Free Trade and Death Squads
From somewhere deep in one of our free trade zones
No laila ʻo wai kēia kanaka? ʻAe, ʻo Bob "Bobbo" Simpson koʻu inoa. Ua hoʻomaha au a ke hana nei au i kaʻu leʻaleʻa kākau. Ke hana mau nei au i ka hapa manawa no WebTrax Studio nona ka pūʻulu o nā poʻe ʻoluʻolu e pili pū ana me ia. Hana ʻia ʻo WebTrax no nā uniona, nā hui waiwai ʻole, nā hui kākoʻo kaiaulu a me nā ʻoihana hoʻonaʻauao. Hoʻopuka pū mākou iā lākou ma ka uniona a me nā puke ʻē aʻe ma lalo o ka inoa ʻo Carol * Simpson. Ua hānau ʻia au ma Wakinekona DC a ua ulu au ma ke kula ʻo Maryland. Ua hele au i ke Kulanui o Maryland a ua hāpai au i Gehena ma ke ʻano he lālā o nā Haumāna no kahi Hui Demokarata. Ua loaʻa iaʻu koʻu ʻike uniona mua ma laila ma ke ʻano he lālā AFSCME ma lalo o ke alakaʻi mālamalama a Gladys Jefferson. Ua neʻe au i ka ʻāina ʻo Chicagoland ma 1975 a ua noho au ma ʻaneʻi mai ia manawa mai. Ua hoʻohana au i 20 mau makahiki i ke aʻo ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Pelekane a me ka mōʻaukala ma Chicago's South Side. Ua hālāwai au me nā po'e 'ōpio o ka papa hana na'auao e ho'opololei ana i kēia lāhui no nā makahiki he nui e hiki mai ana. Ua hana pū au ma ke 'ano he 'auwa'a alahele 'o US Forest Service e kōkua ana i ke kūkulu 'ana a me ka mālama 'ana i nā ala ma waena o nā wahi nani o 'Amelika Hema. He kanaka kanaka hana kahiko au i lilo iaʻu i anachronism maoli i kā mākou Brave New 21st Century. Ae ua maopopo iaʻu. ʻAʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā lālā uniona i nā huaʻōlelo o "Solidarity Forever" a he hapa liʻiliʻi wale nā lālā o ka hui ʻAmelika. Ke hakakā nei mākou no ka hoʻi hou ʻana mai o nā limahana ʻoiai nā pilikia a me nā pilikia. He aha hou aʻe kā mākou e hana ai? Noho mākou i loko o kahi hoʻokele waiwai ʻīlio-ʻai- ʻīlio pōpoki ʻai-iole a i kēia manawa ʻo ka neʻe ʻana o ka hana ʻo ia wale nō ka ikaika civili maoli e kū nei ma waena o mākou a me ka barbarism holoʻokoʻa. Manaʻo ʻoe he hoʻonui? E manaʻoʻiʻo mai iaʻu, ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake e noho a puni inā hoʻokomo ka ʻoihana hana a haʻalele. He ʻelua aʻu keiki: ʻo kekahi i puka i ke kulanui a ʻo kekahi i ke kula kiʻekiʻe. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o lākou a me ko lākou poʻe hou ma mua o ke komo ʻana i kahi limahana hana kauā e ʻimi ana i kahi ola ma kahi honua e make ana. Ua lilo mua au i mea hoʻoikaika kaiaulu i ka makahiki 1960 a ua ʻike au e hiki i nā kānaka ke ala aʻe i ka manawa e pono ai lākou. Eia i kahi honua maikaʻi loa! ʻO Bob "Bobbo" Simpson- lālā: Hui Kakau Kakau Lahui (UAW AFL-CIO)