Ukuqokwa kukaSenator Bernie Sanders njengomongameli ngo-2015-16 kwavula ukungqubuzana okusha kwezepolitiki enhlanganweni yezabasebenzi yaseMelika. Ngokungafani neminye imibuso yentando yeningi yaseNtshonalanga lapho izisebenzi ezihleliwe ziye zaba neqhaza ekusunguleni amaqembu entando yeningi yezenhlalo anemithende eminingi ehlukene, abasebenzi base-U.S. baye babhekana nokukhetha okuvame ukuba buhlungu futhi okunzima kokusekela ububi obuncane babaholi ababili bezinkampani, ngokuvamile abaqokwe kwiDemocratic Party. Kepha ngoMeyi ka-2015 lapho uBernie Sanders odume ngelikaSocialist ephonsa isigqoko sakhe eringini yeqembu leDemocratic Party, kwaqubuka umlilo wasemathafeni phakathi kwenhlangano yabasebenzi. USanders, ngenkathi ezimele, wabona ukuthi ngalesi sikhathi emlandweni umnyakazo wakhe obaluleke kakhulu kwakuwukulwela ukuqokwa kweDemocratic Alliance.
Ngokokuqala ngqa enkumbulweni yanoma ubani (futhi ngenxa yalokho ngokokuqala ngqa kusukela ku-Eugene Debs ngo-1920) iSocialist eyayizazise yahlanganisa izinombolo ezinkulu ngemuva kwesiteji esimelene nenkampani, esimelene ne-Wall Street, isiteji sekilasi elisebenza kanzima. Ukusabela emsebenzini kwakushesha futhi kumangalisa kakhulu. Nakuba abasolwa abajwayelekile bebambe ujenga ukusekela ukuqokwa kuka-Hillary Clinton okumiselwe kusengaphambili njengokufanelekile nokungenakugwenywa, izinyunyana zikazwelonke eziyisikhombisa kanye nabantu bendawo abangaphezu kuka-100 kanye namalungu enyunyana angaphezu kuka-50,000 agunyaze uBernie. Njengophawu olulandisayo lwekusasa lezepolitiki le-neo-liberalism, abantu bendawo abangama-35 be-International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) bagunyaze uSenator Sanders futhi bajoyina ukwakheka okusha kwezepolitiki, iLabour for Bernie. Namuhla, abaningi bacabanga ukuthi uBernie ngabe wamshaya uTrump, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokuhlangana kwakhe nabavoti besigaba sabasebenzi abangathintekile ezifundeni ezibalulekile eziguqule i-Electoral College kuDonald Trump.
Abasebenzi abaningi kakhulu bakholwa - futhi basakholelwa - ukuthi ubumongameli bukaTrump buzozuzisa labo abashiywe amashumi eminyaka yobugovu bebhizinisi nezithembiso ezingenalutho ezivela kumaDemocrats. Inselelo esibhekene nayo manje njengezinyunyana zabasebenzi ezithuthukayo iwukuhlanganisa ukwesekwa okubanzi kwama-Sanders ngesisekelo esikhulu embuthweni wabasebenzi. Ukwenza kanjalo kuzobhekana nemisebenzi emibili ebalulekile ngesikhathi esisodwa:
- Ukukhulisa amathuba okuqeda ukulawula kwe-Republican Party kuzo zombili izindlu zeCongress ngo-2018 nokuqhubeka nokuqeda ukusebenza kukaTrump e-White House ngo-2020; futhi
- Ukwandisa isisekelo sepolitiki ethuthukayo empini yebanga elide ukuze "ikusasa esingakholelwa kulo."
Ikakhulukazi ngemuva kweCharlottesville kanye ne-neo-Nazi evuselelwe kabusha, inhlangano elwela amalungelo abantu abamhlophe, kuyaphuthuma ukuthi isizinda sikaSanders enhlanganweni yabasebenzi sibhekane nenye inselele: Kumele siwine izinyunyana eziningi namalungu azo ukuze amelane nokucwasa, abamhlophe. ukuhlaselwa kwe-supremacist kanye nokuphikisana nabokufika. Isibonelo, ezine "zezinyunyana zakwaBernie" (CWA, NNU, UE kanye ne-ATU) zasayina isitatimende ukusekela imihlangano kaMeyi 1 ngokumelene noTrump kanye namalungelo abokufika.
Izinyunyana eziyisikhombisa zikazwelonke ezigunyaze uSenator Bernie Sanders njengomongameli sezihlangene ukuze zakhe Umsebenzi Wethu Revolution futhi emuva Ukuvukelwa Kwethu - inethiwekhi kazwelonke edalelwe ukuqhubeka nenhlangano eyakhula enseleleni kamongameli kaSanders kumaprimaries eDemocratic Alliance. (Izinyunyana eziyisikhombisa yilezi: i-Amalgamated Transit Union, i-American Postal Workers Union, i-Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way, i-Communication Workers of America, i-International Longshore and Warehouse Union, i-National Nurses United, kanye ne-United Electrical Workers.
AMATHEMBA AJABULISAYO
Ayini amathuba okuthi lezi zinyunyana kanye neNguquko Yethu iqhubekisele phambili iLabour ukuze uBernie aphumelele abe yibutho lezepolitiki elisha elikwaziyo ukubhekana nezinselelo eziwumqansa ezibekwe ngenhla?
Njengamanje kunezinhlaka ezingaphezu kuka-300 ze-Our Revolution e-U.S. kanye namaKomidi Ezifundazwe amane Texas Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Futhi Maryland.
