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Niki Okuk: When workers own companies, the economy is more resilient
Niki Okuk: 当劳动者拥有企业时，经济会更加强韧
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另一种经济现实是可能的 —— 它重视社区、可持续发展和有弹性发展，而非不择手段、追求利益。 Niki Okuk分享了她自己的合作型经济的案例和一个愿景：工薪阶级的人如何组织、拥有他们自己的企业，以及为自己决策并享受自己的劳动成果。
Niki Okuk - Entrepreneur
Niki Okuk is working to create social and economic justice and worker dignity. Full bio
Niki Okuk is working to create social and economic justice and worker dignity. Full bio
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00:12
Are you tired of your boss?
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你厌倦你的上司了吗？
00:15
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
00:16
Are you tired of going to work
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你厌倦了为他人工作、
00:18
and making money for other people?
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为他人赚钱吗？
00:21
And who are those people anyways?
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那些人都是谁呢？
00:23
Those people that make
money from your work.
money from your work.
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那些通过你的工作来赚钱的人？
00:26
Well, they're capitalists.
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他们是资本主义者。
00:28
They have capital,
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他们拥有资本，
00:29
and they use your labor
to make more capital.
to make more capital.
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他们用你们的劳力
来赚取更多的资本。
来赚取更多的资本。
00:32
So if you're tired of going to work
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所以若你厌倦了上班，
00:35
and making money for other people,
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厌倦了为他人赚钱，
00:37
then you're probably like me --
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那么你也许是像我一样——
00:38
just tired of capitalism.
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只是厌倦了资本主义。
00:41
Which is ironic, because I'm a capitalist.
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但有些讽刺的是，
我就是资本主义者。
00:44
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
00:46
I own a small business --
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我拥有一间小型公司，
00:48
Rco Tires in Compton.
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是位于康普顿的Rco轮胎。
00:50
A few years ago, when I read Van Jones,
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几年前，当我读凡·琼斯的作品时，
00:52
and he wrote, "Let's make
green collar jobs in the hood,"
green collar jobs in the hood,"
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他写道，“让我们在社区中
创造绿领工作。“
创造绿领工作。“
00:55
I took him really seriously.
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我十分重视他的话，
00:58
So I cofounded, own and operate
a tire recycling company,
a tire recycling company,
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因此我与人合伙，拥有并运营一间
轮胎回收公司。
轮胎回收公司。
01:01
and I'm really proud of what we've done.
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我对我所做的一切，非常自豪。
01:03
So far, we've recycled
a hundred million pounds of rubber.
a hundred million pounds of rubber.
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到目前为止，我们已经回收了
一亿磅的橡胶。
一亿磅的橡胶。
01:07
That's 21 million gallons of oil
diverted from landfills
diverted from landfills
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将原本会被丢弃的
2100万加仑的的石油
2100万加仑的的石油
01:11
into new products.
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做成新的产品。
01:13
(Cheers)
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（欢呼）
01:14
We also employ about 15 guys --
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我们还雇佣了十五个人，
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mostly people of color,
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主要为有色人种，
01:18
most of whom are felons,
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大多数为重刑犯，
01:19
and we pay above the minimum wage,
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我们支付的薪水高于最低工资，
01:21
and we are now proud members
of the United Steelworkers Union.
of the United Steelworkers Union.
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我们很自豪成为了
美国钢铁工人工会的一员。
美国钢铁工人工会的一员。
01:24
(Applause)
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（掌声）
01:30
Now, Rco is not a cooperative now.
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现在，Rco不是一个合作社。
01:33
It's a privately held company
with community-minded ownership,
with community-minded ownership,
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它是一间有社区共有意识的
私营企业，
私营企业，
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but I would like it to become one.
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但我希望它能够成为一间合作社。
01:38
I would like for them to fire the boss --
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我希望他们可以开除老板
01:40
that's me.
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也就是我。
01:42
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
01:43
And I'm going to tell you why,
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我会告诉你我为什么要这么做，
01:44
but first, let me tell you
how we got started.
how we got started.
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但首先，我会先谈谈
我们是怎么样开始的。
我们是怎么样开始的。
01:47
So a lot of people ask,
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很多人会问：
01:49
"How did Rco come to be?"
