Idan kuna son sanin yadda mafi yawan jama'ar Amirka masu ci gaba suka yi kama, wurin da za a kasance shine National Mall a gindin Lincoln Memorial a Washington, DC a ranar Asabar mai kyau da rana a yammacin ranar Asabar 2 ga Oktoba, 2010.
Wani abin kallo ne. Kungiyar hadin gwiwa ta ‘One Nation Working Together’ ta hada da wasu kungiyoyi 400, kimanin mutane 175,000 ne suka cika yankin. Su ne kungiyoyin kwadago na kasar, yancin jama'a, 'yancin mata, da kungiyoyin al'umma, kungiyoyin zaman lafiya da adalci, da sauran su. Abin da aka fi mayar da hankali shi ne ayyuka, adalci da ilimi, tare da ɗimbin runduna ta yaƙi da yaƙe-yaƙe kuma.
"Ina fatan za su kalli kasuwa a yau," in ji Rev. Al Sharpton daga matakan tunawa da Lincoln, yana nufin GOP da Tea Party dama, "saboda wannan shine yadda Amurka ta kasance, ba kawai launi ɗaya ko ɗaya ba. jinsi."
Bakan gizo na ƴan ƙasa, maza da mata, manya da ƙanana, tare da ƙaƙƙarfan tushe daga kowane fanni na ma'aikata ya cika yankin. Hankalin dandazon jama'ar ya tashi da tashin hankali, inda suka sanar da su da muryoyi daban-daban, tun daga tsofaffin masu sassaucin ra'ayi har zuwa bangaren gurguzu, cewa sun koshi da cin zarafi daga bangaren Tea Party, GOP neoliberals da Blue. Dog Democrats suna tafiya tare da su.
Harry Belafonte ya ce: "Wannan taron kira ne na farkawa ga jama'ar Amurka," in ji Harry Belafonte, a cikin daya daga cikin mafi karfi da kuma mafi mahimmancin jawabai na ranar. "Shin da gaske mun yi imani cewa tura sojoji 100,000 don kashe maza da mata marasa laifi a Afghanistan da Pakistan yana da ma'ana?" ya ci gaba, a fili kuma yana sukar amincewar Obama ga injin yaki. Mawakin mai wasan kwaikwayo ya ci gaba da kai hari kan "guba mai gurgunta wariyar launin fata" da "raguwar tsarin mulki da kuma hare-haren da ba za a iya mantawa da su ba. muguwar ƙarewa. A ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, a cikin miliyoyin mutane, dole ne mu yi wa rumfunan zabe fiye da kima, kuma mu kada kuri’ar adawa da wadanda za su sa mu zama ‘yan mulkin mallaka.”
Na isa gidan kasuwa da wuri, kafin karfe 9 na safe, tare da Randy Shannon daga gundumar Beaver a Western PA. Mun doshi D.C don halartar taron masana tattalin arziki na siyasa akan Ayyuka da Tattalin Arziki a Jami'ar Howard ranar Juma'a. Amma yanzu aikinmu shi ne mu isa kusa da kantin sayar da kayayyaki, inda aka ba mu wurin zama na tebur na littattafai. Mun yi sa'a. Akwai tabo ɗaya na doka da ya bar yadi 50 kawai daga wurinmu, don haka na kwace.
Tawagogi daga wasu kungiyoyi suna zuwa don yin hakan. Leslie Cagan da Mike McPhearson daga United for Peace and Justice da Vets for Peace sun tsaya don gaishe mu.
"Muna nan kusa da lankwasawa," in ji Leslie. “Idan kowa yana buƙatar alamar da ke haɗa yaƙi da ayyuka, aika su. Muna da yalwa.” Na gaba da ya tsaya shine Aaron Hughes na Iraki Vets Against War. "Sannu da zuwa, Brother!" ya ce, kuma ya ba ni tarin takardun hannu da ke bayyana sabon kamfen ɗin su don samun isassun fa'ida ga sojojin da suka dawo tare da PTSD, cuta ta damuwa bayan tashin hankali. Na ajiye su a kan tebur, tare da tarin littattafan siyasa da wallafe-wallafe daga kwamitocin Watsa Labarai na Dimokuradiyya da Socialism. Abu mafi mahimmancin mu na ranar shine sabon ɗan littafinmu wanda ke yin shari'ar cikakken aiki a matsayin hanyar ci gaba daga rikicin.
