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Kusukela abulawa uGeorge Floyd, sibone ukuqubuka okwandayo 'kwempi ekhaya' nabantu abamnyama nabansundu kanye “nezimpi zaphesheya” i-US ezilwe nabantu bakwamanye amazwe. Amasosha Amasosha Namasosha Kazwelonke asatshalaliswe emadolobheni aseMelika, njengoba amaphoyisa ezempi aphatha amadolobha ethu njengezindawo zempi. Ukuphendula le "mpi engapheli" ekhaya, ukukhala okuthuthukayo nokuduma kwemali yamaphoyisa kuye kwagcizelelwa ngezingcingo zokubuyisa imali yezimpi zePentagon. Esikhundleni sokubona lezi njengezimfuno ezimbili ezihlukile kodwa ezihlobene, kufanele sizibone zihlotshaniswa ngokusondelana, ngoba udlame lwamaphoyisa olunobuhlanga emigwaqweni yethu nodlame lobuhlanga i-US kudala olwahlukumeza abantu emhlabeni jikelele luyizinkomba zokubonisana.
Singafunda okuningi ngempi esekhaya ngokufunda izimpi zaphesheya, futhi sifunde kabanzi ngezimpi zaphesheya ngokufunda impi esekhaya. Nazi ezinye zalezi zixhumi:
1. I-US ibulala abantu bebala ekhaya naphesheya. I-United States yasungulwa emcabangweni wokubusa kwabamhlophe, kusukela ekubulaweni kwabantu boMdabu baseMelika kuya ekusekeleni uhlelo lobugqila. Amaphoyisa ase-US abulala abantu ababalelwa ku-1,000 XNUMX ngonyaka, ngokungafani emphakathini wabaNsundu nakweminye imiphakathi yemibala. Inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US ngokufanayo isekelwe kumqondo osuselwe kwabamhlophe wokuthi “i-American uniqueism,” ngokuhambisana nozakwethu base-Europe. Uchungechunge olungapheli lwezimpi amasosha ase-US azilwe phesheya ngeke kwenzeke ngaphandle kokubuka umhlaba odelela abantu bakwamanye amazwe. "Uma ufuna ukuqhumisa amabhomu noma ukuhlasela izwe langaphandle eligcwele abantu abansundu noma abanebala elinsundu, njengoba amasosha ase-United States evame ukwenza, kufanele uqale ngokufaka amademoni labo bantu, ubenzele ubuntu, uphakamise ukuthi bangabantu abasemuva abadinga usizo. ukusindisa noma ukuhlasela abantu abadinga ukubulawa,” kusho intatheli uMehdi Hasan. Umbutho wezempi wase-US ube necala lokufa kwamakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu abamnyama nabansundu emhlabeni jikelele, kanye nokwenqatshwa kwamalungelo abo okuzikhethela kuzwelonke. Izinga elikabili elingcwelisa izimpilo zamasosha nezakhamuzi zase-US, kodwa lingabanaki abantu amazwe abo iPentagon namadlelandawonye ayo abhubhisayo liwubuzenzisi njengalelo elazisa izimpilo zabamhlophe ngaphezu kwezimpilo zabaMnyama nezinsundu ekhaya.
