I kaʻu mau makahiki ʻelua o ka holomua holomua i ka hopena o nā makahiki 60, ʻo ka nui o ka poʻe aʻu i hana pū ai me ka poʻe ʻōpio hoʻi i manaʻo hoʻohaʻahaʻa loa i nā mea hana kahiko. A ʻaʻole nā lunakahiko wale nō. “Mai hilinaʻi i kekahi ma luna o 30”– he manaʻo laha loa ia.
E like me kaʻu i ʻike ai, manaʻo wau ʻo kahi hapa nui o ke kumu o kēia manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o kahi "hema kahiko" ʻaʻole wale ka liʻiliʻi akā i luna-lalo a me ka ʻoihana i kāna mau hana. Eia kekahi, ʻo McCarthyism a me ka hoʻouka ʻana i nā lālā o ka Communist Party, ka hui aupuni nui ma ka hema, i hoʻomaka me ka ikaika ma lalo o ka Pelekikena Demokratika Harry Truman ma hope koke o ka pau ʻana o ke Kaua Honua II, he hopena nui. He mea koʻikoʻi hoʻi ka hōʻike ʻana a ke aupuni Soviet ma hope o ka make ʻana o Stalin i ka makahiki 1953 o ka mea i hūnā ʻia a hiki i kēlā manawa e pili ana i ke ʻano o ke ola ma lalo o kāna mau makahiki 25 ma ke ʻano he kanaka ikaika Soviet.
ʻO ka hopena, ua manaʻo ka hapa nui o koʻu hanauna e hiki iā mākou ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi iā mākou iho, me kā mākou moʻomeheu ʻōpio ponoʻī a me kā mākou ʻano hana e kūʻē i ka pono ʻole a me ke kaua.
ʻOkoʻa kēia lā. I loko o nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka neʻe holomua holomua holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ka poʻe ʻōpio a me nā ʻelemakule a me nā mea i waena e hoʻohui pū ana. ʻO kekahi hiʻohiʻona nui ʻo ka neʻe ʻana o ka hoʻoponopono hoʻoponopono i ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa i hala, ua hoʻonohonoho maikaʻi ʻia kahi hui like ʻole o nā makahiki he 70,000 mau kānaka no kahi Malaki nui, ʻuhane a me ka hopena i ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā wahie Fossil ma New York City.
ʻO kekahi laʻana ʻo ka neʻe ʻana e hoʻōki i ka Pipeline Mountain Valley, i hoʻolālā ʻia e lawe i ke kinoea methane fracked ma West Virginia, Virginia a i North Carolina. E like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma kahi ʻatikala hou ma Inside Climate News:
“ʻO ka kūʻē ʻana i ka Mountain Valley Pipeline ua loaʻa i kahi kumu makahiki like ʻole, me nā poʻe ʻAmelika kahiko i kākoʻo ikaika i ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻāina. ʻO kekahi mau pūʻulu, e like me Third Act a me Elders Climate Action, e pili pono ana i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā mea hana kahiko aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe, e like me Extinction Rebellion, he mau mana ikaika o nā lunakahiko neʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka manawa a me nā kumuwaiwai e komo i ka hoʻolohe ʻole.
ʻO kekahi hui, ʻo Radical Elders, ua puka mai i kēia mau makahiki i hala. He kuleana alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka huki ʻana i nā hui o nā kūpuna holomua i loko o kahi hui o nā haneli he nui e hele ana i ka wā o Malaki a Hoʻopau i nā Fuels Fossil. E like me ka hōʻike ʻana o kona inoa, ʻike maopopo ʻo Radical Elders i nā pilikia a mākou e ʻike nei ma ke ʻano he ʻōnaehana i kā lākou kumu, a no laila, pono ka hoʻololi ʻōnaehana e hoʻoponopono iā lākou.
Akā, he "hoʻolālā" maoli ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi neʻe kahi nui o nā ʻōpio a me nā lunakahiko e launa pū a hana pū? He mea maikaʻi, me ka nīnau ʻole, akā pono anei?
ʻO koʻu manaʻo ʻo ia ka mea loa ʻO ka hoʻolālā i ka wā e kūkulu ai i kahi neʻe e hiki ai ke hoʻololi i ka ʻōnaehana ʻo ka lanakila ʻana o ka racism, sexism a me nā manaʻo a me nā hana ʻē aʻe e hoʻokaʻawale i nā hoa pili.. E like me kaʻu i hoʻokomo ai i kaʻu 21st puke ʻo Century Revolution, "Pono mākou e kūkulu i kahi hui ākea ākea, multi-racial, multi-issue, multi-gender popular alliance, hoʻohui i ka poʻe o ka waihoʻoluʻu, nā wahine, nā ʻōpio, nā kānaka LGBTQ, nā unionists, nā mea mahiʻai, nā poʻe ʻoihana liʻiliʻi, nā poʻe kīnā, nā ʻoihana a me kekahi." (p. 91)
Akā, ʻo ka poʻe ʻōpio, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā helu, lawe mai i ka ikaika a me ka manaʻo paʻa i kekahi manawa i nele i waena o nā lunakahiko a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i hahau ʻia, inā ʻaʻole i hahau ʻia, e ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokaumaha, hoʻomalu ʻia e ka hui. A he mea koʻikoʻi ka ikehu, hoʻolālā.
Hiki i nā lunakahiko activist, ʻoiai ke manaʻo nei i ko lākou mau makahiki, hiki ke hāʻawi i ka manaʻolana a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka poʻe hou i ka holomua holomua. Hiki iā lākou ke hōʻike ma ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hiki ke pale aku i ka burnout a noho i ka hakakā me ka pono ʻole, ka like ʻole a me ke kaua no nā makahiki he mau makahiki.
He mea maʻalahi ka manaʻo kaumaha i ka honua i kēia mau lā no ka mea e hana nei. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o nā ʻōpio a me nā lunakahiko i ka hana he lāʻau lapaʻau paʻa, he hoʻohana pono i nā ʻōlelo kaulana a Joe Hill, "mai kanikau, hoʻonohonoho."
ʻO nā lunakahiko i hoʻomaha ʻia a me nā ʻōpio e hoʻomaka nei i kekahi manawa ke kaʻana like ʻole i ke kaumaha ʻole ʻia e ka ʻohana a i ʻole nā kuleana hana. Loaʻa iā lākou ka maʻalahi e pili ana i nā koi i ko lākou manawa. E like me ka ʻōlelo ʻana e Karen Bixler, he 81 makahiki, i hopu ʻia ma kahi hana MVP ma Virginia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Malaki, "Hiki ʻoe i kahi manawa ʻaʻohe mea i koe e nalowale. ʻAʻole pono mākou e hopohopo e pili ana, 'inā wau e hele i ka hale paʻahao nāna e mālama i kaʻu mau keiki [a i ʻole] inā ʻimi au i kahi hana, pehea e nānā ai ka hopu ʻana i kaʻu moʻolelo?'
A i ʻole e like me kā ka Radical Elders e ʻōlelo nei, "ʻaʻole mākou i pau!"
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