'Imfa sikhala yeniyeni pamene ntchito ya moyo wa munthu ichitidwa bwino. Ngakhale imfa, anthu ena amaonetsa kuwala kwa aurora.' — Jose Marti
Len sanali wazaka za m'ma 1960. Iye anali chinthu chachilendo kwambiri. Iye anali wa 1950s radical. Anakulitsa zikhalidwe zake, malingaliro ake okhwima ndi malingaliro adziko lapansi munthawi yomwe kusatsata kunali kosowa. Iye anauza wofunsa mafunso m’nyuzipepala ku Santa Barbara mu 1980 kuti ‘Ndidziika m’gulu la Amereka woipitsitsa. Ndine wodana ndi chikapitalisti m'lingaliro limeneli - sindimakhulupirira kuti ukapitalist tsopano ukugwirizana ndi demokalase.' Socialism iye anaganiza kuti ingakhale, ngati itapatsidwa mwaŵi, kuti soshosholizimu idakali chinthu chaching’ono padziko lonse, kuti dziko lina, dziko losakhala la chikapitalist, linali lothekera. Anawona ntchito yake yalamulo monga chothandizira pa ntchito yamagulu a gululo. Iye sanasamale ngakhale pang'ono kupanga malipiro. 'Ndikufuna kugwiritsa ntchito nthawi yanga kuteteza anthu omwe adzipereka nthawi yawo kuti asinthe. Ndizo zoyenera. Tsopano, amenewo angakhale anthu ankhondo, anthu a ndale zotsutsa, anthu a ndale za mikangano, anthu m'mabungwe ambirimbiri, anthu ogwira ntchito.' Kuteteza anthu ku 'makina a boma' monga momwe adanenera, kunali kuitana kwake. Iye ankaona kuti munthu angakhale ndi moyo wokhutiritsa ngati 'akugwirizana ndi mphamvu zazikulu zimene zikuchitika m'nthawi imene mukukhala.'
Wachitatu mwa ana anayi, adakulira m'dera lachiyuda la mabanja a 200 ku Bellville, NJ ndipo adapita kusukulu ya sekondale pafupi ndi Kearney, kumene anali nyenyezi yomaliza pa timu ya mpira wa mpira ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa kalasi yake ya sekondale. Anapita ku yunivesite ya George Washington ku D.C. ku koleji pa maphunziro. Len anali wophunzira wabwino kwambiri ndipo adalandiridwa mu 1955 ku Yale Law School. Panali nkhani yomwe ankakonda kukamba za ntchito yake yaku koleji. Anagwira ntchito yoyendetsa elevator ku nyumba ya Senate Office. Lyndon Johnson anali wozizira komanso wamwano kwa Len pamene akukwera m'galimoto yake ya elevator. Senator m'modzi yemwe anali waubwenzi komanso yemwe amacheza ndi Len ndipo nthawi zonse ankafunsa momwe amachitira .... Richard Nixon, yemwe Len adamusokoneza pambuyo pake popambana kuchotsedwa ntchito kwa Daniel Ellsberg ndi Tony Russo mu mbiri yakale ya Viet Nam Pentagon. Nkhani ya mapepala.
Len adachoka ku Yale mu 1958 kupita ku Air Force. M'masiku amenewo chifukwa cha kulembedwa kunalibe chochita. Mmodzi anayenera kupita ku usilikali. Len anali loya mu bungwe la Judge Advocate General's Corp ndipo adakwera kuchoka pa lieutenant wachiwiri mpaka kukhala captain. Gulu lankhondo la Air Force linali ndi mlandu woyendetsa ndege wakuda ndi umbanda wina. Len anapatsidwa mlanduwo ndipo anamumasula. Izi zinakwiyitsa mkuwa, womwe unagwiritsidwa ntchito kusonyeza mphamvu zake pa zotsatira za mayesero ankhondo. Wandale wa ku France dzina lake Georges Clemenceau ananenapo za mchitidwe umenewu, akumaseka kuti 'Chilungamo cha asilikali ndi chilungamo monga momwe nyimbo zankhondo zilili ndi nyimbo.'
