Source: Mu Nthawi Izi
"Iwo amati ine'adangobwera modzidzimutsa,'โ India Walton, 39, adatero ku Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) mu August. Amanena za oyambitsa ndale komanso akatswiri azama TV omwe adamuchotsa kampeni ya anthu ochepa kwa meya ku Democratic primary ku Buffalo, NY
"Zomwe akutanthauza ndikuti anthu ngati ine sayenera kukhala wosankhidwa ndi demokalase komanso wosankhidwa meya wa mzinda waukulu waku America, "adatero. anapitiliza.
Walton, wolinganiza anthu amene sanakhalepo ndi udindo wosankhidwa, anagonjetsa Meya wa nthawi zinayi Byron Brown (yemwe sanavutikepo kuchita kampeni yomutsutsa). Pothamanga poyera ngati sosholisti wademokalase, Walton adalankhula mosapita m'mbali za zomwe zidamupangitsa kuti ayambe ndale. Chithandizo chodzipatula chomwe adalandira kuchokera kwa a"kusankhana mitundu, kugonana, njira yopezera phindu pazaumoyoโ monga a 19-Amayi wazaka zakubadwa amapasa obadwa msanga adamulimbikitsa kuti akhale namwino, mwachitsanzo, ndiye wokonza zamagulu awo.
Kampeni ya Walton idaphatikiza magulu osiyanasiyana otsutsana ndi zaka makumi angapo za chitukuko cha neoliberal komanso apolisi atsankho, kuphatikiza DSA, the Buffalo Teachers Federation, omenyera ufulu wawo amalimbikitsidwa ndi chilimwe 2020 zionetsero, ndi New York Working Families Party (zomwe zidaphwanya kuvomereza kwake kwakanthawi kwa Brown kuti akhazikitse Walton).
Kulimbikitsana kochititsa chidwi kwa mgwirizanowu kudafika pachimake 19,000 mayitanidwe kwa ovota m'mawa wa chisankho. Tsiku lotsatira, Walton anamaliza ndi 1,500- kuvota patsogolo.
Mamembala ena a Buffalo's Democratic establishment tsopano akuti mzindawu uchotse udindo wa meya palimodzi, kuti m'malo mwake alowe m'malo mwa woyang'anira mzinda. Koma ngati Walton atenga udindo, alowa nawo ambiri kuposa 100 Mamembala a DSA kapena ovomereza omwe adasankhidwa kukhala muofesi yakudera, chigawo ndi feduro zaka zisanu zapitazi. Pamene Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) ndi mamembala ena a congressional"guluโ ndi odziwika bwino kwambiri, gulu lalikulu kwambiri lili m'boma, komwe 60 andale ogwirizana ndi DSA akugwedeza makhonsolo amizinda kuyambira Denver mpaka Chicago ndi Knoxville, Tenn.Ambiri, ngakhale si onse, ali m'gulu la DSA. 95,000 mamembala omwe amalipira ngongole kapena kudziwonetsa ngati asosholisti ademokalase.
Ndipo m'mizinda ngati Richmond, Calif., Ndi Somerville, Mass., Socialists ndi ogwirizana nawo omwe akupita patsogolo amakhala ndi akuluakulu - omwe akuyesa malire aulamuliro wakomweko.
Mutha kukhala kale ndi socialist woti muthokoze mukatsuka chimbudzi chanu kapena kuyatsa mpopi wanu. Kuyambira mu 1880s, socialists ndi ena osintha zinthu adasokoneza ntchito zofunika kuzilamulira ndikukhazikitsa zina mwazinthu zoyambira zamadzi, zaukhondo ndi magetsi m'mizinda mazana ambiri ku United States ndi UK 1920, Mamembala a Socialist Party adakhala ndi maudindo ambiri kuposa 350 Mizinda yaku US. Zaka makumi asanu zaulamuliro wa chikhalidwe cha anthu ku Milwaukee zidapanga malo owoneka bwino a paki, omwe ena amawatcha kuti"Choyamba Green New Deal. "
Walton, ndikugogomezera ma projekiti a nitty-gritty kuti alimbitse Buffalo ngati malo othawirako nyengo, akuwoneka kuti akuyenera kupitilira pomwe ma socialist azaka zapitazi adasiyira.
