Uqhanqalazo lwabafundi eThailand. AP
NguMedea Benjamin noNicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, UDisemba 9, 2021
Umongameli Biden's virtual ISamithi yeDemokhrasi nge-9-10 kaDisemba yinxalenye yephulo lokubuyisela ukuma kwe-United States emhlabeni, eyathatha ukubetha okunjalo phantsi kwemigaqo-nkqubo eguquguqukayo kaMongameli Trump. UBiden unethemba lokukhusela indawo yakhe entlokweni yetafile “yeHlabathi yaSimahla” ngokuphuma njengentshatsheli yamalungelo oluntu kunye nezenzo zedemokhrasi kwihlabathi liphela.
Ixabiso elikhulu elinokubakho lendibano ye Amazwe e-111 kukuba kunokusebenza “njengongenelelo,” okanye ithuba lokuba abantu noorhulumente behlabathi jikelele bavakalise iinkxalabo zabo malunga neziphene kwidemokhrasi yase-US kunye nendlela engenademokhrasi i-United States ijongana nehlabathi liphela. Nantsi imiba nje embalwa ekufuneka iqwalaselwe:
- I-US ibango njengenkokeli kwidemokhrasi yehlabathi ngexesha apho eyakhe sele iphosakele kakhulu Idemokhrasi iyawohloka, njengoko kungqinwa luhlaselo olothusayo lwe-6 kaJanuwari kwiCapitol yesizwe. Ngaphezulu kwengxaki yenkqubo ye-duopoly egcina amanye amaqela ezopolitiko evalelwe ngaphandle kunye nempembelelo engcolileyo yemali kwezopolitiko, inkqubo yonyulo yase-US ichithwa ngakumbi kukuthambekela okwandayo kokukhuphisana neziphumo zonyulo oluthembekileyo kunye nemigudu ebanzi yokucinezela ukuthatha inxaxheba kwabavoti ( Amazwe ali-19 awise umthetho we-33 imithetho eyenza kube nzima ngakumbi ukuba abemi bavote).
Ihlabathi elibanzi udidi yamazwe ngemilinganiselo eyahlukeneyo yedemokhrasi ibeka i-US ku-# 33, ngelixa i-Freedom House exhaswa ngurhulumente wase-US ibeka eunited States I- # 61 elusizi kwihlabathi yenkululeko yezopolitiko kunye nenkululeko yoluntu, ngokulingana neMongolia, iPanama kunye neRomania.
- I-ajenda ye-US engabonakaliyo kule "ngqungquthela" kukudemoni kunye nokuhlukanisa i-China neRashiya. Kodwa ukuba siyavuma ukuba idemokhrasi kufuneka igwetywe ngendlela ebaphatha ngayo abantu babo, ngoko kutheni iNkongolo yase-US isilela ukuphumeza umthetho oyilwayo wokubonelela ngeenkonzo ezisisiseko ezifana nokhathalelo lwempilo, ukhathalelo lwabantwana, izindlu kunye nemfundo, eziye zaphunyezwa. Kuqinisekisiwe kubemi abaninzi baseTshayina simahla okanye ngexabiso elincinci?
kwaye sihlole Impumelelo engaqhelekanga yaseTshayina ekupheliseni intlupheko. NjengoNobhala Jikelele we-UN u-Antonio Guterres wathi, “Ngalo lonke ixesha ndityelela eTshayina, ndothuswa kukubona isantya sotshintsho nenkqubela phambili. Udale olona qoqosho lunamandla kwihlabathi, ngelixa unceda abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-800 ukuba bazikhuphe kwintlupheko – eyona mpumelelo inkulu embalini yokulwa intlupheko.
I-China nayo yodlula kude i-US ekujonganeni nobhubhane. Akumangalisi ukuba iYunivesithi yaseHarvard umbiko bafumanise ukuba ngaphezulu kwe-90% yabantu baseTshayina bathanda urhulumente wabo. Umntu unokucinga ukuba impumelelo yaseTshayina engaqhelekanga iya kwenza ukuba ulawulo lwe-Biden luthobeke ngakumbi malunga nembono yedemokhrasi “yobukhulu obunye”.