Mkuwa adasamutsira Len ku Iceland malo onse. Chifukwa chiyani Iceland? Chifukwa ndi dziko lokhala ndi azungu. Palibe majini osakhala oyera mu dziwe lawo la DNA. Makampani opanga mankhwala pazifukwa izi amagwiritsa ntchito Iceland kuyesa mankhwala. Boma la US linali ndi mgwirizano ndi Iceland kuti sangatumize GI yosakhala yoyera ku Iceland kuti asawononge jini lawo. Mkuwawo unaganiza kuti Weinglass, woyambitsa mavuto, sadzatha kuteteza munthu wakuda, ngakhale ali msilikali wawo. Len anaziziritsa zidendene zake kufikira pamene anatulutsidwa, ndipo panthaŵiyi anaphunzira Chiaislandi kuti alankhule mwachindunji kwa Oweruza kumeneko popanda womasulira wovuta. Atafika ku khoti la ku Iceland mlandu wake woyamba masitepe opita ku nyumbayo anali odzaza ndi anthu owonerera. Anamufunsa driver wake chifukwa chani? Iwo ankafuna kuona Len. Iwo anali asanaonepo Myuda.
Anatulutsidwa mu Air Force mu 1961 ndipo anapitiriza kukhazikitsa lamulo la munthu mmodzi ku Newark, New Jersey. Atafunsidwa ndi nyuzipepala ya New York Times yofotokoza za mbiri ya Len, mnzake wa Len komanso mnzake walamulo a Michael Krinsky (Len anali alangizi ku kampani ya Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky ndi Lieberman waku New York, NY) adati adakumana koyamba ndi Len ku Newark ku Newark. 1969. Iye ankaona Len 'tsiku lamakono Clarence Darrow'. Krinsky adauza mtolankhani kuti Newark 'anali malo ovuta kukhala. Dipatimenti ya apolisi komanso oyang'anira mzinda omwe anali atsankho komanso owopsa monga ena onse ku America, ndipo panali Lenny woimira anthu omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe, anthu andale, anthu wamba omwe adayimbidwa mlandu wazinthu ndikumenyedwa ndi apolisi. Anachita zimenezi popanda kutchuka kapena chuma, ndipo n’zimene anapitiriza kuchita m’njira zosiyanasiyana.’ Anachita izi kwa zaka 53, akuloledwa kumabala ku New Jersey, California, ndi New York.
Tonse tikudziwa za Len chifukwa cha ntchito yake yodziwika bwino yazamalamulo pamlandu wa Chicago Seven ndi Abby Hoffman, Dave Dellinger ndi Tom Hayden pa nthawi ya Nkhondo yaku Vietnam. Tikukumbukira ukatswiri wake poyimira mkaidi woyembekezera kuphedwa Mumia Abu-Jamal. Pambuyo pake adatulutsa bwenzi lake Kathy Boudin m'ndende pambuyo pa zaka 23. Adayimira woyima pawokha waku Puerto Rican Juan Segarra kwa zaka 15. Pamlandu wa Palestine 8, pomwe oimbidwa mlandu adayimbidwa mlandu wothandiza gulu la Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, iye anali m'gulu lomwe linasiya kuthamangitsidwa kwawo. Zimenezi zinatenga zaka 20. David Cole, phungu wake limodzi ndi a Marc Van der Hout, akukumbukira kuti Len "…anapanga mawu oti 'tigawenga' pomwe amafunsa mboni za boma pa PLO. Anali wosangalala kugwira naye ntchito m’khoti. Woweruza wathu woona za olowa ndi otuluka, yemwe anali wamsinkhu wa Lenny, nthawi zonse ankafunitsitsa kudziwa ngati 'Bambo. Weinglass 'amakhala akuwonekera nthawi iliyonse pakakhala zochitika.'
Len adatenga milandu yovuta yandale, yomwe inkawoneka yosatheka pomwe makasitomala ake adayimbidwa milandu yayikulu monga kuba, ukazitape komanso kupha. 'Sanakopeke ndi kupanga ndalama. Adakopeka kuti ateteze chilungamo, "adatero Daniel Ellsberg. 'Ankaona kuti nthawi zambiri amaimira munthu mmodzi yemwe akutsutsa boma. Iye anali ku mbali ya underdog. Analinso wochenjera kwambiri poweruza oweruza.' Len adawona kuti foni yomwe adamuimbira idayamba pomwe woyimbirayo akunena kuti ''Ndiwe loya wachisanu yemwe ndalankhula naye'. Kenako ndimachita chidwi.'