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“Rco是如何开始的？”
01:50
And I have to be really honest.
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老实讲，
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I leveraged my white privilege.
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我利用了我的白人特权。
01:54
So, here's how white privilege
worked for me and Rco.
worked for me and Rco.
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以下是白人特权是怎样帮助我和
Rco的。
Rco的。
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My white grandmother
was born on her family's plantation
was born on her family's plantation
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我的白人祖母出生于1918年
在阿肯色州的
在阿肯色州的
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in Arkansas in 1918.
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她家族的种植园中。
02:05
She traveled with her white father west,
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她跟随她的白人父亲来到了西部，
追随随石油开发热潮.
02:08
following the oil boom.
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And he held various union oil jobs --
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他做过各种工会的石油工作，
02:13
jobs which would have never been given
to my black great-grandfather,
to my black great-grandfather,
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这些工作我的黑人曾祖父
从来不可能得到，
从来不可能得到，
02:17
had he lived here at the time.
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如果当时他在那儿生活。
02:19
Granny became a hairdresser
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我的奶奶成为了一名理发师，
02:21
and then got a loan with her husband
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并和她的丈夫一起贷款，
02:25
who built their home
in West Los Angeles --
in West Los Angeles --
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在洛杉矶西部建了他们的家。
02:27
a loan which would never have been
given to a black family at the time.
given to a black family at the time.
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而在当时，任何一个黑人家庭
永远也不会得到这样的贷款。
永远也不会得到这样的贷款。
02:32
And after my grandfather passed away,
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在祖父去世后，
02:34
my granny was able to keep that house
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我的奶奶之所以能够继续保留下
这个房子，
这个房子，
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because she had his pension
and his health care
and his health care
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是因为有祖父的退休金和健康保险，
02:38
from a state job which he held,
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这些来自祖父在州政府的工作。
02:40
which again, would have never been
given to a black man
given to a black man
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然而在上世纪六十年代
反歧视法签署之前，
反歧视法签署之前，
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before the anti-discrimination
act of the 1960s.
act of the 1960s.
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黑人家庭永远都不会得到这一切。
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So, you fast-forward 30 years,
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时间快进三十年，
02:47
and I graduate,
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我毕业了。
02:49
and I want to start my own business
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我想开创自己的企业，
02:51
with a pile of debt and a credit card,
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但我背负着一堆债，
也只拥有一张信用卡，
也只拥有一张信用卡，
02:52
and no experience in the tire industry.
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对于轮胎行业毫无经验。
02:55
But I had what most people didn't have.
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但是我拥有很多人所没有的。
02:57
I had a clean, safe, free place to live.
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我有一个干净、安全、
免费的地方居住。
免费的地方居住。
03:03
I moved in with my grandmother,
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我搬去和我的祖母一起住，
03:04
and I was able to rent
our first warehouse,
our first warehouse,
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这样，我有钱租下了
我们的第一间仓库，
我们的第一间仓库，
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buy our first truck,
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买下了我们的第一台卡车，
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pay our first employees,
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为我们最早的一批雇员支付薪水。
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because I didn't have to worry
about paying myself,
about paying myself,
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因为我不必担心我自己的薪水，
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because I didn't need to feed myself,
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因为我不需要养活我自己，
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because I am the direct beneficiary
of generations of white privilege.
of generations of white privilege.
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因为我是几代白人特权的
直接受益人。
直接受益人。
03:18
Now, telling the story
of white privilege is important
of white privilege is important
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谈论有关白人特权的故事
是很重要的，
是很重要的，
03:22
because very often people say,
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因为人们常说：
03:24
"Oh, we want more companies like yours.
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“我们想要更多的像你这样的公司，
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We want more Rco's,
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我们想要更多的Rco，
03:27
we want more black-owned businesses,
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我们想要更多黑人拥有的企业，
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female-led, triple bottom line,
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女性领导的、三重底线的、
03:31
Ban the Box,
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不查问犯罪记录的
03:33
green manufacturing companies," right?
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绿色制造商”，对吗？
03:35
But the question we have to ask is,
where is the wealth?
where is the wealth?
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但我们要问的是，
财富在哪里？
财富在哪里？
钱在哪里？
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Where is the money?