Komabe kumene"sewer socialistsโ anagogomezera kusintha kwapangโonopangโono, komweko (kuwapatsa dzina loti"ochezekaโ kuchokera kwa otsutsa amasiku ano), chiwopsezo chomwe chilipo chakusintha kwanyengo komanso mliri wapadziko lonse lapansi sikupangitsa kuti zinthu zikhale bwino masiku ano. A 21st-zaka za zana la ma municipalities socialism akuyenera kuwongolera mikhalidwe yakumaloko pomwe akupanga gulu lokulirapo polimbana ndi zovuta zomwe zikusintha zakusintha kwanyengo, kusankhana mitundu ndi kusalingana.
Mu Nthawi Zino analankhula ndi okonza socialist ndi akuluakulu osankhidwa mu zoposa khumi ndi ziwiri za 40-mizinda ina yomwe ili ndi DSA endorsee kapena membala wa khonsolo ya mzinda. Pamodzi, akuwonetsa njira ina yonyoza ma meya ndi makhansala a demokalase omwe akhala akuyendetsa mizinda ndi dzanja la neoliberal kwazaka zambiri, kupereka malipiro amisonkho kumakampani ndi ndalama kwa opanga mapulogalamu.
Koma asosholisti osankhidwa nthawi zambiri amakhala odzipatula pamakhonsolo amizinda, ngati siwochita payekha. Mapulatifomu otukuka asosholisti amatsutsana osati ndi zikhalidwe zandale zomwe zakhazikika, komanso zovuta zanthawi yayitali, monga kufooketsa ngongole zamatauni ndi malamulo aboma omwe amalepheretsa anthu olemera msonkho.
Pamene socialists atha kusuntha singano, ndi pogwira ntchito molunjika ndi magulu apansi. Mabungwe obweranso m'nyumba ndi chilungamo chamtundu wapereka mwayi wopambana kusintha - kuphatikiza chitetezo cha lendi ndi kugawanso bajeti ya apolisi kuti igwire ntchito zoletsa ziwawa - ndikufuna kusintha kwakukulu.
Ogwira ntchito mwadongosolo, pomwe adakhala lynchpin of sewer socialist strongholds, akadalibe gawo lachidule, ndi kachulukidwe ka migwirizano ndi zigawenga zotsika kwambiri. Koma asosholisti atha kutengapo gawo pakudyetsa zitsitsimutso za anthu ogwira ntchito, monga ku Aurora, Colo., Kumene anthu awiri okhala mu City Council anali m'gulu la oyamba kuwonekera pamzere wosankha. ogwira ntchito ku Nabisco mu August.
Kwa asocialists muofesi yakomweko, kuyanjana kwatsiku ndi tsiku ndi zigawo ndi zisankho zamba (koma zokhuza) zokhudzana ndi kugawa malo ndi kugwiritsa ntchito nthaka zithanso kuwonetsa"mwayi wosonyeza anthu omwe sali socialists zomwe socialism imatanthauza pochita," malinga ndi Erik Forman, wophunzira wa doctorate mu chikhalidwe cha chikhalidwe cha anthu ku CUNY Graduate Center yemwe amaphunzira kayendedwe ka ma municipalities akumanzere.
Zodzinenera"socialists panjiraโ (kuvomerezana ndi makolo awo a sewer socialist) ku Somerville, Mass., mwachitsanzo, akupanga pulogalamu yochotsa chipale chofewa mโmphepete mwa msewu chaka chino, yomwe anaigwira pofufuza mโkalasi. Amawona oyenda pansi omwe akuyenda mumsewu wozizira kwambiri pomwe madalaivala amasangalala ndi misewu yolima ngati chimodzi mwazinthu zazing'ono zokumbutsa anthu ogwira ntchito - makamaka okalamba ndi olumala - kuti mizinda yawo sinapangidwe ndi iwo.
