TOkhethweni lukaCongressional kanye nolwezifundazwe lwangoNovemba 2010 lwaba wukunqoba okukhulu kwamaRiphabhulikhi aqhubeka esabela, kwaba nemiphumela ehlehlayo eWashington nasezinhloko-dolobha zezifundazwe kulo lonke elase-United States. Efuna (ngokungeyikho) ukuthi "abantu babekhulume" egameni lenqubomgomo "engaguquki" okhethweni lwamaphakathi nonyaka, umongameli wezwe onelungelo eliphakathi nendawo u-Barack Obama uqhubekisele phambili ilungelo lokusebenzisa ibhizinisi ezinyangeni zokuqala zika-2011.
Kwabe sekufika iWisconsin, igama eligcotshwa ngokushesha lemvuselelo edumile neqhubekayo ebonakala sengathi iqale enhloko-dolobha yaleso sifunda, iMadison, ngoFebhuwari 2011. Inhlansi yanikezwa uMbusi waseWisconsin uScott Walker, omunye wamaRiphabhulikhi amaningi aqinile akhethwe Ukwesekwa kwe-Tea Party ezingeni likahulumeni ngoNovemba 2010. Umcabango wobungxiwankulu ozinikele kakhulu wathwala umqondo womsebenzi wakhe wobumesiya ukuze abangele umonakalo ongokomlando kubasebenzi abahlelekile kanye ne-Democratic Party, u-Walker akazange aneliswe ibhizinisi elimaphakathi kwesokudla njengenjwayeloโ okungukuthi, ukulinganisa izabelomali emihlane yabantu abasebenzayo nabampofu kuyilapho kukhishwa ukwehliswa kwentela kwabacebile abambalwa. Yena nozakwabo baseRiphabhulikhi babone ithuba eliqhakazile lokuqopha umlando wonxiwankulu ngokuphula umhlane wezinyunyana emkhakheni kahulumeni, isisekelo sokugcina samandla okusebenza e-U.S. (izisebenzi zikahulumeni njengamanje ziyingxenye yengxenye yabasebenzi baseMelika abasele abahlanganisiwe.) NgoFebhuwari. 11, u-Walker uqhubekisele phambili "umthethosivivinywa wokulungisa isabelomali" ongagcinanga ngokunciphisa kakhulu amaholo kanye nezinzuzo ezikhokhelwa abasebenzi bakahulumeni wombuso, kodwa futhi waphuca labo basebenzi amalungelo abo okuxoxisana ngokuhlanganyela abawazuze kanzima.
Ekhuluma ne-blogger ekhululekile ezenza usozigidi uDavid Koch, ngenkathi izinkumbi zabantu zibhikisha ngaphandle kwehhovisi lakhe eMadison Capitol, u-Walker ufanise ukuma kwakhe nalokho okwathathwa uMongameli uRonald Reagan lapho exosha abalawuli bezindiza zezwe ngesikhathi kunengxabano yezabasebenzi ngo-1981. "Lokho bekuwumfantu wokuqala oDongeni lwaseBerlin nokwaholela ekuweni kwamaSoviet," kusho u-Walker. U-Walker uthe ulindele ukuthi inhlangano emelene nezinyunyana isabalale ezweni lonke futhi ukhulume nababusi base-Ohio naseNevada. I-blogger ezenza u-Koch yavuma, yatshela u-Walker, "Uyidomino yokuqala." U-Walker uphendule ngokuqinisekisa: "Yebo, lesi yisikhathi sethu." U-Walker uvumile ukuthi uke wacabanga ukuthumela amanxusa afuna ukuchukuluza esixukwini ukuze abangele ukuphazamiseka (ukuze anikeze izaba zokucindezelwa), kodwa watshela umbhali wezincwadi ukuthi ukhethe ukulinda abezindaba baphelelwe isithakazelo emibhikishweni (R. Foley, "On I-Prank Call, Umbusi Uxoxa Ngesu," AP, February 22, 2011).
