*Inguqulelo efinyeziweyo kancinane yale ntetho yanikelwa kumbindi wedolophu yase-Iowa ngorhatya lukaMeyi Kuqala, ngo-2009.
Ndingathanda ukubulela i-Wild Rose Rebellion nabanye abathathe inxaxheba ekucwangciseni lo msitho kaMeyi ngokundimema ukuba sithethe ngolu suku bambalwa kakhulu abantu baseMelika abavunyelweyo ukuba balwazi njengosuku lokuqala lwabasebenzi, abazalelwa kanye apha eUnited States. uxhulumaniso nomzabalazo weMini yeeyure ezisibhozo - ngosuku lomsebenzi womntu.
IXESHA, IDEMOKRASI, KUNYE NOBUDALA
Uyazi, ukuba ubuyela umva kwaye ujonge iingxabano zangaphambili abantu abasebenzayo kunye nemibutho yabo - imibutho yabasebenzi - benze iiyure ezimfutshane, ufumana into enomdla kakhulu. Abazange bathethe nje ngeengxaki zomzimba nezengqondo nezentsapho ezize ngokusebenza nzima rhoqo phantsi kolawulo lwabaphathi babo. Abazange bathethe nje ngento yokuba abaphathi babaqhatha ngaphandle kweeyure nemizuzu eyongezelelweyo yonke imihla. Abazange bathethe nje ngokuba iiyure ezimfutshane zaziya kuthetha njani ukusasazwa komsebenzi nto leyo eyayiya kuthetha imisebenzi engakumbi yaye ngaloo ndlela kunciphe intswela-ngqesho nobuhlwempu kubantu abasebenzayo.
Bathetha ngayo yonke loo nto kodwa bathetha nezinye izinto ezimbini ezifanele ukukhunjulwa kwaye ucingisise ngazo namhlanje. Okokuqala, bathetha ukuba awukwazi ukuba nedemokhrasi ukuba abantu abanalo ixesha lokuthatha inxaxheba kuyo. Bathi izithembiso zedemokhrasi ze-Revolution yaseMelika azizange zithethe nantoni na kubantu abanqatshelwe ixesha lokukhululeka kunye namandla okufunda nokuxoxa kunye nokulungelelanisa kunye nokwenza imibutho malunga nemiba emikhulu yosuku.
Okwesibini, iHaymarket Martyrs kunye nezinye iinkokeli zeHore ezisibhozo zathi xa unethuba kwaye usebenzisa ixesha lokufunda imbali kunye neziganeko zangoku kunye noluntu ohlala kulo udla ngokubona ukuba idemokhrasi ayinakubuyelana ngokwenene nenkqubo yenzuzo yongxowankulu. . Bathi, ufumanisa ukuba idemokhrasi efanelekileyo yolawulo oludumileyo ayidibani ncam nenkqubo yodidi lwabaphathi nabasebenzi abazizityebi nabangamahlwempu, nabaniki-odolo nabathatha ucwangco. Ayidibani nenkqubo yezoqoqosho egxininisa ngakumbi ubutyebi namandla ezandleni zabambalwa abanelungelo kunye noshishino.
PHI IBHAYILO YETHU?
Ezi zizinto onokucinga ngazo kwaye wenze ngazo namhlanje, ngaphezulu kweminyaka eyi-130 emva kweHaymarket. IUnited States, ungakholelwa okanye ungakholelwa, inezona yure zide zokusebenza kumazwe ahambele phambili kwezoshishino. Abantu baseMelika bahlala benika ingxelo yokuba baxakeke kakhulu kwaye bediniwe kwaye basebenza kakhulu ukulandela ngokunentsingiselo ukuqonda ngakumbi iziganeko zangoku. Ipesenti enye ephezulu inama-1 epesenti yobutyebi kwaye mhlawumbi ipesenti enkulu yamagosa anyuliweyo kunye nabezopolitiko eU.S. Siphila "kwidemokhrasi" apho amaqumrhu amathandathu amakhulu aphethe ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sawo onke amaphephandaba ase-US ashicilelwe kunye ne-elektroniki nalapho zombini amaqela ezopolitiko alawulayo afumana inkxaso-mali kumashishini atyikitya iitriliyoni zeerandi zokunika abarhafi kumaziko emali afanayo eWall Street athe aqhuba uqoqosho phezu kweliwa.
