Na Greg Coleridge, Iune 27, 2017, ZNet.
"Ke kū'ē kū'ē honua, ka mana Demokarata!" ʻO ka ʻimi hoʻonui ʻana o ka nui o nā kānaka, nā hui a me nā neʻe ʻana, a me ke kumumanaʻo o ke kolu o ka Democracy Convention, ʻAukake 2-6 ma Minneapolis.
ʻO ka poʻe i hele me nā manaʻo pilikino a me nā ʻike hui ʻana o nā hoʻoweliweli a me nā manawa e hana ai i ka demokala maoli ma mua a ʻoi aku hoʻi mai ke koho balota ʻo Nowemapa e loaʻa i nā wahi he nui no ke aʻo ʻana, kaʻana like a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana. ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka Convention, ʻaʻole ia e ʻimi wale i ke kūʻē ʻana i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā hoʻouka kaua ma ka home a me ka hui pū ʻana me ka poʻe ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe, akā e hoʻonui i ke aʻo ʻana a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana e pili ana i nā mea e pono ai ke kūkulu i nā hale hoʻohui maoli a ikaika i hiki ke hoʻokō i ka loli ʻoiai e hōʻoia ana i nā pono a me ka hanohano o nā mea āpau a pale ana i ka honua.
ʻO nā mea kamaʻilio i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka Convention ʻo Ben Manski lāua ʻo Timeka Drew (Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution), Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap a me George Friday (Move to Amend), David Swanson a me Leah Bolger (World Beyond War), Cheri Honkala (Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign), Chase Iron Eyes (Lakota People's Law Project), Medea Benjamin (CODE PINK), Emily Kawano (Solidarity Economy Network), Jacqui Patterson (Environmental and Climate Justice Program, NAACP), Jill Stein (2016 koho pelekikena), David Cobb (Voting Justice), Michael Albert (Z magazine), Nancy Price (Alliance for Democracy), US Representative Mark Pocan, Rev. Delman Coates (American Monetary Institute), Ellen Brown (Public Banking ), Rose Brewer (US Social Forum), a me Gar Alperovitz (Next System Project)
ʻAʻole hiki i ka Convention ke hele mai i kahi manawa koʻikoʻi. Ke noho nei mākou ma ka piko o kahi wā hou. ʻO nā ʻōnaehana hoʻokaumaha, hoʻopau a hoʻomau ʻole - a me kā lākou moʻomeheu moʻomeheu - ke hāʻawi nei i nā hoʻoweliweli hohonu a me nā hoʻouka kaua honua i nā kānaka, nā kaiāulu a me ke kaiapuni me ke ola - a me ka honua - hoʻololi i nā hopena. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā, nalowale o nā wahi ākea, nā robots e pani ana i nā limahana, nā kaua mau a me nā hoʻoweliweli o nā kaua nuklea, ka hoʻokele kapitalista no ka ulu pau ʻole me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai palena ʻole, ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka media, ka nānā nui ʻana, nā hakakā lāhui / lāhui / hoʻomana e pili ana i nā hana pono ʻole. ka hana ʻana i ke kālā pau ʻole mai loko mai o ka lewa e like me ka aie no ka lawelawe ʻana i ka ʻaiʻē mua a me ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai, nā ala ʻoi aku ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka disenfranchisement politika, ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a ke kanaka a me ka luku ʻana i ka kaiaola, a me ka hui ʻana / pilikino o nā ʻano āpau, hoʻokele waiwai a ʻO ke aupuni politika i pale ʻia e nā kuleana kumukānāwai hui a me ke kālā i wehewehe ʻia ʻo "ka ʻōlelo manuahi"
Ke hele nei kēia mau mea maoli i nā pae kiʻekiʻe loa. Inā ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono ʻia, hiki i kekahi o lākou ke hōʻea i kahi tipping point e hoʻāla i nā haunaele lehulehu. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi ʻoiaʻiʻo e hōʻeha nui i nā mea ʻē aʻe - ʻo ka hopena kumulative he mau ʻano ʻike ʻole ʻia a me nā pae o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka lehulehu.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole like ka loli e like me ka wā i aʻo ai ke kanaka e puhi i ke ahi, ʻo nā mea hoʻoweliweli a me nā hoʻouka kaua i hōʻeuʻeu i ka poʻe ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa e noʻonoʻo, hoʻolaha a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā mea hou aku i ka micro a me macro social, economic, politika a me ke kānāwai. ʻO kahi ala hoʻololi epochal e hoʻokau a hoʻopaʻa i ka nui o kā mākou mau hakakā ponoʻī, ʻo ia ka democratization maoli o ka mana - ka ʻike e loaʻa i nā kānaka a pau ke kuleana a me ka mana e hana i nā hoʻoholo e pili ana i ko lākou ola.
