[Mai Noam Chomsky, Bill Fletcher, Barbara Ehrenreich, Kathy Kelly, Ron Daniels, Leslie Cagan, Norman Solomon, Cynthia Peters, a me Michael Albert]
Ke hoʻokokoke nei ke koho pelekikena o 2020, e kū ana ka Green Party i ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi kahua, ke koho ʻana i moho pelekikena, a me ka hoʻoholo ʻana i kāna hoʻolālā hoʻolaha. I loko o ia pōʻaiapili, ua paʻi hou ʻo Howie Hawkins, ka mea hoʻokūkū no ka moho pelekikena o ka ʻaoʻao ʻo Green Party, i kahi ʻatikala maopopo a me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa i kapa ʻia ʻo "The Green Party is Not the Democrats' Problem." Hōʻike ia i kahi kūlana Green Party i alakaʻi i ke kulekele hoʻolaha Green. Ua ʻae mākou me ka nui, akā e ʻike i kekahi mau manaʻo pilikia loa.
ʻO ke kūlana i hāʻawi ʻia ma ka ʻatikala a Hawkins e ʻōlelo ana "ʻo ka ʻōlelo a ka ʻĀpana ʻōmaʻomaʻo i hoʻopau i ke koho balota 2000 a me 2016 he wehewehe pāpaʻu no ka pohō o ka poʻe Demokarata;" i ka makahiki 2000, "ua hooki ka Aha Kiekie… hooki i ka helu Florida;" ʻO nā kumu he nui i "koho iā Trump ma 2016… me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka poʻe koho pāloka ʻeleʻele, wehe hou ʻo Comey i ka hihia leka uila Clinton i hoʻokahi pule ma mua o ke koho balota, $ 6 biliona o ka hoʻolaha manuahi ʻana no Trump mai ka pāpaho pāʻoihana, a me kahi hoʻolaha Clinton ʻaʻole i lawa i kāna. Puka Demokarata i waho; ua hāʻawi ke Kula Koho Balota i ka pelesidena i ka mea i pio i ka balota lehulehu; ʻo ka hapa nui o nā Greens "huhū" i kahi ʻaoʻao Demokarata "e hui pū me Republicans e kākoʻo i ka austerity home a me ka pūʻali koa pūʻali koa a me nā kaua pau ʻole;" "ʻo ka Green New Deal's science-based timeline, e hoʻokomo i ka ʻāina i kahi pae ulia pōpilikia o ke Kaua Honua II no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ke kinoea ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me 100% ikehu maʻemaʻe e 2030;" a "makemake ka Green Party e hoʻopau i ka ʻilihune a e hōʻemi loa i ka like ʻole" me ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hana, ka loaʻa kālā ma mua o ka ʻilihune, nā hale kūpono, hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ʻo Medicare no nā mea āpau, ka hoʻonaʻauao lehulehu ʻana mai pre-K a hiki i ke kulanui, a me kahi palekana. hoʻomaha; a ʻo ka mea hope loa, ʻo ka hoʻolālā Green Party "ʻo ia ke kūkulu i ka pāʻina mai lalo a hiki i ke koho ʻana i nā tausani i nā keʻena kalana a me nā kalana, nā ʻahaʻōlelo mokuʻāina, a me ka Hale i ko mākou hele ʻana i nā makahiki 2020."
Ua ʻae mākou he nui nā kumu i alakaʻi ai i ka pohō o ka ʻaoʻao Demokarata a ʻo ka ʻAha Kiʻekiʻe he mea nui e like me ke Koho Balota, a ke huhū pū nei mākou i ka hui ʻana o nā Demokarata me nā Repubalika i nā hana uhai ʻana i ka pono a me ka maluhia. Pēlā nō, mahalo mākou i ka Greens' Green New Deal a me ka hoʻokō pono hoʻokele waiwai, a ke kākoʻo pū nei hoʻi mākou i kahi ala o ke keʻena kūloko e lanakila ai i nā lanakila koho.
No laila me kēlā ʻaelike āpau, no ke aha mākou e hoʻouna ai i kahi leka wehe koʻikoʻi?
ʻO ke kūlana i hōʻike ʻia e ka ʻatikala, hiki ke alakaʻi i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo no ka pelekikena, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "E hoʻopaʻa mau i nā mea ʻē aʻe (e hāʻawi ana i nā lanakila o ka Pelekikena hou) a nānā i ka ʻĀpana ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻoiai ʻo ka mea hoʻoholo he hypothetical ia he kuhi hewa no ka mea. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia i kahi ʻoiaʻiʻo maoli: aia ka Green Party e noho ai. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo kā mākou ʻike ʻana i ke kulekele ʻōmaʻomaʻo he kumu i nā lanakila Repubalika ma ke ʻano ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia e nalowale ka Party Green. A ʻo kā mākou nānā ʻana i nā mea i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoponopono maʻalahi (no ka laʻana, ʻo ke kuleana ʻo Green Party ma nā mokuʻāina i hakakā ʻia) ʻoiaʻiʻo.
