“Chitani gawo lanu laling’ono. Chitani chilichonse chomwe mungathe kuti musinthe mikhalidwe imeneyi. Chifukwa tikuyenda mu nthawi yovuta m'mbiri, osati kwa anthu osauka ndi oponderezedwa, Anthu akuda, koma kwa anthu okha. Ndiye muyenera kukambirana. Chitani chilichonse chochepa chomwe mungathe, koma muyenera kuchitapo kanthu. ”
-Eddie Conway mu 2019, akukondwerera zaka zisanu zaufulu
Tikulengeza za imfa ya bwenzi lathu, wogwira naye ntchito, ndi mnzathu Marshall "Eddie" Conway.
Eddie adalumikizana ndi makolo February 13, 2023, atazunguliridwa ndi achibale ndi okondedwa awo. Atadwala pafupifupi chaka chapitacho, pamene akulimbanabe ndi chiwopsezo chosayerekezeka cha zaka pafupifupi 44 m'ndende pamene mkaidi wa ndale adatenga thupi lake, Eddie adagonekedwa m'chipatala ndipo akumenyana mwamphamvu kuti achire. Ndi yemwe iye ali, yemwe iye anali, ndi yemwe adzakhala nthawizonse: wankhondo. Komabe, titamenyana kwa moyo wonse, nthaŵi yafika yakuti Eddie wathu wokondedwa apumule—ndipo tonse tipitirize nkhondo yake.
Eddie adabadwa pa Epulo 23, 1946, ku Baltimore komwe kunali anthu opatukana kwambiri, mzinda wopangidwa ndi chipwirikiti, kuwuluka kwa anthu oyera, komanso kuchotsedwa kwadongosolo kwa anthu akuda. Ali ndi zaka 18, adalowa m'gulu lankhondo la US, zomwe zikanakhala zolimbikitsa ndale kwa Eddie, kumasula zotsutsana za dziko lomwe linakhazikitsidwa pa ukapolo, kusankhana mitundu, ndi ziwawa zakupha anthu omwe ankati amateteza "demokalase" ndi. mabomba, mfuti, ndi nkhondo zosatha.
Kubwerera kwawo ku Baltimore, Eddie adakumana ndi zoyipa zomwe zafala kwambiri pakusankhana mitundu. Ankagwira ntchito m’chipatala komanso ku Bethlehem Steel pamene, mu 1968, mzindawu unaphulika mofanana ndi ena ambiri pambuyo pa kuphedwa kwa Martin Luther King, Jr. wa chipani chatsopano cha Black Panther, momwe adakhala membala wachigawo chatsopano cha Baltimore.
Mutu wa Baltimore BPP, mothandizidwa ndi Eddie ndi utsogoleri, unamanga ubale wolimba pakati pa anthu kudzera m'mayesero monga pulogalamu ya chakudya cham'mawa chaulere, dongosolo la maphunziro a ndale amphamvu, komanso kufalikira kwamtundu wamtundu wa nyuzipepala ya dziko la BPP-ngakhale apolisi akuvutitsidwa nthawi zonse, ndipo ngakhale kulowetsedwa kwapamwamba kwa nthambi. Iyi inali nthawi ya COINTELPRO, pomwe apolisi akumaloko adalembetsedwa ndi boma lachitetezo kuti athetse vuto lomwe gulu la Panthers ndi magulu ena osintha zinthu anali kubweretsa tsankho ku America. Kumayambiriro kwa nthawiyi, Eddie adakonzekera kupha wapolisi wa ku Baltimore mu 1970, yemwe adapezeka wolakwa, ndikuweruzidwa kuti akhale m'ndende mu 1971, pambuyo pa mlandu wandale womwe Eddie adatsutsidwa.
Ngakhale m’nthaŵi zamdima kwambiri, m’malo opanda chiyembekezo, kudzipereka kwa Eddie pakukonzekera kumasulidwa kunali kosagwedezeka. M'milungu yake yoyamba m'ndende yaku Maryland, anali atatuluka kale ngati mtsogoleri wa chaputala chomangidwa cha BPP. Ngakhale kuthamangitsidwa kosalekeza, konyozetsa, komanso nthawi zambiri zachiwawa kuchokera kwa oyang'anira ndende, adapita patsogolo popanga mabungwe ngati United Prisoners Labor Union ndi Maryland Penitentiary Intercommunal Survival Collective, kukonzekera ndi anthu omwe ali m'ndende kuti apange mphamvu zodzipangira okha. -kutsimikiza ndi kudziteteza. Ali m'ndende, Eddie anagwira ntchito mosalekeza kuteteza ndi kukulitsa ufulu wa akaidi pakulankhulana ndi maphunziro; mwachitsanzo, adathandizira kupanga “Kunena Mawu Awo Okha” pulogalamu ya semina, yopangidwa ngati njira yodutsira mungu wamalingaliro akulu mkati ndi kunja kwa ndende. Anathandiziranso kukhazikitsidwa kwa Friend of a Friend, pulogalamu yophunzitsira yomwe idapangidwa kuti izithandiza anyamata omwe ali m'ndende kukonzekera kubwezeretsedwanso m'madera awo akamasulidwa.
