Sat Dec 17, Hong Kong—Ndi 1:30 am ku Hong Kong. Tangobwerera kunyumbako titakhala m’misewu ya ku Hong Kong masana ndi madzulo onse m’nkhondo yoopsa kwambiri ya m’khwalala imene sitinaonepo. Tikusinthana kuthira utsi wa misozi ndi tsabola pamene tikulemba izi. Alimi, ogwira ntchito, mabungwe a amayi, asodzi, achinyamata a ku Hong Kong, othawa kwawo ndi anthu ena ochokera ku Korea, ku Asia konse ndi padziko lonse lapansi adaguba, adadutsa mizere yambiri ya apolisi mpaka kufupi ndi malo a WTO. Conference center ndipo tinazinga mpaka titabalalitsidwa ndi utsi wokhetsa misozi ndi kumangidwa kwa anthu ambiri usikuuno. Tamva malipoti oti anthu okwana 900 amangidwa kapena kutsekeredwa ndipo tangolandira foni kuchokera kwa msilikali wina yemwe adazungulirabe m'misewu yemwe adachenjezedwa kuti apolisi ayamba kugwiritsa ntchito zipolopolo za mphira. Apolisi ochita zipolowe sanawonekere kwa zaka pafupifupi 20 m'misewu ya Hong Kong, ndipo mzindawu sudzakhalanso chimodzimodzi usikuuno.
Zambiri mwazamalonda zaku Hong Kong Island zidatsekedwa usikuuno, ndipo nthumwi za WTO zidatsekedwa pomwe Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center inali kuzingidwa. Malipoti ochokera m’katimo anasonyeza kuti anali osimidwa, ali ndi mantha, ndipo anabera ngakhale zokhwasula-khwasula antchitowo atathawa.
Alimi aku Korea ndi ogwirizana nawo akhala akutsogola paziwonetsero sabata yonse, mwachiwerengero, mwaukadaulo komanso mwankhondo. Aphatikizidwa ndi alimi ochokera ku Southeast Asia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand ndi anthu ochokera padziko lonse lapansi. Momwe zokambirana za WTO zamtsogolo za dziko lapansi sizinali zodziwika bwino, gawo lililonse lazandale padziko lonse lapansi lidafuna kuti WTO iwonongeke ku Hong Kong - kupatulapo magulu ochepa omwe adasankhidwa ngati Oxfam omwe adayitana. kwa malonda abwino. Mosiyana ndi zomwe malipoti a pawailesi anganene, kusamvanako sikunali kosokoneza. Magulu aku Korea adatsogolera nkhondo zenizeni zolimbana ndi apolisi ndi kukana kwawo mwadongosolo, kulimba mtima kodabwitsa komanso kumenya nkhondo, ndipo zomwe zidachitika m'misewu zidawoneka ngati nkhondo yanthawi yapakati kuposa zipolowe. Apolisi anali okonzeka, osadziwa zambiri, ndipo sanathe kunyamula anthu ambiri omwe adadutsa mizere yawo m'madera ambiri m'chigawo cha Wan Chai. Apolisi adathamangira ndikukhalabe chitetezo masana onse mpaka pakati pa madzulo. Pamene anthu mazanamazana anasonkhana ndi kumenyana ndi apolisi mkati mwa mdadada wa mumzinda wa Convention Center, kenako anatibalalitsa ndi utsi wokhetsa misozi.