Ua ʻōlelo pū ka manaʻo "ʻaʻole ʻo ka Green Party ke kumu i nalowale ai ka Democrats iā Bush a me Trump," akā inā ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ia e hōʻike ʻia ʻaʻole ia ke kumu o kēia manawa. Eia naʻe, e lawe kākou iā Trump lāua ʻo Clinton, a e ʻike i ke ʻano o ke kulekele ʻo Green Party.
Inā loaʻa iā Clinton nā koho Green a Jill Stein ma Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, a me Michigan, ua lanakila ʻo Clinton i ke koho balota. No laila, ʻo ka manaʻo o ka ʻAoʻomaʻo e holo ma ia mau mokuʻāina, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana he ʻuʻuku a ʻaʻohe ʻokoʻa paha ma waena o Trump a me Clinton, me he mea lā he kumu kūpono ia e hoʻoneʻe ʻia mai ka hoʻoikaika aupuni e hakakā nei, e like me ka Electoral College he kumu. kūpono e hoʻoneʻe ʻia ma nā mokuʻāina āpau.
ʻIke mākou he nui a pane paha ka hapa nui o nā Greens inā ʻaʻole i hana ka poʻe i koho iā Stein i nā mokuʻāina i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia i ka makahiki 2016, ua hōʻole lākou. ʻAʻole mākou ʻike pehea e ʻike ai kekahi, akā no ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa e manaʻo mākou he pololei.
Eia naʻe, inā i manaʻo hewa kēia poʻe koho i koho iā Stein, ʻaʻohe ʻokoʻa ma waena o Trump a me Kilinetona, ʻoiaʻiʻo ma kekahi ʻano, ʻo ia ka hopena o ka hōʻole ʻana o Stein i ka hōʻole ʻana i ka pōʻino kūikawā o Trump, a me ke koi ʻana ʻoiai ʻo ia ka hewa Ua lanakila ʻo Trump inā lanakila ʻo Clinton, a hōʻole ʻole e haʻi i kekahi makemake.
Pēlā nō, inā i manaʻo hewa kēia poʻe koho pāloka Stein ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka pōʻino mai ke koho balota ʻana iā Stein i kahi kūlana kokoke i kahi koho balota, ʻo ia hoʻi ma kekahi ʻano he hopena maoli nō ia o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Green e koi ana ʻaʻohe kuleana o ka poʻe koho balota ka hopena koho 2000.
A ʻo ka mea hope loa, inā i manaʻo hewa kēia poʻe koho pāloka he hewa ke hoʻohaumia iā lākou iho ma ke koho balota ʻana iā Clinton a i ʻole Demokarata, ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi, ua hoʻoikaika ʻia kekahi e ka hoʻolaha ʻo Green e mālama ana i ke koho balota ma ke ʻano he hana maikaʻi loa. , ʻaʻole kou makaʻu") me he mea lā ʻaʻole pono ka makaʻu i ka pōʻino o ke aniau, no ka laʻana, ʻaʻole ia he mea hoʻoikaika i ka hana kālaiʻāina.
Wahi a ke kūlana, "ʻAʻole e hoʻi hou ana ka Green Party i ka 'hoʻolālā moku'āina palekana' i hoʻāʻo ʻia e kahi ʻāpana i ka makahiki 2004." ʻO ke ʻano kēia, ʻaʻole lākou e haʻalele i ka holo ʻana ma nā mokuʻāina i hakakā ʻia kahi e hiki ai i nā koho Green ke hoʻololi i ka hopena e like me ka mea i hana ʻia ma Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, a me Michigan i ka makahiki 2016, a ʻaʻole lākou e holo i nā mokuʻāina palekana he 40 wale nō kahi e ʻike ʻia ai ka hopena.
Akā no ke aha e hōʻole ai i kahi hoʻolālā palekana palekana?
E like me Stein i ka makahiki 2016, ʻōlelo paha kekahi ʻaʻole hiki ke kōkua iā Trump e lanakila hou a i ʻole, i kekahi hihia, ʻaʻohe mea nui ke koho hou ʻana o Trump. "ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻoi aku ka ʻino."