2. Njengoba nje i-US yadalwa ngokuthatha amazwe aboMdabu ngenkani, kanjalo iMelika njengombuso isebenzisa impi ukuze yandise ukufinyelela ezimakethe nasezinsizeni. I-Settler colonialism kube "yimpi engapheli" ekhaya ngokumelene nezizwe zabomdabu, ezathathwa ngamakoloni ngesikhathi izindawo zabo zisachazwa njengezindawo zangaphandle, ukuze zihlanganiswe nomhlaba wazo ovundile kanye nemithombo yemvelo. Izinqaba Zamasosha ezazimiswe emazweni aboMdabu ngaleso sikhathi zazilingana nezizinda zamasosha angaphandle namuhla, futhi abaphikisi boMdabu kwakungabo “abavukeli” bokuqala ababesendleleni yokunqoba amaMelika. Ikoloni "Manifest Destiny" yamazwe aboMdabu ishintshele ekwandeni kombuso waphesheya kwezilwandle, okuhlanganisa nokuthathwa kweHawaii, iPuerto Rico, namanye amakoloni, kanye nezimpi zokulwa nokuvukela umbuso ePhilippines naseVietnam. Ngekhulu lama-21, izimpi eziholwa yi-US zenze ukuthi i-Middle East kanye ne-Asia Ephakathi zingasebenzi kahle, ngenkathi zanda ukulawulwa kwemithombo kaphethiloli yasendaweni. I-Pentagon isebenzise ithempulethi Yezimpi ZaseNdiya ukwesabisa umphakathi waseMelika ngomcabango "wezindawo zezizwe ezingenamthetho" ezidinga "ukuthanjiswa," emazweni anjenge-Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, neSomalia. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Wounded Knee ngo-1973 kanye ne-Standing Rock ngo-2016 ikhombisa ukuthi ubukoloni bama-settler bungabuyiselwa kanjani emuva “ezweni lendabuko” lase-US. Ukumisa amapayipi kawoyela nokuwisa izithombe zaseColumbus kukhombisa ukuthi ukumelana kwaboMdabu kungavuselelwa kanjani enhliziyweni yombuso.
3. Amaphoyisa namasosha bobabili ngaphakathi bakhungethwe ukucwasa ngokwebala. Ngemibhikisho ye-Black Lives Matter, abantu abaningi manje sebefundile ngemvelaphi yamaphoyisa ase-US ekuzuleni kwezigqila ezimhlophe. Akuyona ingozi ukuthi ukuqashwa nokukhushulwa kwezikhundla eminyangweni yamaphoyisa kudala kwavuna abamhlophe, kanti namaphoyisa anombala omhlophe ezweni lonke asaqhubeka nokumangalela iminyango yawo ngezenzo zokucwasa. Kunjalo nasebuthweni lezempi, lapho ukuhlukaniswa kwakuyinqubomgomo esemthethweni kwaze kwaba ngu-1948. Namuhla, abantu bebala bayaphishekelwa ukuze bagcwalise izikhundla eziphansi, kodwa hhayi izikhundla eziphezulu. Abaqashi bezempi bamisa iziteshi zokuqasha emiphakathini yemibala, lapho ukuchithwa kukahulumeni ezinsizeni zezenhlalakahle kanye nemfundo kwenza amasosha abe enye yezindlela ezimbalwa zokungagcini nje ngokuthola umsebenzi, kodwa ukufinyelela ekunakekelweni kwezempilo kanye nemfundo yamahhala yasekolishi. Kungakho cishe amaphesenti angu-43 amadoda nabesifazane abayizigidi ezingu-1.3 abasebenzayo bangabantu abanemibala, futhi aboMdabu baseMelika bakhonza eMbuthweni Wezempi izikhathi ezi-5 ngokwesilinganiso sikazwelonke. Kodwa izikhulu eziphezulu zezempi zihlala cishe ziyiqembu labafana abamhlophe kuphela (kubakhuzi abaphezulu abangama-41, ba-2 kuphela abamnyama futhi oyedwa kuphela owesifazane). Ngaphansi kukaTrump, ukucwasa ngokwebala kwezempi kuyakhula. Inhlolovo yango-2019 ithole ukuthi amaphesenti angama-53 amalungu ezisebenzi zemibala athi abone izibonelo zobuzwe obumhlophe noma ubandlululo oluqhutshwa imibono phakathi kwamasosha abo, inani elikhuphuke kakhulu okhethweni olufanayo lwango-2018. bese besebenzisana namaphoyisa.