- Ingxaki yemozulu kunye nobhubhane lukhwelo lokuvusa intsebenziswano yehlabathi, kodwa le Ngqungquthela yenzelwe elubala ukunyusa iyantlukwano. Oonozakuzaku baseTshayina naseRussia eWashington baye esidlangalaleni utyholwa I-United States yokuqhuba ingqungquthela ukuze kupheliswe ungquzulwano ngezimvo kunye nokwahlula umhlaba ube ziinkampu ezinobutshaba, ngelixa i-China ibambe ukhuphiswano. IForam yeDemokhrasi yaMazwe ngaMazwe kunye namazwe angama-120 ngempelaveki ngaphambi kwengqungquthela yase-US.
Ukumemela urhulumente waseTaiwan kwindibano yase-US kutshabalalisa ngakumbi i-1972 Shanghai Communiqué, apho i-United States yavuma ukuba Umgaqo-nkqubo waseTshayina yaye bavuma ukucutha ukufakwa komkhosi Taiwan.
Kwakhona umenyiwe yi yonakele Urhulumente ochasene neRussia ofakwe yi-2014 US-backed coup e-Ukraine, ekuxelwe ukuba uye isiqingatha semikhosi yayo yomkhosi ikulungele ukuhlasela i-People's Republics ezibiza ngokuba yi-People's Republics yaseDonetsk kunye ne-Luhansk eMpuma ye-Ukraine, eyathi yafumana inkululeko ngenxa yobhukuqo-mbuso luka-2014. I-US kunye ne-NATO baye ngoku zixhaswe oku kunyuka kukhulu kwe udabi lasekuhlaleni esele ibulele abantu abayi-14,000.
- I-US kunye namahlakani ayo aseNtshona-iinkokeli ezizithambise ngokwazo zamalungelo abantu-kuyenzeka nje ukuba ngababoneleli abaphambili bezixhobo kunye noqeqesho kwabanye abona bakhohlakeleyo behlabathi. abalawuli. Ngaphandle kokuzibophelela ngomlomo kumalungelo oluntu, ulawulo lweBiden kunye neCongress kutshanje iphumeze isixhobo esizizigidi ezingama-650 zeerandis isivumelwano seSaudi Arabia ngexesha apho obu bukumkani bengcinezelo buqhubhisa ibhombu kwaye balamba abantu baseYemen.
Heck, ulawulo lude lusebenzise iidola zerhafu zase-US "ukunikezela" ngezixhobo koozwilakhe, njengoNjengele uSisi waseYiputa, owongamela urhulumente ngoozwilakhe. mawaka amabanjwa ezopolitiko, uninzi lwawo sitshutshisiwe. Kambe ke, la mahlakani aseUnited States awazange amenywe kwiNgqungquthela yeDemokhrasi—oko bekuya kuba lihlazo kakhulu.
- Mhlawumbi umntu makaxelele uBiden ukuba ilungelo lokusinda lilungelo elisisiseko lomntu. Ilungelo lokufumana ukutya yaziwa ngo-1948 iUniversal Declaration of Human Rights njengenxalenye yelungelo lomgangatho wokuphila owaneleyo, kwaye ikhutshiwe kuMnqophiso wamaZwe ngamaZwe we-1966 wamaLungelo ezoQoqosho, iNtlalo neNkcubeko.
Ke kutheni i-US inyanzelisa izohlwayo ezibi kumazwe ukusuka eVenezuela ukuya kuMntla Korea abangela ukunyuka kwamaxabiso, ukunqaba, nokungondleki kwabantwana? Owayesakuba ngunobhala okhethekileyo we-UN uAlfred de Zayas uye bhilizwa I-United States ngokubandakanyeka “kwimfazwe yezoqoqosho” kwaye yathelekisa izohlwayo zayo ezingekho semthethweni kunye nongqingo lwamaxesha aphakathi. Akukho lizwe lithi ngabom livimbe abantwana ilungelo lokufumana ukutya lize libabulale ngendlala elinokuthi lizibize njengentshatsheli yedemokhrasi.
- Ukususela eUnited States woyiswa yiTaliban kwaye yarhoxisa imikhosi yayo e-Afghanistan, isebenza njengelahleko ebuhlungu kwaye irhoxa kwizibophelelo ezisisiseko zamazwe ngamazwe kunye nobuntu. Ngokuqinisekileyo ulawulo lweTaliban e-Afghanistan lubuyisela umva kumalungelo oluntu, ngakumbi kwabasetyhini, kodwa ukutsala iplagi kuqoqosho lwase-Afghanistan yintlekele kwisizwe siphela.