Ngokuvumelana nokuhlonzwa kuka-Walker njenge-Tea Party Republican, izelamani zezigidigidi nabaxhasi abaphambili be-Tea Party u-Charles no-David Koch (bobabili abaphikisana nezinyunyana abanolaka) babephakathi kwabanikeli bakhe abakhulu bomkhankaso. Ikomidi lezombusazwe le-Koch Industries linikeze u-$43,000 emkhankasweni ka-Walker kwathi uDavid Koch wanikeza u-$1 million ku-Republican Governors' Association, exhase ngezimali izikhangiso ezihlasela omelene no-Walker ngaphambi kokhetho. U-Walker uphinde wesekwa yinhlangano emelene nenyunyana, i-right-wing, kanye ne-Bradley Foundation ese-Milwaukee kanye ne-Koch arm Americans for Prosperity (AFP), okuyiqembu elihamba phambili le-Tea Party, elethule umkhankaso wesikhangiso sikamabonakude ka-$320,000 ukweseka i-Walker's. umthethosivivinywa ngoFebhuwari 23, 2011. "Ngisho nangaphambi kokuba umbusi omusha afungiswe ngenyanga edlule," kusho umengameli we-AFP uTim Phillips etshela. New York Times intatheli u-Eric Lipton ngoFebhuwari 20, "abaphathi beqembu elisekelwa u-Koch basebenze ngemuva kwezigcawu ukuzama ukukhuthaza umbhikisho wezinyunyana" ("Imali Yabazalwane Bamabhiliyoni Idlala Indima Engxabano yaseWisconsin," NYT, February 21). Okudabukisayo ukuthi, umthethosivivinywa ka-Walker uphinde wavumela abaphathi bakhe ukuthi badayisele izimboni zikagesi ezishisisa futhi ezipholile izakhiwo zombuso ezinkampanini ezizimele ngaphandle kwamabhidi, okuvumela ibhizinisi labazalwane bakwa-Koch ukuthi bathenge izinsiza zamandla ngemali eshibhile. I-Associated Press ibike ukuthi i-Koch Industries igcine "imisebenzi eminingi yebhizinisi" eWisconsin futhi "muva nje ivule ihhovisi lokunxenxa abantu edolobheni laseMadison, ibhlokhi elisuka eCapitol.
Bekuyinto eyodwa ukuthi u-Walker afune izinyunyana zomkhakha kahulumeni (ngaphezu kwayo yonke i-Wisconsin Education Association kanye nezahluko ze-Wisconsin ze-American Federation of State, Municipal, and County Employees) ukuthi zenze izimvume ezingahle zihlehliswe etafuleni lezingxoxo lapho izimali zombuso zibuya. empilweni enkulu. Kwaba enye into kuyena ukuhlanganisa imfuno yokubuyisela kanye nokuhlasela ubukhona bezinyunyana. Ukuhlasela kuka-Walker kwabonwa kabanzi futhi ngokuqondakalayo iningi labantu abasebenza kuhulumeni njengokuhlasela okubi okusuka phezulu kwamalungelo abo ayisisekelo kanye namalungelo omphakathi ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwendawo yokusebenza.
Ubani Ohlezi?
Okwalandela ukwethulwa komthethosivivinywa "wokulungisa isabelomali" sika-Walker kwakumangalisa. Ifanele ukubungazwa yilabo abafuna ukuvuselelwa okudlule isikhathi eside e-United States. U-Walker kulindeleke ukuthi adlulise umthethosivivinywa wakhe ngokushesha kuzo zombili izindlu zesishayamthetho sesifunda saseWisconsin maphakathi noFebhuwari. Wavinjelwa ekufezeni lokhu, nokho, ngenkathi amalungu angu-14 eDemocratic state state yaseWisconsin eshiya izwe, evimbela indikimba yomthetho ephezulu ekuhlanganiseni inani labamele abadingekayo ngaphansi komthethosisekelo wezwe ukuze bavote odabeni oluhlobene nesabelomali. Isinyathelo sangempela sokubhikisha, nokho, sisuka phansi siye phezulu. Phakathi nokukhubazeka kwenqubo yomthetho ngenxa yokungabikho kwe-"Fab 14" (njengoba abalandeli abaningi bezinyunyana bazosheshe babize izigele zangaphakathi endizeni), i-Wisconsin State Capitol eMadison yaba isizinda sombhikisho omangalisayo wamasonto amahlanu owaqubula. basekela imibhikisho ezweni lonke futhi bathola izitatimende zobumbano ezivela emhlabeni wonke. Kusukela ngosuku olulodwa kuya kolandelayo, amashumi ezinkulungwane zamalungu ezinyunyana zomphakathi, izishoshovu, nabasekeli bamasha bazungeza nangaphakathi eCapitol Rotunda. Esontweni lokuqala lemibhikisho, izikole bezivaliwe ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwaseMadison njengoba othisha nabanye abasebenzi bezikole zikahulumeni batheleka enhlokodolobha yezwe bekhombisa ukungahambisani nokuhlaselwa kukaWalker kwamalungelo abasebenzi. Abamasha bebephethe izingqwembe ezifanisa lo mbusi nondlovukayiphikiswa wase-Egypt osekelwa u-Hosni Mubarak. Umholi wenyunyana yabaseGibhithe uKamal Abbas uphinde waphendula ngokuthumelela abasebenzi baseWisconsin isitatimende esithi, "Sima Nawe Njengoba Wama Nathi."