MARCH
Sabata yonse ino, Victoria Park yakhala malo akulu, ophatikizana, malo ochitira misonkhano yatsiku ndi tsiku, ziwonetsero ndi maguwa, zikondwerero ndi zikhalidwe zachikhalidwe, zophunzitsa, mabwalo, maukonde ndi magawo anzeru. Kuguba kwa lero kudayamba ndi maola angapo tikuchita nawo pabwalo pamenepo; alimi ochokera ku gulu la Via Campesina, ogwira ntchito osamukira kumayiko ena ndi ena akukamba za zovuta zawo kuti apulumuke, kuphatikizapo nyimbo, nyimbo, ndi zisudzo. Walden Bello, katswiri wofufuza za nthawi yayitali, wokonzekera komanso wolemba ndi Focus on the Global South adauza msonkhanowu kuti zomwe zachitika m'misewu lero zidzatsimikizira zomwe zinachitika mkati mwa WTO. Pang'onopang'ono, anthu adapanga magulu ankhondo. Magulu osiyanasiyana a alimi aku Korea anali ndi gulu lalikulu kwambiri la anthu, aliyense ali ndi mbendera yayikulu patsogolo pa magulu awo ndipo magulu ena a alimi adaguba limodzi ndi mabandana obiriwira a Via Campesina ndi mbendera. Takhala tikugwira ntchito kuti tithandizire kukonza kwa ogwira ntchito osamukira ku Indonesia ku Hong Kong sabata yonse, ndipo tikugwira ntchito yojambula kuti tiwonetsere tsiku lotsatira pomwe alimi aku Thailand - gawo la gulu lalikulu lotchedwa Assembly of the Poor - lomwe linapangidwa pafupi ndi ife.
Tinalowa nawo paulendowu ndi anzathu ochepa ochokera ku Hong Kong, Canada ndi US, ndipo tinayenda ndi gulu la anthu 150-200, ambiri a iwo anali akazi a ku Indonesia ogwira ntchito zapakhomo ku Hong Kong. Ananyamula mbendera zambiri zofiirira ndi chikwangwani chachikulu chojambulidwa pamitengo yansungwi, mbendera yaikulu ya ku Indonesia yokhala ndi mawu ojambulidwa pamwamba pake, ndi chikwangwani chinanso chachikulu cholembedwa kuti ‘Sink the WTO’. Titatuluka pang'onopang'ono m'paki kupita ku Hong Kong kuseri kwa mbendera zobiriwira za magulu a Via Campesina, tidamva kuchokera kwa anthu otizungulira kuti magulu ena am'deralo anali ataguba kale kupita kumalo ochitira zionetsero omwe adasankhidwa - malo otetezedwa. m'mphepete mwa nyanja mkati mwa malo awiri kapena atatu a Convention Center- ndipo anali kuyang'anizana ndi nsanja yayikulu yotchinga apolisi, pomwe apolisi adagwiritsa ntchito tsabola ndi mizinga yamadzi kuti abalalitse khamu la anthu. Malo osankhidwawo anali atatsekedwa kale pamene kuguba kwakukulu kunkafika m’misewu, choncho sizinkadziŵika kumene tikanapita.
Tinayenda m’njira yodutsa m’tauni imene tinkaidziwa mlungu wonse. Anthu okhala ku Hong Kong, omwe amathandizira kwambiri ziwonetsero zotsutsana ndi WTO sabata ino, adayenda m'misewu, ena akusangalala, kupereka chala chachikulu, ngakhalenso kupereka zokhwasula-khwasula ndi madzi kwa owonetsa. Pambuyo pa pafupifupi theka la ola, pamene tinali kuyandikira mphambano yapakati pa zigawo za Causeway Bay ndi Wan Chai, kugubako kunacheperachepera ndipo potsirizira pake kunaima. Ogwira ntchito osamukira kumayiko ena anali ndi zokuzira mawu m'manja ndipo amatsogolera nyimbo ndi nyimbo m'Chibahasa Indonesia, Chingerezi, ndi Chicantonese, akulankhula mwachidule kwa anthu a ku Hong Kong, ndikupangitsa gululo kukhala lolimba. Tinakhalabe pamzerewu pa theka la msewu wanjira ziwiri, theka lachiwiri lomwe linali litatsekedwa, ndipo sizikudziwika chomwe chingachitike.