NgeCawa edlulileyo i-New York Times ibike kwiphepha lokuqala elihlawula kwiibhanki ezikhokelayo zotyalo-mali zesizwe, emva kokuwa kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ubuyela umva "kwiindawo eziphakamileyo ze-stratospheric". Iintlawulo zeWall Street kunye neebhonasi zinyuka zibuyela kumanqanaba e-2007, ngaphezu kwe-$ 560,000 ngonyaka e-Goldman Sachs!
Lixesha lepati kwakhona eWall Street kuba iibhanki zinokuboleka ngexabiso eliphantsi, nazo zonke ezo ziqinisekiso zomdibaniso ezinikwe nguBush, uPaulsen, u-Obama noGeithner. Ibuyile "ukutya isiselo kwaye ujabule" kwiinkosi zezemali zibulela kwi-600 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ezenziwe phantsi kwe-TARP, imigca yekhredithi enkulu eveliswa yi-Fed, eyandisiweyo ye-F.D.I.C. iziqinisekiso, ibheyile karhulumente ye-AIG, njalo njalo...enkosi kuNcedo lweThutyana olungelulo ngenxa yeeBhanki eziZisweleyo.
Ngeli xesha, ama-600,000 abantu abaninzi baseMelika baphulukana nemisebenzi yabo nyanga zonke. Izixeko zeentente, โiiHoovervillesโ zanamhlanje ziye zavela kwizixeko ezingaphezu kweshumi elinesibini kulo lonke elaseU.S., โelona lizwe lityebileyo eMhlabeni.โ. Ndingakukhomba kwindawo ezilishumi elinesihlanu zaseChicago bezingaphezulu kwekota yabantwana abahlala ngaphantsi kwesiqingatha sikarhulumente womanyano odume ngokungonelanga kwentlupheko.
Izigidi zabantu baseMelika abaqhelekileyo namhlanje babuza imibuzo elula nenamandla. Uyiva kwiikhawuntara zesidlo sasemini, kwibhari, kwivenkile yekofu, kwimizi-mveliso, eziofisini, kwiindawo zemisebenzi. โSiphi ibheyile yam uTimothy Geithner? Iphi ibheyile kadade wethu uLarry Summers? Iphi ibheyile yedolophu yethu uBen Bernake? Iphi ibheyile yabantu uMongameli Obama?'
Ngapha koko, u-Obama usete irekhodi entsha ngokufumana ngaphezulu kwe-38 yezigidi zeerandi kwishishini lezemali, le-real estate, kunye ne-inshorensi, kuquka phantse i-1 yezigidi zeedola ezivela kwi-Goldman Sachs kuphela.
IBHAJETHI ENGATHETHWAYO โYOKHUSELEKOโ
Iphi ibheyile yakho? Kuphi ukuchacha kwethu kwezoqoqosho? I-chunk enkulu iye kwi-AIG kunye neGoldman Sachs kunye neBhanki yaseMelika kunye noMorgan Stanley kunye neCitigroup. Enye inxalenye iya kumatshini wePentagon kunye noBukhosi obungachazwanga ngokusemthethweni, oyandayo phantsi komongameli wethu omtsha obizwa ngokuba โngumongameli woxoloโ, ofumana iindlela ezintsha zokwandisa ixesha lokuhlala e-Iraq nowonyusa izinga lobundlobongela e-Afghanistan. kunye nePakistan. I-Pentagon System igcina ngaphezu kwe-760 iziseko zomkhosi ezikumazwe angaphezu kwe-130 kwihlabathi jikelele kwaye ithatha isiqingatha senkcitho yomkhosi kwiplanethi yethu - konke egameni lento abathanda ukuyibiza ngokuthi "ukhuselo." Yona ngokwayo isigebenga esikhulu. Inkqubo yentlalo-ntle yabantu abazizityebi, exhasa iibhiliyoni zeenkampani ezinkulu ezikumgangatho ophezulu wehlabathi ezifana noRaytheon, iBoeing, iLockheed Martin, iGeneral Dynamics, kunye neHalliburton-kunye noRockwell Collins phezulu kwiCedar Rapids.
