Gwero: Counterpunch
Mbiri ya capitalism yaku America ili ndi nkhanza zamakampani, ziwopsezo komanso nkhanza kwa anthu ogwira ntchito tikamayimira ufulu wathu.
Komabe ngakhale Amazon idachita zonse, kuyesa kulanda Seattle City Hall chaka chino, anthu ogwira ntchito adangomenya munthu wolemera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi poyendetsa kampeni yamphamvu kwambiri yomwe idachitikapo mumzinda wathu. Tikamamenya nkhondo, tikhoza kupambana.
Kupita mu chaka chamawa, tiyenera kutenga tsamba lina kuchokera m'buku la kupambana ogwira ntchito molimbika: tikuyenera kumenya chitsulo chikatentha.
Nthawi zambiri, mabungwe a capitalism amawonetsetsa kuti mphamvu zandale zili kumbali ya olemera kwambiri, chifukwa ali ndi makampani, ma media ambiri, komanso andale ambiri.
Choncho pamene anthu ogwira ntchito ali ndi mphamvu kumbali yathu, tiyenera kuyesetsa kuti tigwire.
Tili ndi mwayi komanso udindo. Malinga ndi Regional Affordable Housing Task Force, King County ikufunika nyumba 244,000 zowonjezera zogula pofika 2040 kuti athetse vuto lakuya la Seattle.
Sitingathe kuvomereza momwe zinthu zilili pano.
Ichi ndichifukwa chake pa Januware 13th, Socialist Alternative ndi ine, pamodzi ndi maufulu ena opita patsogolo, obwereketsa, ogwira ntchito, mabungwe ndi omenyera ufulu wa anthu, tidzakhala. kuyambitsa 2020 Tax Amazon kulimbana ndi msonkhano ku Washington Hall. Izi zidzaphatikizidwa ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwanga kwa nthawi yanga yachitatu pa City Council, komwe Sara Nelson, Purezidenti Wadziko Lonse wa American Flight Attendants Association, adzandilumbiritsa.
Pamwambowu, tikhala tikuyambitsanso Amazon Tax monga bungwe loyambira kumenyera msonkho wamphamvu pamabizinesi akuluakulu a Seattle kuti athandizire ndalama zanyumba.
Sara Nelson adachita nawo gawo lalikulu pakugonjetsa kutsekedwa kwa boma la Purezidenti Trump lotsutsana ndi anthu othawa kwawo kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2019. Pokonzekera malo oti awononge anthu ambiri, oyendetsa ndege okonzekera komanso oyendetsa ndege adawopsyeza Trump ndi GOP kuti apereke.
M'nkhani yake yomwe ayenera kuwerenga mu Jacobin koyambirira kwa chaka chino, Sara Nelson akuti, โAnthu amaganiza kuti mphamvu ndi chinthu chochepa, koma kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu kumamanga mphamvu. Ogwira ntchito akangolawa mphamvu zathu, sitidzangokhalira kuchita zoipa. Ndipo sitidzaima pomwe wina akhumudwitsidwa, mwina. โ
Ndikukhulupirira kuti izi zikulankhula mwachindunji ndi mtundu wa mgwirizano ndi njira zomenyera nkhondo zomwe zidzafunike chaka chino munkhondo yathu yokhometsa msonkho mabizinesi akulu.
Maphunziro a 2018
Mu 2018, gulu lathu linali ndi cholinga chodziwikiratu komanso chodziwikiratu pomwe lidayambitsa Misonkho ya Amazon pamabizinesi akulu amtawuni yathu: kuyambitsa mwachangu kuthana ndi vuto limodzi lotsika mtengo kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi komanso kusowa pokhala.
Dziko lathu ndi mzinda wathu ulinso ndi misonkho yokhotakhota kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, pomwe anthu ogwira ntchito komanso apakati amanyamula katundu wolemetsa pomwe akuluakulu amakampani amasangalala ndi misonkho.
Komabe izi sizinalepheretse Jeff Bezos kuwopseza kusuntha ntchito za 7,000 kunja kwa mzinda wathu ndikupita kunja kuti asapereke ngakhale gawo laling'ono la gawo la Amazon pamisonkho.