Mwadzidzidzi, ndipo zikuoneka modzidzimutsa, mazana a ziwonetsero zochokera ku Korean Peasants League (KPL) adabwera akuthamanga njira ina ya mphambanoyo, kubwereranso mbali ina yomwe ulendowo ukupita. Posakhalitsa, gulu lina lalikulu lochokera ku KPL linabwera kuchokera kumbuyo kwathu ndipo linatipeza, likuthamangira mumsewu wachiwiri kulowera kumene tinkayenda, kufuula mokweza komanso nyimbo zamagulu ena omwe anali m'khamulo. Ngakhale pothamanga m'misewu iwo anakhalabe okonzeka modabwitsa komanso odekha.
Magalimoto apolisi adalowa kuti atseke njira yachiwonetserocho. Apolisi adatsekanso misewu iwiri yomwe idatsala pamsewuwo, ndikulowanso kumbuyo kwa ulendowu, kotero kuti sitingathe kupita kulikonse. Kenako, gulu limodzi la anthu a ku Korea mwina 75 linakumana ndi apolisi n’kudutsa mumsewuwo, n’kuyamba ulendo wodutsa mumsewu waukulu wa Hennessy Road—m’mphindi zisanu zokha apolisi anali atagonjetsedwa kale.
Apolisi atasonkhanitsanso mizere yawo ndikuyang'anizana ndi misewu yomwe ikukonzekera nkhondo ina ndi gulu la KPL, gulu la anthu pafupifupi mazana awiri aku Korea, am'deralo, ndi mayiko ena adabwera akuthamanga ndikufuula kumbuyo kwawo, pansi pa mlatho wopita kumalo ochitira ziwonetsero. M'badwo wonse wa apolisi ku Hong Kong sunachitepo ziwonetsero za zigawenga kapena zosamvera mumsewu, zinali zosakonzeka, ndipo malinga ndi mfundo za US sizinali zaukali kwambiri—ngakhale zowonadi, akhala akupopera tsabola anthu sabata yonse. Atadzidzimuka ndi gulu lalikulu lomwe likuthamangira kwa iwo, apolisi adalamulidwa kuti abalalitsidwe ndi akuluakulu awo, ndikusiya njira yopita kwa ziwonetserozo.
Poyerekeza ndi apolisi, aku Korea anali magulu olimba a omenyera ufulu omwe adachita nawo zigawenga zowopsa kwambiri, zankhondo, ophunzira ndi alimi padziko lonse lapansi kwazaka zambiri. Onse anali okonzeka kwambiri, ngati gulu lankhondo lopanda kukhwima, komanso lolunjika kwambiri pazandale—kuimba ndi kuimba uthenga wawo komanso kuvala mauthenga omveka bwino pa mafananidwe awo “WTO Ipha Alimi†masisititi, zipewa, zotchingira kumutu, ndi zambiri zokhala ndi zikwangwani zofiira. kutsogolo ndi kumbuyo kwawo.
CHIFUKWA CHIYANI TILI PANO
M'mawu omwe adanenedwa ku Victoria Park koyambirira kwa sabata, woimira KPL adafotokoza momwe ambiri mwa gulu lake analili alimi ang'onoang'ono, omwe ena adawononga ndalama zawo zonse kuti akwere ndege kupita ku Hong Kong ndikuwateteza. moyo ndi moyo. Pofuna kudziwitsa anthu a ku Hong Kong za mmene zinthu zilili pa moyo wawo komanso mavuto amene akukumana nawo, nyuzipepala yaulere inasindikizidwa m’Chingelezi ndi Chitchaina, n’kuperekedwa kwa anthu odutsa m’zigawo zambiri za ku Hong Kong mkati mwa sabata. Chikalatacho sichinasinthe mawu aliwonse:
WTO imapha osati anthu wamba okha, koma anthu onse. Kuphwanya WTO kukhala zinyalala ndiyo njira yokhayo yotetezera tsogolo lathu ndi miyoyo yathu.