Momwemonso, kuzama kutenga nawo mbali kwa anthu popanga zisankho kungathe"patsani anthu ogwira ntchito kulawa kwenikweni kwa mphamvu,โ akutero Forman. Poganizira kuti phindu lililonse la socialist lidzakumana ndi kubweza, akuwonjezera,"nโzimene zidzapangitse kuti sosholizimu kukhala chinthu chimene anthu samangofuna kuvota pakapita nthawi, komanso ofunitsitsa kuteteza.โ
M'zaka zana kuchokera pamenepo 1913 (pamene sewer socialists adanena zambiri kuposa 100 osankhidwa a m'deralo) ndi 2013 (pamene ndi Times of India molakwika adatcha Kshama Sawant wa Seattle City Council"wa sosholisti woyamba kusankhidwaโ mu United States), magulu osiyanasiyana otsalira a ku United States achita chiwembu chosaลตerengeka mโzandale zachisankho. Koma ma Red Scares awiri adawononga chipani cha Socialist ndipo adatumiza andale akuthamanga kuchokera ku"socialist" chovala.
Kugwa kwakukulu kwachuma 2009 ndi zigawenga zapadziko lonse zotsutsana ndi mapulogalamu ochepetsetsa zidakhazikitsa maziko a chitsitsimutso cha sosholisti. Ndale zamagulu zidabwereranso muzokambirana zapadziko lonse 2011, ndi Wisconsin statehouse occupation ndi gulu la Occupy Wall Street. Mu 2013, kuphatikiza pa Kupambana kwamadzi kwa Sawant ku Seattle, Chokwe Lumumba adapambana meya wa a Jackson, Abiti., akuthamanga pa nsanja yayikulu yazachuma chamgwirizano ndi demokalase yogawana nawo.
Koma pamaso pa Sen. Bernie Sanders ' 2016 kuthamangira kwa pulezidenti, funso la zomwe ambiri a Socialists angachite ngati atasankhidwa silinali funso lalikulu.
Kukopa kodabwitsa kwa dziko kwa avuncular democratic socialist wochokera ku Vermont kudalimbikitsa chidwi cha zisankho kumadera akumanzere, zomwe zidayambitsa mabungwe ngati. Brand New Congress, A Democrats Achilungamo ndi Sanders kampeni yayamba Chiwukirano chathu. Ndipo kale 2016 zidatha, masauzande a otsatira a Sanders adalowa mu DSA, ngakhale wodzitcha yekha demokalase sanali membala.
Pofika mwezi wa March 2017, umembala wa DSA unali katatu ku 19,000. Flush ndi a Sanders socialists, DSA idapanga ubale wogwirizana ndi zokolola zatsopano za mabungwe azisankho (komanso zomwe zakhalapo kwa nthawi yayitali. Kugwira ntchito phwando). Maguluwa adalemba anthu ndikuwaphunzitsa, pomwe DSA idapereka ntchito zongodzipereka zosayerekezeka.
M'dera la Boston ku Somerville, mwachitsanzo, oimira khonsolo yamtawuni yothandizidwa ndi Revolution-Bank Ben Ewen-Campen ndi JT Scott adawonekera Boston DSA mutu woyamba wa misonkhano ya gulu lachisankho mu 2017. Awiriwo adadziwonetsa okha ngati mamembala atsopano a DSA, monga ena ambiri, ndipo adapempha thandizo. Kugogoda pakhomo kwa DSA kunapangitsa kuti anthu ambiri apambane m'mipikisano ina iliyonse, kutumiza Scott ndi Ewen-Campen kuti apambane ndi adani awo omwe amathandizidwa ndi malo.
Zonse, 19 Mamembala a DSA adapambana ofesi yakumaloko 2017- mwa iwo, yemwe kale anali mtsogoleri wa Sanders Tristan Rader a ku Lakewood, Ohio, ndi nthumwi za msonkhano wa ku Sanders Dylan Parker a Rock Island, Ill., Yemwe adachita kampeni pamtundu wamtundu wanyimbo.