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在我们的社区里，
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Where's the capital in our communities
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用来建立我们想要的企业的
资本在哪里？
资本在哪里？
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to build the types
of businesses that we want?
of businesses that we want?
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在讲述我家庭里的白人的故事时，
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And in telling a story
of the white side of my family,
of the white side of my family,
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03:46
I needed a dozen ways
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我能说很多
03:47
where blacks were excluded
from the economy,
from the economy,
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黑人是如何被排除在经济之外，
03:49
whereas the white side of my family
was able to gain access and traction,
was able to gain access and traction,
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而我家庭里的白人一方则能
获取对经济的吸引力，
获取对经济的吸引力，
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and build wealth ...
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积累财富。
03:55
Primarily because racism
and capitalism are best homies, but --
and capitalism are best homies, but --
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主要是因为种族歧视和资本主义
是最好的哥们，但是……
是最好的哥们，但是……
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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but what that means
is that when we ask ourselves,
is that when we ask ourselves,
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但是这意味着，
当我们问自己：
当我们问自己：
04:04
"Why are our communities broke?" --
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“为什么我们的社区破产了？”
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Like, we're not just broke
because we're broke;
because we're broke;
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我们不是因为破产而破产，
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we're broke for a reason.
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我们破产是有原因的。
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Historical context really does matter.
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这确实和历史背景有关。
04:13
But our history
tells another story as well.
tells another story as well.
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但是我们的历史也同样讲述了
另一个故事。
另一个故事。
04:15
There's this incredible book
called "Collective Courage,"
called "Collective Courage,"
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有一本极好的书，
叫《群威群胆》
叫《群威群胆》
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which is the story of how
thousands of African Americans
thousands of African Americans
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它讲述了成千上万的非裔美国人
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have been able to build
businesses and schools,
businesses and schools,
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是怎样建立企业和学校、
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hospitals, farming cooperatives,
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医院、农业合作社、
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banks, financial institutions --
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银行和金融机构 --
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entire communities
and sovereign economies,
and sovereign economies,
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建造一个完整的社区和
独立的经济体
独立的经济体
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without a lot of capital.
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用不多的资本。
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And they did it by working together
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他们的成功是因为他们合力工作，
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and leveraging their community assets
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利用他们的社区资产，
04:37
and trusting each other
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相信彼此，
04:38
and putting solidarity first --
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并且把团结放在第一位，
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not just profits by any means necessary.
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而非不择手段，追求利益。
04:44
And they didn't have to wait around
for celebrities and athletes
for celebrities and athletes
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他们不必等待名人或运动员
04:47
to bring their money back to the hood.
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把钱带回贫困社区。
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However, if you are
a celebrity or an athlete,
a celebrity or an athlete,
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然而，若你是名人或运动员的话，
04:52
and you're listening to this,
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你正在听我的演讲，
04:53
please feel free to bring your money.
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别客气，欢迎你贡献你的钱给社区。
04:55
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
04:58
But they did it
through cooperative economics,
through cooperative economics,
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他们通过合作经济做到这件事，
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because they knew
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因为他们知道，
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that capitalism was never
going to finance black liberation.
going to finance black liberation.
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资本主义从未资助过黑人解放。
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So, there are so many great
examples in this book,
examples in this book,
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在这本书里，有许多很好的例子，
05:08
and I suggest that everybody just read it
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我建议各位都去读一读，
05:11
because it answers
the question I asked earlier,
the question I asked earlier,
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因为它回答了我先前提出的问题，
05:13
which was where are we going
to get the wealth
to get the wealth
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我们要从哪里获取财富
05:15
to build the types
of business that we want.
of business that we want.
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来建立我们想要的企业？
05:17
And the answer is going to have
to be cooperative economics.
to be cooperative economics.
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答案就是合作经济。
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There's a lot of different
versions of cooperativism.
versions of cooperativism.
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合作主义有许多不同的版本，
05:23
What I'm talking about today
is worker ownership.
is worker ownership.
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而我今天要讲的是劳工所有权。
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You may not have heard
of worker ownership,
of worker ownership,
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你也许还没有听过劳工所有权，
05:28
but it's been an incredible tool
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但在过去一个世纪以来，
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for black economic liberation
for a century,
for a century,
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它是黑人经济解放的
一个极佳的工具,
一个极佳的工具,
05:32
and it's also working
all over the world right now.
all over the world right now.
