10 Zinthu Zabwino Zaka Zaka ZAKA TERRIBLE

Chaka chilichonse ndikulemba mndandanda wa zinthu khumi zabwino za chaka. Chaka chino, ndatsala pang'ono kuulumphira. Tiyeni tiwone izi: Zakhala chaka choopsa kwambiri kwa aliyense amene ali ndi ndondomeko yopita patsogolo. Nditangomaliza kumene ndikufunsa munthu wotchuka wotsutsa zokhudzana ndi momwe akuchitira, anatenga manja anga, anandiyang'ana m'maso ndipo anati, "Zonse zomwe ndakhala ndikugwira ntchito zaka 50 zatsikira m'nyumbamo."

Ndili ndi anthu ambiri abwino omwe akuvutika maganizo, tiyeni tiwone zinthu zabwino zomwe zinachitika, ngakhale mu chaka choipa kwambiri.

1. #MeToo kayendetsedwe ka mphamvu yathandizira anthu omwe amachitira nkhanza za chiwerewere ndi kuzunzidwa, ndipo amalimbikitsa kuyankha. Mawu ang'onoang'ono awiriwa amatanthauzira mayendedwe azama media pomwe azimayi, ndi amuna ena, abwera kudzafotokozera pagulu nkhani zawo zakugwiriridwa ndi kuzunzidwa, ndikuwulula omwe akuwazunza. Msonkhanowu-ndi kugwa-kufalikira padziko lonse lapansi, ndi hashtag ikuyenda m'maiko osachepera 85. Kulimba mtima komanso mgwirizano wa omwe achitiridwa nkhanza zoterezi zithandizira kumanga tsogolo lomwe osalangidwa kwa ogwiririra siabwinonso.
2. Chaka chidachitika kuphulika kwa magulu akuluakulu, kutsutsa, ndi kuchitirana zachiwawa. Mzimu wotsutsa komanso wosagonjetsedwa waukapolo wafika poyang'anizana ndi zoopsa zandale pulezidenti wa Donald Trump. Pa January 21, anthu mamiliyoni awiri adapita kumsewu a Women's Marches padziko lonse lapansi monga chisonyezero chogwirizana ndi ndondomeko yoipa ya Trump ndi yolakwika. Pa January 29, zikwi zinasonkhana m'mabwalo oyendetsa ndege ku dziko lonse kudzatsutsa kuletsedwa kwa Trump ndi kusagwirizana ndi malamulo a Muslim. Mu April, anthu a 200,000 adayanjananso ndi People's Climate March kuti ayime pa kayendedwe ka kayendedwe ka nyengo. Mu Julayi, olemba za ufulu wolemala anachita zosawerengeka ku Capitol Hill poyankha ndalama zolimbana ndi zoopsa za moyo wa GOP. Mwezi wa November ndi December, "Dreamers" yotetezedwa ndi bungwe la Obama lotchedwa Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) linayendetsa Phiri kuti lifunire malo awo, yomwe Trump inatha mu September. Magulu atsopano monga Osazindikiritsidwa athandiza mamiliyoni ambiri a ku America kuti akumane ndi a Congress, pafupifupi 24,000 anthu adalumikizana ndi Democratic Socialists of America, ndipo mabungwe monga ACLU ndi Planned Parenthood adawona zopereka zazikulu.
3. Tikuwona chidzudzulo cha Trump pa bokosi lovotera. Atsogoleri a chipani cha Democratic Electoral Victories adasokoneza madera ena a dzikoli, kusonyeza kuti anakanidwa ndi Donald Trump ndi phwando lake. Wolemba boma wa Republican Ed Gillespie, yemwe anathawa manyazi mpikisanowu, atayika pambali ku Democrat Ralph Northam ku Virginia. Pulezidenti wa New Jersey, Phil Murphy anagonjetsa bwanamkubwa Lt. Kim Guadagno, akupanga boma lachisanu ndi chiwiri mu dziko lino ndi ulamuliro wotsogolera nthambi ndi malamulo. Mu chisankho chapadera cha Alabama kudzaza mpando wa Senate wosasamala wa Jeff Sessions, Democrat Doug Jones ndiye anali kutsogolera chiwerewere Roy Moore-mpikisano wodabwitsa mu dziko lofiira kwambiri, lopangidwa makamaka ndi Ovotera zakuda. Danica Roem ku Virginia, yemwe adatsutsana ndi anti-LGBTQ otsutsa, adakhala munthu woyamba wovundukula osankhidwa kukhala woweruza milandu ku America. Zaka zitatu za 26 za Republican zikulamulira m'deralo. Ndipo m'dera la Virginia la 50th, adadzifotokozera yekha democratist Lee Carter kugonjetsedwa nthumwi lamphamvu ya Republican Jackson Miller.