IUnited States khanyela urhulumente omtsha ukufikelela kwiibhiliyoni zeerandi koovimba bemali yangaphandle e-Afghanistan egcinwe kwiibhanki zase-US, ebangela ukuwa kwenkqubo yebhanki. Amakhulu amawaka abasebenzi bakarhulumente akakhange abekho imali. I-UN i isilumkiso ukuba izigidi zabantu base-Afghan basengozini yokufa yindlala kobu busika ngenxa yala manyathelo okunyanzeliswa yi-United States kunye namahlakani ayo.
- Iyaxela ukuba abaphathi beBiden babenexesha elinzima lokufumana amazwe akuMbindi Mpuma ukuba ameme kwingqungquthela. IUnited States yachitha nje iminyaka engama-20 kwaye $ 8 zezigidi ukuzama ukunyanzelisa uhlobo lwayo lwedemokhrasi kuMbindi Mpuma nase-Afghanistan, ke ungacinga ukuba inokuba neeproteges ezimbalwa zokubonisa.
Kodwa hayi. Ekugqibeleni, babenokuvuma kuphela ukumema ilizwe lakwaSirayeli, i urhulumente wocalucalulo enyanzelisa ukongama kwamaYuda kuwo wonke umhlaba ekuwo, ngokusemthethweni okanye ngenye indlela. Iintloni zokungabi namazwe ama-Arabhu azimasayo, abalawuli be-Biden bongeza i-Iraq, urhulumente wayo ongazinzanga uhlaselwe lurhwaphilizo kunye noqhekeko lwamahlelo ukusukela oko kwahlasela i-US ngo-2003. bulawa bangaphezulu kwama-600 abaqhankqalazi ukusukela oko kwaqala uqhanqalazo olukhulu oluchasene norhulumente ngo-2019.
- Yintoni, thandaza uxelele, yidemokhrasi malunga ne-US gulag IGuantánamo Bay? URhulumente wase-US wavula iziko lokuvalelwa laseGuantanamo ngoJanuwari 2002 njengendlela yokuphepha umthetho njengoko wayexhwila kwaye wavalela abantu ngaphandle kwetyala emva kolwaphulo-mthetho lwangoSeptemba 11, 2001. Ukususela ngoko, 780 amadoda bavalelwe khona. Bambalwa kakhulu ababetyholwa ngalo naluphi na ulwaphulo-mthetho okanye baqinisekiswa njengabalweli, kodwa sekunjalo bathuthunjiswa, bagcinwa iminyaka ngaphandle kwezityholo, kwaye abazange bagwetywe.
Oku kunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu kuyaqhubeka, uninzi lwe Ngama-39 amabanjwa aseleyo akazange abekwe ityala lolwaphulo-mthetho. Ukanti eli lizwe livalele amakhulu amadoda amsulwa ngaphandle kwenkqubo efunekayo ukuya kuthi ga kwiminyaka engama-20 lisabanga igunya lokugweba iinkqubo zomthetho zamanye amazwe, ngakumbi kwiinzame zaseTshayina zokumelana nobugorha nobunqolobi phakathi kweUighur yayo. abambalwa.
- Ngophando lwakutsha nje kuMatshi ka-2019 S. ibhombu eSiriya oko kwashiya abantu abangama-70 befile kwaye utywala eyabulala usapho lwase-Afghan lweshumi ngo-Agasti ka-2021, inyani yokwenzakala okukhulu kwabantu kwi-drone yase-US kunye ne-airstrikes ivela ngokuthe ngcembe, kunye nendlela olu lwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe luye lwaqhubeleka kwaye lwabangela ukuba "imfazwe yobugrogrisi," endaweni yokuphumelela okanye iphele. yona.
Ukuba le yingqungquthela yedemokhrasi yokwenyani, abakhweli bathanda UDaniel Hale, Chelsea Manning kwaye UJulian Assange, abaye babeka umngcipheko omkhulu ekuvezeni ubunyani bolwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe yase-US kwihlabathi, baya kuba ziindwendwe ezihloniphekileyo kwingqungquthela endaweni yamabanjwa ezopolitiko kwi-gulag yaseMelika.
- I-United States ikhetha kwaye ikhetha amazwe "njengedemokhrasi" ngokuzinikela ngokupheleleyo. Kodwa kwimeko yeVenezuela, iye yaya phambili kwaye wamema "umongameli" ochongiweyo wase-US endaweni yorhulumente wokwenyani welizwe.
