Saunia e Cole Harrison, Massachusetts Faatinoga Filemu, Iuni 16, 2022
A o ulufale atu le osofaʻiga solitulafono a Rusia i Iukureini i lona fa masina, o le filemu ma le alualu i luma o le gaioiga e faigata ona toe mafaufau e fai.
Ua faʻatatauina e le Konekeresi le $ 54 piliona mo le taua a Iukureini - $ 13.6 piliona ia Mati ma le $ 40.1 piliona i le aso 19 o Me - o le $ 31.3 e mo faamoemoega faamiliteli. O le palota ia Me e 368-57 i le Maota ae 86-11 i le Senate. O Democrats uma ma Sui Massachusetts uma ma Senators na palota mo le faatupeina o taua, ae o se numera tele o Trumpist Republicans na palota leai.
O le au Democrats muamua e tetee i taua e pei o Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Jim McGovern, Barbara Lee, Pramila Jayapal, Ilhan Omar, ma Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ma Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, ma Ed Markey, ua latou taliaina ma le le faitioina le faateleina o le taua a le Pulega faasaga ia Rusia. E itiiti a latou tala e faamatala ai a latou amioga; na o Cori Bush tatala mai se faamatalaga fesiligia le maualuga o fesoasoani a le militeri, e tusa lava pe palota mo ia.
I Ukraine, e leai se leo filemu i le Konekeresi.
O loʻo faʻasalalau e le Pulega talu mai Aperila o ana sini e sili atu nai lo le puipuia o Ukraine. Na saunoa Peresitene Biden e faapea o Peresitene Putin “e le mafai ona tumau i le pule”. Fai mai le Failautusi o le Puipuiga Austin, o le US e taumafai e faʻavaivaia Rusia. Ma na fai mai le Fofoga Fetalai Nancy Pelosi o loo tatou tau seia "manumalo".
E leʻi faʻamatalaina e le Biden Administration se taʻiala mo le faʻamutaina o le taua - naʻo le tasi mo le toe lavea i Rusia. O le Failautusi o le Setete o Blinken e leʻi feiloai ma le Failautusi o le Va i Fafo a Rusia Lavrov talu mai le osofaʻiga a Rusia na amata i le silia ma le lua masina talu ai. E leai se auala i fafo. E leai se tipiloma.
E oo lava i le Times Niu Ioka faatonu, o e, e pei o la latou matagaluega o talafou, sa masani ona avea ma taitai fiafia mo le taua, ua valaau nei mo le faaeteete, fesili, “O le a le Fuafuaga a Amerika i Iukureini?” i se fa'asalalauga ia Me 19. "O le White House e le gata ina lamatia ai le le fiafia o tagata Amerika i le lagolagoina o Ukrainians - o loʻo faʻaauau pea ona pagatia i le maumau o ola ma mea e ola ai - ae e lamatia ai foʻi le filemu ma le saogalemu umi i le konetineta o Europa," na latou tusia ai.
I le aso 13 Iuni, Steven Erlanger i le Times na faamanino mai e le o valaau le peresitene o Farani Macron ma le pule o Siamani Scholz mo le manumalo i Iukureini, ae mo le filemu.
Robert Kuttner, Joe Cirincione, Matt Duss, ma Bill Fletcher Jr. are among well-known progressive voices who have joined the call for the US to support Ukraine with military aid, while US peace voices such as Noam Chomsky, Codepink, and UNAC warn of the consequences of doing so and call for negotiations instead of arms.
Ukraine is the victim of aggression and has the right to defend itself, and other states have the right to aid it. But it does not follow that the United States should provide arms to Ukraine. The US risks being drawn into a wider war with Russia. It diverts funds needed for COVID relief, housing, combating climate change and more to a power struggle in Europe, and pours more into the coffers of the military-industrial complex.
So why have so many progressives fallen into line behind the Administration’s policy of defeating Russia?
Muamua, o le tele o tagata alualu i luma, e pei o Biden ma le centrist Democrats, fai mai o le tauiviga muamua i le lalolagi i aso nei o le va o le faatemokalasi ma le pule, ma le Iunaite Setete o le taitai o le faatemokalasi. I lenei manatu, o Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, ma Vladimir Putin o loʻo faʻataʻitaʻia se uiga tetee-temokalasi e tatau ona teena e malo. Bernie Sanders na fa'ailoa mai ai lana fa'aaliga o lenei va'aiga i Fulton, Misuri, i le 2017. O le faʻafesoʻotaʻiina o se faiga faʻavae mai fafo e tetee i le pule i lana lisi o mataupu i totonu o le lotoifale, e faʻafesoʻotaʻi ai e Sanders le pule faʻapitoa i le le tutusa, faiga piʻopiʻo, ma le oligarchy, fai mai o latou o se vaega o le faiga lava e tasi.
E pei o Arona Maté faamatala, lagolago a Sanders ma isi tagata filifilia alualu i luma mo le Russiangate taupulepulega taupulepulega amata i le 2016 setiina le tulaga mo i latou e taliaina se maliega tetee a Rusia, lea, ina ua pa le taua i Iukureini, na saunia ai i latou e lagolagoina se osofaiga faaauupegaina a Amerika ma Rusia.