Mlandu wa The Cuban Five unali mlandu waukulu womaliza wa Len. Anagwira ntchito imeneyi kwa zaka zambiri mpaka pamene anamwalira, ndipo anawerenga nkhani ya kukhoti ali pabedi lake m’chipatala cha Montefiore ku Bronx. Mlanduwo unasonyeza zimene Len ankaona kuti ndi chinyengo cha boma la U.S. mu ‘nkhondo yake yolimbana ndi uchigawenga.’ Len adalowa m'nkhaniyi pamlingo wa apilo pambuyo poti Asanu adaweruzidwa ndi oweruza atsankho ku Miami. Makasitomala ake a Antonio Guererro ndi enawo adapezeka olakwa pakuchita chiwembu chofuna kuchita ukazitape motsutsana ndi US nthawi ina mtsogolo. Iwo adatumizidwa kuchokera ku Cuba kupita ku Miami ndi boma la Cuba kuti akazonde, osati ku US, koma kwa anthu a Cuba omwe akutsutsana ndi kusintha kwa Miami omwe anali kuyambitsa zigawenga kuchokera ku Florida zolunjika kwa anthu ndi katundu ku Cuba, kuyesa kuwononga alendo aku Cuba. chuma. Adasonkhanitsa zidziwitso za zigawenga zochokera ku Miami, ndikulemba zolemba zazitali pazakupha kwawo ndikuzipereka kwa FBI. Anapempha boma la United States kuti liyimitse zigawenga, zomwe zinkayang'ana makampani oyendera alendo ku Cuba poponya mabomba pabwalo la ndege la Havana, m'mabasi, ndi mu hotelo, kupha munthu wa ku Italy yemwe anali patchuthi. Koma m'malo moletsa zigawenga, boma la US lidagwiritsa ntchito dossier kuti adziwe za Cuban Five, adawamanga, kuwazenga mlandu, kuweruzidwa kuti akhale m'ndende nthawi yayitali.
Zomwe Len adanena pakugwiritsa ntchito mlandu wochitira chiwembu zikuwonetsa kulondola kwake komanso kumveka bwino kwamalingaliro.
"Kuchitira chiwembu nthawi zonse kwakhala mlandu womwe wozenga milandu pamilandu ya ndale amagwiritsa ntchito. Chiwembu ndi mgwirizano wapakati pa anthu kuti achite chiwembu chachikulu. Pogwiritsa ntchito mlandu wochitira chiwembu, boma limamasuka pamfundo yoti mlanduwo utsimikizidwe. Zonse Boma liyenera kutsimikizira kwa oweruza kuti panali mgwirizano kuti achite mlanduwo.Anthu omwe akuimbidwa mlandu wochitira chiwembu amawapeza olakwa ngakhale kuti mlanduwo sunapatsidwepo.Pankhani ya Asanu, oweruza a Miami adafunsidwa kuti apeze zimenezo. Boma silinafunikire kutsimikizira kuti ukazitape zinachitikadi. Sizikanatsimikizira kuti ukazitape unachitika. Palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe mwa Asanuwo amene ankafuna kapena kukhala ndi zinsinsi zachinsinsi kapena zinsinsi za chitetezo cha dziko la United States."
Len anakopeka ndi amuna ndi akazi omwe ankaimbidwa mlandu wochita zinthu zamphamvu kwambiri zosonyeza kulimba mtima ndi kukana. Zitsanzo za milandu yake pazaka 53 zomwe wakhala akuchita zamalamulo ndi izi:
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1971: Adayimira Kenneth Gibson yemwe adakhala meya woyamba waku Africa-America ku Newark, New Jersey mu suti ya okhometsa msonkho zomwe zidamupangitsa kuti adziyimbe mlandu ndikubwezeretsanso chuma chachikulu kwambiri chomwe chili ndi Mzinda wa Newark.
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1971: Chitetezo cha Anthony Russo yemwe anaimbidwa mlandu ndi Daniel Ellsberg mu mlandu wa Pentagon Papers kuti atulutse zikalata zachinsinsi pa mbiri ya ubale wa US-Vietnam.
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1972: Chitetezo cha John Sinclair, Wapampando wa White Panther Party ku Detroit, Michigan. Mlanduwu udafika ku Khoti Lalikulu, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti pakhale chigamulo chodziwika bwino choletsa boma kugwiritsa ntchito makompyuta popanda chilolezo.
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1973: Chitetezo cha Angela Davis yemwe anaimbidwa mlandu wopha munthu chifukwa chowombera ku Marin County Courthouse poyesa kuthawa akaidi ku California.
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1974: Chitetezo cha ophunzira 8 a ku Vietnam omwe adathamangitsidwa ku US chifukwa cha zochita zawo zandale zotsutsana ndi nkhondo.