Randy ya tashi don ya sadu da bas masu shigowa daga yankinmu. Daga cikin dubban da suka zo daga Gabas ta Gabas, Kudu da Midwest, akwai hudu daga Beaver County - wanda hadin gwiwar Ma'aikatan Karfe United, Majalisar Ma'aikata ta Beaver-Lawrence, da Beaver County NAACP, Ƙungiyar 'Yan tsiraru, SEIU, da kuma mu 4th CD Progressive Democrats na Amurka. USW tana da wasu motocin bas da motocin haya daga wasu gundumomi kusa da mu, kuma su, tare da ƙungiyoyin kare haƙƙin jama'a, sun himmatu sosai wajen gina wannan taron. Mafi mahimmanci, sun kasance suna aiki don gina sababbin haɗin gwiwar ayyukan yi don yin gwagwarmaya a matakin gundumomi don sababbin farawar masana'antu. Muzaharar 2 ga Oktoba wani bangare ne kawai na faffadan kokarin da ake yi.
Yayin da na sanya abubuwan gamawa a nunin littafinmu, motocin bas sun fara zubowa. Taro mai yawa na ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya da yawa na SEIU1199 daga yankin Boston, galibi Puerto Rican da Ba'amurke Ba'amurke, sun wuce. "Comrade Carl!" In ji Rafael Pizzaro, tsohon abokina kuma mai shirya SEIU, yayin da ya zo ya rungume ni. "Yana da kyau ganin teburin CCDS a nan!" Pizarro ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin farkon Co-Chairs na CCDS; ya ce zai dawo daga baya, kuma ya yi. Na sami $2 daga gare shi don ɗan littafin ayyuka.
SEIU1199 yana ɗaya daga cikin masu ƙaddamar da al'amuran yau, tare da NAACP da La Raza. Ya kasance ta hanyar haɓakarsu, tare da USW, cewa AFL-CIO na ƙasa ya shigo cikin jirgin. Amma kuna iya ganin gungu na mazauna yankin SEIU a ko'ina a cikin taron, tare da takamaiman T-shirts masu launin shuɗi. Kowa ya kasance mai launi-ja ga ma'aikatan sadarwa, blue blue ga malaman NEA, blue blue ga ma'aikatan karfe, rawaya ga NAACP, da sauransu.
Yunkurin na gaba shine ɗaruruwan matasan Amurkawa na Afirka daga kwalejojin al'umma a yankin DC, cike da farin ciki, ɗauke da tutoci na neman ayyuka da kuma tallafin makarantu. Wasu kaɗan sun tsaya yin magana, suna ɗokin karantawa. Na samu shida daga cikinsu don yin rajista don wasiƙar imel ɗin mu.
A wannan lokacin zan iya jin karar sautin daga babban mataki. Makada da yawa, duka rock da hip-hop, suna dumama jama'a masu girma. Amma na yi nisa da baya cewa ba ta da yawa. Bayan haka, sakonnin sun kasance kan manufa:
"Yawancin abokaina na yara sun mutu akan wasu abubuwa marasa kyau, kamar mu duka muna kan wasu kayan miya ne, duk abin da ya faru zamu shawo kan kaya?" Rapped Black Ice, mawaƙi yana fitar da siyasarsa. “Me yaro zai yi sa’ad da yake son ya yi daidai amma akwai kulle a ƙofar dama? Lokacin da yake da zuciyar soja da cin zarafi na mayaƙin kyauta amma babu wanda ya koya masa abin da zai yi yaƙi?
