"Iye ali ngati baluni helium," Marcos Munoz anandiuza sabata yatha, kulankhula za Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. "Iye amangodzuka ndikunyamuka, ndipo samadziwa kuti watuluka."
Muñoz anali ndi Cesar Chavez ku Central Valley ku California mu 1965, mbali ya gulu la anthu ogwira ntchito zamagulu omwe amafuna ufulu ndi ulemu kwa ogwira ntchito m'mafamu. Pambuyo pokonzekera gulu la United Farmworkers ku Boston, komwe adakumana ndi mkazi wake, Muñoz adakhazikika zaka makumi anayi zapitazo mdera la Little Village ku Chicago. Ndiko kumene anakumana Yesu "Chuy" García, womenyera ndale yemwe ali ndi gulu lokhazikika, lodziyimira pawokha ndiye akukankhira ufulu wa anthu othawa kwawo, ufulu wa ogwira ntchito ndi ntchito zofunikira m'madera akuda ndi a Latino.
Muñoz adalongosola momwe adakayikira García poyamba, koma adapambana pamene García adalowa m'gulu la anthu am'deralo omwe amasesa zinyalala ndi magalasi osweka.
Usiku watha García adapanga mbiri, kukakamiza Emanuel kupita ku Chicago zisankho za ameya koyamba popambana 34 peresenti ya mavoti mpaka 45 peresenti ya Emanuel.
Mphindi ino ikhoza kuwonedwa ngati chigonjetso osati kwa Cook County Commissioner García, mlendo waku Mexico yemwe akukhalabe ku Little Village, koma kwa Munoz ndi anthu ena osawerengeka aku Chicago omwe amapanga mzindawu kukhala momwe uliri chifukwa chogwira ntchito molimbika, luso lawo, luso lawo. kukhalapo kwambiri.
Atolankhani ndi akatswiri adziko lonse atembenukira ku Chicago pokonzekera zisankho, zomwe zidatengedwa ndi zachilendo za Rahm Emanuel - mnzawo wa apurezidenti awiri aku America, wokondedwa wa Hollywood ndi Wall Street - akukumana ndi "manyazi" akukakamizidwa kulowa. kuthamangitsidwa ndi gulu lomwe amalingaliridwa kuti ndi motley la otsutsa.
Chicago yawonetsedwa padziko lonse lapansi ngati chizindikiro cha kusiyana komwe kukukulirakulira pakati pa omwe ali nacho ndi omwe alibe aku America, 1% ndi 99%, "nthano yamizinda iwiri." Tanthauzo lake nthawi zambiri limakhala loti anthu osankhika omwe amaimiridwa ndi Rahm Emanuel ndi ogontha, kuti akuyenera kuchita zambiri kuti afikire anthu awo akuda ndi a bulauni, kuvomereza zowawa zawo ndikukweza ambiri a iwo kumalo okongola a mzinda.
Zomwe zikuganiziridwa kuti 1% iyenera kukhalabe pampando, koma igwire ntchito yabwino yoyankha 99%, osati kuti woimira weniweni wa anthu azisankhidwa.
Ngakhale zisankho zaposachedwa zawonetsa kuti kubwereza kunali koyenera, pakhala kukayikira pang'ono pakati pa akatswiri, atsogoleri adziko ndi apachiweniweni kuti Emanuel adzapambana pachisankho cha 7 Epulo. Malingaliro omwe alipo akuwoneka kuti chokumana nachochi chidzachepetsa Emanuel ndipo mwina kumupanga kukhala meya wabwinoko, womvera komanso wodziwa bwino zosowa ndi zenizeni za anthu wamba.
Koma maganizo amenewa amaphonya.
Ngati Emanuel apambanadi mu Epulo, palibe chifukwa chokhulupirira kuti adzakhala wokoma mtima, wodekha kapena wamkulu wamkulu wademokalase. Ngati udindo wake wotsogolera upitirizidwanso, sadzakhala ndi chifukwa chopitirizira kupambana anthu aku Chicago omwe adatsutsa komanso kukana chisankhochi. Padzadutsa zaka zinayi kuti achitenso zisankho, ndipo mwina n'zokayikitsa kuti angafunenso mpandowo kachitatu. Ndipo Emanuel samadziwika ngati wotaya wachisomo. Atatha kuwoneka ngati "atataya" mkangano ndi bungwe la Chicago Teachers Union lomwe lidaphatikizapo sitalaka yamasiku asanu ndi awiri mu 2012, adabweranso akugwedezeka ndi kutsekedwa kwa masukulu pafupifupi 50 aboma komanso kuchotsedwa kwa masauzande a mamembala amgwirizano.
