Umthombo: Inyaniso
NgoAprili 1, iNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseWashington State lawula ukuba iphulo lokukhumbula elichasene noKshama Sawant, uceba wesixeko saseSeattle ngokungenazintloni, ungaqhubeka. Ukuphumelela uloyiso oluninzi lwabantu abasebenzayo, i-Sawant ifumene ingqumbo yenkunzi.
Amandla alungelelaniswe ngokuchasene naye ayoyikeka: oosozigidi bezigidi kunye nabaphezulu benkampani, bayakhohlisa ukuvumisa ngeenkwenkwezi, kunye nemibutho yezopolitiko ezimisele kakhulu ukunqanda igosa elinyulwe ngokwentando yesininzi. I Khumbula uKshama Sawant inyathelo - elifuna ukugxothwa kuka-Sawant ngokusekwe kwizityholo ezinxulumene noqhanqalazo lwehlobo elidlulileyo - luphawu lokubuyela umva ngokubanzi ngokuchasene neentshukumo zobulungisa bobuhlanga kunye noqoqosho kunye nokwanda komkhosi wabasebenzi. Ukuba iyaphumelela, abasekhohlo kuya kufuneka balwe nokwanda kokusetyenziswa kweqhinga elifanayo ngokuchasene namagosa anyuliweyo anenkqubela.
Inkcaso yaseGrassroots
Ukulungiselela ukuchasana nesi soyikiso esivela kwinkunzi kwaye ilungelo lilo Iphulo le-Kshama Solidarity, intlangano yabameli basekuhlaleni edityaniswe ngumbutho kaSawant, iSocialist Alternative. Eli qela lokugqibela libonelela ngabaququzeleli abaphambili, kodwa iinkokeli zomanyano kunye noluntu baye bathetha phandle kwinkxaso. Eli phulo lifumene amanqaku iziphakamiso ukusuka 11 yasekuhlaleni union, i Seattle Democratic Socialists of America, le DSA yesizwe, i-43rd Legislative District Democrats, iinkokeli eziMnyama ezifana nomlweli wokuphendula kwamapolisa uCastill Hightower, kunye nezikhanyiso ezibandakanya uSara Nelson kunye noNoam Chomsky, phakathi kwabanye.
Isithethi seKshama Solidarity Campaign uBryan Koulouris uchaze ukuhlanganiswa kweqela Thunti: โNgexesha elifutshane, kwiintsuku nje ezimbini emva kwesigqibo senkundla, siye saququzelela indibano ekude ngokwentlalo, egqunywe ngokupheleleyo ngabantu abangaphezu kwe-150 ababezizimasa ngokobuqu kwaye baphantse babe ngama-5,000 bebukele kwi-intanethi.โฆ Siqokelele ngaphezulu kwe-$450,000 kwaye sele sifumene inkxaso eninzi, kuquka. ngaphezu kwama-400 amalungu ombutho wezikhundla kunye neefayile kwindawo yaseSeattle. "
Amanqanaba okuqala okulwa nokubuyiswa kuya kubandakanya ukunxibelelana nabavoti kwaye ubabongoza ukuba bangasayini incwadi yezikhalazo yokukhumbula iSawant xa sele iqalile ukujikeleza. Ngokunkqonkqozwa emnyango ngoku kugcinwe ngubhubhane oqhubekayo, imiceli mngeni yobuchule iyaziveza, kodwa iPhulo leSolidarity limisele ishedyuli yokubhankisha ngefowuni kunye nokubekwa kude eluntwini.
"Iphulo lethu elisezantsi, elikhuselekileyo le-COVID liya likhula kwaye liza kulwa nobuxoki bephulo lokukhumbula iphiko lasekunene ngamandla kunye nezopolitiko zabasebenzi kwiiveki nakwiinyanga ezizayo," utshilo uKoulouris. Kodwa ngenxa yenkxaso yayo yemali eninzi kunye impembelelo kumajelo asekuhlaleni, akwenzeki ukuba, kwiintsuku ezili-180 ezabelweyo, khumbula ukuba i-Kshama Sawant iya kuba nakho ukuqokelela malunga ne-10,700 etyikityiweyo efunekayo ukuze kungeniswe umba kuvoto.