Ngashayela eMadison ukuze ngiyobuka futhi ngisize lo mbhikisho wabasebenzi oyinqaba ngoMgqibelo, Februwari 19, usuku lapho izishoshovu ze-Tea Party zafunga ukuthi zizobamba umhlangano wokweseka u-Walker. Ngajoyina ulwandle lokucula, ukushaya amakhwela, ukushaya izigubhu, ukujabula nokwehlukahlukana kwabantu abasekela abasebenzi ababezungeze umhlangano omncane uma kuqhathaniswa (u-500-1,000 wabantu abaphezulu) "Ama-Tea Partiers" athukuthele, obuhlelwe yi-AFP exhaswe ngabazalwane base-Koch. Iqembu le-Tea Party landiswe okungenani ngabangu-60 kuye kwabangu-1โabangazange babikwe ekusakazweni kwezindaba zakusihlwa zase-Chicago, okuveze lolu suku njengoluphikisana nemibhikisho emi-2 ecishe ilingane.
Kwakungebona nje ubukhulu obuhlukanisa izinhlangothi ezimbili komunye nomunye. Okuphawuleka ngokufanayo kwakuwumoya wabo wokuqhathanisa nendlela ababezizwa ngayo. Amabutho e-Walker ayemuncu futhi ecasulwe isidingo sokuhlangana ndawonye futhi enze umsindo. Beveza izingqwembe eziveza u-Obama njengeKhomanisi lesitayela saseSoviet, bakhafula izinsolo ezibuhlungu mayelana "nobuhlali" obuthi bubudedengu bohulumeni omkhulu wamaDemocrats "wesobunxele". Umlayezo womoya omubi weTea Partiers wawucacile kubasebenzi nochwepheshe abafundisa izingane zombuso futhi balime imigwaqo emikhulu futhi bahlanze izindlu zangasese zesifunda, isifunda, nezakhiwo zikamasipala: โVala isihogo, buyela emsebenzini, futhi sibonge ngakho konke esikubona kufanele ukuthi sikukhokhele."
Ngokuphambene, inqwaba yabasebenzi yayiyimodeli yamahlaya amahle emikhosini ehambisana nomculo kanye nethiyetha yasemgwaqweni, okuhlanganisa i-pro-union Fife kanye ne-Drum corps egqoke imvunulo ye-colonial-revolutionary, indoda egqoke njengo-"Darth Walker," kanye namapayipi ahlaba umxhwele ka- amalungu agqoke ikhithi eNyunyana yabacimi bomlilo. Ingxoxo ejabulisayo nesekelayo ibimahhala futhi ilula phakathi kwabahlanganyeli. Izimpawu zababhikishi zazihlanganisa:
"Lena Akuyona Iphathi Yetiye"
"Alikho itiye kimi"
"Wississippi: The Walker Tea Party Agenda"
"Ungaliphuzi itiye"
"I-Union Blood is thicker than tea"
"I-Corporate Street Walker"
"Ama-Wisconsinites Athanda Ubhiya kanye ne-Bratwurst-Akekho O-oda Itiye"
"Governor Walker, Uvuse Isidondoshiya Esilele: Ikilasi Labasebenzi"
Ngomhla ziyi-19 nakuzo zonke izenzo ezalandela zokusekela inyunyana ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweCapitol Rotunda, ababhikishi nezikhulumi zayigwema kaningi inkulumo evamile "yokuvikela isigaba esimaphakathi" ukuze bazichaze bona kanye nomzabalazo wabo ngokwesigaba sabasebenzi.
