Ukhetho lwaphakathi nonyaka lwango-2018 lwaba nemiphumela exubile yentuthuko. Amademokhrasi athathe iNdlu yabaMeli, okuzobandakanya isitshalo samalungu amasha agijime ezindabeni ezifana ne-Medicare for All, ukwenziwa semthethweni kwensangu kanye nesenzo esiphuthumayo sezulu. Osocialists bentando yeningi nabo babe nobusuku obukhulu, bewina ukhetho phezulu naphansi ngevoti.
Nokho abangenele ukhetho lobugubha abaqhubekayo u-Andrew Gillum no-Ben Jealous behluliwe, umphumela wesicelo esingokomlando sika-Stacey Abrams sokuba umbusi waseGeorgia usalokhu usemoyeni, futhi amaRiphabhulikhi andise iningi lawo eSigele. Ngenkathi abashokobezi abambalwa beshiya amaDemocrat afana no-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, u-Rashida Tlaib no-Ayanna Pressley behamba ngomkhumbi baze banqoba, abanye abafana no-Jess King no-Randy Bryce bahlulwe.
Ngabe yiziphi izifundo okufanele zifundwe yilabo abathuthukayo okhethweni lwangoLwesibili? Sibuze ongqondongqondo ababalulekile abayisishiyagalombili kwesokunxele mayelana namasu abo okuthatha kusukela maphakathi nemigomo.
UNina Turner, uMongameli we Ukuvukelwa Kwethu
Ukhetho lwango-2018โoluyinhloko noluvamileโluphawula isiqalo esisha esimangalisayo somnyakazo oqhubekayo. Ezweni lonke, sibone amakhulu abantu abagqugquzelwa uSen. Bernie Sanders bengenela izikhundla kuwo wonke amazinga. Nakuba abaningi babo bengawinanga kulesi sikhathi, bathambisa inhlabathi ukuze banqobe ngokuqhubekayo, njengokugijima kwasekuqaleni kuka-Sen. Sanders.
Ngasohlangothini lwethu kuNguquko Yethu, siyaziqhenya kakhulu ngabantu bethu abagunyazwe abacishe babe ngama-200 kanye nezinyathelo zokuvota ezingaphezu kwama-40. Amakhandidethi ethu abonise imiphakathi lapho sibona khona abavoti abathuthukayo esikhathini esizayo. Ngaphezu kwesigamu kwakungabesifazane kanye/noma abantu bemibala. Abaningi bebengenele ukhetho lokuqala kanti oyedwa kwabayisishiyagalombili ubeyisithunywa sikaBernie Sanders ngo-2016. Ukukhulisa nokuqeqesha laba abangenele ukhetho oluzayo kuyindima ebalulekile iNguquko Yethu ezoqhubeka nokuyenza nabalingani bethu.
Uma sicabanga ngezigaba ezimaphakathi, siyabona ukuthi imikhankaso ebesiyisekela isiwuqophile umlando futhi isazoqhubeka nokwenza njalo. Abazongenela ukhetho abafana no-Ilhan Omar kanye no-Rashida Tlaib babe ngabesifazane bokuqala abangamaSulumane abakhethwa kuKhongolose. UDeb Haaland ungomunye wabesifazane bokuqala boMdabu abakhethwa kuCongress. Futhi ngaphezu kokushanela eqenjini elihlukahlukene labangenele ukhetho kuCongress, sisize futhi ekuguquleni abavoti eFlorida ngokwandisa ukufinyelela kwevoti kubantu abayisigidi esingu-1.5 asebesikhokhile isikweletu sabo emphakathini.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi imiphi imiphumela yokhetho lokugcina, sikholwa ukuthi amakhandidethi esiwagunyazile asize ukwenza izigidi zabavoti zisebenze futhi athuthukise izintshisekelo zabantu abasebenzayo. Njengoba silindele ukubalwa kabusha okungase kube khona kanye nokuphindaphindayo e-Florida nase-Georgia, kufanele sihlole ukucwasa ngokwebala nokucindezelwa kwabavoti okuzungeze lolu khetho futhi sicabangele ngokujulile ukuthi singobani njengezwe.
