“Akakho othungela isiziba sendwangu entsha engutsheni endala; Uma ekwenza lokho, isiziba siyasiklebhula, esisha kwesitsha esidala, sibe sibi nakakhulu ukudabuka. Futhi akakho othela iwayini elisha ezingqalathini zewayini ezindala. Uma ekwenza lokho, iwayini liyoqhuma izimvaba, newayini lonakale nezimvaba. Kodwa iwayini elisha lingelezimvaba ezintsha.”
-UJesu waseNazaretha, eBhayibhelini lesiZulu elivamile, Marku 2:21-22
Angikaze ngibe yiDemocrat, nakuba abazali bami babengamaDemocrats akhululekile, futhi nakuba ngisekela abathile abangenele ukhetho ababenenqubekela phambili. Ukusuka ekubeni ngumfana kuya kowesilisa ngawo-1960, kwakubonakala kuwumsebenzi onzima kimi. Ngingalisekela kanjani iqembu elalinabalandeli bokucwasa ngokwebala ebuholini balo njengoJames Eastland, John Stennis kanye noStrom Thurmond, kanye noMongameli owakhethwa ngo-1964, uLyndon Johnson, owakhankasa ephikisana nokuthunyelwa kwamanye amasosha ase-US eVietnam kodwa, ngemuva kwakhe. okhethweni, wenza okuphambene, ngokumangazayo nangokumangazayo yandisa leyo mpi yama impiriyali?
Kunjalo, bekulokhu kunophiko olukhululekile/ oluqhubekayo lweDemocratic Party olunikeze ukwesekwa kwezinhlangano ezithuthukayo ezilwela ukuthula, ukulingana namalungelo abantu.
Incwadi yakamuva ka-Van Jones, ethi, Yakha kabusha Iphupho, ihlaziya iDemocratic Party, isigameko sika-Obama, i-Occupy movement kanye nenqubekelaphambili jikelele futhi ibeka phambili umbono wamasu wokuthi singalishintsha kanjani izwe uma sibheka lapho sikhona ngo-2012. incwadi okufanele uyifunde. Nakuba nginokuningi ukugxeka ngakho, u-Van wenze ukunyakaza umsebenzi ngokubeka ubuhlakani bakhe obukhaliphile ukuze abeke phambili iqoqo lemibono mayelana nendlela yokwakha lokho, encwadini yakhe yangaphambili, I-Green Collar Economy, wabiza “umfelandawonye obanzi, wobuzwe—ohlanganisa zonke izigaba ngaphansi kwelanga nayo yonke imibala yothingo.”
Ukwakha “umfelandawonye obanzi, wabantu abaningi,” ngivuma ngokuphelele, kuwumsebenzi wamasu obaluleke kakhulu, kanye nenkulumompikiswano eyakhayo mayelana nendlela engcono kakhulu yokwakha, futhi umsebenzi wangempela wokwenza lokho, udingeka kakhulu, manje.
Encwadini ethi Yakha Kabusha Iphupho, uJones ucela ukwakhiwa kwenhlangano ezimele ngaphandle kweDemocratic Party, kodwa kunombuzo wangempela mayelana nokuthi uwubona kanjani lo mnyakazo “ozimele”, ikakhulukazi uma kuziwa emsebenzini wokhetho. Emishweni embalwa ebalulekile, uthi, ngokwesibonelo: “Inselele kuzoba ukubona ukuthi ingxenye ethile yama-99% ingakwazi yini ukuthwebula ibhishi ngaphakathi kwephathi esunguliwe—ngaphandle kokuba ibanjwe yona. Uma ingaphumelela, inhlangano engu-99% izoba nokuma namandla okuphoqa uhlelo lwezepolitiki lwaseMelika ukuthi luphendule kakhudlwana izidingo zabantu baseMelika bansuku zonke. " (ikhasi 173)
Kwenye indawo ubiza umbutho “ozimele ngokuyisisekelo kunoma yiliphi iqembu, usopolitiki noma ubuntu,” futhi Ugxeka ngezindlela eziningi zazo zombili izinhlangothi. Ngokwesibonelo, esingenisweni, ubhala ukuthi “ogogo nomkhulu bethu basungula imithetho nezinqubomgomo zokuvikela izwe ekuhlukunyezweni kwezinkampani kanye nokweqisa kwe-Wall Street. Ngeshwa, womabili amaqembu amakhulu ezombusazwe ayengelwa ukuba avumele izicukuthwane ukuba ziphuce lezo zivikelo ezincwadini zethu zomthetho.” (ikhasi 7) Kodwa naphezu kwale mibono emihle nenembile, indlela yamasu iyonke ye-Rebuild the Dream uma kukhulunywa ngenqubo yokhetho ukuthi le nhlangano ezimele kufanele ngokuyinhloko isebenze ngaphakathi kweDemocratic Party.