Ke kākau nei mākou me ka manaʻolana ʻaʻohe mea i 2020 e hoʻopololei i nā hana hoʻolaha ma o ka hana ʻana i nā ʻōlelo hoʻopiʻi hewa ʻole a patently.
A ʻoiaʻiʻo, i kāna ʻatikala hou, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hawkins i kahi hoʻolālā mokuʻāina palekana "ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ʻo Greens ma nā mokuʻāina swing e hana ikaika nei e lanakila i nā koi koi koi e hoʻokomo i ka pāʻina ma ka balota. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka pāʻina ma ka balota no ka pōʻai koho balota e hiki mai ana no kā lākou mau moho kūloko i hilinaʻi ʻia ma ke koho pelekikena Green ma nā mokuʻāina he nui. Ua ʻike maopopo ʻia ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana o nā mokuʻāina palekana no ka mea ʻaʻole i manaʻo nui ka ʻaoʻao e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i kona noho kūʻokoʻa ʻana mai nā Democrats. He liʻiliʻi ka poʻe, ʻoiai ma nā mokuʻāina palekana, makemake lākou e hoʻopau i kā lākou koho balota no kahi tikiki Green i ʻoi aku ka hopohopo i ke koho ʻana i ka tiketi Demokarata ma mua o ka holomua ʻana i kāna mau koi ponoʻī.
Ke koi nei kēia he kumukūʻai e uku ʻia e ka Green Party no kahi hoʻolālā mokuʻāina palekana. ʻAe, e lawe kākou i kēlā me he ʻeuanelio. ʻAuhea kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa he nui loa kēia kumukūʻai a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pale ʻana ma mua o ke kumukūʻai e uku ai nā mea a pau, me Greens, no ke koho hou ʻana iā Trump?
ʻAʻohe o mākou ala e loiloi ai i ka ʻōlelo ʻana e ʻike ʻole ʻo Greens i ka wehe ʻana iā lākou iho ma ke ʻano he kumu e hiki ai i ka pōʻino honua ma o ke koho hou ʻana iā Trump. Akā ʻaʻole anei ʻo Trump ma waho o ke keʻena ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ʻo Sanders a i ʻole Warren ma ke keʻena ʻaʻole wale e pōmaikaʻi i nā kānaka āpau a me kahi ʻāpana maikaʻi o ka biosphere e boot, akā ʻo ka Green Party kekahi? No ia mea, ʻaʻole anei i ʻoi aku ka nui o nā lālā o ka Party Green Party a me nā poʻe koho balota i hoʻokuke ʻia e ka pāʻina i ka pōʻino o Trump ma mua o ka mea i hoʻoikaika ʻia e ia? ʻO wai ka mea i ulu aʻe i nā makahiki ʻehā i hala, DSA a i ʻole nā Greens?
A ʻaʻole anei i lanakila nā Greens i ka hopena o nā makahiki 80 a me nā makahiki 90 i ke koho balota ʻana i nā ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale a me nā keʻena kūloko ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina, i kūlike me ka hoʻolālā kumu mauʻu, ʻoiai no ka hapa nui o nā makahiki he 20 i hala, ua haʻalele lākou i ka ʻāina. a me nā hoʻokūkū mokuʻāina, e hāʻawi kokoke ana i ko lākou nānā ʻana i nā lāhui hoʻopōʻino nui no ka pelekikena? ʻO nā heihei hoʻohālike ponoʻī a Hawkins no ka Senate a me ke Kiaʻāina ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo New York, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā heihei mayoral kūleʻa o nā Greens ma nā wahi koʻikoʻi politika e like me Richmond, CA, a me nā mea ʻike ʻole ʻia e like me New Paltz, NY, he mau ʻokoʻa, akā ehia nā Greens ua hoʻohana i kā lākou koho balota paʻakikī e holo no ka ʻAhaʻōlelo a i ʻole ka ʻahaʻōlelo mokuʻāina? Hiki paha i ka manaʻo nui i nā koho pelekikena ke hōʻailona i ka emi ʻana o nā manaʻo no ka hoʻolālā kūloko, ʻaʻole ka holomua no ia?
Ua haʻi ʻia iā mākou, "Makemake ʻo Greens e hoʻokuʻu iā Trump e like me kekahi" akā pehea lā inā e koho ʻo Greens i kahi moho Green, ʻaʻole no Sanders, Warren, a i ʻole kekahi Democrat i loko o kahi mokuʻāina hoʻopaʻapaʻa me ka ʻike e hiki ke hana pēlā. Lanakila o Trump?
