O'zgarish havoda. AQShda millionlab odamlar Tramp prezidentligining jonli dahshatidan uyg'onishdi. Tramp tomonidan tahdid va zarba yuz minglab odamlarni divandan ko'chaga silkitib yubordi. Barcha yoshdagi odamlar endi butun mamlakat bo'ylab namoyishlarga qo'shilib, "biror narsa qilishni" xohlashadi Washington Post called “a roiling movement across the country.”
Massive protests immediately followed the election results in just about every major city in the country, including an enormous demonstration in Los Angeles on November 12th that galvanized social media users nationwide to leave their computers and join the protests.
There have been nationwide coordinated protests of high school and college students leaving class for the streets; on the 17th 80 colleges participated in a walkout, using the anti-Trump hashtag #santuarycampus as their slogan.
Mayors across the country have urged calm but more protests are planned. The difference between a social movement and a series of protests is size and duration: a movement attracts broader layers of “non-political” people, engaging them into action while striving to mobilize newer layers for the next action, growing the movement. If they continue, the anti-Trump protests will soon gain “movement” status. People from all walks of life have performed their first protest of any kind, confronting the repressive “riot” police and not backing down. New groups are springing into existence as people spontaneously self-organize.
Yangi harakat qanchalik kuchli? Vaqt ko'rsatadi. Ammo faollar, tashkilotchilar va inqilobchilar harakat alangasiga yangi jurnallarni tashlashni birinchi o'ringa qo'yishi, kuch yaratish va undan foydalanish paytida yangi odamlarni faollashtirish va o'qitish uchun vaqt sotib olishlari kerak.
Politics is often referred to as “the art of the possible.” As Trump himself proved, what was impossible yesterday is possible today. The world is changing fast, and even though the rightwing owns the White House, the Left owns the streets, for now. We must make good use of them, and quick, before Trump can consolidate his power.
The Left can achieve miracles in this moment if it strategically grows and broadens the infant social movement. What is possible depends on the strength of the movement. In math terms: if X grows larger (the social movement), then Y (anything) is possible, including preventing Trump from assuming power.
The anti-Trump movement will either grow or shrink. But it’s up to activists to grow the movement by any means necessary. Historically speaking, the most obvious evidence of powerful social movements are massive, ongoing street demonstrations that grow in proportion to the momentum the movement produces. The anti-Vietnam war movement is just such an example.
Agar ijtimoiy harakat etarlicha kengayib borsa, u inqilobiy harakatga aylanishi mumkin, bunda tashkilot hokimiyatni yo'qotadi, chunki odamlar ko'chalar, ish joylari va davlat muassasalari ustidan nazoratni qo'lga kiritadi.
This was the case in Egypt, where the revolution grew to oceans of people, who eventually drowned the Mubarak dictatorship — and later his successor. A similar thing is occurring right now in South Korea, where protests that were initially mocked have grown so large that commentators are predicting the protesters “impossible” demands will be achieved: the downfall of the president.
If a revolutionary movement has the power to crush a ruthless dictatorship, as in Egypt, the American equivalent can surely prevent Trump from assuming power, or at least paralyze him politically.
Yes, this is unlikely, time is very short. But the timeline was short in Egypt also: the first protest occurred on Yanvar 25th, and the dictator was toppled by Fevral 11th. As Lenin said, “there are decades where nothing happens, and then there are weeks when decades happen.”
The larger the demonstrations become the more people get pulled into them. It becomes everyone’s daily routine and what they talk about in their free time as well as at work, etc. People begin to feel their power in gigantic demonstrations and eventually the demand becomes “inevitable” when a revolutionary movement grows to Egyptian proportions.
Ammo bunga erishish uchun Trampga qarshi harakatga hamjihatlik va harakatlar birligi kerak.
Har bir alohida guruh o'zlarining shaxsiy muammolari bo'yicha kichikroq harakatlarni tashkil qilish o'rniga, tashkilotlar butun mamlakat bo'ylab muvofiqlashtirilishi uchun hujum ostida bo'lgan har bir kishini o'z ichiga olgan muammolar atrofida davom etayotgan ommaviy namoyishlarni tashkil qilish uchun demokratik koalitsiyalarda birgalikda ishlashi kerak.
There is already a call for a massive demonstration on Trump’s inauguration day, but there is time to organize several nationwide massive mobilizations before then. Each one would embolden new layers of people to take to the streets, and will, hopefully, get the labor movement engaged in a big way, while invigorating the Black Lives Matter movement, Latinos, women, students, LGBTQ, Muslims, and everyone who fears a Trump presidency. All should be demonstrating together, striking blows collectively.
The movement can be easily squandered. Sectarian divisions that have plagued the left for years are re-asserting themselves. Some groups want to opportunistically use the moment to recruit to their own group while doing nothing to grow the movement. Groups and individual activists denounce the actions of others while doing nothing productive themselves. This ego-driven gossipy infighting has been a cancer on the left for years and needs to die now, lest it kill the movement.
All Left groups should be calling for local coalitions that organize ongoing street demonstrations that also make demands on local city and state governments. By making local demands — and winning them — the local movement will strengthen itself, and be better able to defend against a possible Trump presidency.
Local demands should be “united front” demands, meaning there are a few powerful demands that have broad support from the majority of the working class, mobilizing them into action. The existing energy must be funneled into something concrete locally to help grow the movement nationally.
Another reason to make united front demands is that the non-fascist Trump supporters — who are the majority — can see that we’re on their side. If we demand rent control, free childcare, living wages, debt forgiveness, etc., the working class Trump supporter can be recruited to our movement, and these demands can help grow the movement into revolutionary proportions.
Ko'chalarda odamlarni safarbar etishga qodir bo'lgan talablar ham "islohotchi", ham "inqilobiy" bo'lishi mumkin. O'tgan inqiloblar islohotchi ustunlar, masalan, 1936 yilgi ispan inqilobi kontekstida inqilobiy bo'lgan "Yer va erkinlik"ning "islohotchi" talablari asosida qurilgan. Rus inqilobining talablari shunchaki yer, non va tinchlik edi.
Agar chinakam inqilobiy harakat qurilsa, Trampning prezident bo‘lishiga to‘sqinlik qilishi mumkin. Tashkilot Trumpni ommaning o'zi erishmasdan oldin to'xtatish uchun harakat qiladi. Nafaqat tuzumning aksariyati Trampni yoqtirmasligi, balki ular inqilobiy harakat keyingi butun hukmron sinfni, undan keyin esa kapitalizmni nishonga olishidan qo‘rqishlari uchun.
If the ruling class acts to prevent a Trump presidency — and Pence becomes president, or Hillary — society will not simply go back to sleep. A revolutionary movement deeply changes people who cannot so easily be pulled away from being actively engaged in politics. Along with a revolutionary movement arises new organizations, new political parties, new associations of workers, renters, farmers, neighborhoods, and new human beings that feel more empowered and think about politics more critically. This new organized, socially active, collectively conscious human being is not so easily controlled.
Inqilobiy harakat, Trampning gʻalabasi eʼlon qilinganidan keyin allaqachon radikallashgan millionlab odamlarning ustiga, millionlab odamlarni radikallashtiradi. Bu yangi radikallashgan odamlarga ularni kurashga olib borishga yordam beradigan tashkilotlar koalitsiyasi kerak, va ommaviy inqilobiy yo'lga kirgandan keyin hamma narsa mumkin. Vaqtni qo'lga kiritish yoki isrof qilish mumkin. Bu o‘zimizga bog‘liq. Vaqt qisqa.
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