Ngomhla zingama-28 kuNovemba 2018, izifundiswa zase-US ezingaphezu kwe-100, izihlakaniphi, nezishoshovu zishicilele incwadi evulekile eya kuSenator Bernie Sanders ngezansi futhi bamema abanye ukuthi bengeze amagama abo kuyo. USanders wayezama ukuphoqelela ukuvotela i-Senate entsha ekupheleni, noma okungenani ukunciphisa, ukuhlanganyela kwe-US empini ye-Yemen. Ababhalisi bezinhlamvu ezingezansi babefisa ukukhuthaza izinyathelo ezinjalo futhi, empeleni, bakhuthaze uSanders ukuba aphikisana kakhulu nokulwa nempi nokusekela ukuthula.
NgoNovemba 27, uSenator Sanders wayeshicilele incwadi entsha, Lapho Siya Khona Lapha: Iminyaka Emibili Ekuphikeleni. Le ncwadi iqukethe izigaba ezingama-38, lapho eyodwa ikhuluma ngenqubomgomo yezangaphandle kodwa azikho iziphakamiso ezibambekayo. Ngobusuku bukaNovemba 27th Sanders ukhulume ihora lonke eGeorge Washington University, esakazwa bukhoma ku-C-Span 2. Uxoxe ngezihloko ezihlukahlukene, kodwa akazange akhulume ngenqubomgomo yezangaphandle - kuze kube yilapho umuntu owayebuza imibuzo emcela inqubomgomo yezangaphandle eqhubekayo, kanye noSenator. USanders unikeze impendulo yemizuzu emi-2 egxile eYemen, lapho athola khona ihlombe elikhulu kakhulu kusihlwa.
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UMBHALO WENCWADI:
Sikubhalela njengezakhamuzi zase-US ngenhlonipho enkulu ngezinqubomgomo zakho zasekhaya.
Sisekela isikhundla sabangaphezu kwe-25,000 abantu abasayine isicelo ngesikhathi umkhankaso wakho wezomongameli ukhuthaza ukuba uthathe impi.
Sikholelwa ukuthi uDkt. King wayeqinisile ukusho ukuthi ubandlululo, ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo, nokulwa kwamademoni kwakudingeka kube nenselele ndawonye kunokuba ngokwehlukana, nokuthi lokhu kuqhubeka kuyiqiniso.
Sikholelwa ukuthi lokhu akusilo kuphela iseluleko esiwusizo, kodwa okudingekayo ngokuziphatha, futhi - hhayi ngokungahleleki - kwezombusazwe ezinhle zokukhetha.
Phakathi nomkhankaso wakho wezomongameli, ubuzwa ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuthi uzokhokha kanjani izidingo zomuntu nezemvelo ezingakhokhwa ngezingxenyana ezincane zokusetshenziswa kwempi. Impendulo yakho yayiyinkimbinkimbi njalo futhi ihilelekile ekukhuliseni intela. Sikholwa ukuthi kuyoba ngempumelelo kakhulu ukuthi kaningi sikhulume ngokukhona kwezempi nomthamo wayo wamanani. "Ngizobamba i-4% yokusebenzisa kwi-Pentagon engahloliswanga" kuyiphendule ephakeme kunoma yikuphi ukuchazwa kwanoma yiluphi uhlelo lwentela.
Iningi lecala esikholwa ukuthi kufanele lenziwe lenziwa ngaphakathi ividiyo ithunyelwe ekhasini lakho le-Facebook ekuqaleni kwe-2018. Kodwa ngokuvamile akakho emibhalweni yakho yomphakathi kanye neziphakamiso zenqubomgomo. Okwakamuva kwakho Uhlelo lwe-10-iphuzu ukushiya noma yikuphi okushiwo inqubomgomo yangaphandle.
Sikholelwa ukuthi ukushiyeka akuyona nje ukungaphumeleli. Sikholelwa ukuthi ihumusha lokho okufakiwe kungahlanganisiwe. Ukusetshenziswa kwempi kuphelile 60% yokusebenzisa imali. Inqubomgomo yomphakathi okugwema ukukhuluma ngokukhona kwayo akuyona inqubomgomo yomphakathi nhlobo. Ingabe imali yempi kufanele ikhuphuke noma ihlale phansi noma ihlale ingashintshi? Lo ngumbuzo wokuqala. Sisebenzelana lapha ngenani lemali okungenani lilingana nalokho okungafunyanwa ngokukhokhisa abacebile kanye nezinkampani (into esiyithandayo nakanjani).