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1975: Anayimira Jane Fonda mu suti yake yotsutsana ndi Richard Nixon, et al. chifukwa chomuzunza mosaloledwa komanso kuphwanya ufulu wake wakulankhula mwaufulu ndi misonkhano chifukwa cha zochita zake zapagulu zotsutsana ndi nkhondo ku Vietnam.
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1976: Chitetezo cha Chol Soo Lee, Mkorea yekhayo yemwe adaphedwa ku United States ku California.
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1976: Chitetezo cha Bill ndi Emily Harris, mamembala a Symbionese Liberation Army, omwe anaimbidwa mlandu wogwidwa ndi Patricia Hearst.
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1977: Chitetezo cha Altmore Brothers, akaidi akuda ku Alabama, omwe adakonza mgwirizano wa akaidi ndipo anaimbidwa mlandu wakupha.
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1978 The Defense of Paul Skyhorse ndi Richard Mohawk, okonza awiri a American Indian Movement, omwe anaimbidwa mlandu wakupha digiri yoyamba pamlandu wautali kwambiri m'mbiri ya Los Angeles mpaka pamenepo.
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1980: Chitetezo cha Mark Loc, membala wa China-America wa Communist Workers Party, yemwe anaimbidwa mlandu woyesera kuphulitsa kampani ya National Shipbuilding Company ku San Diego.
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1981: Chitetezo cha Kiko Martinez, loya waku Mexico ndi America komanso womenyera ndale, yemwe akuimbidwa mlandu woyeserera kuphulitsa bomba ku Colorado.
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1982: Chitetezo cha Salpi Kozibiukian, wokonda dziko la Armenia yemwe anaimbidwa mlandu wochita chiwembu chobzala kachidutswa kakang'ono kophulika pamalo onyamula katundu ku Canada Airlines ku Los Angeles International Airport.
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1982: Chitetezo cha Alvin Johnson, mkaidi wakuda ku State of Georgia yemwe adayang'anizana ndi chilango cha imfa chifukwa cha milandu yomwe anapha mlonda wandende kundende ya Reidville.
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1983: Chitetezo cha James Simmons, Mmwenye wa Muckleshoot wochokera ku Oregon yemwe anayang'anizana ndi chilango cha imfa chifukwa cha milandu yomwe anapha mlonda kundende ya Walla Walla ku State of Washington.
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1985: Chitetezo cha Stephen Bingham, loya woimbidwa mlandu wozembetsa mfuti kwa George Jackson poyesa kuthawa kundende mu 1971.
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1986: Chitetezo cha Spiver Gordon, wotsogolera ndale wakuda komanso mnzake wakale wa Martin Luther King, yemwe anaimbidwa mlandu ku Alabama ndi chinyengo cha ovota chifukwa chokonzekera zolembetsa.
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1987: Chitetezo cha Amy Carter, mwana wamkazi wa Purezidenti Jimmy Carter, anaimbidwa mlandu ndi ophunzira ena a l5 ku yunivesite ya Massachusetts ndi kulanda nyumba yotsutsana ndi kulembedwa kwa CIA.
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1988: Chitetezo cha Katya Komisurak, wotsutsa zida za nyukiliya, yemwe akuimbidwa mlandu wowononga kompyuta ku Vandenburg Air Force base yomwe inali mbali ya zida zoyamba zankhondo.
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1992: Chitetezo cha Peter Lumsdaine, wotsutsa zida za nyukiliya, yemwe anaimbidwa mlandu wowononga satelayiti ya Navstar, yomwe ili mbali ya dongosolo loyamba, pa malo a Rockwell International asanayambe kukhazikitsidwa.
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1993: Chitetezo cha a Marjorie Peters, wothandizira kwa meya woyamba waku Africa-America ku Birmingham, Alabama, yemwe akuimbidwa mlandu wokhudzidwa ndi ndale wobwera ndi Dipatimenti Yachilungamo ya Bush.
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1997: Anatumikira monga mlangizi wazamalamulo kwa Green Beret wakale yemwe anali kufufuza za imfa ya zikwi za Laotians, makamaka ana, omwe azunzidwa kuyambira kumapeto kwa nkhondo ya Vietnam ndi mabomba osaphulika omwe anaponyedwa ndi ndege za US.
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1998: Anayimilira Larry Hildes, loya wa California, yemwe anamangidwa ndipo dzanja lake linathyoledwa ndi apolisi aku California pamene anali woyang'anira malamulo kwa otsutsa omwe ankatsutsa kudula mitengo ya redwoods ku Headwaters of California.