The Umsebenzi Wethu Revolution izinyunyana ezingaphansi zisiza ngenkuthalo imikhankaso Yenguquko Yethu ngenkathi ziqhubeka nokungena ezisekelweni zomkhankaso wakwaSanders ukuze zithole ukusekelwa kwezingxoxo zabo ezihlangene, inkontileka, kanye nokuhlela imikhankaso. Impumelelo yethu Yenguquko incike esisekelweni esiqinile esigabeni sabasebenzi kanye nokwesekwa okuqinile okuvela enhlanganweni yabasebenzi.
I-Communications Workers of America umongameli odlule u-Larry Cohen owasiza ukuhola ukwesekwa kwezabasebenzi emkhankasweni wakwa-Sanders manje usenguSihlalo Webhodi Yethu Yenguquko kanye nomholi obalulekile weLabour for Our Revolution. UCohen unxusa abaholi bezinyunyana namalungu ukuthi baxhume amaqembu endawo noma bakhe awabo amasha.
Emhlanganweni kazwelonke weLabour for Our Revolution eChicago ngoJuni 9, uMongameli Jikelele we-United Electrical Workers (UE) uPeter Knowlton wenza isethulo mayelana nomsebenzi wenethiwekhi kanye nokwesekwa kwamalungu enyunyana ye-UE ngakho.
โSilandela ezinyathelweni zikaMfundisi uMartin Luther King Jr. owathi, โInhlangano yabasebenzi ingamandla amakhulu adingekayo ukuze kuguqulwe ingcindezelo yabasebenzi kanye nokuphelelwa ithemba kube ithemba nenqubekelaphambili,โโ kusho u-Knowlton. โIzinyunyana, nezikhungo zabasebenzi nezinye izinhlangano zabasebenzi kumele zibeke eqhulwini imigomo eqinisayo futhi iqinise ukuhlelwa kwabasebenzi ukuze basivikele ekulimaleni konxiwankulu. Singajulisa futhi siwuqinise lo mbono kuNguquko Yethu. "
Omele i-American Postal Workers (APWU) Labour for Our Revolution uMelissa Dimondstein uchaze ukwesekwa kwenyunyana yakhe kweLabour for Our Revolution futhi wabelane ngezingcaphuno zesitatimende se-APWU:
โIzinyunyana ezizibandakanya ku-Labour for Our Revolution zisinika amandla okuthonya Inguquko Yethu ukuze igxile kakhulu esigabeni sabasebenziโฆKusinika nethuba lokuhlela amalungu ethu ezindabeni ezibanzi, zesigaba sabasebenzi.
โI-Labor for Our Revolution yithuba lokusiza ukwakha inhlangano enqamula yonke imikhakha yezepolitiki yamalungu ethu. Izingqinamba zomkhankaso wakwaSanders zabekwa phambi kwabantu njengenhlolovoโfuthi abantu bakhuluma. Ngakho-ke asiphume futhi sakhe ukunyakaza namandla mayelana nalezi zidingo. "
UKWAKHA UKUQHUBEKA OKUQHUBEKAYO KWABASEBENZI
Manje izinyunyana ezisemnyombweni weLabour for Our Revolution zikhona efinyelela kuzinyunyana zasendaweni ezingaphezu kwe-100 kanye namashumi ezinkulungwane zamalungu ezinyunyana abeseka i-Labour ukuze uBernie ajoyine inethiwekhi. Njengethuluzi lenhlangano, iLabour for Our Revolution yenze a isixazululo esilula ukweseka iphrojekthi ecela izinyunyana zendawo ukuba zivume.
Ehlobo lika-2017, iLabour for Our Revolution yaqala ukusekela umzabalazo ngaphakathi kweDemocratic Party ngokufuna ukuthi wonke amalungu eDemocratic Members of Congress axhase ngokuhlanganyela izikweletu eziyisishiyagalombili (#PeoplesPlatform) ezihlanganiswe ndawonye zibe wuhlelo olubanzi lwabantu abaningi. I-โIhlobo Lokuthuthukaโ umkhankaso uchaza inkundla ecacile emelene nezinkampani okufanele ihehe kubo bonke abantu abasebenzayo abakhathele i-Wall Street ebiza zonke izithombe.
Intshiseko yeLabour kaBernie kanye nomkhankaso wakwaSanders ikhombise amandla ophiko olusha oluthuthukayo enhlanganweni yabasebenzi. Umgomo weLabour for Our Revolution wokuhlanganisa amalungu ezinyunyana kanye nabanye abasebenzi endaweni yezepolitiki yodumo lweNguquko Yethu uyisinyathelo esilandelayo esithembisayo. Ukuze iphumelele, izinyunyana eziningi ezingeni likazwelonke nelendawo kuzodingeka zihlanganyele futhi zisebenzisane ekufezeni umbono omusha wendima yabasebenzi kwezombusazwe.
Umsebenzi osuwenziwa wukuhlela kabusha izinyunyana ezeseka uBernie ku-Labour for Our Revolution, kanye nokunxenxa izinhlangano zabasebenzi ezintsha okungenzeka ukuthi zeseka uClinton, kodwa manje seziyabona ukuthi inkundla ecacile emelene nezinkampani iyindlela engcono kakhulu yokubamba amalungu azo ezombangazwe. ukwethembeka nokukhomba indlela eya phambili ngesikhathi sokumelana noTrump nangale kwalokho.
U-Rand Wilson ungumqondisi ohlela kwa-SEIU Local 888 futhi ungumhleli wevolontiya weLabour for Our Revolution. U-Peter Olney ungumqondisi wokuhlela we-ILWU osethathe umhlalaphansi kanye nomqeqeshi wezabasebenzi kanye nomeluleki.
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