U-Maria Svart, uMqondisi Kazwelonke we- AmaDemocratic Socialists aseMelika
Ngokulinganisela, sisesimweni esiqine kancane kunangaphambi kokhetho, ngemva kokunqoba okuthile okukhulu kanye nokuhlulwa okuthile okudabukisa inhliziyo. Ngibona izifundo ezintathu ezibalulekile.
Ukusebenzisana nabashisekeli bezwe abamhlophe kanye nama-neofascists akwamukelekile, ngenxa yezizathu zokuziphatha kanye namasu. Umsebenzi wethu, njengenhlalayenza, ukwakha umfelandawonye wabantu abampofu kanye nesigaba sabasebenzi bayo yonke imibala, owenziwe waba nokwenzeka ngenxa yokuthi onxiwankulu balwa kakhulu impi yezigaba ezivulekile. Nokho lo msebenzi wenziwa waba nzima ezweni elakhelwe emhlabeni owebiwe kanye nokusebenza kwezigqila, lapho kunempendulo encane yeDemokhrasi esobala yokucindezelwa kwabavoti beRiphabhulikhi noma inhlangano yabesifazane besigaba sabasebenzi abamhlophe ngokwenzuzo yabo yezomnotho.
AmaRiphabhulikhi afunde amaqabunga etiye futhi aqonda ukuthi ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kwakuyindaba enkulu kakhulu yabavoti, efakazelwa amavoti okuphuma, ngakho bagijima bethi bazoyivikela. Abavoti e-Idaho, Montana nase-Utah badlulele ebuholini besifunda sabo seRiphabhulikhi futhi banweba iMedicaid
Amademokhrasi adinga ukuthi angagcini nje ngokuphindaphinda kabili ku-Medicare for All, adinga ukukwenza kube udaba lwawo lwesiginesha futhi acacise ukuthi sikhuluma ngeMedicare Yangempela Yabo Bonke, hhayi izinhlelo ze-copycat eziniselwe ezigcina indima yomshuwalense wangasese kanye nezimboni zemithi. . Nokho ngenxa yokuthi nguyena kanye lowo okhokhela ama-Wall Street Democrats, kuzoba phezulu kakhulu ukudala izimo zezombusazwe ezidingekayo ukuze lokho kwenzeke, ngokuhlela omakhelwane bethu.
Kufanele sihole ngethemba. ENdlu manje elawulwa yiDemokhrasi, abesifazane bentando yeningi bezenhlalakahle bemibala u-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez kanye no-Rashida Tlaib bazoba amazwi amasha abucayi ajoyina uBernie Sanders eSigele ephakamisa enye indlela enombono kokubili kwe-Trumpism kanye neoliberal bipartisanship.
Izinyunyana, phakathi kwegagasi lesiteleka esikhulu, kumele zisukumele phezulu njengenqola eyodwa ephumelela kakhulu yokukhulisa okulindelwe kanye nokwakha ubumbano oluhlelekile lwezigaba zabasebenzi bezinhlanga ezehlukene namandla, ngaphakathi nangaphandle kohlelo lwezepolitiki olusemthethweni.
Futhi izahluko zeDemocratic Socialists of America kuzo zonke izifundazwe ezingu-50 zizohlela ngokuhlelekile imiphakathi yazo-yasemaphandleni, emadolobheni nasemadolobheni. Ngokubambisana, sinomhlaba okufanele siwunqobe.
Rick Perlstein, isazi-mlando kanye nombhali we Ibhuloho Elingabonakali: Ukuwa kukaNixon kanye nokukhuphuka kukaReagan
Ukubikwa kwemibiko yokhetho oluzayo ngoLwesibili bekungaphelele futhi ngokudabukisayo. Sabambelela kuwo wonke amagama emijahweni eshona phansi. EFlorida, izinhlanga zombusi kanye neSenethi kuthiwa zanqunywa ngamavoti angama-51,000 namavoti angama-20,000 acishe abe yizigidi eziyisishiyagalombili. E-Georgia, u-Stacey Abrams ucela ukubalwa kabusha ngemva kokushoda ngamaphuzu angu-1.6.
Ingabe uye wezwa igama elilodwa ku-TV izolo ebusuku, mayelana nezindawo ezimnyama e-Georgia lapho izikhulu zingazange zinikeze izintambo zikagesi zemishini yokuvota? Amabhethri afa, futhi abantu kudingeke balinde amahora amaningi ukuze bavote.