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1998: Anayimilira Mayid Saatchi, mbadwa ya Iran yomwe ikukhala ku United States, yemwe anamangidwa ndi kuimbidwa mlandu chifukwa chofuula kuti 'wakupha' kwa nduna yakunja ya Iran ku United Nations ku New York.
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1999: Adapereka chigamulo ku khothi la federal ku Philadelphia m'malo mwa Mumia Abu Jamal, mtolankhani waku Africa America komanso womenyera ufulu wandale, yemwe wakhala akuphedwa ku Pennsylvania kwa kotala la zaka zana akuyembekezera kuphedwa kwa munthu wina. wapolisi, mlandu womwe wakana mwamphamvu.
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2001: Anapereka pempho la parole m'malo mwa Kathy Boudin, membala wa Weather Underground, yemwe adaweruzidwa kuti akhale zaka 20 ku l984 chifukwa chotenga nawo mbali pakuba galimoto ya Brinks.
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2002: Adapereka chigamulo cha federal habeas corpus ku Federal Court ku Alexandria, VA m'malo mwa Kurt Stand, wopezeka ndi ukazitape m'malo mwa East Germany mu l998 chifukwa cha kufufuza kwa Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act kunyumba kwake, kuphatikiza kubzala mbewu. maikolofoni m'chipinda chaukwati.
Len anakulira ndi azichemwali ake awiri achikulire omwe amamukonda Elaine Nicastro ndi Natalie Franzblau ndi mchimwene wake wamng'ono Steve Weinglass panthawi yachisokonezo ku Bellville, New Jersey, tawuni pafupi ndi New York City yomwe inali ndi gulu laling'ono lachiyuda la mabanja pafupifupi 200. Agogo a Len, abambo a amayi ake, anali mutu wa mpingo ndipo ankatsogolera mapemphero kumeneko. Anali ndi malo ena ku New York City. Bambo ake a Len a Sol Weinglass anali ndi malo ogulitsa mankhwala awiri am'deralo. Bizinesi idavuta kwa amuna onsewa. Makolo a Len anataya nyumba yawo ndipo anakakamizika kusamutsa banjalo kwa achibale kwa kanthaŵi. Agogo ake aamuna, mofanana ndi amalonda ambiri panthaŵi yamavuto a zachuma, anadzipha.
'Ubwana umasonyeza mwamuna,' Milton analemba, 'monga momwe m'mawa umasonyezera tsiku'. Pamene anali ndi zaka zisanu ndi zinayi Lenny anali ndi bwenzi lapamtima, Johnny; anali osalekanitsidwa, akuyendayenda pamodzi nthawi zonse. Iwo anali ndi ndewu. Lenny anafika kunyumba ali ndi diso lakuda kwambiri. Bambo ake anafunsa zomwe zinachitika. Lenny anayankha kuti akumenyana. Koma iwenso uyenera kuti unalowanso nkhonya, anafunsa bambo ake, uyenera kumubwezera? Ayi Len adati, sindinamumenye. Bwanji, bambo ake anafunsa mopanda kukhulupirira? Chifukwa, anayankha Len, 'anali bwenzi langa.'
Len anali wophunzira wakusekondale wochita bwino komanso wotchuka ku Kearney, New Jersey, tauni yomwe ili pafupi ndi Bellville komwe banja lake linasamukira. Ankasewera saxophone, anali wamtali komanso wokongola, ndipo ankasewera tsitsi la makumi asanu, amathera nthawi yambiri yodzikongoletsa kumbuyo kwa chitseko chotsekedwa kutsogolo kwa galasi losambira. Bambo ake anadandaula moseka kuti analera mtsikana. Monga wachiwiri kwa prezidenti wa kalasi yayikulu amayembekezeredwa kupita ku prom yayikulu. Nthawi inapita. Usiku wa Prom unali kuyandikira. Komabe analibe tsiku. Alongo ake anamufunsa amene ankapita nawo kovina. Iye sakanati anene. Koma iye ankadziwa. Anaperekeza duwa lopanda pakhoma lomwe mwina silinapiteko.
Len atamaliza maphunziro ake anafuna kuyenda ulendo wodutsa dziko lonselo kupita ku California. Iye anatengera bambo ake kuti amuyendetse iye ku msewu waukulu. Bambo ake adakhala mgalimoto yawo akulira Len akukweza chala chachikulu pamagalimoto odutsa. Posakhalitsa galimoto ya l8 inayima ndipo Len anawunjikana. Anayimba foni kaŵirikaŵiri ali pamsewu akusimba kuti nthaŵi zambiri amanyamulidwa ndi magalimoto ndi magalimoto, kuti aliyense anali wabwino kwa iye, kumugulira chakudya ndi kuti anali kupeza nthaŵi yabwino paulendo wake wa kumadzulo.