Alimi aku Korea adakankhidwira m'mphepete. Amphawi adathamangitsidwa kumalo ophedwa: m'mwezi wokha wa Novembala, alimi 4 adadzipha kapena adachoka mdziko lino chifukwa choponderezedwa ndi apolisi. Ichi ndi chipatso chowawa cha neoliberal globalization pansi pa WTO. Pambuyo pa 1994 Uruguay Round, zenizeni za ulimi waku Korea zakhala zodetsa nkhawa kufotokoza m'mawu. Chiwerengero cha alimi chinatsika pa 10 miliyoni kufika pa 3.5 miliyoni ndipo ngongole ya pafamu idaposa 27 miliyoni yomwe yapambana (pafupifupi US$ 27,00) pabanja lililonse laulimi. Kuyambira mchaka cha 2004, mokakamizidwa ndi mabungwe amayiko akunja komanso boma la USA, Korea idachita nawo zokambirana zakutsegulidwa kwa msika wa mpunga wapakhomo ngakhale kuwonongeka kwakukulu kungadzetse gawo laulimi. Zotsatira zamavuto obwera chifukwa cha kutsegulidwa kwa msika wa mpunga wapanyumba kuti agulitsidwe komanso kulephera kwa ndondomeko ya mpunga ya boma kudapangitsa kuti mitengo ya mpunga ikhale yotsika mtengo kwa anthu akumidzi omwe amakolola mbewu ya chaka chino ndikuyambitsa vuto la mpunga.
Bungwe la WTO ndilomwe likuyambitsa zochitikazi kuti zikhazikitse njira ya chakudya “ogwira ntchito†ndi mabungwe opangira mbewu zapadziko lonse ndi kulandidwa ufulu wodzilamulira kuti azisamalira chakudya, monga chofunikira kwambiri chomwe anthu adziko lapansi amafunikira kuti apulumuke, ngati chinthu chochita bizinesi.
Kulimbana kwa anthu padziko lapansi ku Cancun mu 2003 kunagwetsa WTO ndikuitumiza kuchipinda chodzidzimutsa; alimi aku Korea ali pano kuti athane ndi kulimbana ndi WTO kuti athetse mpweya wake womaliza. Tidzasunga mitima yathu mawu a LEE, Kyung-Hae pamene adathetsa moyo wake potsutsa†WTO Ipha Alimi.
Nzika zaku Hong Kong! Chakudya sichake. Ulimi si mwayi wamalonda. . Ngati ulimi ukhala womasuka, tidzakankhidwira pansi pa malo otsetsereka a maphunziro omasuka, mankhwala, ntchito ndi zonse zomwe anthu ayenera kusangalala nazo chifukwa ufulu wofunikira udzachotsedwa ndikuperekedwa kwa olemera okha. Tonse tiyenera kuyimirira kuteteza ulimi ngati chipata choyamba. Palibe dziko padziko lapansi lomwe lapereka zakudya zake zazikulu m'manja mwamakampani akunja ndikupulumuka. Kuteteza ulimi ndi njira yotetezera tsogolo lathu limodzi.
Gulu la alimi pafupifupi 100 ndi ena ochokera m'mabungwe ku Thailand anali atapitanso ku Hong Kong kuchokera ku Thailand. Ambiri aiwo analinso ndi netiweki yaku Thailand yotchedwa Assembly of the Poor. Pempho lofananalo linaperekedwa kwa anthu a ku Hong Kong kuti amvetsetse mkhalidwe wa alimi ndi kudziika okha mu nsapato zawo:
MSONKHANO WA MALANGIZO OSAUKA
Kwa anthu aku Hong Kong,
Ndife Msonkhano wa anthu osauka omwe akuchokera ku Thailand omwe akuyimira maukonde 19 a anthu osauka komanso akumidzi, alimi, asodzi, anthu omwe ali ndi kachilombo ka HIV/AIDS, ogwira ntchito, ndi anthu osauka. Timakhudzidwa ndi kumasulidwa kwa malonda ndipo timakhala otayika mu masewera opanda chilungamo omwe anthu omwe ali pamalo a msonkhano akuyesera kuti aipitse kwambiri. Tili kuno ku Hong Kong kuti timveketse mawu athu ndikuyitanitsa dziko lachilungamo.