Lingaliro loyenera kulingaliridwa tsopano ndikuti García atha kupambana. Ingakhale nkhani kwa mibadwo. Banja logwira ntchito molimbika la ku Mexico, mwana yemwe amakhala wolimba mtima polimbana ndi tsankho komanso kupezerera anzawo, yemwe amapanga mgwirizano pakati pamitundu yosiyanasiyana komanso amalowa m'gulu lamaloto la Meya wodziwika bwino waku America waku America Harold Washington. Yemwe amapambana mu ndale komabe akupitiriza kuwonedwa ngati mnyamata weniweni wapafupi komanso ngwazi ya underdog. Yemwe adakana pempho loti athamangire meya mpaka a Karen Lewis, pulezidenti wa bungwe la aphunzitsi, yemwe amalankhula mosapita m'mbali, adamulembera kuti alowe m'malo mwake mu mpikisanowu atapezeka ndi khansa ya muubongo.
Okayikira adanena kuti García sangapambane ovota okwanira akuda ndi oyera, kuti alibe kuzindikirika ndi mayina okwanira, komanso kuti analibe chiyembekezo pamaso pa anthu. Chifuwa chankhondo cha Emanuel cha $ 30 miliyoni ndi kuvomerezedwa ndi Purezidenti Barack Obama.
Anthu ambiri amavomereza kuti ndalama ndi chikoka zimalamulira ndale. Koma dzulo, ndalama zonse za Emanuel ndi kulumikizana kwake sizinamuthandize kupambana. Zomwe zachitika posachedwa monga kukweza malipiro ochepa, kupepesa kwa omwe akuzunzidwa ndi apolisi komanso kuteteza nyumba zotsika mtengo za chipinda chimodzi sikunapangitse anthu aku Chicago omwe adasiyanitsidwa ndi kutseka kwa Emanuel masukulu aboma ndi zipatala zamisala, kuphwanya ntchito ndi ntchito za mzindawo, kuukira aphunzitsi komanso kuthandizira. makolo.
Emanuel walamulira ndi modzikuza komanso ulemu womwe sunatayike pa anthu ngati Marcos Muñoz. Mosiyana ndi andale ena m'boma lodziwika bwino chifukwa cha ziphuphu, palibe umboni kuti Emanuel adayesetsa kugwiritsa ntchito udindo wake pagulu kuti apeze chuma komanso moyo wapamwamba. Koma njira yake yolamulira ikhoza kuonedwa ngati yokhumudwitsa komanso yowononga kuposa mtsogoleri wodzithandizira yekha kuti awononge udindo wake. Emanuel akuoneka kuona mzinda wonse ngati kuyesera chikhalidwe ndi zachuma, kupsa kwa remaking yake yosalala, bwino chifaniziro, ziribe kanthu ngati okhala ambiri alipo alibe malo mu Chicago latsopano.
Kuthamangako sikukadachitika popanda Willie Wilson, wamalonda mamiliyoni ambiri aku Africa-America yemwe ali ndi maphunziro a giredi XNUMX. Wilson wa mayankho osagwirizana ku mafunso a tsamba la akonzi, mawu ongolankhula zapanyumba komanso mawu osavuta kumva zidamupangitsa kukhala woseketsa komanso wokonda kwambiri pakati pa anthu ophunzira achizungu ovota. Mavoti ake 11 pa XNUMX aliwonse amavotera atha kuwoneka ngati zachilendo. Koma zikuyimira lingaliro lenileni komanso lofunikira la kupatukana ndi mkwiyo ndi Emanuel pakati pa anthu aku America aku America, omwe adakumana ndi zovuta zamalingaliro ake ngakhale adayesetsa kuwachepetsa nthawi zambiri. zosamveka manja.
Wina waku Africa-America pa mpikisanowo, William "Dock" Walls, adanyozedwa ngati "wosankhidwa osatha" komanso wosapikisana nawo. Ziribe kanthu kuti mayankho ake muzokambirana ndi mfundo zake zamalamulo nthawi zambiri amapereka mwatsatanetsatane komanso kuganiza mozama kuposa omwe akufuna. Lingaliro loti wina ndi nthabwala chifukwa ali ndi mwayi woti atha kukhala paudindo kangapo popanda kuthandizidwa ndi gulu la ndale ayenera kuwonedwa mwa iwo okha ngati kunyoza demokalase.
