukugunyazwa kabusha kokuhlela inyunyana (njengakuMthetho ophasiswe yiNdlu ethi Vikela Ilungelo Lokuhlela)? Izinyathelo ezingathi sรญna zokulawula izibhamu ukuze kuvinjwe umqedazwe ohlanyayo, okhulayo wodlame lwezibhamu nokudutshulwa kwabantu abaningi? Uguquko olunamandla lwamaphoyisa ukuze kuqedwe ubhadane oluqhubekayo lwesihluku samaphoyisa anobandlululo?
Ungakhohlwa yikho konke lokho kanye nangaphezulu inqobo nje uma iqembu le-neofascist elimhlophe lobuzwe likaTrump, ngoJanuwari 6, kanye neBig Lie inamandla okunxenxa ifilibuster ithi โcha, siyaxolisa, asithandi, lokho ubukhomanisi.โ
I-We the People Act izovimba ukucwasana ngokobuhlanga nokubandlulula, yandise ukubonakala kwezimali zomkhankaso, futhi iqede iningi lamanje lokuhlasela kwe-New Jim Crow kumalungelo okuvota okuyidlanzana okwenzeka esifundazweni esibomvu saseMelika - ukuhlasela okugqugquzelwa amanga amakhulu obufascist abathi Ukhetho lukamongameli lwango-2020 lwebelwa uJoe Biden.
Ngakho-ke, yisho nami: F' Joe Manchin kakhulu.
Isho kabili. Isho okunye.
Bese uyikhipha ohlelweni lwakho.
Lokhu ngikusho ngezizathu ezimbili. Okokuqala, uManchin ungummeleli nezaba zamanye amaSenate Democrats asabekayo, acwiliswe ngamadola kanye nomongameli wenhlangano yeDemocratic Alliance obuye aqambe uJoe. Lawa maSenator kanye ne-Biden babonakala bemukela ngenhliziyo yonke futhi baqhubekisela phambili izinyathelo ezikhululekile neziqhubekayo ezisekelwa isisekelo seDemocratic Party. Isikhungo iDems sikwenza lokho ngokwazi ukuthi izinyathelo azikwazi ukuba umthetho ngenxa ye-filibuster kill-switch nangenxa yokuthi uManchin kanye nozakwabo uSenator uKyrsten Sinema (Republicrat-AZ) basendaweni yokuvimba amaDemocrats ukuthi angayicisha. UManchin noSinema benza kube nokwenzeka ukuthi iCongressional kanye negatsha eliphezulu i-Citigroup Democrats ngesikhathi esisodwa (a) itshele abavoti abakhululekile nabaqhubekayo kanye namaqembu engcindezelo ukuthi โhey, sizamile,โ futhi (b) atshele aBhizinisi Amakhulu kanye nabaxhasi bezimali nabaxhasi, โhey, ukuthi isilinganiso 'sasisekela' futhi lokho okukhathazayo awuzange ube nethuba lokudlula. Ungathukutheli: bekumele simboze izimbongolo zethu ngesisekelo sethu sokuvota esiqhubekayo.โ Yilokho umdlalo.
Okwesibili, nokukhuluma ngezinhlelo kanye noSimon Says, kunokuthile okubi kakhulu ngisho nomthetho owesabekayo we-filibuster mayelana neSenethi yase-US - okuthile empeleni (okungafani ne-filibuster) kuMthethosisekelo okungekho muntu ofuna ukukhuluma ngakho noma ukucabanga ngakho. Ngibhekise ekumeleleni ngokweqile okuphambene nentando yeningi kwezifunda zezwe zaseCaucasia, zasemakhaya, nezisabelayo engxenyeni ephezulu enamandla kakhulu yeCongress "yethu" (yabo) ngokungadingekile ye-bicameral Congress, lapho i-Wyoming, ikhaya labantu abangaphansi kuka-600,000, inabameleli abaningi (ababili esifundeni ngasinye) njengeCalifornia, ikhaya labantu abacishe babe izigidi ezingu-40 (abantu abaningi kunomphakathi wezizwe ezihlukene eziyi-198 ezizimele).
