IZIMPI zombuso waseMelika phesheya bezihlala zihambisana nezimpi zasekhaya ezibhekiswe kubasebenzi nabacindezelwe, ikakhulukazi ama-Afrika aseMelika.
Ngo-1967, uMartin Luther King Jr. waqaphela ukuthi leli phethini laliphinda lenzeka phakathi nempi yaseMelika eVietnam. Enkulumweni yakhe eyingqophamlando ethi โNgaphesheya kweVietnam,โ wayigxeka impi, wathi uhulumeni wase-US โungumgqugquzeli omkhulu wobudlova emhlabeni namuhla.โ
Kwenye inkulumo yangesikhathi esifanayo, wachaza umthelela omubi wasekhaya wempi yase-US eVietnam:
Le mpi ephithene yenze umonakalo omkhulu ngekusasa lethu lasekhaya. Naphezu kokubhikisha okubuthakathaka okuphambene nalokho, izithembiso zeNhlangano Enkulu ziye zadutshulwa enkundleni yempi yaseVietnam. Ukuphishekela le mpi enwetshiwe kuye kwanciphisa izinhlelo zezenhlalakahle yasekhaya, okwenza abampofu, abamhlophe nabaNegro, bathwale imithwalo enzima kakhulu, kokubili ngaphambili nasekhaya. Ukuvikeleka esithi siyakufuna ezigigabeni zakwamanye amazwe sizolahlekelwa emadolobheni ethu abolayo. Amabhomu eVietnam aqhuma ekhaya. Bacekela phansi amathemba namathuba eMelika ehloniphekile.
Ngemva kweminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-50, amazwi kaKing ahlala enembile. Njengoba ubukhulu nobudlova bamasosha ase-US bukhulile kusukela ngesikhathi seNkosi, kanjalo nokusetshenziswa kwezindlela zamaphoyisa ezikhulayo, noma ngabe kwahlulelwa ngokusetshenziswa kwemishini yezempi, amaqhinga ezempi noma ukusetshenziswa kwamandla abulalayo.
Namuhla, omunye umongameli wenkululeko, u-Barack Obama, wengamela umbuso waseMelika olwa e-Afghanistan, Iraq naseSyria. Futhi njengasosukwini lweNkosi, izimpi zika-Obama phesheya ziye zabuyela ekhayaโnjengempi ebhekene nezinga lokuphila labasebenzi baseMelika nabacindezelwe, ikakhulukazi abantu abamnyama.
Kusukela ngo-2001, kuqala uGeorge W. Bush kwase kuba u-Obama bahola izwe ochungechungeni lwezimpi ezingapheli, becekela phansi amazwe afana ne-Afghanistan ne-Iraq. Ekhaya, babeka umthetho we-neoliberal kubo bonke abasebenzi, babekela imingcele inkululeko yethu yomphakathi, bagqugquzela ukucwasa ama-Arabhu namaSulumane, abokufika ababehlukunyezwa ngokudingiswa, balwa impi yezidakamizwa, baqinisa i-New Jim Crow, futhi bengamela impi. ukwanda kokubulawa kwamaphoyisa anobandlululo, ikakhulukazi izinsizwa eziMnyama ezifana noMike Brown no-Eric Garner.
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UBUmongameli buka-OBAMA bekungafanele bube ngale ndlela, okungenani ezingqondweni zalabo abamkhethile. Izigidi zabasebenzi kanye nabantu abacindezelwe abavotela u-Obama bethemba ukuthi uzozifeza izithembiso zakhe zokuqeda impi engapheli kaBush futhi enze izinguquko zokulungisa ukungalingani kwezigaba e-US ukuze aqokwe, kodwa akhishwe kanye e-White House.
Njengomongameli, ulandele imiyalelo yesigaba sonxiwankulu abafaka imikhankaso yakhe ngamabhange. Umsebenzi ka-Obama bekuwukutakula amabhange, ukuphoqelela ukwehlisa izindleko zabasebenzi baseMelika, futhi amise inqubomgomo yamandla eshibhile esekelwe ekuqhekezeni okungalawuleki nokumbiwa kukawoyela negesi yemvelo. Begcwele inzuzo, onxiwankulu baseMelika bethemba ukuthi u-Obama uzophinda aqinise amandla ombuso waseMelika kunoma yimuphi nanoma ubani oqhudelana naye.