NGESICWANGCISO SOKUBUYISA UQOQOSHO LWABANTU... KUNYE OKUNYE
Ngoku ngesiqhelo xa unobuganga bokuphakamisa ezi ntlobo zeengxaki zisisiseko esidlangalaleni, izibane ezikhokelayo zodidi lwezopolitiko, udidi lwemithombo yeendaba, kunye neklasi yezemfundo ziya kukutyhola ngokuxambulisana nokugxekayo. Uza kubizwa ngokuba ngumchweli โ umntu okhalaza ngento engalunganga, kodwa engazisi zisombululo. Kodwa akukho nto ngokwemvelo egxekayo okanye engalunganga ekuthetheni inyani ngamaziko akhoyo alawulayo kunye nokuziphatha kwabantu abaphezulu. Isenokuthetha ukuba unokholo kumandla abantu okuqonda kunye nokwenza ngokuchasene nengcinezelo kwiimodeli zombutho wabantu abaninzi kwiminyaka yoo-1890, intshukumo yabasebenzi ngeminyaka yoo-1930, intshukumo yoxolo, intshukumo yabasetyhini ngexesha kunye nokusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1970 kunye namaLungelo oLuntu. Intshukumo ngeminyaka yoo-1950 kunye noo-1960. Nantso into ethetha yona kum.
Ngokuphathelele isityholo sokuba asinazisombululo, kukunyundela oko. Ndixelela nabani na obuza ukuba ndingusocialist ozinikeleyo wedemokhrasi kunye nenkululeko kwaye uya kukuvuyela ukuxoxa nawe ngeendlela esinokuthi kwaye kufuneka simise uluntu lwethu lwasekhaya, lwengingqi, lwesizwe kunye namazwe aphesheya ngaphaya koluhlu lwangaphambili lwembali yodidi, isini, uhlanga, kunye nobukhosi. Akukho kunqongophala kweengcamango ezimangalisayo ngendlela yokudlulela ngaphaya kobukhosi nokungalingani kunye nendlela yokwenza oko uGqr. Martin Luther King wakubiza ngokuba โngumbandela wokwenene omele kujongweโ ngaphaya kwemiba โengaqhelekangaโ: โukwakhiwa ngokutsha ngokugqibeleleyo koluntu ngokwalo.
Ngaphaya kolwakhiwo ngokutsha luluqilima, oluyiprojekthi yexesha elide, nangona kunjalo, thina basekhohlo sikwaxhasa uhlaziyo oluninzi olubalulekileyo ukwenza ubomi bubenedemokhrasi ngakumbi kwaye bunyamezeleke kunye nokuvula indawo enkulu yotshintsho lokwenyani. Njengeenkokeli zeHaymarket ze-1880s, siyayichasa inguqu, kodwa asichasananga nohlaziyo.
Ndiyawaxhasa amanyathelo asisiseko, ahloniphekileyo, kunye nenkqubela-phambili ngokubhekiselele kwibheyile yabantu ngoku, ndixhasa uthintelo lokuthinjwa, ukunyuswa kwemilinganiselo yenzala yekhadi letyala kunye neentlawulo zemali, kunye nokubuyisela umva amaxabiso erhafu yengeniso yenkunzi ukuya ku-1981 (hayi nje ngo-1993) amanqanaba.
Ndiyamxhasa urhulumente ukuba angene kwishishini lokwenza imali-mboleko yezindlu ezifikelelekayo kubantu abasebenzayo.
