ʻO ka mea e lilo i ʻike mua i ke koho pelekikena o ʻAmelika, me ka manaʻo o ka papa aliʻi e hoʻōki iā Bernie Sanders i nā koina āpau, ke hana nei nā ʻoihana nui ma Seattle i kahi hoʻouka kaua ʻole ʻia o ke kālā PAC hui kūʻē i nā moho socialist a holomua i kēia makahiki. koho balota.
Ke hopohopo nui nei ka poʻe elite e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka politika socialist, inā paha koʻu koho ʻana a me koʻu koho hou ʻana ma ke ʻano he lālā ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Socialist ma Seattle, ʻo Bernie i hōʻike ponoʻī ʻia ai ka pelekikena democratic socialist, a i ʻole ke koho ʻana o AOC i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo ʻAmelika. ʻO kā mākou mau lanakila ma Seattle, me kā mākou $15 mōʻaukala uku uku haʻahaʻa a me nā kuleana o ka poʻe hoʻolimalima moku i lanakila, a me ka ulu ʻana o ka hakakā aupuni no Medicare for All a me kahi Green New Deal, ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia i ka papa hoʻoholo.
Ma Seattle, ua hoʻohana ʻia he $450,000 e Amazon, me kahi kokoke i $2 miliona ma ke kālā hui holoʻokoʻa, a ʻike ʻia ke ʻōwili wale nei lākou i ko lākou mau lima a hoʻomaka. ʻO ka $1.5 miliona kālā i loko o ke kālā Corporate PAC i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i ka wā mua o kēia makahiki wale nō ua hoʻopau i nā moʻolelo o ke kūlanakauhale ma mua o ka wai.
Ua huhū ʻo Jeff Bezos o Amazon a me nā ʻoihana nui i ka lanakila o kā mākou neʻe ʻana a hopohopo i ke ʻano o ke ʻano inā hui pū ʻo Socialist a me ka moho DSA, ʻo Shaun Scott, a haʻalele i ka moho ʻo Tammy Morales iā mākou ma City Hall. I kēia manawa ua paʻa lākou e ālai i kā mākou hakakā no ka hoʻolimalima ʻana a pale i kahi Seattle Green New Deal. ʻO ka mea hope akā ʻaʻole ka mea liʻiliʻi loa, loaʻa iā lākou kahi ʻano ʻauhau i kekahi ʻano ʻauhau ma nā ʻoihana nui, e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia me ka hakakā ʻauhau ʻo Amazon i ka makahiki i hala.
E like me kāna i hoʻomaopopo ai i ka lehulehu, ua hoʻokumu nui ʻo Bezos i kāna hoʻoholo e hoʻokumu iā Amazon ma Seattle ma kāna makemake e pale i nā ʻauhau. Ua lōʻihi ka noho ʻana o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona i ka ʻauhau ʻauhau ʻoihana, nona ka ʻōnaehana ʻauhau regressive loa ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa. ʻOi aku ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka US, hāʻule nui ka ʻauhau ma luna o ka poʻe hana a me ka waena waena, ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻoihana nui e uku ʻole. ʻAʻole kēia he wahi liʻiliʻi o ke kumu i lilo ai ʻo Seattle i kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale kūlike ʻole loa o ka lāhui.
ʻO ka ʻoihana elite o ka ʻāina ʻo ia ka mālama ʻana pēlā. Ua hana ʻo Bezos i nā poʻomanaʻo aupuni i ka makahiki i hala i ka wā i hoʻoweliweli ʻo ia iā Seattle e hoʻōki i ka ʻauhau ʻo Amazon ma ka 3% nui loa o nā ʻoihana ma ke kūlanakauhale, i kōkua ʻia e Mayor Jenny Durkan a me ka hoʻokumu Democratic. Ma luna o kahi ʻauhau haʻahaʻa, ua hana nā luna o Amazon e like me nā mafia dons: hoʻoweliweli e neʻe i nā hana 7,000 ke ʻole e hoʻihoʻi ka ʻaha kūlanakauhale. Ma hope o ka ʻae ʻana o ka ʻaha kūkā me ka lokahi, ma lalo o ke kaomi o kā mākou neʻe ʻana, nā lobbyists o Amazon hele i ka hana ma na keena hope. Ma lalo o hoʻokahi mahina ma hope mai, ua hoʻopau ʻia kā mākou ʻauhau hui no ke kālā hale a me nā lawelawe, a ʻo wau wale nō a me kekahi lālā o ka ʻaha kūkā e koho kūʻē ana.