Njengamabhomu kaMongameli uLyndon Johnson eVietnam, eka-Obama ayaqhuma ekhaya, okunemiphumela ebuhlungu kubasebenzi nakubacindezelwe. Ukuphatha kwakhe kuphambukise imali elinganiselwa ku-$600 billion ngonyaka kwisabelomali sezokuvikela, imali ebingase iye emisebenzini yesimo sezulu, imfundo kanye nokunakekelwa kwezempilo okukhokhelwa umuntu oyedwa. Wafaka imali yentela emabhange futhi wabekela wonke umuntu imali, ekhulisa ukungalingani kwezigaba kangangokuthi namuhla manje iphikisana nenkathi ye-robber baron.
Njengengxenye โyempi yobushokobezi,โ u-Obama uqhubekile nokuphatha kukaBush inkululeko yabantu. Usebenzise amandla e-USA PATRIOT Act ukuhlola abantu kulo lonke elase-US, kodwa ikakhulukazi ama-Arab kanye namaSulumane. Ukuphatha kwakhe kuqhubekile nokufaka lezi zizwe kuphrofayili yobuhlanga futhi babavalele kukho lokho umholi wamaSulumane u-Abdul Malik Mujahid abiza ngakho "ikamu lokuboshwa elingokoqobo."
Ukuqinisa kuka-Obama umsebenzi wamaphoyisa asemngceleni kube nomthelela omubi kubantu bokufika. Naphezu kwesinqumo sakamuva sokunikeza usizo olungaphelele nalufanelekile kwabanye abasebenzi abangenazo izincwadi, u-Obama usexoshe abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili, okungaphezu kwalokho uBush akwenza ngamahlandla amabili agcwele futhi ngaphezu kwanoma yimuphi umongameli emlandweni.
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KODWA MHLAWUMBE umthelela omubi kakhulu wempi ka-Obama phesheya kube wukuqhubeka kwakhe nokuphathwa kukaBush eminyango yamaphoyisa asekhaya.
Laba mongameli ababili banikeleโngaphandle kwenkokhiso!โizigidigidi zamadola ensalela yezikhali ze-Pentagon, izimoto zezikhali kanye nezindiza eminyangweni yamaphoyisa ezweni lonke. Bathethelele lokhu kuhlasela kwezempi okungakaze kubonwe ngaphambili ngokuthi kuyadingeka ukulwisana nobuphekula basekhaya. Kodwa as New York Times intatheli uMat Apuzzo wabhala ngoJuni:
Namuhla, ubugebengu behlele emazingeni aphansi kakhulu esizukulwaneni, izimpi ziwohlokile, futhi naphezu kokwesaba kwamanje, isibalo sokuhlasela kwamaphekula ekhaya sehle kakhulu kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1960 kanye nawo-1970. Iminyango yamaphoyisa, nokho, yengeza izicishamlilo eziningi nezikhali zempi kunangaphambili.
Bebhekene namaqiniso anjalo, abaxolisi baka-Obama bakhomba ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kweBoston Marathon njengobufakazi besidingo samaphoyisa agcwele impi. Kepha ukuthunyelwa okukhulu kwamaphoyisa nemishini yawo yezempi, kanye nokuvalwa kwedolobha lonke laseBoston akuzange kuvimbe, kumise noma kuholele ekuboshweni kwabaqhunyiswa ngamabhomu. Uphenyo lwamaphoyisa aluzange lumthole u-Dzhokhar Tsarnaevโkwaze kwaba ngemva kokuba isikhathi sokufika ekhaya sesisusiwe lapho isakhamuzi saseWatertown sabiza amaphoyisa ngemuva kokubona umkhondo wegazi endaweni yaso.
Kodwa amaqiniso awazange avimbe u-Obama ukuthi aqhubeke nokuhlasela kwamaphoyisa. UDavid Zlutnick weReal News Network uyaphawula:
Ngaphansi kokuphatha kuka-Obama, ukudluliswa kwensalela yezempi kukhule kakhulu. Phakathi kwezinye izinto ezidluliselwe ezikhundleni zomthetho wendawo kube izibhamu neziqhumane zamabhomu, ngisho nezindiza ezinophephela emhlane ze-Blackhawk kanye nezibhamu ezingama-.50-caliberโisikhali esinamandla kakhulu amasosha ase-US anemikhawulo yokuthi singasetshenziswa kanjani ezindaweni zokulwa. Ngonyaka wezimali ka-2011 uwodwa, i-Pentagon idlulisele izinto zokwakha ezingabiza izigidi zamaRandi angu-500 kwabomthetho basekhayaโokucishe kuphindeke kabili inani langonyaka odlule.
