Phakathi kwemicabango eminingi engqubuzanayo neshaqisayo eyadlula ekhanda lami ngobusuku bokhetho, lapho ngibuka ukunqoba kukaDonald Trump ebonakala ngokudelela izibikezelo, kwakuwukuthi esikhathini esidlule, ingxenye yonyaka edlule, sasondela kakhulu ekubeni oqokiwe oqhubekayo weqiniso onethuba langempela lokuwina. Leyo ndoda, kunjalo, uBernie Sanders, umakadebona ozimele waseVermont owagijima njengeDemocrat ephikisana noHillary Clinton ngesikhathi sokhetho lokuqala.
USanders uthole ukwesekwa ngabavoti beminyaka eyinkulungwane kubo bonke abantu futhi waheha amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu emibuthanweni yakhe emikhulu. Ugqugquzele izigidi zabantu baseMelika ukuthi babambe iqhaza ohlelweni lokhetho, okwadumaza kakhulu ukusungulwa kwamaDemocrats. Imithombo yezindaba yenkampani, ekuqaleni yenqaba ukumthatha ngokungathi sína, ekugcineni yabona, mhlawumbe sekwephuze kakhulu, ukuthi uSenator usengene emuzweni owandile kubantu baseMelika wokuthi umnotho wethu, ngamazwi akhe, "ukhohlakele" ngokumelene nathi.
Yize ehlulwe okhethweni lokuqala uClinton, uSanders usebenzise ukugqama kwesikhundla sakhe ukuze aqhubeke nenguquko yakhe yezepolitiki. Encwadini entsha ebizwa ngokuthi “Ukuvukelwa Kwethu”—igama elifanayo nelithi Inhlangano useyisungulile—uSanders uxoxa indaba yakhe ngendlela asayinda ngayo, isitayela esingenangqondo, kusukela emvelaphi yakhe ethobekile eBrooklyn, NY kuya emsebenzini wakhe wokuba yilungu lesigele saseVermont, isinqumo sakhe sokungenela umongameli, inselele eyinkimbinkimbi nesabekayo yokuhlela umkhankaso, futhi ekugcineni, izingqinamba eziphambi kwethu ezidinga kakhulu ukulungiswa. Manje ohambweni lokukhuluma lokukhangisa incwadi yakhe, uSanders, osethole isikhundla sokuba yinkanyezi, ukhulume nami ngoLwesithathu ngenhlangano yakhe Yenguquko Yethu kanye nokuzamazama komhlaba kwezepolitiki okubangelwe ukunqoba kukaTrump.
Esinye sezifundo ezibaluleke kakhulu emkhankasweni kaSanders ukuthi kwafakazela kuDemocratic Party ukuthi umuntu ongenele ukhetho lukamongameli akagcini nje ngokuzuza ukwesekwa ngokuya kwesokunxele, kodwa angathwebula umcabango wabavoti abaya ngokuya bephoxeka abashiywe yiwo womabili amaqembu amakhulu. . Umbuzo uthi ngabe bafundile yini abaphezulu eqenjini? Ngokusho kukaSanders, "Uma kukhona engingakusho ngakho-futhi ngikwenza-kuzofundwa." Naphezu kokuba ebuyele esimweni sakhe sokuzimela ngemva kweNgqungquthela Kazwelonke ye-Democratic, ngenxa yokuthi u-Sanders uwine cishe ingxenye yezithunywa zokhetho lokuqala kuleli hlobo, unamandla kuDemocratic Party.
USanders wakhala ngokuthi “izigidi nezigidi zabantu kuleli zwe ziyalimala kwezomnotho futhi asikhulumi ngakho.” Kungenxa yokuthi wagxila kakhulu kulolu daba emkhankasweni wakhe wokuba ngumongameli wazuza udumo olukhulu, nakuba ayengaziwa njengoClinton. Imithombo yezindaba yebhizinisi ngokuvamile yayikushaya indiva ukungalingani kwezomnotho, esikhundleni salokho igxile ekuthuthukeni kwezimali kwe-Wall Street. Ngasohlangothini lweDemocratic Alliance, uSanders wayeyizwi elikhulu nelicace kunawo wonke elalikhuluma ngesidingo “sokungena emabhange,” njengoba ethanda ukusho. "Sizohlanganisa abantu baseMelika futhi siqhubeke nabo," esho. "Uyakwenza lokho, wenzela iMelika into efanele, futhi unqoba ukhetho."
