nguCole Harrison, I-Action Peace Action, UJuni 16, 2022
Njengoko uhlaselo lwaseRussia lobugebenga lungena kwinyanga yesine, umbutho woxolo kunye nenkqubela phambili unobunzima bokuphinda ucinge ukwenza.
ICongress ibeke i-54 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwimfazwe yase-Ukraine-i-13.6 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngo-Matshi kunye ne-40.1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngoMeyi 19 - apho i-$ 31.3 isetyenziselwa iinjongo zomkhosi. Ivoti kaMeyi yayiyi-368-57 kwiNdlu kunye ne-86-11 kwi-Senate. Bonke abaDemokhrasi kunye nabo bonke aBameli baseMassachusetts kunye neeSenethi zabotele inkxaso-mali yemfazwe, ngelixa inani elikhulu lamaRiphabhlikhi e-Trumpist avotele.
Ngaphambili, iiDemokhrasi ezilwa nemfazwe ezifana no-Ayanna Pressley, uJim McGovern, uBarbara Lee, uPramila Jayapal, u-Ilhan Omar, kunye no-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, kunye noSenator uBernie Sanders, u-Elizabeth Warren, kunye no-Ed Markey, baye bamkela ngokungathandabuzekiyo imfazwe ye-proxy yoLawulo ngokumelene neRashiya. Baye bathetha kancinci ukuchaza izenzo zabo; nguCori Bush kuphela khululwe ingxelo ukubuza inqanaba loncedo lomkhosi, naxa bekuvotelwa.
E-Ukraine, akukho lizwi loxolo kwiCongress.
ULawulo luye lwathumela umnxeba ukususela ngo-Epreli ukuba iinjongo zalo zihamba kakuhle ngaphaya kokukhusela i-Ukraine. Umongameli uBiden uthe uMongameli uPutin "akakwazi ukuhlala esemandleni". Unobhala wezoKhuselo uAustin uthe i-US ifuna ukwenza buthathaka iRussia. Kwaye uSomlomo uNancy Pelosi uthe silwa de kube “loyiso”.
Ulawulo lweBiden alukhange luchaze isicwangciso sokuphelisa imfazwe-inye kuphela yokubuyela eRussia. Unobhala welizwe uBlinken akazange adibane noNobhala Wezangaphandle waseRussia uLavrov okoko uhlaselo lwaseRussia lwaqala ngaphezulu kweenyanga ezimbini ezidlulileyo. Akukho ndawo iphumayo. Akukho diplomacy.
Njalo ENew York Times Abahleli, abathi, njengesebe labo leendaba, bebesoloko bengabalandeli bemfazwe, ngoku bafuna isilumkiso, bebuza, “Liyintoni iQhinga laseMelika eUkraine?” kuhlelo lwe-19 kaMeyi. "I-White House ayibeki emngciphekweni wokuphulukana nomdla wabantu baseMelika ekuxhaseni abantu base-Ukraine - abaqhubeka nokuphulukana nobomi kunye neendlela zokuphila - kodwa ibeka emngciphekweni uxolo nokhuseleko lwexesha elide kwilizwekazi laseYurophu," babhala.
NgoJuni 13, uSteven Erlanger kwi Maxesha yakwenza kwacaca ukuba umongameli waseFransi uMacron kunye noChansela waseJamani uScholz ababizi uloyiso lwase-Ukraine, kodwa uxolo.
URobert Kuttner, Joe Cirincione, Matt Duss, yaye UBill Fletcher Jr. ziphakathi kwamazwi aqhubekayo aziwayo ajoyine ikhwelo lokuba i-US ixhase i-Ukraine ngoncedo lomkhosi, ngelixa amazwi oxolo e-US afana noNoam Chomsky, iCodepink, kunye ne-UNAC ilumkisa ngemiphumo yokwenza oko kwaye ibize iingxoxo endaweni yeengalo.