Panthawi yomweyi, akuluakulu a Amazon adakumana ndi maboma a City m'dziko lonselo akuyesera kuchotsa ndalama zambiri zamagazi amakampani posinthanitsa ndi HQ2, pamene anthu ogwira ntchito ndi ogwira ntchito. adalimbana. Pamodzi ndi izi, ogwira ntchito ku Amazon asamukira kunkhondo, kuchokera kulowa nawo pa Climate Strike kwa ogwira ntchito m'malo osungiramo zinthu omwe akumenyera mgwirizano mukukumana ndi zovuta zolimbana ndi ukadaulo wogwira ntchito ngati #TechWontBuildIt.
Ndimagwirizana kwambiri ndi zimene Bernie Sanders ananena kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino kuti: โNgati mโdziko muno mudzakhale nkhondo zamagulu, ndi nthawi yoti ogwira ntchito apambane nkhondoyi.โ
Amazon Tax ndi mwayi wapadera wopambana pankhondoyo, koma choyamba tiyenera kukonzekera. Ndipo tiyenera kuzindikira: Amazon ndi malo olandirira nyumba adzalimbana nafe dzino ndi misomali panjira iliyonse.
Lamulo la Misonkho Yopita Patsogolo
Zotsatira za zisankho za Seattle zikuyimira udindo wokhometsa msonkho mabizinesi akulu pantchito zofunika. Otsatira a Amazon adagonjetsedwa kwambiri ndipo ovota m'malo mwake adasankha kusankha a Zambiri Bungwe lopita patsogolo. A kafukufuku waposachedwapa wasonyeza kuti ovota ambiri aku Seattle - 75% - tsopano amathandizira bizinesi yayikulu yokhometsa msonkho.
Anthu akukana kwambiri mafuta a njoka a Reaganesque zotsutsana zoperekera mbali ndikuyang'ana mayankho enieni. Gulu lathu liyenera kutsindika kufunikira kwa Misonkho yamphamvu ya Amazon kuti ithandizire kukulitsa kwakukulu kwa nyumba zapagulu - nyumba zobwereketsa, zapamwamba, zotsika mtengo kwamuyaya. Mofanana ndi kuwongolera lendi, nyumba zachitukuko zathandiza kwambiri popereka moyo wokhazikika wanyumba ndi zotsika mtengo zomwe zapambana.
Koma amalonda aakulu adzatsutsa mwamphamvu zoyesayesa zathu.
Ena aphungu atsopano kapena osankhidwa akuwonetsa kale kuti sakufuna kutsogolera pa nkhaniyi, kuphatikizapo Andrew Lewis ndi Alex Pederson, omwe asonyeza kuti sakugwirizana ndi msonkho.
Ngakhale membala wopita patsogolo Lisa Herbold, yemwe adasankhidwanso pa mdani wake wothandizidwa ndi Amazon, adati sinali wokonzeka kuthandizira msonkho "kunja kwa chipata mu 2020" ndi kuti mwina adzaikidwe pa mavoti. Ngakhale njira yovota ikhoza kukhala ndendende zomwe zimachitika, sindikuganiza kuti ma Councilmembers omwe asankhidwa pang'onopang'ono akuyenera kupereka ndalama, ndipo ofesi yanga yayamba kale kukonzekera lamulo la Amazon Tax.
Gulu lathu silingathe kuyika chikhulupiriro chake pazandale. Anthu ogwira ntchito ayenera kukonzekera kuti azitsogolera tokha.
Momwe $15 Minimum Wage Anapindulira
Titha kuyang'ana chitsanzo cha nkhondo ya $ 15 yochepa ya malipiro ku Seattle momwe tingapambane chaka chino.
Pambuyo pa chigonjetso cha gulu la ogwira ntchito ku SeaTac mu 2013 ndikumenyera chisankho changa chakumayambiriro kwa malipiro ochepa a $ 15 ku Seattle, nkhaniyi idayikidwa patebulo.
