Gwero: The American Prospect
Ku New York ku New York pa June 23 Democratic pulayimale idatulutsa zotsatira za zivomezi. Wapampando wa 16 wa Komiti Yowona Zakunja kwa Nyumba, Eliot Engel, adagonjetsedwa ndi Jamaal Bowman, wamkulu wa Bronx; ndipo boma likukonzekera kutumiza amuna awiri oyambirira achiwerewere a Black ku Congress, Ritchie Torres (yemwenso ndi Latino) ndi Mondaire Jones.
Bowman, Torres, ndi Jones onse anali ndi zipambano zokhutiritsa zomwe zinali zowonekera, ngati sizinali zovomerezeka, patangopita Tsiku la Chisankho. Koma kwa milungu ingapo, zotsatira zidachedwetsedwa chifukwa cha chidwi cha ofuna kupita patsogolo ndi demokalase, omwe adakana kupambana kwawo kukhala ndi gawo lililonse pazokambirana zomwe zidatsatiridwa. Mitundu yonse isanu yamalamulo aboma yomwe imayang'aniridwa ndi a Democratic Socialists of America-mipando iwiri ya Assembly State ndi mipando iwiri ya Senate ya boma ku Brooklyn (imodzi yoyendetsedwa ndi wolamulira wa demokalase, Julia Salazar), komanso chigawo cha Assembly State ku Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ku Queens. -zinabweretsa zigonjetso.
Jabari Brisport, mphunzitsi wa masamu yemwe adathamanga ngati Green for City Council mu 2017, adapambana pampando wa Senate ya Brooklyn. Phara Souffrant Forrest, namwino waku Haiti waku America, adapambana pampando wa Msonkhano womwe udadutsana ndi Brisport. Marcela Mitaynes, womenyera ufulu wa ochita lendi ku America waku Peru, adapambana pampando wina waku Brooklyn, pomwe Zohran Mamdani, mlangizi wazotseka, adapambana pampando wa Queens. Membala wina wa DSA yemwe sanavomerezedwe ndi bungwe, Emily Gallagher, adagonjetsa mtsogoleri wazaka 24. Otsatira angapo akumanzere a Assembly mothandizidwa ndi Working Families Party adapambananso: Khaleel Anderson ndi Jessica Gonzรกlez-Rojas adagonjetsa ndale zamakina ku Queens, ndipo Anna Kelles adatenga mpando wa Msonkhano ku Ithaca.
Zotsatira zake, zomwe zidzatsimikiziridwa pambuyo pa chisankho chachikulu mu November, zidzakhazikitsa imodzi mwa nyumba zamalamulo ku New York kwazaka zambiri.
Zotsatira zake, zomwe zidzatsimikiziridwa pambuyo pa chisankho chachikulu mu November, zidzakhazikitsa imodzi mwa nyumba zamalamulo ku New York kwazaka zambiri. Zaka zingapo zapitazo, gulu la ma Democrat otsamira kumanja a Senate adakambirana ndi ma Republican, ndikuyika chipindacho pansi pa ulamuliro wa GOP. Mu 2021, sikuti ma Democrats azingoyang'anira zipinda zonse ziwiri, koma ku Albany kudzakhala anthu odzitcha okha omwe amadzifotokozera okha ku Albany kuposa nthawi iliyonse kuyambira 1920, kutalika kwa post-Bolshevik Red Scare, pomwe mamembala asanu a Socialist Party ku New York anali. kuthamangitsidwa m'chipinda chifukwa"osayenera umembala.โ Zaka zana pambuyo pake, asanuwo tsopano asinthidwa, ndiyeno ena.
