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Abaholi beMovementโkuhlanganise noRev. UWilliam J. Barber II kanye no-Liz Theoharis, osihlalo ababambisene be-Poor People's Campaign enethonyaโbasanda kujoyina Abameleli uBarbara Lee (D-Calif.) kanye noPramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) otshanini base-U.S. Capitol.
Bebonke bethule isinqumo sombono sokuqeda ubumpofu kulo lonke elase-United States: Ukwakhiwa Kabusha Kwesithathu, u-Lee no-Jayapal abethula kukho Congress ngasekupheleni kukaMeyi. Ngesihloko esigomela indawo yaso emlandweni wase-U.S. eduze Nokwakhiwa Kabusha kwenkathi yangemva kweMpi Yombango kanye nenhlangano yamalungelo omphakathi yawo-1960, umbhalo uhlinzeka ngepulani elingenalutho ngaphandle kwenguquko yaleli zwe.
Lo mthethosivivinywa ukhombisa ikhwelo elinamandla Lomkhankaso Wabantu Abampofu lokuvuselelwa kokuziphatha, ngokusekelwe embonweni wokuthi ukuqeda ubumpofu-kubo bonke abantu. abantu abampofu nabacebile abayizigidi ezingu-140 bakuleli zwe-Idinga ukuqeda konke ukungabi nabulungiswa okuhlangene kobandlululo oluhlelekile, ubumpofu, inhlekelele yemvelo kanye nezempi.
Kudingeka izinguquko eziningiโokuhlanganisa iholo eliphilayo kanye nesiqinisekiso semisebenzi, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kwendawo yonke, uguquko lokuthuthela kwelinye izwe kanye nengqalasizinda eluhlazaโokuye kwasakazwa ngokuhlukana iminyaka eminingi. Kepha iCongress ayivamisile ukuxhumanisa ubumpofu nezempi.
Ummeleli UCori Bush (D-Mo.), ilungu elisanda kukhethwa elivele njengokuhola Ukuphila Okumnyama Matter isishoshovu eFerguson ngemuva kokubulawa kwamaphoyisa Michael Brown, wakhuluma ngomlando wakhe ebhekene nobumpofu njengomama ongayedwa, ongum-Afrika waseMelika wezingane ezimbili, esebenza umsebenzi omncane oholayo futhi ekhathazeka nsuku zonke ngokuthi uzoyitholaphi imali yokuthengela izingane zakhe ukudla.
Ebuza umbuzo ofanayo ezweni lonke, wathola impendulo: the I-Pentagon.
โIphi imali yezinkonzo zezenhlalakahle, yokunakekelwa kwezempilo?โ ebuza. โLowo ma-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-50 sizowonga ngokuphuma e-Afghanistan, lokho kungaqeda ngokuphelele ukungabi namakhaya. Cabanga ngalokho. Yilokho esikushoyo uma sithi ubumpofu yinqubomgomo yokuzikhethela. โฆ Futhi sikhetha ukuphila kokuqinisekisa esikhundleni sodlame.โ
Isinqumo Sesithathu Sokwakha Kabusha sidinga ukuqondisa kabusha okukhulu kokusebenzisa imali kude nePentagon kanye nezidingo zabantu, ukuphawula lokho "Amasenti angu-53 kuwo wonke ama-dollar discretionary dollar aya ePentagon, kanti amasenti angu-15 kuphela aya ezinhlelweni zokulwa nobubha."
Futhi ngaphandle kokukhulula imali yezinhlelo zokuxhumana ekhaya, kuzophinde kunciphise umonakalo obangelwa US military ubudlova emhlabeni jikelele.
Iyavuma ukuthi izimpi zase-United States kusukela ngo-2001 ziye yabulala abantu abangaphezu kuka-800,000 37 futhi yashiya abayizigidi ezingu-XNUMX. Ekhaya, kuyakuphawula lokho cishe ama-38,000 omakadebona abanamakhaya. Yengeza ngokuthi, njengoba impi yePentagon ihlasela amaphoyisa kuleli lizwe, sekube "ngaphezu kwenkulungwane yokubulawa kwamaphoyisa minyaka yonke kusukela ngo-1,000, kanti abantu abamnyama, aboMdabu kanye nabomdabu basethubeni elikhulu lokubulawa ngamaphoyisa."
