Wolemba Cole Harrison, Massachusetts Peace Action, June 16, 2022
Pamene zigawenga zaku Russia zikuwukira ku Ukraine zikulowa mwezi wake wachinayi, gulu lamtendere ndi lopita patsogolo lili ndi zovuta zoganizanso.
Congress yagawa $ 54 biliyoni pankhondo yaku Ukraine - $ 13.6 biliyoni mu Marichi ndi $ 40.1 biliyoni pa Meyi 19 - pomwe $ 31.3 ndi yankhondo. Voti ya Meyi inali 368-57 mu Nyumba ndi 86-11 mu Senate. Ma Democrats onse ndi Oyimilira onse aku Massachusetts ndi Senators adavotera ndalama zankhondo, pomwe ochulukirapo a Trumpist Republican adavotera ayi.
M'mbuyomu ma Democrats odana ndi nkhondo ngati a Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Jim McGovern, Barbara Lee, Pramila Jayapal, Ilhan Omar, ndi Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ndi a Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, ndi Ed Markey, adavomereza mosakayikira nkhondo yomwe ikukulirakulira ya Ulamuliro yolimbana ndi Russia. Iwo sananene pang'ono kufotokoza zochita zawo; Cori Bush yekha anatulutsa mawu kukayikira mlingo wa thandizo lankhondo, ngakhale povotera.
Pa Ukraine, palibe mawu amtendere ku Congress.
Boma lakhala likutumiza telegraph kuyambira Epulo kuti zolinga zake zimapitilira kuteteza Ukraine. Purezidenti Biden adati Purezidenti Putin "sangakhalebe pampando". Secretary of Defense Austin adati US ikufuna kufooketsa Russia. Ndipo Spika Nancy Pelosi adati tikumenya nkhondo mpaka "kupambana".
Boma la Biden silinafotokoze njira yothetsera nkhondoyi - imodzi yokha yobwezera ku Russia. Mlembi wa boma Blinken sanakumanepo ndi Mlembi Wachilendo Wachilendo ku Russia Lavrov kuyambira kuukira kwa Russia kunayamba miyezi iwiri yapitayo. Palibe njira yolowera. Palibe diplomacy.
Ngakhale New York Times akonzi, amene, mofanana ndi dipatimenti yawo yofalitsa nkhani, kaŵirikaŵiri akhala ochemerera nkhondoyo, tsopano akuitana chenjezo, akufunsa kuti, “Kodi Njira ya America ku Ukraine ndi Chiyani?” m'nkhani ya Meyi 19. "A White House samangoika pachiwopsezo chotaya chidwi cha anthu aku America chothandizira anthu aku Ukraine - omwe akupitilizabe kutaya miyoyo ndi moyo - komanso kuyika pachiwopsezo mtendere ndi chitetezo chanthawi yayitali ku Europe," adalemba.
Pa June 13, Steven Erlanger mu Times adafotokoza momveka bwino kuti Purezidenti waku France Macron ndi Chancellor waku Germany Scholz sakufuna chipambano cha Ukraine, koma mtendere.
Robert Kuttner, Joe Cirincione, Matt Dussndipo Bill Fletcher Jr. ali m'gulu la mawu odziwika bwino omwe alowa nawo kuyitanidwa kuti US ithandizire Ukraine ndi thandizo lankhondo, pomwe mawu amtendere aku US monga Noam Chomsky, Codepink, ndi UNAC akuchenjeza za zotsatira za kutero ndikuyitanitsa zokambirana m'malo mwa zida.
Ukraine ndi wozunzidwa ndipo ali ndi ufulu wodziteteza, ndipo mayiko ena ali ndi ufulu wothandizira. Koma sizikutsatira kuti United States iyenera kupereka zida ku Ukraine. US ili pachiwopsezo chokokedwa kunkhondo yayikulu ndi Russia. Zimapatutsa ndalama zomwe zimafunikira thandizo la COVID, nyumba, kuthana ndi kusintha kwanyengo ndi zina zambiri kunkhondo yamphamvu ku Europe, ndikutsanulira zambiri m'matumba ankhondo ndi mafakitale.
Nanga n’cifukwa ciani anthu ambili opitilila patsogolo akutsatila mfundo ya Boma yogonjetsa Russia?
Choyamba, ambiri omwe akupita patsogolo, monga a Biden ndi a Democratic centrist, akuti kulimbana kwakukulu padziko lapansi masiku ano kuli pakati pa demokalase ndi ulamuliro wankhanza, United States ndiye mtsogoleri wa demokalase. M'malingaliro awa, a Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, ndi Vladimir Putin akuwonetsa chizolowezi chotsutsana ndi demokalase chomwe ma demokalase ayenera kukana. Bernie Sanders adafotokoza mawonekedwe ake amalingaliro awa ku Fulton, Missouri, mu 2017. Pogwirizanitsa ndondomeko yachilendo yotsutsana ndi ulamuliro wakunja ku ndondomeko yake yapakhomo, Sanders amagwirizanitsa ulamuliro waulamuliro ndi kusalingana, ziphuphu, ndi oligarchy, ponena kuti iwo ali mbali ya dongosolo lomwelo.
Monga Aaron Maté Akufotokoza, thandizo la Sanders ndi osankhidwa ena opita patsogolo pa chiphunzitso cha chiwembu cha Russiagate kuyambira mu 2016 chinakhazikitsa maziko oti agwirizane ndi mgwirizano wotsutsana ndi Russia, umene, pamene nkhondo ya ku Ukraine inayamba, inawakonzekeretsa kuti athandizire nkhondo ya US ndi Russia.