Kusukela ngo-2006, imibhalo ye-Apuzzo, iPentagon inikeze amaphoyisa izimoto ezingama-432 ezimelana ne-Ambush Protected (MRAPs), izimoto ezihlomile ezingama-435, izingcezu zemishini yokubona ebusuku eziyi-44,900, izibhamu ezingama-93,763 kanye nomagazini abayi-180,718.
Imishini enjalo isiyishintshile indlela amaphoyisa aqeqeshwa ngayo. "Lawa mathuluzi anolaka kakhulu ahumusha abe amaphoyisa anolaka," kuchaza uZlutnick. "Izinsiza zempi nokuqeqeshwa sekube sekushintsha indlela izikhulu ezisebenzisana ngayo nemiphakathi yazo, zisuka emqondweni wokuvikela umphakathi ziye kwezokulwa."
Emadolobheni amaningi nasemadolobheni amaningi, iminyango yamaphoyisa aseMelika imeme amasosha akwa-Israel, aguqule ingcindezelo yaba yisayensi emashumini eminyaka odlame lwamakholoni olubhekiswe kwabasePalestine, ukubaqeqeshela ukulawula izixuku. Njengoba uRania Khalek ebhale ku-ElectronicIntifada.net:
Okungenani izikhungo zomthetho ezimbili kwezine ezatshalwa eFerguson-uMnyango Wamaphoyisa wase-St. Louis County kanye noMnyango Wamaphoyisa Kamasipala wase-St. Louis-zithole ukuqeqeshwa kwabezokuvikela bakwa-Israel eminyakeni yamuva.
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AMAPHOYISA asebenzise amathuluzi awo amasha kanye nokuqeqeshwa okunamandla kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi โimpi yokulwa nezidakamizwa,โ egxile kakhulu kubantu abamnyama nabaLatino. Le mpi yakhiqiza lokho uMichelle Alexander akubiza ngokuthi i-New Jim Crow.
Iminyango yamaphoyisa ikhetha imiphakathi yamakhaladi, igcwale amaphoyisa, ibophe inqwaba yamacala amancane ezidakamizwa, ibagwebe, bese yenqabela izisulu amalungelo angokomthethosisekelo, kubandakanya nelungelo lokuvota. I-New Jim Crow isiphendule isizukulwane samadoda aMnyama saba izakhamuzi zesigaba sesibili ezinamademoni.
Amaphoyisa kaBush kanye namaphoyisa ka-Obama asephendule izindawo zabantu abamnyama kanye neLatino zaba izindawo zempi, lapho amaphoyisa engabulala abantu bebala ngaphandle kokujeziswa. UMike Brown kanye no-Eric Garner bawuphawu lwalesi sigameko sokubulala amaphoyisa.
"Impi yezidakamizwa" kanye ne-New Jim Crow baye baqhubekisela phambili izinganekwane zobandlululo zobugebengu kanye nezifo zabantu abamnyama, ezikhiqizwa kabusha ezikoleni, abezindaba nakwezinye izikhungo zomphakathi. Izinganekwane ezinjalo zikhuthaze abantu abaqaphile abanjengoGeorge Zimmerman ukuthi baqhube imikhankaso yabo yobugebengu bomphakathi kanye nokubulala.
Umbuso ka-Obama utshale lo mbutho wamaphoyisa ukuze ucindeze ukuqubuka komzabalazo kwabacindezelwe, ikakhulukazi abaNsundu abaphikisana neNew Jim Crow. Amaphoyisa abemi ngomumo ngesikhathi kuqhubeka imibhikisho ephikisana nokubulawa kukaTroy Davis nokuhoxiswa kukaGeorge Zimmerman. Futhi bajutshelwe ukuhlasela imibhikisho eFerguson, New York City naseBerkeley.