Isinqumo siveza umbono wesikhathi eside wokushintsha lawo maqiniso, siphawula ukuthi โochwepheshe sebebonile kuze kufike ku-$350 billion ekuncishisweni kwezindleko zokuvikela lokho kuzokonga izinsiza futhi kugcine izwe liphephile futhi livikelekile.โ Umphumela wokunqunywa okukhulu kangaka-cishe ingxenye yesabelomali sezempi-awungeke usho imali elondoloziwe kuphela, kodwa futhi abantu abambalwa ababulewe, amadolobha ambalwa abhujiswa kanye nokucekelwa phansi kwemvelo okuncane.
Leyo yingxenye yokulangazelelaโโkantiโ izigaba zesinqumo eside. Kepha izigaba โezixazululiweโ zinamandla futhi, kufaka phakathi izimfuno zesikhathi eside zabakhankasi abamelene nempi abahamba kakhulu ngale kwalokho obekucatshangwa ukuthi kungake kukwenze kube yisinqumo sangempela sengqungquthela.
Isinqumo sibiza ukuthi kunqanyulwe isabelomali sezempi okungenani ngamaphesenti ayi-10, kuqedwe ukugunyazwa kwempi okukhona futhi kubuyiselwe amandla empi kaCongress, kuqhubekele ekulweni nezikhali zenuzi, kuncishiswe ukusetshenziswa kwezijeziso zezomnotho ezibanzi, kuqedwe uhlelo lwePentagon's 1033 oluhlinzeka ngemishini yezempi nezikhali. ezikhungweni zomthetho zasekhaya futhi aqede ukuboshwa kwabantu abaningi kanye namaphoyisa anodlame.
Omele uJamie Raskin (D-Md.), owaqondisa ukushushiswa kweNdlu kowayenguMongameli Donald Trump ngemuva kokuvukela umbuso kwangoJanuwari 6, wajoyina umhlangano ukukhombisa ukuthi uyameseka. Uhlonze Umkhankaso Wabantu Abampofu โnjengesikhungo sokuziphatha sepolitiki yaseMelika njengamanjeโ futhi waqhathanisa umnyakazo obanzi ongenalo udlame e-U.S. nokuvukela umbuso okunodlame. "Udlame alusebenzi, njengoba ngithemba ukuthi safakazela kubangani bethu ngoJanuwari 6," esho.
Ekhuluma ngenkathi ukuhlasela kuka-Israyeli eGaza kusaqhubeka, uRaskin wanezela ngokungananazi, โImpi ayisebenziโfuthi siyakubona lokho eMiddle East njengamanje. Impi ayisebenzi. Khohlwa ukuthi ngabe ubhekene nempi noma uphikisana nempi, impi ayisebenzi. "
Ngemuva kweminyaka engamashumi amabili yokukhuphuka kwesabelomali sezempi kanye โnempi yokwesabaโ ehlulekile ebukela phansi izimpilo namalungelo abantu, uguquko ludingeka kakhulu. Ubumbano olusafufusa phakathi koMkhankaso Wabantu Abampofu kanye namalungu anenqubekela phambili lubonisa ukuzimisela okukhulayo ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweCongress ukuze inselele impi kanye nobumpofu bokucwaswa ngokwebala osekungamakhulu eminyaka buhlala kumnyombo womphakathi wase-U.S.
Le nselelo ingase ibonise Ukwakhiwa Kabusha Kwesithathu okufanele izincwadi zomlando.
UPhyllis Bennis uqondisa iNew Internationalism Project eSikhungweni Sezifundo Zenqubomgomo.
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Kuhle ukuzwa/ukufunda. Ukuncishiswa kwezindleko zezokuvikela kube yi-MIA amashumi eminyaka. Ngithathe umhlalaphansi kwezempi futhi indodana yami imatasatasa. Angimelene nezempi, kodwa ngizwakalise ukukhathazeka kwami โโiminyaka eminingi ngokuthi umnotho wethu usugxile kakhulu ekuzivikeleni ngokulahlekelwa cishe konke okunye.
INKINGA: Ukusetshenziswa kwezimali kwezokuvikela kuyinqwaba yezinkontileka zesikhathi eside eziyinkimbinkimbi ezigcwele zonke izinhlobo zenkohlakalo nenkohlakalo.
Bengihlale ngizibuza ngephesenti langempela le-GDP exhumene nezokuvikela. Ingabe sibala insizakalo yokuhlanza ehlanza isitolo semishini esincane esenza ingxenye ekhethekile yenkontileka yezokuvikela enkulu? Ingabe sibala zonke izimboni zokudlela nezinkonzo ezibhekelela abasebenzi bezokuvikela kuphela?
Yeka ukungcola.