In 2018, mamembala ena atatu a DSA adapambana maudindo mderali. Mu 2019, 22 Zambiri. Mu 2020, 15 Zambiri.
Mgwirizano wogwira ntchito pakati pa mitu ya DSA ndi omwe adawavomereza amasiyanasiyana. Mitu ina - ku Chicago, Silicon Valley ndi Lansing, Mich., mwachitsanzo - adamaliza kudzudzula kapena kuswa ndi mamembala a khonsolo ya mzindawo omwe adawathandiza kusankha. Koma makamaka m'malo omwe khonsolo ya mzinda ndi ntchito yaganyu, akuluakulu nthawi zina amadalira anthu odzipereka a DSA omwe adawasankha. Ku Somerville, komwe oyimilira alibe antchito, Ewen-Campen akuyamikira gulu lachipatala la Boston DSA kuti likuchita bwino. aletse apolisi okhetsa misozi mu mzinda masika ano.
M'mizinda ina, DSA yasintha kuchoka pakuvomereza osankhidwa akunja kupita kuzisankhira anthu omwe ali mgulu lawo. Chaka chino, Boston DSA's 12 dera la metro zovomerezeka aphatikizepo wapampando wina wakale, komanso mamembala a Caucus ya Afrosocialist ndi komiti yotsogolera ya National Ecosocialism Working Group.
"Ife tiri mu malo osiyana kwenikweni 2021 kuposa 2017,โ akutero Beth Huang, wogwirizira umembala wa Boston DSA. Atatha zaka zisanu ali mu ngalande limodzi, iye anati,"Osankhidwa ndi ife. Ndife ma candidate."
Koma zomwe zimachitika kwambiri ndizakuti ofuna kulowa kunja kwa DSA amabwera kudzagogoda kuti awavomereze, nthawi zambiri amakhala mamembala. Ambiri ali kale odzitcha okha Socialists. M'malo mwake, ndizovuta kupeza ofesi ya socialist kupatula Sanders yemwe sanalowe muhema wamkulu wa DSA. Ngakhale Sawant, kalambulabwalo wa zokolola zatsopano za maofesi a socialist, tsopano ndi membala.
Omwe akufuna kuvomerezedwa ndi DSA ndi okonza madera kapena omenyera ufulu wawo omwe atha kupikisana nawo mosasamala kanthu. Ndi"socialistโ yomwe ikugwiritsidwabe ntchito ngati chiwongolero ndi otsutsa (mwabwino kapena ayi), ndikofunikira kufunsa chifukwa chake gulu ili, makamaka, likuphatikizana ndi gulu la sosholisti lomwe limabwera ndi katundu, komanso odzipereka.
Kwa wogwira ntchito zachitukuko komanso katswiri wachitukuko cha achinyamata Candi CdeBaca, yemwe amakhala ku Denver City Council, kuvomereza kwa DSA poyamba kunali njira yopewera kupsompsona mphete ya Democratic Party. CdeBaca idadziwika kale chifukwa cholimbana ndi kukula kwa misewu yayikulu m'malo osiyanasiyana, okhala ndi mafakitale ku Elyria-Swansea, komwe adakulira. Kutsatsa kwake ku khonsolo kunali kokulirapo kwa ntchito yake ndi Pulogalamu ya VOYCE (Voices of Youth Changing Education), yomwe adayambitsa 18 poyankha kutsekedwa kwa masukulu.
Kuphunzitsa achinyamata za njira zachikhalidwe zolimbikitsira mfundo kudakhala kopanda phindu, akutero CdeBaca"chifukwa panalibe aliyense mโkatimo amene akanati alabadire zimene anali kuchita.โ
Pamene CdeBaca adaganiza zoyamba kulowa 2017, adakonza zongochita kampeni limodzi ndi mabungwe am'deralo. Adazindikira mwachangu kuti zopezera ndalama komanso zovotera zimayendetsedwa kwambiri ndi magulu awiri akulu. Chifukwa chake CdeBaca idagwirizana ndi zomwe zangokhazikitsidwa kumene Colorado Working Families Party ndi akale DSA Denver mutu, zomwe zidathandizira kuwirikiza kawiri m'chigawo chake. Analimbana ndi kuthamangira kolimba 52% ya mavoti mu June 2019.
