Chitsime: Chowonadi
Pa Epulo 1, Khothi Lalikulu la Washington State analamulira kuti kampeni yokumbukira motsutsana ndi Kshama Sawant, phungu wa mzinda wa Seattle mopanda manyazi, atha kupitilira. Popeza adapambana zipambano zingapo za anthu ogwira ntchito, Sawant adakwiyitsa kwambiri ndi likulu.
Mphamvu zolimbana naye ndizowopsa: mabiliyoni ambiri ndi osankhika amakampani, achinyengo nyenyezi, komanso mabungwe andale omwe akufunitsitsa kuletsa munthu amene wangotsala pang'ono kuyambiranso kuchotsa udindo wosankhidwa mwa demokalase. The Kumbukirani Kshama Sawant Cholinga - chomwe chikuyitanitsa kuti a Sawant achotsedwe pamilandu yokhudzana ndi ziwonetsero zachilimwe chatha - ndi chizindikiro cha kutsutsana kwakukulu kotsutsana ndi magulu achilungamo pazachuma komanso kuchuluka kwa zigawenga za ogwira ntchito. Ngati zitheka, kumanzere kudzayenera kulimbana ndi kuchulukitsitsa kwa njira yomweyi motsutsana ndi akuluakulu osankhidwa omwe akupita patsogolo.
Kutsutsa kwa Grassroots
Kukonzekera kuthana ndi vuto ili kuchokera ku likulu ndi ufulu ndi Kshama Solidarity Campaign, gulu la omenyera ufulu wakumaloko lophatikizidwa ndi bungwe la Sawant, Socialist Alternative. Gulu lomalizali limapereka otsogolera, koma atsogoleri amgwirizano ndi ammudzi alankhulanso mu chithandizo. Kampeni yagoletsa zovomerezeka kuchokera ku 11 union locals, the Seattle Democratic Socialists of America, ndi dziko DSA, 43rd Legislative District Democrats, Atsogoleri akuda ngati omenyera ufulu wa apolisi Castill Hightower, ndi zowunikira kuphatikiza Sara Nelson ndi Noam Chomsky, pakati pa ena.
Mneneri wa Kshama Solidarity Campaign a Bryan Koulouris adafotokoza zomwe gululi likuchita Wopanda: โPosachedwapa, patangotha โโmasiku awiri chigamulo cha khothi chigamulo, tidakonza msonkhano wotalikirana ndi anthu, obisala anthu opitilira 150 omwe adabwera nawo payekha komanso pafupifupi 5,000 akuwonera pa intaneti.โฆ mamembala opitilira 450,000 amgwirizano omwe ali mdera la Seattle. "
Magawo oyamba othana ndi kubwezeretsedwako aphatikiza kulumikizana ndi omwe akukhudzidwa ndikuwalimbikitsa kuti asasainire pempho loti akumbukire Sawant akangoyamba kuzungulira. Ndi kugogoda pakhomo komwe kwatsekeredwa ndi mliri womwe ukupitilira, zovuta zomwe zikubwera, koma Solidarity Campaign yakhazikitsa dongosolo lakubanki lamafoni molimbika komanso kutsatsa kwakutali.
"Kampeni yathu yayikulu, yotetezedwa ndi COVID ikupita patsogolo ndipo ikhala ikulimbana ndi mabodza a kampeni yokumbukira anthu opita kumanja mwamphamvu ndi ndale za ogwira ntchito m'masabata ndi miyezi ikubwerayi," adatero Koulouris. Komabe chifukwa cha thandizo lake lalikulu lazachuma komanso chikoka m'ma TV am'deralo, sizokayikitsa kuti, mkati mwa masiku 180 omwe aperekedwa, Kumbukirani kuti Kshama Sawant azitha kusonkhanitsa masiginecha pafupifupi 10,700 ofunikira kuti athetse vutolo pamavoti.