Izwe laseMelika liphinde latshala amaphoyisa alo ahlomile ukuze anqobe imibhikisho ephikisana nokungalingani kwalolu hlelo. Ngesikhathi sengqungquthela ye-G2009 ka-20 e-Pittsburgh, abezokuphepha basebenzise inqwaba yezikhali-kusuka ezindizeni ezinophephela emhlane kuya ezithwala izikhali kuya esikhalini esinedumela elibi, i-LRAD-ukuhlukumeza izishoshovu ezibhikishela isinqumo sokutakula amabhange kanye nokuphoqelela abasebenzi. nabampofu.
Abaphathi baka-Obama baphinde baxhumanisa ukucindezelwa kwenhlangano ye-Occupy kulo lonke elase-US ngasekupheleni kuka-2011. Umnyango Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya, ikakhulukazi izimeya zeDemocratic Alliance zamadolobha amakhulu, kanye neminyango yamaphoyisa endawo babambisane ochungechungeni lokuhlasela ukuze kuhlakazwe izinkamba ze-Occupy ezweni lonke.
Ukusetshenziswa kombuso waseMelika ngamaphoyisa ahlomile kuzoqina njengoba isigaba esibusayo sibeka omunye umjikelezo wokuhlasela kwe-neoliberal kubasebenzi, okunomthelela ongemuhle kubasebenzi bemibala. U-Obama kanye nabazomlandela banezinhlelo zokuthi bancishiswe kakhulu intela yezinkampani, kanye nokukhwabanisa okukhuluโkonke okuklanyelwe ukwenza ubunxiwankulu baseMelika buqhudelane neChina. Bazodinga amaphoyisa abo ukuze aphoqelele ukungalingani okuwumphumela wezigaba nobuhlanga.
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ITHEMBA kulesi simo esihlasimulisa umzimba wukuthi umbutho osafufusa omelene nesihluku samaphoyisa uhambisana nokumelana nokungalingani kwezomnotho.
Kakade, abasebenzi abamnyama ababambe iqhaza ku-Fight for 15 sebexhumanise izimfuno zekilasi zabo zeholo eliziphilisayo nombhikisho wokulwa nokucwasa. Futhi izinyunyana eziningana ezifana ne-United Electrical Workers zikhiphe izitatimende ezimelene nokucwaswa kwamaphoyisa nokusekela imibhikisho.
UMartin Luther King wabona eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule ukuxhumana phakathi kwempi yaphesheya kanye nempi yasekhaya-kanye nezimpande zakho zombili ohlelweni lonxiwankulu uqobo. Ngemva kokuphuma emelene nempi yase-US eVietnam, wethula umzabalazo wakhe wokugcina, uMkhankaso Wabantu Abampofu wezinhlanga eziningi, wokuphonsela inselelo ukucwasa ngokwebala, ukuhlanganisa abasebenzi kanye nokwenza kabusha umphakathi waseMelika. Wamemezela ukuthi โububi bonxiwankulu bungokoqobo njengobubi bezempi nobubi bokucwasa ngokwebala.โ
Enkulumweni yeNkosi ethi โNgaphesheya kweVietnamโ, wathi:
[Mina] uma sifuna ukuya ohlangothini olulungile lwenguquko yomhlaba, thina njengesizwe kufanele sibhekane noguquko olukhulu lwamagugu. Kufanele siqale ngokushesha ukusuka emphakathini ogxile entweni siye emphakathini ogxile kumuntu. Lapho imishini nama-computer, izisusa zenzuzo namalungelo empahla, kubhekwa njengokubaluleke kakhulu kunabantu, imidondoshiya emithathu yobandlululo lobuhlanga, ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo okwedlulele, nokulwela impi akukwazi ukunqotshwa.
Namuhla, sinethuba lokuthatha umzabalazo iNkosi eyanikela ngayo impilo yayo ukuze yethule-umbutho wabasebenzi, abamnyama, amaLatino, aboMdabu baseMelika, ama-Asian kanye nabamhlophe, ukuphikisa isihluku samasosha aseMelika phesheya kanye namaphoyisa ayo anobandlululo ekhaya emzamweni siguqule umphakathi wethu nomhlaba kube uhlelo olusha olubeka abantu ngaphambi kombuso kanye nenzuzo.
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