Sa’ad da gungun matasa kusan 20 ɗauke da alamu daga ɗaya daga cikin sababbin Ɗalibai don ɓangarorin Jam’iyyar Demokraɗiyya suka wuce, ɗayansu ya dube ni da teburin, sa’an nan kuma suka sake kallona, suka zo suka ce, “Sai, kuna Karl. Ina ɗaya daga cikin abokan ku na Facebook-na yi farin cikin saduwa da ku a cikin mutum!" Mu biyu muka yi dariya daga wannan, kuma ya debi wasu littattafai. Amma na sadu da wasu ‘abokan Facebook’ guda biyar ko shida a cikin wannan rana. "Facebook yana da kyau," koyaushe zan ce. "Amma don yin shiri mai mahimmanci, har yanzu dole ne ku yi magana da mutane ido-da-ido."
Wani ɗan ƙungiyar tarayya mai matsakaicin shekaru ya zo, yana son ya koyi zamantakewa. "To, za ku iya duba bayaninmu na 'Buri da Ka'idodin', kuɗi ne kawai," in ji na ce. "Amma idan da gaske kuna son shiga ciki, karanta wannan littafin, 'Bayan Magana Jari Ce,' na David Schweickart. Yana kan $ 20, amma shine mafi kyawun abu guda akan batun don lokutan yau. " Ya sayi duka biyun, ya sanya hannu a jerin imel, ya ci gaba. Yanzu idan zan iya ninka wancan da dari, zai zama rana ta.
Wani dattijon da ke cikin gajiyar aikin soja ya tsaya ya ɗauki littafi kan Afghanistan. Mun yi magana a kan yakin, sai na tambaye shi a ina yake? "Na kasance a Pentagon," in ji shi, "amma kawai na yi ritaya. A ƙarshe na sami naƙasa lokacin da suka yi wasu canje-canje game da PTSD. " Na ba shi ɗaya daga cikin katunan da Haruna Hughes ya bari, na ce 'Kuna buƙatar ku tafi magana da Iraki Vets a kan Yaƙin, suna da sabon kamfen akan PTSD, "kuma na nuna wurin teburin su. Ya nufi wajenta.
Wajen karfe 1 na rana na samu sauki. Janet Tucker, mai kula da CCDS na kasa, wanda ma'aikaciyar jinya ce mai ritaya daga Kentucky, ta isa don taimakawa da teburin. Na yanke shawarar matsawa, kuma in dauki lissafin taron.
A tsaye a taron tunawa da yakin duniya na biyu a bayan gidan kasuwa, ina iya ganin cewa dukan yanki a bangarorin biyu na kandami mai nunawa ya cika gaba daya, har ma a karkashin bishiyoyi, har zuwa matakai na Lincoln Memorial. Amma in waiwaya a cikin Monument na Washington, ina iya ganin manyan kungiyoyi suna zuwa, ma'ana har yanzu bas na sauke kaya. Ko menene ƙidaya na ƙarshe, na ɗauka yana tsakanin 100,000 zuwa 200,000, kuma hakan ya sa ya yi nasara.
Yankin Code Pink ya kasance abin lura da gani, kamar koyaushe, kuma iri-iri na alamu da banners ma sun kasance abin ban mamaki. Yawancin makale, fiye ko žasa, ga jigogi na hukuma na ayyuka, adalci da ilimi, amma adadi mai kyau ya yi niyya yaƙe-yaƙe. Tuta ɗaya ta kasance mai ban sha'awa musamman:
"Kudi don Ayyuka, ba don Yaƙi ko Takunkumi a kan Iran ba!", an karanta shi, kuma membobin yaƙin neman zaɓe na yaƙi da takunkumi da tsoma bakin soja a Iran ne suka ɗauke shi. Ɗaya daga cikinsu, Phil Wilayto, daga baya ya rubuta abubuwan da ya faru da shi:
Wilayto ya ce: "Ina kallon fuskokin mutanen da ke wucewa ta tutarmu, tun da shekarun da suka gabata lokacin da zan halarci taron kungiyar tare da tuta game da Vietnam, ko Gabas ta Tsakiya, ko Amurka ta Tsakiya ko kuma wani yanki. na duniyar da sarakunan Amurka ke tura matasanmu don su yi fafutuka don samun ribar Wall Street. Wasu daga cikin waɗancan haduwar sun kasance masu zafi. A zahiri.”
