"ALEC ita ce inda gwagwarmayarmu ta haɗu," in ji Kwamitin Maraba da ALEC, babban haɗin gwiwar muhalli, ɗalibai, ƙwadago, ƙungiyoyin mata da masu tsattsauran ra'ayi waɗanda ke shirya zanga-zangar ƙimar mako guda ga Majalisar Musanya Dokokin Amurka (ALEC) yayin da ta taru don shekara-shekara. taron da aka yi a Grand American Hotel a Salt Lake City, Utah, a makon da ya gabata.
Fiye da masu fafutuka ɗari sun yi maraba da ALEC don buɗe taronta na kwanaki biyar tare da “Parade of Plates.” Suka zagaye otal din, tukwane da kwanon rufi, don nuna mummunar illar da ƙungiyar ƴan kasuwa ta ALEC ke haifarwa ga talakawa da masu matsakaicin matsayi. Ayyukan da kuma zama na wucin gadi na Washington Square Park, a gefen titi daga tarurrukan ALEC, sun sami kyau watsa labarai na cikin gida kuma ya nuna damuwar wasu Utahns cewa Gwamna Gary Herbert yana cikin aljihun ALEC.
Wanda ya shirya kuma mai magana da yawun kungiyar, Raphael Cordray ya bayyana cewa, burin kwamitocin maraba da ALEC shine su ci gaba da fallasa abin da suke gani a matsayin sa-in-sa na kungiyar ta ALEC da kuma girman kan ‘yan majalisar dokokin jihar da suka yi amfani da shi wajen jin dadi da muradun kamfanoni.
Cordray ya ce: “Kungiyoyi sun yi kaurin suna a cikin gwamnati har ‘yan majalisa da yawa suna tunanin haka ake yi,” in ji Cordray a lokacin da muka yi magana ta wayar tarho. “Ba su da kunya. Da mutane sun san hakan na faruwa a dimokaradiyyar mu, da ba za su ji dadi ba.”
Bayan ƴan shekarun da suka gabata, ALEC na ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin zaɓe masu ƙarfi waɗanda babu wanda ya taɓa jin labarinsu. A yau, ta sami kanta a matsayin makasudin kamfen da dama, zanga-zangar da kokarin shari'a da ke da niyyar fallasa hanyoyin da ALEC ke lalata dimokuradiyya ta hanyar inganta kamfanoni da masu ra'ayin mazan jiya. Misali, sabon cikakkiya Rahoton daga Ayyukan Manufofin Iowa sun gano cewa jihohin da ke bin shawarwarin ALEC suna da yawan talauci da ƙarancin albashi.
An kafa ALEC a cikin 1973 ta marigayi Paul Weyrich - wanda, ba zato ba tsammani, shi ma ya kafa gidauniyar Heritage Foundation da Moral Mafi rinjaye - kuma yana da tasirin da ba za a iya musantawa ba a majalisun jihohi da gidajen gwamnoni a fadin kasar nan. Kusan shekaru 40, ALEC ta kulla dangantaka tsakanin 'yan majalisar dokoki ta hanyar aika "dokokin model"- takardar kudirin da ALEC ta tsara wanda ke wakiltar muradun mambobinta - kai tsaye ga mambobinta na majalisa.
Kamfanin ALEC na farko a cikin sanannen jama'a ya zo ne lokacin da dan jarida mai bincike Beau Hodai, a cikin 2010, ya buga wani labari. account na interconnectedness na kamfanoni kudi, ra'ayin mazan jiya siyasa, masu zaman kansu bukatun da revolving kofa na lobbyists a ciki da kuma daga Arizona 'yan majalisa' ofisoshin da ya haifar da rigima SB 1070. ALEC, shi dai itace, quite a zahiri rubuta wasika na doka. Kokarin da Hodai ya yi ne ya sa aka ba shi mukamin persona non grata a duk abubuwan da suka faru na ALEC na gaba, wanda ke haifar da fitarsa daga Scottsdale, Ariz., Otal a ALEC taron shekara-shekara a watan Disamba 2011. A halin yanzu, da Phoenix 'yan sanda Department, decked fita a cikin tarzoma kaya da kuma kiyaye amintacce kewaye a kusa da Westin Kierland Resort and Spa, barkono-fesa da kuma kama mambobi daga sa'an nan-nascent Occupy motsi da suka zo don nuna rashin amincewa da kamfanoni iko na kamfanoni. dimokuradiyya.
