*Inguqulo efushanisiwe kancane yale nkulumo eyethulwa edolobheni lase-Iowa kusihlwa ngoMeyi Wokuqala, 2009.
Ngithanda ukubonga u-Wild Rose Rebellion nabanye ababambe iqhaza ekuhleleni lo mcimbi wosuku lukaMeyi ngokungimema ukuba ngikhulume ngalolu suku abantu baseMelika abambalwa abavunyelwe ukulwazi njengosuku lwangempela lomsebenzi, abazalelwa khona lapha e-United States. ukuxhumana nomzabalazo woSuku Lwamahora Ayisishiyagalombili - usuku lomsebenzi womuntu.
ISIKHATHI, IDEMOKRASI, KANYE NOSHISHINI
Uyazi, uma ubuyela emuva futhi ubheke izimpikiswano zasekuqaleni abantu abasebenzayo nezinhlangano zabo - izinyunyana - abazenzile amahora amafushane, uthola okuthile okuthakazelisa kakhulu. Abazange nje bakhulume ngezinkinga ezingokomzimba nezingokwengqondo nezomndeni ezafika ngokusebenza ngokweqile ngaphansi kokulawula kwabaphathi babo. Abazange nje bakhulume ngeqiniso lokuthi abaphathi babaqola amahora nemizuzu eyengeziwe nsuku zonke. Abazange nje bakhulume ngokuthi amahora amafushane angasho kanjani ukusabalalisa umsebenzi okungasho imisebenzi eyengeziwe futhi ngaleyo ndlela kunciphe ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi nobumpofu kubantu abasebenzayo.
Baxoxa ngakho konke lokho kodwa futhi lokho kwasho ezinye izinto ezimbili okufanele sizikhumbule futhi sizindle ngazo namuhla. Okokuqala, baphikisana ngokuthi awukwazi ukuba nentando yeningi uma abantu bengenaso isikhathi sokubamba iqhaza kuyo. Bathi izithembiso zentando yeningi ze-American Revolution azisho lutho kubantu abancishwa isikhathi esikhululekile namandla okutadisha nokuxoxa nokuhlela nokwenza izinhlangano mayelana nezindaba ezinkulu zosuku.
Okwesibili, i-Haymarket Martyrs kanye nabanye abaholi be-Eight Hour bathi uma unesikhathi futhi usisebenzise ukufunda umlando nezigigaba zamanje kanye nomphakathi ohlala kuwo uvame ukubona ukuthi intando yeningi ayikwazi ngempela ukubuyisana nohlelo lwenzuzo yonxiwankulu. . Bathi, uthola ukuthi umgomo wentando yeningi okhazimulayo wokuzibusa okudumile awuhlangani kahle nesimiso sesigaba sabaphathi nabasebenzi abacebile nabampofu, kanye nabakhipha ama-oda nabathatha ama-oda. Ayihlanganisi nesistimu yezomnotho egxilisa ingcebo namandla ngokwengeziwe ezandleni Zabambalwa abanelungelo kanye nenkampani.
SIPHI ISIBELO SETHU?
Lezi yizinto okufanele ucabange ngazo futhi wenze ngazo namuhla, ngaphezu kweminyaka eyi-130 ngemuva kukaHaymarket. I-United States, noma ungakholwa, inamahora okusebenza amade kunawo wonke emhlabeni onezimboni. Abantu baseMelika bavame ukubika ukuthi bamatasa kakhulu futhi bakhathele futhi basebenza ngokweqile ukuze balandele ngokunenzuzo ukuqonda izehlakalo zamanje. Amaphesenti angu-1 aphezulu aphethe amaphesenti angu-40 omcebo kanye nephesenti elikhulu cishe lezikhulu ezikhethiwe kanye nosopolitiki e-U.S. Siphila “entandweni yeningi” lapho izinkampani ezinkulu eziyisithupha ziphethe ngaphezu kwesigamu sayo yonke imithombo yezindaba yase-U.S. amaqembu ezepolitiki aqavile axhaswe ngezimali yizinkampani ezinkulu asayina iminikelo yabakhokhi bentela enenani eliyizigidigidi zamadola ezikhungweni zezimali ze-Wall Street zezimali ezishayele umnotho eweni.
I-New York Times yangeSonto eledlule ibike ekhasini lokuqala elikhokha emabhange okutshalwa kwezimali ahamba phambili esizweni, ngemuva kokuwa ngonyaka odlule, libuyela emuva ezindaweni eziphakeme "ze-stratospheric". Izinkokhelo namabhonasi e-Wall Street zikhuphuka zibuyela emazingeni ka-2007, ngaphezu kuka-$560,000 ngonyaka e-Goldman Sachs!