Iye sanatenge chomzindikiritsa chirichonse ndi iye. Panali zambiri zotsutsana ndi semitism ku US kumayambiriro kwa zaka makumi asanu. Len sanafune kuti anthu aziwona dzina lake lomaliza ndi Weinglass ndikumuzindikira kuti ndi Myuda. Atafika ku California anapeza ntchito pa famu ya magalimoto onyamula katundu, yogwira ntchito yaulimi yotsika ndi alimi aku Japan. Usiku wina mmodzi wa iwo anaphedwa. Len ankaopa kuti popanda ID angakhale wokayikira. Analumpha mpanda pakati pausiku n’kutuluka mmenemo.
Len anali wosungika, wodekha, koma wodzidalira, wosapsa mtima komanso wolondola. Anali, monga momwe loya woimira milandu John Mage analembera, '…woweruza milandu wosamala, wokonzeka bwino komanso wanzeru zopambanitsa komanso wowoneratu zam'tsogolo.' Mnzake wokondedwa wa Len, loya wodziwika bwino, Marty Garbus, adati Len ndiye wosankha bwino kwambiri oweruza komanso wofunsa mafunso omwe amamudziwa. Yemwe anali Attorney General wa U.S. Ramsey Clark adalembera Len m'chipatala kuti 'Mwandilimbikitsa kuyambira pomwe tidakumana koyamba mu l969. Kudzipereka kwanu kwachete, kopanda dyera, kosalekeza, kwanzeru komanso kolimba mtima ku chowonadi ndi chilungamo - motsutsana ndi zovuta zonse- kwasintha dziko lonse lapansi. Pokhala pambali panu pano kunyumba, ku Chicago, Iran, Philippines, Nicaragua, Venezuela, ndi Cuban Five ndingathe kuchitira umboni kudzipereka kwanu kopanda dyera ku dziko lamtendere ndi mfundo ndi nthawi zabwino panjira.'
Gerardo Hernandez, m'modzi wa Cuban Five, yemwe akukhala m'ndende yachitetezo chambiri ku California, adakumbukira ulendo womaliza wa Len kwa iye, womwe utangotsala pang'ono kulowa m'chipatala.
"Posachedwapa Len anabwera kudzandiona ndipo tinagwira ntchito kwa maola angapo kukonzekera sitepe yotsatira ya pempho langa. Ndinazindikira panthawiyo kuti anali wotopa. Ndinkada nkhawa Chifukwa cha ukalamba wake kuti akuyenda yekha paulendo wautali. kuchokera ku New York.Nyengo inali yoipa ndipo misewu yochokera pabwalo la ndege kupita ku Victorville ikudutsa mphepo yodutsa m'mapiri ozungulira chipululucho.Ndinamufotokozera nkhawa yanga koma sanayilabadire.Ndi momwe analili, palibe chomwe chidayima. iye."
Len anali ndi nthabwala zopusa komanso zopusa. Anali ndi kanyumba kakang'ono ka chipinda chimodzi pamwamba pa phiri lalitali loyang'ana malo osungira madzi a Roundout kumapiri a Catskill ku New York. Anakhala komweko mu teepee off ndi kupitirira kwa zaka zingapo asanapange kanyumbako. Anali ndi chisangalalo chapadera, chomwe adalandira kuchokera kwa amayi ake Clara, kulima ndi kubzala mitengo ya zipatso. Izi zinali zovuta kwambiri chifukwa adabzala mitengo kumwera kwa phirilo komwe idakhala ndi dzuwa lambiri koma inali pachiwopsezo cha kasupe wabodza, kuphuka molawirira, kenako kuonongeka ndi chisanu, chomwe chingachitike kumtunda komweko. kumapeto kwa June. Komabe Len analimbikira ndipo nthawi zina ankapeza maapulo, mapeyala, ndi ma plums. Kenako mbewuzo zinkadyedwa ndi zimbalangondo zapafupi. 'Ndimalima chipatsocho,' anadandaula Len, 'kenako zimbalangondo zimabwera kudzadya ndipo ndimapita ku Gristedes.' Ponena za ntchito yake m'bwalo lamilandu ndi bwenzi lake ndi mnzake Bill Kunstler wokongola kwambiri pa mlandu wa Chicago 7, Len anasonyeza kuti nthawi zambiri ankatchedwa 'loya winayo.'