Pamsonkhano wa WTO, okambirana ku Thailand akhala akuyitanitsa msika womasuka wazinthu zaulimi padziko lonse lapansi. Sitikugwirizana nazo. Nthumwizi sizikuyimira zofuna za alimi ang'onoang'ono. Tikudziwa kuti kukambirana sikudzatibweretsera phindu; olemera okha ndi amene amalemera kwambiri chifukwa chogulitsa kunja, pamene osauka ndi osauka.
Mawu athu sanamvepo. Vuto lathu silinalandiridwepo. Ichi ndichifukwa chake tili pano, ndi chithandizo cha anthu omwe ali ndi nkhawa komanso akudziwa zotsatira za zokambirana za WTO. Sikophweka kwa ife kukhala kuno ku Hong Kong; mu nyengo yosiyana, ndi chinenero chosiyana, kusiya mabanja athu kumbuyo. Tilibe chochita. Ngati tilola WTO kukhala ndi njira yake, msika wathu wapakhomo ukhoza kusefukira ndi zinthu zaulimi zochokera kumayiko ena. Alimi aku Thailand akakakamizika kutulutsa zambiri, koma kuti apindule ndi mabungwe ogulitsa kunja.
Nduna ya Zamalonda ku Thailand ndi nthumwi yaku Thailand alibe zovomerezeka zokambilana m'malo mwa alimi aku Thailand. Sakutiimirira. Samvera ife.
Maboma amafalitsa ubwino wa kumasula malonda, ngakhale kuti malonda omasuka ndi mapangano pansi pa WTO angangowonjezera mavuto a anthu osauka padziko lonse lapansi, ndikuwakakamiza kuti athawe, kusamukira ku mayiko ena, kuphatikizapo Hong Kong. , kapena kuchita uhule. Dziko labwinoko ndi lotheka. Anthu a ku Hong Kong akhoza kukhala ndi moyo wosangalala, pamene alimi padziko lonse lapansi akukhalabe ndi moyo, pothandizira chifukwa chathu cha malonda achilungamo ndi dziko lachilungamo ndi lamtendere.
Tikukhulupirira kuti anthu aku Hong Kong omwe atilonjera mwachikondi komanso mochereza sabata yatha, amvetsetsa madandaulo athu ndikuthandizira kulimbana kwathu. Ngakhale titakumana ndi zopinga, timalumbira kuti tipitabe patsogolo. Ife, Msonkhano wa Osauka, tidzagwira ntchito limodzi ndi La Via Campesina, kuti tiletse kukambirana kopanda chilungamo kumeneku mpaka kumapeto.
