Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan farko da kuke gani a shigar da Pittsburgh daga gadar Fort Pitt shine cewa Ma'aikatan Karfe na United, wanda ke da hedkwata a wannan garin masu aiki, sun kuduri aniyar isar da sako mai karfi ga manyan G20.
"Ayyuka, Ayyuka masu kyau, Ayyukan Ganye Yanzu!' ya bayyana katafaren tuta mai tsayin benaye biyar wanda aka zana daga saman ginin hedkwatar USW mafi tsayi da ke fuskantar Golden Triangle da otal dinsa. rasa shi.
A yau zan nufi taron 'Koyarwa kan 'Yancin Dan Adam, Adalci na Duniya da kuma G20' na yini da USW ta shirya a cibiyar taronsu ta 4th. Daga baya da yamma a kan wannan launin toka, drizzly da m ga Satumba 23 rana, na yi shirin jin Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz magana a cikin low-samun kudin shiga Hill District, da kuma halartar aiki-masu muhalli gangami da kide-kide da ke nuna 'yan siyasa na gida da rockers.
Ana shirin gudanar da zanga-zangar zafi a titunan kwanaki biyun da suka gabata, wato Alhamis da Juma'a, 24-25 ga Satumba. Ya zuwa yanzu, 'yan sanda suna ta hanyarsu tare da cin zarafi na masu zanga-zangar bayan gari - samun izini gauraye, suna ƙoƙarin tsayar da bas ɗin Abinci Kyauta, suna ƙalubalantar ƙananan sansani. Wasu mutanen Green Peace sun yi kaca-kaca a yau saboda rataya wata babbar tuta a kan daya daga cikin gadoji, amma kamawa da kuma zage-zage ba su da yawa.
Na isa da wuri, a daidai lokacin da ake shan kofi da ɗimbin muffins da irin kek waɗanda za su ɗora sukarin jini na kuma ba za su taimaka wa gindina ba—amma wa zai iya tsayayya? Kyamarorin talbijin na nan, kuma dakin yana cike da jama'ar kungiyar da masu fafutuka daga kusa da nesa. Jaridar ta mayar da hankali kan Richard Trumka, sabon shugaban AFL-CIO wanda ya shahara sosai a Yammacin Pennsylvania. Ya fito ne daga yankin da ake hakar kwal mai nisan mil 40 kudu da birnin, inda ya fara a matsayin shugaban kungiyar ma'aikatan hakar ma'adinai ta Amurka.
"An ba ni aikin 'tsara' tattaunawa a nan a yau," Trumka ya fara, amma ya gargaɗe mu ba zai kasance kusa da zargi ba idan bai yi aiki mai kyau ba. Dole ne ya tashi da wuri kuma ya gana da manyan shugabannin kwadago na sauran kasashe 20 ko makamancin haka a nan don taron G20.
Trumka ya ba mu babban hoto. "Daga 1946 zuwa 1976, yawan aiki na ma'aikacin Amurka da albashinmu ya tashi tare kuma kusan ninki biyu. Amma daga ƙarshen 1970s, musamman ma bayan Ronald Reagan, abubuwa sun canza. Ayyukanmu ya ci gaba da karuwa, amma albashinmu ya tsaya cik, kuma a yanzu ya ƙare. raguwa." Ya biyo baya tare da kyakkyawar ma'anar neoliberalism, yana roƙon mu muyi amfani da fahimtar kalmar, da kuma yadda ya haifar da sake zagayowar bashin mabukaci da kumfa na kudi wanda ya haifar da hadarin kwanan nan.
Neoliberals na bangarorin biyu, in ji shi, ya ci gaba da kokarin sanya ma'aikata da abokansa "a cikin akwati na siyasa tare da bangarori shida" - aiki 'sauyi,' fifikon masu hannun jari, haɗin gwiwar duniya / kashe shoring, 'na sirri' alhakin duka, ƙaramar gwamnati. ga wani laifi, da kuma tattalin arziki 'kwatsam,' ma'ana austerity a gare mu. Ya bayyana boyayyun tarko da rugujewar kowane daya daga cikin wadannan.