Ngokungafani nama-Tea Partiers agxile ku-Obama, izixuku ezisekela inyunyana e-Rotunda nasezindaweni ezizungezile zazibonakala bengenasithakazelo embuzweni wokuthi ubani ohlezi phezu kwezindaba zezwe zepolitiki-politiki. Njengoba amashumi ezinkulungwane ezungeza i-Capitol futhi izinkulungwane zihlezi esakhiweni ngokwaso, kubonakala sengathi ababhikishi babeqondisa ukuhlakanipha kwesazi-mlando esingasekho u-Howard Zinn ngokuthi "into ebucayi ngempela akukhona ukuthi ubani ohlezi e-White House, kodwa ngubani uhlezi emigwaqweni, ezindaweni zokudlela, emahholo kahulumeni, ezimbonini. Ubani obhikishayo, ohlezi emahhovisi futhi obonisayoโlezo yizinto ezinquma ukuthi kwenzekani."
Ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva, ngoFebhuwari 22, i-97-union South Central Labor Federation (emele amalungu angu-45,000 wezinyunyana zikahulumeni nezizimele eningizimu namaphakathi neWisconsin) yakhipha isinqumo sokweseka ukuhlola ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukubiza isiteleka esijwayelekile (ngobuchwepheshe). okungekho emthethweni ngaphansi komthetho wezabasebenzi wase-U.S.) uma futhi nalapho umthetho ka-Walker uphasiswa. Umfelandawonye waqoka ikomiti elixhumanisa ukuthi lixhumane nezinyunyana zaseYurophu ezinolwazi ngokuqhuba iziteleka ezivamile (i-S. Verburg, "Iqembu Labasebenzi Libiza I-General Strike Uma Umthethosivivinywa Wesabelomali Ugunyazwa," I-Wisconsin State Journal, February 23, 2011).
Beka Phansi Amaphosta Akho Bese Uthatha Ibhodi lokunamathisela
Ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbili kuqale imibhikisho yaseMadison, kuyacaca ukuthi โuMoya waseWisconsinโ ungabungazwa kalula kwesokunxele. Ngobusuku bangoMashi 9, u-Walker nabalingani bakhe baseRiphabhlikhi baphasise umthetho oqeda amalungelo ezingxoxo ezihlangene zabasebenzi baseWisconsin ngokuhlukanisa indlela emelene nenyunyana ezindabeni zesabelomali, bebakhulula esimisweni sokuthi amalunga angu-14 alahlekile eDemocratic Alliance abe khona ukuze abambe ivoti. kubhili. Asikho isiteleka sanoma yiluphi uhlobo (okuvamile noma okunye) esilandele lesi sinyathelo sokubhuqa. Ngisho nangaphambi kokuba lo mthethosivivinywa uphonswe, intatheli yezabasebenzi u-Lee Sustar yaphawula, โInkulumo ngesiteleka esivamileโesivame ukudingidwa phakathi kwezishoshovu phakathi namasonto amathathu emibhikisho eCapitol yaseWisconsin eMadisonโyashabalala njengoba abaholi bezinyunyana becindezela amalungu enyunyana ukuthi agunyaze izinkontileka eziqukethe. okungenani iholo lincishiswe ngamaphesenti angu-7." Kusukela ekuqaleni, "ubuholi" bombuso "bobuholi" bamagange ngokudabukisayo ukuhoxisa amaholo nezinzuzo zabasebenzi ukuze bagcine imali yabo - umthombo wamaholo abo akhethekile, asezingeni lomxhumanisi, asongelwa ingxenye yomthethosivivinywa ka-Walker ovimbela ukuqoqwa. yezimali ezikhokhwa yinyunyana ngokudonswa komholo wabasebenzi ngokuzenzakalelayo. Ngaso leso sikhathi, abaholi bezabasebenzi bahlala bethule kakhulu mayelana nezinye izinhlinzeko ezimelene nabasebenzi zomthethosivivinywa wokuqala ka-Walker, okuhlanganisa ukusikeka okuqinile kwe-Medicaid ne-BadgerCare (uhlelo lomshwalense wezempilo lwaseWisconsin lwabantu abahola kancane) kanye nokwenziwa kwangasese kwezitshalo zikagesi eNyuvesi yaseWisconsin. i-flagship Madison campus ("I-Labour Movement After Wisconsin," socialistworker.org, April 2011).