ZIMENE MUNGAFOTOKOZE ino kuzuzikizya mbaakani yamupati mubusena bwaku New York City? A Sochie Nnaemeka, wamkulu wa boma la New York la Working Families Party, akuti zipambano zomwe zasonkhanitsidwa zikuyimira kuyankha pamasankho pamavuto awiri: nkhanza za apolisi ndi COVID-19. โKupambanaku kunali kutengera momwe tidalimo, pomwe mbali ina muli ndi mliri wapadziko lonse lapansi womwe ukuyambitsa kusokonekera kwachuma ndikupha anthu masauzande ambiri, ndipo kwina New York kukhala pachimake chamavuto; mazana masauzande a anthu aku New York anali kuguba mumsewu poyankha vuto la nkhanza za apolisi,โ adatero. "Choncho zomwe tidawona zinali kulumikizana kwenikweni ndikumveka bwino pakufunika kolumikizana ndi ziwonetsero; kutenga chisoni ndi mkwiyo umene anthu a ku New York anali nawo ndi kuwasandutsa zisankho.โ
Sumathy Kumar, wapampando wa New York City DSA, adati kupambana kwa Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez kunathandizira kukonza njira ya bungwe, kuwapatsa mapulani opambana. Ocasio-Cortez adavomereza anthu anayi mwa asanu omwe adasankhidwa pamwambo wa DSA wa 2020.
"AOC idapangitsa kupambana kukhala kotheka kwa anthu," adatero Kumar. "Kwa anthu ogwira ntchito amitundu yosiyanasiyana, kupambana kwake kunawapangitsa kuganiza kuti, 'Inenso ndikhoza kuthamanga ndipo ndikhoza kupambana.' โAnawonjezera kuti mpikisano wa AOC unatsindika ku NYC DSA kufunikira koyimilira chitukuko cha akatswiri, ndikuwonjezera minofu yokonzekera. ku malingaliro okopa kwa achinyamata komanso osiyanasiyana amzindawu. "Tsopano DSA ikuwona ngati ikhoza kukhala malo ogulitsira anthu omwe akuthamangira maudindo. Zomwe ndi zosangalatsa kwambiri kuti titha kukwaniritsa maudindo athu onse omwe kampeni ikufunika kuti tipambane. โ
Kupambanaku kukubwera chisankho cha 2021 chisanachitike ku New York City, pomwe mamembala onse 50 a City Council anyamuka, komanso meya, woyimira boma, woyang'anira, ndi maloya achigawo cha Brooklyn ndi Manhattan. Otsatirawa ndi DA yamphamvu kwambiri mdziko muno, chifukwa nthawi zambiri amatsogolera pakuzenga milandu ku Wall Street. Kusintha kwa ndale za mzindawo pamlingo wa boma ndi feduro kukubweranso mumzindawu.
Chimodzi mwazinthu zodziwika bwino kwambiri zomwe zigonjetso za kumanzere zidzakhudza kwambiri malamulo a nyumba, popeza gawo limodzi mwa magawo anayi a obwereketsa ku New York City sanaperekepo malipiro kuyambira Marichi, pamwamba pavuto lomwe linalipo kale. Opambanawo alonjeza chitetezo chowonjezera chowongolera lendi komanso msonkho wa pied-ร -terre, womwe ungalipiritse anthu okhala kunja kwa mzindawu chifukwa cha malo opanda anthu.
Mmodzi mwa madera konkire ndondomeko kumene kupambana kwa kumanzere adzakhala ndi chikoka ndi pa ndondomeko nyumba.
Kupambana kwamalamulo aboma "kunali kokhudza gulu lomwe likupeza mphamvu," atero a Cea Weaver, wogwirizira mgwirizano wa Housing Justice for All, womwe udapambana kukulitsa ufulu wa renter ku New York mu 2019. "Mwa anthu omwe adasankhidwa, atatu mwa iwo adamangidwa pochita ziwonetsero zakuti akufuna kukhala ndi nyumba zotsika mtengo m'gulu laposachedwa."