Sekuyisikhathi sephathi futhi ku-Wall Street ngoba abamabhange bangaboleka imali eshibhile, ngazo zonke lezo ziqinisekiso zikahulumeni abanikezwe uBush, uPaulsen, Obama noGeithner. Ibuyile ukuze "idle isiphuzo futhi nijabule" kubaphathi bezezimali ngenxa yezigidigidi ezingama- $ 600 ezenziwe ngaphansi kwe-TARP, imigqa emikhulu yezikweletu ehlinzekwa yi-Fed, eyandisiwe ye-F.D.I.C. iziqinisekiso, ukutakulwa kukahulumeni kwe-AIG, nokunye...sibonga Usizo Lwesikhashana olungako ngenxa yamabhange Aswele kangako.
Ngaleso sikhathi, abanye abantu baseMelika abangu-600,000 balahlekelwa imisebenzi nyanga zonke. Amadolobha amatende, “amaHooverville’ anamuhla aye abonakala emadolobheni angaphezu kweshumi nambili kulo lonke elase-U.S., “isizwe esicebe kakhulu eMhlabeni.’. Ngingakukhomba ezindaweni ezingomakhelwane eziyishumi nanhlanu e-Chicago lapho izingane ezingaphezulu kwekota zihlala ngaphansi kwengxenye yezinga lobumpofu likahulumeni wobumbano elidume ngendlela enganele.
Izigidi zabantu baseMelika abavamile namuhla zibuza imibuzo elula nenamandla. Uzwa ezindaweni zokudla kwasemini, endaweni yokucima ukoma, esitolo sekhofi, emafemini, emahhovisi, ezindaweni zokusebenza. “Sikuphi isibambiso sami uTimothy Geithner? Iphi ibheyili kadadewethu u-Larry Summers? Ikuphi ibheyili yedolobha lethu uBen Bernake? Iphi ibheyili yabantu uMongameli Obama?'
Futhi ngendlela, u-Obama wabeka irekhodi elisha ngokuthola imali engaphezu kwama- $ 38 yezigidi ezivela kwezimali, ezithengiswayo, kanye nezimboni zomshuwalense, kufaka phakathi cishe ama- $ 1 million aqhamuka eGolden Sachs kuphela.
ISABELOMALI ESINGASHIWO ESITHI “SOKUVIKELA’
Ikuphi ibheyili yakho? Kuphi ukusimama kwethu komnotho? Isiqephu esikhulu siye ku-AIG nakuGoldman Sachs nakuBank of America nakuMorgan Stanley nakuCitigroup. Enye ingxenye iya emshinini wePentagon War and Empire ongashiwongo ngokusemthethweni, okhula ngempela ngaphansi kwalowo obizwa ngomongameli wethu omusha “wokuthula”, othola izindlela ezintsha zokwandisa isikhathi sokuhlala e-Iraq futhi okhulisa izinga lodlame e-Afghanistan. kanye nePakistan. I-Pentagon System igcina izizinda zamasosha ezingaphezu kuka-760 ezitholakala emazweni angaphezu kwangu-130 emhlabeni wonke futhi libala cishe ingxenye yezindleko zezempi emhlabeni wonke — konke egameni lento abathanda ukuyibiza ngokuthi “ukuzivikela.” Yona ngokwayo ingumdondoshiya. uhlelo lwezenhlalakahle lwabacebile, oluhlanganisa izigidigidi zezinkampani zobuchwepheshe obuphezulu emhlabeni jikelele ezifana noRaytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, kanye neHalliburton - kanye noRockwell Collins phezulu eCedar Rapids.
NGOHLELO LABANTU LOKUBUYISA UMNOTHO... KANYE OKUNINGI
Manje ngokujwayelekile uma unesibindi sokuveza lezi zinhlobo zezinkinga eziyisisekelo esidlangalaleni, izibani ezihamba phambili zesigaba sezepolitiki, isigaba sabezindaba, nesigaba sezemfundo sizokusola ngokuxabana okugxekayo nokubi. Uzobizwa ngombazi — umuntu okhononda ngokuthi yini engalungile, kodwa ongethuki izixazululo. Kodwa akukho lutho olungalungile noma olubi ekukhulumeni iqiniso ngezikhungo ezikhona ezibusayo kanye nokuziphatha kwabaphathi bamandla. Kungasho ukuthi unokholo emandleni abantu okuqonda nokwenza ngokumelene nengcindezelo kumamodeli wenhlangano yabantu abaningi ngeminyaka yawo-1890s, inhlangano yabasebenzi ngeminyaka yawo-1930s, inhlangano yokuthula, inhlangano yabesifazane phakathi nama-1970s kanye namaLungelo Omphakathi. Umnyakazo ngeminyaka yawo-1950 kanye nawo-1960. Yilokho okushiwo kimina.
