Umthombo: The Intercept
Kuleli viki, umfelandawonye wabesifazane abangaphezu kweshumi nambili abathuthukayo bahlanganyela ukuze basungule inhlangano ezinikele ekukhetheni abesifazane abavela ezizindeni zabasebenzi nabahola kancane baye kuCongress. I-Matriarch, ikomiti lezenzo zezombusazwe, ihlose ukukhulisa abangenele ukhetho emazingeni aphansi ngokunikeza ukwesekwa kwezimali kusenesikhathi kanye nesikhungo kwabesifazane abangacebile ngokuzimela noma abakwazi ukuqongelela inani elikhulu lemali ngesikhathi esifushane. Lolu hlelo, osekuyiminyaka embalwa lwenziwa, luwumzamo wakamuva emsebenzini wenhlangano eqhubekayo wokwakha i-ecosystem lapho abantu abangaziwa banikezwa amathuluzi okuphumelela.
I-Justice Democrats, iqembu elibuthe laphinde lasiza ekukhetheni i-New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, isibonelo, ladalelwa ukukhuthaza abashokobezi ababefuna ukuphonsela inselelo ama-Democrats ezinkampani kuCongress. Nenhlangano kadadewabo yethulwa Isikole Sokunyakaza ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ukuqeqesha abahleli besigaba sabasebenzi ukuthi bangasebenza kanjani njengabaphathi bemikhankaso, abaqondisi bezokuxhumana, nabaqondisi bezindawo.
Kusukela kwababeyizikhulu ezikhethiwe kanye nabangenele ukhetho kuKhongolose kuya kubaholi bezabasebenzi kanye nezishoshovu zezombusazwe, abesifazane abalandela uMatriarch bathatha kokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo ngokuzulazula ohlelweni lwezepolitiki ukuze basize ekwakheni ingqalasizinda esekela abesifazane abasebenzayo, abavame ukubhekana nemithwalo yemfanelo yasekhaya neyokunakekela izingane ngesikhathi esifanayo nokukhankasa.
U-Amy Vilela, owaqhuba umkhankaso wengqungquthela eNevada ngonyaka odlule futhi wavela ku-Netflix documentary ethi "Knock Down the House," uthe uMatriarch "uzovala isikhala" ngokusekela abesifazane abavela ezizindeni ezincishwe amathuba ekuqaleni kwemijaho yabo, lapho kubaluleke kakhulu. “Yizinhlangano ezinjengalezi ezizophakamisa amazwi ethu futhi zisisize sithole indawo yokuhlala etafuleni,” kusho uVilela osebhodini labaluleki beqembu.
Izinhlangano eziningi eziqondaniswe nezikhungo, njengohlu lwe-EMILY, olwasungulwa ngo-1985 ukuze lusekele abesifazane abazikhethelayo abangenela izikhundla, bacabangele ukuqoqwa kwezimali kwangaphambi kwesikhathi kwalowo ozongenela ukhetho noma i-Rolodex yabangane abacebile ukuze kulinganiswe ukusebenza kwabo. (I-“EMILY” ohlwini luka-EMILY imele ukuthi “Imali Yakuqala Ifana Nemvubelo.”)
Ngaphezu kokudikibalisa abasafuna ukungenela ukhetho ekugijimeni nhlobo, ukusebenzisa imali njengesinyathelo esiyinhloko sokuphila kusho nokuthi amaDemocrats esigaba sabasebenzi agxumela emjahweni aphinde ahlulwe izimbangi zawo ezicebile, ezixhumene kahle. Futhi le nqubo yenza kube nzima kakhulu ukumeleleka okuncane kwabantu besigaba sabasebenzi, ikakhulukazi abesifazane, kuKhongolose. Inani eliyingqophamlando labesifazane abangenele ukhetho ngonyaka odlule, kodwa abesifazane babambe cishe amaphesenti angama-24 azo zonke izihlalo kuKhongolose ye-116. Ngokuvumelana ne izilinganiso ngophiko lwezindaba zezombusazwe i-Roll Call, iCongress ye-115 yayinesamba esiphelele sesamba semali okungenani eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.43; cishe amaphesenti angu-40 abamele babengosozigidi.
Ukuvumela Kohlu lwe-EMILY, noma ukuntuleka kwakho, kungenza noma kuphule ikhandidethi, njengoba bempompa izigidi zamadola emijahweni umjikelezo ngamunye kanye ne-PAC yabo enkulu. U-Matriarch, nokho, ufuna ukwakha amandla ngendlela ehlukile, evumela abazongenela ukhetho abagxile ebulungiswa bezomnotho futhi okungenzeka bangabi nokuqashelwa kwamagama aphezulu kodwa babe nokusekelwa okujulile komphakathi.
U-Nomiki Konst, umqondisi webhodi likaMatriarch kanye nalowo owayengenele ukhetho eNew York City ummeli womphakathi, utshele iThe Intercept ukuthi bazogxila emikhankasweni eyenza umsebenzi kodwa okungenzeka ukuthi abakabi nawo umgqigqo ongaka okwamanje. Kusukela izolo, uMatriarch ubesethole okungenani amagama abantu abayi-1,500 okhethweni lwengqungquthela lwango-2020, “okwakumangaza” ngoba sekuphele izinsuku ezimbalwa, kusho uKonst. I-PAC, engeke ithathe noma iyiphi imali yebhizinisi, ihlela ukwenza ukuvumela kwayo okokuqala ngoJanuwari.
Ngaphezu kuka-Konst no-Vilela, amalungu ebhodi labaluleki baka-Matriarch ahlanganisa no-Lucy Flores, owayenguwesifazane waseNevada; UJovanka Beckles, owayengenele ukhetho lweSishayamthetho saseCalifornia ngonyaka odlule owavunywa yiDemocratic Socialists of America kanye noSeni. Bernie Sanders; ULaura Moser, owake waba yilungu lekhongolose waseTexas nomsunguli weDaily Action; UChristine Pellegrino, owayengowesifazane womhlangano waseNew York; USara Nelson, umongameli wamazwe ngamazwe we-Association of Flight Attendants; Jane Kleeb, usihlalo weNebraska Democratic Party; kanye nosomnotho uStephanie Kelton.
"Uhlelo lwethu lwamanje lokhetho lusebenza ngokumelene nabantu abasebenzayo futhi luchema kulabo abacebile ngokuzimela," kusho u-Beckles esitatimendeni. “Ukuze uwine kumele abangenele ukhetho bakwazi ukungenela izikhundla ngokugcwele.”
“Abantu abasebenzayo isikhathi esiningi abakwazi ukuyeka imisebenzi yabo futhi basenkingeni yokuzama ukusebenza nokukhankasa,” eqhubeka. "Sidinga ushintsho lwesistimu oluqaphela ukuthi - njengoba kuklanywe - isimo se-quo sisusa ngokuzenzakalelayo labo abathintwa kakhulu yilezi zinqubomgomo."
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