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并且，全世界都在使用这一工具。
05:35
You may have heard of Black Wall Street
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你或许听说过黑色华尔街，
05:37
or maybe the Zapatistas,
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或者听说过萨帕塔民族解放军，
05:38
but I'll give you an example
that's a little bit closer to home.
that's a little bit closer to home.
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我会给你举一个更近的例子。
05:41
Right now, today, in South Bronx,
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今天，就在南布朗克斯，
05:44
is the country's largest
worker-owned company.
worker-owned company.
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有一间全国最大的劳工所有企业，
05:47
It's called Cooperative
Home Care Associates,
Home Care Associates,
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叫“家庭护理协会合作社”，
05:50
and it was founded by black
and Latinx home care workers
and Latinx home care workers
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它由黑人和拉丁裔家庭护理工作者
建立，
建立，
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who are now able
to pay themselves living wages,
to pay themselves living wages,
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他们现在可以向自己支付
足以维持生活的薪水，
足以维持生活的薪水，
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they have full-time hours,
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他们做着全职工作，
05:57
they have benefits and a pension,
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他们有津贴和退休金，
05:59
through their membership
as a unit of SEIU.
as a unit of SEIU.
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因为他们是SEIU
（服务业雇员国际工会）的一员。
（服务业雇员国际工会）的一员。
06:02
And these women owners now receive
a dividend back on their ownership
a dividend back on their ownership
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现在每年，这些女性有权人
可从公司的盈利中
可从公司的盈利中
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every year that the company
has been profitable,
has been profitable,
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获得分红，
06:08
which has been most years.
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这种状态已经持续多年了。
06:10
So they're able to really enjoy
the fruits of their labor
the fruits of their labor
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他们能够真正享受
属于他们劳动的果实，
属于他们劳动的果实，
06:14
because they fired the boss.
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因为他们解雇了老板。
06:17
They don't have any big investors.
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他们没有任何大型投资者，
06:18
They don't have fat-cat CEOs
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没有“大亨式”的CEO
06:20
or absentee owners taking
the profit out of the company.
the profit out of the company.
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或总是缺席、却能拿走
公司利益的拥有者。
公司利益的拥有者。
06:24
They each pay in
about 1,000 dollars over time
about 1,000 dollars over time
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为了获取所有权，
他们每人都会陆续支付
大约1000美元。
大约1000美元。
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in order to gain ownership,
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and now they own their job.
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现在他们有了属于自己的工作。
06:32
Now, there's hundreds of more examples
of companies like this
of companies like this
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现在，像这样的公司还有上百家，
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springing up all across the country.
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在全国各地出现。
06:37
And I'm so inspired by what they're doing,
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我被他们的所为激励，
06:40
because it really represents
an alternative
an alternative
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因为这真正代表了
目前这种剥削型的经济的
另一种替代方案。
另一种替代方案。
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to the type of economy we have now,
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which exploits all of us.
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It also represents an alternative
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这也代表了另一种方案，
06:48
to waiting around for big investors
to bring chain stores,
to bring chain stores,
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不用再等待大型投资商为我们的社区
带来的连锁商店
带来的连锁商店
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or big-box stores to our communities,
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或者仓储式商店。
06:54
because honestly,
those types of developments,
those types of developments,
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因为说实话，那种发展
06:57
they steal resources from our communities.
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会从我们的社区里窃取资源。
06:59
They put our mom-and-pop shops
out of business,
out of business,
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他们使小型家庭自营生意停业，
07:02
they make our entrepreneurs
into wage workers,
into wage workers,
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把我们的企业家转变为
领薪水的工作者，
领薪水的工作者，
07:05
and they take money out of our pocket
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他们把钱从我们的口袋中拿出，
07:07
and send it to their shareholders.
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拿给他们的股东。
07:10
So, I was so inspired by all these stories
of resistance and resilience
of resistance and resilience
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我被那些抵抗大型企业的故事
深深鼓舞，
深深鼓舞，
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that I got together with a few people
here in Los Angeles,
here in Los Angeles,
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所以，与我在洛杉矶遇到的一些人，
07:16
and we created LUCI.