Gadfly ya Amazon
Mu September, woweruza wa King County adavomereza milandu inayi mwa zisanu ndi chimodzi motsutsana ndi Sawant ndikulola kuti kukumbukira kupitirire. Sawant anachita apilo mwezi wotsatira. Unali apilo iyi yomwe Khothi Lalikulu ku Washington linakana pa Epulo 1, kulola milandu itatu. Mlandu woyamba wa pempho lokumbukira mwina ndi wopepuka kwambiri: umatsutsa Sawant chifukwa kutumiza maulalo to Tax Amazon zoyezera zovotera patsamba lake la khonsolo ya mzinda. (Ena atha kuzitcha zachinyengo kuti izi zimanenedwa ngati kusamvana kwachidwi pambuyo pa Amazon adapanga zopereka zosunga mbiri kwa ofuna kulowa khonsolo yomweyi.) Milandu ina ya pempholi ndi yakuti adatsogolera ziwonetsero kunyumba ya Meya wa Seattle Jenny Durkan, kuwulula adilesi ya Durkan panthawiyi, ndi amalola ziwonetsero ku City Hall panthawi ya zionetsero za Black Lives Matter mu June.
Zikuwonekeratu kuti kudana ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa Sawant kumachokera mwachindunji pazopindula zomwe adapeza kwa anthu ogwira ntchito ku Seattle.
Kulembera Jacobin, Sawant adayankha kuti: "Si mwangozi kuti milandu iwiri mwa anayi omwe adandiimbidwa mlanduwo ikugwirizana mwachindunji ndikuthandizira kwanga kwa Justice pa ziwonetsero za George Floyd. ... Si zangozi kuti mlandu waukulu wa kampeni yokumbukira pagulu lawo mpaka pano ndi zopanda pake. amanena kuti ndinalimbikitsa โkusamvera malamuloโ pochirikiza gulu la Black Lives Matter, lomwe linkaukira gulu latsankho.โ
Tsamba la Kshama Solidarity Campaign nawonso imapanga yankho lake mpaka pamilandu yoyamba: โKshama sanaphwanye lamulo, ndipo milandu inayi yokumbukira anthu onse si yolondola. Akuwukiridwa chifukwa chochita ndendende zomwe adasankhidwa kuti achite: kuyimilira anthu ogwira ntchito, madera osasankhidwa komanso magulu amagulu. โ Chifukwa cha machitidwe okumbukira a Seattle, Sawant sanapatsidwe mwayi wotsutsa zowona za zomwe akunamizira kukhothi. Lamulo la boma likunena kuti kutsimikizirika kwa milandu kuli pambali pa mfundoyo. Nkhani yokhayo yomwe ili pafupi ndi yakuti ngati milandu yomwe yaperekedwa ndi yochotsamo - ndipo khoti lalikulu la boma lawona kuti ndi choncho.
Aka sikoyamba kukumbukira zopempha adalunjika ku Sawant. Ndipo choyenera kudziwa ndikuti Khothi Lalikulu la Washington lomwelo lomwe lidatsimikizira kukumbukira kwa Sawant anali ataletsa mogwirizana kuti akumbukire motsutsana ndi Meya Jenny Durkan chifukwa cholola apolisi kuti agwiritse ntchito zida zowongolera anthu polimbana ndi ziwonetsero zachilimwe chatha. Bwalo lomwelo linali nalonso adakana kukumbukira sheriff wakumanja yemwe anakana kutsatira ziletso za chigoba. Ndipo izo zinali adatsimikiza kuchotsedwa ntchito za kukumbukira motsutsana ndi khonsolo ya Yakima City yemwe adalimbikitsa anthu kuti asamvere malangizo a COVID. Milandu pamilandu yonseyi inali yayikulu kwambiri kuposa ya Sawant - zomwe zikuwonetsa momwe zisankho zake zinali zandale.