I-Ukraine lixhoba lobundlobongela kwaye inelungelo lokuzikhusela, kwaye amanye amazwe anelungelo lokuyinceda. Kodwa ayilandeli ukuba iUnited States kufuneka ibonelele ngezixhobo eUkraine. Umngcipheko wase-US utsalelwa kwimfazwe ebanzi kunye neRussia. Iphambukisa imali efunekayo kuncedo lwe-COVID, izindlu, ukulwa nokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nokunye kumzabalazo wamandla eYurophu, kwaye igalela ngakumbi kwingxowa yezixhobo zomkhosi-zemizi-mveliso.
Ke kutheni le nto uninzi lwenkqubela phambili luye lwawela emva komgaqo-nkqubo woLawulo lokoyisa iRashiya?
Okokuqala, abantu abaninzi abaqhubela phambili, abanjengoBiden kunye neeDemokhrasi eziphambili, bathi umzabalazo ophambili emhlabeni namhlanje uphakathi kwedemokhrasi kunye nolawulo-melo, kunye ne-United States njengenkokeli yedemokhrasi. Ngolu luvo, uDonald Trump, uJair Bolsonaro, kunye noVladimir Putin babonisa umkhwa wokuchasa idemokhrasi ekufuneka idemokhrasi ixhathise. UBernie Sanders wabeka inguqulelo yakhe yalo mbono e Fulton, Missouri, ngo 2017. Ukudibanisa umgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle anti-authoritarian kwi-ajenda yakhe yasekhaya, Sanders idibanisa authoritarianism ukungalingani, urhwaphilizo, kunye oligarchy, bathi bayinxalenye yenkqubo efanayo.
Njengoko uAron Maté Ichaza, Inkxaso kaSanders kunye nabanye abanyuliweyo abaqhubela phambili kwi-Russiagate i-conspiracy theory eqala ngo-2016 babeka iqonga lokuba bamkele isivumelwano esichasene neRashiya, esathi, xa imfazwe e-Ukraine yaqala, yabalungiselela ukuba baxhase ukujongana ne-US exhobileyo kunye neRashiya.
Kodwa inkolelo yokuba i-US ngumkhuseli wedemokhrasi ibonelela ngengcamango yokuchaswa kwe-US kwiRashiya, i-China, kunye namanye amazwe angayi kulandelwa yi-US. Abathandi boxolo mabawukhabe lo mbono.
Ewe, kufuneka siyixhase idemokhrasi. Kodwa i-US ayinakukwazi ukuzisa idemokhrasi emhlabeni. Idemokhrasi yase-US ibisoloko ithambekele ekuthandeni izityebi kwaye isenjalo nanamhlanje. Umnqweno wase-US wokumisela imodeli yayo "yedemokhrasi" kwamanye amazwe ikhokelele ekubangeleni iintlekele zase-Iraq nase-Afghanistan, kunye nokuchasana okungapheliyo kwi-Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, China, kunye nokunye.
Kunoko, amazwe aneenkqubo ezahlukeneyo zobupolitika afanele ahlonelane aze azinzise iingxabano zawo ngoxolo. Uxolo luthetha ukuchasa izivumelwano zomkhosi, ukuthengiswa kwezixhobo ezichasayo nokudluliselwa, nokuxhasa iZizwe Ezimanyeneyo ezomelezwe kakhulu. Ngokuqinisekileyo ayithethi ukwamkela ilizwe elingelilo ihlakani lase-US, ukulikhukula ngeengalo, kwaye senze imfazwe yalo ibe yeyethu.
Enyanisweni, i-US bubukumkani, kungekhona idemokhrasi. Umgaqo-nkqubo wayo awuqhutywa ziimfuno okanye iimbono zabantu bayo, kodwa ziimfuno zongxowankulu. Isenzo soxolo saseMassachusetts saqala ukubeka lo mbono kwiminyaka esibhozo eyadlulayo kwiphepha lethu lengxoxo, UMgaqo-nkqubo waNgaphandle kubo bonke.