Mina nawe siyazi ukuthi insizwa ephethe ukhetho eGeorgia, uBrian Kemp, naye ubeyiRiphabhulikhi engenela ukhetho eGeorgia. Ukungahlanganisi nokwethulwa okuqhubekayo kokuthi mangaki amavoti acindezelwe kanye nokuthi mangaki akhishiwe akusebenzi.
Ngakho siyini isifundo kwabathuthukayo? Lona ofanayo ngaphakamisa emuva ngo-2006, ngesikhathi kakade kusobala ukuthi isu lesikhathi eside leRiphabhulikhi laliphethe uhulumeni noma ngabe baneningi labavoti noma cha. Ngalowo nyaka, phakathi kwamaqhinga okukopela kwakunabavoti abakhukhulwa ngama-robocall mbumbulu, amadoda angenamakhaya aqashelwe ukusabalalisa amapheshana ayehloselwe ukukhohlisa abavoti abamnyama ukuba bacabange ukuthi lowo owayengenele ukhetho lweRiphabhulikhi empeleni wayeyiDemocrat, ihhovisi lomkhankaso elacekelwa phansi yi-skunk, kanye nezingcingo ezifakwe ku- " I-Virginia Elections Commission" ixwayisa abamukeli "ngeke uvunyelwe ukuvota ngoLwesibili. Uma kwenzeka ufika uzobekwa icala lobugebengu.โ
Eminyakeni eyishumi nambili edlule, ngabhala: โKusukela manje kuqhubeke akufanele kube khona izaba: silindele ukugwema okunjalo kufanele kwenziwe ingxenye esebenzayo yokuhlela amasu eDemokhrasi. " Qala manje, ngoba siqinisekile njengesihogo asizange siqale lapho.
UBarbara Ransby, USolwazi Ohlonishwayo Wezifundo Zase-Afrika ZaseMelika eNyuvesi yase-Illinois e-Chicago kanye nombhali we Ukwenza Konke Ukuphila Okumnyama Kubaluleke: Ukucabangela Kabusha Inkululeko Ekhulu Leminyaka Lamashumi Amabili Nanye
Bekufanele singene kulolu khetho ngokuqondana okubili. Enye iwukuthi akukho ukunqoba futhi akukho ukunqotshwa okuhlala kuphelele. Okwesibili wukuthi ipolitiki yokhetho iyinkundla eyodwa yomzabalazo. Kubalulekile, kodwa hhayi njengoba sivame ukucabanga.
Abathuthukile kwesinye isikhathi baya kwesokudla uma sebengene esikhundleni. Futhi abadlali abadlala kwesokudla bangashintsha izingoma zabo uma kunengcindezi eyanele evela emgwaqeni. U-Andrew Gillum kanye no-Stacey Abrams kungenzeka ukuthi abazange baphumelele okhethweni lwabo, kodwa ekuzameni ukuthi baqokwe amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu aba namandla futhi baqala. Abahleli bokunyakaza manje sekumele babanikeze okuthile abangakwenza. Ngasikhathi sinye, abathuthukayo kanye nama-radicals badinga ukuvumelana ngohlelo lweningi elisha leDemokhrasi eNdlu. Lowo msebenzi awukwazi ukushiyelwa kosopolitiki. Isigaba esimelene nokucwasa ngokwebala, isigaba esisekela ukusebenza, ukuhlaziya kwabesifazane abahlukene kufanele kwazise leyo ajenda.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, imizamo ebalulekile yokuvota iwiniwe izolo, okuphawuleka kakhulu, iSiphakamiso sesi-4 eFlorida esigunyaze izakhamizi eziyizigidi eziyi-1.5 ezaziboshiwe ngamacala obugebengu, abantu abampofu ngokungalingani kanye nabantu bemibala. Lokhu kungashintsha umdlalo okhethweni oluzayo.