UJones ubeka lo mbono phambili yize egxeka uHulumeni ka-Obama abeyingxenye yawo izinyanga eziyisithupha. Enye yezinto azenzayo kule ncwadi ukuhlaziya ukuthi umbutho ka-Obama ka-2008 wavelaphi, ukuthi u-Obama kanye naleyo nhlangano benza okuhle nokubi ngemva kokuqokwa njengoMongameli, nokuthi yiziphi izifundo ezingatholakala kulezo zenzakalo.
Kunemibono emibili ebalulekile yemibono uVan ayibeka phambili ekhathazayo:
-ukuma kwakhe okuhle okucacile kwe-pro-capitalist. Phakathi kwezinye izindima, ekhasini 189 uyabhala, “Kudingeka sithuthukele ebunxiweni obungcono kakhulu.” Isithasiselo sika-Eva Patterson sithi ngoJones ebhekise encwadini yakhe, I-Green Collar Economy, “Incwadi kaVan iyingoma yoqobo yokudumisa ubungxiwankulu, ikakhulukazi uhlobo olunomthwalo wemfanelo emphakathini futhi oluhambisana nemvelo.” (ikhasi 252)
Ngaphandle kokungabaza, ngaphakathi komfelandawonye obanzi, oqhubekayo “amabhizinisi anesibopho emphakathini futhi anobungani nemvelo” kufanele abe yingxenye yawo. Kodwa ngiyabuza ukuthi ngabe lolo mbimbi ngokwalo kufanele luziveze njengobungxowankulu. Kimina kubukeka sengathi okudingekayo wumbimbi olwakhelwe ohlelweni olumayelana nezindaba. Inkulumo-mpikiswano kufanele yenzeke mayelana nokuthi yiziphi izindlela ezingcono kakhulu zokubhekana nezingqinamba eziningi ezikhiqizwe yisistimu—isimo sezulu, ezempilo, ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi, izindlu, imfundo, udlame lwamasiko, ukungalingani, njll—ngaphandle kokuba umfelandawonye ube nomuntu othanda u-capitalist ngokusobala, i-socialist, i-pro-libertarian, i-pro-anarchist nanoma yimuphi omunye umbono osekelwe emlandweni.
Ngempela, inhlangano ethi Yakha Kabusha Iphupho uVan asizayo ukulihola, ikhiqize into efana nalena “ngenkontileka yephupho laseMelika.” Uhlelo olunamaphuzu ayi-10 olube nokuningi okokufaka—ukubamba iqhaza kwabantu abayi-131,203 ngokusho kukaJones. Ingaqiniswa futhi inwetshwe, kodwa ngaphandle kokungabaza inkundla eqhubekayo eqinile engenaso i-pro-capitalist esobala, i-socialist noma enye i-ideological orientation engikwaziyo ukuyibona.
-ukubiza kwakhe umnyakazo we-99% "ozichaza ngokuthi u-99% we-100%. Ngithole lokhu kukhathaza futhi kungacacile. Ingabe uVan uyakholelwa ngempela ukuthi i-1/10th ku-1% okuyiyona ephethe uhulumeni wase-US futhi ingxenye enkulu yomnotho womhlaba ingabambisana nabo emzabalazweni wokuthola umhlaba onobulungisa ngempela? Uyabhala ukuthi "abaningi be-1% bangasohlangothini lwethu." Ngempela? Ngizimisele ukwamukela noma ubani ovela noma yikuphi, kungakhathaliseki uhlanga lwakhe, ubulili, isigaba, umbono wezombusazwe noma umlando womuntu siqu, uma beqala ukubona iphutha lezindlela zabo futhi, ngezenzo zabo, beza ohlangothini lwabantu. Kodwa kuwumbono okhohlisayo ukuthi ingxenye enkulu yesigaba esibusayo sebhizinisi ayilutho ngaphandle nje kwesibalo esincane kodwa esinamandla “sabo” kokuthi “bona ngokumelene nathi.”
Lo mbono wamasu ugubuzela futhi udide indlela esenza ngayo umsebenzi wethu. Umsebenzi wethu kufanele ugxile phakathi kwezifunda ezilimalayo ngaphansi kwalesi simiso—iningi lazo uVan azichaza encwadini—kanye nalabo bazo zonke izigaba ezikhathazeke ngempela ngokungabi nabulungisa kanye nesimo somhlaba. Futhi ngokweqiniso, lokho akuwona “ama-99%. Kufana nokuthi mhlawumbe “abangama-70%,” nakuba ngokuhamba kwesikhathi singawina kakhulu futhi ngaphezulu kwalawo amanye ama-30% okuthi, ngenxa yemibono yawo eqondile noma amalungelo asezingeni eliphezulu, abe ngakolunye uhlangothi.