Ke hoʻomaopopo nei ʻo ia ʻoiai ka hapa nui o ka ʻaha kūkā i ka ʻauhau, ua neʻe ʻo Amazon i kēlā mau hana 7,000. ʻO ia ka mea e hōʻike hou ai, ʻaʻole pono ke kūlou ʻana i ka poʻe hoʻoweliweli.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole wale ia e pili ana iā Amazon. He moʻolelo lōʻihi ko nā luna Boeing no ka ʻaihue ʻana i nā piliona kālā mai ka mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona. A ʻo kahi hiʻohiʻona nui o ka neoliberalism ʻo ia kona kūʻē ikaika i ka ʻauhau holomua a me nā kuleana o nā limahana. ʻO ka ʻoki ʻauhau a Trump wale nō ka hoʻomohala hou loa i ka lōʻihi o ka austerity ʻino a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka like ʻole - kahi kaʻina hana i hoʻomau ʻia i nā makahiki he nui, inā ʻo Republicans a i ʻole Democrats i noho i ka Hale Paʻa. ʻO ke kumu, ke alakaʻi ʻia nei e ka panakalupa o ka kapitalisme a me kona stagnation lōʻihi e hoʻomaka ana me ka 1970s. Mai ka hopena o ka boom ma hope o ke kaua, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā mai ka hoʻomau mau ʻana i nā lawelawe kaiāulu, uniona, mālama olakino, a me ka papa hana holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO ka pale maikaʻi loa he hewa maikaʻi. Ke hele nei kā mākou neʻe ʻana e hakakā no ka hoʻolimalima ʻana a no kahi Green New Deal ma Seattle, a ua hoʻoikaika i nā tausani o ka poʻe hana ma ko mākou kūlanakauhale. Ma luna o 12,000 Seattleites i kau inoa i kahi palapala hoopii no ka hoolimalima o ke kulanakauhale, ʻaʻohe o nā loopholes hui, i loko o kekahi mau mahina wale nō.
Ke kūkulu nei mākou i ka hoʻolaha koho hou ʻana o nā kumu ʻāina ikaika loa i ʻike ʻia e Seattle. Ma waho aʻe o kā mākou pūʻali koa manawaleʻa e hele ana i kēlā me kēia ʻīpuka ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka apana, aia mākou ma ke ala e hōʻiliʻili ai i nā haʻawina ʻoi aʻe ma mua o ka hoʻāla ʻia ʻana ma mua e kekahi hoʻolaha hoʻolaha ʻo Seattle City Council, me ka lawe ʻole ʻana i kahi dime o ke kālā hui. Inā e uhaʻi nā PAC hui i nā moʻolelo, pono e hana nā poʻe hana.
A ʻo ka mea koʻikoʻi, pono mākou e kūkulu i ka lokahi hema a puni ke kūlanakauhale inā mākou e hoʻōki i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o nā ʻoihana nui e kūʻai i nā koho balota.
Ua kūleʻa ʻo Amazon a me ka Chamber of Commerce i ka loaʻa ʻana o kā lākou mau moho i kūʻai ʻia ma nā heihei ʻehiku o ka ʻAha Kulanakauhale i kēia makahiki. Aia kēia me koʻu hoa paio, ʻo Egan Orion, ʻo ia ka #1 ka mea i loaʻa i ke kālā PAC hui ma waho o ka moho 55 i holo i ka papa mua.
No ka hopohopo o ka Chamber, ke hoʻoikaika pū nei ka hoa moho Socialist Shaun Scott no kahi Green New Deal a e ʻauhau i nā ʻoihana nui no ke kūkulu hale aupuni, ma ka ʻāpana ʻākau o koʻu. I kēia manawa, ma ka ʻāpana i ka hema, ke hoʻolaha nei ka moho holomua ʻo Tammy Morales no ka mana hoʻolimalima a me kahi Green New Deal. Ke holo nei nā mea ʻelua ma ke ʻano he Democrats, ʻoiai he kanaka kūʻokoʻa au a ke kāhea nei i kahi pāʻina lehulehu hou no ka poʻe hana, akā naʻe, ʻo nā paepae haʻalele wiwo ʻole a mākou e hoʻolaha nei ua paʻa i ka poʻe ma ke kūlanakauhale.