CdeBaca akuti wapeza china kuchokera ku DSA - a"nyumba ya politiki.โ Chimodzi mwazinthu zofunika kwambiri, akuti, ndikuchita nawo ntchito yayikulu yandale, m'malo mwa mawu amodzi m'chipululu.pa"Kwa ine, kudzipatula ngati mawu ochepa pa khonsolo, ndizomwe zimandipatsa chilimbikitso komanso ubale womwe ndikufunika kupitiliza kupita patsogolo. โ
Malo odziwikiratu kuti ma socialists m'maboma ang'onoang'ono ayambire ndikungotsutsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa ma Democrats ndi zomwe akhala akutsata pazaka makumi anayi zapitazi, monga kugulitsa katundu wa boma, kubisa ntchito zachitukuko ndikuponya ndalama zaboma ku mabungwe aboma.
Mu Ogasiti, CdeBaca adayankha""hell no" m'mawu ake amavotera Meya wa Denver a Michael Hancock kuti abwereke $160 miliyoni kumanga a 10,000-seat stadium m'boma lake, yomwe ndi imodzi mwamayesero a mzindawu kuti ayambitse chitukuko chachuma ndi a Malo a Western-themed โ"monganso kwa woweta ngโombe monga wa mโtauni.โ
CdeBaca idalankhula ndi anthu oyandikana nawo omwe adalankhula mosapita m'mbali ndi mamembala a City Council voti isanachitike.pa"Sindikufuna kukhala nawo pagululi, "adatero m'modzi, ndikuwuza kuti mzindawu ukhazikitse ndalama zonyamulira zinyalala komanso mayendedwe apagulu.
Pomaliza, ambiri a iwo 13-membala wa khonsolo adavotera fotokozani nkhaniyo kwa ovota a Denver mu Novembala. Tithokoze mwa zina chifukwa chotsutsa mawu a CdeBaca, funsoli lidzakhala losiyana ndi funso lachivomerezo chokhudza zomangamanga.
Ku Chicago, mtsogoleri wa demokalase Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa adapanga gulu loyendetsedwa ndi anthu ndondomeko yogawa malo kuti apatse nzika mphamvu zambiri pazachitukuko pambuyo pa chisankho chake 2015. Tsopano, opanga omwe akufuna kusintha magawo kuti amange makhondo apamwamba okwera ayenera kudutsa njira yolumikizirana ndi anthu. Kudzera munjira yatsopanoyi, magulu ammudzi adaletsa kugulitsa malo oimikapo magalimoto okhala ndi mzinda kwa wopanga mapulogalamu apamwamba, m'malo mwake kupanga mapulani a 100% nyumba yotsika mtengo yomwe ili pafupi ndi mayendedwe apagulu. Zinalowa pansi September 2020.
Zoyeserera zina zoyambitsa chitukuko cha m'matauni, kuphatikiza kufunikira kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu kuti akhale eni ake, zasokonekera poyang'anizana ndi mavuto azachuma.
Ku Rock Island, Ill., Alderman Dylan Parker anayesa zomwe munthu angayembekezere ngati wosocialist adzuka. 2021: universal municipal broadband. Mothandizidwa ndi City Council, Parker adapatsa dipatimenti yowona zaukadaulo mumzindawu kuti iwunikenso lingalirolo. Pamene idabweranso ndi $50 miliyoni kuyerekezera,"Tinagunda khoma la njerwa, "akutero Parker, makamaka chifukwa cha ngongole ya penshoni ya mzindawu. (Kuvotera kwa msonkho wopita patsogolo wa boma kukanathandizira izi, koma zidalephera mu Novembala 2020.)