Ae o le talitonuga o le US o le puipuiga o le faatemokalasi e maua ai se faʻamaoniga faʻamaonia mo le tetee a Amerika i Rusia, Saina, ma isi atunuu e le mulimulitaʻi i le US. E tatau i tagata fiafia i le filemu ona teena lenei manatu.
Ioe, e tatau ona tatou lagolagoina le faatemokalasi. Ae o le US e tau le i ai i se tulaga e aumaia ai le faatemokalasi i le lalolagi. O le faatemokalasi a Amerika e masani lava ona lilifa i le au mauoa ma ua sili atu i aso nei. O le sailiga a le US e tuʻuina atu lana lava faʻataʻitaʻiga o le "temokalasi" i isi atunuʻu ua mafua ai le faʻaleagaina o Iraq ma Afghanistan, ma le le faʻavaivaia o le tetee ia Iran, Venesuela, Cuba, Rusia, Saina, ma isi mea.
Nai lo o lea, o atunuu e eseese faiga faapolotiki e tatau ona faaaloalo le tasi i le isi ma foia filemu o latou feeseeseaiga. O le filemu o lona uiga o le tetee atu i sooga faamiliteli, tetee i le faatauina atu o auupega ma le fesiitaiga, ma le lagolagoina o Malo Aufaatasi ua malosi tele. E mautinoa lava e le o lona uiga o le taliaina o se atunuu e le o se US, lolovaia i lima, ma fai lana taua ia tatou lava.
In reality, the U.S. is an empire, not a democracy. Its policy is not driven by the needs or opinions of its people, but by the needs of capitalism. Massachusetts Peace Action first laid out this perspective eight years ago in our discussion paper, O se Faiga Faavae mo Tagata Uma.
O lo matou malamalama o le US o se malo e le faʻasoaina e le Democratic progressives e pei o Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, McGovern, Pressley, Warren, poʻo isi. A'o latou faitioina le pule fa'apolokiki o faiga fa'apolokiki a Amerika, latou te le'i fa'aogaina lenei faitioga i faiga fa'avae mai fafo. O lona uiga, o la latou manatu o le US o se faatemokalasi le atoatoa ma e tatau ona tatou faʻaogaina le malosi o le militeri a Amerika e siaki ai setete pule i le lalolagi atoa.
O sea vaaiga e le mamao mai le laina neoconservative e faapea o le US o le faamoemoe sili mulimuli lea o le saolotoga. I lenei auala, o le au Democrats alualu i luma e avea ma taʻitaʻi o le taua.
Lona lua, o lo'o lagolagoina e le alualu i luma aia tatau a tagata soifua ma tulafono fa'avaomalo. Pe a soli e fili a Amerika aia tatau a tagata poʻo osofaʻia isi atunuu, o loʻo agaʻigaʻi i luma le alofa i tagata afaina. E sa'o lava latou.
But progressives are not skeptical enough. They are often manipulated by the war party to sign on to US wars and sanctions campaigns that are totally ineffective at supporting human rights and really undermine them. We say they should sanction U.S. human rights offenses first before trying to teach other countries how to uphold rights.
Ua vave foi ona sainia e le au alualu i luma i le faʻamalosi poʻo le militeri e taumafai e toe faʻaleleia le soliga o aia tatau a tagata.
O soliga o aia tatau a tagata e tutupu i taua uma, e aofia uma ai taua na amataina e le Iunaite Setete ma taua na amataina e Rusia. O taua lava ia o se soliga o aia tatau a tagata.
E pei o le polofesa tulafono a Yale Samuel Moyn tusia, o le taumafaiga ina ia faia taua ia sili atu ona agaalofa ua saosaolaumea i le faia o taua a Amerika “ia sili atu ona taliaina e le toatele ma faigata ona vaai i ai i isi.”
Until they are ready to see that other countries’ political systems also deserve respect and engagement, progressives are not able to break out of the war party’s frame. They may at times oppose it on specific issues, but they are still buying into American exceptionalism.
E foliga mai ua galo i le au alualu i luma le tetee i le faʻalavelave lea na sili ona aoga ia i latou pe a latou tetee i taua a Iraq ma Afghanistan ma (i se tulaga) o faʻalavelave a Suria ma Libya i le luasefulu tausaga talu ai. Ua fa'afuase'i ona galo ia i latou lo latou masalosalo i fa'asalalauga ma o lo'o pu'e mo o latou pulou.
O manatu lautele a le US ua amata ona suia i luga o Iukureini ona o le afaina o le tamaoaiga o faʻasalaga ua faʻaalia i totonu. E oʻo mai i le taimi nei, o loʻo faʻapipiʻiina tagata alualu i luma e lo latou talitonuga faʻapitoa a Amerika ma le tetee-Rusia ma ua latou mumusu e fai lenei mataupu. A o tuputupu aʻe lagona tetee, e pei ona mautinoa, o le alualu i luma o le a totogi se tau mamafa mo le faaiuga a lana sui o le Konekeresi e lagolagoina le taumafaiga a le US.
Cole Harrison o le faatonu sili o Massachusetts Peace Action.