Momwe otsatira a Wilson adaponya mavoti awo pa Epulo 7 zidzakhala zofunikira pazotsatira. Kampeni ya García yagogomezera kudzipereka kwake kwanthawi yayitali kumadera aku Africa-America, kuphatikiza nthawi yake monga mnzake wamkulu wa Harold Washington ku City Council. Ngakhale magawano amitundu ku Chicago ali m'njira zina mwina zowawa komanso zozikika kuposa masiku amenewo, chisankho chimapereka chiyembekezo kuti ovota atopa ndi ulamuliro wa Rahm Emanuel atha kugwirizanitsa kuseri kwa masomphenya ndi kalembedwe.
Mpikisano wa City Council pa February 24 ukuwonetsanso zipolowe zandale zomwe zikuchitika ku Chicago ndipo zikuwonetsa mwayi wa García m'milungu isanu ndi umodzi. PAC yopeza ndalama zambiri ya Emanuel idalephera kumasula anthu omwe akupita patsogolo, ngakhale wotsutsa wamkulu wa meya. John Arena adakakamizika kulowa nawo mpikisano, pambuyo pa kampeni yankhanza kuphatikiza zotsatsa za gulu losintha masukulu lolumikizidwa ndi Emanuel. kudzudzula Arena potseka zipatala zachipatala zomwe Emanuel mwiniwake adayambitsa. Mkulu wina Emanuel anali atamuyang'ana mwamphamvu, Scott Waguespack, adapambana pachigumula. Ndipo referendum yosamangirira ya gulu losankhidwa la sukulu, mosiyana ndi bolodi yosankhidwa ndi Emanuel, idalandira chithandizo chambiri m'mawodi onse 37 omwe adawonekera pamavoti.
Osachepera asanu oima paokha mothandizidwa ndi mabungwe ogwira ntchito ndi migwirizano yomwe ikupita patsogolo idakankhira omwe anali paudindo kuti alowe mu ma run off. Mmodzi wotero, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, adapeza mpando mosavuta m'wadi yomwe inalinso ndi malire opambana a García. Mzinda wa Chicago City Council wakhala ukudziwika kuti a sitampu ya rabara kwa meya, ndi aldermen ochepa kwambiri omwe amamutsutsa. Komabe, ngakhale kuchuluka kwa anthu odziyimira pawokha sikutsimikizira kuti malamulo omwe akupita patsogolo adzaperekedwa, chifukwa malamulo osathandizidwa ndi meya nthawi zambiri amaikidwa mu komiti osayitanidwa kuti avotere.
Koma zisankho za City Council zikubweretsa mfundo yayikulu: kuti aku Chicago akudwaladi utsogoleri womwe umathandizira osunga ndalama wabizinesi ndikuyesa kulimbikitsa mbiri yapadziko lonse lapansi ku Chicago ndikunyalanyaza zosowa ndi mawu a anthu wamba ndikuwononga mabungwe aboma, monga masukulu, omwe. samalira madera awo.
Malingaliro a Rahm Emanuel pa Obama pulezidenti library ndi chimodzi mwa zitsanzo zambiri za maganizo amenewa. Anthu am'deralo adanena momveka bwino kuti sakufuna kuti malo ambiri odyetserako malo awo omwe amawakonda ku South Side atengedwe kukhala laibulale. Koma ngakhale panthawi ya ndawala yomwe amafunikira chivomerezo cha ovotawa, Emanuel adasiya nkhawa zawo pothamangira kusangalatsa Yunivesite ya Chicago - yomwe laibulale yake imadalira malo a pakiyo - ndikuteteza kutchuka kwadziko komwe kumakhala ku laibulale.
Ku Karen Lewis kuyambitsa kusonkhanitsa mapempho chilimwe chatha, Ndinalankhula ambiri African-American ovota amene ananena kuti anavotera Rahm Emanuel nthawi yoyamba chifukwa cha kuvomereza Obama. Koma, onse adati, ngakhale Obama sangawatsimikizire kuti athandizire meya tsopano. Chicago ili ndi mbiri yayitali komanso yochititsa chidwi ya anthu omwe akuwoneka kuti asiya kugwira ntchito ndi meya, omwe ndi a Richard Daleys omwe adalamulira zaka 43 ataphatikizana - ngakhale anali okhumudwa komanso osavomerezedwa. Kumverera kumawoneka kuti mwina Daley atha kuyendetsa malowo. Koma zisankho za February 24 zikuwonetsa kuti anthu aku Chicago afika pachimake pakulekerera kusayeruzika kwatsiku ndi tsiku, kunyazitsidwa ndi kusayeruzika kochitidwa ndi oyang'anira. matikiti a kamera yofiira kutseka masukulu ku zopatsa zamakampani. Uthenga unatumizidwa kuti unyinji sanganyalanyazidwe, kunyozedwa, kuchitiridwa nkhanza ndiyeno kupambana pa ola lakhumi ndi chimodzi ndi platitudes ndi zizindikiro.