"Muna yin shi, kuma suna ɗauka, abin da ya taso kan samar da dukiya ke nan," in ji Trumka, yana mai cewa ba za a yarda da shi ba. Ba a kusa daure ma'aikata a cikin akwatin da tsarin mulkin neoliberalism ya ayyana ba, amma zai fita daga ciki. A bayyane yake cewa sabon jigon AFL-CIO ya kasance mai kaifin basira, ƙwararren tattalin arziƙin siyasa, kuma ba ya kusa zama bamboozed da kowa.
Lisa Jordan ta USW ta dauki madafun iko yayin da Trumka ya nufi taronsa na G20. "Ba zan iya ba sai in ba da rahoton abin da na ga tuki a nan jiya da yau," in ji ta. "Dogayen ayarin motocin paddy, kuma menene? Jira kawai don kama mu da tsoratar da sauran mutane. Ta kara da cewa USW za ta tsaya kai da fata a wannan muzaharar a daren yau, musamman ma a babban taron 'Mutane'' a ranar Juma'a. Ta kuma bukaci jama’ar yankin da su fito masu aikin karafa, “Muna son ganin tekun tutocinmu, don haka ku fito da jama’armu da duk wata tutar gida da za ku iya samu.
Jordon ya zayyana masu gabatar da jawabai masu zuwa da zaman kashe-kashe a wurare daban-daban guda shida a kasa - batutuwan da suka hada da aiki a Latin Amurka, ajandar kamfanoni, WTO, dokar hana gumi, launin fata, jinsi da dunkulewar duniya, da dai sauransu.
Na zabi daya akan fadace-fadacen ci gaban tattalin arziki a yankin Pittsburgh. Garin da na fito, Aliquippa a cikin gundumar Beaver, yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda aka fi fama da shi a yankin kuma ya yi daidai da jumlar 'al'ummomin da aka kwana' a cikin bayanin zaman.
Barney Oursler na Pittsburgh United yana jagorantar mu tare da lissafin bambance-bambancen wuraren Pittsburgh na cikin gari, wanda ya shimfiɗa tare da babbar hanyar fasaha zuwa filin jirgin sama, tare da ɓacin maƙwabta da aka yi watsi da su da kuma garuruwan niƙa na kwarin kogin. "Wace kalma ce ta farko da ke zuwa a rai idan ka ji kalmar 'ci gaba?' Ya tambaya, "Riba, manya," wani ya amsa. "Hakan yayi daidai," in ji shi, "kuma sau da yawa, manyan mutane ne ke amfana, ba sauran mu ba."
Batun da aka bayar sau da yawa a rana shine Pittsburgh Penguins na neman dala miliyan 750 daga birnin don sabon filin wasa, da samun shi. Babban 'yan adawar sun fito ne daga 'Tuntu Daya,'' gamayyar gamayyar kungiyoyin Amurkawa na Afirka da ke gundumar Hill, wadanda duka sabon filin wasan ne kuma aka yi niyya don nuna tausayi. One Hill ya yi yaƙi da babban kamfani na Penguins don ƙuntatawa kan haɓakawa da yarjejeniyar fa'ida ta al'umma. Sun samu yarjejeniyar dala miliyan 10, amma yaki ya ci gaba.
"Muna da wata matsala daban," na yi tsaki. "Ba mu da wani ci gaba ko da neman wani yanki a Aliquippa, kuma mun kasance gidan daya daga cikin manyan masana'antun karafa a duniya." Na ci gaba da yin bayani a taƙaice game da buɗe wani asibiti da aka rufe a matsayin wani ɓangare na babban yaƙinmu na 'Medicare for All, Healthcare not Warfare,' da kuma wasu tattaunawa da muka fara game da sake gina makullai da madatsun ruwa a kan koguna na gida don koren jirgin ruwa. sufuri da kuma kore makamashi kayayyakin more rayuwa. Steffi Domike na ma'aikatan USW Associates ya ɗauka akan ƙarshen batu. "Tsarin Pittsburgh yanki ne mai kyau ga masana'antar iska, amma dole ne mu sabunta grid makamashi don samun mafi daga gare ta." Mun amince da mu bibiya tare da ƙarin tattaunawa kan ayyukan da aka bayyana a cikin makonni masu zuwa.
