ndi Greg Coleridge, June 27, 2017, ZNet.
"Kukaniza Universal, Mphamvu Ya demokalase!" ndi chikhumbo chowonjezeka cha chiwerengero chowonjezeka cha anthu, mabungwe ndi magulu, komanso mutu wa Msonkhano wachitatu wa Democracy, August 2-6 ku Minneapolis.
Opezekapo ndi nkhawa zawo komanso zokumana nazo zowopseza komanso mwayi wopanga demokalase yeniyeni zisanachitike komanso makamaka kuyambira chisankho cha Novembala apeza mipata ingapo yophunzirira, kugawana ndi kukonza njira. Cholinga cha Mgwirizanowu sikuti ndikungoyang'ana kukana kumenyedwa komwe kukuchulukirachulukira m'banjamo komanso mogwirizana ndi omwe ali kwina, koma kukulitsa kuphunzira ndi kukonza njira zomwe zimafunika kuti pakhale nyumba zophatikizana komanso zamphamvu zomwe zitha kusintha ndikutsimikizira ufulu ndi ulemu wa onse. kuteteza dziko.
Oyankhula otsimikizika pa Msonkhanowu akuphatikizapo Ben Manski ndi Timeka Drew (Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution), Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap ndi George Friday (Move to Amend), David Swanson ndi Leah Bolger (World Beyond War), Cheri Honkala (Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign), Chase Iron Eyes (Lakota People's Law Project), Medea Benjamin (CODE PINK), Emily Kawano (Solidarity Economy Network), Jacqui Patterson (Environmental and Climate Justice Program, NAACP), Jill Stein (wosankhidwa kukhala pulezidenti wa 2016), David Cobb (Voting Justice), Michael Albert (Z magazine), Nancy Price (Alliance for Democracy), US Representative Mark Pocan, Rev. Delman Coates (American Monetary Institute), Ellen Brown (Public Banking ), Rose Brewer (US Social Forum), ndi Gar Alperovitz (Next System Project)
Msonkhanowu sunabwere panthawi yofunika kwambiri. Tikukhala m'chimake cha nyengo yatsopano. Njira zopondereza, zowononga komanso zosakhazikika - ndi miyambo yawo - zikupereka ziwopsezo zazikulu padziko lonse lapansi kwa anthu, madera ndi chilengedwe ndi moyo - ndi dziko lapansi - zosintha. Zitsanzo zikuphatikizapo kukwera kwa kusagwirizana kwa ndalama, kutayika kwa malo a anthu, maloboti omwe akulowa m'malo mwa ogwira ntchito, nkhondo zosatha ndi ziwopsezo za nkhondo za nyukiliya, chiwopsezo cha capitalist chakukula kosatha pogwiritsa ntchito zinthu zopanda malire, kufalitsa nkhani, kuyang'anira anthu ambiri, mikangano yamitundu / mafuko / zipembedzo zochokera kuzinthu zopanda chilungamo, Kupanga ndalama zopanda malire ngati ngongole yolipira ngongole zam'mbuyomu ndikuyendetsa chuma, njira zowonjezereka zothanirana ndi ndale, kusintha kwanyengo komwe kumachititsidwa ndi anthu komanso kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe, komanso kusungitsa anthu pafupifupi chilichonse, zachuma komanso zabizinesi. ndale zotetezedwa ndi ufulu wamakampani ndi ndalama zomwe zimatchedwa "kulankhula mwaufulu"
Zowona zonsezi zikupita kumalo owopsa kwambiri. Ngati osayankhidwa, aliyense wa iwo akafika pachimake adzayambitsa chisokonezo chachikulu. Ndizotsimikizirika kuti kuyambitsa kwa chinthu chimodzi kudzayipitsa kwambiri ena - zotsatira zake zimakhala zosayembekezereka komanso kuchuluka kwa kugwa kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu.
Ngakhale mwina sikusintha kwenikweni monga momwe anthu adaphunzirira kuyatsa moto, ziwopsezo zomwe zili pamwambazi zikulimbikitsa anthu padziko lonse lapansi kuti aganizire, kulimbikitsa ndi kuchita njira zina zosinthira zazing'ono, zachuma, ndale komanso zamalamulo. Njira imodzi yosinthira zinthu zomwe zasintha kwambiri kapena kutsekereza mikangano yathu yambiri ndikukhazikitsa demokalase yeniyeni - kuzindikira kuti anthu onse ayenera kukhala ndi ufulu ndi ulamuliro popanga zisankho zomwe zimakhudza miyoyo yawo.
