"Thermopylae"
Hoʻohanohano i ka poʻe i ke ola a lākou e alakaʻi ai
wehewehe a mālama i kahi Thermopylae.
Mai kumakaia i ka pono,
kūpaʻa a pololei i nā mea a pau a lākou e hana ai
aka, me ke aloha, a me ke aloha;
lokomaikaʻi i ka wā waiwai, a i ka wā ʻilihune.
lokomaikaʻi mau ma nā ʻano liʻiliʻi,
ke kōkua mau nei i ka mea hiki iā lākou;
ʻōlelo mau i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo,
me ka inaina ole i ka poe hoopunipuni.
A ʻoi aku ka hanohano iā lākou
ke ʻike mua lākou (e like me ka nui o ka poʻe i ʻike mua)
i ka hope e hoike mai ai o Efialeta,
e uhai ana ko Media.
ʻO C.P. Cavafy
Unuhi ʻia e Edmund Keeley/Philip Sherrard
(C.P. Cavafy, Collected Poems. Unuhi ʻia e Edmund Keeley lāua ʻo Philip Sherrard. Hoʻoponopono ʻia e George Savidis. Revised Edition. Princeton University Press, 1992)
Inā loaʻa iā Sepania nā miners o Asturias, aia iā Helene nā mea hana kila o Aspropyrgos. ʻO kā lākou hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻeiwa mahina e hōʻike ana i ka hakakā no ka pale ʻana i nā pono hana, ka lōkahi o ka limahana, a me ke kuleana o ke aupuni i kēia lā neoliberal ʻEulopa.
Ua hoʻomaka ia mau mahina ʻeiwa i hala.
ʻO ka mea nona ka hale hana ʻo Halyvourgia Ellados (Steelworks of Greece), ma lalo o ke kumu o ka pilikia kālā, hoʻolaha i nā limahana 360 he ʻelua mau koho:
A i ʻole e ʻae i ka ʻoki ʻana o ka uku he 40% a me nā lā hana ʻelima mau hola, a i ʻole ka wehe ʻana o 170 o lākou. Ua ʻākoakoa nā limahana a hoʻoholo e hōʻole i ka ʻeleʻele. Ma hope koke iho, ua hoʻolaha nā mea nona ka hale hana i 120 o ka poʻe hana kila i kā lākou hoʻomaha. Ua akoakoa hou na limahana, a ua hooholo lakou e hele kuikahi me ko lakou mau hoa hana i hoopauia, e koi ana i ka lakou hana hou. A ʻaʻole lākou i hana ma ka hale hana mai ia manawa mai. A hiki i ka po Poaha.
Oiai e hoomauia ana na kukakuka ana ma waena o ka mea nona a me na limahana, ua hoolaha aku ka mea nona i ke Kuhina o na Limahana, e pani lakou i ka hale hana o Aspropyrgos a kipaku aku i na limahana 240 i koe, ke ole ka hahau ana. ʻIke ʻia ua hoʻomaka ka hakakā ʻeiwa mahina o ka poʻe limahana i ka hopena i ka loaʻa kālā o nā mea nona. He ʻeiwa mahina i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka pōʻaiapili, ua mālama ʻia me ka hoʻoikaika nui ʻana e nā mea hana kila a me ko lākou mau ʻohana, ʻoiaʻiʻo ua waiho ʻia me ka loaʻa ʻole o kēia manawa. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻohuli ʻia kēia hakakā heroic i ka lokahi o ka hui kīwila Helene (a me ka honua), ma o nā hana he nui i hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo i nā mea hana kila Helene.
Ua ʻike ʻia ko lākou hakakā ʻana ma ka ʻāina e like me ka wā hou Thermopylae, kahi i pale aku ai kekahi mau limahana a me ko lakou mau ohana i ka pono hana a me ka hanohano o ka poe hana o ka aina. Inā hele ka manaʻo neoliberal i ka "Ipuka Ahi" o na Paahana hao, a laila ʻaʻohe mea e waiho ʻia e pale i nā pono hana ma kēia ʻāina.
A ua paʻa maikaʻi ka poʻe hana kila, a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mea nona ka hale hana i kona wā hou Efialtes i mua o ke aupuni ʻo Antonis Samaras, ʻaʻohe pilikia e pāʻani i kēlā kuleana. I nehinei i ka wanaʻao, e like me ke kūpono Efialtes, ua hoouna aku ia i na makai hoohaunaele e uhai i ka hahau, ma ke ano o ka "pale i ka pono o ka hana" o na limahana i makemake e hoi i ka hana. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, e pale ana i nā pono o ka ʻona o ka hale hana.
Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā hōʻike Solidarity ma Athens a me Thessaloniki mai ia manawa mai, a ua hoʻolaha ka poʻe hana hao ʻoiai ʻoiai ua wehe hou ʻia ka hale hana, ua paʻa lākou e hoʻomau i kā lākou hahau.
ʻO ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma luna nei ʻaʻole ia he moʻolelo wale nō o kahi hahau i haki. ʻOi aku ia ma mua o kēlā. Ma kahi hōʻailona hōʻailona, hōʻike ia i ke ʻano o ke aupuni i kēia lā neoliberal Helene a me ʻEulopa, a nona nā pono e pale nei. A ʻaʻole ia he mea kuʻikahi ka hoʻoholo ʻana o ke aupuni e komo e uhaki i kēia hahau ʻana, e like me ka hoʻoholo ʻana o Xerxes e uhaʻi i ke kūʻē ʻana o ka 300 Spartans a me ka 700 Thespians ma Thermopylae: ua manaʻo lāua ʻelua inā hiki iā lākou ke hana. ma o ka Ipuka Ahi, ʻaʻole nui ke kūʻē i koe e hahau.
ʻO ka mea i poina i ke aupuni Helene, ʻaʻole i makehewa ka mōhai a ka poʻe Spartans a me Tespian i ke kaua ʻo Thermopylae. Hāʻawi ia i ka manawa kūpono i ke koena o ka pūʻali Helene e hoʻonohonoho hou iā ia iho, a ua lanakila i ka pūʻali koa o Xerxes i nā kaua ma hope: ʻo Salamis, ʻo Plataea, a me Mycale ...