4. Amasosha ePentagon kanye nezikhali “ezingaphezulu” zisetshenziswa emigwaqweni yethu. Njengoba nje iPentagon ivame ukusebenzisa ulimi “lwezenzo zamaphoyisa” ukuchaza ukungenelela kwayo kwamanye amazwe, amaphoyisa afakwa impi ngaphakathi e-US Lapho iPentagon iphela ngeminyaka yawo-1990 ngezikhali zempi eyayingasadingeki, yakha “Uhlelo lwe-1033” ukusabalalisa izisebenzi ezithwala izikhali, izibhamu ezingomshini omncane, ngisho neziqhumane zamabhomu eminyangweni yamaphoyisa. Izimpahla nezimpahla zezempi ezingaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-7.4 sezidluliselwe ezikhungweni zomthetho ezingaphezu kwezi-8,000—okwenza amaphoyisa abe ibutho lezempi namadolobha ethu abe izindawo zempi. Lokhu sikubone kahle ngo-2014 ngemuva kokubulawa kukaMichael Brown, lapho amaphoyisa egcwele amagiya ezempi enza imigwaqo yaseFerguson, eMissouri ibukeke njenge-Iraq. Muva nje, sibone la maphoyisa ahlomile etshalwe ngokumelene neGeorge Floyd Rebellion, enezindiza ezinophephela emhlane zezempi, kanye noMbusi waseMinnesota eqhathanisa nokuthunyelwa "nempi yaphesheya." UTrump uthumele amasosha enhlangano futhi wayefuna ukuthumela amanye, njengoba amasosha ayesebenza ngaphambili ayesetshenziswa ngokumelene neziteleka zabasebenzi ezimbalwa ngeminyaka yawo-1890s-1920s, imibhikisho yamaBonus Army Veterans's ka-1932, kanye nezibhelu zabantu abamnyama eDetroit ngo-1943 nango-1967. , emadolobheni amaningi ngo-1968 (emva kokubulawa kukaDkt. Martin Luther King Jr.), naseLos Angeles ngo-1992 (ngemuva kokukhululwa kwamaphoyisa ayeshaye uRodney King). Ukuthumela amasosha aqeqeshelwe ukulwa kwenza isimo esibi sibe sibi kakhulu, futhi lokhu kungavula amehlo abantu baseMelika odlameni olushaqisayo amasosha ase-US azama ngalo, kodwa ngokuvamile ehluleka, ukuqeda ukungaboni ngaso linye emazweni aphethwe. ICongress manje ingase iphikisane nokudluliselwa kwemishini yezempi emaphoyiseni, futhi izikhulu zePentagon zingase ziphikisane nokusebenzisa amasosha ngokumelene nezakhamizi zase-US ekhaya, kodwa azivamile ukuphikisa lapho okuhlosiwe kungabokufika noma izakhamuzi zase-US ezihlala phesheya.
5. Ukungenelela kwe-US phesheya, ikakhulukazi “Impi Yobuphekula,” kucekela phansi inkululeko yethu yomphakathi ekhaya. Izindlela zokuqapha ezihlolwayo kubantu bakwamanye amazwe sekuyisikhathi eside zingeniswa ukuze kucindezelwe ukungezwani ekhaya, selokhu kwaqalwa imisebenzi eLatin America nasePhilippines. Ngemuva kokuhlasela kwe-9/11, ngenkathi amasosha ase-US ethenga ama-super drones ukubulala izitha zase-US (futhi ngokuvamile izakhamuzi ezingenacala) futhi aqoqe ubuhlakani kuwo wonke amadolobha, iminyango yamaphoyisa ase-US yaqala ukuthenga ama-drones amancane, kodwa anamandla, ezinhloli. Ababhikishi beBlack Lives Matter basanda kubona lawa “mehlo esibhakabhakeni” ebahlola. Lesi isibonelo esisodwa nje somphakathi oqaphayo i-US esibe yiyo kusukela ngo-9/11. Lokhu okubizwa nge- "War on Terror" kube yisizathu sokwanda okukhulu kwamandla kahulumeni ekhaya - "izimayini zedatha" ebanzi, kwandisa imfihlo yezinhlangano zikahulumeni, uhlu lwe-No-Fly ukuvimbela abantu amashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu ukuthi bahambe. , kanye nenqwaba yokuhlola kukahulumeni amaqembu ezenhlalo, ezenkolo nezombusazwe, kusukela kumaQuaker kuya eGreenpeace kuya ku-ACLU, kuhlanganise nobunhloli bezempi emaqenjini amelene nempi. Ukusetshenziswa kwamasosha angenakulinganiswa phesheya nakho kwenza ukusetshenziswa kwawo kube lula kakhulu ekhaya, njengalapho osonkontileka abazimele bezokuphepha be-Blackwater bendiza besuka e-Baghdad baya eNew Orleans ngemva kweSiphepho u-Katrina ngo-2005, ukuze basetshenziswe ngokumelene nomphakathi wabaNsundu owacekelwa phansi. Futhi-ke, uma amaphoyisa namasosha ahlomile angakwesokudla kanye namasosha engenza ubudlova ngaphandle kokujeziswa ezweni lendabuko, kwenza kube yinto evamile futhi kwenza ngisho nobudlova obukhulu kwenye indawo.
