I ka hoʻomaka mālie ʻana o ke kino o Abe Osheroff e kumakaia iā ia i kona mau makahiki 80 a me 90, ʻo ia kekahi o kāna mau laina punahele, "He hoʻokahi koʻu wāwae i loko o ka lua kupapaʻu akā ʻo kekahi e hula mau ana."
Ua pau kela hulahula i ka la Sabati, Aperila 6, i ka wa i make ai o Osheroff he 92 makahiki no ka ma'i puuwai ma kona home Seattle.
Hoʻomanaʻo nui ʻia ʻo Osheroff no kona ola waiwai o ka hana politika. Mai nā kahua kaua o ke Kaua Kivila Sepania a hiki i nā alanui a puni ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo ia ka mea akamai i ka hoʻolālā, hoʻonohonoho ikaika, a me ka koa koa.
Akā ke noʻonoʻo wau e pili ana i kahi honua me ka ʻole o Abe, ʻo Osheroff-the-philosopher kaʻu e nalo loa. ʻO ke kamaʻilio ʻana me Osheroff i lilo i mau seminars philosophy ākea ākea - ka nīnau ʻana i ka paʻakikī paʻakikī o ke kanaka i loko o kahi honua inhuman, i kālele ʻia i nā nīnau pili pono a me ka politika āna i ʻimi mau ai me ka ikaika o ka naʻauao a me ke koi no ke kuleana i manaʻo ʻia mai iā ia iho a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. . A i ka manawa like o Osheroff i loko o kēia ʻimi hoʻomau ʻana i ka ʻike hou aʻe a me ka ʻike hohonu, ua ʻoki ʻo ia i ka hauʻoli āpau mai kēia ola ʻana. Ua aʻo ʻo ia a haʻi i nā moʻolelo, ua aʻo ʻo ia a aloha ʻo ia, me ka makemake nui.
ʻO ka mea mua, ka hana: E hoʻomaka ana i kona wā ʻōpio, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Osheroff i nā mea hoʻolimalima, nā mea hana ʻole, a me nā limahana. I ka makahiki 1937, ua hui pū ʻo ia me ka ʻAhaham Lincoln Brigade, ka ʻēheu US o nā hui honua e hakakā nei ma Sepania. Ma hope o Pearl Harbor, ua komo hou ʻo ia i ke kaua kūʻē i ka fascism me ka US Army ma ʻEulopa. ʻOiai ʻo ia e hana ana ma ke ʻano he kamanā ʻoihana, ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i kahi hapa o nā makahiki 1950 e neʻe ana a puni ka ʻāina semi-underground, e pale ana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka FBI e hoʻopaʻa i nā lālā Komunist Party. Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana i ka pāʻina i ka makahiki 1956, neʻe ʻo Osheroff i Kaleponi a komo i ka hoʻonohonoho kaiāulu e kūʻē i nā mea hoʻomohala waiwai ma nā kahawai ʻo Venice. I ka makahiki 1964 ua hele ʻo ia i Mississippi e kōkua i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi kikowaena kaiāulu. Ua hana ʻo ia ma hope o nā hiʻohiʻona i ka Vietnam antiwar movement ma Kaleponi. I ka makahiki 1985 ua hele ʻo ia i Nicaragua me ka Lincoln Construction Brigade, āna i hoʻonohonoho ai e kūkulu hale me kahi hui limahana. Noho ʻo ia ma Seattle mai ka makahiki 1989, ua hana ʻo ia a me kāna wahine ʻo Gunnel Clark i ka neʻe kaua kaua o kēlā kūlanakauhale. Ua hoʻomau ʻo Osheroff i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā kamaʻilio ma nā kulanui a me nā kula kiʻekiʻe a hiki i kekahi mau ʻoki kuamoʻo i lilo i mea paʻakikī iā ia e hele. Ma ke ala, ua hana ʻo ia i ʻelua mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni e pili ana iā Sepania a me ka hoʻoilina o ke kaua kīwila, ʻo ka "Dreams and Nightmares" lanakila i ka makahiki 1974 a me "Art in the Struggle for Freedom" ma 2000.
ʻO ka lua, ʻo ke akeakamai: He mea hana a kamaʻilio ʻo Abe, akā kakaʻikahi ka mea kākau. Malia paha ʻo ka hoʻomāinoino wale o nā hoaaloha me Osheroff, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i kākau i kahi puke e hoʻonohonoho ai iā mākou i nā haʻawina āna i lawe ai mai kona ola. ʻO ia ke kumu i noi ai au iā ia i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei e noho no kahi nīnauele lōʻihi, e ʻike pono e loaʻa kekahi o ia mau manaʻo. Aia ma ka pūnaewele kahi kope o ia nīnauele ma nā mokuna ma: http://thirdcoastactivist.org/osheroff.html me ka hālāwai ninaninau piha i kahi faila PDF ma http://thirdcoastactivist.org/abe-osheroff.pdf
Ua pōmaikaʻi au e ʻike iā Osheroff no kekahi mau makahiki, a he mau haneli o nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana i ʻike lōʻihi a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Ke kakali nei au i ka lohe ʻana i kā lākou mau moʻolelo i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, ʻoiai mākou e hoʻomanaʻo pū nei ʻaʻole wale i nā mea a Abe Osheroff i hana ai akā he ʻuhane i hoʻopaʻa i ke kūpaʻa ʻole a me ke aloha pau ʻole i kēia ao. Manaʻo wau ʻo ia ke kaulike ma waena o ka huhū kūʻē i ka pono ʻole a me ke aloha i ka nani o ka hana ʻana ma ka ʻuhane o ka mea a Osheroff i kapa ai "radical humanism."
Ke kū nei mākou i nā manawa paʻakikī e hiki mai ana - e pili ana i nā hopena piʻi o ka haʻaheo a me ka manaʻo o ke kanaka - ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pono e ʻike i loko o mākou iho ka ikaika o Osheroff e hoʻomau i ka hakakā a hoʻomau i ke aloha. Pono mākou e hoʻoikaika, e like me kā Osheroff i hana mau ai, i ko mākou naʻau a me ko mākou mau manaʻo i nā hana e hiki mai ana. Pono mākou e hoʻomanaʻo i ka hoʻolauleʻa, e like me kā Osheroff i hoʻolauleʻa mau ai, ʻo ka hauʻoli a me ke kaumaha o ke kanaka.
ʻO Robert Jensen he kumu aʻoaʻo nūpepa ma ke Kulanui o Texas ma Austin a he mea hana i kahi palapala e hiki mai ana ma ke ola o Osheroff. Hiki ke loaʻa iā ia ma [pale ʻia ka leka uila] a hiki ke loaʻa kāna mau ʻatikala ma ka pūnaewele ma http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/index.html.