Ekuqaleni kwekwindla edlule, ngathola i-imeyili eyindilinga emangazayo evela kusikhulu esiphezulu senyunyana kanye nomholi wangaphambili we-SDS, emuva ekuqaleni kwawo-1960. Iqukethe isikhalazo esiphuthumayo: landela u-Hillary, ngoba lesi yisikhathi semizabalazo yokuzivikela. Umbhali-ncwadi naye ubekade ephikisana nokuhlasela kwe-US eVietnam. Kwangixaka ukuguqukela kwakhe ekubeni yiKhandidethi Yezempi. Ngathuka, ezinyangeni ezithile kamuva, njengoba izisebenzi zenyunyana yakhe ziwela umngcele zisuka kweyami iWisconsin ziyosebenza kanzima e-Iowa ngokumelene….ikhandidethi labasebenzi, uBernie Sanders, owalahlekelwa yizinwele (mhlawumbe izinwele ezazingekho!). Futhi futhi emuva eWisconsin, lapho imizamo emihle kakhulu noma emibi kakhulu yenyunyana yakhe, yajoyina amasu okuhloswe ngawo enhlangano yabasebenzi, i-SEIU, yehluleka ngandlela thize ukugcina umbuso uhambisana noHillary. Abakwazanga ukuphatha ivoti lesigaba sabasebenzi.
Ama-Echoes ka-2011, unyaka wezingxabano ezinkulu e-Wisconsin. Ngaphambi nje kokuba kuqalwe i-capitol building, kuqale izinyanga zomzabalazo omkhulu, umongameli we-American Federation of Teachers (owokuqala wezinyunyana ukuxhasa u-Hillary futhi aphikisane noBernie ngo-2015) weza edolobheni ezoxwayisa amalungu e-AFT esikhungweni ngesenzo sokuxhamazela. . I-AFT, isilwane sayo esifuywayo i-Shanker Institute esasiyinja yokuhlasela yenyunyana kwabamelene nokuhlasela kwe-Iraq e-Iraq ngo-2003, ayikwazanga ukwenza ngenye indlela. Kubuswe ngazo zonke izindlela yinhlangano esebenzisana ne-New York, i-UFT, lapho i-Shankerism ingakaze iphume esitayeleni, futhi lapho ifuna izinguquko zasekhaya, ingalokothi ihloselwe izikhulu ezihlonishwayo ze-neoliberal Democratic njengoRahm Emanuel, ethatha indawo yesibili noma indawo yokugcina i-ajenda yomhlaba wonke ye-hawkish. Okusho ukuthi: impi, impi, impi, isihloko asithandayo u-Albert Shanker njengoba enxusa i-US ukuthi iqhubeke nokunqoba eVietnam. Akakwazanga ukwamukela ukulahlekelwa, futhi kwamkhathaza kwaze kwaba izinsuku zakhe zokugcina, lapho ababambisene bakhe sebexoshiwe ebuholini be-AFL futhi yena ngokwakhe wazinikela waba uphawu lokudayisa kanye nokuphikisana ne-Affirmative Action ngaphakathi kwenhlangano yabasebenzi. (Yonke ikhredithi iya ebulungwini be-AFT ezimpandeni zotshani, ikakhulukazi kodwa hhayi e-Chicago kuphela, eye yamelana ne-Command Central.) Kulula ukucabanga ukuthi u-Hillary Clinton ushayela isipoki sakhe, ekhalela ukunqoba kuwo wonke ama-Vietnam alandelayo, kunoma yikuphi. ukulahlekelwa igazi labantu abavamile kanye nengcebo yomkhokhi wentela.