Chaka ndi chaka, zaka khumi pambuyo pa zaka khumi, Eddie anapitiriza osati kokha ndi kulimba mtima kwakukulu komwe kunali kofunikira kuti apikisane ndi machitidwe ankhanza aku America otsekeredwa m'ndende pomwe iye anali wotsekeredwa m'ndendemo, komanso ndi kudzipereka kosalekeza komanso modabwitsa. Monga adalemba mu mbiri yake, yofalitsidwa mu 2011:
Kukonzekera ndi ntchito ya moyo wanga wonse, ndipo ngakhale kuti poyamba sindinafune kukhala woyang’anira ndende, kumeneko n’kumene ntchito yanga yambiri yachitikira. Anzanga ndi achibale amandiuza kuti ndakopa achinyamata ambiri, koma sindikudziwa. Ndikungowona zolakwika za njira za gulu lino pafupi ndikumva kukakamizidwa kuchitapo kanthu; Ndayesetsa kwambiri kupeŵa kuloŵerera m’chipembedzo cha umunthu chimene kaŵirikaŵiri chimayamba pakati pa akaidi andale. Ndayenda m'bwalo la ndende ndikuwona kusangalatsidwa kwa ena, koma ndimayenera kudzikumbutsa, pamene ndikuwongola kaimidwe kanga, kuti ndi chinthu chachikulu kuposa ine. Ndende ndi malo omwe anthu amataya anthu omwe atha ntchito, ndipo pakali pano mwina palibenso anthu ena omwe atha kuthetsedwa m'dziko lino kuposa anthu aku Africa. Mphindi imene tinayamba kuimirira ndi kuimbidwa mlandu dziko lino chifukwa cha zolakwa zambiri zomwe tinachita kwa ife, ndende zinayamba kuphulika ndi akazi akuda ndi amuna. Zili ngati kuti dongosolo lonse lachilungamo ndi chilombo chomwe chimadya matupi akuda, ndipo ndende ndi mimba.
Okondedwa a Eddie ndi omutsatira sanagonje pa iye, akusunga mgwirizano wazaka makumi ambiri ndikuyenda movutikira kuti amasulidwe, koma zidali mu 2014 - pambuyo pa chigamulo cha 2012 cha Khothi Loona za Apilo ku Maryland chomwe chinalepheretsa zigamulo zambiri za mbiri yakale. malangizo olakwika a jury - kuti Eddie adatha kupeza ufulu wake.
Ngakhale kuti Eddie anakumana ndi mavuto osaneneka amene anakhala m’ndende kwa zaka 44, kulinganiza zinthu sikunalekeke pamene anatuluka m’ndende. Adakhala mnzathu wokondedwa ku The Real News Network, komwe adapitiliza chidwi chake pamaphunziro ndi kupanga media polimbana ndi kumangidwa kwa anthu ambiri ngati Executive Producer komanso gulu la Kuthamanga kwa Bars, pulogalamu yake ya vidiyo ya mlungu ndi mlungu. Anachitanso gawo lalikulu pakupanga Tubman House, yomwe, pambuyo pa Zipolowe za Baltimore, idalanda malo opanda anthu ndi malo osowa anthu ku Sandtown-Winchester - dera lomwe apolisi aku Baltimore adapha Freddie Gray.
Eddie sanasiye kulimbana komwe wakhala akulimbana kwa nthawi yayitali, ngakhale thanzi lake linkachepa. Timamuyamikira kwambiri chifukwa cha zimenezi. Ndipo ndife okondwa kuti munthu wodabwitsa uyu, yemwe adapirira kwambiri, adapezanso zaka zachisangalalo, chikondi, ndi chitonthozo muukwati wake ndi Dominque Stevenson, bwenzi lenileni ndi womenyera ufulu yemwe adamuthandiza mkati ndi kunja kwa makoma a ndende. .
Adzaphonya—ndi aliyense pano pa The Real News, ndi mzinda umene umamukonda, ndi onse padziko lonse amene anakhudzidwa ndi kuunika kwake. Tidzaphonya liwu lake, kumveketsa bwino kwakusintha kwake, komanso kudzipereka kwake kosasunthika pomenya nkhondo kumbali ya oponderezedwa. Tipitiliza ndewu imeneyo, chifukwa ndi zomwe Eddie akanachita. Tili ndi chisoni kuti wapita, koma tikuyamikira kuti tinali ndi mwayi womudziwa, ndipo tikutumiza chikondi chathu chonse ndi mgwirizano ku banja lake.
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