Inā i ka wā o ke koho balota 2020, hoʻolaha ka moho Green ma nā mokuʻāina i hakakā me ka ʻike e lanakila paha ʻo ia i nā balota i hele ʻole iā Sanders a iā Warren a i ʻole nā mea a pau, e lanakila ai ʻo Trump i ka mokuʻāina a lanakila i ke kolamu koho balota, pehea lā e hiki ai. ʻO kēlā mea hōʻike e makemake ana e nalowale ʻo Trump e like me kekahi?
ʻOiaʻiʻo, inā ʻaʻole ʻōlelo ka moho ʻOmaomao i nā mea a pau i hiki ke koho balota ʻo Green e koho i ka hoa paio o Trump ma nā mokuʻāina i hakakā ʻia, pehea lā e hiki ai i kēlā hōʻike ke makemake ʻo Greens e lilo ʻo Trump e like me kekahi?
E waiho i kā mākou nīnau i kahi ʻano ʻē aʻe. ʻO ia ka pō koho 2020. Aia nā helu balota. Ma hea ka manaʻo o ka moho Green 2020? Ua lanakila ʻo Trump a loaʻa i ka moho Green he 250,000 mau balota ma waena o nā mokuʻāina i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia, ʻoi aku ka nui o Sanders, Warren, a i ʻole ka mea i lanakila? A i ʻole, nalo ʻo Trump a ʻaʻole loaʻa nā koho balota i ka moho Green ma nā mokuʻāina i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia, akā ʻoi aku ka nui ma nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manawa hou no ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma laila?
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Greens i nā Democrats "e hoʻōki i ka hopohopo e pili ana i ka Green Party a e kālele ana i ka lawe ʻana i kāu waihona ponoʻī." Ua ʻae mākou i ke koʻikoʻi o ka poʻe Democrats e puka i ko lākou waihona, e hoʻomaka me ke koho ʻana iā Sanders, a i ʻole, ʻo Warren. Akā pehea e hōʻoia ai i ka Green Party e hāʻawi i ka lanakila ʻana iā Trump?
Nīnau ke kūlana, "No laila, no ke aha mākou e holo ai i kahi tiketi pelekikena i 2020 inā ʻo kā mākou hoʻolālā e kūkulu i ka pāʻina mai lalo?" Pane mai ke kūlana, “No ka mea, pono nā Greens i nā laina balota e holo ai i nā moho kūloko. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā laina balota no ka pōʻai koho e hiki mai ana e pili ana i nā pūlima palapala noi a/a i ʻole nā pōlota no kā mākou tiketi pelekikena ma 40 o nā mokuʻāina.
E uku ʻo Greens i ke kumukūʻai no ka holo ʻole ʻana i nā mokuʻāina i hakakā ʻia. ʻO kā mākou ʻōlelo aʻo iā Greens e ʻike i ke kumukūʻai ʻoi aku ka nui o nā miliona a me nā piliona kānaka e uku ai no ka lanakila ʻana o Trump.
'Ōlelo ke kūlana "ʻAʻole e hōʻino nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ke koho balota. Hoʻomaikaʻi mākou iā lākou. Hoʻomaka mākou i nā hoʻonā i ʻole e hoʻāla ʻia. Ke holo nei mākou i ka manawa no ka pilikia o ke aniau, ka like ʻole, a me nā mea kaua nuklea. E pōʻino nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke kali mākou i ka poʻe Demokarata. ʻAʻole hiki ke kali nā hoʻonā maoli.
Akā pono nā hoʻonā maoli iā Trump ma waho o ke keʻena. E ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hopena maoli me Sanders a i ʻole Warren ma ke keʻena. E ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā hopena maoli me nā mea like me Biden ma ke keʻena.
I ka hopena, he moho Green e holo ana no ka Peresidena ma hope o ke kauwela e hoʻopaʻapaʻa maoli ana mākou ʻaʻole pono mākou e koho balota no Sanders ma nā mokuʻāina i hakakā ʻaʻole e hoʻopau wale i ka Trumpism akā e hana pū i nā ʻano hoʻololi koʻikoʻi āpau e pili ana i ke koi ʻana a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka mauʻu. e holomua ana i ka papahana Green?
Hāʻawi mākou i kēia leka hāmama me ka manaʻolana e hoʻoikaika i ke kūkākūkā o nā pilikia i hāpai ʻia.
Noam Chomsky, Bill Fletcher, Barbara Ehrenreich, Kathy Kelly, Ron Daniels, Leslie Cagan, Norman Solomon, Cynthia Peters, a me Michael Albert
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"E ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā hopena maoli me nā mea like me Biden ma ke keʻena."