Wani abu a bayyane yake game da Ma'aikatan Karfe. Suna da matukar gaske, tun daga jawaban shugaban Leo Girard har zuwa kasidu a harabar gidan, game da wuce gona da iri na hada-hadar kasuwanci da gwagwarmaya don babban manufar masana'antu kore da sabbin gyare-gyaren tsarin don fita daga rikicin tattalin arziki. Bugu da ƙari, suna so su yi shi a hanyar da za ta amfana da dukan masu aiki. Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa suke sanya albarkatu a bayan kawancen Blue-Green tare da masu kare muhalli da ayyukan 'Green for All' da ke da alaƙa da Van Jones da shirye-shiryen matasa na birni na ciki. Masu aikin karfe sun san ba za su iya yin shi kadai ba, kuma suna bukatar duk abokan da za su iya tarawa. Abin da ƙungiyar ke yi a cikin makon G20 ba daidai ba ne kawai ga wannan babban ƙoƙarin.
Bidiyo guda biyu kuma sun kasance manyan abubuwan koyarwa. An yi samfoti na ɗan gajeren sigar "Yaƙin Seattle", wanda ke nuna rawar da ƙwadago ke takawa a zanga-zangar adawa da WTO ta duniya da ta wuce shekaru goma. Leo Gerard, shugaban USW a yanzu, wanda ya fito a cikin fim din, ya gaya wa wadanda suka kalli fim din cewa kungiyar ta sayi adadi mai kyau na nau'ikan DVD guda biyu kuma sun hada shi da kayan aikin ilimi. "Za mu ba ku dama don nunawa a cikin ƙungiyoyin gida ko a taron gida. Abin da muke nema shi ne cewa kuna da mutane su shiga, kuma ku aiko mana da lissafin."
Wani faifan bidiyon yana kan cin zarafin ma'aikata a Bangla Desh, kuma yana nuna munanan al'amuran da suka faru a wuraren da ke lalata tsofaffin dillalan dillalai don samun karafa. "Wannan ya wuce cin zarafin ma'aikata," in ji Charlie Kernaghan na Kwamitin Kwadago na kasa. "Wannan kisan kai ne a hannun wadannan shugabannin."
Yayin da zaman la'asar ya kusa ƙarewa, ƙungiyarmu ta hau kan Monumental Baptist Church a gundumar The Hill. A zahiri kusa da saman tsaunin kusa da tsakiyar cikin garin Pittsburgh, cocin Ba’amurke ɗan shekara 100, wanda ke da dogon tarihi na shiga cikin al'amuran adalci, ya ba da dalilansa na 'Birnin Tent' na waje. masu zanga-zangar garin.
A yammacin yau, majami'ar ta kuma bude wurinta don jawabin Joseph Stiglitz, masanin tattalin arziki kuma wanda ya lashe kyautar Nobel. An kori Stiglitz wanda tsohon babban jami'in bankin duniya ne daga wannan hukumar saboda fallasa da kuma yin magana kan mummunan tasirin manufofinsa a sassan duniya da dama. Lokacin da aka haɗa shi da sukar da ya yi na rangwame da gwamnatin Obama ta yi da kuma ba da tallafi na Wall Street, ya sami matsayi mai daraja a tsakanin masu fafutukar tabbatar da adalci a duniya.
Bayan gabatarwa da John Nichols na The Nation, Stiglitz ya yi ɗan rangwame ga G20 tare da lura da cewa ƙara wasu ƙasashe sun fi G8, amma duk da haka, wasu ƙasashe 170 na duniya sun kasance a waje da waɗannan shawarwari.
"Amma kada ku yi kuskure game da abin da ke faruwa a nan," in ji shi. "Ko da a ce mun kaddamar da yaki a kan da yawa daga cikin wadannan kasashe, da ba za mu iya yin barna a sassa da dama na duniya kamar yadda manufofin wadannan manyan kasashen duniya suka yi a kaikaice ba, abin tambaya ba wai shin dole ne mu canza tsarinmu ba. hanyoyi, amma ta yaya, kuma ta nawa."
Da'awar cewa koma bayan tattalin arzikin duniya ya kare ba gaskiya ba ne, Stiglitz ya ci gaba, musamman ganin karuwar rashin aikin yi. "Haka kuma ba zai yiwu a kawo karshen ba nan ba da jimawa ba. Suna tura kudi ne ta hanyar da ba ta dace ba, suna ba da belin manyan bankunan maimakon wani babban abin kara kuzari na samar da ayyukan yi. Menene ya faru da bankunan da ake zaton 'masu girma da kasawa? ' Sun kara girma ne kawai, kuma masu fafutuka na ci gaba da dakile ka'idojin da ake bukata."