Mayelana necala lokuthi asinazo izixazululo, lokho kuwukunyundela. Ngitshela noma ubani obuza ukuthi ngingumuntu ozinikele wentando yeningi nenkululeko futhi angakujabulela ukuxoxa nawe ngezindlela esingakwazi futhi okufanele sihlele ngazo imiphakathi yethu yasendaweni, yesifunda, yezwe kanye neyamazwe ngamazwe ngale kwezigaba zangaphambi komlando zesigaba, ubulili, uhlanga, kanye nombuso. Iyashoda imibono emangalisayo yokuthi ungadlulela kanjani ngale kombuso nokungalingani kanye nendlela yokwenza lokho uDkt. Martin Luther King akubiza ngokuthi “indaba yangempela okufanele kubhekwane nayo’ ngale kwezindaba “ezingaphezu nje kwezindaba ezinhle”: “ukwakhiwa kabusha okuqinile komphakathi ngokwawo.’
Ngaphandle kwalokho kwakhiwa kabusha okuqinile, okuwumsebenzi wesikhathi eside, nokho, thina Kwesokunxele siphinde sisekele izinguquko eziningi ezibalulekile ukuze senze ukuphila kube ngentando yeningi futhi kubekezeleleke futhi kuvuleke isikhala esengeziwe soshintsho lwangempela. Njengabaholi baseHaymarket bango-1880s, siyaphikisana nezinguquko, kodwa asiphikisani nezinguquko.
Ngisekela izinyathelo eziyisisekelo, ezihloniphekile, neziqhubekayo eziya ekutakulweni kwabantu njengamanje, ngisekela ukumiswa kokudliwayo, ukuqoqwa kwamazinga enzalo ekhadi lesikweletu nezinhlawulo zezimali, kanye nokubuyiselwa emuva kwamazinga entela yemali engenayo eya ku-1981 (hhayi nje ngo-1993) amazinga.
Ngeseka uhulumeni ukuthi angene ebhizinisini lokuboleka abantu abasebenzayo izindlu ezithengekayo.
Ngisekela uguquko olubucayi lwezezimali zomkhankaso ngendlela yokuxhasa umphakathi ukuze kukhishwe imali yangasese okhethweni lomphakathi.
Ngiyakweseka ukunqanyulwa kwegunya lenkampani yezindaba ngezinyathelo zokungathembeki kanye nokuhlinzekwa kwezinsiza zikahulumeni zohlelo lokuxhumana lwabantu olungaphezu kwamandla e-Viacom-CBS, Disney-ABC, General Electric-NBC, kanye ne-News Corporation/FOX.
Ngeseka izinguquko eziningi eziphathelene nokhetho ezizovumela ingxenye yesithathu neyesine neyesihlanu ukuthi ikhule futhi ibe yingxenye yesiko lezepolitiki elihluke kakhulu nelingokwentando yeningi. Amaqembu amabili alawulwa amabhizinisi awakwazi futhi awakwazi ukukhombisa ngokwanele umbono wangempela kuleli zwe!
Ngisekela ukuncishiswa okuphawulekayo kwesabelomali soMbuso WaseMelika kanye nokuhlinzekwa kwesabelomali esikhulu sokuthula ukubeka izigidi ukuze zisebenze kumaphrojekthi awusizo emphakathini manje. Njengoba uDkt. King asho ngo-1967, isizwe esisebenzisa imali eningi kwezempi kunasekuthuthukiseni umphakathi “sisondela ekufeni okungokomoya.’ Kufanele siqalise uhlelo olukhulu lwemisebenzi yomphakathi lokwakha amakhaya, izikole, imigwaqo, imizila yezitimela nezibhedlela esizobeka kuzo. izigidi ezizosebenza - ngamanani eholo lezinyunyana!
Ngisekela ukukhuphuka kwezindleko zokuphila ezivamile kumaholo kanye nezinzuzo ukuze ngimelane nomthelela wokukhuphuka kwamanani entengo.
Ngiyakweseka ukususwa ngokushesha kwamasosha ase-U.S. e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan ehlaselwe ngokungemthetho nakwamanye amazwe lapho amiswe khona.