Hoʻonohonoho pū mākou i nā hālāwai Green New Deal me nā moho holomua ʻē aʻe a me kā mākou neʻe ʻana ma nā wahi like ʻole o ke kūlanakauhale, e hoʻomaka ana me ka hanana ʻo Tammy Morales ma ka hema o Seattle ma mua o kēia pule. Ma ʻOkakopa 1, e kamaʻilio ʻo Morales a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i kā mākou hui "System Change Not Climate Change" Green New Deal ma ka Apana 3. Ke kūkākūkā pū nei mākou me nā hoʻolaha ʻē aʻe e pili ana i kahi hanana hui e kū kūʻē i ke kālā PAC hui e kahe ana i ke koho balota o Seattle.
Inā hiki iā mākou ke lanakila i nā hoʻolaha ʻekolu, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke pale wale i ka hana a Amazon a me ke Keʻena e kūʻai i nā koho balota, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokuʻi i ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale ma ka hema a hoʻokala i ke ala no nā lanakila e hiki mai ana no ka neʻe ʻana o ka papa hana.
Akā ʻo ka mea mua, pono mākou e wehe i ka holomua hoʻopunipuni o nā moho Chamber, ka poʻe āpau i kēia manawa e hoʻohālikelike nei i ka poʻe maʻamau, ʻoiai ʻo lākou. nana pono i Amazon, ka hale kūʻai waiwai, a me nā Repubalika waiwai. Ua ʻōlelo kēlā me kēia, ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia ke kālā kālā PAC nui, ʻaʻole ia i ko lākou mana. I loko o kekahi o nā hana ʻino loa, ke kanikau nei kekahi i ke ola ʻana o nā PAC hui. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, i mea e hiki ai ke loaʻa i ke kālā PAC o ke Keʻena, pono nā moho e noi no ia mea, hoʻopiha i nā nīnau nīnau lōʻihi, a komo i nā ninaninau pani pani.
Ua hele mua ko'u hoa paio i ka hana pono ole, e kau ana i na pepa pepa a puni ka apana e olelo ana "ʻAʻohe kālā PAC hui, "e hoʻohālike ana ʻaʻohe ona lima ma ia mea. ʻO kēia ma hope o kona noi ʻana ʻaʻole wale no ke kālā Chamber akā hoʻomaikaʻi nui i ka Chamber no kā lākou kākoʻo (ʻoiai e kamaʻilio ana i kahi anaina ʻoihana).
ʻO nā hoa paio i kākoʻo ʻia e Morales a me Scott, ʻo Mark Soloman lāua ʻo Alex Pederson, ua hōʻole ʻole ʻia. I loko o kahi hālāwai moho i hala iho nei, i ka wā i kau ʻia ai e pili ana i ka ʻauhau ʻana i nā ʻoihana nui no ke kālā ʻana i nā lawelawe kaiāulu a lākou e ʻōlelo nei e kākoʻo, ua hāʻule ʻo Soloman lāua ʻo Pederson i nā wahi kamaʻilio Repubalika e pili ana i ka "hoʻonohonoho mua ʻana i kā mākou hale kālā."
E like me ka nui o ka ʻoihana nui i kēia makahiki ma Seattle, pēlā nō ka poʻe hana. Inā hiki iā mākou ke lanakila i kā mākou hakakā no ka mana hoʻolimalima a me kahi Green New Deal, e loaʻa hou i kēlā manawa ka mana e laha i nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe.
Hoʻopili ʻia kā mākou hakakā a pau. ʻO ka lanakila lanakila haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa o Seattle he $15 i mea kōkua i ka laha ʻana a puni ka ʻāina, ua hoʻoikaika ke koho balota o AOC i ka Green New Deal. Ua hoʻololi maoli ʻo Sanders '2016 i ka politika politika US. Ua hālāwai mau nā manaʻo Socialist me ke kū'ē ikaika mai ka papa aliʻi, no ko lākou mana e hoʻoulu i ka poʻe hana i ka hakakā.
Inā mākou e piʻi i luna i nā pilikia e kū nei i ke kanaka, e hoʻoponopono i kā mākou ʻōnaehana mālama olakino, e hoʻopau i ka pilikia o nā hale kūpono a me ka home ʻole, a e pale aku i ka pōʻino o ke aniau, pono mākou e hakakā. Pono mākou e kū i luna o Amazon a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma mua o ka lawe ʻana i ka poʻe hana a me ka honua ma luna o ka pali i mea e pale ai i kā lākou waiwai nui.
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