Kuzwakala kulula. Kepha lokho kubalula kuvame ukuba yilokho okusungulwa amaDemocrats (namaRiphabhlikhi), akhetha ukuthatha izikhundla zenqubomgomo eziyinkimbinkimbi njengoba bezulazula phakathi kwezinkulumo eziphakeme, ezizwakala ngabantu abaningi kanye nokwethembeka kwabo kweqiniso ezithakazelweni zezomnotho eziphakeme. USanders wephule izingqinamba kwaba yisisekelo: Sonke siyalimala, futhi sidinga ukukulungisa. Wenze njalo noTrump, owengeze ngengxubevange enobuthi yokucwasa ngokobuhlanga, ngokobulili kanye nenkulumo-ze enobandlululo futhi wafihla iqiniso lokuthi uphuma esigabeni sosozigidi esihlomule ngendlela emangalisayo ngokungalingani.
Yize umlayezo kaSanders wawucacile futhi ulula, ukwakha nokusebenzisa umkhankaso wezepolitiki ngezinga awenza kwakungelula neze. Exoxa indaba yokuthi waboleka kanjani ukwakheka komkhankaso kaMongameli Obama wezepolitiki futhi wagcina isithembiso esinamandla sokungathathi imali yenkampani noma iminikelo emikhulu, kaSanders "Inguquko Yethu" iyibhukwana lalabo abazongenela ukhetho esikhathini esizayo. Ukufingqa ngala magama: “Ngicabanga ukuthi kuyisifundo esihle ukuthi abantu baqonde ukuthi ungawuqala kanjani umkhankaso ungahlonishwa ngamagama, ungabi nanhlangano, ungabi namali, ugcine uzuze amavoti angu-13.4 million ezifundazweni ezingu-22 kanye neningi lentsha. amavoti abantu.”
Nakuba ingxenye yokuqala yencwadi isho ukuthi wawuqhuba kanjani umkhankaso wakhe, ingxenye yesibili ibaluleke nakakhulu: Inikeza ukuhlaziya okujulile nokucacile kokuthi yini engalungile ngomnotho wase-US, ukuthi uqhekeke kanjani emigqeni yobuhlanga nobulili, nokuthi iMelika yezinkampani kanye nohulumeni wobumbano baye balimaza kanjani abasebenzi. Le ngxenye ikhonjiswe ngemidwebo enamandla eyenza amaphuzu ka-Sanders ngaphandle kokuthi "amangale," kodwa ngaphandle kokukhuluma ngezinkinga abantu baseMelika abaningi abazi ukuthi kuyiqiniso ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo.
UTrump ukwazile ukukholisa abantu baseMelika abaningi ngokungalungile ukuthi imithetho nezintela zilimaza umnotho kuqala nokuphambili. Ngokuphambene, uSanders uchaza ukuthi osopolitiki, abaphathi bezinkampani kanye nabameleli babo bawuhlanekezele kanjani umnotho wethu bavuna abacebile, futhi unikeza izikhundla ezithile zenqubomgomo ezingalungisa umonakalo. "Sihamba ngendlela yokuthi sibe uhlobo lomphakathi we-oligarchic," wangitshela. Lokhu kuhlaziya kungase kube ukusebenzisa kukaSanders okungcono kakhulu ipulpiti lakhe asanda kulithola, futhi yikho okwadonsela abantu baseMelika abaningi ekungeneleni kwakhe ukhetho kwasekuqaleni.
USanders ubona abezindaba bezinkampani njengengxenye ebalulekile yenkinga. Ukube amanethiwekhi amakhulu namaphephandaba amthathe ngokungathi sína ngonyaka owedlule futhi amnaka kakhulu njengoba uTrump noClinton banikezwa, izwe lingase libe sesimweni esihlukile namuhla. Kuyafaneleka ukuthi enze inhlolokhono entathelini ezimele njengami, ayichazele, “Abezindaba bezinkampani ngeke bakhulume ngezinkinga zangempela ezibhekene naleli lizwe.” Wavuma, “Sisebenzisa ngokunenzuzo lapho sikwazi,” enezela, “kodwa masingabi yizithutha—imithombo yezindaba iphethwe yizinhlangano ezinkulu zezizwe ngezizwe.”
Nakuba izizathu zokungalingani kwezomnotho kanye nezinqubomgomo zokukulungisa zicacile, ukuze zifezeke, abathuthukayo badinga amandla ezombusazwe. Sekungamashumi eminyaka, izigidi zabantu baseMelika bezihlalele nje okhethweni. Okhethweni luka-2016, 100 million abavoti abafanelekile baseMelika umane nje akazange avote, okungenzeka ukuthi udunyazwe abantu ababili ababevotelwa amaqembu amakhulu, nokungekho kubo owakhuthaza ukuzethemba. Ngokuwina kukaTrump Electoral College, inselelo enkulu esibhekene nayo isizwe namuhla yindlela yokukhuthaza abantu baseMelika abaphume ohlelweni lwezepolitiki. Njengoba uTrump esabisa ngokugcina izethembiso zakhe zomkhankaso eziyingozi kakhulu—ngokusekelwe kwikhabhinethi alikhethayo—sizifaka engozini yokudumazeka okukhulu nakakhulu.