Kugawana ndi kukambirana pamodzi za momwe mungakulitsire ndikuzama njira zina izi ndi ntchito yaikulu ya Msonkhano wa Demokalase wa 2017.
Monga Misonkhano iwiri yapitayi mu 2011 ndi 2013, msonkhano wa chaka chino ndi gulu la anthu angapo koma olumikizana "Misonkhano" - iliyonse ikuyang'ana madera osiyanasiyana amavuto omwe alipo komanso ziyembekezo za kusintha kwademokalase kudzera m'misonkhano, mapanelo, ma plenaries ndi magawo amisonkhano. .
Misonkhano isanu ndi itatu ya Msonkhanowu ndi:
Representative Democracy - ufulu wovota ndi boma lotseguka
Chilungamo chamtundu wa demokalase - kufanana pakati pa mitundu, kufanana ndi chilungamo
Mtendere & Demokalase - anthu mphamvu zamtendere komanso zolimbana ndi nkhondo
Media Democracy - chosindikizira chaulere cha gulu laulere
Education United for Democracy - kupanga demokalase masukulu athu, makoleji & mayunivesite
Ufulu Wapadziko Lapansi & Demokalase Yapadziko Lonse - dziko lapansi la anthu onse: ndiye kufunikira!
Demokalase ya Community & Economic - mphamvu zamagulu ndi ogwira ntchito: zachuma ndi ndale ngati kuti anthu ndi ofunika
Democratizing the Constitution - kusintha malamulo athu ofunikira
Magawo awiri owonjezera kapena "njira," pa Maluso ndi Zojambula ndi Kugonjetsa Kuponderezedwa, adzapereka luso lothandizira ndi kusanthula kofunikira kuti athandize pomanga mayendedwe osinthika komanso ophatikizira osintha anthu.
Msonkhano uliwonse udzatulutsa "Democracy Charter" yokhudzana ndi gawo lawo la ntchito. Izi zidzakhala ziganizo zenizeni za momwe tsogolo lathu, dziko la demokalase lidzakhazikitsidwe ndi kulamuliridwa motsatira mikangano yomwe ilipo kale.
Move to Amend, kulimbikitsa kusintha kwa malamulo a We the People komwe kungathetse ufulu wonse wamalamulo amakampani komanso chiphunzitso chalamulo chakuti ndalama ndi zofanana ndi "kulankhula mwaufulu," ndiye woyambitsa msonkhano womaliza wa "People's Movement Assembly" wa maola ambiri. Gawoli lidzatengera Mapangano a Demokalase ngati poyambira kuti pakhale masomphenya ndi njira zomangira anthu mphamvu ndi kukulitsa ndi kulumikiza magulu a demokalase kuti akonzenso malamulo. Cholinga chachikulu ndikusintha machitidwe athu omwe alipo opondereza, owononga komanso osakhazikika ndi omwe ali ndi demokalase yeniyeni yomwe imatha kugwiritsa ntchito njira zina zomwe msonkhano uliwonse udzakulitsa.
Othandizira Pamsonkhanowu akuphatikizapo Liberty Tree Foundation for a Democratic Revolution, Alliance for Democracy, Fair Vote, Move to Amend, World Beyond War, Center for Partnership Studies, The Labor Institute, American Monetary Institute, Z magazine, Programme on Corporations, Law & Democracy (POCLAD), Global Climate Convergence, Mass Global Action, Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, Alliance for Global Justice, Energy Justice Network, NoMoreStolenElections.org, OpEd News, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF), Revolt Against Plutocracy, ndi World Citizens Association Australia.
Ndalama zopitira ku Msonkhano Wachigawo ndizotsika mtengo. Kuti mulembetse, pitani ku https://www.democracyconvention.org/. Mndandanda wa onse okamba nkhani ndi pulogalamu yonse idzaikidwa posachedwa pamalo omwewo.
Titsatireni!
Greg Coleridge ndi Outreach Co-Director of Move to Amend