N'zosadabwitsa kuti pakhala pali mkangano wotsutsana ndi Sawant, chifukwa cha kupambana komwe adachita polimbikitsa chilungamo cha chikhalidwe cha anthu ndi zachuma kuchokera kumpando wake wokhawokha wa khonsolo ya mzinda. Anathandizira kwambiri kukankha Council kupereka malipiro ochepa a $ 15 ku Seattle mu 2014, muyeso wamtengo wapatali womwe unayika nkhaniyi pazochitika za dziko.
Sawant watsimikiziranso kuti ndi munga wokhazikika kumbali ya Amazon. Mu 2018, kampaniyo idatsegula nkhokwe zake zopanda malire ndipo idakwanitsa tsitsani imodzi mwazomwe adachitapo kale zamisonkhos ndi kusefukira kwa ndalama. Mu chisankho cha 2019, anti-Sawant PACs adawononga ndalama zake zothandizira PAC ndi chiลตerengero cha 600 ku 1, malinga ndi Seattle njira ina sabata iliyonse Mlendo. Amazon yokha adatulutsa $1.5 miliyoni kuti agonjetse a Sawant ndi ofuna kupita patsogolo pachisankho chimenecho. Komabe, kuyesa kwa kampaniyo kugula khonsolo yamzindawu kudalephereka: Sawant adasankhidwanso, ndipo awiri okha mwa asanu ndi awiri omwe adasankhidwa ndi Amazon adapambana maudindo.
Womaliza wosankhidwa wa Socialist ku Seattle, Anna Louise Strong, adachotsedwa paudindo pokumbukira mu 1918.
Mu Julayi 2020, ndime ya a Sawant idathandizidwa JumpStart msonkho wolipira zidabweretsa vuto lalikulu motsutsana ndi titan yamakampani. Iye Tax Amazon kampeni anali wotsogolera wamkulu wa malamulo a mbiri yakale; ndalama zake zithandizira chithandizo cha coronavirus, ndipo pambuyo pake, nyumba zobiriwira, zomangidwa ndi mgwirizano zotsika mtengo. Iyenso adapambana chiletso chothamangitsidwa m'nyengo yozizira ndi kuletsa apolisi kugwiritsa ntchito zida za mankhwala ndi zokopa. Ndipo, pa Marichi 29, 2021, bilu yothandizidwa ndi Sawant yopereka uphungu. idavomerezedwa ndi khonsolo ya mzinda - sitepe yaikulu yolimbana ndi vuto la nyumba mumzindawu.
Kukayikitsa Patronage
Zikuwonekeratu kuti kudana ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa Sawant kudachokera pachindunji chomwe adapeza kwa anthu ogwira ntchito ku Seattle, chifukwa cholepheretsa kupindula ndi chonyansa pazokonda zamakampani. Monga momwe mneneri wa Kshama Solidarity Campaign a Bryan Koulouris ananenera:
Apanso, Kshama ali patsogolo pakulimbana, gulu la Amazon Tax pamapeto pake lidapeza misonkho pa olemera kwambiri komanso mabizinesi akulu kuti athe kulipirira nyumba zabwino. Lingaliro limeneli ndilotchuka kwambiri, ndipo amalonda aakulu sakufuna kuti lifalikire. Amawona mayendedwe omwe akupambana ku Seattle ndi Kshama kutsogolo kenako ndikukula mdziko lonse.
Buku lawo losewera pano ndi lodziwika bwino. Kampeni yokumbukira, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ndi pempho loyamba loperekedwa ndi a Seattleite dzina lake Ernest Lou, ikufuna kukhala kuyesetsa kwapagulu: kulowererapo kwa anthu okonda zachitukuko, kuwonetsa nkhawa zachikhulupiriro chifukwa chakhalidwe loyipa la Sawant. Sichinthu chamtunduwu.