6. I-xenophobia kanye ne-Islamophobia ephakathi kwe-"War on Terror" ikhulise inzondo yabantu bokufika kanye namaSulumane ekhaya. Njengoba nje izimpi zaphesheya zivunyelwa ukucwasa nokucwasa ngokwenkolo, nazo zondla amandla amhlophe nobuKristu ekhaya, njengoba kungabonakala ekuboshweni kwamaJapan-American ngeminyaka yawo-1940s, kanye nemizwa emelene namaSulumane eyakhuphuka ngeminyaka yawo-1980s. Ukuhlasela kwangomhla ka-9/11 kwandise ubugebengu benzondo obubhekiswe kumaSulumane namaSikh, kanye nokuvinjelwa kokuhamba okubekwe uhulumeni okunqabela ukungena e-US kubantu abavela kuwo wonke amazwe, ukuhlukanisa imindeni, ukuvimba abafundi ukufinyelela emanyuvesi, kanye nokuvalela abokufika emajele azimele. USenator uBernie Sanders, ebhala kwezangaphandle, uthe, "Lapho abaholi bethu abakhethiwe, osolwazi, kanye nezindaba zekhebula bekhuthaza ukwesaba okungapheli mayelana namaphekula angamaSulumane, nakanjani bakha isimo sokwesaba nokusola ezakhamuzini zamaSulumane aseMelika - isimo lapho ama-degogue athanda khona. UTrump angaphumelela. ” Uphinde wakugxeka ukucwaswa kwabokufika okuvela ekuphenduleni inkulumo-mpikiswano yethu yokuthuthela kwelinye izwe ibe yinkulumo-mpikiswano mayelana nokuvikeleka komuntu siqu kwaseMelika, ephikisana nezigidi zezakhamizi zase-US ngokumelene nabokufika abangenazo izincwadi kanye nababhalwe phansi. Ukugqugquzelwa kwezempi emngceleni we-US-Mexico, kusetshenziswa izimangalo ze-hyperbolic zokungena kwezigebengu namaphekula, sekwenze kwajwayelekile ukusetshenziswa kwama-drones nezindawo zokuhlola eziletha amasu okulawula ngokugunyaza “ezweni.” (Ngaleso sikhathi, abasebenzi base-US Customs and Border Protection nabo bathunyelwa emingceleni ye-Iraq ehlaselwe.)
7. Kokubili amasosha kanye namaphoyisa bamunca isamba esikhulu samadola abakhokhintela okufanele asetshenziselwe ukwakha umphakathi onobulungiswa, ozinzile, nolinganayo. Abantu baseMelika sebevele bebambe iqhaza ekusekeleni udlame lombuso, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi siyakuqaphela noma cha, ngokukhokha intela emaphoyiseni nasemasosheni akwenzayo ngamagama ethu. Isabelomali samaphoyisa sihlanganisa iphesenti lezinkanyezi lezimali zokukhetha zamadolobha uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye izinhlelo ezibalulekile zomphakathi, ezisukela kumaphesenti angama-20 kuye kwangama-45 oxhaso olukhethekile ezindaweni zamadolobha amakhulu. Ukusetshenziswa kwamaphoyisa ngomuntu ngamunye edolobheni lase-Baltimore ngo-2020 kuyi- $904 emangalisayo (cabanga ukuthi wonke umhlali angenzani ngama- $904). Ezweni lonke, i-US isebenzisa imali engaphezu kokuphindwe kabili “kumthetho nokuhleleka” njengoba yenza ezinhlelweni zezenhlalakahle yemali. Lo mkhuba ubulokhu ukhula kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1980, njengoba sikhiphe izimali ezinhlelweni zobumpofu ukuze sizifake ekulweni nobugebengu, umphumela ongenakugwemeka walokho kunganakwa. Iphethini efanayo iyiqiniso ngesabelomali sePentagon. Isabelomali sezempi sika-2020 sezigidigidi ezingama-738 zamaRandi sikhulu kunamazwe ayishumi alandelayo ehlangene. I-Washington Post ibike ukuthi uma i-US isebenzisa ingxenye efanayo ye-GDP yayo kwezempi njengoba kwenza amazwe amaningi aseYurophu, “ingaxhasa inqubomgomo yomhlaba wonke yokunakekelwa kwezingane, yandise umshuwalense wezempilo kubantu baseMelika abacishe babe yizigidi ezingama-30 abangenawo, noma utshalomali olukhulu ekulungiseni ingqalasizinda yesizwe.” Ukuvala izizinda zamasosha aphesheya kwezilwandle ezingama-800+ kuphela kuzokonga amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-100 ngonyaka. Ukubeka phambili amaphoyisa namasosha kusho ukuphuca izinsiza zezidingo zomphakathi. Ngisho noMongameli u-Eisenhower wachaza ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kwezempi ngo-1953 “njengokweba kulabo abalambile futhi abangondliwa.”