Popeza kuti bwanamkubwa wa New York Andrew Cuomo nthawi zambiri amadana ndi mfundo zomwe zikupita patsogolo, Weaver ndi ogwirizana nawo akuyembekeza kuti mamembala atsopanowo akakamiza Sipikala wa Msonkhano wa New York Carl Heastie ndi Mtsogoleri wa Senate Majority Andrea Stewart-Cousins. "Phara, Jabari, kapena Marcela yekha sangathe kutenga Gov. Cuomo," adatero Weaver. "Cholinga chawo ndikupanga msonkhano womwe udzakakamize Carl ndi Andrea kugwirira ntchito limodzi kukakamiza Cuomo kupanga mfundo zosiyanasiyana."
JABARI BRISPORT ANAKULA ku Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, mโbanja logwirizana. Abambo ake anali membala wa Sheet Metal Workers, ndipo amayi ake, a Communications Workers of America. Monga ananenera, "Chilungamo cha chikhalidwe cha anthu chinali kupezeka m'nyumba mwanga nthawi zonse." Brisport, yemwe ali ndi zaka 33 ndipo amadziwika kuti ndi LGBTQ, adayamba kuchita ndale zolimbikitsa maukwati a amuna kapena akazi okhaokha ku New York m'chaka cha 2009. "Iyi inali nthawi yoyamba yomwe ndinachita nawo mbali kuti ndipeze abwenzi kuti aitane maseneta awo," adatero. Brisport. โNdinapeza anthu kuti azindichirikiza ndi kukopa. Titaluza, zinandipangitsa kudziona ngati nzika yaciลตili.โ
Brisport adabwereranso ku mafoni ndi m'misewu mu 2011 ndipo adathandizira kupeza ufulu wokwatirana ndi amuna kapena akazi okhaokha m'boma. โZimenezi zinandisonyeza mphamvu ya ndale,โ iye anatero. Vutoli litagwidwa, Brisport adapitilizabe kuchita nawo gulu la Black Lives Matter pambuyo pa kuphedwa kwa Michael Brown.
Kampeni yoyamba yachisankho yomwe Brisport adachita nayo inali kampeni ya Purezidenti wa 2016 a Bernie Sanders, chifukwa "ngati nditasankha wina yemwe ndidagwirizana naye, ndiyenera kuchita ziwonetsero zochepa," adatero. Mโchilimwe chimenecho, anayamba kuphunzira zandale. "Ndinaphatikiza pamodzi kuti ukapolo unali chitsanzo cha capitalism, pomwe anthu akuda adagulitsidwa pamsika ndipo amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chikole kumabanki, ndikuwona momwe capitalism yosankhana mitundu idabweza anthu akuda, komanso momwe kufunafuna ndalama kumasungitsira anthu akuda. pansi.โ Chaka chotsatira, Brisport adalumikizana ndi DSA, adachita chidwi ndi njira yake yochitira kampeni. Adaganiza zokhala paudindo usiku wa chisankho cha Trump, akuganiza kuti, "Izi ndizovuta. Ndiyenera kuchita chinachake. Sizinakonzedwenso ku City Council. Ndiyenera kuthamangira kuudindo wakuderali kuti nditeteze dera langa. โ
Chaka chotsatira, Brisport adatenga 29 peresenti ya mavoti ngati Green, chiwerengero chochititsa chidwi kwa munthu wachitatu mumzinda womwe ukulamulidwa ndi Democratic Party. Ndi kupambana kwa AOC ndi Julia Salazar mu 2018, Brisport adawona kuti atha kupambana pamwambo wopikisana nawo wa Democratic.
Chaka chotsatira, mโmisonkhano ya Brisport ndi nthambi ya zisankho ya DSA, โNdinadzutsa chikhumbo chachikulu chofuna kusathamanga ndekha nthaลตi ino, chifukwa kupikisana nawo paudindo ndi chinthu chosungulumwa kwenikweni,โ iye anatero. Pamapeto pake, DSA idalemba anthu omwe akufuna.