Ngiyaqhubeka nokukholelwa ukuthi okudingwa umbutho oqhubekayo ozimele isu elicacile “lamandla esithathu”, hhayi ukuthatha isu leDemocratic Party, noma isu lokusungula isizinda solwandle ngaphakathi kwayo.
Isu "lamandla esithathu" laqala ukuvezwa engilaziyo nguMfundisi Jesse Jackson ngo-1984 phakathi nomkhankaso wakhe wokuqala wokuba ngumongameli. Wayibophela ekwakhiweni kweRainbow Coalition njengomfelandawonye ohlanganisa abantu base-Afrika baseMelika, abaseLatinos, aboMdabu baseMelika, abase-Asia, abalimi, abasebenzi, abalwela amalungelo abesifazane, abesilisa abathandana nabanye besifazane kanye nezitabane, izishoshovu zokuthula, abezemvelo nabanye abangavunyelwe noma abaphazanyiswa yilolu hlelo. Liphinde lamukela ngokukhululekile labo ababezibophezele ekwakheni iqembu lesithathu, nakuba njengoba uMfundisi uJackson eba namandla kakhulu kwezombangazwe phakathi nomkhankaso wakhe wobuMongameli ngo-1988, labo ababeseka leyo njongo baqala ukubukelwa phansi. Kwathi ngo-1989, amandla amangalisayo alo mfelandawonye odumile ashabalala lapho izinguquko zenhlangano ziphoqeleka ukuthi zidlulele phezulu ezasusa uhlamvu lwe-Rainbow Coalition olushukumisayo nolokwakha umnyakazo.
Leso siphetho esidabukisayo salo mnyakazo othembisayo akuphazamisi ukuzwakala kwesu lamandla esithathu, noma isidingo esiqhubekayo salo.
Ibutho lesithathu, cishe, lizokweseka ikakhulukazi amaDemocrats athuthukayo ekuqaleni mayelana namaqhinga awo okhetho, kodwa futhi lingakwamukela ukubandakanyeka kwamaGreens nabanye abesekayo noma abagijima njengabazimele ezikhundleni. Izinqumo zokuthi ubani ozokweseka futhi zizokwenziwa kanjani ngentando yeningi. Mhlawumbe okubaluleke nakakhulu, ibutho lesithathu lingase lisekele izinhlobo zezinguquko zokhetho ezizovula uhlelo lwethu lokhetho olubuswa yizinhlangano ezimbili ezibuswa yizinhlangano ezimbili ezingenantando yeningi futhi zenze kube nokwenzeka ukuba kuzwakale amazwi nemibono eminingi. Izinguquko ezinjalo kufanele zifake phakathi uxhaso lwezimali zomphakathi—hhayi izinkampani—ukuvota, ukuvota okuphindiwe ngokushesha, ukumelwa ngokulinganayo, imithetho yokufinyelela kubhalothi enengqondo—hhayi ekhawulelwe, isikhathi semidiya samahhala sabo bonke abakhethiwe ababonisa isisekelo sokusekela, njll.
Kodwa ibutho lesithathu kumelwe lenze okungaphezu kokweseka noma ukuphatha abantu abazongenela ukhetho esikhundleni, futhi kulokhu incwadi kaJones inezinto ezinhle engazisho. Ubhala ngokubaluleka "kweSikhala Senhliziyo" kanye "Nomdlalo Wangaphandle." Umnyakazo we-Occupy Wall Street uyisibonelo esihle sakho kokubili, uVan avuma ngakho: “I-Occupy Wall Street ithele i-Heart Space ngokulimala kwe-visceral kanye nentukuthelo yangempela. Basebenzise ithalente elikhulu lokudala enkonzweni kumlayezo wabo, futhi basebenzise amanethiwekhi omphakathi ukuze basabalalise. Kukho konke lokhu, badlale nomdlalo wangaphandle oqinile. Isenzo sabo besinomunyu—sivuse impendulo yamaphoyisa futhi safuna impendulo esikhungweni esibanzi.” (ikhasi 133)
UJones naye ukhuluma kahle ngokungalaleli komphakathi. Ebhekisela ohlelweni lwe-Take Back the Land, uyabhala: “Amaphoyisa afikile ukuzokhipha [abanikazi bomuzi odliwe] futhi abhekene nezindimbane zabantu ezizimisele ukuboshwa, futhi ezimweni eziningi, amaphoyisa asanda kuboshwa. kwesokunxele. Bese kuthi amabhange alinde ukuthi kuthuleke izinto ngaphambi kokuthi aphinde aphinde agijime kuyona.” (ikhasi 207)
Uphinde akhulume ngomkhankaso wokungalaleli komphakathi owawuse-White House ehlobo lika-2011 ngokumelene nepayipi lesihlabathi setiyela i-Keystone XL lapho kwaboshwa khona abantu abangu-1253 esikhathini esingamasonto amabili. Nokho, kukhulunywa ngomusho owodwa ngokwezwi nezwi.