Koma zinatengera gulu kuti apambane.
Mu Januware 2014, nditayamba kugwira ntchito ngati Councilmember ya Seattle's Socialist City, Socialist Alternative ndipo ine tidayambitsa. 15 Tsopano.
Tinayamba ndi a msonkhano ku Seattle's Labor Temple, kenako adachita misonkhano yokonzekera, adamanga magulu ochitapo kanthu, ndikuguba $15 / h. Tidathamangira kumsonkhano wathu wa 15 Tsopano womenyera ufulu wathu pomwe tikukonzekera njira yovota kuti titengere chisankho cha Novembala, ngati kuli kofunikira.
Tidanena momveka bwino kuti njira yathu yovota inali "ndondomeko ya inshuwaransi" kotero kuti Khonsolo ya Mzindayo isapewe udindo wake pokakamizidwa ndi mabizinesi akuluakulu. Ngati Khonsolo ikadapereka lamulo lamphamvu la $ 15, sitikanasaina ma signature omwe tidasonkhanitsa kuti tiyambitse kuvota kwathu. Koma ngati sichoncho, 15 Tsopano zinakonzedwa kutenga $15/hr mwachindunji kwa ovota mu Novembala.
Zinagwira ntchito. Ndipo zina zonse ndi mbiriyakale, monga amanenera.
Pa June 5th, mokakamizidwa Khonsolo idapereka lamulo lodziwika bwino la mzinda wonse pa $ 15 / h. Akuluakulu amalonda adagwirizana ndi zomwe adakambirana mu komiti yocheperako ya malipiro ochepera (IACC) yokhazikitsidwa ndi Meya Murray panthawiyo, chifukwa chowopseza voti yathu. M'malo mwake, atsogoleri amalonda pambuyo pake adanenanso kuti sakanagwirizana ndi lamuloli zikadapanda kuopa a wamphamvu $15 ikuperekedwa ndi ovota.
Zaka khumi Zatsopano, Nyengo Yatsopano Yolimbana ndi Maphunziro
Ndikukhulupirira kuti palinso kukwera kofananako kwa Amazon Tax monga kunali kwa $ 15, zisankho zotsatizana ndi zomwe zidakhala zovuta.
Komabe, sitiyenera kukhala ndi chinyengo kuti malonjezo aliwonse ochokera kwa mabizinesi akuluakulu angagwire. Gulu lathu liyeneranso kukonzekera kuti lipite ku voti ya November.
Kuyambira pamene Seattle adadutsa malipiro ochepera a $ 15, ogwira ntchito ndi achinyamata apatsidwa mphamvu zowonjezera ndi zitsanzo zina zazikulu zakukonzekera ndi kulimbana m'kalasi, monga momwe tawonera ndi kupambana kwa mbiri ya aphunzitsi ku West Virginia ndi m'masitilakiti ena a Red State mu 2018. yang'ananinso ku maphunziro amenewo - kukonzekera zankhondo ndi zomwe zimapeza katunduyo.
Ngati muli ku Seattle, ndikhulupilira kuti mudzabwera nafe pa msonkhano wathu Msonkhano woyambitsa msonkho wa Amazon pa Januware 13. Tikhala ndi chochitika chachiwiri pa Januware 25th, msonkhano wa omenyera ufulu ngati womwe tidakonzekera 15 Tsopano, kuti gulu lathu lizitha kubwera palimodzi kuti tikambirane mwa demokalase ndikusankha njira, kuphatikiza zomwe zingachitike pakuvota, zomwe ziyenera. kuwoneka, ndi momwe msonkho ungagwiritsire ntchito bwino.
Cholinga chathu chiyenera kukhala kumanga kulimbana kwakukulu komwe kungatheke kuti tipambane Misonkho ya Amazon yamphamvu, popanda kudziletsa tokha ku zomwe zili zovomerezeka ku ndale.
Tiyeni tiyambe 2020 ndi chiwombankhanga ndikuthandizira kuyamba zaka khumi zamphamvu zamagulu ogwira ntchito.
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