Ndiyaluxhasa uhlaziyo lwenkxaso-mali yephulo elibukhali kwimodeli yenkxaso-mali yoluntu ukuze kuthathwe imali yabucala kunyulo loluntu.
Ndixhasa ukuqhawula i-monopoly ye-media ye-corporate ngemilinganiselo yokungathembeki kunye nokubonelelwa kwemithombo karhulumente yenkqubo yokunxibelelana kwabantu ngaphaya kolawulo lwe-Viacom-CBS, i-Disney-ABC, i-General Electric-NBC, kunye ne-News Corporation / FOX.
Ndixhasa inani lohlaziyo lonyulo olunxulumeneyo olunokuthi luvumele isahlulo sesithathu nesesine kunye nesesihlanu ukuba sikhule kwaye sibe yinxalenye yenkcubeko yezopolitiko eyohlukeneyo nedemokhrasi. Amaqela amabini alawulwa ngamashishini akakwazi kwaye akakwazi ukubonisa ngokwaneleyo umbono wokwenyani kweli lizwe!
Ndixhasa ukuncitshiswa okubalulekileyo kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali loBukhosi baseMelika kunye nokubonelela ngesahlulo esikhulu soxolo ukubeka izigidi ukuba zisebenze kwiiprojekthi eziluncedo kuluntu ngoku. Njengoko uGqr. King watshoyo ngowe-1967, ilizwe elichitha imali eninzi emkhosini kunaleyo ekuphuculeni uluntu โlisondela ekufeni ngokomoya.โ Sifanele siqalise inkqubo enkulu yemisebenzi yoluntu yokwakha amakhaya, izikolo, iindlela, imizila kaloliwe nezibhedlele eziza kubekwa. izigidi ukuba zisebenze - kumazinga emivuzo yabasebenzi!
Ndixhasa ukunyuswa rhoqo kweendleko zokuhlala kwimivuzo kunye neenzuzo zokuchasana nefuthe lokunyuka kwamaxabiso.
Ndiyakuxhasa ukususwa kwangoko kwemikhosi yase-US kwindawo ehlala ngokungekho mthethweni e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan nakwamanye amazwe apho amiswe khona.
Ndiyaluxhasa ungenelelo lomthetho lokuphinda kubhalwe amaphepha-mvume oshishino ukufuna ukuba amashishini asebenzele iimfuno zoluntu kunye nokulungelwa komntu wonke.
Ndixhasa ukuphambukiswa kweedola zomdibaniso ukusuka kwintlalontle yaseWall Street kunye nohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon ukuxhasa uphando lomdibaniso kunye nokutshutshiswa ngokwesini nocalulo ngokobuhlanga eU.S.
Ndiyakuxhasa ukuchithwa kwenkqubo enkulu yesizwe, engenakuthelekiswa nanto yehlabathi yokuvalelwa kwabantu ngobuhlanga okwahluka-hlukeneyo kunye nokususwa kwemithombo yobutyebi ukusuka โkwimfazwe yamachizaโ ukuya kunyango lweziyobisi, ukubuyisela kwisimo sangaphambili, ukuqeqeshwa kwemisebenzi kunye namanye amanyathelo ukuya kudityaniswa okunentsingiselo kwamabanjwa kwakhona ababengamabanjwa kuluntu lwaseMelika.
Ndiyaxhasa ukuphelisa indlela yokubuyisela umva esithe ngoku sixhasa ngayo uKhuseleko lweNtlalo kunye neMedicare.
Ndiyakuxhasa ukwenziwa ngokusemthethweni ngoko nangoko kubo bonke abasebenzi abasuka kwamanye amazwe abangabhalwanga phantsi.
Ndixhasa ukucutha iveki yomsebenzi ngaphandle kokunqunyulwa kwentlawulo yasekhaya ukusasaza umsebenzi ngeenxa zonke.