Lokhu ukugxeka kwami kokugcina kwe-Rebuild the Dream: ukugxila kwayo okulinganiselwe enkingeni yesimo sezulu. UJones ngokwakhe ubonakala ekwazi lokhu lapho ebhala, ngaphezu kwezingxenye ezintathu kwezine zendlela encwadini esekhasini 184, ukuthi, “kule ncwadi, asikaze sithintwe inkinga yezemvelo. Kodwa njengoba ngibhale incwadi yami yokugcina, I-Green Collar Economy, izinto ziye zaba zimbi kakhulu—ezimweni eziningi zaba zimbi kakhulu. . . Ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu okuyinhlekelele, okushukunyiswa izenzo zabantu, kusewusongo olukhulu emiphakathini yabantu, ingasaphathwa eyezinye izinhlobo zezinto eziphilayo ezingenakubalwa.” Ube esebhala amakhasi amaningana mayelana nalolu “songo olukhulu kakhulu.”
Ngeshwa, kulesi sigaba akaphindi imibono evela endimeni ebalulekile ku I-Green Collar Economy, ngesidingo “seMpi Yezwe II yezinga lokugqugquzela” mayelana nokufudumala kwembulunga yonke. Yilokhu akubhala ngo-2008, enanela izingcingo ezifanayo ezivela ku-Al Gore, James Hansen, Bill McKibben, Lester Brown nabanye: “Ukubuyisela ukufudumala komhlaba kuzodinga izinga leMpi Yezwe II lokugqugquzela. Kungumsebenzi wamashumi ezigidi, hhayi amakhulu noma izinkulungwane. Ushintsho olunjalo luzodinga ukwesekwa okukhulu emazingeni ezenhlalo, amasiko nezombusazwe.” (ikhasi 58)
Kufanele ngizibuze ngobuqotho ukuthi ingabe lokhu kushiywa ngaphandle, ikakhulukazi uma kucatshangelwa ukuqonda kwakhe ukuthi lolu songo olukhulu kunawo wonke empucuko yabantu selube lubi kakhulu, luhlobene yini ne-Van's Democratic Party orientation. Iqiniso elidabukisayo ukuthi iDemocratic Party, ikakhulukazi uBarack Obama, ihlehlile eminyakeni embalwa edlule mayelana nendlela yena neqembu lakhe ababhekana ngayo, noma abangayilungisi, inkinga yesimo sezulu.
Kufanele sifunde emazwini kaJesu, omunye wabahleli abakhulu emlandweni wesintu. Masithole izindlela zokugcina “iwayini” lethu, umnyakazo wethu ozimele oqhubekayo, emabhodleleni amasha. Asibonge futhi sakhe phezu kwayo yonke imidiya ehlukene, amasiko, ezomnotho, ezombusazwe, izenzo eziqondile, ukuqeqeshwa kanye namanye amaqembu, ngokuhlanganyela, anamandla kakhulu kunesamba sezingxenye.
Asikucacele ukuthi nakuba kunamaDemokathi amaningi ayingxenye yalolu xhaxha olubanzi oluzimele oluqhubekayo, abanye babo abakhethiwe noma abagaqele izikhundla, iDemocratic Party ayiyona ingxenye yenethiwekhi yethu yombutho. Asihlanganeni njengamaDemocrat athuthukayo, njengabaHlaza, njengabanye abazimele, njengabaguquli, njengabashisekeli bezinguquko, njengamaRiphabhulikhi asemazingeni aphansi, sibe amandla esithathu amasha angaguqula ngempela umphakathi wethu ngaphambi kokuba kuphuze kakhulu.
U-Ted Glick ube ngumgqugquzeli nesishoshovu kusukela ngo-1968. Ubeke eqhulwini umsebenzi ophathelene nesimo sezulu kusukela ngo-2004. Imibhalo edlule kanye nolunye ulwazi lungatholakala ku- http://tedglick.com, futhi angalandelwa ku-Twitter ku http://twitter.com/jtglick.
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