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Ua hala iho nei ka makahiki 54 o ka pepehi kanaka ʻana iā Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Ua pana ʻia ʻo Kauka King i ka wā e hoʻonohonoho ana i nā limahana hoʻomaʻemaʻe haʻahaʻa ma Memphis, Tennessee. I kēlā manawa, ke kūkulu nei ʻo ia i ka Kālepa Poor People, he hooikaika e hoonohonoho i ka poe ilihune o Amerika i mea ikaika e helu ia ai. Ma kona kue ana i ka Vietnam War a me kāna hoʻolaha ʻana i kahi hoʻoikaika e hāpai i ka haʻahaʻa o ka ʻilihune, ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hiki ke hoʻoponopono ʻia ka hoʻokalakupua, ka ʻilihune, a me ka militarism. hui ana i na miliona ka poʻe ʻilihune e hoʻololi i ke ʻano o ko kākou nohona lāhui.
ʻOi aku ma mua o ka hapalua haneli ma hope mai, pili mau kāna ʻōlelo i kā mākou mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia wā maʻi maʻi, ke ulu nei me ka racism, ka hoʻokele waiwai, a militarism. ʻOiaʻiʻo, i kēia lā, 60% hou Noho ʻo ʻAmelika ma lalo o ka laina ʻilihune kūhelu; nā kānāwai lāhui i punina ua hoʻoholo ʻia kā lākou mau balota ma nā kakini o nā mokuʻāina; a me ka kaua lōʻihi loa i loko o kā mākou moʻolelo, ʻo ka pōʻino 20-makahiki ma Afghanistan, ua hoʻopau wale ʻia i ka hopena o ka makahiki i hala, ʻoiai ʻo ka hakakā a me ka hoʻokahe koko a puni mākou.
Pono ʻoe e nānā i nā kūlana o ke ola no ka 140 miliona ʻO ka poʻe ʻAmelika ʻilihune a haʻahaʻa kālā paha e ʻike i ka pili ʻana o ka ʻōlelo a King. I kēia mau lā, noho ka poʻe ʻilihune ma ke alahaka o ka pono ʻole, ʻeha mua a ʻoi loa ka ʻino e nā ʻino pili o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, ka militarism, a me ka racism, a me nā ʻano hana ʻino a me ka like ʻole. Me nā kumukūʻai kinoea kiekie loa, ka nele i ka ʻai ke piʻi nei, a hiki recession (a i ʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi) e hoʻomaka ana, ʻo ka poʻe e hoʻomau i ka ʻeha nui loa ka poʻe i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia e nā mea e hiki mai ana.
He maʻi maʻi ʻilihune
ʻO kahi hōʻike hou e pili ana i nā hopena disproportionate o ka maʻi maʻi Covid-19 i nā kaiāulu ʻilihune ua hoʻopuka ʻia e ka Poor People's Campaign (a aʻu e noho pū ai me ka poʻe ʻilihune. Kahu William Barber) a me ka UN Pūnaewele Solutions Hoʻoikaika. Ka Poor People's Pandemic Report hoʻopili i ka ʻikepili e pili ana i ka make ʻana o Covid-19 ma ka pae kalana me nā ʻike demographic ʻē aʻe e hōʻike ai, i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi a hiki i kēia manawa, ua ʻike ʻia nā kalana ʻilihune i ʻelua mau manawa o ka make ma mua o ka poʻe i loaʻa kālā kiʻekiʻe - a hiki i ʻelima mau manawa i ke kiʻekiʻe. o na nalu like ole o ka mai. Hōʻike ʻo ia ʻo Covid-19, he maʻi maʻi ʻilihune, kahi e hōʻike ana i ka hohonu o ka racism, ka ʻilihune, a me ka pōʻino o ka kaiaola ma mua o ia i nā kaiāulu ʻilihune. He lono weliweli paha kēlā, ʻaʻole anei ʻoe e manaʻo? Akā i loko o ka maʻi maʻi, ʻaʻole i uhi ʻia ka moʻolelo o kona hopena like ʻole e ka media mainstream.