"Zomwe ndakumana nazo m'mbuyomu 4.5 zaka,โ akuwonjezera Parker,"akuzindikira kuti njira zomwe maboma athu amapezera ndalama ndi zolakwika. โ
Izi zikukamba za kuchepa kwa chikhalidwe cha chikhalidwe cha anthu, atero a David McDonald, pulofesa wa maphunziro a chitukuko cha dziko lonse ku Queen's University, yemwe amatsata umwini wa ma municipalities padziko lonse lapansi.ku"Simungakhale ndi sosholizimu mumzinda umodzi, kapenanso sosholizimu mu gawo limodzi,โ akutero.pa"Zoyambitsa ndale zamatauni sizazikulu mokwanira kuti zikwaniritse zosintha zotere. โ
Koma okonda chikhalidwe cha anthu atha kugwiritsa ntchito ofesi yakumaloko kuti athe kuwongolera mphamvu zakusuntha komwe kumadutsa malire amizinda - kuphatikiza gulu lomwe layambiranso lomwe lalimbana ndi kuthamangitsidwa panthawi yonseyi.
Mu Julayi, mothandizidwa ndi DSA, Charlottesville, Va., mzinda woyamba kumwera kupereka ndalama zodzitetezera mwalamulo kwa obwereketsa omwe akuchotsedwa. Michael Payne, wokonza nyumba zotsika mtengo komanso membala wa DSA wosankhidwa ku Charlottesville City Council ku 2019, adawona chinthu chotsatira mu bajeti ya mzinda yomwe ikugawa $450,000 kwa malo atsopano a data apolisi. Ndiye nโchifukwa chiyani mzindawu sunagwiritse ntchito ndalamazo pothandiza kuti anthu azikhala mโnyumba zawo?
Kwa chaka chatha, mamembala a DSA adakhala sabata iliyonse ku khothi lothamangitsidwa, kudziwitsa obwereketsa za ufulu wawo, kenako kudzapezeka pamisonkhano yawo ndikupereka chithandizo chotsatira. DSA inalemba zotsatira za pafupifupi 150 milandu yothamangitsidwa pakati pa Julayi 2020 ndi March 2021โ- oposa theka la milandu yonse yomwe idafunsidwa panthawiyo.
Pamsonkano wa bajeti ya Marichi pomwe Payne adayandama lingaliro lothandizira ndalama zodzitetezera, membala wina wa khonsolo ya anthu asanu adakayikira ngati kuthamangitsidwa kukuchitika, chifukwa cha kuchotsedwa kwa boma panthawi ya mliri. Oyang'anira makhothi a Socialist adalowapo: Ngakhale eni nyumba sakanatha kuthamangitsidwa chifukwa chosalipira, adapeza njira zina, Charlottesville DSA wapampando mnzake Elizabeth Stark adauza bungweli.
Zithunzi za DSA kuwululidwa kuti gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a ochita lendi omwe analibe woyimilira mwalamulo adamaliza ndi zigamulo zowathamangitsa nthawi yomweyo. Ndipo pamene eni nyumba pafupifupi nthawi zonse anali ndi maloya, ocheperapo 8% ya alendi adachita. Zokambiranazo zidatha pomwe meya adapempha Stark kuti atumize zomwe apeza ku khonsoloyi.
Charlottesville pamapeto pake adapereka $300,000 kwa pulogalamu yothandizira oyendetsa ndege, ngakhale magulu othandizira zamalamulo akugogomezera kuti sikungakhale kokwanira kutsimikizira loya kwa wobwereka aliyense. Koma ndichiyambi chofunikira ku Virginia wochezeka ndi eni nyumba chomwe chitha kubwerezedwa kwina.
Brian Campbell, wapampando wa komiti yachilungamo ya nyumba ku Charlottesville DSA, akuyembekeza kuti pulogalamu yamzindawu imasulanso mphamvu za anthu ku Charlottesville DSA kumanga mabungwe ochita lendi komanso kufuna nyumba za anthu. Ntchito yoletsa kuthamangitsidwa ya gululi"ikuthandiza anthu kuti apulumuke ukapitalist, koma kwenikweni si socialism,โ iye akutero.