Chisankho chisanachitike, a Muñoz adalengeza kuti a García "wapambana kale" chifukwa cha momwe adayendera mzindawu kuti amvetsere nkhawa za anthu wamba. Kuthamanga kumabweretsa vuto latsopano kwa García, ofuna kusankhidwa a City Council ndi anthu aku Chicago. Kusasangalatsidwa ndi omwe ali paudindowo kwafotokozedwa momveka bwino, ndi zotsatira za February 24 komanso chifukwa chochepa kwambiri cha ovota, pafupifupi 33 peresenti. Masabata asanu ndi limodzi otsatirawa adzapereka referendum yovuta ngati anthu akufunadi "kubweza" mzinda wawo, ndikupatsa García ndi ena odziimira okha mwayi - kupitirira kumvetsera ndi kutsutsa - kuti ayambe ntchito yolimba yomanga mzinda womwe umagwira ntchito kwa aliyense.
Kari Lydersen, ndi Mu Nthawi Zino mkonzi, ndi mtolankhani komanso mlangizi yemwe amagwira ntchito ku Northwestern University ku Chicago. Zochita zake zawonekera m'nkhaniyi New York Times, ndi Washington Post, ndi Chicago Reader ndi The Progressive, pakati pa zofalitsa zina. Buku lake laposachedwapa ndi Meya 1%: Rahm Emanuel ndi Rise of Chicago's 99 Percent. Iyenso ndi wolemba nawo Kuwombera waku Iraqi: Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun ndi wolemba wa Kupanduka pa Goose Island: The Chicago Factory Takeover, ndi Zomwe Ikunena Zokhudza Mavuto Azachuma. Yang'anani kutulutsidwanso kwasinthidwa kwa Kuukira ku Goose Island mu 2014. Mu 2011, adapatsidwa mphoto ya Studs Terkel Community Media chifukwa cha ntchito yake. Iye akhoza kufikiridwa pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa].
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1) Mosiyana ndi kafukufuku wambiri wa chisankho, Lydersen akutchula mfundo yofunika kwambiri kuti 33% yokha ya ovota (olembetsa kapena oyenerera?) adatuluka. Choncho momveka bwino kulembetsa ndi kulimbikitsa anthu tsiku lachisankho ndi makiyi.
2) Mfundo ina yofunika ndi yakuti Chicago ndi yogawanika 1/3 Latino (a), 1/3 African-American, 1/3 woyera wa mafuko osiyanasiyana. Mavoti aku Latino nthawi zambiri sakhala pafupi ndi anthu ake, koma woimira dziko la Puerto Rican-America ku America Luis Gutierrez amathandizira Chuy. Ndizo zazikulu.
Ku Chicago, komwe kumadzikuza kuti ndi mzinda wopatukana kwambiri ku US, malingaliro amitundu ndi akulu pankhani yandale zazisankho.
3) Kuwululidwa kwaposachedwa kwa malo ozunzirako apolisi ku Homan Square ndi nkhani yomwe Chuy ayenera kuchita mwachindunji. Pulatifomu yake ili ndi kuyimba kwa apolisi 1,000 atsopano apolisi ammudzi. Ngati ati apambane mavoti aku Africa-America omwe akufunika, akuyenera kulimbana ndi kuzunzidwa kwa apolisi komwe kwakhala kukuchitika mwadongosolo ku Chicago kuyambira kumapeto kwa nkhondo za US ku Southeast Asia.
4) Omwe akupita patsogolo akuyenera kuchotsa zovuta zina pamapewa a Chuy popita m'misewu pantchito komanso kugogoda pachitseko ndale za "malonda".
5) Ena mwa mabungwe omwe amathandizira Emmanuel (wofuna kudzipha) akuyenera kusamutsidwa kupita ku Chuy, mwina ndi machitidwe achindunji motsutsana ndi utsogoleri wawo wachinyengo.
Dziko lina ndi zotheka. Kampeni iyi ndi chisankho zitha kukhala gawo lalikulu pakuzipanga.
ZINDIKIRANI: Kampeni ya Chuy Garcia sikanakhalapo popanda zaka zolimbana ndi okonzanso mu Chicago Teachers' Union ndi ntchito ya gulu la Occupy ku Chicago (omwe misasa yawo inawonongedwa ndi zochita za apolisi-boma/mabanki a "fusion committee".