Ndikubwerera ku madoko a Oakland kukasankha, kukakumana ndi mabungwe omwe amayambitsa nkhondoyi, kukakumana ndi apolisi aku Oakland omwe atiukira, ndikufotokozeranso gulu latsopano lolimbana ndi nkhondo lomwe lingagwetse ufumuwo ndikumanga dziko labwino.
Dzuwa litatuluka pa Epulo 7, ndidalumikizana ndi ophunzira 750, omenyera nkhondo ammudzi ndi omenyera nkhondo, olimbikitsa mabungwe azamalonda, aphunzitsi, ndi anthu okhudzidwa pagulu lolimbana ndi opindula pankhondo Purezidenti wa America Lines ndi Stevedoring Services of America. Titachita misonkhano yotsekedwa ndi mabungwe ameneลตa masiku apitawo, apolisi a ku Oakland anatiwombera kwa maola aลตiri ndi zipolopolo zathabwa zomwe zingakhale zoopsa kwambiri, zikwama zachitsulo zodzaza ndi mfuti, ndi mabomba ophulitsa. Anthu atatu atolankhani, 9 ogwira ntchito kumtunda wautali, ndi anthu 50 ammudzi adavulala, ndipo anthu 31 adamangidwa.
Patatha milungu itatu, pa Epulo 29, kunabwera nkhani yoti boma la US lidawombera ndi zida zamoyo nthawi ino ndikupha anthu wamba 13 aku Iraq omwe akuchita ziwonetsero zankhondo zomwezo. Anthu makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu asanu aku Iraq anavulala. Tsiku lomwelo, pamsonkhano wodzaza ndi anthu a Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee wokhudza kuukira kwa apolisi, anthu okhala ku Oakland adafotokozanso za "nkhondo yakunyumba" yomwe apolisi aku Oakland adachita ndi anthu amitundu.
Nkhondo siinayambike ndipo sidzatha ku Iraq, ndipo dongosolo kumbuyo kwake silidzatha ndi Purezidenti Bush. Ndi gawo limodzi lankhondo yayikulu yaufumu yomwe ili ndi magawo atatu olumikizana: nkhondo yankhondo ndi ntchito, nkhondo yazachuma kukakamiza kudalirana kwapadziko lonse lapansi, ndi nkhondo kunyumba kuphatikiza kusankhana mitundu, kusalungama kwa chilengedwe, kuwukira ufulu wachibadwidwe, ndikudula pazofunikira zathu. ntchito. Pa Meyi 12 tidzakumana ndi onse atatu.
Nkhondo yankhondo: APL Corp. imapanga phindu potumiza zida zankhondo ngati zomwe zidapha anthu 13 aku Iraq. Kampaniyo imapindulanso pokweza zida zankhondo ku Concord Naval Weapons Station.
Nkhondo yazachuma: SSA, monga Bechtel ndi Chevron, idzapindula ndi nkhondo yachiwiri, yamakampani ku Iraq. Boma la US, likukana kuganizira anthu aku Iraq, lapatsa SSA mgwirizano wazaka zitatu wokhazikika wokhala ndi phindu lotsimikizika kuti atenge Umm Qasr, doko lalikulu la Iraq.
Nkhondo kunyumba: Dipatimenti ya Apolisi ku Oakland ndi Meya Jerry Brown akuukira ufulu wathu wapachiweniweni pamene akuteteza APL ndi SSA ndi nkhanza za nthawi yaitali ndi kupanda chilungamo kwa anthu amitundu ku Oakland.
Kodi tingathe kufotokozeranso gulu lankhondo, kukana m'njira zosiyanasiyana pankhondo za ufumu? Kodi titha kupeza mipata yochulukirapo, monga madoko a Oakland, pomwe tingalumikizane ndikuluka ulusi wathu wosiyanasiyana kukhala nsalu yopinga? Kodi tingagwirizanitse izi ndi kukulitsa ndi kupanga njira zachilungamo, zachilengedwe, komanso za demokalase mwachindunji?
Popanda ofesi kapena ogwira ntchito olipidwa komanso okhazikika m'zipinda zochezera, malo odyera, holo zamagulu, ndi zipinda zapansi za matchalitchi, anthu masauzande ambiri adatseka ndikukhala mumsewu waukulu kwambiri wamakampani kumadzulo kwa United States: Chigawo cha Zachuma cha San Francisco. Ziwopsezo zolimbana ndi nkhondo za Bay Area zidafotokoza ndale zatsopano zomwe ndizofunikira: mphamvu za anthu, kapena kuchitapo kanthu mopanda chiwawa pofuna kutsimikizira mphamvu zathu, kukonza mwa demokalase mwachindunji kotero kuti aliyense ali ndi chonena pazosankha zomwe zimamukhudza iye, ndi chilengedwe. za mitundu yatsopano ndi chilankhulo chotsutsa.
Magulu a anthu padziko lonse lapansi ndi amphamvu komanso ogwirizana kwambiri kuposa kale lonse lapansi monga momwe ziwonetsero zazikulu kwambiri m'mbiri yakale zikuwonetsera Feb. 15. Olemekezeka padziko lonse lapansi amagawanika ndipo akukumana ndi vuto lalikulu la kuvomerezeka: iwo akuchulukirachulukira malire.
Zomwe zikuchitika kuno ku United States ndizofunikira. Kodi ife ku Bay Area tingathandizire kupanga gulu latsopano, lozama lolimbana ndi nkhondo lomwe lingathe kuyambitsa zipolowe mumtima mwa ufumuwo ndikukwera mmwamba ndi mayendedwe padziko lonse lapansi? Kodi tili ndi mphamvu ndi malingaliro?
Tikuwonani pamadoko.
David Solnit ochita zidole ndi Art ndi Revolution ndipo akukonzekera ndi Direct Action to Stop the War. Mpikisano wopanda chiwawa udzachitikira ku Oakland docks Meyi 12, 5-9 pm Kukumana ku West Oakland BART. Kuti mudziwe zambiri pitani ku actagaintwar.org kapena imbani (415)820-9649.
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