Slate idapanga gulu, Brisport adalongosola. โTinatumizirana meseji pagulu kuti, 'Kodi mwapanikizika?' Iye anati: 'Nanenso ndili ndi nkhawa.' Zinali zabwino kwambiri. Zinalinso zabwino kwambiri pokonzekera kukulitsa mawu a wina ndi mnzake. Tidatulutsa mapulatifomu olumikizana nawo. Phara ndi makampeni anga anali ogwirizana kwambiri. "
Brisport amasangalala ndi lingaliro loti demokalase ya demokalase imangokhala kwa zaka chikwi zoyera. Nkhani ngati masukulu opangira ma charter omwe amakoka ndalama kuchokera kumaphunziro aboma komanso zovuta zachipatala zamagulu abizinesi ndizopezeka paliponse, adatero. "Ndizoseketsa, pamene ndinali kuyendetsa mlongo wanga akunena kuti, 'Leka kunena kuti ndiwe socialist, anthu sangafune kukuvota.' Koma ovota achikulire akuda amavomerezana ndi zonse zomwe asosholisti amanena. "
Brisport amasangalala ndi lingaliro loti demokalase ya demokalase imangokhala kwa zaka chikwi zoyera.
Chilimbikitso cha Phara Souffrant Forrest kuti athamangire chinabwera chifukwa chozindikira kuti ndale ndizomwe zimayendetsedwa ndi olemera. Forrest adapita kusukulu zaboma ku K-12 komanso ku koleji komanso kusukulu yomaliza maphunziro, ndipo adayamba kugwira ntchito ali ndi zaka 16, kenako adakhala namwino. Forrest anati: โNdinkangoona kuti palibe anthu ogwira ntchito okwanira. "Ndichifukwa chake tikulandira mfundo zambiri zosayenera zomwe zimaperekedwa popanda anthu wamba."
Forrest, yemwe anabadwira ndikukulira ku Crown Heights, ndi mbadwa za anthu ochokera ku Haiti. Amayi ake ndi ogwira ntchito m'bungwe la zaumoyo, ndipo abambo ake omwalira anali ophika mkate. Bambo ake omupeza ankagwira ntchito yoyendetsa taxi. Akukhalabe m'nyumba yomwe wakhalamo kuyambira ali ndi zaka ziwiri, ndipo adaganiza zothamangira atamangidwa pachiwonetsero cha ochita ziwonetsero ku Albany mu June 2019, ndipo apolisi adachita zachiwawa. "Tidakonza izi, takonzekera izi, koma sitinali okonzeka kuchita ziwawa," adatero. Ndikungofuna kulipira lendi mwaulemu pang'ono ndipo mukundimenya chifukwa cha izi.
Bambo ake a Forrest anali m'gulu la anthu a ku Haiti omwe anali achangu pothandizira a Fanmi Lavalas, chipani cha ndale cha wansembe wakale wa zaumulungu Jean-Bertrand Aristide, yemwe adachotsedwa mu zigawenga zothandizidwa ndi US mu 1991 ndi 2004. Anakulira mu chikhalidwe cha ndale. akugwirizana ndi abambo ake paziwonetsero zotsutsana ndi Haiti ndi nkhanza za apolisi.
Monga mtsogoleri wa Crown Heights Tenant Union, Forrest ankawoneka ngati mtsogoleri wandale. โAnthu anali atandiyandikira kuti athawe, zionetsero zisanachitike, ndipo ndinayankha kuti, โAyi! Ndine namwino,'โ adatero. โChiwonetserocho chitatha, ndinati, 'Chabwino, ndithamange.'
Kampeni ya Forrest idayika patsogolo kukulitsa ubale ndikukonzekera kuposa kupambana kwa othandizira omwe analipo kale. Siletiyo itapanga nsanja yofanana, kulinganizako kudabwera mwachibadwa. "Anthu anali ndi mwayi wopeza zambiri kuposa kungondithandizira ndekha," adatero Forrest. "Tinakumana ndi zovuta."