Yize noma abanye abaqhubekele phambili ekungeneleni izikhundla bengazange baphumelele, muningi umsebenzi okufanele wenziwe ukwakha phezu komfutho wemikhankaso yabo, okuyinto okufanele siyenze ngemva kwanoma yiluphi ukhetho uma sinesu โlokuvota PLUSโ: Yenza kusebenze izizindalwazi ukuze umeme amavolontiya ezingxoxweni ezinkulu zezepolitiki; hlela amamashi, imilindelo, amaqhinga esenzo esiqondile agcina ingcindezi kubo bobabili amaDemocrats kanye namaRiphabhulikhi mayelana nezindaba ezibalulekile; uphinde wenze kusebenze umkhankaso wemidiya wezinhliziyo nezingqondo ukuze uwine, unqobe noma unciphise imibono ecashile yokucwasa ngokwebala, i-elitist, i-misogynist kanye nokucwasa abokufika ephakela i-ajenda ye-Trumpism, yobuzwe obumhlophe.
Isigaba sokuqala somzabalazo impi yemibonoโimithetho nokhetho yizilinganiso ezisitshela ukuthi siyawina noma siyahlulwa.
UBill Fletcher Jr., ubulungiswa bobuhlanga, abasebenzi kanye nesishoshovu samazwe ngamazwe kanye nombhali we Bayasiqola! Kanye Nezinye Izinganekwane Ezingu-20 Ezimayelana Nezinyunyana Nokubambisana Kwahlukene
Kunezinyathelo ezinhlanu ezibalulekile ezithathwe emiphumeleni yangoLwesibili:
1: AmaRepublicans ahlangene njengeqembu likaMongameli Trump futhi awahlukani. I-Progressives akufanele ilindele noma yikuphi ukuhlukana okukhulu.
2: Ukucindezelwa kwabavoti kuyaphila futhi kubonakala sengathi kudlale eTexas, Georgia naseFlorida, kanye nezinye izifundazwe ezimbalwa. Ukucindezelwa kwabavoti okusebenzayo kwakuhambisana nenkulumo-ze yokucwasa nokucwasa abantu abavela kwamanye amazwe ngezinga elisha.
3: Naphezu kokulahlekelwa okungalindelekile eSenate, amaDemocrats enze kahle kakhulu, enza inzuzo phakathi kwabampofu, abesifazane nabavoti basemadolobheni. Futhi izikhulu eziningi ezisanda kukhethwa zibonakala zifanekisa iDemocratic Party eguqukayo.
4: Abathuthukayo bazodinga ukwakha izinhlangano zezombusazwe ezizimele ezisebenza ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweDemocratic Party ukuze kugcinwe umfutho ozuzwe kulolu khetho kanye nenhlangano ehlelayo eyenze kwaba nokwenzeka.
I-5: Ama-Neofascists awasayifihli imibala yawo futhi asebenzise ukunyakaza kwe-Trump njenge "united front" yabo lapho basebenza khona nalapho befuna uhlobo oluthile lokufaneleka. Thina Kwesokunxele kufanele siphendule ngendlela ebanzi ngokumelene ne-populism yophiko lwesokudla enikeza enye indlela yezombangazwe nezomnotho kuyilapho singakuxwayi ukubhekana ngqo nokucwasa ngokwebala, ubulili, ukungabekezelelani ngokwenkolo kanye nokucwasa kwabokufika.
Ayi-jen Poo, umeluleki omkhulu ku Ukunakekela Ngesenzo, inqubomgomo kanye nekhaya lokumela labasebenzi basezindlini base-US abangaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili
Ukhetho lwaphakathi nonyakaโkanye nezinyanga nezinyanga zokuhlela okuholela kuloโluguqule ngokuphelele futhi ngokungananazi isimo sezombangazwe esizweni. AmaDemocrats ukubuyisela iNdlu kuyisinyathelo sokuqala sokwakha intando yeningi yezinhlanga ezehlukene esebenzela wonke umuntu. Futhi e-Georgia, abasebenzi basezindlini ingxenye ye-Care in Action basekela owesifazane Omnyama onesibindi, othuthukayo wombusi, u-Stacey Abrams, owajikijela ipolitiki yokhetho yendabuko ekhanda lakhe.
Noma ngabe uthini umphumela, esikufundile wukuthi abantu abakalungeli uguquko kuphela, kodwa ukuthi abavoti abavamise ukuphushelwa ngaphandle babhebhezela ikusasa lenqubekela phambili. Abesifazane abansundu abasebenzayoโnabasebenzi basezindlini AbaNsunduโbabhala ipulani yekusasa lethu ngokwezwi nezwi ukusuka phansi kuye phezulu.