ʻO ka mea kū'ē. I nā makahiki ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua nui nā moʻolelo e pili ana i ke ʻano o Covid-19 ka mea hoʻohālikelike nui - pehea, ʻaʻole like me mākou, ʻaʻole hoʻokae nā maʻi maʻi a me nā maʻi maʻi. ʻO ka mea kaumaha loa, ua hōʻike maopopo ʻia ka hōʻike hou, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki i kahi maʻi ke hoʻokae, ua hoʻokae maoli kā mākou kaiāulu i nā ala ʻoi loa. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he palapala hoʻopiʻi pololei o kahi hui i ʻae i ka make ma kahi o 250,000 ka poʻe ʻilihune a haʻahaʻa i ka makahiki 2000 wale nō, ʻelua mau makahiki ma mua o ka pā ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi i ko mākou mau kahakai. He ala ala ia no ka hui i maa loa i ka make, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa i ka poʻe ʻilihune e make ana.
ʻOiai ʻo Reverend Barber, nāna i hāpai i ka manaʻo no ka hōʻike hou. wehewehe, "ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia hōʻike e hōʻike ana i ka mālama ʻole ʻana a i kekahi manawa nā manaʻo hoʻoholo ʻaʻole e nānā i ka poʻe ʻilihune. ʻAʻole i loaʻa kahi loiloi ʻōnaehana a i ʻole ka loiloi o ka hopena o Covid-19 i ka poʻe ʻilihune a haʻahaʻa. ʻOiaʻiʻo, a hiki i kēia lā, ʻaʻole i hōʻiliʻili ke aupuni i ka ʻikepili e pili ana i ka hopena o ka maʻi maʻi e pili ana i nā pae kālā, e waiho ana iā mākou e hana i ka hana detective e pono ai.
ʻO ka mea nui, ʻaʻole hiki ke wehewehe ʻia nā ʻike o ka hōʻike e ke kūlana kano wale nō. ʻO ka make ʻole o ka make ma waena o ka poʻe ʻilihune a me ka poʻe haʻahaʻa, ʻo ia ka hopena o ka hui pū ʻana o nā kumu, me ka hana a me nā kūlana ola i lōʻihi ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi. No ka laʻana, 22% o nā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, 20% o nā Hepanika, 11% o nā ʻEleʻele, 7.8% o nā Whites, a me 7.2% o nā ʻAsia ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka ʻinikua olakino ma 2019 ma mua o ka pā ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi. ʻAʻole paha he mea kupanaha, ʻo nā ʻokoʻa i loaʻa mua i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mālama olakino, ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka waiwai, a me ka palekana hale i hoʻopuka i nā hopena pōʻino i ka wā i hana ai.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻopaʻa i kahi aniani hōʻuluʻulu iā mākou, e hana ʻoe ike lahui Aia ma laila he 87 miliona poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia a i ʻole underinsured a me 39 miliona mau limahana i hana ma lalo o ka uku ola ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi. E ʻike ʻoe i kahi aupuni i hōʻole ʻole i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mālama olakino (ʻoiai i ka wā o ka pilikia olakino olakino maikaʻi loa i nā hanauna) a i ʻole e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka uku no nā limahana i hiki ʻole ke loaʻa i nā mea pono o ke ola. Ke kamaʻilio nei ʻoe e pili ana i kahi ʻāina ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka maʻi maʻi, 14 miliona mau ʻohana ʻaʻole hiki ke uku i kā lākou mau bila wai a ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua o kā mākou mau keiki i noho i nā hale mālama ʻai. He mea kupanaha paha ka nui o ka poʻe ʻilihune a me ka poʻe haʻahaʻa i ʻeha a make i ka hiki ʻana mai o ka maʻi?