Ingxenyana encane yokusetshenziswa kwempi yase-US ingaba ukuphela kwendlala, ukuntuleka kwamanzi ahlanzekile, nezifo ezihlukahlukene emhlabeni jikelele. Ayikho inqubomgomo yokusiza ingagwema ukuba khona kwezempi. Ayikho ingxoxo mayelana ikholeji yamahhala or amandla ahlanzekile or ukuhamba komphakathi kufanele ushiye indawo lapho amadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ngonyaka ehamba khona.
Impi namalungiselelo empini ziphakathi kwababhubhisi abaphezulu, uma kungenjalo umonakalo ophezulu, yemvelo yethu imvelo. Ayikho inqubomgomo yemvelo engayinaki.
I-Militarism iyona mthombo ophezulu wokukhushulwa kwezinkululeko, nokulungiswa okuphezulu kokufihla uhulumeni, phezulu umdali of ababaleki, i-saboteur ephezulu yokubusa komthetho, phezulu Umgqugquzeli ukucwaswa nokuhlukumezeka, futhi isizathu esiphezulu sisengozini ye-apocalypse yenukliya. Akukho ndawo yokuphila komphakathi okungahlosiwe yilokho u-Eisenhower abize ngokuthi i-complex industrial military.
Umphakathi wase-US umusa ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwempi.
Ngisho nophenyiwe I-Trump limenyezelwe izimpi kusukela i-2001 ukuba ingabonakali, isitatimende esabonakala singamlimazanga ngosuku lokhetho.
A December 2014 I-Gallup poll kwezizwe ze-65 zathola ukuthi i-United States ibe kude nakude izwe libhekwa njengengozi enkulu yokuthula emhlabeni, futhi a Pew poll ku-2017 athola izikhulu ezinkulu emazweni amaningi ahlongozwa ngokubuka i-United States njengengozi. I-United States enomthwalo wokuhlinzeka ngamanzi ahlanzekile aphuzayo, izikole, imithi, kanye namapaneli enelanga kwabanye bazovikeleka kakhulu futhi babhekane nobuthakathaka obukhulu emhlabeni wonke; leyo mphumela yayizobiza ingxenyana yezinto ezitshaliwe ekwenzeni i-United States inqatshelwe futhi ingathandwa.
Abomnotho eYunivesithi yaseMassachusetts e-Amherst baye ibhalwe phansi ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwempi kuyisimo sezomnotho kunomsebenzi wemisebenzi.
Sikuncoma ngezinqubomgomo zakho zasekhaya. Siyaqaphela ukuthi ama-primaries aseMongameli ayegxeke ngokumelene nawe, futhi asifisi ukuthuthukisa umqondo ongenalutho wokuthi unqotshwe kahle. Sinikeza iseluleko sethu ngomoya wobungane. Abanye bethu basebenze ekusekeleni umkhankaso wakho wongameli. Abanye bethu bebengase basebenze, futhi basebenze kanzima, ngenxa yokuphakanyiswa kwakho ngabe ngabe ube ngumfundi wokuthula.