Ndixhasa isisombululo esicacileyo sokunciphisa iindleko kunye nentlalontle yokunakekelwa kwempilo yentando yesininzi - i-inshurensi yezempilo yesizwe yombhatalwa omnye, okungekho nto ngaphezu kokuphucula i-Medicare kubo bonke. Andinamdla kuyo nayiphi na isiqingatha-eyenziwe i-pseudo reforms eshiya i-private private corporations ye-inshurensi yenzuzo ephethe ubomi bethu bonyango! Ndifuna ukuba sizimanye nedemokhrasi esele ihambele phambili kwezoshishino ngokwenza uhlaziyo olunzulu kumzekelo omnye womhlawuli ophunyeziweyo kwi-US Congressman John Conyersโ House Bill 676.
UMQESHWA SIMAHLA UKHETHO
Okokugqibela kodwa kuncinci, ndiwuxhasa ngokuqinileyo uMthetho wokuKhetha aBasebenzi kwaMahala, apho uBarack Obama wayekhankasela kwaye kufanele ukuba kube njalo-ayisiyiyo kodwa kufanele ukuba ibe-sentliziyweni nakwiziko lesicwangciso sakhe sokubuyisela uqoqosho. Njengoko uJohn Edwards watsho ngokuphindaphindiweyo e-Iowa ngo-2007, intshukumo yabasebenzi yeyona nkqubo inkulu yokulwa nentlupheko kwimbali yaseMelika.
Kutheni oomabhalana begrosari e-Jewell Osco ku-Route 23 e-DeKalb, e-Illinois benza umvuzo wokuphila, usapho oluxhasayo ngelixa oomabhalana begrosari e-Super Wal-Mart imayile ezantsi ku-Route 23 kwidolophu enye ngokomvuzo omncinci? Akukho mahluko kwizakhono okanye kwiimfuno zemfundo okanye uhlobo olusisiseko lomsebenzi. Ukuba kukho nantoni na umsebenzi onzima e-Wal-Mart kuba oomabhalane balapho abanawo amakhwenkwana okubanceda. Umahluko yinto enye kunye nento enye kuphela: oomabhalana begrosari e-Jewell Osco babhalise kwimanyano, i-United Food and Commercial Workers, kwaye abasebenzi baseWal-Mart abafumani manyano kuba ulawulo apho luyavutha. nabani na ozama ukwenza enye.
Yinto enye kwibhodi yezemisebenzi nakwilizwe liphelaโฆ kwi-auto, ekupakisheni inyama, kwintsimbi, ekuthengiseni, ekunxibelelaneni ngomnxebaโฆ Abasebenzi abaneemanyano banemivuzo ephucukileyo kakhulu, ephucuke kakhulu kunabasebenzi abangengawo amalungu emibutho yabasebenzi abenza imisebenzi efanayo ngezakhono ezifanayo kunye namanqanaba emfundo.
Abantu abasebenzayo bawazi kakuhle lo mahluko. Yiyo loo nto uninzi lwabasebenzi baseMelika besithi bangathanda ukuba kumanyano kunokuba bangabikho. Yiyo loo nto uninzi lwabantu baseMelika becinga ukuba imanyano yinto elungileyo.
Ubulungu beManyano buye busihla e-U.S. kule minyaka ingamashumi amathathu idlulileyo hayi ngenxa yokuba abantu abasebenzayo besala imibutho kodwa ngenxa yokuba abaqeshi becinezela imibutho yabasebenzi nangenxa yokuba urhulumente engawakhuseli amalungelo ombutho kunye namalungelo othethathethwano ngokuhlangeneyo kwaye akawakhuselanga loo malungelo isithuba esisondele kumashumi amane eminyaka ngoku. UMthetho wokuKhetha okuKhululeka kwabaSebenzi uya kuyitshintsha loo meko. Inamandla okwandisa ngokuphawulekayo elona ziko likhulu laseMelika lokulwela intlupheko: intshukumo yabasebenzi.