Leo Gerard na USW ne na gaba ya dauko inda Stiglitz ya tsaya. "Ku kula da wannan lambar, miliyan 30!" ya fadawa taron jama'a. Wannan shine ainihin adadin marasa aikin yi a kasar nan. Abin da za ka samu ke nan idan ka tara masu neman aiki, masu aiki na ɗan lokaci idan suna son ƙarin, da waɗanda suka daina, abin da suke kira 'Labor Reserve'. Za ku iya zama lafazin cewa ni ɗan Kanada ne, kuma in ba ku wani ra'ayi game da ma'aunin, miliyan 30 ya fi kowane ɗan adam girma a ƙasarmu ta haihuwa."
"Muna buƙatar ayyuka," Gerard ya ci gaba da cewa, "muna buƙatar ayyuka masu kyau, kuma muna buƙatar ayyukan kore. Me yasa aiki mai kyau? Yana da aikin UNION wanda zai iya tallafawa iyali, kuma muna buƙatar wani abin ƙarfafawa na biyu don ƙirƙirar su da ma'amalar kudi. haraji akan hasashe na Wall Street don biyan shi duka."
Emira Woods na Cibiyar Nazarin Siyasa kuma 'yar asalin Laberiya ce ta kawo muryar duniya ta uku a tattaunawar. "Abin da masu karfin G20 ke yi," in ji ta, "shi ne hana kasashe matalauta yin aiki da muradun kansu da sanin makomarsu." Ta jaddada bukatar 'ikon mutane' don kawo canji.
Carl Redwood Jr. ya dawo da shi duka zuwa hakikanin Pittsburgh. Da yake magana da kungiyar Consensus na gundumar Hill, ya ba da labarin yakin da aka yi a filin wasan Penguin ga wannan taron, inda matsalolin da ke wajen kofar cocin ke kallon kowa a fuska.
Mun tattara ma'aikatanmu da wuri don komawa cikin gari a daidai lokacin da za a yi gangami a Point Park. Daga bakin titi, Redmond ya zo ya ce, "Hey, Aliquippa guy! Na ji ka a zauren kungiyar tun da farko." Ya gaya mani cewa shi mai karanta Guardian ne a shekarun 1970, lokacin da nake marubuci a can. Mun yarda mu ci gaba da tuntuɓar Kamfen Ayyuka na Green da Kula da Lafiya. Ƙirƙirar sababbin haɗin gwiwa shine abin da waɗannan ayyukan ke tattare da su.
Muna kan hanyarmu zuwa kan tituna. Yana sake dikowa, kuma har yanzu zafi da damshi. A wani haske, wata motar UPS ta taso kusa da mu, tare da bude kofofin gefe. "Ina kowa?" Ya yi dariya yana mai lura da cewa lokacin gaggawa ne kuma jama'ar da kuke gani kawai gungun 'yan sanda ne a kowane lungu. "Kamar Lahadi da yamma da wasan Steelers!"
Park State Park babban fili ne mai daɗi a bakin 'Golden Triangle,' wurin katangar tarihi a cokali mai yatsu na Ohio. Anan Monongahela da kogunan Allegheny sun taru don samar da abin da masu binciken Faransa suka kira "La Belle Riviere, ko kyakkyawan kogi, fassarar Iroquois da kalmar Seneca 'Ohio,' ma'ana kusan abu ɗaya.
A wannan dare, duk da haka, yana da rabe-raben hali. Wani bangare na shi an kafe shi da kuma mamaye da 'yan sanda da sojoji da kuma Ma'aikatar Sirri, suna son ta zama cibiyar ba da umarni saboda wannan dalili da sojojin Faransa da na Burtaniya suka yi sama da shekaru 200 da suka gabata: wuri ne mai mahimmanci. Sauran ɓangaren babban mataki biyu ne tare da tsarin sauti mai ban tsoro da babban allon bidiyo. Ma'aikatan Karfe, Saliyo Club da kungiyar sauyin yanayi ta Al Gore sun fita don neman a kalla wani bangare na sararin samaniya don isar da sakonsu ga G20.
