Dzina langa ndine John Clarke ndipo ndine Wolinganiza ndi Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). Kumayambiriro kwa masana pa February 19, 2002, ndinawoloka mlatho wapadziko lonse pakati pa Sarnia, Ontario ndi Port Huron, Michigan. Ndinali paulendo wopita ku zokambirana zomwe zinakhazikitsidwa ndi ophunzira a Michigan State University.

Nditakwera galimoto yanga pamalo olowera kasitomu, wapolisiyo anandifunsa kumene anandimanga ndipo ndinamuuza. Ankafuna kudziwa chifukwa chimene anandipempha kuti ndilankhule komanso ngati ndidzalipidwa. Ndinayankha kuti ndili ndi OCAP ndipo okonza msonkhanowo adandiuza kuti apereka malo olemekezeka monga momwe zinalili kale. Wapolisiyo anali ndi nkhawa kuti izi zikutanthauza kuti ndikubwera ku US kudzagwira ntchito. Inde, anthu kumbali zonse za malire amavomereza kuyitanira kulankhula nthawi zonse pazifukwa izi ndipo nkhani ya chilolezo chogwira ntchito sichimatchulidwa konse. Panthawiyi, nkhaniyi sinali kanthu kena kamene sikakanatha kukonzedwa mwachangu ndikanakhala kuti ndikupita kukakamba nkhani zamalonda kapena kukamba nkhani yodzidziwitsa ndekha.

Monga momwe wapolisiyo anandiuzira, ndinaimika galimoto yanga ndi kuloŵa m’maofesi a kasitomu ndi a US Immigration. Chidziwitso changa chitangodutsa pakompyuta, panali kusintha kwakukulu pazochitikazo. Msilikali wina anandifunsa mafunso ambiri okhudza zolinga zanga ku US, zionetsero zotani zotsutsana ndi kudalirana kwa mayiko zomwe ndidapitako komanso ngati ndimatsutsa 'malingaliro a United States'. Galimoto yanga idafufuzidwa ndipo adanditengera kuchipinda ndikutenthedwa bwino (ngakhale osati movutikira). Kenako anandiuza kuti andiletsa kulowa m’dziko la United States ndipo a FBI ndi State Department ankafuna kundilankhula. Agents anali panjira kuchokera ku Detroit Ndinauzidwa.

Pambuyo pa ola limodzi ndi theka, mwamuna wina analoŵa m’malo ‘olandira alendo olamulidwa’ amene ndinali kusungidwamo ndipo anadutsa pafupi nane m’maofesi amkati. Anali atanyamula chikwatu chachikulu ndi mulu wa mafaelo. Zinandidabwitsa kuti ankawanyamula ngati mmene wantchito waluso amanyamulira zida zake zolondola. Anakhala kwakanthaŵi akukambitsirana ndi maofesala akumaloko ndipo kenaka ananditengera m’chipinda chofunsa mafunso kuti ndithane naye. Anandidziwikitsa ndikundipatsa khadi lake. Dzina lake anali Edward J. Seitz wa State Department of the United States Diplomatic Diplomatic Security Service ndipo udindo wake unali Special Agent. Ndinaona kuti anali munthu wochititsa chidwi komanso wochititsa chidwi.

Seitz, mothandizidwa ndi mkulu wina wa m’deralo, anandifunsa mafunso kwa nthawi ndithu. Sizinali ngati kumangidwa kwa apolisi aku Canada komwe njira yabwino kwambiri ndiyo kukhala chete. Ndikanakana kulankhula naye, sindinkakayikira kuti anganditsekere m’ndende komanso kuti pakanadutsa nthawi kuti akuluakulu a boma la Canada ayambe kuganizapo. Ndikapewa kutsekeredwa m’ndende kwa masiku angapo, ndinaona kuti palibe chimene ndingachitire koma kuyankha mafunso ake. Zinali zodziwikiratu kwa ine kuti ndinali kuchita ndi katswiri wa njira zofunsa mafunso. Anauza anthu ammudzi omwe amasilira nthawi ina kuti adakhala ku Yemen ndipo ndidapewa kuganiza momwe adagwiritsira ntchito luso lake kumeneko.

Njira yayikulu ya Seitz, kupatula kusonkhanitsa anzeru, anali kuyesa kundikhazikitsa kuti ndimuuze china chake chabodza chomwe chingandiike pamalo ophwanya malamulo aku US. Anayamba ndi mafunso ofunika kwambiri okhudza moyo wanga, wokondana kwambiri m'machitidwe ake komanso amasokoneza pang'ono zomwe zidapangidwa kuti ndimuchepetse. Kenako anafunsa za OCAP. Anandiuza kuti zinkamveka ngati ndife anthu abwino koma anamvapo za bungwe limene chaka chimodzi kapena kuposerapo linachita nawo mkangano ndi apolisi ku Nyumba Yamalamulo ya Ontario. Sikuti ndife ameneyo? Msamphawo unamveka bwino ndipo ndinamuuza kuti tinalidi gulu limenelo. Mkhalidwe wake waubwenzi udatha ndipo zovuta zake pakuyika malingaliro ake zidatha. Anasuntha mpando wake pang'onopang'ono kotero kuti tinatsutsana wina ndi mzake ndikundifunsa mafunso. Ankafuna kudziwa za June 15, 2000 March ku Ontario Legislature komwe apolisi aku Toronto anaukira gulu lolimbana ndi kusowa pokhala komwe tidakonza. Ankafuna kudziwa za milandu imene apolisi amandiikira. Ankafuna kudziwa momwe OCAP imapangidwira komanso mamembala a komiti yake yosankhidwa (zomwe ndidakana kumuuza).