Mgwirizano
Msonkhano wa Anthu Osauka, ku Thailand
KUKAMBIRANA & TEARGAS
Pa nthawiyi tinasiyana m’magulu awiri. Awiri a ife tinakhala ndi ulendo wa ogwira ntchito othawa kwawo, pamene ena anamaliza ndi gulu la anthu a ku Korea pafupifupi XNUMX ochokera ku Korea Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), akuyang'anizana ndi mzere wa apolisi achiwawa pamzere wa Lockhart Road ndi Tonnochy Road. Pambuyo pa mikangano yoyambilira pomwe omenyera ufulu wachikorea angapo adamizidwa ndi tsabola ndikumenyedwa ndi ndodo, imodzi idamenyedwa kwambiri pamutu, ziwonetserozo zidaganiza zopanganso. M’chisonyezero chodabwitsa cha kugwirizana, kulinganiza, ndi chigwirizano, chilengezo chinaperekedwa chakuti gululo lidzapumula ndi kusonkhanitsa mphamvu zake. Omenyera ufulu waku Korea makumi awiri ndi owatsatira adapanga chingwe kuzungulira malo omwe amalimbana nawo, akusunga atolankhani ndi owonera kumbuyo kwa khoma la anthu, ndikungolowetsa omwe anali okonzeka kulowa nawo mkanganowo. Anthu analamulidwa mwaukali kuti asaponye apolisi zinthu, ngati kuti gululo linalibe nthawi yochitira zinthu zing’onozing’ono, zopanda pake zokhumudwitsa zimenezo. Mkati mwa cordon, pamene mamembala a KCTU ndi othandizira ochepa a mayiko ena adakhala m'mizere, matumba a makeke ndi makeke ang'onoang'ono anaperekedwa, pamodzi ndi mabokosi odzaza mabotolo amadzi. Mamembala asanu ndi limodzi kapena asanu ndi awiri kapena asanu ndi awiri a KCTU adakhala kutsogolo, atatsamira misana yawo ku zishango zachiwawa za apolisi ndikugawana ndudu pamene akukambirana za njira. Kunkamveka ngati bata mphepo yamkuntho isanachitike, ndipo m’mwamba mudakali chipwirikiti, anthu ankaoneka omasukadi. Komabe mphamvu yomwe mamembala a KCTU adatilimbikitsa kuti tidye makeke, kumwa madzi, ndi kupuma, zikusonyeza kuti tikukonzekera chinachake chachikulu.
Patatha pafupifupi mphindi XNUMX, anatiuza kuti tiimirire, ndipo anthu ankatizungulira m’Chikorea. Posamvetsetsa zomwe zinali pafupi kuchitika komanso zomwe zikuyembekezeka kuchitika mkangano waukulu, ndinapempha wolimbikitsa anthu omwe anali pafupi nane kuti andimasulire. Zinapezeka kuti gulu lina lotsogozedwa ndi magulu aku Korea lidaphwanya mizere ya apolisi pamsewu wina, kuti magulu ena akuphwanya mizere ya apolisi m'boma lonse, ndikuti apolisi adabwerera mkati mwa block ya Convention Center pomwe gulu lalikulu la anthu. anthu anali kusonkhana. Ngakhale kuti pamphambanopo panali apolisi ndipo anamwazikana m’misewu, sanayese kutiletsa pamene tinkapita ku Convention Center, tili osangalala, tikusangalala, tikuimba nyimbo, komanso tinkanyamula anthu ambiri otitsatira m’njira. Pamene tinafika pamwamba pa mlatho ndi speter ya Convention Center pafupi kwambiri pamaso pathu, ife tinali osachepera zana limodzi ndi makumi asanu. Panali kale khamu la anthu osachepera zikwi ziwiri pamalopo.
Zochitika ku Convention Center zinali zofanana ndi zomwe zimachitika sabata yonse. Nthawi zabata pomwe njira zidakambidwa ndikugawa magawo, kutsatiridwa ndi zochita. Komabe, pamene tinkafika pamphambano, mpweya wachangu ndi wapafupi unali wowonekera kwambiri kuposa nthawi ina iliyonse sabata ino. Patsogolo pathu tidawona mzere wa apolisi olimbana ndi zipolowe anthu atatu okhuthala, pambali pake panali mzere wina wa apolisi omwe amalondera nsewu wopita ku nyumba yayikulu ya Central Plaza, yomwe imalumikizidwa ndi Convention Center ndi njira zapamtunda. Kupitilira onsewo, kutsogolo kwa Center kunali magalimoto apolisi komanso matumba a apolisi olimbana ndi zipolowe akuthamangira kuti asonkhanitsenso. Ngakhale zinali zamphamvu kwambiri, izi ndizo zonse zomwe zidayima pakati pathu ndi Msonkhano Wachigawo. Pamene anthu ankaimba ng'oma, atakulungidwa saran kukulunga m'maso mwawo, kuika bandanas mmwamba pakamwa ndi m'mphuno, kusangalala, kapena kungoyang'ana kumbali, panali lingaliro lomveka kuti titha kuchita izi, tikhoza kufika pazipata za mzindawu. Convention Center ndikutseka msonkhano uno.