ʻO ke kaʻana like ʻana a me ke kūkākūkā hui ʻana o ka hoʻonui ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i kēia mau mea ʻokoʻa kahi hana nui o ka 2017 Democracy Convention.
E like me nā Convention ʻelua i hala ma 2011 a me 2013, ʻo ka ʻākoakoa ʻana o kēia makahiki he pūʻulu o nā "Conferences" i hoʻopili ʻia - e ʻimi ana kēlā me kēia i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa o nā pilikia o kēia manawa a me nā manaʻo no ka hoʻololi democratic kumu ma o nā papa hana, panels, plenaries a me nā hālāwai kūkā. .
ʻEwalu mau ʻaha kūkā o ka Convention:
ʻO ka Demokrasi Lunamakaʻāinana - nā kuleana koho a me ke aupuni ākea
Ka Hoʻoponopono Lahui no ka Demokalaka - ke kaulike lāhui, ka kaulike a me ka hoʻopono
Peace & Democracy - mana kanaka no ka maluhia a me ke kaua
ʻO Media Democracy - he paʻi kūʻokoʻa no kahi hui kūʻokoʻa
Education United for Democracy – ke hoʻomokalaka i kā mākou mau kula, koleke a me nā kulanui
Nā Kuleana Honua a me ka Democracy Global - ka honua no nā kānaka a pau: ʻo ia ke koi!
Community & Economic Democracy - mana kaiāulu a me ka limahana: ʻoihana waiwai a me ka politika me he mea lā he mea nui nā kānaka
Demokalaka i ke Kumukānāwai - hoʻololi i kā mākou kānāwai kumu
ʻElua mau wahi kikoʻī hou aʻe a i ʻole “tracks,” ma Skills and Arts and Overcoming Oppression, e hāʻawi i nā mākau lima lima a me ka nānā ʻana e pono ai ke kōkua i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā neʻe hoʻololi hou aʻe.
E hoʻopuka kēlā me kēia hālāwai kūkā i kahi "Democracy Charter" e pili ana i kā lākou wahi hana. He mau ʻōlelo kikoʻī kēia e pili ana i ke ʻano o ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana, ke aupuni demokalaka e hoʻokumu ʻia a hoʻokele ʻia ma muli o nā hakakā demokalaka e kū nei.
Move to Amend, e hāpai ana i ka hoʻololi kumukānāwai We the People e hoʻopau i nā kuleana kumukānāwai hui a me ke aʻo kānāwai e pili ana ke kālā me ka "ʻōlelo kūʻokoʻa," ʻo ia ke alakaʻi alakaʻi o ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā hola he nui "People's Movement Assembly." ʻO ka hui radically participatory e huki i ka Democracy Charters ma ke ʻano he paepae e hoʻokumu i kahi hihiʻo hui a me ka hoʻolālā e kūkulu i ka mana o ka poʻe a ulu a hoʻohui i nā neʻe demokala no ka hoʻohou kumukānāwai hohonu. ʻO ka pahuhopu nui ka hoʻololi ʻana i kā mākou ʻōnaehana hoʻokaumaha, luku a hoʻomau ʻole me nā ʻōnaehana democratic maoli e hiki ai ke hoʻokō i nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻonui ʻia kēlā me kēia ʻaha kūkā.
ʻO nā mea kākoʻo o ka Convention e komo pū me ka Liberty Tree Foundation no kahi Democratic Revolution, Alliance for Democracy, Fair Vote, Neʻe e hoʻololi, World Beyond War, Center for Partnership Studies, The Labor Institute, American Monetary Institute, Z magazine, Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy (POCLAD), Global Climate Convergence, Mass Global Action, Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, Alliance for Global Justice, Energy Justice Network, NoMoreStolenElections.org, OpEd News, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF), Revolt Against Plutocracy, a me World Citizens Association Australia.
ʻO nā kumukūʻai no ka hele ʻana i ka Convention he mea hiki ke kūpono. No ke kākau inoa, e hele i https://www.democracyconvention.org/. E hoʻopuka koke ʻia kahi papa inoa o nā mea haʻiʻōlelo a me ka papahana holoʻokoʻa ma ka pūnaewele like.
E hui pū me mākou!
ʻO Greg Coleridge ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Move to Amend
