Mangani Milatho, Osati Makoma, Ulendo Wopita Ku Dziko Lopanda Malire

lolembedwa ndi Todd Miller, Open Media Series, City Light Books, Ogasiti 19, 2021

"Kumanga Milatho, Osati Makoma," mtolankhani wamalire, buku laposachedwa kwambiri komanso labwino kwambiri la Todd Miller, likugunda. Ndipo sasiya. M'masamba oyambilira a Miller akufotokoza zokumana ndi Juan Carlos mumsewu wachipululu mamailosi makumi awiri kumpoto kwa malire a US-Mexico. Juan akumukankhira pansi. Atatopa komanso owuma, Juan adapempha Miller kuti amupatse madzi ndi ulendo wopita kutauni yapafupi. “Kukadakhala kupanda ulemu kunyalanyaza 'lamulo lalamulo' kuthandiza Juan Carlos pomupezetsa. Koma ndikadapanda kutero, malinga ndi lemba, machitidwe auzimu, ndi chikumbumtima, kukadakhala kuphwanya lamulo lapamwamba kwambiri. ”

Mphindi yamphindi iyi imakhala mantra yamasamba otsala a 159 m'bukuli. Pakati pazinthu zoziziritsa, kuzindikira kwamilandu yambirimbiri, ndi nkhani za anthu, Juan Carlos akuwonekeranso. Nthawi zambiri.

Miller adalongosola mwachidule buku lake m'mawu awiri kuti: "Apa mupeza kuyitanitsa kwa omenyera ufulu kuthetsedwa kudzera mu kukoma mtima - kukoma mtima kothawathawa komwe kumatha, komwe kumaphwanya malamulo osalungama ndikukhazikika. Ndipo pano upeza chokongola, china chaumunthu, kuchokera ku zidutswa zosweka. ”

Mmodzi ndi m'modzi Miller amalankhula pamalingaliro odziwika bwino omwe amapanga bipartisan US. mfundo zachitetezo chamalire. Chofala ndi chakuti "onse ndi nyulu za mankhwala osokoneza bongo." Kutsutsa kwa a Miller ndi lipoti la boma lomwe limamaliza pafupifupi 90% ya mankhwala osokoneza bongo omwe amalowa ku US. kubwera kudzera kumadoko olowera. Osati chipululu kapena kuwoloka mtsinje wa Rio Grande. Capitalism ya Narco, ngakhale kuli kotchedwa nkhondo yolimbana ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo, ndiyo njira yotchuka yochitira bizinesi. "Mabanki akuluakulu omwe agwidwa kale ndikulipiritsa ndalama ngati izi - koma sanatchulidwepo konse ngati ogulitsa mankhwala osokoneza bongo - kuphatikiza Wells Fargo, HSBC, ndi Citibank, kungotchulapo ochepa."

"Akulandira ntchito zathu." Mlandu wina wodziwika. Miller akukumbutsa owerenga lipoti la 2018 lochokera ku US. Bureau of Labor Statistics yomwe ikuti kuyambira kukhazikitsidwa kwa NAFTA mu 1994, US. ntchito zopanga zatsika ndi 4.5 miliyoni, pomwe 1.1 miliyoni ya zotayika zimachitika chifukwa cha mgwirizano wamalonda. Ndi mayiko akunja omwe adadutsa malire ndikutenga ntchito kumwera nawo pomwe osamukira kumayiko ena amawapulumutsa.

Ndipo upandu? “Kafukufuku amene wachitika atafufuza zaulula zakusamukira kudziko lina monga nthano, mwina yosankhana mitundu, yomwe imasokoneza mayeso olowerera kwambiri a umbanda komanso chifukwa chake. Mwanjira ina, ambiri odana ndi alendo, omenyera ufulu pamakoma amayendetsedwa ndi mbiri yoyera ya azungu. ”

Miller amalankhulanso za njira zopewera malire. Anatinso makoma a 650 mamailosi aku US-Mexico analipo boma la Trump lisanachitike. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, ndi Joe Biden onse adavotera Secure Fence Act ya 2006. Malo okhala m'malire-mafakitale amasewera mbali zonse ziwiri za kanjira ngati fiddle. Ena mwa osewerawa siachilendo kwa omenyera nkhondo: Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar, Raytheon ndi Elbit Systems, kungotchulapo ochepa.

"Kwa zaka makumi anayi, malire okakamiza anthu akumalire ndi osamukira kudziko lina akhala akuchuluka, chaka ndi chaka, popanda zokambirana pagulu kapena zokambirana pagulu ... mu 1980, malire apachaka ndi ndalama zakunja kwa anthu anali $ 349 miliyoni." Mu 2020 bajeti iyi idapitilira $ 25 biliyoni. Kuwonjezeka kwakukulu kwa 6,000 peresenti. "Njira yolowera kumalire ndi yophatikiza, ndipo kuthetsako kuyenera kuchoka pamaganizidwe atsankho."

Kampani ya "Building Bridges, Not Walls" yomwe ili ndi mabuku ambiri akumalire ikupezeka. " Ulendo Wopita Ku Dziko Lopanda Makoma. ” Miller akubwereza kufunsa kochokera kwa wafilosofi komanso wolemba ku Nigeria a Bayo Akomolafe kuti: "Ndi dziko lanji losawoneka bwino komanso lokongola lomwe limapitilira mipanda ndi makoma omwe samangokhala matupi athu okha, komanso malingaliro athu, zolankhula zathu, umunthu wathu?" Miller akutiuza kuti tidzimasule ku "US. nkhani ndi mawu ake ofotokozera zomwe zimaonedwa ngati zotsutsana komanso zomwe sizili choncho ”

Wowerenga amafunsidwa kuti aziganiza kunja kwa malingaliro a khoma, kupitirira "kudwala chifukwa cha khoma." Milatho ilipo kale. "Milatho imathanso kukhala yamalingaliro, yamaganizidwe, komanso yauzimu ... chilichonse chomwe chingalumikizane." Tiyenera kungowazindikira. Amatikumbutsa za kuzindikira kwa Angela Davis: "Makoma oyang'ana mmbali ndi milatho."

Miller akupereka zowona, ndipo akutsatira ndi mafunso: "Bwanji ngati titadzilola kulingalira za dziko lopanda malire? Bwanji ngati titati tiwone malire ngati maunyolo, osati ngati zikopa, koma ngati maunyolo omwe akusunga dziko lapansi mosakhazikika chifukwa cha magawano amtundu, komanso kuwonongeka kwa nyengo? Kodi tingasinthire bwanji momwe malire ndi makoma akhala mayankho ovomerezeka pamavuto? Kodi izi zitha kukhala bwanji ndale? Kodi kukoma mtima kungagwetse bwanji makoma? ” Ili ndi buku lokonda kwambiri. Palibe chiyembekezo chotsika mtengo, m'malo mwazovuta. Mpirawo uli m'bwalo la anthu. Zathu.

"Kumanga Milatho, Osati Makoma amatuluka mumsewu wamisili wa Todd Miller ndi Juan Carlos. “Tsopano ndikuwona kuzengereza kwanga mchipululu pamaso pa Juan Carlos ngati chisonyezo chakuti ine ndimafuna thandizo. Ndine amene ndimayenera kumvetsetsa dziko lapansi mwanjira ina. ” Momwemo adayamba ulendo wake wopita kudziko lopanda malire. Tsopano akutiitanira ife.

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