Anakhalabe wanthabwala ngakhale m'masiku ovuta omaliza ku chipatala cha Montefiore. Dokotala wake anamupanga opaleshoni koma anasiya kuyesa kuchotsa chomwe chinali chotupa chachikulu chofalikira, chomwe sichinazindikiridwe ndi pre-op CT scan. Pamene dokotala wa opaleshoni anaona chimene chinali kwenikweni, kuti chinali chotupa chosagwira ntchito, iye sakanakhoza kuchita chirichonse koma kusoka Len kuti abwerere ndi kumuuza iye mbiri yoipayo. Len anatiyang'ana m'mwamba ali pabedi lake m'chipinda chochira atadziwitsidwa ndi dokotala wa opaleshoni, adawona momwe zilili, ndipo anati, 'chigamulo chachidule.' Ndipo kotero izo zinali. Anakhalanso ndi masabata ena asanu ndi limodzi, akumatsika pang'onopang'ono, osabwerera kunyumba, osataya mtima, monga momwe madokotala angapo adamuuza kuti 'muli m'kati momaliza.'
Len anali wamphamvu komanso wamphamvu mpaka kudwala kwake komaliza . Kuyambira masiku ake a kusekondale sanasiye chidwi ndi mpira ndipo amatsatira kwambiri masewerawa. Anali wokonda zimphona, koma m'maganizo ankakonda Green Bay Packers chifukwa anali gulu lokhalo mu ligi yomwe inali ndi mabiliyoni, koma ndi municipality of Green Bay. Pamene Len anali kuchipatala cha Montefiore a Packers adalowa mu Super Bowl motsutsana ndi Pittsburgh Steelers. 'Ndikufuna kubetcherana pamasewera,' ndinafunsa. 'Nanga bwanji ndalama zisanu.' Anakweza chala chake kumwamba. 'Khumi?,' ndinatero. 'Ayi,' ananong'oneza. 'Makumi asanu.' Ndiye mwana wa mchimwene wanga Ben adatipatsa kabuku ku Connecticut ndipo tidatsitsa ndalama makumi asanu aliyense. Ma Packers adayanjidwa chifukwa chake tidayenera kupereka mapointi 3 ½. Len adalangiza kuti uku kunali kubetcha koyenera. Izo ndithudi zinali. A Packers adapambana kotala yomaliza ndi 4 points. Ndinamuthokoza Len chifukwa chanzeru zake. Kupambana kumeneko kunamulimbikitsa.
Len anali membala wakale wa National Lawyers Guild ndipo adakhalapo ngati wapampando wapampando wa komiti yawo ya intenational. Adalandila Mphotho ya Guild's Ernie Goodman, yomwe idatchulidwa pambuyo pa loya wodabwitsa wa Detroit socialist komanso mtsogoleri wa Guild yemwe adathandizira kumanga bungwe la ogwira ntchito zamagalimoto ndipo pambuyo pake adakonza Gulu kuti litumize mamembala ake kumwera kuti ateteze anthu akuda panthawi yomenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe.
Dean of Yale Law School Robert C. Post analemba mlongo wake wa Len Elaine kuti afotokoze chifundo chake, akulemba kuti 'Leonard Weinglass ankakhala moyo wodzaza ndi wosangalatsa pamalamulo ndipo amapereka chitsanzo cha mzimu wokhala nzika yomwe maloya adawonetsa bwino kwambiri. Anabweretsa ulemu waukulu kwa anthu azamalamulo komanso ku Yale Law School, yomwe imanyadira zonse zomwe adachita komanso zomwe adachita.'
Len anali Myuda, koma anakana lingaliro lakuti chinali ubale waufuko kapena zomangira za mwazi zimene zinapanga chitaganya cha Ayuda, akumawona lingaliro limenelo kukhala nthanthi yonyonyotsoka yotsogolera ku chikoka ndi nkhanza. Iye anakana utundu wa Chiyuda, m’malo mwake nalandira mgwirizano wopanda malire ndi ozunzidwa ndi kuthetsedwa.