Ngiyakweseka ukungenelela kwezomthetho ukuze kubhalwe kabusha ama-charter ezinkampani ukuze amabhizinisi afeze izithakazelo zomphakathi kanye nokuzuzisa bonke abantu.
Ngisekela ukuphambukiswa kwamadola wombuso kusukela kwezenhlalakahle zase-Wall Street kanye nesabelomali se-Pentagon ukuze kuxhaswe uphenyo lukahulumeni kanye nokushushiswa kokucwaswa kobulili nobuhlanga e-U.S.
Ngiyakweseka ukuhlakazwa kohlelo lwesizwe olukhulu, olungenakuqhathaniswa emhlabeni wonke lokuboshwa kwabantu abaningi ngokwezinhlanga kanye nokususwa kwezinsiza zisuka “empini yezidakamizwa” ziye ekulashweni kwezidakamizwa, ukuhlunyeleliswa kwezimilo, ukuqeqeshwa kwemisebenzi kanye nezinye izinyathelo ekuhlanganisweni kabusha okunengqondo kweziboshwa kanye ababeyiziboshwa emphakathini waseMelika.
Ngiyakweseka ukuqeda indlela ehlehlisayo esikhokhela ngayo njengamanje i-Social Security kanye ne-Medicare.
Ngiyakweseka ukwenziwa kube semthethweni ngokushesha kwabo bonke abasebenzi bokufika abangenazo izincwadi.
Ngisekela ukufinyezwa kwesonto lomsebenzi ngaphandle kokuncishiswa kwenkokhelo yasekhaya ukusabalalisa umsebenzi nxazonke.
Ngisekela isixazululo esisobala sokunciphisa izindleko kanye nokunakekelwa kwezempilo kwentando yeningi kwezenhlalo - umshwalense wezempilo kazwelonke okhokha oyedwa, ongeyona into engaphezu kwe-Medicare ethuthukisiwe kubo bonke. Anginantshisekelo kunoma yiziphi izinguquko zamanga ezishiya izinkampani zomshwalense ezihamba phambili ezizimele eziphethe izimpilo zethu zezokwelapha! Ngifuna ukuthi sijoyine yonke imibuso yentando yeningi ethuthukile emhlabeni ngokwenza uguquko olujulile embonweni yokukhokha eyodwa ethuthukisiwe kumthethosivivinywa we-House Bill 676 kaKhongolose wase-U.S. u-John Conyers.
UKUKHETHA KWAMAHHALA KWESISEBENZI
Okokugcina, ngiweseka ngokuqinile uMthetho Wokukhetha Okukhululekile Kwabasebenzi, lapho u-Barack Obama akhankasela khona futhi okufanele kube njalo - akunjalo kodwa kufanele kube - enhliziyweni naphakathi kohlelo lwakhe lokuvuselela umnotho. Njengoba uJohn Edwards esho kaninginingi e-Iowa ngo-2007, inhlangano yabasebenzi iwuhlelo olulodwa olukhulu lokulwa nobumpofu emlandweni waseMelika.
Kungani omabhalane begrosa e-Jewell Osco ku-Route 23 e-DeKalb, e-Illinois benza iholo elitholakalayo, elisekela umndeni kuyilapho omabhalane begrosa e-Super Wal-Mart imayela phansi ku-Route 23 edolobheni elifanayo ngeholo elincane? Awukho umehluko kumakhono noma izidingo zemfundo noma uhlobo oluyisisekelo lomsebenzi. Uma kukhona umsebenzi onzima e-Wal-Mart ngoba omabhalane bakhona abanabo abafana bezikhwama abangabasiza. Umehluko uyinto eyodwa nento eyodwa kuphela: omabhalane begrosa e-Jewell Osco babhaliswe kwinyunyana, i-United Food and Commercial Workers, kanti abasebenzi base-Wal-Mart abangeni enhlanganweni ngoba abaphathi lapho bayavutha. noma ubani ozama ukwakha eyodwa.
Kuyinto efanayo kuwo wonke amabhodi omsebenzi nasezweni lonke...ezimoto, ekupakisheni inyama, ngensimbi, ezitolo, ezokuxhumana...uyisho. Abasebenzi abanezinyunyana banamaholo angcono kakhulu, ahloniphekile kanye nezinzuzo kunezisebenzi ezingezona izinyunyana abenza imisebenzi efanayo ngamakhono afanayo namazinga emfundo.
Abantu abasebenzayo bazi kahle ngalo mehluko. Kungakho iningi labasebenzi baseMelika lithi lincamela ukuba senyunyana kunokuba bangabikho. Kungakho iningi labantu baseMelika licabanga ukuthi izinyunyana ziyinto enhle.