Ulawulo lukaTrump luthanjiswe UJuan Guaidó "njengomongameli" waseVenezuela, kwaye uBiden wamemela kwingqungquthela, kodwa uGuaidó akangomongameli okanye idemokhrasi, kwaye wayeka. unyulo lwepalamente kwi2020 kunye unyulo lwengingqi ngo 2021. Kodwa Guaido weza phezulu kwenye yakutshanje uvoto lwezimvo, kunye nokungavunyelwa okuphezulu koluntu kwanoma yimuphi umntu ochasayo eVenezuela kwi-83%, kunye nokuvunywa okuphantsi kwe-13%.
UGuaidó wazibiza ngokuba "ngumongameli wethutyana" (ngaphandle kwesigunyaziso esisemthethweni) ngo-2019, kwaye wasungula phu melela ngokuchasene norhulumente onyuliweyo waseVenezuela. Xa zonke iinzame zakhe ezixhaswa yi-US zokubhukuqa urhulumente zasilela, uGuaidó watyikitya isivumelwano uhlaselo lwamajoni eyasilela ngokumangalisayo. IManyano yaseYurophu akusenjalo uyaliqonda ibango likaGuaido kumongameli, kunye "nomphathiswa wakhe wethutyana wangaphandle" usanda kurhoxa, etyhola uGuaidó we rhwaphilizo.
isiphelo
Kanye njengokuba abantu baseVenezuela bengazange banyule okanye bamisele uJuan Guaidó njengomongameli wabo, abantu behlabathi abakhethanga okanye batyumbe iUnited States njengomongameli okanye inkokeli yabo bonke abantu boMhlaba.
Xa iUnited States yaphuma kwiMfazwe yesiBini yeHlabathi njengelona gunya linamandla kwezoqoqosho nakwezomkhosi ehlabathini, iinkokeli zayo zazinobulumko bokungayibangi indima enjalo. Endaweni yoko badibanisa ihlabathi lonke ukuze benze iZizwe eziManyeneyo, kwimigaqo yokulingana ngokuzimeleyo, ukungangeneleli kwimicimbi yangaphakathi yomnye nomnye, ukuzibophelela kwehlabathi lonke ekusonjululweni koxolo kweengxabano kunye nokuthintela ukoyikiswa okanye ukusetyenziswa kwamandla ngakunye. enye.
IUnited States yayinandipha ubutyebi obuninzi namandla ezizwe ngezizwe phantsi kwenkqubo yeZizwe Ezimanyeneyo eyayiqulunqa. Kodwa emva kwexesha leMfazwe ebandayo, iinkokeli zase-US ezazilambele igunya zabona uMqulu weZizwe eziManyeneyo kunye nolawulo lomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe njengemiqobo kumabhongo azo anganelisiyo. Baye bafaka ibango emva kwexesha kubunkokheli behlabathi jikelele kunye nolawulo, bexhomekeke kwisoyikiso kunye nokusetyenziswa kwamandla okuthintela i-UN Charter. Iziphumo zibe yintlekele kwizigidi zabantu kumazwe amaninzi, kuquka namaMerika.
Ekubeni iUnited States imeme abahlobo bayo abasuka ehlabathini lonke ukuba beze kule “ngqungquthela yedemokhrasi,” mhlawumbi banokusebenzisa elo thuba ukuzama ukucenga ukubetha ibhombu umhlobo ukuba aqonde ukuba ubizo lwayo lwegunya elimanyeneyo lehlabathi aliphumelelanga, kwaye endaweni yoko kufuneka lizibophelele ngokwenene kuxolo, intsebenziswano kunye nedemokhrasi yamazwe ngamazwe phantsi komyalelo osekelwe kwimigaqo we-UN Charter.
UMedea uBenjamin ungumcebisi CODEPINK yoxolo, kunye nombhali weencwadi ezininzi, kubandakanya Ngaphakathi kwe-Iran: Imbali Yembali kunye nezopolitiko zeRiphabhliki yase-Iran.
UNicolas JS Davies yintatheli ezimeleyo, umphandi nge-CODEPINK kunye nombhali we Igazi ezandleni zethu: Invasion yaseMelika kunye nokuTshatyalaliswa kwe-Iraq.