Ngemva kokuphasiswa komthethosivivinywa, uma bekungenjalo ngaphambili, izikhulu zezabasebenzi zaseWisconsin zagxila ezinseleleni zomthetho kanye nenqubo enzima, edonswa kanzima yokuzama ukukhumbula amaSenator Esifunda SaseRiphabhulikhi ayisishiyagalombili, ukususwa kwawo okwakuzonikeza amaDemocrats amandla eSigele Sombuso. "Umhlangano wokugcina wezisebenzi owawuseMadison Mashi 12," kuphawula uSustar, "bekuwukuqala komkhankaso wokhetho esikhundleni sokuzabalaza emsebenzini." Umkhankaso wokhetho, okusho ukuthi, egameni lamaDemocrats, lowo owayengenele isikhundla sikagubernatori ka-2010 u-Tommy Barrett wagxeka amaholo kanye nemihlomulo yabasebenzi bakahulumeni okwakuthiwa ingaphezu kwamandla. "Ngiyabonga Fab 14" kwakuyisitatimende esivamile ezimpawini ezisatshalaliswa abahleli bomhlangano. Ukuhlonipha ngokweqile amalungu ephalamende ayi-14 okungenzeka ashiye umbuso ngenxa yokuthembela kwawo siqu emnikelweni wezinyunyana zezombusazwe namandla okhetho, kuyilapho eshaya indiva indima ebaluleke kakhulu edlalwa abasebenzi (othisha baseMadison ngaphezu kwakho konke) ekushayeleni imicimbi. kusukela phansi kuya phezulu, abahleli badlulisele amandla adumile kulelo bhokisi lokuvota eligugile "ibhokisi lokuqaphela isigaba" (ukucaphuna isazi-mlando saseMelika esingasekho u-Alan Dawley), ibhokisi lokuvota laseMelika "lamaqembu amabili".
Ngesikhathi sokubhala lokhu (maphakathi no-April 2011), umthethosivivinywa ka-Walker ubuvaliwe okwesikhashanaโngenxa yokwephula umthetho wemihlangano ovulekile wezweโyinkantolo yaseDane County. Ilindele isinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme yaseWisconsin, okubonakala sengathi izowusekela umthetho omelene nenyunyana. (AbaSebenzi kanye namaDemocrats bahlulekile muva nje emzamweni wabo wokukhetha ijaji elisekela inyunyana kuleyo nkantolo.) Ubuholi bezabasebenzi bombuso buwuchithile umoya wokuthatha izinyathelo eziqondile, buqhubezela abasebenzi ukuthi babuyele emisebenzini yabo futhi bakhuthaze amalungu enyunyana kanye nabasekeli babo ukuthi bagxile ekuxazululeni izinkinga. umzamo wokukhumbula u-Walker nokubuyisela elinye iqembu elinobunxiwankulu bombuso emandleni okuzisholo. "Beka phansi amaphosta akho bese uthatha ibhodi lokunamathisela" bekuwumyalo wangempela owakhishwa iDemocrat yesifunda ekhuluma namashumi ezinkulungwane zabasebenzi nabasekeli babo ngaphandle kweMadison Capitol Rotunda ngoMashi 12.
Ngaphandle kweWisconsin
Khonamanjalo, ukuhlaselwa okunonya kwabasebenzi bemboni yomphakathi, abampofu, ubulungiswa bezenhlalakahle, amalungelo omphakathi nawokuvota, kanye nemvelo ephilayo kuyaqhubeka kwezinye izifundazwe eziningi. Izikweletu zokuqeda noma zokunciphisa izingxoxo ezihlangene, ukuvimba iziteleka zothisha, kanye/noma ukukhawulela ukudonswa kwemali ekhokhwa yinyunyana ziyathuthukiswa kwezinye izishayamthetho zezifundazwe ezingaphezu kweshumi nambili. Ngemuva kokuthi abezindaba abaqavile bephushele imibhikisho yaseMadison emaphethelweni okunakwa ngumphakathi, umbusi wase-Ohio uJohn Kasich wasayina umthethosivivinywa owawukhawulela kakhulu amalungelo okuxoxisana abasebenzi bakahulumeni abangu-350,000โokuphindwe kabili inani labasebenzi abathintwe umthethosivivinywa ka-Walker. Umthethosivivinywa wase-Ohio uvimbela izinyunyana ekuxoxisaneni kwamaholo, uqeda ukukhushulwa kwamaholo okuzenzakalelayo, futhi uvimbele iziteleka. Kusebenza kothisha, abahlengikazi, nabanye abasebenzi abaningi bakahulumeni, okuhlanganisa namaphoyisa kanye nezicishamlilo, ababekhululiwe esilinganisweni saseWisconsin.