Apolisi anali kukonzekera magulu a ku Korea kuti awawukire mutu. Iwo anali ndi kuwala kwakukulu kumbuyo kwa mizere yawo ndipo anali kusuntha izo mozungulira, kuyesera kusokoneza unyinji. Pamene chochitikacho chinabwera, komabe, sichinali chamutu, koma kuchokera kumbali, monga gulu lalikulu la ziwonetsero likuyesera kupyola mzere wa apolisi akuyang'anira Central Plaza. Ochita ziwonetsero adalekanitsa zokongoletsera zamatabwa za Khrisimasi kuti azigwiritsa ntchito polimbana ndi apolisi ndikugwiritsa ntchito mitengo yansungwi kuthyola mizere, ndikukwatula mizere yotchinga zitsulo zomwe zidayima kutsogolo kwa apolisi. Apolisi anali ndi mantha, akufuula mopanda phindu kuti anthu ochita ziwonetsero ayimitse, kutsanulira anthu tsabola, ndi kuwamenyanso ndi ndodo zawo. Kumbali yakutali, mzere wapolisi unasweka ndipo apolisi adabwerera pomwe ziwonetsero zikupita patsogolo. Gulu la ziwonetsero lidathamanga ndi chotchinga chomaliza chachitsulo, ndikuchigwiritsa ntchito kulipira apolisi, omwe tsopano, chifukwa cha zolinga zonse, adasungunuka kwathunthu. Panthawiyi apolisi adaphulitsa bomba loyamba la utsi wokhetsa misozi.
Kugwiritsa ntchito gasi pamalo ang'onoang'ono awa, malo ochepa kupatula pamwamba, chinali chinthu chopusa kwambiri. Mpweyawo unafalikira ndikukhala mumlengalenga kwa nthawi yayitali, umakhala m'misewu yopapatiza yokhala ndi mipanda ndi nyumba ndi milatho. Mayi wina anakomoka ndi kukomoka, ndipo anthu ochita ziwonetsero anathamanga, akusanza, atagwira pachifuwa, akupuma mpweya mumsewu waukulu womwe unali kutali. Chodabwitsa n'chakuti, magulu a amayi aku Korea anapitirizabe kuimba ng'oma pamene anthu ankathamangira panja, ndipo ziwonetsero zakutali zinkawonekabe zikuyang'anizana ndi apolisi mkati mwa mitambo ya gasi.
Kugwiritsa ntchito utsi wokhetsa misozi m'malo otsekeka oterowo kunali kuvomereza kugonja kwa apolisi aku Hong Kong. Iwo anali ataseweredwa kwathunthu mwanzeru, anali pafupi kusiya njira yopita ku Convention Center, ndipo anali osimidwa.
Gasi anatikakamiza kuti tipite mumsewu waukulu wa misewu inayi yomwe inali pafupi ndi msewu. Apolisiwo anali atatseka mbali zitatu zotulukamo, n’kusiya msewu umodzi wotsegula, zomwe zinachititsa kuti pakhale chipilala china chomwe apolisi anali ocheperapo. Owonetsa makamaka adakhala pakati pa msewu waukulu, akuchira ku zotsatira za utsi wokhetsa misozi, kusewera ng'oma, kuvina, ndikuyesera kuzula zotchinga zolekanitsa zomwe zidakulungidwa mu konkire. Apolisi adakweza zikwangwani zazikulu zalalanje zochenjeza anthu kuti akuchita nawo msonkhano wosaloledwa, ndipo adasewera zilengezo zomwe zidajambulidwa kale zotilangiza kuti tibalalike nthawi yomweyo. Tsoka ilo, monga momwe anthu ambiri anadziwira, sitinaloledwe kuchoka.