8. Amasu okucindezela asetshenziswa phesheya nakanjani abuyele ekhaya. Amasosha aqeqeshelwa ukubona iningi lezakhamuzi ezihlangana nazo phesheya njengosongo olungase lube usongo. Lapho bebuya e-Iraq noma e-Afghanistan, bathola ukuthi omunye wabaqashi abambalwa ababeka odokotela bezilwane kuqala yiminyango yamaphoyisa nezinkampani zokuphepha. Baphinde banikeze amaholo aphezulu uma kuqhathaniswa, izinzuzo ezinhle, kanye nokuvikelwa kwezinyunyana, yingakho iphoyisa elilodwa kwamahlanu lingomakadebona. Ngakho-ke, ngisho namasosha afika ekhaya ne-PTSD noma ukusetshenziswa kabi kwezidakamizwa notshwala, esikhundleni sokunakekelwa ngokwanele, anikezwa izikhali futhi akhishwe emigwaqweni. Akumangalisi ukuthi ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi amaphoyisa anolwazi lwezempi, ikakhulukazi lawo ajutshwe phesheya kwezilwandle, maningi amathuba okuthi abandakanyeke ezigamekweni zokudubula kunalawo angayi empini. Ubuhlobo obufanayo bengcindezelo ekhaya nakwamanye amazwe buyiqiniso ngamasu okuhlukumeza, afundiswa amasosha namaphoyisa kulo lonke elaseLatin America phakathi neMpi Yomshoshaphansi. Ziphinde zasetshenziswa kubantu base-Afghan ejele lase-Bagram Air Base eliphethwe yi-US, kanye nakwa-Iraqis ejele lase-Abu Ghraib, lapho omunye wabahlukumezi wayesebenzisa amasu afanayo njengonogada wasejele ePennsylvania. Inhloso ye-waterboarding, indlela yokuhlukumeza eqala emuva ezimpini zokulwa nezimpi eMelika kanye nasePhilippines, ukuvimbela umuntu ukuthi aphefumule, njengoba nje kubanjwe amaphoyisa abulala u-Eric Garner noma idolo entanyeni elabulala uGeorge Floyd. I-#ICantBreathe ayisona nje isitatimende soshintsho ekhaya, kodwa futhi iyisitatimende esithinta umhlaba wonke.