Nakuba engakakulungeli ukuqubula ukungqubuzana okuqondile nabasebenzi bomphakathi besifundazwe sakhe, uMbusi we-Tea Party Republican waseMichigan u-Rick Snyder usesayine umthethosivivinywa onikeza "abaphathi bezimali eziphuthumayo" abangakhethwanga amandla angakaze abonwe okudabula izinkontileka zezinyunyana, ukwenza imisebenzi yedolobha ibe yimfihlo, futhi sihlanganise noma sihlakaze ohulumeni basekhaya. Echazwa "njengomthetho wezempi wezezimali" yisishayamthetho esisodwa esigunyaza izwe laseRiphabhulikhi, isilinganiso sika-Snyder sadwetshwa isikhungo sokucabanga esingakwesokudla (i-Mackinac Center for Public Policy) exhaswe ngosozigidi abafanayo kanye nosozigidigidi ababesekela. Walker kanye nomthetho wakhe omelene nenyunyana.
Ngenkathi kube nemibhikisho ehlaba umxhwele yesitayela sase-Wisconsin eColumbus, e-Ohio, e-Indianapolis, e-Indiana nase-Lansing, e-Michigan, awukho umthetho ophasisiwe noma ohlongozwayo kwezinye izifundazwe ovuse abasebenzi kanye nemibhikisho edumile esondele kakhulu ngosayizi noma ukuqina kuleyo eyanyakaza. Madison.
Akuwona nje amaRiphabhulikhi
Ukuvukela kwezisebenzi kuhulumeni okwavela ngenxa yokucasulwa kwesokudla kwaba intuthuko eyamukelekayo. Noma kunjalo, kuyinto eyodwa ukuthi izikhungo zabasebenzi ezikhona kanye nabaholi (bona ngokwabo abahlanganiswe kakhulu ohlelweni lombuso wobunxiwankulu obubusa isizwe) ukuhlanganisa izixuku ezithandwayo, kungenye into ukusebenzisa nokwandisa amandla athandwayo ngokuqhubekayo nokubamba kanye nokwenza izinto ngendlela enengqondo kwabasemthethweni. ukuthukuthela okudumile okuthi Iphathi Yetiye kanye nelungelo elibanzi, ngezinye izikhathi, likwazile ukuxhaphaza nokungaqondi kahle. Ingqapheli yezepolitiki uChris Green uphakamise umbuzo omuhle ekuxhumaneni okuyimfihlo ngoFebhuwari 22, 2011. ungaphikisani nababusi beDemocrat ezindaweni ezifana ne-New York, California, ne-Illinois? Lokhu kuzoba inselele, hhayi ukuqokwa amaDemocrats."
Eqaphela ukuthi iqembu le-austerity alikhawulelwe ku-GOP, umhlaziyi wesobunxele u-Doug Henwood unikeze izeluleko ezihlakaniphile nezishukumisayo ekupheleni kokuthatha ithemba elivamile mayelana nokuqhuma kwabasebenzi base-Wisconsin: "Kungenzeka ukuthi ngabe u-Walker akahambanga kanjalo. I-ajenda ye-maximalist, lolu hlobo lombhikisho kungenzeka ukuthi aluzange lwenzeke. Abanye ababusi bangase baqaphele futhi bakhethe ukufa ngokusikwa kwenkulungwane esikhundleni sokusika ucelemba owodwa omkhulu. Kodwa, kunjalo, akuwona amaRepublican kuphela. Ababusi beDemocratic Alliance abafana noJerry Brown kanye U-Andrew Cuomo uphinde abe nakho kubasebenzi bomkhakha womphakathi, njengoba, njengoba wonke umuntu azi, awukwazi ukukhokhisa intela lezi zinsuku. Futhi kufanele uzibuze ukuthi izinyunyana ezinonya eCalifornia naseNew York zizoba kanjani kubabusi beDemocratic Alliance "( "I-Wisconsin Erupts," I-Left Business Observer, Februwari 16, 2011).
