Pafupifupi okonza ndi omenyera 400 adasonkhana ku yunivesite ya Massachusetts ku Amherst Marichi 19-22 pamsonkhano woyamba wa US Solidarity Economy Network, kupitilira zomwe okonza ake amayembekezera.
Mavuto azachuma akuchulukirachulukira adapangitsa kuti msonkhanowu ukhale wanthawi yake. Mutu wonse unali 'Kumanga Dziko Lina,' ndipo udakopa anthu ochokera ku East Coast, South ndi Midwest of the US, ngakhale Alaska ndi Puerto Rico. Padziko lonse, nthumwi zinachokera ku Quebec, Venezuela, Peru, Mexico, ndi Canada. Anthu adayimilira chilungamo pazachuma ndi ntchito zobiriwira, ma coops a chakudya ndi mabungwe angongole, ma coops ndi mabungwe ogwira ntchito, komanso zoyeserera zamtendere ndi chilungamo.
"Kusiyanasiyana kwathu kunali kwamphamvu komanso kopanga zinthu," atero a Julie Matthaei, membala wa komiti yogwirizanitsa ya USSEN. "Zinatithandiza kutsimikizira mgwirizano wathu, kukambirana za kusiyana, komanso kutithandiza kumvetsetsa mozama za chuma cha mgwirizano muzochitika zathu."
Mgwirizano wachuma ndi gulu lodziwika bwino lomwe limadziwika kwambiri ku Latin America, chifukwa cha anthu kutembenukirana wina ndi mnzake kuti apulumuke poyang'anizana ndi kuphwanyidwa kwa maukonde otetezedwa chifukwa cha kudalirana kwa mayiko ndi neoliberalism. Zimapangidwa ndi mabungwe a anthu wamba, ogwira ntchito omwe alanda mafakitale osiyidwa ndi mabungwe osiyanasiyana a anthu osauka akutawuni. Ku Europe ndi ku Quebec, imadziwikanso ngati gawo lazachuma, yolumikizana kwambiri ndi mabungwe ogwira ntchito, mabungwe ogwira ntchito ndi mabungwe osapindula pantchito zachitukuko. Pamodzi, chuma cha chikhalidwe ndi mgwirizano ndi champhamvu kwambiri kumeneko, ndi kupambana pakukankhira mfundo za anthu.
USSEN inakhazikitsidwa ku US Social Forum ku Atlanta, 2007, yomwe inakopa anthu pafupifupi 12,000. Omenyera ufulu wa SEN adakonza magawo ndi zokambirana zopitilira 80, ndipo netiweki idakhazikitsidwa pakati pa omwe adatenga nawo gawo. Yawonjezera ziwerengero zake kuyambira pamenepo, ndi msonkhano wa Amherst woyamba projekiti yaku US. Anasonkhana pamodzi ndi Universidad de los Andes wochokera ku Venezuela ndi RIPESS-North America, Intercontinental Social Solidarity Economy Network.
Emily Kawano, mkulu wa USSEN, adalandira aliyense pamsonkhano wotsegulira ndipo adazindikira mbiriyi. "Tikudziwa kuti chuma chamgwirizano ndi chatsopano kwa ogwira ntchito kuno ku US, koma ndife okondwa kwambiri ndi momwe akugwiritsidwira ntchito. Tili omveka bwino pa tanthauzo lake, koma nthawi yomweyo, timakonda lingaliro lakuti. timapanga nsewu pamene tikuyenda." Ethel Cote adatsata ndikufotokozera momwe bungwe la Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNET) adayimilira likukumana ndi zovuta zatsopano pakubwera nthawi yamavuto, pomwe Benito Diaz waku Venezuelan University ku Andes adafotokoza za gulu lalikulu la mgwirizano. idakhazikitsidwa ngati gawo la kusintha kwa Bolivia m'dziko lake.