Konke lokhu kumele kukhumbuze isazi-mlando esigugile ukuthi...kahle, i-AFL-CIO yakudala yeminyaka yeMpi Yomshoshaphansi kusukela ekuhlanjululweni kwangaphambi kokuhlanganiswa kwezinyunyana zakwaNxele ngo-1949-50 kuze kube sekunqotshweni kwe-AFL-CIO ebhuqa kabi, engakwazi ukusebenza kahle. umongameli uLane Kirkland ngo-1995. Akuyona indaba emnandi, ikakhulukazi emazingeni obuholi. Ngeke ngizame ukuphinda ngithole imininingwane evela ocwaningweni lwami lwango-1999 lwehhovisi lezabasebenzi, Ukunakekela Ibhizinisi: USamuel Gompers, uGeorge Meany, uLane Kirkland kanye Nenhlekelele Yezabasebenzi baseMelika.. Kodwa okumbalwa okuvelele kufanele kukhulunywe ngalesi sikhathi somkhankaso.
USamuel Gompers, nakuba ayengusocialist esemncane, ngokushesha waba umholi oyisibonelo sokungabandakanyi kanye ne-conservative-leaning craft unionism. Wafuna ngokucasuka ukuba khona kwabasebenzi baseShayina e-US, njengoba enqabela abasebenzi abangemhlophe kanye nabesifazane abaningi (abanye bakwazi ukungena noma kunjalo, ikakhulukazi uma kungenjalo kuphela emaphethelweni) njengokungafaneleki enguqulweni yakhe yenyunyana, umbono wabo wamasu wawugxile. phezu komkhawulo wokuncintisana ngemisebenzi. Kuze kube sekupheleni kwezinsuku zakhe, wafuna ukuqeda ukufuduka kwabantu baseYurophu, kuhlanganise namaJuda okungenzeka ukuthi asindiswa ngamakhulu ezinkulungwane uma kungenjalo izigidi, ukube ayevunyelwe ukungena e-US. Hhayi ukuthi ubengumuntu obalulekile emthethweni ovimbela ukungena kwabantu kwamanye amazwe, kodwa wayengumkhulumeli oshisekayo ezinhlwini zawo, enikeza ubufakazi emphakathini wokwesekwa kwezigaba ezahlukene, okusho ukuthi isigaba sabasebenzi u-Archie Bunkerism.
Isikhathi esibalulekile sikaGompers—phakathi kwamashumi eminyaka osocialists abaphikisana kabuhlungu kanye nezinxushunxushu, ukugqekeza iziteleka zezinyunyana eziqhudelanayo—impela kwakuyiMpi Yezwe Yokuqala. Ngenxa yezizathu ezingavamile okwamanje, wayephikisana nokungena kwe-US empini yaseSpain-American. (Impikiswano eqinile yangaleso sikhathi: ukwesaba ukuhlanganisa abantu abaningi abangemhlophe embusweni owandisiwe waseMelika.) Kwaba ngenye indlela ngo-1917. Umongameli uWoodrow Wilson, ngokusekelwa okushiseka kukaGompers, wabopha izinkulungwane zama-socialists nezinxushunxushu, kwavalwa izincwadi zabo. , kanye nomlayezo oqinile othunyelwe kubasebenzi baseLatin America abangaphumuli: ngena kulayini wezinyunyana zamabhizinisi, isitayela sase-US, noma okunye. Ngokubuyisela emuva, i-AFL yaphumelela kwaze kwaba….I-Red Scare yango-1919 kanye nokuwohloka komnotho okwalandela kwasusa iningi lezinzuzo. Ukuthi ingabe isivumelwano sikaGompers noWilson sanikeza izinyathelo ezibalulekile ngempela ekwamukelweni okusemthethweni kwezinyunyana zezimboni, ezasungulwa ngesikhathi somzabalazo wezigaba owawuthukuthele wama-1930s, kusewumbuzo ovulekile kosomlando.