A tsakanin labarin Hodai na 2010 da farfaɗowar fafutukar hana kamfanoni da aka yi wahayi zuwa gare ta Occupy shine Wisconsin. Yayin da dubun-dubatar suka mamaye Babban Birnin Jihar Wisconsin a matsayin martani ga Gwamnan Republican Scott Walker's shawarwari kasafin kudin kungiyar kwadago don ƙwace haƙƙoƙin haɗin gwiwa tare da haɓaka gudummawar fensho masu zaman kansu, farfesa na Jami'ar Wisconsin-Madison William Cronon ya ɗan yi zurfi; ya gano cewa duk hanyoyin sun kai ga ALEC. Kamar binciken Hodai da ke haɗa SB 1070 da ALEC, binciken Cronon saukar cewa dokar Walker ta kasance, a haƙiƙa, ƙirar dokokin ALEC.
Bayan aikin Madison, masu fafutuka a Cleveland sun yi tuntuɓe a kan shafin Farfesa Cronon kuma an yi musu wahayi don nuna adawa da taron ALEC mai zuwa a garinsu. Cibiyar Yada Labarai da Dimokuradiyya (CMD) mai ba da rahoto Sara Jerving tayi details na waccan zanga-zangar Afrilu 2011 da sauran su yayin da take bayyana matsananciyar matsin lamba da aka yi wa ALEC. Bayan watanni biyu, godiya ga mai ba da labari, CMD ya ƙaddamar da ALEC ya fallasa aikin, kuma ya zama juyi. Tun daga wannan lokacin, ALEC ba ta sake samun damar inganta lissafin samfurin ta ba tare da bincike ba.
Duk da haka ALEC ta sami jerin nasarorin 'yan majalisa na baya-bayan nan - kamarArizona SB 1070; Tsaya Dokokin Ka, kamar wanda aka kira a Florida don kare Trayvon Martin wanda ake zargi da kisan George Zimmerman, wanda ALEC ya kasance tun lokacin. nisanta kanta daga; nuna bambanci Dokokin ID na masu jefa kuri'a; kifar da su Dokar Pennsylvania 13 wanda zai kasance yana da iyakacin ikon al'ummomi don aiwatar da iko na gida; kuma Wisconsin anti-unionism, don kawai sunaye. Amma da alama igiyar ruwa tana juyawa yayin da aka kawo ayyukan ALEC cikin haske.
Kamfen na kamfani
Launin canji na daya daga cikin kungiyoyin da suka ci gajiyar tarin bayanan da ALEC Exposed ta buga, wanda ya nuna cewa dokokin ID na masu kada kuri’a da kungiyar ke adawa da su sun samo asali ne daga tsarin dokar da ALEC ta tsara. Tare da baƙar fata Amurkawa sama da 800,000 a cikin membobinta, Launin Canji ya ga cewa dokokin nuna wariya suna samun sakamako na bangaranci da kuma hana al'ummomin launi. Yayin da Launin Canji ya sami ƙarin koyo game da ALEC, ya fahimci buƙatar ilimantar da membobinta da sauran jama'a game da ajanda ALEC. Har ila yau, a cewar Babban Darakta Rashad Robinson, cewa kashi 98 cikin XNUMX na kudaden da ALEC ke bayarwa sun fito ne daga mambobin kamfanoni.
"Muna wakiltar mazabar da ke wanzuwa a duniyar gaske," in ji Robinson lokacin da na yi magana da shi ta wayar tarho, yayin da yake magana kan membobin Color of Change:
Waɗannan kamfanoni suna zuwa ga baƙi don ayyukansu, don siyan samfuran su. Suna kashe makudan kudade don inganta dangantakarsu da bakar fata. Mun bayyana wa kamfanoni cewa irin wannan jarin na iya zama a banza.
Don haka aka bullo da wata dabara ta hanyoyi biyu don ilimantar da jama’a da kuma mambobin kungiyar ALEC, da kuma neman su daina zama mamba.
Kan layi, Launi na Canji ya watsa bayanai game da ALEC da tasirinsa kuma ya nemi magoya bayansa su sanya hannu kan takardar koke don cire kudaden kamfanoni daga kungiyar. A halin da ake ciki, ma'aikatan Launi na Canjin suna tattaunawa a cikin sirri tare da kamfanoni don wayar da kan su game da ajandar da ALEC ke yi kafin su fito fili da wani kamfen da aka yi niyya ga wasu kamfanoni na ALEC.
Dabarar ta yi aiki. Tun lokacin da aka fara kamfen ɗin Launi na Canji - taimakon wasu abokan tarayya da abokan tarayya kamar CREDO Action da kuma Mutane don Hanyar Amurka - Kamfanoni 30 sun yi watsi da membobinsu na ALEC, ciki har da Best Buy, Coca-Cola, Kraft Foods, Walmart, Amazon, McDonald's da MillerCoors. Sama da mutane 100,000 ne suka sanya hannu kan takardar koke ta yanar gizo, inda dubban ‘yan kasar kuma suka kira ofisoshin kamfanoni suna neman su janye daga ALEC. A watan Afrilu, ALEC ta dauki hayar kamfanin hulda da jama'a Edelman don magance raguwar membobin kamfanoni, gunaguni cewa shi ne wanda aka azabtar da "kamfen na tsoratarwa da ƙwararrun kuɗi, da ƙwarewa."