Msonkhanowu udakonzedwa mozungulira pafupifupi misonkhano 70 m'malo asanu ndi atatu, ndi magawo anayi akulu akulu, komanso ulendo wotsegulira zitsanzo zam'deralo za chuma chamgwirizano ku Western Massachusetts. Okamba okwana 199 anakamba nkhani ndi kuyambitsa zokambirana.
Mituyi idakhudzanso zinthu zambiri: Ndondomeko yofananira pakukonzanso mapulani a Obama, nyumba zogwirira ntchito, malonda achilungamo, mabungwe obwereketsa ngongole, ndalama zina, ma cooperative ku Venezuela, kulanda antchito ku Argentina, zachuma zachikazi, zachuma ku Quebec, udindo wa mabungwe ogwira ntchito, mabungwe ogwira ntchito, mgwirizano wa ntchito zobiriwira, mphamvu ya dzuwa ndi zina zambiri.
Msonkhano wa Lachisanu m'mawa unali wodzaza. Elandria Williams wochokera ku Highlander Research and Educational Center ku Knoxville, Tennessee adathamangitsa anthu ndi mafotokozedwe okonzekera nkhondo zachilungamo pazachuma. "Takhala tikuchita nawo chuma chamgwirizano kuti tipulumuke kwa nthawi yayitali. Sitinagwiritsepo ntchito dzinali." Adagawana nsanja ndi Ethan Miller kuchokera ku Grassroots Economic Organising network. Anasangalala ndi gawoli ndi mapu omveka bwino azinthu zonse zomwe zimagwirizana za kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake pawindo lalikulu.
Funso lokhudzana ndi mgwirizano wachuma ndi gulu lalikulu la "ntchito zobiriwira" lidabwera koyambirira kwa msonkhano wotsegulira wokonza mfundo zomwe zikugwirizana ndi zomwe Obama akufuna. Nkhaniyi idatsindikitsidwa ndi kusankhidwa kwaposachedwa kwa Van Jones wa Green For All ku gulu la White House-Green For All ndipo a Jones amalemekezedwa kwambiri pano. Ngakhale kuti panalibe yankho logwirizana, pafupifupi onse adavomereza kuti panali kuphatikizika kwakukulu pakati pa awiriwa, ndipo mapulojekiti azachuma ogwirizana anali ndi gawo lofunikira pakuwongolera ntchito zobiriwira.
โIwo sali ofanana kwenikweni,โ anatero mmodzi mwa otenga nawo mbali. "T. Boone Pickens, munthu wachuma waku Texas yemwe akufuna kuti ma turbines onse amphepo apangitse Midwest Saudi Arabia yamphamvu yamphepo mwachiwonekere ndi gawo lazachuma chobiriwira, koma ayenera kukhala osayanjanitsika pazomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale chuma chogwirizana. umwini wa ogwira ntchito ndi anthu ammudzi ndi zina zotero.
"Mkangano wa Obama" udawonekera muzokambirana zingapo kumapeto kwa sabata. Panali malingaliro osiyanasiyana pa White House yatsopano, ndipo ambiri amamvera a Obama. Ena adalengeza kuti ndi ovota a Green, komabe, ochepa sanavutike ndi chisankho. M'malo mwake, pali zokambirana ziwiri zazikuluzikulu zoyambira ndi mikangano mumayendedwe achuma chamgwirizano pafupifupi kulikonse. Chimodzi ndi chakuti ma projekiti a SE amagwira ntchito ngati m'malo mwa misika kapena ngati njira yosinthira mkati mwawo. Zina zikukhudza boma, komanso ngati mapulojekiti a SE amakula makamaka polumikizana kunja kwa boma, kapena ngati agwirizana ndi boma kukakamiza kukonzanso kamangidwe, makamaka pamlingo wamba. Malingaliro onse awiriwa adanenedwa, koma palibe amene adawona kufunika kokakamiza kuyankha pankhaniyi.