4. Gulu loyamba la otsutsa a J20, anthu omwe anamangidwa ku Washington DC tsiku la kukhazikitsidwa kwa Trump, sanapezeke ndi mlandu. Ichi chinali chaka chowopsya cha otsutsa a 194, atolankhani ndi madokotala omwe akukumana ndi milandu yambiri, kuphatikizapo zipolowe ndi kuwonongeka kwa katundu, zomwe zikhoza kuchititsa ndende zaka zoposa 60. Zomwe boma likufuna kulanga pamodzi pafupifupi anthu a 200 chifukwa chowonongedwa kwa anthu ochepa ndi chitsanzo choipa cha kuweruzidwa kwa milandu m'nthaŵi yomwe Ufulu Woyamba Kusinthidwa uli pafupi. Pa December 21, komabe bwalo la milandu linabwerera 42 lokha popanda kutsutsika kwa oweruza 6 oyambirira kuti aweruzidwe. Kuwomboledwa kwawo pa milandu yonse ndikuyembekeza mwachidwi kuti otsutsa otsala a 188 akutsutsa komanso kulimbikitsa ufulu wathu wa kulankhula ndi ufulu.
5. Chelsea Manning anatulutsidwa m'ndende pambuyo pa zaka 7. Asilikali Pvt. Manning anaikidwa koyamba ku 2010 ndipo pomalizira pake anaweruzidwa kuti aphwanya lamulo la Espionage atapanga zilembo zamilandu zomwe zikuwonetsa kuzunzidwa ndi asilikali a US, kuphatikizapo mavidiyo a ndege za ku America zomwe zimawombera anthu osauka ku Baghdad, Iraq. Anagwetsedwa zaka 35 m'ndende. Iye otukuka matenda osokoneza maganizo omwe amachititsa kuti athane ndi matendawa. Ankhondo adamaliza kumupatsa chithandizo atatha kupha njala. Pa January 17, 2017, Pulezidenti Obama adawombera Manning chigamulo, ndipo adamasulidwa mu May. Tili ndi ngongole ya Chelsea Manning ndi chiyamiko chifukwa cha kudzipereka kwake pofuna kufotokoza zolakwa za ufumu wa US.
6. Mizinda ndi mayiko adzipereka kuzinthu zabwino zowonongeka, kuphatikizapo boma. Maiko makumi awiri ndi mizinda ya 110 inasaina "America's Pledge," kudzipereka kumamatira nyengo za nyengo ya Obama ngakhale patapita chisankho chotsatira cha Trump kuchoka ku Paris Climate Agreements. Mu December, gulu la mizinda ya 36 inasaina "Chikhazikitso cha Chicago," mgwirizano wochepetsera mpweya wowonjezera ndi kuyang'anitsana wina ndi mnzake patsogolo. Mapatsulowa amasonyeza malingaliro otchuka ndi zandale, kuderalo, mzinda ndi boma, kuti amenyane ndi oligarchs a mgwirizano omwe amapititsa patsogolo chisokonezo cha nyengo.
7. Utsogoleri wa Trump wakhudza kuyankhulana kwakukulu kwadziko zokhudza tsankho ndi chizungu. Bungwe la Black Lives Matter movement, lomwe linayambira pansi pa ulamuliro wa Obama, linasonyeza kuti mtunduwu uli ndi tsankho. Kugonjetsa kwa Donald Trump kunalimbikitsa akuluakulu akuluakulu a boma, monga momwe zikuwonetsera mu msonkhano wachiwawa wa Charlottesville wa Nazi pa August. Koma chakachi chawonetsanso kuti akutsutsana ndi tsankho, Islamophobia komanso anti-semitism zomwe zikuphatikizapo zizindikiro ndi ziboliboli zolimbana, akutsutsa mawu odana ndi anthu, akudandaula kuti abambo a White Banner, Sebastian Gorka ndi Stephen Miller, atuluke kuchokera ku White House (awiri mwa atatuwa apita), ndi kumanga mgwirizano wamphamvu pakati pa zipembedzo zozungulira padera ndi dziko lonse lapansi.