Ngokuvumelana nokukhathazeka kukaHenwood, uMbusi waseCalifornia uJerry Brown ucindezela izinyunyana zabasebenzi bakahulumeni ukuthi zamukele izibonelelo ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-$400 ezamukele ngonyaka odlule. Abaholi bezinyunyana balowo mbuso banikeza uBrown imvume yamahhala, bemukela isimemo sakhe "sokuhlanganyela umthwalo" njengoba eqhubekisela phambili iziphakamiso zesabelomali ezizocekela phansi abantu abasebenzayo. UMbusi weDemocratic Alliance waseNew York u-Andrew Cuomo usabisa ngokudiliza izisebenzi zezwe eziyi-10,000 uma engayitholi imali eyizigidi ezingama- $ 450 ezivumelwaneni zezinyunyana, njengoba efuna kuqedwe intela yezwe ebizwa ngokuthi yi-millionaire. UMbusi wase-Illinois uPat Quinn kanye namanye amaDemocrats esifundeni sakhe bacindezela umthetho ozonciphisa ukuvikelwa kwezinyunyana kothisha. Ukuhlasela okungapheli, okusezingeni likahulumeni kubasebenzi bakahulumeni kuvela kumaDemocrats kanye namaRepublicans ngokufanayo, kodwa izikhulu zezinyunyana bezingafuni ukuphindisela emuva ezifundazweni lapho amaDemocrat aphethe khona.
Ibanga lika-Obama
U-Henwood ubengangeza kalula ukuphawula mayelana nendlela evumelana nezinkampani, isikhungo-kwesokudla seNational Democratic Party kanye ne-White House. Ukuphathwa kuka-Obama kubonakala sengathi kubeke amathemba abo okusimama komnotho okwandisiwe (okubalulekile emathubeni akhe okuphinda aqokwe) ukuze kushwelezwe ilungelo kanye nesigaba samabhizinisi. Ukwehluleka kuka-Obama ukuhambisana nabasebenzi bakahulumeni kwakuhambisana nesifungo sakhe somkhankaso wokuba โngumholi olandela izinhlangothiโ olungele ukuthatha isisekelo sezinyunyana zeqembu lakhe. Kwahambisana nokwesekwa kwakhe (phezu kokuphikiswa kwezinyunyana zothisha) ezikoleni eziqashiwe kanye nomholo wothisha "osekelwe ekusebenzeni"; ukuqhubekisela phambili kwakhe izivumelwano zohwebo ezikhululekile ze-neoliberal eziphikiswa ngabasebenzi; ukuqinisa kwakhe umphakathi ubudlelwano nabaholi bamabhizinisi; ukwenqaba kwakhe ukuhamba nganoma iyiphi indlela ephusile emkhankasweni uthembisa ukuguqula imithetho yezwe yezemisebenzi evumelana nabaphathi; kanye nokumiswa komholo wakhe wabasebenzi benhlangano (isinyathelo esacasula amalungu enyunyana yomkhakha womphakathi). Ngaphambi kokuthi kuqubuke ukuhlubuka kwezabasebenzi okuqhubekayo, u-Obama wayesehambe kakhulu endleleni yokujoyina ibhizinisi kanye nelungelo lokuqhubekisela phambili indaba engamanga yokuthi ukuchuma kweMelika kwaqedwa ngabasebenzi bakahulumeni ababehola ngokweqile kanye nemithetho kahulumeni eyeqisayo, hhayi yizigebengu zangempela kuWall Street. owaphahlaza ngokunganaki umnotho womhlaba ngo-2008 (uRobert Reich, "Indaba ka-Obama yaseRiphabhulikhi Yezinkinga Zethu Zomnotho," I-Berkeley Blog, Disemba 2, 2010).
Asikho isisekelo sokusho kwabelungelo ukuthi uBarack Obama wangenelela noma wasusa imibhikisho yaseMidwestern. Njengoba Wall Street Journal Intatheli uJonathan Weisman ibone ngesonto lesibili lezinxushunxushu zaseWisconsin, u-Obama wahoxa ezimpini zombuso ngemuva kokubonakala eseka abasebenzi eWisconsin. Izikhulu eziphezulu zeDemocratic Alliance zitshele u-Weisman ukuthi lokhu kungenxa yokuthi u-Obama "uzimisele ngokungena esikhungweni sezombusazwe ... ukuze enze isivumelwano sezinhlangothi ezimbili mayelana nezimali zesikhathi eside zezwe ezingaqinisa isikhundla sakhe njengoba kuyiwa okhethweni lwango-2012" ("U-Obama Uhlala Empini Yezifundazwe, "Februwari 24).