Len sanali wachipembedzo. Namwino wolowa m’chipinda changozi anam’funsa chimene chinali chipembedzo chake kuti alembe mafunsowo. Anaima kaye n'kuyankha kuti 'zisiyeni.' Patapita milungu iwiri pamene anagonekedwa m’chipatala anafunsidwanso chimene chinali chipembedzo chake. 'Palibe,' anayankha. Chipembedzo kwa Len chinali zikhulupiriro. Kukhala gawo lampatuko kunali kocheperako komanso kotsekereza kwa Len. Wopanduka wachiyuda amene amaposa Chiyuda ali mu mwambo wachiyuda. Wolemba mbiri Isaac Deutscher anali ndi mawu akuti, 'Myuda yemwe sanali Myuda.' Len anali wogwirizana ndi osintha kwambiri malingaliro amakono; Spinoza, Heine, Marx, Luxembourg, Trotsky, Freud, ndi Einstein, omwe chithunzi chawo chinapachikidwa mu Len's Chelsea loft. Anthu awa adapyola malire a Chiyuda, akuchipeza chopapatiza, chachikale, chopanikiza.
Sindikufuna kutambasula kufananitsa. Len sanali munthu woganiza mopambanitsa ngati munthu wochitapo kanthu. Koma luntha lake - anali wophunzira kwambiri komanso wowerengedwa kwambiri - adalimbikitsa ntchito yake. Iye anali ndi maganizo ofanana ndi oganiza bwino ameneŵa lingaliro lakuti kuti chidziwitso chikhale chenicheni chiyenera kuchitidwa. Monga momwe Marx ananenera, 'Mpaka pano afilosofi amangotanthauzira dziko, komabe mfundo yake ndiyo kulisintha.'
Monga am'tsogolo ake aluntha. Len adawona zenizeni mumkhalidwe wosinthasintha, ngati wosunthika, wosakhazikika, ndipo adazindikira zakusintha kosalekeza ndi kusagwirizana kwa anthu. Len kwenikweni anali woyembekezera zabwino ndipo adagawana ndi osintha kwambiri achiyuda chikhulupiriro chokhazikika cha mgwirizano wa anthu.
Len anamwalira madzulo a March 23, 2011 pamene masika anali kuyandikira ku New York. Anali ndi zolinga zokondwerera Paskha mu April, monga mwa nthawi zonse, ndi banja lake ku New Jersey. Amadziwa zambiri za Paskha, amatsogolera banja lake ku seder chaka chilichonse, ndikusunga fayilo patchuthicho. Iye ankakonda lingaliro lakuti Ayuda anali ndi chutzpah kuti agwirizanitse kuthawa kwawo kuchoka ku ukapolo ndi masika ndi kumasulidwa kwa chilengedwe.
Anali ndi mapulani osamalira mitengo yake ya zipatso m'mbali mwa phiri pafupi ndi kanyumba kake ka Catskill. Akadayika m'munda wamasamba pafupi ndi msewu wake wautali wautali wautali, womwe nthawi zambiri umayenda bwino ndikuukonza pafupipafupi. Iye akanaika mbewu za mbalame panjanji ya khonde la nyumbayo, pamene ankakhala pampando wochezera papulatifomu n’kumaonerera mbalame zija zikudya.
Iye ankakonda kukhala panja pa khonde limenelo, pamwamba pa phiri, makamaka kumapeto kwa masana, kuona dzuwa likuloŵa pa dziwe la Rndout limene limapereka madzi akumwa ku New York City. Kalelo mu l976 adauza mtolankhani wophunzira wa UCLA's Daily Bruin kuti kukhala ndi moyo wodzipereka kunali kokhutiritsa, kokwanira, ndipo ndizomwe zidamusangalatsa.
Adzakumbukiridwa payekha monga bwenzi labwino, lowolowa manja, ndi lokhulupirika, munthu wodekha ndi wachifundo; ndale monga wokamba nkhani wokopa kwambiri, wopenda kwambiri zochitika zandale, ndi masomphenya akutali. Mwaukadaulo Len Weinglass adzakhalabe ndi moyo ngati m'modzi mwa maloya akuluakulu a nthawi yake, kujowina gulu lazamalamulo la omenyera ufulu wazaka za zana la makumi awiri ndi a Clarence Darrow, Leonard Boudin, Arthur Kinoy, Ernest Goodman, ndi William Kunstler.
'Lenny sangalowe m'malo,' analemba motero mnzake Sandra Levinson. 'Palibe mawu okhudza kutaya komwe tonsefe timamva. Chitani chinthu cholimba mtima, dziperekeni nokha kwa winawake, menyerani ulemu wa wina, chitanipo kanthu kuti mulemekeze munthu wolimba mtima wolungamayu.'
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