Ukusheshisa ngeminyaka yawo-1950s, lapho umshado we-AFL kanye ne-CIO, owawunganyelwe omakadebona benhlangano yezobunhloli, wawubonakala umemezela inkathi entsha yokuhlonishwa nokuthuthuka. Ubuholi babasebenzi obuhleliwe abukaze babamukele ngempela abasebenzi basezindlini noma basepulazini ezikhundleni zabo. I-AFL kaGeorge Meany ikakhulukazi yabonisa isithakazelo esincane esiyigugu kwabasebenzi basehhovisi besifazane noma izisebenzi ezingezona ezimhlophe kunoma iyiphi indawo, ngaleyo ndlela ingalungiseleli kahle umnyakazo wokuwohloka kwemboni esikhathini esizayo.
Inqubekela phambili yezabasebenzi kanye nabathile abangenalo inqubekela phambili ngokusobala baphokophele phambili kuzo zonke izigaba zabasebenzi bakahulumeni, ngoba lapha ingcindezi yezombangazwe ingathwalwa ngempumelelo. Ngaphandle kwalokho, othisha, abasebenzi bezempilo kanye nabasebenzi bakahulumeni bebonke bebehola kancane futhi bezimisele kanzima. Lapha, abasebenzi empeleni bamukele izigidi zabasebenzi besifazane, ekugcineni, ingasaphathwa eyabase-Afrika baseMelika abaqashwe kuwo wonke amagatsha edolobha, izifundazwe kanye nezinkonzo zombuso. Umbutho wabasebenzi, obamukelayo, waba nentando yeningi ngokweqiniso.
Ngokushesha ngokwanele, "ukwenza amadili" ngezindleko zamalungu ezinyunyana nakho kwaba umkhuba ojwayelekile, ngaphandle kothisha. Amalungu eNhlangano Yezemfundo Kazwelonke (NEA), amalungu enhlangano ngokubona kwawo kunokuba abezinyunyana ngokuqondile, nawo awakwazanga ukwamukela i-AFT yaphezulu, exakwe izindaba zangaphandle futhi ezinikele emifelandawonye eyinqaba. Indaba: Ummeli ka-Albert Shanker uLinda Chavez, umhleli wokushicilelwa kwayo, Umfundisi waseMelika, kamuva waqhosha ngokuthi wayeseyiguqule yaba incwadi evelele egcina imithetho. Ukwenza umnyakazo ofanayo ekuphathweni kwe-Reagan, wazenzela umsebenzi wakhe ngale migqa. (Incwadi yakhe yakamuva inesihloko Ukukhaphela: Indlela Abaphathi Benyunyana Abawanyakazisa Ngayo Amalungu Abo Nepolitiki YaseMelika Ekhohlakele.) Njengoba ibhekene nesikhathi sokudilizwa kwesabelomali, inyunyana yomphakathi iye yancipha kancane kancane, izama ukuvikela izinzuzo zangaphambilini, ingafuni ukwenza amagagasi, futhi izimisele ngaphezu kwakho konke ukweseka amaDemocrat, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kuthambekele kangakanani ekunciphiseni isabelomali kanye “nezinguquko” ezenzekayo. amandla aphuma ekilasini, esimweni esithile sothisha, futhi aye ezandleni zabazimele.
Kubonakala sengathi sesifike esiphethweni sendaba, noma okungenani isahluko esisodwa esikhulu, eziningi zezinyunyana ezinkulu ziklolodela uBernie Sanders, umpetha wesigaba sabasebenzi bezenhlalakahle. Izinsiza ebezidingeka kabi ezikhishwe emalini ekhokhwayo, ngaphandle kwamavoti obulungu, ziyaqhubeka nokuthululwa emseleni ofanayo, kulindelwe ukwenzelwa okuhle kubaphathi be-centrist esikhathini esizayo. Ukulahlekelwa? Abahlali bezinyunyana zentando yeningi ezihlubukayo kanye nedlanzana lamazwe ngamazwe, okwamanje, banikeza enye indlela yokufa kancane kancane kwezinyunyana zaseMelika. I-Gene Debs yayizokwenzani? Sesiyazi.
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