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我们创立了LUCI。
07:17
LUCI stands for the Los Angeles
Union Cooperative Initiative,
Union Cooperative Initiative,
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LUCI是洛杉矶工会合作倡议的
缩写，
缩写，
07:22
and our objective is to create
more worker-owned businesses
more worker-owned businesses
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我们的目标是在洛杉矶创造出更多
劳工所有的企业。
07:25
here in Los Angeles.
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07:27
So far, in the last year,
we've created two:
we've created two:
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到去年为止，我们创立了两间企业：
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Pacific Electric, an electrical company,
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Pacific Electric，是一家电力公司，
07:31
and Vermont Gage Carwash,
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和Vermont Gage洗车公司，
07:32
which is right here in South-Central,
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就在洛杉矶中南区这里，
07:34
some of you guys
might be familiar with it.
might be familiar with it.
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你们中的有人可能会比较熟悉。
07:36
This long-time carwash is now owned
and operated by its 20 workers,
and operated by its 20 workers,
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这个长期的洗车场现在是由
二十名劳工拥有并运作，
二十名劳工拥有并运作，
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all of whom are union members as well.
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并且他们也全都是工会的成员。
07:43
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07:48
So you might be wondering
why the focus on union-worker ownership,
why the focus on union-worker ownership,
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你可能非常好奇，为什么
要把关注点放在工会劳工所有权上，
要把关注点放在工会劳工所有权上，
07:52
but there's a lot of good reasons
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很多的很好的理由可以说明
07:54
why the labor movement is a natural ally
to the worker-ownership movement.
to the worker-ownership movement.
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为什么劳工运动是劳工所有权运动的
天然同盟。
天然同盟。
07:58
To build these companies
that we want in our community,
that we want in our community,
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为了建造这些我们希望存在于
我们社区中的企业，
我们社区中的企业，
08:00
we need a few things.
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我们需要几样东西。
08:01
We're going to need money,
people and training.
people and training.
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我们需要资金、人力和训练。
08:05
Unions have all of those things.
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工会能提供这些所需所求。
08:07
America's working class has been
paying union dues for decades,
paying union dues for decades,
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几十年来，美国的劳动阶级一直在支付
工会会费。
工会会费。
08:10
and with it, our unions have been building
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有了这笔费用，我们的工会就可以为我们
08:12
dignified, decent,
and democratic workplaces for us.
and democratic workplaces for us.
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建设有尊严的、体面的、民主的工作场所。
08:15
However, union jobs
are on the steep decline,
are on the steep decline,
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然而，工会的工作正急剧减少，
08:18
and it's time for us to start
calling on our unions
calling on our unions
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现在我们该号召我们的工会
08:20
to really bring all of their financial
and political capital
and political capital
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真正把他们的财务和政治资本
08:24
to bear in the creation of new,
union, living-wage jobs
union, living-wage jobs
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用于在我们社区的创造新的、
工会的、
工会的、
并且薪水足以维持生活的工作。
08:28
in our communities.
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08:29
Also, union halls
are full of union members
are full of union members
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此外，工会中有很多工会成员，
08:33
who understand
the importance of solidarity
the importance of solidarity
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他们都懂得团结的重要性
08:36
and the power of collective action.
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和集体行动所带来的力量。
08:39
These are the types of folks that want
more union businesses to exist,
more union businesses to exist,
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这些人希望有更多的
工会企业的存在，
工会企业的存在，
08:43
so let's build them with them.
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让我们与他们一起建立这样的企业。
08:47
Learning from our unions,
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从我们的工会中学习，
08:48
learning from our past,
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从我们的历史中学习，
08:49
learning from our peers,
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从我们的同辈人中学习，
08:50
are all going to be very
important to our success,
important to our success,
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这些都对我们的成功非常重要，
08:53
which is why I'd like to leave you
with one last example
with one last example
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这也是我为什么想要分享给你们
最后一个例子
最后一个例子
08:56
and a vision for the future ...
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和对未来的愿景。
08:59
and that vision is Mondragon, Spain.
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这一愿景就是西班牙的蒙德拉贡。
09:02
Mondragon, Spain is a community
built entirely around worker cooperatives.
built entirely around worker cooperatives.