ISAYENWE NGAKHO
U-Elliott Adams, uSihlalo, Ithimba Lokuthula, iQembu Lokuqeqesha, kanye noMongameli wangaphambili, i-Veterans For Peace
UChristine Ahn, uMxhumanisi Wamazwe Omhlaba, I-Women Cross DMZ
UShireen Al-Adeimi, uProfesa Wothisha, uMichigan State University
U-Hisham Ashur, u-Amnesty International weCharlottesville, VA
Medea Benjamin, Cofounder, CODEPINK for Ukuthula
U-Karen Bernal, uSihlalo, i-Progressive Caucus, i-California Democratic Party
ULeah Bolger, uSihlalo weKomiti Yokuxhumanisa, World BEYOND War; owayengumongameli, u-Veterans For Peace
UJames Bradley, umbhali
UFiliphu Brenner, uProfesa, i-American University
UJacqueline Cabasso, uMqondisi oPhethe, i-Western States Legal Foundation; I-National co-convener, i-United for Peace and Justice
U-Leslie Cagan, umhleli wezokuthula nobulungiswa
UJames Carroll, umbhali we House of War
Noam Chomsky, uProfesa, University of Arizona; UProfesa (owakhiqiza), uMIT
U-Helena Cobban, uMengameli, i-Just World Educational
UJeff Cohen, uMsunguli we-FAIR kanye nomsunguli weRootsAction.org
UMarjorie Cohn, isazi sezishoshovu; owayengumongameli, National Lawyers Guild
UGerry Condon, uMengameli, uVeteran For Peace
UNicolas JS Davies, umbhali, intatheli
UJohane othandekayo, umbhali, uMkhankaso Wokungabi Nenkululeko
URoxanne Dunbar Ortiz, umbhali
UMel Duncan, uMqondisi oMsunguli, uMninimandla wokuThuthukiswa koMphakathi
UCarolyn Eisenberg, uProfesa weMlando kanye nenqubomgomo yaseMelika yasezweni lase-Hofstra University
UMichael Eisenscher, u-National Coordinator Emeritus, US Labor Against the War (USLAW)
I-Pat Elder, ilungu leKomiti Yokuxhumanisa, World BEYOND War
UDaniel Ellsberg, umbhali, umshushisi
Omele uJeffrey Evangelos, Maine House of Representatives, Ubungane, Maine
U-Jodie Evans, umsunguli oyisunguli uCODEPINK
U-Rory Fanning, umbhali
URobert Fantina, ilungu leKomiti Yezokuxhumanisa, World BEYOND War
UMike Ferner, uMongameli wangaphambili, uVeteran For Peace
Margaret Flowers, Co-Director, Ukuphikiswa Okudumile
UCarolyn Forché, uProfesa weYunivesithi, i-University of Georgetown
UBruce K. Gagnon, uMxhumanisi, iGlobal Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
U-Pia Gallegos, Isihlalo sangaphambili, i-Adelante Progressive Caucus yeDemocratic Party yaseNew Mexico
U-Lila Garrett, umsakazi
U-Ann Garrison, Umbiko we-Black Agenda
UJoseph Gerson (PhD), uMengameli, uMkhankaso wokuThuthukiswa kweziMali nokuPhepha okuPhezulu
Chip Gibbons, Intatheli; Umeluleki Wenqubomgomo Nomthetho, Amalungelo Avikelayo Nokungavumi
UCharles Glass, umbhali we Babelana Nabo Bodwa: Indaba Yokwenene Yabakwa-Starr, AbaseBritish Secret Agents eNFrancis-Egcinwe eFrance
UVan Gosse, uProfesa, uFranklin neMarshall College
U-Arun Gupta, uMlobi wezokuzimela
UHugh Gusterson, uProfesa we-anthropology kanye nezindaba zomhlaba jikelele, i-George Washington University
UDavid Hartsough, Co-Founder, World BEYOND War
U-Patrick T. Hiller, Ph.D., Umqondisi Omkhulu, I-War Prevention Initiative, i-Jubitz Family Foundation
UMathewu Hoh, oPhezulu Omkhulu, Isikhungo Senqubomgomo Yomhlaba Wonke
Odile Hugonot Haber, Ilungu leKomidi Yokuxhumanisa, World BEYOND War
U-Sam Husseini, uMhlaziyi oPhezulu, Isikhungo Sokucacisa Komphakathi
UHelen Jaccard, ilungu, i-Veterans For Peace
Dahr Jamail, umbhali, intatheli
UTony Jenkins, uMqondisi wezeMfundo, World BEYOND War
UJeff Johnson, uMongameli, uMkhandlu wezeMisebenzi waseWashington
Steven Jonas, MD, MPH, umlobi wezincwadi, umbhali we I-15% Solution
U-Rob Kall, umsingathi, Umsakazo ophansi; umshicileli, i-OpEdnews.com
UTarak Kauff, ilungu, amaVeterans For Peace; Ukuphatha Umhleli, Ukuthula Ezikhathini Zethu
UKathy Kelly, Co-Coordinator, Amazwi we-Creative Nonviolence