Lingaliro loyang'anira khothi ku Charlottesville lidabwera kuchokera kwa asocialists kwina. Ku Boulder, Colo., chaputala cha DSA chinatsogolera"Palibe Kuthamangitsidwa Popanda Kuyimiliraโ ndawala yomwe inafika pachimake pakuchita bwino 2020 voti referendum yotsimikizira obwereketsa ufulu wolandira uphungu.
Ku Denver, motsogozedwa ndi CdeBaca, City Council idadutsa dongosolo lofanana. DSA Denver tsopano akukankhira njira yovota kuti akhazikitse ndalama zomwe Boulder adapambana - a $75- msonkho pa unit pa eni nyumba akuluakulu.
Sam Lewis, membala wa komiti ya National Electoral Committee ya DSA, akufuna kugawana mfundo zomwe asosholisti angapite patsogolo mdera lanu, m'dziko lonselo.pa"Tikufuna kupanga anti-ALEC, "adatero, ponena za Bungwe la American Legislative Exchange Council, yomwe imapereka malamulo a ma cookie-mapiko akumanja kwa opanga malamulo.
"M'malo mwamakampani omwe ali pamwambawa pomwe olimbikitsa anthu amalemba malamulo," akutero Lewis"tingamange bwanji gulu la anthu omwe ali m'magulu a anthu omwe ali m'magulu akuluakulu kuti apange masomphenya a ndale ndi ndondomeko?"
Netiweki imeneyo inali ndi mayeso m'chilimwe 2020, pomwe asosholisti adakangana kuti ayankhe zipolowe zomwe zidachitika chifukwa cha kupha apolisi a George Floyd. Mamembala a khonsolo ya mzinda, kudzera mu mgwirizano wotayirira wa DSA, adazindikira njira zomwe zingafunikire, monga kuletsa utsi wokhetsa misozi, kuti aletse nkhanza za apolisi pomwe amathandizira ochita ziwonetsero. Pomwe andale omwe adavomerezedwa ndi DSA adalephera kuchitapo kanthu - monga ku Redwood City, Calif., Pomwe Councilwoman Diana Reddy adayamika madongosolo achitetezo amtawuniyi ndikukana kuyimba kuti apolisi abweze ndalama - mitu ina yakomweko. kudula maubwenzi.
Poganizira kuti bajeti za apolisi ndi amodzi mwa madera ochepa omwe mizinda imakhala yosinthika, asocialists adayimbira dziko lonse kuti awadule. Palibe mzinda kapena chigawo chomwe chakwanitsa kudutsa kukula kwa mabala omwe amafunidwa ndi"kuchotsera ndalama apolisiโ okonza ndi Movement for Black Lives. Koma ku Denver, CdeBaca adakhala woyamba kusankhidwa kuti apereke lingaliro la konkriti kuti achite"kuthana ndi kubweza ndalama ndikuthetsa apolisi โpakupanga"gulu lamtendereโ ndikukhazikitsa ntchito zambiri zathanzi ndi anthu.
Dongosolo"adachokera kumadera, kuchokera kwa anthu omwe akuchita ziwonetsero," atero a CdeBaca, kuphatikiza pa People's Town Hall mu June 2020 Khonsolo ya Mzindawu italetsa msonkhano wake wanthawi zonse chifukwa cha zionetsero. Adayesa kutumiza mapulaniwo kwa ovota, koma City Council idakana. Koma zoyesayesazo zidathandizira kukulitsa a Denver pulogalamu yoyankha pamavuto omwe siapolisi, yomwe tsopano ikuonedwa ngati chitsanzo cha dziko lonse, kuchokera kwa woyendetsa ndege m'chigawo chimodzi kupita ku utumiki wa mumzinda wonse.
Ku Richmond, Calif., Mzinda wa Bay Area womwe uli mumthunzi wa malo opangira mafuta a Chevron, ndondomeko yochepetsera bajeti ya apolisi mumzindawu. 20% Inalephera ndi a 3โ-โ2 City Council kuvota mu June 2020. Patapita chaka chimodzi, City Council adavomereza pulani kuti apatutse nthawi yomweyo 5% ya bajeti ya apolisi kukhala mapulogalamu owonjezera ochezera, ndi ina 5% chaka chamawa, kuphatikizapo kukhazikitsidwa kwa ofesi ya chitetezo chapafupi kuti itumize ogwira ntchito ndikupereka maphunziro a ntchito achinyamata ndi chithandizo kwa anthu omwe alibe nyumba.