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西班牙的蒙德拉贡是个完全
由合作社所建造的社区。
由合作社所建造的社区。
09:07
There's 260-plus businesses here,
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那里有超过260间企业，
09:10
manufacturing everything from bicycles
to washing machines to transformers.
to washing machines to transformers.
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制造各种产品，
从自行车到洗衣机、到变压器。
从自行车到洗衣机、到变压器。
09:16
And this group of businesses
now employs 80,000 people
now employs 80,000 people
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这些企业现在的雇员多达八万人，
09:19
and earns more than 12 billion euros
in revenue every year.
in revenue every year.
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每年的盈利在120亿欧元以上。
09:23
And all of the companies there
are owned by the people that work in them.
are owned by the people that work in them.
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而在那里，所有的企业都为
在企业工作的劳动者所有。
在企业工作的劳动者所有。
09:27
They've also built universities
and hospitals and financial institutions.
and hospitals and financial institutions.
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他们也建造了大学、医院和
金融机构。
金融机构。
09:32
I mean, imagine if we could build
something like this in South-Central.
something like this in South-Central.
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想象一下，若我们可以在中南区
建造一个像这样的社区。
建造一个像这样的社区。
09:37
The late mayor of Jackson
had a similar idea.
had a similar idea.
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已过世的杰克逊市市长
也有类似的想法，
也有类似的想法，
09:41
He wanted to turn his entire city
into a Mondragon-like cooperative economy,
into a Mondragon-like cooperative economy,
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他希望把整座城市都转变为
类似蒙德拉贡的合作型经济，
类似蒙德拉贡的合作型经济，
09:47
calling his ambitious plan
"Jackson Rising."
"Jackson Rising."
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他把这一雄心勃勃的计划称之为
“杰克逊崛起”。
“杰克逊崛起”。
09:50
And when I look at Mondragon,
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当我看蒙德拉贡时，
09:52
I see really what working-class people
can do for ourselves
can do for ourselves
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我看到的是工薪阶级
能为自己做些什么，
能为自己做些什么，
当团结一致时
09:55
when we work together
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09:56
and make decisions
for ourselves and each other
for ourselves and each other
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可以为自己和其他人以及
自己的社区
自己的社区
09:58
and our communities.
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做些什么。
10:03
And what's really incredible
about Mondragon
about Mondragon
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关于蒙德拉贡还有一点是极好的的，
10:06
is that while we are dreaming about them,
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那就是当我们在梦想着他们的时候，
10:09
they are dreaming about us.
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他们想到了我们。
10:11
This community in Spain has decided
to launch an international initiative
to launch an international initiative
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这个在西班牙的社区已经决定
发起一个国际倡议，
发起一个国际倡议，
10:16
to create more communities
like it all over the world,
like it all over the world,
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在全世界创造出更多
像他们一样的社区。
像他们一样的社区。
10:19
by linking up with unions,
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通过联合各个公会、
10:21
by supporting organizations like LUCI,
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支持像LUCI这样的组织,
10:22
and by educating folks
about the worker-ownership model.
about the worker-ownership model.
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教育人们“劳工所有权”模式。
10:27
Now, here's what you can do
to be a part of it.
to be a part of it.
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如果你想参与其中，你可以做这些：
10:29
If you're a union member,
go to your union meetings,
go to your union meetings,
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如果你是工会成员，
请参加工会会议，
请参加工会会议，
10:32
and make sure that your union
has a worker-ownership initiative,
has a worker-ownership initiative,
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确保你所属的工会有
劳工所有权倡议，
劳工所有权倡议，
10:35
and become a part of it.
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并加入其中。
10:37
If you're an entrepreneur,
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如果你是一名企业家，
10:38
if you have a small business,
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你拥有一间小型企业，
10:40
or you're interested in starting one,
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或者你有兴趣自己成立一间公司，
10:41
then link up with LUCI
or another organization like us
or another organization like us
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那么和LUCI联系，
或者和其他类似的组织联系，
或者和其他类似的组织联系，
10:44
to help you get started
on the cooperative model.
on the cooperative model.