9. I-War on Drugs ifake imali eningi emaphoyiseni namasosha kodwa ihlukumeze abantu bebala, ekhaya naphesheya. Lokhu okubizwa ngokuthi “Impi Yezidakamizwa” iye yacekela phansi imiphakathi yemibalabala, ikakhulukazi umphakathi wabaNsundu, okuholela emazingeni enhlekelele odlame lwezibhamu nokuboshwa kwabantu abaningi. Abantu bebala bavame ukumiswa, ukuseshwa, ukuboshwa, ukugwetshwa nokugwetshwa kanzima ngamacala ahlobene nezidakamizwa. Cishe amaphesenti angama-80 abantu abasejele likahulumeni kanye namaphesenti acishe abe ngu-60 abantu abasejele lombuso ngamacala ezidakamizwa abamnyama noma amaLatinx. Impi Yezidakamizwa isicekele phansi imiphakathi yaphesheya kwezilwandle. Kuyo yonke iNingizimu Melika, iCaribbean, kanye ne-Afghanistan kuzo zombili izindawo ezikhiqiza izidakamizwa kanye nokushushumbiswa kwezidakamizwa, izimpi ezisekelwa yi-US zinikeze amandla amaqembu obugebengu obuhleliwe kanye nezidakamizwa, okuholela ekubhebhethekeni kodlame, inkohlakalo, ukungajeziswa, ukuwohloka komthetho, kanye nenani elikhulu labantu. ukwephulwa kwamalungelo. I-Central America manje isiyikhaya lamadolobha ayingozi kakhulu emhlabeni, okuholela ekuthuthelekeni kwabantu abaningi e-US uDonald Trump ayihlomise ngezinhloso zezepolitiki. Njengoba nje izimpendulo zamaphoyisa ekhaya zingaxazululi izinkinga zenhlalo ezibangelwa ubumpofu nokuphelelwa ithemba (futhi ngokuvamile kudala umonakalo omkhulu kunokuhle), ukuthunyelwa kwezempi kwamanye amazwe akuxazululi izingxabano zomlando ezivame ukuba nezimpande zabo ekungalingani kwezenhlalakahle nezomnotho, futhi esikhundleni salokho kwakha ukungqubuzana okungokomlando okuvame ukuba nezimpande zabo ekungalingani kwezenhlalakahle nezomnotho, umjikelezo wodlame owenza isimo sibe sibi kakhulu.
10. Imishini yokunxenxa iqinisa ukwesekwa kwamaphoyisa kanye noxhaso lwemboni yezempi. Abameli bokugcinwa komthetho kudala bakhela ukwesekwa kwamaphoyisa namajele phakathi kosopolitiki bakahulumeni kanye nohulumeni, besebenzisa ukwesaba ubugebengu, kanye nesifiso senzuzo nemisebenzi edluliselwa kubasekeli bayo. Phakathi kwabaseka kakhulu kukhona izinyunyana zamaphoyisa nonogada basejele, okuthi esikhundleni sokusebenzisa inhlangano yabasebenzi ukuvikela abangenamandla kwabanamandla, bavikele amalungu abo ezikhalweni zomphakathi zesihluku. Isakhiwo samasosha nezimboni ngokufanayo sisebenzisa imisipha yaso yokunxenxa ukugcina osopolitiki behambisana nezifiso zabo. Minyaka yonke izigidigidi zamaRandi zithunyelwa kubakhokhintela base-US ziye ezinkulungwaneni zezinkampani zezikhali, ezibe sezihola imikhankaso yokufuna usizo lwezempi lwangaphandle kanye nokuthengiswa kwezikhali. Basebenzisa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-125 ngonyaka ekunxenxeni abantu, kanye namanye amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-25 ngonyaka ekunikeleleni imikhankaso yezombangazwe. Izikhali zokukhiqiza zinikeze izigidi zabasebenzi amanye amaholo aphezulu kakhulu ezimbonini zezwe, futhi eziningi zezinyunyana zabo (njengamaMachinists) ziyingxenye ye-Pentagon lobby. Lawa ma-lobbies osonkontileka bezempi abe namandla kakhulu futhi abe nomthelela hhayi kuphela kwisabelomali kodwa naphezu kokwakhiwa kwenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US. Amandla enxanxathela yezempi nezimboni aseyingozi kakhulu ukwedlula ngisho noMongameli u-Eisenhower ngokwakhe ayesaba lapho exwayisa isizwe, ngo-1961, ngethonya laso elingafanele.
Kokubili "ukubuyisa imali yamaphoyisa" kanye "nempi yokubuyisa imali," ngenkathi kuphikiswa iningi lamaRepublican akhethiwe namaDemocrats amakhulu, bathola ukwesekwa ngumphakathi. Sekuyisikhathi eside osopolitiki abajwayelekile besaba ukupendwa ngokuthi “buthambile ebugebengwini” noma “buthambile ekuzivikeleni.” Lo mbono wokuzithuthukisa uveza umbono wokuthi i-US idinga amaphoyisa amaningi emigwaqweni namasosha amaningi abusa emhlabeni, kungenjalo kuzobusa izinxushunxushu. Abezindaba abahamba phambili bagcine osopolitiki besaba ukukunikeza noma yiluphi uhlobo lombono ohlukile, ongahambisani nempi. Kepha ukuvuka kwamuva nje sekuphenduke "ukubuyisa imali yamaphoyisa" kusuka ekucashungeni kwengxoxo yezwe, futhi amanye amadolobha asedlulisa izigidi zamadola emaphoyiseni ziye ezinhlelweni zomphakathi.