“Yau ya bambanta sosai. Wani katon bature bature mai aikin mota ya tsaya ya kalli banner din, sannan ya ciro kyamararsa ya dauki hotonmu. Tafiya yayi yana murmushi ya bamu alamar yatsa. Wasu suka daga hannu suna murmushi. Babu wani mutum da ya nuna kiyayya.”
Manya-manyan hotunan talabijin na waje tare da kantin sayar da kayayyaki sun taimaka sosai ga masu sauraron jawabai. Akwai saƙo guda biyu masu haɗuwa amma daban-daban suna fitowa daga dandalin. Ɗayan shine kowa ya buƙaci fitar da kuri'a a watan Nuwamba a kan GOP. A wannan ma'anar, wannan taro ne don faɗaɗa da kona masu jefa ƙuri'a a cikin tushen Demokraɗiyya. Ɗayan ita ce ta tura Majalisa da Fadar White House akan ayyuka, haƙƙin baƙi da zaman lafiya, ko da wane jam'iyya ce ke da daidaiton iko.
Bayan da ya yi Allah wadai da ‘ikon kuɗi’ a hannun dama, Shugaban AFL-CIO Richard Trumka ya yi kira ga ma’aikatan ƙungiyar da ƙungiyoyin ci gaba don faɗaɗɗen haɗin kai: “Ku yi alƙawarin ba za ku ƙyale kowa ya yi shiru ba ko kuma ya juya mu gaba da juna. Ku yi alƙawarin jin muryoyinku don ayyuka, adalci, da ilimi a yau - da kuma ranar zaɓe," in ji shi. "Kyakkyawan kwanakinmu suna gaba, ba a bayanmu ba, kuma za mu yi yaƙi dominsu, kuma ba za mu bar kowa ya tsaya a kan hanyarmu ba."
Shugaban Ma'aikatan Sadarwa na Amurka Larry Cohen ya zayyana sakonnin biyu: "A cikin shekaru 47 da suka gabata, an murkushe 'yancin ma'aikata," in ji shi. “A yau, daya ne kawai cikin ma’aikata 15 ke da ‘yancin yin ciniki. Amurka ce a kasan tattalin arzikin duniya wajen kare haƙƙin ma'aikata don tsarawa da yin shawarwari. Mun san cewa wasu tsiraru a Majalisar Dattawan Amurka sun hana ko da tattaunawa kan kudirori 400 da Majalisar Wakilai ta amince da su, gami da Dokar Zabin Kyautar Ma’aikata.” Wannan ya kara dagula ma'aikata da 'yan Democrat da Obama, da kafar EFCA. Amma Cohen ya kammala,
“Za mu gina kasa daya tare. Za mu iya samun ci gaba a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba. Za mu iya yin aiki don tabbatar da dimokuradiyya a Majalisar Dattawan Amurka."
Dawowa kan teburin mu, na ga Teburin Progressive Democrats of America, tare da shugabansu, Tim Carpenter, zaune a ƙarƙashin bishiya. Yana son sanin abin da ya faru a taron jami'ar Howard kan tattalin arzikin siyasa. "Da alama za mu sami sabon cikakken lissafin aiki daga ofishin Conyers a watan Janairu. Suna son a taimaka wajen shirya tarurrukan gari a kai a duk fadin kasar.” "Mai kyau!" sai ya amsa da cewa, "Haka ke kan hanyarmu. Zai dace da kyau tare da aikin 'Medicare for All'. Kuma hakan zai taimaka mana wajen bunkasa tare da kungiyoyin.”