I-Gadfly yaseAmazon
NgoSeptemba, ijaji yaseQonce kuphunyezwe izityholo ezine kwezintandathu ngokuchasene noSawant kwaye wavumela ukukhumbula ukuba kuqhubeke. USawant uye wabhena kwinyanga elandelayo. Yayisesi sibheno iNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseWashington yakhaba umhla woku-1 ku-Epreli, ivumela izityholo ezintathu. Isityholo sokuqala sesikhalazo sokukhumbula mhlawumbi sesona sincinci kakhulu: sibeka uSawant ukuthumela amakhonkco ukuze kuRhafu izixhobo zokulinganisa ibhalothi ye-Amazon kwiwebhusayithi yebhunga lesixeko sakhe. (Abanye banokuyibiza ngokuba luhanahaniso ukuba oku kuchazwa njengongquzulwano lomdla emva kweAmazon yenza iminikelo yokubeka ingxelo kubaviwa bebhunga elinye.) Ezinye izityholo zesikhalazo zibandakanya ukuba ukhokele uqhanqalazo kwindlu kaSodolophu waseSeattle uJenny Durkan, etyhila idilesi kaDurkan kwinkqubo, kwaye ababonisi abavunyelweyo kwiHolo yeSixeko ngexesha loqhankqalazo lweBlack Lives Matter ngoJuni.
Kuyabonakala ukuba ukuzonda kweSawant kuneengcambu zayo ngqo kwiinzuzo aziphumeleleyo kubantu abasebenza eSeattle.
Ukubhala Jacobin, uSawant uphendule wathi: "Akuzange kwenzeke ngengozi ukuba izityholo ezibini kwezine zokurhoxiswa ngokuchasene nam zinxulumene ngokuthe ngqo nenkxaso yam yezoBulungisa kuqhanqalazo lukaGeorge Floyd. ... Akuyongozi ukuba iphulo lokukhumbula ityala eliphambili kwiphulo labo loluntu ukuza kuthi ga ngoku lingenangqondo. ndibanga ukuba ndikhuthaze โukuchasโ umthethoโ ngenkxaso yam yeBlack Lives Matter, uhlaselo lobuhlanga kulo mbutho.โ
Iwebhusayithi yeKshama Solidarity Campaign nayo ibeka impendulo yayo kumjikelo wokuqala wezityholo: โUKshama akazange aphule umthetho, yaye zone izityholo zokukhumbula izityholo azichananga. Uhlaselwa ngenxa yokwenza kanye loo nto wayenyulelwe ukuyenza: ukumela abantu abasebenzayo, uluntu oluhlelelekileyo kunye nemibutho yasekuhlaleni. " Ngenxa yeenkqubo zokukhumbula u-Seattle, uSawant akazange anikwe ithuba lokuphikisa ukuchaneka kwezityholo enkundleni. Umthetho welizwe uyalela ukuba ukuxhaswa ngokwenyani kwezityholo kusecaleni kwenqaku. Umba ekukuphela kwawo okhoyo ngowokuba ingaba izityholo njengoko zifakiwe na zenza amatyala anokushenxiswa โ kwaye eyona nkundla iphakamileyo karhulumente izithathe njengenjalo.
Eli ayiloxesha lokuqala ukukhumbula izicelo bajolise kwiSawant. Kwaye kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba iNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseWashington iqinisekisile ukuba i-Sawant iyakhumbula baye bavala ngamxhelo mnye iinzame zokukhumbula ngokuchasene noSodolophu uJenny Durkan ngokuvumela amapolisa ukuba asebenzise iiarhente zolawulo lwekhemikhali ngokuchasene noqhanqalazo lwehlobo elidlulileyo. Kwale nkundla yayinayo walile ukukhumbula isherifu yephiko lasekunene elayo ukunyanzelisa izithintelo zemaski. Kwaye kwaba njalo ukuqinisekisile ukugxothwa Ukukhumbula ngokuchasene noceba wesiXeko saseYakima obongoze abantu ukuba bangathobeli izikhokelo ze-COVID. Izityholo kulo ngalinye kula matyala ayemandundu ngakumbi kunalawo akwiSawant's - isalathiso semeko yezopolitiko yezigqibo zayo.