Uma inqubo yokhetho yenze umonakalo onjalo, ngibuze uSanders, abantu baseMelika bangagqugquzelwa kanjani ukuthi bahlanganyele? Waphendula, “Akunakusho, engqondweni yami, ukuthi kufanele sizibandakanye kwezombusazwe zokhetho.” Uyakwamukela ukuthi uguquko kumele luqhamuke nezinxushunxushu zangaphandle kwezepolitiki. “Ngakolunye uhlangothi,” esho, “kufanele futhi siqonde ukuthi kunezindlela esingaba namandla ngazo, esingalwela ukuvikela iplanethi yethu ekuguquguqukeni kwesimo sezulu, ukuthi silwele amalungelo abesifazane, noma amalungelo ezitabane, noma amalungelo abantu abambalwa, ngaphandle kokubandakanyeka kwezombusazwe zokhetho. Akuyona 'noma-noma'; 'kokubili.' Ukulwela utshani kubaluleke ngokufanayo.”
Ngezizathu eziningi i-ajenda kaTrump iphazamisa kakhulu uSanders, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kusondele phezulu. UTrump uvame ukusho lokho ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke kuyinkohliso. USanders ufuna "izigidi zabantu zihlangane ukuze ziqinisekise ukuthi sithatha imboni kaphethiloli, ukuthi simisa amapayipi futhi siguqule lesi simiso samandla sisuke kumafutha ezinto ezimbiwa phansi siye ekusebenzeni kahle kwamandla namandla aqhubekayo." Okuxakayo ukuthi njengoba ukhetho luqhubeka, kwakunomhlangano omkhulu wamazwe ngamazwe ophathelene nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu eMarrakech, eMorocco. Izithameli zomhlangano we-United Nations COP22 ebuka ngokudangala njengoba izwe elicebe kakhulu emhlabeni likhethe umuntu ophika ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu njengenhloko yalo yombuso.
Ubumongameli bukaTrump buphinde bungenisa inkathi entsha yobuzwe obumhlophe e-US Ukukhetha kwakhe uSihlalo weBreitbart News uSteve Bannon njengoba usomaqhinga wakhe omkhulu esecacise izinhloso zakhe zokudambisa ukucasuka kobuhlanga kweqeqebana labavoti bakhe abamhlophe. USanders ube nencazelo eqondile yalokhu kukhetha: “Ngokomlando, lokho abebehlale bekwenza ama-degogue kudlalwa eqenjini elilodwa kwelinye iqembu. Futhi impendulo ithi laba bafana osozigidigidi bahamba behleka baze bayofika ebhange ekubeni nina nibangisana ngemvuthuluka,” usho kanje.
USanders ukholelwa ukuthi ubulungiswa bobuhlanga kanye nobulungiswa bezomnotho kuyahambisana, umgwaqo obaluleke kakhulu ukuze abathuthukile bahlele nxazonke. Esebenzisa umsebenzi kaMfundisi uMartin Luther King Jr. eminyakeni yokugcina yokuphila kwakhe, uSanders wabeka umholi omkhulu wamalungelo abantu: “Kufanele siguqule izinto eziza kuqala kuleli zwe—kungabi kwezempi, kunciphe ukwephulelwa intela kwabathile. abacebile, futhi masinakekele abantu abasengozini kakhulu.”
Ngamafuphi, uthe, "Ngicabanga ukuthi umsebenzi wethu ukuhlanganisa izigidi zabantu ezweni lonke manje ukuthi zisukume zilwe." Lokhu akuwona umsebenzi olula, kunjalo. Kodwa uma noma ubani engabonisa ngesibonelo ukuthi into enjalo ingenzeka, yindoda okungenzeka kube umongameli wethu olandelayo.
Sonali Kolhatkar ungumsingathi kanye nomkhiqizi omkhulu we Ukuvuka, uhlelo lomsakazo lwansuku zonke ku-KPFK Pacifica Radio, maduze oluzotholakala ku-Free Speech TV (Chofoza lapha ngomkhankaso wokusakaza i-Uprising). Uphinde abe nguMqondisi we I-Afghan Women's Mission, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ezinze e-US esekela abashisekeli bamalungelo abesifazane e-Afghanistan kanye nombhali ohlangene we- “I-Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, kanye ne-Propaganda yokuthula. "
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