Zinthu ziwiri zidapangitsa kuti khonsoloyi isinthe: Choyamba, mothandizidwa ndi DSA, a Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) adatha kupeza ambiri a City Council mu Novembala 2020. RPA ndi gulu lodziyimira pawokha, lomwe linakhazikitsidwa ndi omenyera ufulu wachipani cha Green Party komanso okonza anthu aku Latino pambuyo pake. nkhanza apolisi pa 2002 Cinco de Mayo chikondwerero.
Chachiwiri, RPA idachita kampeni yophunzitsa zandale, kuphatikiza wotumiza makalata ku banja lililonse 110,000-munthu mzinda ponena kuti apolisi anali 38% za bajeti ya mzinda.
Mike Parker, membala wa komiti yotsogolera ya RPA, akuti gawo lina lakuchita bwino kwawo ndikubweretsa anthu atsopano mumgwirizanowu - kuphatikiza ogwira ntchito mumzinda omwe azigwira ntchito. Ngakhale kukhala ndi anthu ambiri ku City Council ndikofunikira,"Tikuzindikira kuti tiyeneranso kupambana anthu ambiri mderali pazovutazi. โ
Ku Somerville, komwe asosholisti a demokalase ndi ogwirizana nawo omwe amathandizidwa ndi Revolution Yathu apanga kale ambiri olamulira, DSA ikusankha anthu asanu ndi awiri ndi chiyembekezo chopambana kugwa uku. Ewen-Campen akuthamanga popanda wopikisana naye, koma JT Scott ali pa mpikisano wopikisana, ndipo mamembala ena asanu a DSA akuthamanga ngati osankhidwa koyamba. Pambuyo pakuwonetsa bwino mu September wa Somerville 14 chisankho choyambirira, onse asanu ndi awiri adzawonekera pa voti ya November, pamodzi ndi ena anayi omwe adavomerezedwa ndi DSA ku Boston, Cambridge ndi Medford, Mass.
โ"Tikuyesera kuwonetsa anthu zomwe zingatheke mumzinda wolamulidwa ndi anthu ambiri," akutero Huang.
Kuphatikiza pa kuyitanitsa chitetezo champhamvu komanso kuyankha kwa apolisi, a"Somerville for All โslate ikulumikiza mwaluso nkhani zazikulu ngati Green New Deal ndi kusefukira kwa madzi amvula yamkuntho ndi mitengo yamtawuni, ndikuyika chidwi chachitetezo cha oyenda pansi komanso kukakamira magalimoto pokhudzana ndi milandu komanso kupirira kwanyengo.
Izi zikutsutsa mkangano womwe amati ndi pakati pa pragmatic ndi ndale.pa"Kodi mukuyang'ana kwambiri kukonza misewu ndi maenje, kapena mukunyalanyaza zinthuzo ndikungoyang'ana zinthu zazikulu zomwe simungathe kuziletsa?" akutero Ewen-Campen.ku"Sindinaziwonepo choncho.โ
Izi zimapangitsa kuti socialism yapamsewu ikhale ulemu woyenera ku ntchito zandale zazaka zapitazi komanso fanizo losavuta la momwe asosholisti amasiku ano angapitirire kupitilira izi: Pophatikiza anthu ogwira ntchito kuti asinthe madera awo, asosholisti a m'mphepete mwa msewu akuyembekeza kukhazikitsa njira yopita ku chinthu china chachikulu.
Rebecca Burns ndi membala wa Chicago DSA ndipo adagwira ntchito ku Chicago Alderman (ndi membala wa DSA) Rossana Rodriguez's City Council kampeni, koma sanatenge nawo gawo pazachisankho zomwe zafotokozedwa m'nkhaniyi.
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