CHIPANI CHA MABANJA OGWIRA NTCHITO wakhala akupambana makampeni ku New York kuyambira kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1990, ndipo ndi ntchito yotsogola kwambiri, yokhala ndi antchito ambiri olipidwa oyenerera. Nyumba yosungiramo talente ndi chidziwitso ichi inali yofunika kwambiri pazopambana zambiri, makamaka za Bowman, zomwe zidakumana ndi kuchuluka kwa ndalama zakunja. Ntchito yokonzekera ya DSA, kumbali ina, idakula bwino chifukwa cha odzipereka olimbikitsidwa omwe adatengera zomwe adawavomereza.
"Monga socialists, tikudziwa kuti njira yokhayo yomwe tingapambane ndi mphamvu ya anthu," atero a Kumar a DSA. "Ndicho chifukwa chake timayang'ana kwambiri zomanga ndi kuphunzitsa mamembala athu kuti akhale okonzekera omwe angagwire ntchito molimbika. Lingaliro limayang'anira ntchito yonseyi. "
Izi zidayenda bwino pamakampeni a Brisport's ndi Forrest, osankhidwawo adatero. M'mwezi wa chisankho, kampeni ya Forrest inatha kukhazikitsa ntchito yatsopano yodzipereka ya anthu osachepera 15 maola atatu aliwonse. Amagwira nawo ntchito zama foni ndi mameseji, komanso kukonza maubale, ndi anthu odzipereka ongodzipereka omwe amafikira ma network awo m'boma. Forrest anati: โTinali ndi mapositikhadi pafupifupi 2,000โanthu olemba pamanja. "Zonse zidayamba mu Okutobala, koma kuwona zomwe tidamanga kumapeto kwa Juni zinali zochititsa chidwi."
Mkati mwa mliriwu, "Ndikanadziwitsa anthu odzipereka kuti ndiwe munthu woyamba kulankhula naye tsiku lonse."
Ngakhale kulephera kugogoda zitseko chifukwa cha mliriwu, okonza mapulaniwo adalimbikitsa anthu odzipereka kuti azichita nawo mavoti pazokambirana zokhuza nkhanizo. "Tinkakambirana ndi anthu za masomphenya a ndale ndikugwirizanitsa ndi nkhani zawo," atero a Fainan Lakha, woyang'anira kampeni ku Brisport.
Kupambanaku kwakhudza kale zisankho za 2021 ku New York City, ndipo zapereka mphamvu ku makampeni ena a DSA omwe akukhudzidwa ndi chisankhochi, makamaka kampeni youkira boma ya Jackie Fielder ku Senate ya boma ku San Francisco. Kupambana kwawo kutangolengezedwa, omwe adapambana ku New York adachita nawo msonkhano wapaintaneti wa Fielder, yemwe adachita bwino pama primaries a Marichi ndipo adawombera mdani wake, Scott Wiener, mopanda chifukwa. wokwiya mabungwe ogulitsa nyumba (omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala mzati wamanja wa Democratic Party ku California), zomwe zimatsogolera ambiri a iwo kusiya zotsimikizira zawo.
Kumar ali ndi chiyembekezo chothandizana ndi Working Families Party pantchito yawo yogwirizana kuti asinthe ndale mumzinda ndi boma. Tiffany Cabรกn, wachiwembu wa Socialist yemwe adataya kampeni yoyimira loya wachigawo cha Queens ndi mavoti 60 mu 2019, wawonetsa kuti adzapikisana nawo ku City Council m'boma lomwe likuphatikizana ndi a DSA Assemblyman, Zohran Mamdani's. Iye ndi wokonda kwambiri kuti apambane. Brisport yakambirana za cholinga chosankha City Council ya anthu ambiri mu 2021.
Brisport idatsindika kulumikizana kwa anthu pamakampeni awo oyendetsedwa ndi anthu. Mliriwu uli mkati, "Ndikanadziwitsa anthu odzipereka kuti ndiwe munthu woyamba kulankhula naye tsiku lonse," adatero Brisport. "Dziwani izi ndipo dziwani kukongola komwe mukufalitsa pompano."
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