Bugu da ƙari, a cikin Afrilu 2012, ƙungiyar ci gaba ta Common Cause ta shigar da a ƙara tare da Ofishin Whistleblower na Harajin IRS yana zargin ALEC ya keta ka'idojin matsayinsa na 501 (c) 3.
A cikin wata sanarwa ta gama gari wacce ke sanar da korafin, Shugaba Bob Edgar kira ALEC "kungiyar harabar harabar kamfani ce ta gaba da ke yin ta a matsayin sadaka ta jama'a." Edgar ya ci gaba da cewa:
ALEC da membobinta sun gwammace su zauna a cikin inuwa duk da haka. Suna rubuta doka da aka keɓance don biyan bukatunsu kuma suna ba da ita ga zaɓaɓɓun jami'anmu a cikin ganawar sirri a otal-otal; su kan kaucewa gani a lokacin da suke neman kafa wannan doka a gidajen jahohinmu kuma su yi murna a tsakanin su kuma suna daukar daraja idan an zartar. Sannan kuma suna yin karya game da abin da suka yi na yin amfani da ka'idojin haraji da kuma sa sauran mu mu ba da tallafin ayyukansu.
Idan hukumomin tarayya sun soke matsayin ALEC ba tare da biyan haraji ba, zai iya zama babban rauni. Amma ya riga ya zama da wahala ga ALEC yin aiki a cikin inuwa. Lokacin da mambobin ALEC suka hadu a yanzu, sun zana taron jama'a suna neman gaskiya da kuma cire kudaden kamfanoni daga dimokuradiyyar Amurka. Yayin da tarurrukan da yawa ke zama masu zaman kansu, haɓakar binciken ALEC da ke jan hankali yana sa ya zama da wahala a gare shi yin tasiri a cikin jama'a.
A hade tare da taron ALEC, alal misali, Alliance for a Better Utah a lokaci guda sun karbi bakuncin taron. ALEC da aka fallasa taron. Har ila yau, koyarwa, abubuwan gina al'umma da zanga-zangar sun faru a kewayen birni a matsayin wani ɓangare na Kwamitin maraba da ALEC, gami da lokacin shiru na jama'a, wanda ya shirya. Tashin Lafiya, don gane da shekara guda tunawa da Tim DeChristopher dauri.
Me yasa yake aiki
Hanya ɗaya ta fahimtar nasarar yaƙin neman zaɓe akan ALEC shine ta Bill Moyer's ka'idar na rashin tashin hankali zamantakewa canji. Tsarin wuce gona da iri da Moyer ke amfani da shi shine sauyin zamantakewa yana faruwa ne lokacin da aka faɗakar da ƴan ƙasa, da ilmantar da su da kuma tattara ayyukansu. Ƙungiyoyi kamar CMD suna da mahimmanci a sassa biyu na farko - faɗakarwa da ilmantarwa - ta hanyar tallafawa bincike da aikin jarida wanda ke da damar 'yan ƙasa, masu shiryawa da masu fafutuka.
Fassara bayanai zuwa aikace-aikace - musamman nau'in aikin da ke da tasiri na gaske akan masu iko - aiki ne mai ƙalubale ga ƙungiyoyi masu ci gaba.
Nasarar dabarun da Launin Canji da Dalilai na gama-gari ke amfani da shi ya dogara ne kan al'umma masu ilimi da za su matsa lamba kan masu yanke shawara. Kamfen ɗin Launi na Canji, musamman, ya sami nasara saboda ya samo hanyar da za ta isar da damar ikon jama'a ga masu ba da kuɗi na ALEC a fayyace sharuddan: Dokokin samfurin da ƙungiyar da kuke ciki ba ta da kima a mazaɓarmu. ; idan kuna darajar ikon siyan mu, to dole ne ku yanke shawara ko yana da daraja ci gaba da kasancewa membobin ku tare da ALEC.
Gwagwarmayar adawa da tasirin kamfanoni a cikin tsarin siyasa dole ne ya ɗauki juzu'i da yawa; ALEC daidai ne daya daga cikin rukunoni masu yawa hidima irin wannan sha'awa. Amma, a wannan lokaci, yaki da ALEC ya nuna cewa idan mutane suka shirya kuma suka yi dabara, za su iya yin nasara.
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