Wahi Mohai o ka Poor
ʻO kēlā helu mai Covid-19, he hoʻokahi wale nō ala e hoʻomaopopo ai i ka hopena hou o nā koho kulekele pili i ka poʻe ʻilihune. He mea hōʻailona loa ia i ka pahuhopu ma hope koke o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka Poor People's Pandemic Report, ua hoʻomaka ka Poor People's Campaign i kahi Moral March ma West Virginia e hele ana mai Harper's Ferry i kekahi o nā keʻena ʻaha kūkā o ka Senator Joe Manchin ma Martinsburg. ʻO nā makuahine ʻilihune, nā mea eli lanahu ma mua, nā mea hoʻonohonoho hana, a me nā mea hoʻoikaika i ke aniau mai West Virginia i piʻi i 23 mau mile i kāhea aku "ʻO kā lākou" senator e hoʻomaka maoli e kamaʻilio i nā pono o kāna poʻe koho - e hoʻonui i nā kuleana koho, e hoʻonui i ka uku haʻahaʻa i kahi mea ola, e hoʻonui i ka Child Tax Credit, e pale i kēia honua, a hoʻokomo i ka hoʻonaʻauao, mālama olakino, a me nā papahana o ka nohona. hookiekie.
I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, na kākoʻo ʻO ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka bila Build Back Better i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia i ka ʻaha kūkā, ua hōʻole ʻo Manchin i ke kānāwai no ka pono o ka hapa nui o kāna mau mea koho, ʻoi aku ka 710,000 ʻilihune a haʻahaʻa loa o West Virginia. Ua pāpā like ʻo ia i nā bila e hoʻihoʻi a hoʻonui i nā pale kuleana koho ma o ka Kanawai Kuokoa e koho balota a me ka ʻO ke kānāwai holomua e pili ana i ke kuleana ko John Lewis.
I kēia manawa, ma ka hōʻole ʻana i ke koho balota e hoʻopau i ka filibuster i ka Aha Senate a i ole e hooholo a ʻōnaehana ʻauhau kūpono, Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Manchin i ka mālama ʻana i nā kulekele e pōmaikaʻi ai i nā miliona o ʻAmelika a me ka honua kākau nui e waiho hou ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alanui. Ua koho pinepine ʻia ʻo ia e ʻaoʻao ka puniwaiwai o ka US Chamber of Commerce, ka hui lobbying nui loa ma ka ʻāina, a me ka ʻoihana wahie fossil e kūʻē i nā pono o nā kānaka. A ua pōʻino kēlā mau kūlana. Nā kiʻi i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia e ka Institute for Policy Studies i ka makahiki i hala, ua hōʻike ʻia ma West Virginia, ʻo ka $ 3.5 trillion version o ka bila Build Back Better i hana i 17,290 mau hana hou, i pōmaikaʻi i nā keiki 346,000 ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻonui ʻia. hōʻaiʻē ʻauhau keiki, a ʻae i kahi 88,050 West Virginians e lawe i ka hoʻomaha uku i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
ʻO ka mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o West Virginia, aia ka ʻO Rockwool Ranson Plant, he hale hana insulation i hoʻokumu ʻia ma kahi kaiāulu ʻilihune. Ua hele ko mākou Moral March ma Ranson. Iā mākou ma laila, lohe mākou e pili ana i ka makuahine e hele ana kāna mau keiki i ke kula ma kahi kokoke i ka hale kanu, aia ma loko o ʻelua mau mile mai nā kula aupuni ʻehā. 30% o ka haumāna o ke kalana heluna kanaka (a me kekahi mau hale mālama lā). Ua hoʻāʻo nā kānaka ʻepekema i ka pae koko ʻO nā keiki ma ke kula haʻahaʻa ʻo North Jefferson ma mua o ka wehe ʻana o ka mea kanu i ka makahiki 2021. I hoʻokahi makahiki wale nō ma hope mai, ua piʻi aʻe ka nui o ka hānō a me nā toxins i loko o ko lākou koko. ʻOiaʻiʻo, kūʻē ke kau ʻana o kēlā mea kanu na olelo paipai ʻO ka Environment Protection Agency a me ka World Health Organization (WHO), ʻo ia mau mea ʻelua e ʻōlelo nei ʻaʻole pono e kū ka ʻoihana kaumaha ma kahi kokoke i nā kula. (Ua ʻōlelo kikoʻī ʻo WHO ʻaʻole pono e loaʻa nā mea kanu ʻoihana i loko o ʻelua mile o nā kula.)
