NguNorman Solomon
Ngemuva kokulahlekelwa kanzima kuka-Hillary Clinton cishe ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule, abalingani bakhe abanamandla beDemocratic Alliance besaba ukulahlekelwa ukulawula iqembu. Imizamo yokuvumelanisa i-populism yezomnotho ngenkathi ihlala isondelene ne-Wall Street iholele ekunqotshweni okuyinhlekelele. Ngemuva kwalokho, isisekelo seqembu esiqhubekayo - esenziwe samuntu nguBernie Sanders - sasisesimweni sokuqala ukuphenya ibhodi lemidlalo yebhizinisi.
Ngokuqondana noClinton, izikhulu zeDemocratic Party zazidinga ukushintsha isihloko. Ukuhlola okucacile kokuhluleka kwethikithi likazwelonke kube yingozi esimweni esikhona ngaphakathi eqenjini. Kwakunjalo nangezizathu zokuphikiswa kwelungelo elingafanele lezomnotho. Kanjalo nengcindezi yaphansi yokuthi iqembu libe amandla angempela okuphonsela inselelo amabhange amakhulu, i-Wall Street namandla ezinkampani jikelele.
Ngamafuphi, inhlangano emelene noBernie yeDemocratic Party yayidinga ukuhlela kabusha inkulumo ngokushesha. Futhi - ngokuhambisana nemithombo yezindaba - ikwenzile.
Ukuhlelwa kabusha kungafingqwa ngamagama amabili: Sola iRussia.
Ekuqaleni kukabusika, inkulumo yeningi yayibheke eceleni—izuzisa kakhulu izicukuthwane zeqembu. Imemo yokusola iRussia kanye noVladimir Putin ngokhetho lukaDonald Trump yasebenza ngempumelelo ukuze kudedelwe ubuholi obunobungani baseWall Street beNational Democratic Party. Khonamanjalo, imizamo ejulile yokugxila ezindleleni zokuthi inxeba lentando yeningi e-United States lizibangele lona - kungaba ngohlelo lwezimali lomkhankaso noma ukuhlanzwa kwabancane ohlwini lwabavoti noma yiziphi ezinye izinto ezingenabulungiswa ezihlelekile - zabekwa eceleni kakhulu.
Ukuncipha ekuhlolweni kwaba ukusungulwa okwaqhubeka nokubusa i-superstructure yeDemocratic Party. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ukuzinikela kwayo kwabaphakeme kwezomnotho akuzange kunciphe. Njengoba Bernie utshele intatheli ngosuku lokugcina lukaFebhuwari: “Impela kukhona abantu abathile kwiDemocratic Party abafuna ukugcina isimo sikhona. Bangancamela ukwehla neTitanic inqobo nje uma benezihlalo ezisezingeni eliphezulu.”
Phakathi kokunethezeka okukhulu kanye nenhlekelele ezayo, abaphathi beqembu batshale imali enkulu yezepolitiki ekuboniseni uVladimir Putin njengesidlakela esingaguquki. Okubalulekile umlando kwakungabalulekile, ukunganakwa noma ukwenqatshwa.
Ngokuvumelana okuqotho okuvela kumaDemocrat amaningi kuCongress, izikhulu zeqembu zaphindeka kabili, zaphindeka kathathu futhi zaphindeka kane ngesimangalo esigcizelelayo sokuthi iMoscow inhloko-dolobha, nganoma yiliphi elinye igama, umbuso omubi. Kunokuba nje kubizwe okudingekayo - uphenyo oluzimele ngempela mayelana nezinsolo zokuthi uhulumeni waseRussia wagxambukela okhethweni lwase-US - umugqa weqembu waba hyperbolic futhi unmoored ebufakazini obukhona.
Uma kubhekwa ukutshalwa kwezimali kwabo okunamandla kwezombusazwe ekudaleni uMongameli wase-Russia u-Putin, abaholi beDemocratic Alliance bathambekele ekuboneni amandla okuvikela neRussia njengokungazuzisi lutho ngokwesu labo lokhetho lwango-2018 no-2020. Izibalo ezithuthukisa ubungozi bokuqothulwa kwezikhali zenuzi, uma kubhekwa yona kanye okwangempela izingozi ukwanda kokungezwani phakathi kweWashington neMoscow.