Ekuqaleni kuka-Mashi, New York Times Umlobeli uJackie Calmes uthole ukuthi i-White House ingenelele intukuthelo ngemizamo yokuqala yeDemocratic Party yokusekela ukuhlubuka kwezabasebenzi, izikhulu zokuphatha ezikuthole ngokuphambene nomyalezo wayo: "I-White House ibifuna kakhulu ukuphuma engxabanweni eMadison, Wis., nezinye izifundazwe lapho ababusi baseRiphabhlikhi belwa nezinyunyana zabasebenzi bakahulumeni kanye nabenzi bezomthetho beDemocratic Alliance mayelana namalungelo okuxoxisana ngokuhlanganyela. " Ngaphezu kwalokho, "Ngesikhathi izikhulu zeWest Wing zithola ukuthi iDemocratic National Committee ihlanganise inethiwekhi kazwelonke kaMnu. Obama ukuthi yeseke imibhikisho, zacasuka zamisa abasebenzi basendlunkulu yeqembuโฆ. umlayezo onethemba lokuthi 'wina ikusasa' owethulwe nguMnu. Obama enkulumweni yakhe Yesimo SeNyunyana, lapho enxuse izwe ukuthi lengeze imali esetshenziswa kwezinye izinhlelo njengoba kunciphisa ezinye ukuze iMelika 'ikwazi 'ukuqamba kabusha futhi ifundise ngaphandle'. izimbangi zayo zomhlaba wonke" (March 3, 2011).
"Lokhu Akukona Ukubonakaliswa Kokuthula"
Ukuvela kabusha okuqhubekayo okubhekana nezinhlobo zeDemokhrasi neRiphabhulikhi zezifo ezifanayo kuzofanele kwenzeke kuzwelonke kanye nasezingeni lombuso uma sizokwenza inqubekelaphambili ezwakalayo yentando yeningi ngokumelene nezibalo ezimangelengele, ezincane, ezigxile kumakhandidethi, imali enkulu, kanye "nemicikilisho yokhetho" yemithombo yezindaba emikhulu (Noam Chomsky) ongcweti abasenzela yona njalo ngemva kweminyaka emibili nemine, besitshela ukuthi "leyo yipolitiki"โokuwukuphela kwepolitiki ebalulekile.
Ngikhuluma ngombuso, i-leftist engiyaziyo ingithumele inothi elidumazayo phakathi kwemibhikisho eminingi ekhuthazayo yamalungelo abasebenzi bomphakathi eWisconsin: "Abanye abangane bami 'bacelwa' ukuthi bangayivezi 'Imali yabo yezidingo zabantu, hhayi impi' izimpawu esakhiweni sase-Wisconsin Capitol ezivela kothile one-AFSCME ezithi, 'Lona umbhikisho wabasebenzi hhayi ukukhombisa ukuthula'โฆ. Ngaphandle kwase-U.S. Labour Against the War, angikaze ngibone kukhulunywa ngalezi zinkinga zesabelomali sombuso ezihlobene nokusetshenziswa kwezempi. [Umongameli we-AFL-CIO] u-Richard Trumka ubelokhu elwa amazinyo nezinzipho ukuze avimbele lezi zimpi ukuba ziphikiswe abasebenzi.Ngicabanga ukuthi okudlalwayo ngokucindezelwa kwemibono yokuthula kuwumzamo, njengoba [uMongameli we-United Steelworkers'] uLeo Gerard esho. Wayezokwenza, 'ukuvala umhlane ka-Obama'โฆ. Ukusetshenziswa kuka-Obama kwezempi kufanele kusolwe. Angikholwa ukuthi omunye umholi wezabasebenzi washo enkulumweni e-Wisconsin into efana nokuthi, 'Lapha sino-Obama kanye neCongress bagunyaza u-$35 wezigidigidi nge-boondoggle yezempi entsha futhi silwela ukuvikela izimpilo zethu."
Kube ukuphawula okujabulisayo ukufunda njengoba nje u-Obama kanye ne-NATO yaseLibya yasiza abezindaba bebhizinisi baphushela umzabalazo kaMadison emaphethelweni embonini yezindaba zezombusazwe kanye ne-punditry yansuku zonke.
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UPaul Street ([i-imeyili ivikelwe]) ungumbhali wezincwadi eziningi, kuhlanganisa Izingubo Ezintsha Zombuso: U-Barack Obama Ezweni Langempela Lamandla (Paradigm, 2010) kanye, no-Anthony DiMaggio, Ukuphahlaza Iphathi Yetiye: Imidiya Yeningi kanye Nomkhankaso Wokwenza Kabusha Ezombusazwe ZaseMelika (Paradigm, May 2011).