HELE, AOLE!
I nā makahiki he 40 i hala iho nei, ua hui pū nā lawelawe i alakaʻi ʻia e nā poʻe e like me Biden, Obama, a me Clinton me nā aupuni Repubalika e hana i 60 miliona o ko mākou mau hoa-ʻAmelika i koi ʻia e koho i kekahi e like me Trump ma 2016.
when in hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging. In this case it means not voting for a “mainstream” Democrat or Republican even if it means not voting at all.
Ua koho au i nā ʻaoʻao ʻekolu ma USA i ka wā ma mua, akā ʻaʻole e hana hou. Inā ʻaʻole i hoʻololi ʻia ke kumukānāwai o ʻAmelika (a me nā kānāwai kālā koho) e like me ka honua hou, ʻo ke koho balota ʻana i kekahi ʻaoʻao ʻekolu he hana pōʻino - he koho de facto no ka kūʻē. ʻAʻohe manawa ma ka mōʻaukala US he koho balota ʻekolu ma ka pae aupuni i hana ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hui pū ʻia a me ka hoʻohālikelike like ʻana ma lalo o nā kānāwai koho balota US. Eia naʻe, ke hana nei nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua i kēia manawa ma ke ʻano he hui de facto hema a ʻākau, me Green, social democrat a me nā poʻe kālai'āina centrist i loko o ka ʻaoʻao hema hema. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻo nā neoliberal "libertarian" ʻākau paʻakikī, nā crypto fascists, a me nā ʻāpana o nā poʻe kālai'āina ʻākau e noho pū ana.
ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa loa kēia kūlana ma mua o nā mea e hiki mai ana i nā lāhui ʻē aʻe e ʻae ai i nā coalitions - ʻo ka "centrists" ka mea e noho aliʻi. (ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka pololei o ka laina waena ma ʻAmelika me kāna mau manawa koho balota 2 makahiki, ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana a me nā kānāwai kālā koho hewa.)
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au e hoʻololi maoli ʻia ke kumukānāwai kahiko o 1783 i mea e hoʻomau ai i ka honua i kūkulu ʻia, akā ʻaʻole wau e paʻa i koʻu hanu e hiki koke mai ana.
Ua noho au ma New Zealand ma ke ʻano he kamaʻāina ʻelua ʻAmelika NZ mai ka makahiki 1995 a hiki iaʻu ke koho balota ma nā ʻāina ʻelua. Ua nānā au i nā ʻokoʻa a me nā mea like no kahi kokoke i 25 mau makahiki. No'u no ka Green Party maanei - he 6-12 pakeneka. ʻO wau, e like me ka hapa nui o ka poʻe koho pāloka Green e koho statically (no ka poʻe Greens ma ka pāʻina pāʻina, a ʻo Labor ma ka ʻāina no ka MP). ʻO ke koho pāloka wale nō ke ala e lanakila ai iā Trump. ʻO nā pāloka ʻaoʻao ʻekolu ma ka pae aupuni he mea pōʻino ia o kahi koho balota ma lalo o ka ʻōnaehana o kēia manawa.
Ua ʻōlelo wau ma mua a e haʻi hou wau. Inā hoʻomau ʻoe i ke koho Democrat ʻaʻole ʻoe e loaʻa i kahi. ʻAe, inā ua koho kekahi poʻe i ka Democrat i ka manawa hope loa hiki iā mākou ke lilo ʻo Hillary i Pelekikena i kēia manawa. ʻAe, ʻo wai me kekahi manaʻo socialist makemake i kēlā? Inā makemake ʻoe i ka socialism, e ʻimi i kahi moho socialist a koho iā ia. ʻAʻole nā Democrats ka pane, oki i ke koho balota ʻana iā lākou.
First of all, this letter assumes the manifest fallacy that there are a fixed number of votes, which can be moved around from party to party and candidate to candidate like so many poker chips — so if the Green get a vote, the Democrats don’t get it, and vice versa. Try proving that; if you can’t, don’t make the assumption.
Secondly, if you really believe in representative democracy, then it’s your ethical duty to vote for the party or candidate you think is the best, not engage in some kind of strategic calculation which results in voting for a candidate you think is bad. If you don’t believe in representative democracy, then it’s questionable whether you should participate in an election at all.
ʻO ka mea hope loa, hoʻomau ka leka i ka manaʻo hoʻomau iā Trump, ka mea i hāʻawi iā ia i ka lanakila ma 2016 e hana hou i kēia makahiki, inā e hoʻomau ka poʻe ʻike.