Koma ambiri omwe adatenga nawo mbali adangosangalala ndi kukula ndi kusiyanasiyana kwa omwe adabwera, komanso adachita chidwi ndi zisankho zankhani zomwe angatsatire.
Msonkhano wa Lachisanu madzulo udakulitsa gawo la mgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi. Nancy Neamtan wochokera ku Chantier de l'รฉconomie sociale ku Quebec, maukonde a mabungwe onse omwe akukhudzidwa ndi zachuma, adalongosola kugwirizana kwakukulu ndi kayendetsedwe ka ntchito kupyolera mu nkhondo ndi zovuta zingapo, komanso momwe chuma cha anthu chilili chofunikira kwambiri kwa anthu. kupulumuka kwa ogwira ntchito, makamaka akazi ogwira ntchito. Graciela Monteagudo, polankhula ku Argentina Autonomista Project, adapereka chiwonetsero chazithunzi champhamvu pazoyeserera za anthu osauka a m'tawuni ya mdzikolo kuti akonzekere kukonzanso ma cooperatives, pomwe a Jose Sojo waku Venezuela adafotokoza zovuta zomwe zikuchitika ndi ma cooperative omwe akukhala pamsika.
Pofika Loweruka m'mawa zokambirana za msonkhanowo zinali ndi vuto lodzaza, popeza omenyera ufulu ambiri adafika ku Amherst kumapeto kwa sabata.
"Community Owned Green Jobs and Green Energy" chinali chisankho chodziwika bwino. Wokonzedwa ndi Massachusetts Coop Power, owonetsa adapereka mafotokozedwe abwino kwambiri opangira ntchito zobiriwira kwa achinyamata omwe amakhazikitsa zotenthetsera zamadzi otentha za sola m'nyumba zogona. Ngakhale mabanja omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa atha kupezerapo mwayi pakupanga mapulani angapo kuti athe kubweza ndalama zakutsogolo za mayunitsiwo pobwereka ndalama zomwe adzasungire mtsogolo pamabilu amagetsi kuchokera kumakampani othandizira.
"Ndi 'Win-Win' kuzungulira," adatero Lynn Benander wa Coop Power. Atafunsidwa za mmene anapezera achinyamata okayikitsa a mโtauniyo kuti ayambe pulogalamuyo, iye anayankha kuti: โNdinaika kapu yamadzi otentha pakati pa tebulo ndi kuwafunsa kuti, โKodi mungawatenthetse bwanji? Kenako ndinawayankha kuti, 'Chabwino, tsopano mukuchititsa bwanji kuti chipinda chino ndi nyumbayi ikhale yotentha?Taonani chowunikira, pezani kutentha, ndipo ganizirani momwe mungachiletse. adalowamo."
Msonkhano womwe unatsatira mutu wofananawo unali "Kumanga Chuma Chobiriwira Chophatikiza ndi Chofanana," choperekedwa ndi Massachusetts Green Jobs Coalition.
"Kodi timachita bwanji?" Adafunsa motele a Kalia Lydgate omwe amakonza bungwe la MAGJC. Wophunzira wouziridwa ndi Van Jones ndi buku lake, "Green Collar Economy," adapitiliza kufotokoza momwe adagwiritsira ntchito malingaliro ake kuti apange mgwirizano wamagulu osiyanasiyana omwe amaphatikiza omwe akufunika ntchito zobiriwira kwambiri. "Mukalowa m'chipinda ndipo muli anyamata oyera ovala masuti, muli ndi mavuto aakulu. Izi sizingagwire ntchito." MAJJC idakhala mgwirizano wopambana m'boma lonse komanso wolimbikitsa omwe adapeza maphunziro apamwamba pantchito ndi ndalama zomwe zidachita bwino kwambiri.