Ukuqonda kwethu ukuba i-US yi-empire ayabelwanga ngabaqhubela phambili beDemokhrasi abanjengoSanders, Ocasio-Cortez, McGovern, Pressley, Warren, okanye abanye. Ngelixa begxeka ulawulo longxowankulu lwezopolitiko zase-US, abakhange basebenzise esi sigxeko kumgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle. Ngokwenyani, umbono wabo kukuba i-US yidemokhrasi engafezekanga kwaye kufuneka sisebenzise amandla omkhosi wase-US ukujonga amazwe anegunya kwihlabathi liphela.
Umbono onjalo awukho kude kumgca we-neoconservative ukuba i-US lithemba lokugqibela lenkululeko. Ngale ndlela, iiDemokhrasi eziqhubela phambili ziba ziinkokeli zeqela lemfazwe.
Okwesibini, inkqubela phambili ixhasa amalungelo oluntu kunye nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe. Xa iintshaba zase-US zinyathela amalungelo oluntu okanye zihlasela amanye amazwe, abantu abaqhubela phambili bayavelana namaxhoba. Banyanisile ukwenjenjalo.
Kodwa abaqhubela phambili abathandabuzi ngokwaneleyo. Bahlala beqhutywa liqela lemfazwe ukuba basayine kwiimfazwe zase-US kunye namaphulo ezohlwayo angasebenziyo ngokupheleleyo ekuxhaseni amalungelo abantu kwaye awajongele phantsi. Sithi kufuneka bavume ulwaphulo-mthetho lwamalungelo oluntu e-US kuqala phambi kokuba bazame ukufundisa amanye amazwe ngendlela yokuhlonipha amalungelo.
IiProgressives zityikitya ngokukhawuleza ukunyanzeliswa okanye iindlela zomkhosi ukuzama ukulungisa ukunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu.
Ukunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu kwenzeka kuzo zonke iimfazwe, kubandakanywa zombini ezo ziqalwe yi-United States kunye nezo zaqalwa yiRussia. Imfazwe ngokwayo kukunyhashwa kwamalungelo abantu.
Njengonjingalwazi wezomthetho waseYale uSamuel Moyn ubhala, imigudu yokwenza imfazwe ibe yeyobuntu ngakumbi ibe negalelo ekwenzeni iimfazwe zaseUnited States “zamkeleke ngakumbi kwabaninzi yaye kube nzima ukuzibona kwabanye.”
Bade balungele ukubona ukuba iinkqubo zezopolitiko zamanye amazwe nazo zifanelwe yintlonipho kunye nothethathethwano, abaqhubela phambili abakwazi ukuphuma kwisikhokelo sombutho wemfazwe. Ngamanye amaxesha banokuyichasa kwimiba ethile, kodwa basathenga kwizinto ezikhethekileyo zaseMelika.
I-Progressives ibonakala ilibele ukuchasana nokungenelela okwabasebenzela kakuhle xa bechasa iimfazwe zase-Iraq nase-Afghanistan kunye (ukusa kwinqanaba elithile) ukungenelela kweSiriya kunye neLibya kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini edlulileyo. Baye balibala ngequbuliso ukuthandabuza kwabo ipropaganda kwaye bathatha izigcina-ntloko zabo.
Uluvo loluntu lwase-US sele luqala ukutshintsha kwi-Ukraine njengoko umonakalo wezoqoqosho wezohlwayo uqalisa. Oku kubonakaliswe kwiivoti zeRiphabhlikhi ezingama-68 ngokuchasene nephakheji yoncedo yaseUkraine. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, abaqhubela phambili bafakwe kwibhokisi yeembono zabo zaseMelika ezikhethekileyo kunye ne-anti-Russian kwaye bayalile ukuwuthatha lo mbandela. Njengoko imvakalelo yokulwa nemfazwe ikhula, njengoko ngokuqinisekileyo, intshukumo eqhubekayo iya kuhlawula ixabiso elinzima kwisigqibo se-Congressional delegation ukuxhasa umzamo wemfazwe wase-US.
UCole Harrison ngumlawuli olawulayo weMassachusetts Peace Action.