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来协助你开启合作社模式。
10:47
If you're a politician,
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如果你是一名政客，
10:48
or you work for one,
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或者你为政客工作，
10:49
or you just like talking to them,
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或者你只是喜欢与政客交流，
10:51
please get the city, state, federal
and county legislation passed
and county legislation passed
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请协助让我们的城市、州、联邦和县
通过立法
通过立法
10:55
that we need in order to fund
and support worker-owned businesses.
and support worker-owned businesses.
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来资助和支持劳工所有企业。
10:59
And for everybody else,
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对于所有其他的人，
11:01
learn about our history,
learn about our models,
learn about our models,
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请多多学习我们的历史
了解我们的模式，
了解我们的模式，
找寻我们以支持我们。
11:03
and seek us out so can support us,
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你可以购买我们的产品、投资我们、
借款给我们或者加入我们，
借款给我们或者加入我们，
11:05
you can buy from us, invest in us,
lend to us and join us,
lend to us and join us,
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11:08
because it's really
going to take all of us
going to take all of us
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因为这真的需要我们所有的人
共同努力，
共同努力，
11:10
in order to build the more just
and sustainable and resilient economy
and sustainable and resilient economy
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来构建一个我们想要的
更公正的、可持续的、有弹性的经济
更公正的、可持续的、有弹性的经济
11:14
that we want for ourselves
and our children.
and our children.
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为了我们自己和孩子们。
11:17
And with that,
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鉴于此，
11:19
I would like to leave you
with a quote from Arundhati Roy,
with a quote from Arundhati Roy,
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我要给你们分享一句来自
阿兰达蒂·罗伊的话，
阿兰达蒂·罗伊的话，
11:22
and she writes ...
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她写到：
11:24
"Our strategy should not be only
to confront Empire,
to confront Empire,
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“我们的策略不应只是用于
对抗大企业，
对抗大企业，
11:28
but to lay siege to it.
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而是围攻它。
11:31
To deprive it of oxygen.
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夺取它的氧气。
11:33
To mock it.
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嘲笑它。
11:35
To shame it.
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羞辱它。
11:36
With our art,
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通过我们的艺术、
11:38
our literature,
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我们的文学作品、
11:39
our music,
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我们的音乐、
11:40
our brilliance,
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我们的才华、
11:42
our joy,
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我们的喜悦、
11:44
our sheer relentlessness --
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我们纯粹的坚持不懈
11:46
and our ability to tell our own stories.
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和我们的能力
来书写属于我们自己的故事。
来书写属于我们自己的故事。
11:49
Not the stories that we're being
brainwashed to believe.
brainwashed to believe.
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不去相信的那些洗脑故事。
11:53
The corporate revolution will collapse
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大企业革命会失败，
11:55
if we refuse to buy
what they're selling --
what they're selling --
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假如我们拒绝购买他们的产品、
11:59
their ideas,
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他们的创意、
12:00
their version of history,
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他们的历史版本、
12:02
their wars,
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他们的战争、
12:03
their weapons,
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他们的武器、
12:05
their sense of inevitability.
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他们所谓的必然性。
12:07
Because know this:
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因为要知道，
12:09
They be few and we be many.
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他们是少数，而我们是大多数。
12:12
They need us more than we need them.
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比起我们需要他们，
他们更需要我们。
他们更需要我们。
12:15
Another world is not only possible,
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另一个世界并非不可能，
12:17
she's on her way.
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她已经在路上了。
12:19
And on a quiet day,
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在平静的日子里，
12:21
I can hear her breathing."
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我能听见她的呼吸。”
12:23
Thank you.
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谢谢。
12:24
(Applause)
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（掌声）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Niki Okuk - EntrepreneurNiki Okuk is working to create social and economic justice and worker dignity.
Why you should listen
Niki Okuk founded Rco Tires in 2012. They've since recycled more than 300 million pounds of rubber, diverting 70 million gallons of oil from landfills with 16 employees, making it one of southern California's largest sustainability plants. Rco creates alternative uses for trash tires, turning them into new products. Because of Okuk's progressive hiring and management practices, it provides stable jobs for local black and Latino residents who struggle to find employment because of past criminal convictions or legal status.
Okuk grew up in Los Angeles and majored in economics at Columbia University. After working in development with the office of Joseph Stiglitz and working in finance in Korea and Singapore, Okuk completed her MBA with Nanyang University in Singapore, including a sustainability certificate at Sloan School of Business at MIT.
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