Ua lohe mākou i ka ʻōlelo hōʻike mai ka poʻe hānai lio e ʻōlelo nei ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hānai hou i nā pua ma muli o ka loli ʻana o ka maikaʻi o ka ea a me ka poʻe mahiʻai pī, a ma hope o nā hanauna o ka mahiʻai ʻohana, ʻōlelo lākou ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hana hou. ʻAʻole ia he mea kupanaha, he kaiāulu ʻilihune me ka hapa nui o nā kamaʻāina ʻeleʻele. ʻAʻole i mālama ʻia ka lehulehu ma mua o ka wehe ʻana o ka hale kanu, kahi i hele ai ʻo Senatoa Manchin. Eia naʻe, kūʻē kūloko ua ikaika a hoʻomau i ka ulu.
ʻO ka poʻe ʻeha i ka hopena
ʻO ia mau ʻeha a me ke kūʻē ʻana he mea maoli ia ʻaʻole wale ma nā puʻu a me nā lua o West Virginia. I ka manawa i hui pū ai nā West Virginians e kūʻē i ka Rockwool Ranson Plant, no ka laʻana, nā hoʻonāukiuki Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo New York e kūʻē i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana o ka Meia Eric Adams i ka poʻe hale ʻole, me nā mākaʻi hoʻi i kahi hoʻomoana home ʻole.
ʻAʻole he mea kupanaha ua huakaʻi mākou i loko o ka Poor People's Campaign mai kēlā Moral March ma West Virginia pololei i New York e mālama i kahi Moral March ma Wall Street. A e like me Joe Manchin i pakele ai me ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ka poʻe ʻilihune ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻa nei iā ia iho he populist hero, no laila ua koi ʻo Eric Adams i ka sweeps āna i kauoha ai ʻo ia ka mea maikaʻi loa no New Yorkers, me ka poʻe hale ʻole. Akā naʻe, ʻo ka hohonu maoli o ka home ʻole ma laila e hōʻike ana i nā hana ʻino a Adams e alualu nei.
I loko o kahi kūlanakauhale e hoʻolimalima ana ma mua o $ 2 biliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki no ka home ʻole 47,000 kanaka - ʻoi aku ma mua o 14,500 o lākou mau keiki - moe i loko o kona mau hale noho ʻole i kēlā me kēia pō. Ma mua o ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka pōʻino o ka ʻilihune a me ka home ʻole e hele pū me ia, ua koho ʻo Adams e e luku ʻoi aku ma mua o 200 mau hale hoʻomoana ʻole, ʻoiai nā mea a pau-hoʻohālikelike ʻoki ka waihona kālā homelessness o ke kūlanakauhale ma ka hapalima. E like me Manchin, ke ʻimi nei ʻo ia i kahi ala i kamaʻāina loa i ke kenekulia iwakāluakūmākahi ʻAmelika: e hoʻopaʻi ana i ka poʻe ʻilihune no ko lākou ʻilihune me ka hoʻomaikaʻi hou ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale i kahua pāʻani no ka poʻe waiwai.
ʻAʻole naʻe kēia, me ka hakakā ʻole mai ka hale ʻole, nā hui kūloko kūloko, a me kekahi poʻe kālai'āina. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale o New York, no ka laʻana, ua hōʻole ʻo ia i kāna hoʻoneʻe ʻana i kahi hoʻomoana. Ma kahi palapala kue, ua kuhikuhi lākou "ʻaʻole e hoʻopau kēia mau wīwī i ka home ʻole; e hoʻokau wale lākou i nā kānaka i ka pōʻino hou aʻe.
Ma waena o kēia mau mea, hoʻokahi manaʻo hoʻopuka na Adams i hooki ia'u ma ko'u mau ala. I kona hui ʻana me kahi pūʻulu kahuna pule, ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo ia e kākoʻo nā haumāna a Kristo i kāna hoʻomoana home ʻole, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke manaʻoʻiʻo, inā aia ʻo Mataio, Mareko, Luka, a me Ioane i kēia lā, aia ma ke alanui me aʻu e kōkua ana i ka poʻe e hele i waho o nā kahua hoʻomoana. "
Ma ke ʻano he kahuna haʻi Kalikiano a me ka naʻauao Baibala, pono iaʻu e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole he hewa a ʻaʻole manaʻo wale kēlā ʻōlelo; he heretical. Ua maopopo ka Baibala, ʻo ka poʻe waiwai a me ka poʻe ikaika ka hewa no ka ʻilihune, ka hana ʻino, a me ka pono ʻole, ʻaʻole ka poʻe ʻilihune. A ʻaʻole hoʻi he mea kupanaha, ma ka palapala hemolele kahiko, ʻo ka poʻe hoʻāhu i ka waiwai o ke ao nei, hoʻohuli aʻe lākou i ka ʻōlelo a ka poʻe kāula i mea e pono ai no lākou iho me ka lilo o ka poʻe ʻilihune a i hoʻohana ʻia.