OMWAZA ABABALIKA
Panali panthaŵi imeneyi pamene tinakumananso monga gulu, ndipo tinaganiza zopeza gulu la anthu osamukira ku Indonesia. Chifukwa cha kusamuka kwawo komanso kulembedwa ntchito, ogwira ntchito osamukira kwawo anali pachiwopsezo chachikulu, ndipo adayika pachiwopsezo chotuluka tsiku lonselo. Kumangidwa sikunali koyenera, chifukwa zimenezi zikanatanthauza kuthamangitsidwa m’dzikolo, ndi kutaya moyo wawo ndi mabanja awo kwawo. Ambiri a iwo anatiuza kuti anachita mantha, ndipo ankafuna kubalalika. Tinaganiza zokhala m'timagulu ting'onoting'ono ndikuyesera kudutsa apolisi m'madera osiyanasiyana, makamaka mizere yomwe ili kutali ndi msewu waukulu kumene apolisi ankawoneka kuti alibe kuzindikira kuti ndani akudutsa m'magulu awo.
Tinakwanitsa kuthamangitsa antchito ambiri osamukira kudera lotsekedwa mwanjira imeneyi, koma ena anakumana ndi mavuto. Ena anafunsidwa atafika pamzere wa apolisi ngati anali a ku Indonesia, ndipo atayankha, zikwama zawo zinasecha ndi kufufuzidwa zitupa. Komanso, pamene timapepala tokhudzana ndi WTO tinapezeka m'matumba awo, munthuyo anauzidwa kuti akuyenera kukhala m'deralo ndipo sakanatha kuchoka. Komabe, titayendayenda m’mapolisi osiyanasiyana ndiponso kukambitsirana movutikira, aliyense m’gulu lathu anatha kuchoka m’derali ndi kusonkhananso ku Victoria Park.
VICTORIA PARK
Tinadumpha mizere ya apolisi kuti tibwerere ku Victoria Park popeza dera lalikulu la tawuni lidatsekedwa ndi mizere ya apolisi ndipo ma vani apolisi ndi njinga zamoto- nyali zikung'anima- zinali kuthamanga paliponse. Pamene tinali kuyandikira Victoria Park tinagwirizana ndi anthu mazana angapo otsogozedwa ndi gulu la ku Philippines. Tinayenda nayo kwa midadada ingapo pamene inkakula. Kenako ulendowo unayima ndipo tinapitiriza. Victoria Park inazunguliridwa ndi mizere ya apolisi ndipo sitinawone aliyense akulowa kapena kutuluka. Tinakambirana kuti: “Ndife akatswiri ndipo tinasiya katundu wathu m'paki†ndipo tinadutsa gulu la apolisi. Malo a konkire omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi anthu ambiri mu pakiyo adasiyidwa pomwe apolisi amangoyang'ana pomwe apolisi amakhala ngati asitikali. Tinabwereranso ku tenti ya ogwira ntchito osamukira kumene komwe kunali konsati yanyimbo yodziwika bwino yomwe inali ndi anthu pafupifupi makumi atatu ndipo akuluakulu a paki anali kuyesera kuti atseke ndikupempha kuti awone chilolezo.
Pamene mazana a anthu anali atazunguliridwa ndi apolisi ndikumangidwa mnzathuyo adatumiza meseji kwa ife:
“Chabwino kuyamba kumanga. wodekha kwambiri ndondomeko. Timayimba ndi kuimba ndi kugona. Zonse ndi mgwirizano wamtundu. Mtendere.â€
* Pranjal ndi mtolankhani, mkonzi wa In the Water blog (http://inthewater.typepad.com/in_the_water/) ndi womenyera ufulu wa Hong Kong. David ndi womenyera ufulu wa San Francisco Bay Area komanso mkonzi wa Globalize Liberation.
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