Abasebenzi basezindlini basebenze isikhathi eside namamayela ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi abavoti bemibala bayathintwa futhi bayabandakanyeka. Imiphumela yayingakholeki. Okungenani abavoti abangu-250,000 bahlanganiswa, futhi abavoti basheshe baphuma yini Amaphesenti we-121.2 aphezulu kunangonyaka ka-2014. Njengoba kunabakhankasi abangaphezu kuka-578 phansi, i-Care in Action yenza abantu abangu-506,315 abathintwayo babavoti kwaze kwaba umzuzu wokugcina lapho iziteshi zokuvota zivalwa.
Okwenzeka e-Georgia kungaphezu kokuveleleโkuwumkhombandlela wenhlangano yethu ka-2020. Futhi sisalwela ukuletha u-Stacey Abrams entanjeni njengoba amavoti esikhashana asele eqhubeka nokubalwa.
Abesifazane abahola kancane abanemibala kanye nobuholi babo banike amandla igagasi elihlaza okwesibhakabhaka eliholele kulo mzuzu omangalisayo. Futhi lolu khetho luyisiqalo nje.
Larry Cohen, uSihlalo Webhodi LeNguquko Yethu kanye nomongameli odlule weCommunication Workers of America
Okokuqala, sidinga ukubungaza ukuphikiswaโmanje okuyinhlangano yezepolitikiโeholwa abesifazane nabavoti besigaba sabasebenzi abamnyama, abaBrown nabaMhlophe, kanye neningi elisha le-House Democratic. Kodwa umbono wethu wokuthi kungenzekani usho ukubusa okungaphezu kokubhikisha. Siyaqaphela ukuthi nakuba ukulwela ukuvikela uMthetho Wokunakekelwa Okuthengekayo kubalulekile, akwanele. Esikudingayo yi-Medicare yabo bonke. Siyaqaphela ukuthi sidinga umsebenzi ohloniphekile wabo bonke abantu kanye nokuhlela amalungelo emsebenzini kanye nomholo ophilayo. Ukunqoba okumangazayo kwereferendamu eFlorida "Yokubuyiselwa Kwamalungelo" noma eMaryland ekubhaliseni ukuvota kosuku olufanayo kubonisa ukuthi singawina ezindabeni zentando yeningi. Futhi siyaqaphela ukuthi imithetho ibaluleke ngaphezu kwalabo abazongenela ukhetho uma sikholelwa ukuthi singanqoba futhi siphathe.
Siyaqaphela futhi ukuthi eyethu ukuphela kwentando yeningi emhlabeni lapho siwina khona kakhulu iCongress emele kodwa singabusi, ngoba iSigele, esikhethwe yidlanzana lombuso, singavimba kalula i-ajenda yeNdlu, kanye noMongameli (okhethwe abambalwa) kanye neNkantolo Ephakeme ingabavimba bobabili.
Uma sikholelwa ukuthi singawina futhi silawule emazingeni endawo, esifunda kanye nakahulumeni, sidinga ukulwela intando yeningi yangempela kuwo wonke amazinga kahulumeni futhi siqhubeke nemizamo yokuguqula iDemocratic Party ngokwayo ukuze ivoti elidumile libe yilona elibalulekile njalo ukhetho. Lokhu kumele kufake phakathi ukukhokha imali enkulu ohlelweni lokuqoka iqembu, kanjalo nasokhethweni lukazwelonke.
Yebo, namuhla siyagubha, kodwa kusasa siphinde sigxile ekwakheni inhlangano yezepolitiki esimeme ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweDemocratic Party, futhi isinyathelo ngesinyathelo sakhe umbuso wentando yeningi wekhulu lama-21 esivumela ukuthi silawule futhi sigxile ezindabeni kanye nombono owenza ukuphila kwethu kube ngcono. okunenjongo njengoba siqhubekela phambili.