Aka, e like me ka moolelo, e like me ko Iesu kaulia ana a make ma ke kea, ua weheia na halekupapau o na koa kuokoa i hele mai mamua ona, a ua hoala hou ia lakou e hoomau i ke kaua no ka pono. ʻO ka inaina a me ka make, hoʻomanaʻo ʻia mākou, ʻaʻole loaʻa ka ʻōlelo hope.
Nā Neʻe Hale ʻAʻole Nā Hoʻomanaʻo
ʻEkolu makahiki ma hope o ka pepehi ʻia ʻana o Martin Luther King, Carl Wendell Hines Ua kākau ʻo ia i kēia mele nona ke poʻo inoa Moeuhane a ke kanaka make:
“I kēia manawa ua make ʻo ia, e hoʻomaikaʻi kākou iā ia
E kukulu i mau kia hoomanao no kona nani, E mele hosana i kona inoa.
Hana nā kānaka make i nā koa kūpono.
ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke kū aʻe e kūʻē i nā kiʻi a mākou e hana ai
mai ko lakou ola ana.
A eia kekahi,
ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ke kūkulu ʻana i nā monuments
ma mua o ka hana ʻana i kahi honua maikaʻi.
No laila ua make pono ʻo ia i kēia manawa
Hiki iā mākou, me ka noʻonoʻo māmā, ke aʻo aku i kā mākou mau keiki
he kanaka nui,
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ke kumu i ola ai ʻo ia ke kumu
A ʻo ka moeʻuhane i make ai ʻo ia ka moeʻuhane
He moeʻuhane a ke kanaka make.”
Ua pepehi ʻia ʻo Iesu Kristo e ke aupuni Roma no ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi neʻe o ka poʻe i hoʻomāinoino ʻia a hoʻokaʻawale ʻia, ʻo ia wale nō ka mea i hoʻololi ʻia kona hoʻomanaʻo ʻana e nā manaʻo inaina a hoʻowahāwahā i nā makahiki. Ua pepehi ʻia ʻo King i kona hakakā ʻana i ka ʻilihune, ka hoʻokalakupua, a me ka militarism, ma hope wale nō i ʻōlelo ʻia a hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka poʻe i hoʻowahāwahā iā ia. ʻOiaʻiʻo, e like me kā Hines i hōʻike ai, "ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ke kūkulu ʻana i nā monuments ma mua o ka hana ʻana i honua maikaʻi." Akā, e like me ka poʻe i mana ʻO Joe Manchin a ʻO Eric Adams e hoʻomau i ka ʻoluʻolu i kā lākou hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā kāula e like me Iesū a me King, nā poʻe ʻilihune a hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma nā wahi e like me Ranson a me New York e hoʻomau i ka hana o ka pono.
ʻAe, pono e noʻonoʻo ʻia ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o ka poʻe ʻilihune a me ka poʻe i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i hoʻokahi lāʻau lapaʻau i nā maʻi maʻi maʻi, maoli a kiʻi hoʻi, e hoʻopilikia nei i ko mākou kaiāulu i ko mākou kaumaha ʻana. aneane hookahi miliona Ua make nā ʻAmelika i Covid-19 a ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻeono miliona mau kānaka ma ka honua. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻike a lohe paha ka hapa nui o mākou, ʻo ke alakaʻi ʻana o ka poʻe i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia e ka ʻilihune a me ka pono ʻole he mea koʻikoʻi ia i ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana. ʻO lākou ka mea a ke Aliʻi i kapa mua ai he "ikaika hou a hoʻoweliweli" hiki ke hoʻololi i "ko mākou ola lāhui."
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