"Ichi ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zopatsa chidwi komanso zowunikira kwambiri m'moyo wanga," atero a Tylik Railey, womenyera ufulu wachinyamata wa Asbury Park Neighborhood Cooperative ku New Jersey. "Ndine wokondwa kwambiri kuti ndili m'gulu lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Popanda kudziwa zambiri za chuma cha mgwirizano, ndinali wokayika pang'ono kulowa m'dziko lino la okonza, akatswiri, ophunzira, ndi amalonda ang'onoang'ono. posakhalitsa ndinali kugawana zomwe ndakumana nazo ndi anthu omwewa."
Nthawi yamadzulo inali ndi msonkhano wokhudza ntchito. Yvon Poirier wa Canadian CED Network komanso wopuma pantchito ku Quebec trade unionist anapereka ulaliki wokhudza mbali yofunika kwambiri ya mabungwe m'magulu a chikhalidwe cha anthu ku Quebec. "Ndi boma lathu lokhazikika ku Ottawa," atero Poirier, "ndondomeko yopita patsogolo sikutheka pakadali pano." Komabe, iye anapitiriza kufotokoza njira yopita patsogolo, poyerekeza ndi US, kuti kuyambira pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1980, mabungwe a ku Quebec adagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zawo zapenshoni kuti zithandizire kukula kwachuma cha chikhalidwe cha anthu chomwe chinathandizira zosowa za anthu. Ena mumsonkhanowo adabweretsa zovuta zina ndi "bizinesi yamabizinesi" ku US, koma adawona kuti tsopano pali mwayi wambiri wogwirira ntchito pazinthu zambiri. Onse adavomereza kuti omenyera ufulu wa SEN akuyenera kutenga nawo gawo pa Nkhondo ya Employee Free Choice Act yomwe GOP Right ikuyesera kuletsa.
Ma cooperatives a ogwira ntchito ali pamtima pachuma chamgwirizano. Msonkhano wina udakambirana ntchito zingapo ku Bronx ndi New York City. Wochita nawo msonkhano Bucket von Harmony, membala wa coop yakumidzi ku Virginia, adati:
"Tinaphunzira za kuchuluka kwa antchito osamukira ku New York City omwe amachitiridwa nkhanza ndi owalemba ntchito. Choncho gulu la anthu linasonkhana ndikupanga magulu osiyanasiyana: co-op yosamalira ana, co-op, ndi co-op yoyeretsa nyumba. Iliyonse ili ndi zomanga zosiyanasiyana.Mmodzi amafuna kuti aliyense azigwira ntchito yotsatsa maola 2 pa sabata.Mgwirizano womangamanga umapatsa mwayi amayi kutenga nawo gawo pantchito yomanga yomwe sakanapezapo kale ndipo onse amalipirana molingana zivute zitani. luso lawo ndi.Ndizodabwitsa kuona momwe kugawana ndi mgwirizano kungathandizire miyoyo ya iwo omwe ali ndi nthawi yovuta kwambiri, monga momwe gulu lathu limapangidwira ndi omwe akhala ndi mwayi wambiri pa chikhalidwe cha anthu ambiri. "
Mabungwe a ngongole nawonso ndi gawo lachuma cha mgwirizano. Msonkhanowo, "Guide to Better Banking System," wokonzedwa ndi Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, udawonetsa momwe adakhudzidwira ndi vuto lazachuma, pomwe likulu lawo ladziko lidagwidwa ndi zitetezo, zomwe akuti ndi zotetezedwa za AAA. zinali zozikidwa pa ngongole zanyumba zapoizoni. "Tidzapambana," atero Cliff Rosenthal, "koma tidutsa bwino kuposa ena." Anapitiliza kufotokoza za kufunika kwa mabungwe a ngongole, omwe amagwirizanitsa, pokwaniritsa zosowa zachuma za ogwira ntchito m'deralo ndi mabungwe ammudzi.