Seitz adayankha funso la abwenzi ndi othandizira a OCAP ku US. Kodi tikuchita nawo ntchito yolimbana ndi kudalirana kwa mayiko? Kodi ichi si chivundikiro cha anarchism? Kodi ine ndekha ndinali wa anarchist kapena socialist? (Pofuna mgwirizano wotsutsana ndi capitalist, sindinena kuti ndi iti mwa izi yomwe ndidavomereza kuti ndinali). Seitz anali ndi fayilo yayikulu pa OCAP ndi iye yomwe inali ndi timapepala tolankhula pagulu lomwe ndidakhalako ku US. Iye ankadziwa dzina la munthu amene ndinakhala naye nthawi yomaliza imene ndinali ku Chicago. Amafuna kudziwa yemwe ndidalankhula naye mu Chicago Direct Action Network. Ananena kuti ndinali wochirikiza chiwawa komanso kuti kuyanjana kwanga ndi DAN kunasonyeza izi koma (mwachiphuphu chosowa) sikunapeze kalikonse m'mabuku awo omwe amatsimikizira kuti amafuna chiwawa.

Mbali imeneyi ya mafunso inapitirira kwa nthawi yaitali. Anakamba nkhani zambiri ndipo anali ndi nkhani zambiri zokhudza ife. Iye, mwachiwonekere, anali atakumana ndi apolisi aku Canada koma anali ndi chidwi kwambiri ndi ogwirizana athu a US. Kupatulapo kunali chidwi chachikulu kwa womenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe waku Canada, Jaggi Singh. Iye ankadziwa kuti iye ndi ine tinkalankhula pamisonkhano imodzi ndipo ankafunitsitsa kudziwa ngati nayenso anali ku US. Anandionetsa chithunzi cha Jaggi ndipo amafuna kudziwa komwe anali panthawiyo.

Mwadzidzidzi, chigoba cha affability chinabwerera. Ndinali ‘waulemu’ ndipo sanafune kunditsekera. Ndinali bwino koma sanamvetse momwe ndinagwirira ntchito ndi 'munthu wachiwawa ngati Bambo Singh'. (Apa, amabwereza nthano yoyipa komanso yoyipa yomwe apolisi aku Canada adafalitsa za Jaggi). Kenako anandiuza kuti andiletsa kuchoka ku US koma ndikhoza kupita ku kazembe wa US ku Toronto ndikupempha kuti andilole. Ndikhoza kungokhala pampando wodikirira pomwe amakonzekera mapepala koma posakhalitsa ndimakhala ndikunyamuka. Sindinakhalepo nthawi yayitali, komabe, Wothandizira Wapadera asanatuluke kudzayesa njira yatsopano yomwe ndinamva m'mbuyomo. Kwenikweni, dongosolo lake linali loti andipangitse kuganiza kuti anali wamisala kotheratu, ndipo, potero, kundigwedeza mpaka pamene ndinasiya kulingalira. Ndikuganiza kuti njirayi imagwira ntchito bwino ngati ikugwiritsidwa ntchito pambuyo posowa tulo kwambiri. Anabwera ndikukhala pafupi nane pamalo odikirira ndi anthu ena. Anali ndi macheke angapo a OCAP omwe adanena kuti akuwonetsa kuti ndikubwera ndi njira zokhalira moyo mosaloledwa ku US. Ndikupita kundende, adatero. Ndinafotokoza kuti macheke anali m’chikwama changa chifukwa nthawi zonse ndinkakhala ndi ochepa kuti ndipeze ndalama zogulira zinthu za muofesi ndi zina zotero ndipo sindinaone chifukwa chowatulutsa chifukwa chakuti ndinali kukakhala maola angapo ku Michigan.

Kenako panafika mbali yochititsa chidwi kwambiri ya mafunso onse. Mwa buluu, Seitz adafuna kudziwa komwe Osama Bin Laden amabisala. Ndinadziwa kuti anali, anaumirira. Ndikamera ndevu ndikanafanana ndi Bin Laden. Ndinali kulephera kumuuza chifukwa chimene ndinkapitira kuyunivesite komanso amene ndikupita kukakumana nawo kumeneko. Ngati sindinkafuna kupita kundende, inali nthawi yoti ndimuuze nkhani yeniyeni. Ndinamuyankha kuti ndinamuuza momasuka za zolinga zanga ndipo zoti anditsekere m’ndende zinali kwa iye. Anaseka, anandiuza kuti palibe mavuto. Ndikhoza kupita kunyumba. Kodi ndimamwa tiyi wa khofi? Kodi ndikanamwa naye khofi ngati atabwera ku Toronto. Ndinamuuza kuti nditero, lomwe linali bodza lokhalo limene ndinamuuza tsiku limenelo, ndipo anasonkhanitsa mafaelo ake n’kumapita.

Izi zitangochitika, akuluakulu akumaloko anandipatsa tikiti yaulere yopita kumlatho womwe ndi wobwereketsa wokha womwe umabwera pamodzi ndi kuletsedwa kulowa US ndipo, patangodutsa maola asanu nditabwerako, ndinabwerera ku mbali ya Canada.

OCAP - www.ocap.ca - ocap@tao.ca

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