UJohn Kiriakou, ummeli we-CIA ohlukumezayo futhi owayengumphenyi ophezulu, iKomidi le-Senate yase-US on Relations Foreign
UMichael D. Knox, PhD, Sihlalo, US Peace Memorial Foundation
UDavid Krieger, uMongameli, iNuclear Age Peace Foundation
UJeremy Kuzmarov, umfundisi, Tulsa Community College; umbhali we AmaRussia Ayeza Futhi
UPeter Kuznick, uProfesa, i-American University
UGeorge Lakey, umbhali; Co-Founder, I-Earth Quaker Action Team (i-EQAT)
USara Lanzman, isishoshovu
Joe Lauria, Umhleli-ku-Oyinhloko, Izindaba ze-Consortium
Hyun Lee, Umhleli Wezwe wase-US, Women Cross DMZ
UBruce E. Levine, isazi sezengqondo; umbhali we Ukumelana neziphathimandla ezingekho emthethweni
UNelson Lichtenstein, uProfesa, UC Santa Barbara
UDave Lindorff, intatheli
UJohn Lindsay-Poland, uMxhumanisi, Iprojekthi Yokumisa Amandla E-US eMexico
David Lotto, Psychoanalyst, Umhleli We Journal of Psychohistory
U-Catherine Lutz, u-Thomas J. Watson, Uprofesa Womndeni We-Anthropology kanye Nezifundo Zamazwe Ngamazwe, I-Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs kanye noMnyango We-Anthropology, iNyuvesi yaseBrown
Chase Madar, umbhali nomlobi wezindaba
U-Eli McCarthy, uprofesa wezobulungiswa kanye nokuthula, University of Georgetown
URay McGovern, owayengumcwaningi we-CIA kanye no-presidential briefer
I-Myra MacPherson, umbhali nomlobi wezindaba
UBill Moyer, uMqondisi oPhethe, i-Backbone Campaign
U-Elizabeth Murray, ilungu, i-Veteran Intelligence Professionals ye-Sanity
UMichael Nagler, uMsunguli noMongameli, iMetta Centre for Nonviolence
UDave Norris, iMeya odala, uCharlottesville, VA
UCarol A. Paris, MD, uMongameli Masinyane Omdala, Odokotela beNational Health Program
UMuko Peled, umbhali we I-General's Son: Uhambo lwe-Israel ePalestina
UGareth Porter, umbhali, intatheli, isazi-mlando
UMargaret Power, uProfesa, Illinois Tech
Steve Rabson, uProfesa Emeritus, Brown University; I-Veteran, i-United States Army
I-Ted Rall, umdwebi wezithombe, umbhali we Bernie
UBetty Reardon, uMsunguli, International Institute on Peace Education
UJohn Reuwer, ilungu leKomidi Yokuxhumanisa, World BEYOND War
UMark Selden, uMcwaningi Omkhulu, i-Cornell University
UMartin J. Sherwin, uProfesa weMyunivesithi Yomlando, uGeorge Mason University
U-Tim Shorrock, umbhali nomlobi wezindaba
U-Alice Slater, ilungu leKomiti Yokuxhumanisa, World BEYOND War; I-UN NGO Rep., I-Nuclear Age Peace Fdn
UDonna Smith, uSihlalo WezeBhodi Kazwelonke, i-Progressive Democrats yaseMelika
UGar Smith, uMqondisi, Ezokusingqongileyo Kwezempi
UNorman Solomon, uMxhumanisi Wezwe, RootsAction.org; UMqondisi oPhethe, Isikhungo Sokucacisa Komphakathi
UJeffrey St Clair, umbhali-co-co, I-Big Heat: Umhlaba ku-Brink
URick Sterling, isishoshovu kanye nomlobi wezindaba
U-Oliver Stone, umenzi wefilimu
Umqeqeshi we-Rivera Sun, uMlobi noNgenabo
UDavid Swanson, uMqondisi, World BEYOND War; Ilungu leBhodi eliPhakamayo, abaQaphi bezokuVikela; umbhali we Impi Ngamanga
UBrian Terrell, Co-Coordinator, Amazwi we-Creative Nonviolence
UBrian Trautman, Ilungu leBhodi likaZwelonke, amaVeterans For Peace
Sue Udry, Umqondisi Ophethe, Ukuvikela Amalungelo Nokuphika
UDavid Vine, uProfesa, uMnyango We-Anthropology, i-American University
UDonnal Walter, ilungu leKomiti Yokuxhumanisa, World BEYOND War
URick Wayman, iSekela loMqondisi, iNational Age Peace Foundation
UBarbara Wien, uProfesa, i-American University
Jan R. Weiberg, Bonisa! eMelika
U-Ann Wright, umhlalaphansi we-US Army Colonel kanye nowayengumdiplomate wase-US owamisa ngokumelene nempi yase-US e-Iraq
U-Greta Zarro, uMqondisi wezokuhlela, World BEYOND War
Kevin Zeese, Co-Director, Popular Resistance
UStephen Zunes, uProfesa Wezepolitiki, eNyuvesi yaseSan Francisco
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