Koma chikhulupiliro chakuti US ndi yoteteza demokalase imapereka zifukwa zomveka zotsutsana ndi Russia, China, ndi mayiko ena omwe satsatira zomwe US akufuna. Okonda mtendere ayenera kukana maganizo amenewa.
Inde, tiyenera kuthandizira demokalase. Koma US ilibe mwayi wobweretsa demokalase padziko lapansi. Demokalase yaku US yakhala ikupendekeka mokomera anthu olemera ndipo ikupitilira masiku ano. Kufuna kwa US kuyika mtundu wake wa "demokalase" kumayiko ena kwapangitsa kuti pakhale masoka a Iraq ndi Afghanistan, komanso kutsutsa kosalekeza ku Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, China, ndi zina.
M’malo mwake, maiko okhala ndi maboma osiyanasiyana andale ayenera kulemekezana ndi kuthetsa kusamvana kwawo mwamtendere. Mtendere umatanthauza kutsutsa mapangano ankhondo, kutsutsa kugulitsa zida ndi kusamutsa zida, ndikuthandizira bungwe la United Nations lolimbikitsidwa kwambiri. Izi sizikutanthauza kukumbatira dziko lomwe siligwirizana ndi US, kulidzaza ndi zida, ndikupanga nkhondo yake kukhala yathu.
M'malo mwake, US ndi ufumu, osati demokalase. Ndondomeko yake sikuyendetsedwa ndi zosowa kapena malingaliro a anthu ake, koma ndi zosowa za capitalism. Massachusetts Peace Action idayamba kufotokoza izi zaka zisanu ndi zitatu zapitazo muzokambirana zathu, Ndondomeko Yachilendo Kwa Onse.
Kumvetsetsa kwathu kuti US ndi ufumu sikumagawidwa ndi opita patsogolo a Democratic monga Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, McGovern, Pressley, Warren, kapena ena. Ngakhale amadzudzula ulamuliro wa capitalist wa ndale za US, sanagwiritse ntchito kudzudzulaku ku mfundo zakunja. M'malo mwake, malingaliro awo ndikuti US ndi demokalase yopanda ungwiro ndipo tiyenera kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zankhondo zaku US kuyang'ana mayiko aulamuliro padziko lonse lapansi.
Malingaliro otere sali kutali ndi mzere wa neoconservative kuti US ndiye chiyembekezo chabwino kwambiri chaufulu. Mwanjira iyi, ma Democrat opita patsogolo amakhala atsogoleri a chipani chankhondo.
Chachiwiri, opita patsogolo amathandizira ufulu wa anthu komanso malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi. Adani a US akapondereza ufulu wachibadwidwe kapena kuwukira mayiko ena, opita patsogolo amamvera chisoni omwe akuzunzidwa. Iwo ndi olondola kutero.
Koma opita patsogolo sakukayikira mokwanira. Nthawi zambiri amasinthidwa ndi gulu lankhondo kuti asayine nawo kunkhondo zaku US ndi zilango zomwe sizithandiza konse kuthandizira ufulu wachibadwidwe komanso kuwafooketsa. Tikuti avomereze zolakwa za ufulu wachibadwidwe ku US kaye asanayese kuphunzitsa mayiko ena momwe angasungire ufulu wawo.
Progressives imasainiranso mwachangu njira zokakamiza kapena zankhondo kuyesa kuthetsa kuphwanya ufulu wachibadwidwe.
Kuphwanya ufulu wachibadwidwe kumachitika pankhondo zonse, kuphatikiza zomwe zidayambika ndi United States ndi zomwe zidayambika ndi Russia. Nkhondo yokha ndi kuphwanya ufulu wa anthu.
Monga pulofesa wa zamalamulo ku Yale, Samuel Moyn akulemba, zoyesayesa zopangitsa nkhondo kukhala zaumunthu kwambiri zathandiza kupangitsa nkhondo za ku United States kukhala “zovomerezeka kwa ambiri ndi zovuta kuziwona kwa ena.”
Mpaka atakhala okonzeka kuwona kuti ndale za mayiko enanso zikuyenera kulemekezedwa ndi kuyanjana, opita patsogolo sangathe kutuluka m'gulu lankhondo. Nthawi zina amatha kutsutsa pazinthu zinazake, koma akugulabe zachilendo zaku America.
Ma Progressives akuwoneka kuti aiwala zotsutsana ndi zotsutsana zomwe zidawathandiza kwambiri pamene adatsutsa nkhondo za Iraq ndi Afghanistan komanso (pamlingo wina) kulowererapo kwa Syria ndi Libya zaka makumi awiri zapitazi. Iwo aiwala mwadzidzidzi kukayikira kwawo kwa nkhani zabodza ndipo akutenga zipewa zawo.
Malingaliro a anthu a US ayamba kale kusintha ku Ukraine pamene kuwonongeka kwachuma kwa zilango kukuyamba. Izi zikuwonekera mu mavoti 68 a Republican motsutsana ndi phukusi la thandizo la Ukraine. Pakadali pano, omwe akupita patsogolo akuphatikizidwa ndi malingaliro awo apadera aku America komanso odana ndi Russia ndipo akana kutengera nkhaniyi. Pamene malingaliro odana ndi nkhondo akukula, monga momwe zimakhalira, gulu lopita patsogolo lidzalipira mtengo waukulu pa chisankho cha nthumwi zake za Congressional kuthandiza nkhondo ya US.
Cole Harrison ndi director director a Massachusetts Peace Action.