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Ngokunjalo, kuze kube muva nje, ukubiza ukuncishiswa kwezindleko zezempi yase-US kwakuyinto enkulu eWashington DC. Unyaka nonyaka, wonke ngaphandle kwamaDemocrats ambalwa ahlangana namaRiphabhulikhi ukuvotela ukwenyuka okukhulu kwezindleko zezempi. Kodwa lokho manje sekuqala ukushintsha. Ilungu leCongress uBarbara Lee wethule isinqumo esiyingqopha-mlando, esifisayo esihlongoza ukusikeka okukhulu kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-350, okungaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-40 esabelomali sePentagon. Futhi uSen. Bernie Sanders, kanye nabanye abathuthukayo, bethula isichibiyelo soMthetho Wokugunyazwa Kwezokuvikela Kazwelonke ukuze kuncishiswe isabelomali sePentagon ngamaphesenti ayi-10.
Njengoba nje sifuna ukuchaza kabusha indima yamaphoyisa emiphakathini yethu yasendaweni, ngakho-ke kufanele sichaze kabusha iqhaza lamasosha emphakathini womhlaba. Njengoba sicula “Indaba Yokuphila Okumnyama,” kufanele futhi sikhumbule izimpilo zabantu abafa nsuku zonke ngenxa yamabhomu ase-US eYemen nase-Afghanistan, unswinyo lwaseMelika eVenezuela nase-Iran, kanye nezikhali zase-US ePalestine nasePhilippines. Ukubulawa kwabantu abamnyama baseMelika kuveza ngokufanelekile izindimbane zababhikishi, okungasiza ekuvuleni iwindi lokuqwashisa ngezinkulungwane zezinkulungwane zezimpilo zabantu okungebona abaseMelika ezithathwe emikhankasweni yezempi yase-US. Njengoba inkundla ye-Movement for Black Lives ithi: “Umbutho wethu kumele uxhumene nezinhlangano ezilwela inkululeko emhlabeni jikelele.”
Labo manje asebengabaza indlela eyanda impi yokuqinisa umthetho kufanele futhi bangabaze indlela yezempi yobudlelwano bangaphandle. Njengoba nje amaphoyisa angakwazi ukuziphendulela agqoke izibhelu eyingozi emiphakathini yethu, ngakho-ke, ibutho lezempi elingaphenduli, elihlome ngezikhali futhi elisebenza ngokuyimfihlo, liyingozi emhlabeni. Ngesikhathi senkulumo yakhe eyingqophamlando emelene nama-imperialist, “Ngaphesheya kweVietnam,” uDkt. King edume kakhulu wathi: “Ngeke ngiphinde ngiphakamise izwi lami ngokumelene nodlame lwabacindezelwe ezindlini ngaphandle kokuba ngiqale ngikhulume ngokucacile nomshoshozeli omkhulu wobudlova emhlabeni. namuhla: uhulumeni wami.”
Imibhikisho yokuthi "Ukubuyisela Amaphoyisa Imali" kuphoqe abantu baseMelika ukuthi babone ngale kwezinguquko zamaphoyisa ukuze bathole kabusha ukuphepha komphakathi. Ngakho-ke, futhi, sidinga ukwamukelwa kabusha okuqinile kokuphepha kwezwe lethu esiqubulweni esithi "Defund War." Uma sithola udlame lwezwe olungabandlululi emigwaqweni yethu lushaqisa, kufanele sizizwe ngendlela efanayo ngodlame lombuso phesheya, futhi sicele ukwehlukana namaphoyisa kanye nePentagon, futhi sitshale kabusha lawo madola abakhokhi bentela ukuze kwakhiwe kabusha imiphakathi yasekhaya naphesheya. Z
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