Kubi kangakanani lokhu kwephulwa komgomo wokuqala wentando yeningi womuntu oyedwa, ivoti elilodwa? Kuyi-surreal. Nalu uhlu lwazo mangaki amaSenenja ase-US izifundazwe eziyishumi ezinabantu abaningi ezweni ebengaba nazo ukube zinenani elifanayo labantu kuya kumasena njenge-Wyoming:
I-California (okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka okukhanyayo/iDemocratic enamandla): 136
I-Texas (bomvu): 102
IFlorida (onsomi): 76
ENew York (okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka okukhanyayo): 66
I-Pennsylvania (purple): 44
I-Illinois (okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka okukhanyayo): 43
I-Ohio (bomvu): 40
I-Georgia (onsomi): 37
INorth Carolina (onsomi): 37
IMichigan (purple): 34
Cabanga nje uma amadolobha amathathu aphezulu esizweni (wonke aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka) bekuyizifunda zase-US ezijabulela isilinganiso esifanayo sabantu kuya kuSenator wase-US njenge-Wyoming. INew York City izoba namaseneta angama-30 aseMelika, iLos Angeles izoba nangu-14, kanti iChicago izoba nangu-9.
Cabanga ngefomula yezindawo zeDolobha laseNew York: IBrooklyn izoba namaseneta ayi-9, iQueens ibe nangu-8, iBronx ibe nezingu-5, iManhattan ibe nezingu-6, kanti iStaten Island esigcwele amaphoyisa kaTrumpist izomelelwa ngokweqile ngo-2.
I-Wyoming iyisimo esibi kakhulu, kunjalo, kodwa zizwe ukhululekile ukuphindaphinda umsebenzi usebenzisa ezinye izifundazwe ezibomvu/ezimhlophe ezinabantu abaphansi (eNyakatho noma iNingizimu Dakota, i-Montana, i-Idaho, i-Nebraska, i-Kansas, i-Iowa yama-fascist, njll.) njengesisekelo sakho izibalo. Izinombolo zizobukeka zingenangqondo futhi zicindezela kancane.
Nakuba lokhu kungase kuzwakale kuyinqaba esizweni esizibiza ngokuthi โintando yeningi enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni,โ manje kungenzeka, njengoba UDaniel Lazare ubale futhi wabhala "ukuhlanganisa iningi leSigele ezifundazweni ezibalelwa ku-17.6% kuphela wabantu base-US."
Kuyahlekisa lokho - okungenani kusuke kumbono wentando yeningi.
Ukubhekana nalokhu kungalingani kwedemokhrasi kuzodinga ukuchitshiyelwa komthethosisekelo. Kodwa, njengoLazare (okabani sebenza "kwiriphabhulikhi eqandisiwe" yesizwe Umthethosisekelo kufanele udingeke ukufundwa komphakathi kuzo zonke izikole zamabanga aphakeme zaseMelika kanye nekolishi) ubonisile, lezi zichibiyelo ziseduze nokungenzeki ezindabeni ezibalulekile ngaphansi kwesihloko sesihlanu soMthethosisekelo wase-US.
Uma lokho kuzwakala njengommeli onegunya noSimon Says, lokho kungenxa yokuthi kungaphansi kwemithetho โyethuโ (yabo) yomqulu kazwelonke ongcwele, owabhalwa futhi waphasiswa ngesikhathi sikaLouis XVI ngabanikazi bezigqila, onxiwankulu abangabahwebi, kanye nabaseshi. intando yeningi yaba yiphupho elibi kubo futhi inkululeko yayisho impahla kubo, hhayi ubukhosi obuthandwayo.
Uma lokhu kuzwakala njengocingo lwe-charter entsha, yingoba kunjalo. Ngeke sikwazi ukuqhubeka kanje.
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