Keeanga-Yahmatta Taylor, uprofesa osizayo we-African-American Studies e-Princeton University, kanye nombhali we Kusukela #BlackLivesMatter kweNkululeko Emnyama
Ukunqoba okhethweni okuphule ukubanjwa kweRiphabhulikhi eNdlu yabaMeli kuhlabe imibono ye-Trumpism njengayo yonke enamandla futhi engangeneki. Lokhu kuhlanganisa zonke izinhlobo zereferenda eqhubekayo, amakhandidethi ashiywe emijahweni yombuso, futhi okumangaza kakhulu, ukubuyiselwa kwamalungelo okuvota (abaningi) ababeboshiwe eFlorida. Kube nokunqoba okubalulekile eMidwest Midwest, lapho uTrump athola khona umphumela wakhe wokhetho ngo-2016. Lokhu kungukuphika okubalulekile kobukhosi obumhlophe obuvela e-White House. Kuphinde kwaba isiqinisekiso sezethameli ezikhona kupolitiki yesokunxele, hhayi i-centrism encishisiwe.
I-Conservative kanye ne-centrist Democrats ithole ukuthi abavoti ngeke bamoshe isikhathi sabo ngama-knockoffs ashibhile. Okuwukuphela kwethuba esinalo lokungcwaba iphupho elibi lika-Trump i-ajenda yezombusazwe eqinile ehlinzeka ngenye indlela yangempela nengokoqobo yesimo esikhona.
Intuthuko yamanje ngaphakathi kweDemocratic Party ayizange ivele ihambisane noTrump-bagijime ku-Medicare for All, ukuqedwa kwe-ICE kanye nezinye izindaba zezepolitiki ezibonwa njengenqubekela phambili hhayi nje ukugcinwa kwesimo se-quo.
Lapho le politiki ihlulekile ukuphumelela khona, okumangaza kakhulu eFlorida no-Andrew Gillum futhi mhlawumbe no-Stacey Abrams eGeorgia, ukucwasa okunqunu, ukwesatshiswa kwabavoti, ukucindezelwa kwabavoti kanye nokweba okuqondile akufanele kuthathwe kancane. Umdlalo omude we-GOP wezifunda ze-gerrymandering nokusebenzisa izinkantolo ukubukela phansi ukufinyelela kalula ekuvoteni uzoqhubeka nokudlala njengoba umlayezo wabo uncipha ube yisizinda sawo esinobugovu nesihlanya.
Elinye iqiniso elivela okhethweni ngelokuthi isidingo somzabalazo nokuhlela sibalulekile njengoba bekulokhu kwenzeka. Emzamweni wokukhiqiza ukugqugquzelwa kwabavoti, lokho kulandisa okuneshwa okwehlisa cishe wonke umzabalazo wabaMnyama kanye nepolitiki ekuvoteni kwavuselelwa. Yebo, ukuthola ilungelo lokuvota bekuyingxenye eyinhloko yezinhlangano zezombusazwe zabaMnyama kusukela ekukhululweni kwabo, kodwa ngisho nezishoshovu nabahleli ngaphakathi kwe-Civil Rights Movement, bawuqonda umzabalazo wabo njengomayelana nokunye okuningi.
Ukubeka ngokucacile, ukuvota akwanele lapho amazwi okuqala kaNancy Pelosi lapho ewina iNdlu yabaMeli kuyizinhloso zakhe โzokufinyelela ngaphesheya kwendlelaโ ngethemba lokuthola โubudlelwane obubili.โ Kuqinisekisa ukuthi ubuholi obukhona beqembu leDemocratic Party buyaphuma kanjani, nokuthi kuncane kangakanani abakufunda kusukela ngo-2016 nokuthi umzabalazo usabalulekile kakhulu ekwenzeni ukuthi bathathele phezulu i-ajenda yabantu abampofu nabasebenzi kuleli lizwe. Ngeke bazenzele ngokwabo.
Ukukhula kwelungelo eliqinile kuyiqiniso. Usongo lwe-fascism lungokoqobo. Ukuwohloka kwesimo sezulu kungokoqobo. Konke lokhu kudinga uguquko olusezingeni eliphezulu kulokho esikulindele nezimfuno zethu zezepolitiki. Kufanele sicabange okukhulu; kufanele sihlele kakhudlwana. Kudinga okungaphezu kokuphuma ngevoti. Manje umsebenzi onzima uyaqhubeka.
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