Abin tambaya a wannan lokacin shi ne ko yanayi da azzaluman ‘yan sanda zai hana taron jama’a yin taro. Yayin da na shiga yankin da aka raba domin gudanar da muzaharar, wata kungiyar wasan kwaikwayo ta matasa kan titi tana yin wasan kwaikwayo a gaban dogon layi na ’yan sanda a cikin sabbin kayan aikinsu na kame-kame. Yaran sun kasance suna jin daɗi, yayin da waɗanda ke sanye da kayan aiki suka yi ƙoƙari su kasance masu tsauri. A ciki, mutane suna duba teburan wallafe-wallafen, wuraren abinci da kuma fara'a ga ƙungiyoyin buɗe ido na gida. Akwai kusan 500 ko fiye a wurin, amma da masu magana suka tafi kuma mawaƙa da yawa suka ɗumama, da sauri taron ya ƙaru zuwa kusan 5000—wanda ya isa ya yi nasara, idan aka yi la’akari da yanayin.
Wani matashin mai magana ne ya fara taron. "Thomas Jefferson ya ce kowane tsara yana buƙatar sabon juyin juya hali," in ji Alex Loorz na Kid vs. Global Warming. Ya lura cewa wasu manya ba su damu da mummunan tasirin sauyin yanayi ba saboda shekaru 50 da suka wuce. Amma a cikin shekaru 50, ya ce, "ƙarana ba za ta mutu ba, kuma jikokinmu ba za su mutu ba, amma idan ba mu yi aiki a yanzu ba, tsaraina ne za su biya shi."
Shi ma Sanatan jihar Jim Ferlo ya yi maraba da kowa, inda ya jaddada bukatar gudanar da gagarumin gangami da hadin kai. "Muna buƙatar ƙarfi mai ƙarfi don murkushe waɗannan ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƴan kafofin watsa labaru waɗanda za su yi la'akari da cewa muna bukatar wani karfi mai karfi don yaki da wannan batu da ke fitowa daga hannun dama!"
Na gaba Joe Grushecky da House Rockers, wata ƙungiya ta gida, da gaske ta sa taron ya kori. Sun ba mu ƙaƙƙarfan haɗe-haɗe na waƙoƙin Springsteen tare da lambobinsu na asali cike da ƙoshin ƙarfe da kuzari. Big Head Todd da Dodanni za su bi su daga baya.
Leo Gerard ya dauki matakin tsakiya na USW karo na uku a wannan rana, amma har yanzu yana cikin yanayi mai kyau. “An yi injin injin da iskar ton 200 na karfe da sassa 8,000,” in ji shi, kuma wannan taron ya san ainihin abin da yake nufi. "Ka yi tunanin abin da za mu iya yi idan ba za mu iya mayar da ayyukan kasar nan kawai ba, amma ayyukan duniya. Ka yi tunanin idan muna da nufin!" Gwamnan PA Ed Rendell ya bi shi a kan matakin, kuma haka nan ya himmatu wajen samar da kore da tsabtace makamashi a matakin jiha.
Yawancin 'yan Democrat na gida sun sami sakon Karfe, kuma ya bayyana a wannan taron. Sabbin manufofin masana'antu ne kawai tare da babban gyare-gyaren tsarin zai haifar da ayyukan yi akan sikelin da ake buƙata don ceton Pennsylvania da sauran Rust Belt. Siyasa ce kawai hade da zafin titi zai iya kalubalantar G20. Amma har ila yau wasu adadi mai kyau suna jan ƙafafu, waɗanda Blue Dogs suka kama kuma suna sunkuyar da masu adawa da gwamnatin neoliberal na hannun dama. Wannan zai zama fagen fama mai mahimmanci a watanni masu zuwa.
Na kama 'yan waƙoƙi daga Big Head Todd, sannan na koma Beaver County na dare. Kwanaki biyu masu zuwa za su ba da haske a fagen fama daban-daban, a kan tituna tare da 'yan sanda da kuma a fagen ra'ayin jama'a game da ainihin abin da ke faruwa a bayan rufe kofa na G20. Ku ci gaba da saurare!
[Carl Davidson marubuci ne na Beaver County Blue. Har ila yau, shi ne mataimakin shugaban kwamitin sulhu na dimokuradiyya da gurguzu kuma mamba na kasa na Ƙungiyar Tattalin Arzikin Ƙasa ta Amurka. Shi marubuci ne, tare da Jerry Harris, na 'Cyberradicalism: Sabon Hagu don Zaman Duniya.']
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