8. Umenewu unali chaka chimene dziko linayankha kuti zida za nyukiliya. Ngakhale kuti Donald Trump adanyoza Kim Jung Un kumpoto kwa Korea ("Little Rocket Man") ndipo adaopseza kuwononga katundu wa nyukiliya wa Iran, pa July 7, 122 ya mayiko a dziko lonse lapansi adasonyeza kukana zida za nyukiliya potsata Chigwirizano cha Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty. Panganoli, otsutsana ndi mayiko asanu ndi anayi a nyukiliya, tsopano latseguka kuti lilembedwe ndipo lamulo lidzayamba kugwira ntchito masiku a 90 atatsimikiziridwa ndi mayiko a 50. Bungwe lomwe linalimbikitsa lamuloli ndi International campaign to eliminate Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), mgwirizano wa mabungwe omwe si a boma ku 450. Zinali zosangalatsa kudziwa kuti ICAN inapatsidwa Nobel Peace Prize chaka chino ku Oslo. Chigwirizano ndi Mphoto ya Mtendere ndizisonyeza kuti ngakhale kuti mabungwe a zida za nyukiliya, omwe ali ndi zida za nyukiliya, sagwirizana nazo, bungwe lapadziko lonse lapansi likufuna kuthetsa zida za nyukiliya.
9. ISIS salinso ndi caliphate. Kwa anthu olimbikitsa mtendere, n'zovuta kuchitapo kanthu kuti apambane, makamaka ngati izi zikuchititsa kuti pakhale anthu ambiri. Izi ndizochitika ndi ISIS, kumene osachepera a 9,000 anaphedwa pankhondo kuti atenge mzinda wa kumpoto wa Iraq wa Mosul. Koma tifunika kuvomereza kuti kuchotsa ISIS 'gawoli kwachititsa kuti ena awonongeke ufulu wa anthu. Zidzakhalanso zowonjezereka kuti zikhale zophweka kupeza kuthetsa nkhondo zoopsya zomwe zakhala zikuchitika ku Syria ndi Iraq, ndikupereka boma lathu chifukwa chochepa kuti tipewe zochuluka zedi ku zankhondo.
10. Mgwirizano wa padziko lonse unayimilira mpaka ku Trump pomwepo pa Yerusalemu. Kudzudzula koopsa kwa chisankho cha Purezidenti Donald Trumpkulengeza Yerusalemu likulu la Israeli, Mayiko a 128, kuphatikizapo mabungwe ogwirizana kwambiri ndi odalirika a US,anavotera pofuna kukonza chisankho cha United Nations kuyitanitsa kusintha kwa udindo wake. Ngakhale kuti zoopsa zochokera ku Ambassador wa United States ku UN Nikki Haley kuti US adzakhala"Kutchula mayina" mwa iwo omwe adavomereza, asirikiti asanu ndi anayi okhawo adavota ndi US ndi 25 adakana. Chisankho sichiri chomangiriza, koma ndi fanizo lodziwika bwino lomwe momwe dziko la United States lilili payekha kwa Israeli.

Pamene tikulowetsa chaka chatsopano, tiyeni tipitirize kukhala odzozedwa ndi ntchito yolimbika ya anthu kunyumba ndi kunja komwe anatipatsa chinachake choti tisangalale ndi 2017. Titha kukhala ndi mndandanda wautali mu 2018.

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Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Global Exchange ndi CODEPINK: Akazi a Mtendere, ndiye mlembi wa buku latsopanolo, Ufumu wa osalungama: Pambuyo pa US-Saudi Connection. Mabuku ake akale ndi awa: Nkhondo ya Drone: Kupha ndi Kutalikira Kwambiri; Musamawope Gringo: Mkazi wa Honduran Akuyankhula kuchokera mu Mtima, ndi (ndi Jodie Evans) Siyani Nkhondo Yotsatira Tsopano. Mumutsatire pa Twitter: @medeabenjamin