Pomwe adawonekera pawayilesi yotsatizana, Lou anadzizindikiritsa yekha monga "...mzika wamba. ... Ndine wokonda kukhetsa magazi kwambiri ... Ndili kutali ndi ndale zamabizinesi omwe ali kumanja." Koma tsamba la LinkedIn la Lou likuwoneka kuti likutsutsa zonena zake zakutali ndi bizinesi yayikulu ya Seattle. Ntchito yake yam'mbuyomu ikuphatikiza Microsoft, Amazon, ubale wamakampani ku Seattle University's College of Science and Engineering, komanso director of corporate partnerships ku Go Forward to Work (โgulu la atsogoleri abizinesiโ). Iyenso ndi CEO wa kampani yotsatsa zaukadaulo. Mosasamala kanthu, pamene kampeni ikulowa gawo lotsatira, Lou ali tsopano kupita kumbali kulola kuti kuchotsedwako kuyendetsedwe ndi komiti yotsogozedwa ndi Democrat Henry Bridger II wodziyimira pawokha.
Ndipo pali kulumikizana kwakuya pakati pa mphamvu zamabizinesi ndi kampeni ya Recall Kshama Sawant. Poyamba, kampeniyi idapempha omwe adapereka ndalama kuti achepetse zopereka zawo mpaka $25. Izi ziyenera kuti zinawerengedwa kuti akwaniritse zolinga ziwiri zokhazikitsira kawonekedwe ka zochitika zazing'ono zazing'ono ndikulola opereka ndalama kuti asadziwike pansi pa malamulo aulula. Posachedwapa, kampeni idasiya kunyengezera komanso anatsegula zipata kwa opereka ndalama okulirapo - kuwulula ambiri osankhika amakampani pakati pawo, kuphatikiza oyang'anira Airbnb ndi Merrill Lynch, ogulitsa ndi azandalama.
Wapampando wa komiti yokumbukira Bridger adanena kuti kampeni ilibe "billionaire". Izi ndizovuta: mwina sakugwira ntchito mu komitiyi, koma Kumbukirani kuti Kshama Sawant atha kudzitamandira chifukwa chothandizidwa ndi Jeannie Nordstrom, mkazi wa bilionea wamkulu wa Nordstrom, ndi chithandizo wa mabiliyoniire real estate mogul ndi wopereka Trump a Martin Selig. Kujowina ndi kale Sawant chisankho wotsutsa Egan Orion, yemwe adalandira ndalama za Amazon panthawi yomwe adalephera kuchita kampeni ndipo adaperekanso zoyeserera ndi mndandanda wamakalata wa omwe adamuthandizira.
Ntchitoyi walembanso ganyu John McKay, yemwe anali loya wakale wa US pansi pa George W. Bush, kuti awayimire kukhoti. Makalata onyezimira ndi chikwangwani chachikulu ndi volley yokha ya kampeni. Ndizotsimikizika kuti ndalama zina zamabizinesi, zowonekera komanso zobisika, zidzaperekedwa kwa Recall Kshama Sawant.
Kukumbukiraku kumalonjeza kuti padzakhala mkangano waukulu, mkangano pakati pa ochirikiza a Sawant ndi zokonda za capitalist zomwe zikukakamira kuti athetse chiwopsezo cha chitsanzo chabwino. Ikuwonetsa kusinthika kwamtsogolo ndi likulu komanso njira yomweyo yatumizidwa kale motsutsana ndi Woyimira Chigawo cha San Francisco Chesa Boudin. Komabe, monga amanenera, zinthu zikasintha, zimasintha kwambiri. Monga Nathalie Graham adatchulidwa in Mlendo, womaliza wosankhidwa wa socialist ku Seattle, Anna Louise Strong, anachotsedwa paudindo wake pokumbukira kuti mu 1918.
Kshama Solidarity Campaign ikukumana ndi zopinga zazikulu poteteza wodziwika bwino wachilungamo pazachuma ndi mafuko kuti asabwezere. Koma ndi mayendedwe odziyimira pawokha pakona ya Sawant, ndewuyo ikhoza kukhala yovuta kwambiri kuposa momwe olamulira angakonde.
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