Rosenthal adatsogoleranso pamsonkhano wa Loweruka madzulo ndi gawo lalifupi la msonkhanowo. Koma udindo wa mabungwe obwereketsa udawonekera ndi owonetsa ena omwe anali nawo: Van Temple of the National Community Land Trust, yomwe imagwira ntchito yomanga nyumba zotsika mtengo pa malo omwe anthu amakhala nawo; ndi Nick Regalado wa ku West Virginia's Coal River Mountain Watch, omwe amalimbikitsa mafamu opangira mphepo komanso amatsutsa njira ya "kuchotsa pamwamba pa mapiri" yochotsera migodi ya malasha yomwe ikuwononga mapiri a Appalachian. Gawoli lidatha ndi kuyimba kwa zigawenga kwa Julio Chavez, meya wakale wa Trujillo, Venezuela kuti agwirizane kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, komanso mgwirizano ndi njira yosinthira dziko la Bolivia yomwe ikuchitika m'dziko lake.
A cabaret a chikhalidwe cha mgwirizano anatseka madzulo ndi mphamvu zambiri. Choyamba chinali Raging Grannies, gulu lokongola lomwe likuchita nyimbo zamtendere ndi zachikhalidwe, komanso oimba angapo kuphatikiza Red Valley Fog, Jay Mankita ndi Ethan Miller. "Brick by Brick", gulu la hip-hop lamkati la mzinda linasintha mayendedwe ake ndi ndakatulo za rap zomwe zidalembedwa tsiku limenelo, kukhala chisangalalo chachikulu. Potsirizira pake, gulu la mawu olankhulidwa linawerengedwa kuchokera ku kulemba ndi kulankhula kwa atsogoleri otchuka a ntchito kwa zaka 150, ndipo anamaliza ndi aliyense atayima, akuimba nyimbo yolimbikitsa ya "Solidarity Forever." Pakati pa omenyera imvi omwe adamenya nkhondo zantchito m'zaka za m'ma 1970, panalibe diso louma lomwe lingapezeke.
Lamlungu linali tsiku lomaliza, pamene anthu ankakonzekera kukwera ndege. Misonkhano yomaliza idawonetsa imodzi mwa Ma Communes Ogwirizana motsogozedwa ndi Bucket von Harmony, ndi ina ya "Women Feminism and the Solidarity Economy" ndi Ethel Cote, Julie Matthaei, ndi Nedda Angulo wa RIPESS. Angulo adapereka chigamulo chomaliza kuitana kwa zigawenga kuti awonjezere ntchito ku makontinenti onse, ndikulimbikitsa omwe angakwanitse kuti apite ku msonkhano wa RIPESS womwe ukubwera ku Luxembourg.
Pamsonkhano wonse, SEN inali ndi "misonkhano yamabizinesi" itatu pa ntchito yomanga bungwe komanso maukonde ambiri. Linagwirizana kuti likhazikitse bungwe latsopano la oyang'anira ndi komiti yaing'ono yogwirizanitsa, komanso kuika zinthu zina zofunika patsogolo ndikuyeretsa uthenga ndi ntchito yake. Yvon Poirier wa ku Quebec ananena mwachidule mawu omaliza:
"Kalelo mu June 2007, ku Atlanta, panali anthu pafupifupi 40 pamsonkhano womaliza, mwa zokambirana 80, zomwe zinaganiza zopita patsogolo. Tsopano pali anthu pafupifupi 350 kapena 400 ku US omwe akudziwa zambiri, Ndimakondadi mwanjira ina, kulimbikitsa Solidarity Economy." Pokhala ndi zinthu zochepa, sikhala ntchito yophweka. Koma nthawi zimafuna, ndipo ngati anthu omwe adasonkhana ku Amherst ali chisonyezero, adzauka.
[Carl Davidson ndi membala wa SEN Coordinating Committee, komanso webmaster wa SolidarityEconomy.net ndi 'Progressives for Obama'. Ndi membala wa National Committee of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, http://cc-ds.org Ngati mukufuna nkhaniyi, pitani ku http://progressivesforobama.net ndipo gwiritsani ntchito batani la PayPal.]
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