Na kuma ci karo da babban rukunin ma’aikata sanye da rigunan UAW. "Daga ina kake?" Na tambaya. "Saginaw, Michigan," daya amsa. "Wannan doguwar bas ce mai tsauri," na ce. "Eh, amma ruhun nan yana sa komai ya dace," in ji shi, yayin da suke ci gaba.
Ya takaita min ranar. Komawa kan teburin, kusan mutane goma sha biyu daga ɗaya daga cikin motocin bas ɗin mu na gundumar Beaver sun tsaya. Akwai wani ma'aikacin lantarki na IBEW mai ritaya kuma tsohon magajin gari na karamar karamar hukuma, ma'aikatan jin dadin jama'a guda uku, wani likitan Vietnam daya wanda ke aiki a kan makullai da madatsun ruwa na Kogin Ohio, mai kula da gida, da sauran su duk sun dauko kaya don karantawa don tafiya.
Da karfe 5 na yamma, lokaci yayi da za a tattara kaya. Kamar yadda nake ajiye littattafai a cikin kwalaye, Medea Benjamin daga Code Pink yana tsayawa akan keke. "Mene ne Code Pink zuwa gaba?" na tambaya? "Isra'ila, Falasdinu da Gaza," in ji ta. Na sanar da ita game da aikin haɗin gwiwar zaman lafiya na gundumar Beaver don sanya allon talla akan Kogin Ohio Boulevard yana buƙatar yanke tallafin soja ga Isra'ila. Ta ci gaba, kuma a cikin mintuna 15 ko makamancin haka, mun sa motar ta loda, kuma muna kan babbar hanya kafin shida.
A koyaushe akwai ma'ana a ƙarshen waɗannan manyan ƙungiyoyi lokacin da na yi nazari mai mahimmanci ko yana da daraja. Tabbas wannan mataki ne na gaba. Cindy Grundy, ɗaya daga cikin jiga-jigan Peace Links, ta lura: “A kan hawan baya, lokacin da muka tsaya a Breezewood, PA, na ji daɗin haɗin kai tare da sauran mutane a cikin wasu motocin bas. An yi sukuwa da ido da baƙi da yawa waɗanda a yanzu ƴan uwana ne. Ban ji wannan har zuwa wannan matakin ba a ƙarshen lokacin da muka je DC. "
Na kuma ji ta bakin Steffi Domike daga ma’aikatan USW, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin direban mota ga ma’aikatan karafa 10 da suka yi ritaya da ke zaune kusa da Pittsburgh. "Wannan ƙungiyar ta yi farin ciki sosai game da taron," in ji ta. Ta kawo su taron ayyukan mu na cikin gida na ginin 500 na Oct 2 makonni biyu baya. “Sun tsaya har zuwa ƙarshe, bayan an gama masu magana kuma kowa ya ruga da gudu zuwa ƙofa. Waɗannan mutanen sun yi ritaya a cikin 1980s, suna aiki daga shekaru 20-50 don Jones & Laughlin Karfe; da yawa daga cikinsu sun yi aikin shekarunsu na ƙarshe a masana'antar Aliquippa bayan an rufe masana'antar Pittsburgh. Sun yi farin ciki da ganin irin wannan babbar al'umma ta taru, amma kuma suna mamakin ko duk wanda ke da albarkatun da ake bukata zai zo gundumar Beaver don taimakawa wajen dawo da sabbin ayyukan masana'antu."
Lokaci zai faɗi, amma a kowane hali, dole ne mu yi yaƙi don shi. Amma idan aka yi la’akari da runduna daban-daban da aka taru a cikin gida wajen gina wannan gangamin, mun sami harbin da ya dace. Wannan shi ne batun duka.
[Carl Davidson shi ne shugaban kasa na kwamitocin Sadarwa na Dimokuradiyya da Socialism, memba na kwamitin hadin gwiwar Tattalin Arziki na kasa, da karamar gundumar Beaver, memba na PA na Steelworkers Associates. Idan kuna son wannan labarin, yi amfani da maɓallin PayPal akan kunneCi gaba da Ci gaba.]
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