Ayimangalisi into yokuba kuye kwakho umqolo ngokuchasene noSawant, ngenxa yempumelelo abenayo ekuthetheleleni ubulungisa kwezentlalo noqoqosho kwisihlalo sakhe sebhunga lesixeko esisodwa. Uye waba negalelo etyhala iBhunga ukudlula i-$ 15 ubuncinane bomvuzo we-Seattle kwi-2014, umlinganiselo oxabisekileyo obeka umcimbi kwi-ajenda yesizwe.
USawant ukwangqine iliva elizingisayo kwicala leAmazon. Ngo-2018, inkampani yavula iibhokisi zayo ezingapheliyo kwaye yakwazi ukwenza litshone kwelinye lamanyathelo akhe angaphambili erhafus kunye nemali eninzi yemali. Kunyulo luka-2019, i-anti-Sawant PACs wachitha imali yakhe yokuxhasa iiPAC ngomlinganiselo we-600 ukuya ku-1, ngokutsho kweSeattle enye indlela ngeveki Umntu wasemzini. IAmazon ngokwayo yakhupha i-1.5 yezigidi zeedola ukoyisa uSawant kunye nabanye abagqatswa abanenkqubela kolonyulo. Nangona kunjalo, ilinge lenkampani lokuthenga ibhunga lesixeko lathintelwa kakhulu: iSawant yaphinda yonyulwa, kwaye babini kuphela kwabasixhenxe abagqatswa abathandwayo baseAmazon abaphumelele isikhundla.
Usoshiyali wokugqibela owanyulwa eSeattle, uAnna Louise Strong, washenxiswa esikhundleni ngokurhoxiswayo ngowe-1918.
NgoJulayi ka-2020, ukudlula kwe-Sawant-backed JumpStart payroll irhafu yafumana isibetho esikhulu ngokuchasene ne-titan yenkampani. Yena Iphulo lerhafu ye-Amazon ibingumqhubi ophambili womthetho wembali; ingeniso yayo iya kuxhasa inkxaso ye-coronavirus, kwaye kamva, indawo eluhlaza, eyakhiwe ngomanyano izindlu ezifikelelekayo. Naye ngokunjalo uphumelele ukumiswa kokukhutshwa kwabantu ebusika kunye a ukuvalwa kokusetyenziswa kwezixhobo zekhemikhali ngamapolisa kunye nemikrwelo. Kwaye, nge-29 kaMatshi, i-2021, i-Sawant-ixhaswe yi-right-to-counsell bill. yamkelwa libhunga lesixeko - inyathelo elikhulu lokujongana nengxaki yezindlu zesi sixeko.
I-Patronage ekrokrayo
Kuyabonakala ukuba ukuzonda kweSawant kuneengcambu zayo ngokuthe ngqo kwiinzuzo aziphumeleleyo kubantu abasebenzayo baseSeattle, njengoko umqobo ohambelanayo wokufumana inzuzo usisiqalekiso kwinzala yenkampani. Njengoko isithethi seKshama Solidarity Campaign uBryan Koulouris esitsho:
Kwakhona, kunye ne-Kshama ephambili kumzabalazo, intshukumo yeRhafu ye-Amazon ekugqibeleni iphumelele irhafu kwizityebi ezinkulu kunye neshishini elikhulu lokuxhasa ngemali izindlu ezisemgangathweni. Lo mbono uthandwa kakhulu, kwaye amashishini amakhulu akafuni ukuba asasazeke. Babona ipateni yeentshukumo eziphumeleleyo eSeattle kunye neKshama ephambili kwaye emva koko bafumana amandla kwilizwe liphela.
Incwadi yabo yokudlala apha yinto eqhelekileyo. Iphulo lokukhumbula, elaqalwa ngoxwebhu lwezikhalazo olwafakwa kuqala ngu-Seattleite ogama lingu-Ernest Lou, lijonge ukuba ngumzamo osuka ezantsi: ungenelelo loluntu ngabantu abacinga ngoluntu, bebonisa inkxalabo yokholo malunga nokuziphatha kakubi kukaSawant. Asinto yolo hlobo.