Ubulungu bezinyunyana bebulokhu behla e-U.S. phakathi namashumi amathathu eminyaka adlule hhayi ngenxa yokuthi abantu abasebenzayo benqaba izinyunyana kodwa ngenxa yokuthi abaqashi bacindezela izinyunyana nangenxa yokuthi uhulumeni akawavikeli amalungelo ezinhlangano zezinyunyana kanye nezingxoxo ezihlangene futhi akazange awavikele lawo malungelo cishe iminyaka engamashumi amane manje. Umthetho Wokukhetha Okukhululekile Kwabasebenzi uzosishintsha leso simo. Inamandla okukhulisa kabusha ngokuphawulekayo isikhungo esisodwa esikhulu saseMelika esilwela ubumpofu: inhlangano yabasebenzi.
Gcina amehlo akho emklomelweni wezwe elingaphezu kwenzuzo nokuxhashazwa. Ama-Haymarket Martyrs ayeqinisile: KUZODINGEKA sikhethe phakathi (1) kwesistimu yenzuzo nokufa ngakwesinye isandla kanye (2) nentando yeningi nempilo ngakolunye uhlangothi. U-Albert Parsons wayeqinisile lapho ethi isakhiwo esasihlala i-Chicago Board of Trade “saqoshwa enyameni nasegazini lomsebenzi futhi sagxiliswa ezinyembezini zabesifazane nabantwana bokukhandleka,’ abondliwe “ibandla” “. ama-vampires nama-parasites' of capital. Lokho kuyiqiniso namuhla njengoba kwakunjalo
Kodwa kusadingeka uvumele umongameli nezinye izikhulu zakho ezikhethiwe ezihlanganisa u-David Loebsack (D-IA) no-Tom Harken (D-IA) no-Bruce Braley (D-IA) kanye no-Chuck Grassley (R-IA) baqonde ukuthi ufuna izinyathelo eziyisisekelo zezinguquko eziqhubekayo njengomshwalense wezempilo womkhokhi oyedwa kanye noMthetho Wokukhetha Kwabasebenzi.
“KUZODINGEKA SIZENZE THINA’
Sicela ukhumbule ukuthi ezombangazwe, ezombangazwe zangempela, ezombangazwe ezibaluleke kakhulu, imayelana ne-Helluva eningi kunokungena endaweni yokuvota bese ukhetha phakathi kwezicucu ezimbili zabaqokelwe okukhethwe ngokucophelela kusengaphambili yisigaba samabhizinisi. .
Futhi akukhona ukuncenga uhulumeni nosopolitiki ukuthi basisize sisuka phezulu siye phansi. Kumayelana nokufuna futhi kumayelana nokuthatha isinyathelo.
Nasi isibikezelo sakho: uma sithola uMthetho Wokukhetha Kwamahhala Wabasebenzi uphasise lokhu noma (okungenzeka kakhulu) ngonyaka ozayo, kuyoba ngenxa yokuthi abasebenzi abaningi baye balahla inhlonipho “ngempahla yangasese” yamavampire ngokwanele ukuba bahlale ezindaweni zabo zokusebenza njenge abasebenzi benza embonini yeRepublic Door and Window eChicago ngoDisemba odlule. Kuzokwenzeka ngoba ama-parasite onxiwankulu kanye nabavikeli bawo bakahulumeni bazobona ukuthi intukuthelo yabantu abasebenzayo isiyingozi kakhulu ukuba ingashayi indiva nokuthi izindleko zokushintshwa kwabasebenzi zincane kunezinye.
Sicela ukhumbule, kufana no-Edward no-Obama e-Iowa ngo-2007: "ushintsho aluveli phezulu. Kwenzeka kusukela phansi kuya phezulu.' Njengoba izishoshovu ezimelene nempi nababhali uTariq Ali no-Anthony Arnove basho ngeMpi yase-Iraq eminyakeni embalwa edlule: “Ngeke sibheke abasindisi abaphezulu ukuze basikhiphe kule siphithiphithi... kuzomele sizenzele ngokwethu.' Futhi njengoba bengisho futhi e-Iowa naseChicago ngonyaka odlule, bafowethu nodadewethu, sidinga Ukulwa Abacebile, Hhayi Izimpi Zabo. Ngibona kakhulu.
Paul StreetIncwadi yokuqala yayiyi-Empire and Inequality: America and the World Since 9/11 (Boulder, CO: Paradigm, 2004). Incwadi yakhe yakamuva ithi UBarack Obama kanye Nekusasa Lezombangazwe ZaseMelika (Boulder, CO: Paradigm, 2008).
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