Endleleni, izikhulu eziphezulu zeqembu zibonakala zizimisele ukubuyela ohlotsheni lwendunduma yangaphambi komkhankaso kaBernie. I usihlalo omusha weDemocratic National Committee, u-Tom Perez, akakwazi ukusho ukuthi amandla e-Wall Street awahambisani nezintshisakalo zabantu abasebenzayo. Lelo qiniso libonakale kabuhlungu kuleli sonto ngesikhathi livela bukhoma kumabonakude kazwelonke.
Ngesikhathi sokuhlangana kwemizuzu eyi-10 interview kanye noBernie Sanders ngoLwesibili ebusuku, uPerez wayeyifonti efana ncamashi neziqubulo ezingenalutho ezingenalutho kanye nezinkulumo ezigugile ezagcoba izinjini zomkhankaso kaClinton omubi.
Ngenkathi uSanders ekhuluma ngokungagwegwesi, uPerez wayebalekela. Ngenkathi uSanders ekhuluma ngokungabi nabulungiswa kwesistimu, uPerez wagxila kuTrump. Ngenkathi uSanders ekhomba indlela eya phambili yoshintsho olungokoqobo nolufinyelela kude, uPerez wabambelela efomini yokukhuluma ezwakalisa ukweseka izisulu zokuhleleka komnotho ngaphandle kokuvuma ukuba khona kwabahlukumezi.
Ku-incisive esihlokweni eshicilelwe ngu The Nation uRobert Borosage wabhala ngesonto eledlule: "Kuzo zonke izicelo eziphuthumayo zobumbano ebusweni bukaTrump, ukusungulwa kweqembu bekuhlale kukubeka kucace ukuthi basho ubumbano ngaphansi kwesibhengezo sabo. Kungakho bahlangana ukuze bavimbele umholi weCongressal Progressive Caucus, omele uKeith Ellison, ekubeni yinhloko ye-DNC. Kungakho imimese isaphumile kuSanders nakulabo abebemeseka.”
Wnakuba uBernie engeyena umuntu omelene naye othembekile wezinqubomgomo zempi yase-US, ukugxeka kakhulu ukungenelela kwamasosha kunabaholi beDemocratic Party abavame ukuyimela. U-Borosage waphawula ukuthi ukusungulwa kweqembu kuvalelwe ezinkolelweni zezempi ezithanda ukuqhubeka nokuletha uhlobo lwezinhlekelele i-United States ezilethe e-Iraq, eLibya nakwamanye amazwe: “Amademokhrasi aphakathi komshikashika omkhulu wokunquma ukuthi amelelani nokuthi amele bani. Ingxenye yalokho yinkulumo-mpikiswano ngenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yama-bipartisan ehluleke kakhulu."
Ophikweni olushisa izikhotha lweDemocratic Party - oluhamba phambili ukusuka phezulu kwehle futhi oluhambisana nendlela kaClinton ye-de facto neocon yenqubomgomo yezangaphandle - ukuhlasela kukahulumeni wase-US ngo-April 6 ngohambo lwemicibisholo esikhumulweni sezindiza saseSyria kwakuyinkomba yempumelelo yangempela yempi eyengeziwe. Lokho kuhlasela komngane oseduze weRussia kwakubonisa lokho okungaphezi I-Russia-baiting kaTrump bangathola imiphumela eyanelisayo yezempi yabaphezulu beDemokhrasi abanganaki ekukhulumeni kwabo ngoshintsho lombuso eSyria nakwezinye izindawo.
The egqugquzelwa yipolitiki ukuhlaselwa kwemicibisholo eSiriya kubonise ukuthi kanjani esiyingozi wukugcina u-Trump-baiting waseRussia, okumnikeza ugqozi lwezombusazwe ukuze abonise ukuthi unzima kangakanani eRussia. Okusengcupheni kubandakanya ukubaluleka kokuvimbela ukungqubuzana kwezempi phakathi kwemibuso emibili emikhulu yenuzi emhlabeni. Kepha oklebe abaphezulu beNational Democratic Party banezinye izinto ezibalulekile.
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UNorman Solomon ungumxhumanisi weqembu lezishoshovu eziku-inthanethi i-RootsAction.org kanye nomqondisi omkhulu we-Institute for Public Accuracy. Ungumbhali wezincwadi eziyishumi nambili ezihlanganisa nethi "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Us Spinning us to die."