Gcina amehlo akho kumvuzo wehlabathi elingaphaya kwenzuzo kunye nokuxhaphaza. IHaymarket Martyrs yayinyanisile: KUZA kufuneka sikhethe phakathi (1) kwenkqubo yengeniso kunye nokufa kwelinye icala kunye (2) nedemokhrasi nobomi kwelinye icala. UAlbert Parsons wayenyanisile xa wayesithi isakhiwo esasihlala iChicago Board of Trade โsakrolwa enyameni nasegazini lomsebenzi saza sagxininiswa kwiinyembezi zabafazi nabantwana bomsebenzi onzima,โ ababesondliwa yintlangano โ iivampires kunye nezifunxi-gazi' of capital. Oko kuyinyaniso namhlanje njengoko kwakunjalo
Kodwa kusafuneka uvumele umongameli namanye amagosa akho onyuliweyo aquka uDavid Loebsack (D-IA) kunye noTom Harken (D-IA) noBruce Braley (D-IA) kunye noChuck Grassley (R-IA) baqonde ukuba uyabafuna. amanyathelo asisiseko ohlaziyo oluqhubekayo olufana ne-inshurensi yezempilo yombhatalwa omnye kunye noMthetho wokuKhetha okungaHlelekileyo kwabaSebenzi.
โKUZA KUFUNEKA SIYENZE THINAโ
Nceda ukhumbule ukuba ezopolitiko, ezopolitiko zokwenyani, ezopolitiko ezibaluleke kakhulu, zimalunga ne-Helluva ngaphezulu kokungena kwindawo yokuvota kwaye ukhethe phakathi kwesinye sezileyiti ezimbini zabagqatswa abakhethwe ngononophelo kwangaphambili kuwe yiklasi yeshishini. .
Kwaye ayikokucenga urhulumente kunye nabezopolitiko ukuba basincede ukusuka phezulu ukuya phezulu. Imalunga nokufuna kunye nokuthatha amanyathelo.
Nalu uqikelelo kuwe: ukuba siyawufumana uMthetho wokuKhetha okuKhuselekileyo kwabaSebenzi upasise oku okanye (okunokwenzeka ngakumbi) kulo nyaka uzayo, kuya kuba ngenxa yokuba abasebenzi abaninzi baye bayilahla intlonipho โyepropathi yabucalaโ yeevampires ngokwaneleyo ukuba bahlale kwiindawo zabo zokusebenza njenge abasebenzi benze kwiRiphabhlikhi Door kunye nefestile yefestile eChicago ngoDisemba ophelileyo. Kuya kwenzeka ngenxa yokuba iiparasite zongxowankulu kunye nabakhuseli babo bakarhulumente baya kuqonda ukuba umsindo wabantu abasebenzayo uye waba yingozi kakhulu ukuba ungahoywa kwaye iindleko zohlaziyo lwezabasebenzi zingaphantsi kunenye enye.
Nceda ukhumbule, kufana no-Edwards no-Obama bathi e-Iowa kwi-2007: "utshintsho aluveli ukusuka phezulu ukuya phezulu. Yenzeka ukusuka ezantsi ukuya phezulu.' Njengoko abalweli bemfazwe kunye nababhali uTariq Ali no-Anthony Arnove batshoyo malunga neMfazwe yase-Iraq kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo: โAsinakukhangela abasindisi phezulu ukuze basikhuphe kobu bugxwayiba... kuya kufuneka siyenze ngokwethu.' Kwaye njengokuba bendisitsho kwakhona e-Iowa naseChicago kulo nyaka uphelileyo, bazalwana noodade, kufuneka silwe neziTyebi, Hayi iiMfazwe Zazo. Enkosi kakhulu.
Paul StreetIncwadi yokuqala yayiyi-Empire kunye nokungalingani: iMelika kunye nehlabathi ukususela ngo-9/11 (iBoulder, CO: Paradigm, 2004). Incwadi yakhe yamva nje UBarack Obama kunye nekamva lezoPolitiko zaseMelika (Boulder, CO: Paradigm, 2008).
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