Ngexesha lokubonakala kumdlalo kanomathotholo wentetho, uLou wazichaza ngokwakhe "...njengommi nje oqhelekileyo. ... Ndingumntu onentliziyo ekhululekileyo eyophayo ... ndikude neshishini lasekunene lezopolitiko." Kodwa iphepha likaLou le-LinkedIn libonakala liwaphikisa amabango akhe omgama ukusuka kwi-Seattle ishishini elikhulu. Ingqesho yakhe yangaphambili ibandakanya iMicrosoft, iAmazon, ubudlelwane boshishino kwiKholeji yeSayensi nobuNjineli yeYunivesithi yaseSeattle, kunye nomlawuli wobuhlakani beshishini kwiGo Forward to Work (โuluntu lweenkokeli zoshishinoโ). Ukwayi-CEO yefemu yokuthengisa ezobuchwepheshe. Kungakhathaliseki, njengoko iphulo lingena kwinqanaba elilandelayo, uLou ngoku ukuhambela ecaleni ukuvumela ukurhoxiswa kuqhutywe yikomiti, enosihlalo ozichaza ngokukhululekileyo uMdemokhrasi uHenry Bridger II.
Kwaye kusekho unxibelelwano olunzulu phakathi kwamandla enkampani kunye nephulo lokukhumbula i-Kshama Sawant. Ekuqaleni, eli phulo licele abaxhasi balo ukuba banciphise iminikelo yabo ukuya kwi-25 yeedola. Oku kusenokwenzeka ukuba kubaliwe ukusebenzela iinjongo ezimbini zokuseka i-faรงade yamanyathelo asezantsi kwisigxina kunye nokuvumela abaxhasi ukuba bahlale bengaziwa phantsi kwemithetho yokuxela. Kutshanje, iphulo lehlise ukuzenzisa kunye kwavula amasango ezikhukula kubaxhasi abakhulu - iveza intaphane yabasebenzi abaphezulu phakathi kwabo, kuquka abaphathi be-Airbnb kunye ne-Merrill Lynch, ii-realtors kunye nabaxhasi ngemali.
Usihlalo wekomiti yokukhumbula uBridger u benzile ukuba eli phulo โalinaso iibhiliyoni.โ Le yi-dodge: banokungasebenzi kwikomiti, kodwa Khumbula u-Kshama Sawant usenokuziqhayisa ngenkxaso kaJeannie Nordstrom, umfazi we-CEO ye-billionaire ye-Nordstrom, kunye nokuxhaswa ye-billionaire real estate mogul kunye nomxhasi kaTrump uMartin Selig. Ukujoyina yinto yangaphambili Umchasi wonyulo lweSawant U-Egan Orion, owafumana imali ye-Amazon ngexesha lephulo lakhe elingaphumelelanga kwaye wanika umzamo wokukhumbula ngoluhlu lokuposa lwabaxhasi bakhe.
Iphulo uye waqesha UJohn McKay, owayesakuba ligqwetha lase-US phantsi kukaGeorge W. Bush, ukuba abamele enkundleni. Iimeyile ezimenyezelayo kunye ibhodi yebhodi enkulu yivoli yokuvula iphulo kuphela. Yinto eqinisekileyo ukuba inkcitho eyongezelelekileyo yoshishino, engaphaya nefihlakeleyo, iya kunikwa uKhumbula i-Kshama Sawant.
Ukukhumbula kuthembisa ukuba kuya kusukuzwana ngokushushu, ungquzulwano phakathi kwabaxhasi bakaSawant kunye nothotho lweminqweno yobukapitali bezama ukuphelisa isoyikiso somzekelo omhle. Ibonisa i-revanchism yexesha elizayo ngenkunzi kunye neqhinga elifanayo sele ibekiwe ngokuchasene neGqwetha leSithili saseSan Francisco uChesa Boudin. Ukanti, njengoko besitsho, okukhona izinto zitshintsha, kokukhona zihlala zifana. Njengoko uNathalie Graham phawula in Umntu ongaziwayo, owokugqibela usoshiyali onyulwe eSeattle, Anna Louise Strong, wasuswa esikhundleni ngokurhoxiswayo ngowe-1918.
Iphulo le-Kshama Solidarity Campaign lijongene nemiqobo ebalulekileyo ekukhuseleni umthetheleli obalaseleyo wezoqoqosho nobulungisa bobuhlanga kwimpindezelo yenkampani. Kodwa ngeentshukumo ezizimeleyo zabasebenzi kwikona kaSawant, umlo unokungqina ukuba ngumceli mngeni omkhulu kunokuba amandla okusekwa angathanda.
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