Mumia Abu-Jamal akapa hurukuro isingakanganwiki, yakanyorwa kubva kuPennsylvania rufu
mutsara, kune 8000 vakapinda, kusanganisira vanopfuura 1200 vadzidzi vakapedza kudzidza, pa
Evergreen State College kupedza kudzidza musi waJune 11, 1999. Panguva yehurukuro yake yemaminiti gumi nematatu
kudhirowa panhoroondo yekudzvinyirirwa nekuramba kwerusarura kweUS, Mumia
Abu-Jamal akakurudzira vadzidzi vakapedza kudzidza kuti vararame hupenyu hwavo nemaune uye vajoine
hondo yechimurenga. Akataura kuti "rudzi" ishamwari
kuvaka asiwo nzanga chokwadi, uye kuti vachena vakanga vagadzira uye vaigona uye
anofanira kuita sarudzo yekurwisa hukuru hwevachena uye huipi hwe
capitalism. Vazhinji zvikuru vevateereri vakamupururudza vakamira zvine ruzha
iyo yainzwika kusvika kuchitokisi chake chaitongerwa rufu uye tichitarisira kuti
Dare Repamusorosoro reU.S.
Chishanu, June 11, 1999 rakanga riri zuva guru, kunyanya kune avo
uyo akanga ashanda nesimba kuti inzwi raMumia Abu-Jamal rinzwike. Imwe mhedzisiro ye
kuronga nekuparidzira kuti vawane rutsigiro rwekutaura kwaMumia, i
kuwedzera kuziva paEvergreen nezve kusarongeka kwekutenda kwake. By
kumunzwa achitaura pakupedza kudzidza, pane zvakare hukama hwemunhu oga kune
Mumia izvo zvinotungamira mukuwedzera kuedza kuwana muyedzo mutsva uye kudzivirira yake
kuuraya. Kushambadzirwa kwenyika kuchabatsirawo. Kukoreji uye mukati
Olympia, zvakatungamirira kuhurukuro chaiyo pamusoro perusarura uye kusaruramisira mune zvose
zvinhu zveutongi hwemhosva: hutsinye hwemapurisa; mutemo usina kukwana
kumiririra kwevazhinji vanopomerwa; kusungwa zvisina kururama uye kuiswa mujeri kwe
vezvematongerwo enyika (kunyanya vanhu vane ruvara); majuries ayo kazhinji asiri e
vamwe vezera; kupfigirwa mujeri nemitongo yakareba inosvika mamiriyoni maviri
vanhu, vasina kuenzana Vatema, Native America neLatino; uye rufu
chirango. Iyo Philadelphia Fraternal Order yeMapurisa, mamwe mapurisa mazhinji
masangano uye "mutemo uye kurongeka" chaunga kwete chete kuda kuuraya
Mumia, vakazvipirawo kumunyararidza. Musi waJune 11, vakakundikana.
(Ona tsananguro yangu yeZNET yaChivabvu 30, 1999 kuti uwane nhoroondo.) Chirongwa chavo
yakawedzera mukutanga kwaJune wegore rino.
ZUVA ROKUGADIRA RASVIKA
Pasati papera vhiki pamberi pekupedza kudzidza, musi waChikumi 5 naChikumi 6,
Maureen Faulkner, shirikadzi yaDaniel Faulkner, mupurisa aive Mumia
akabatwa nemhosva yekuponda mukutongwa kwakakanganisika muna 1982, akatora zviziviso zvikuru mukati
veGannett vaive ne "The Olympian" ine musoro wenyaya, "A
Akapomerwa Mhondi Muurayi, Mutauri paEvergreen State College Kutanga?"
Mukushambadza, akazivisa kuti aizopinda kutanga ne
mufananidzo wemurume wake akafa uye akakumbira vanhu kuti vabude panze apo Mumia aitaura
akatanga. Dzvinyiriro yekudzivirira Abu-Jamal kubva pakutaura yaive yakanyanya. Zvinyorwa
mu "The Olympian" nemamwe mapepanhau, akadzokorora kumuti mupurisa
killer; mazana etsamba nemaemail kucampus aida kuti asave
kubvumirwa kutaura; mumiriri weWashington State aida zvakafanana; uye U.S.
Congressman Tom DeLay, chikwapuro cheRepublican House kubva kuTexas, akadana kuti a
nguva yekunyarara muU.S. Congress musi waChikumi 11 na1 P.M. kupikisa
Kutora chikamu kwaMumia mukupedza kudzidza. DeLay akadana koreji iyi munzanga
kusava nehanya. Kusave nehanya munharaunda chimwe chinhu DeLay inyanzvi
in. Sezvo June 11th akaswedera, kufunganya kwakaramba kuchikwira. Paive nerunyerekupe kuti
300 mapurisa ane zvombo anga achiuya kuzotsigira Maureen Faulkner uye kuratidzira
pakupedza kudzidza, kutaura kwaMumia kwaizonyudzwa nenyanga dzenzombe, uye izvo
mazana aizobuda.
Zuva risati rapedza kudzidza, mutungamiri wekoreji, Jane Jervis, mune a New
York Times kubvunzurudza akati Abu-Jamal aikodzera kuverengerwa nekuti akashandisa yake
kusununguka-kutaura "kukurudzira nhaurirano yepasi rose nezverufu
chirango, uye hukama pakati pehurombo nekutonga kwemhosva
system." Iyi yaive nhanho yekuenda mberi kubva pakuedza kwekutanga kukumbira ruregerero
uye kuderedza kutaura kwaMumia. Zvimwe nekuda kwekuronga kwevadzidzi,
koreji haina kubvuma kuedza kwakabatana kumubvisa kubva
kupedza chikoro. Vadzidzi vaitsigira Mumia vakawedzera kurongeka,
zvine hunyanzvi, uye zvinobudirira mukuwedzera huwandu hwevanhu vanobatanidzwa. Ikoko
yaive yakarongeka yekuparidzira kune vakawanda vezvenhau, dzimwe nhepfenyuro, uye
Internet. Vakatumira shoko kure kure kuti Evergreen vakapedza zvidzidzo zvavo
kukudzwa nekuita kuti Abu-Jamal ataure; kuti aifanira kutongwa patsva, uye
kuti aisimudza nyaya dzakakosha kune ramangwana reizvi
nyika.
Pakupedza kudzidza kwacho, chiratidzo chakaiswa pamberi ndechekuti Mumia ndiye
canary yakatumirwa mumigodhi yemarasha kuti iongorore kana gasi rinouraya. Kana canary yakafa,
vacheri vaiziva kusadzika mumugodhi, nekuti waive nehuturu. The
turakiti, iro rakapihwa vanhu zviuru mazana matanhatu panguva yekupedza kudzidza rakati,
"Mumia ndiye canary mumugodhi wedu wemarasha. Kana akafa asina kutongwa zvakanaka.
tichaziva kuti tiri kurarama munharaunda isina kuchengetedzeka kwatiri tose.
Ichi chinyorwa chakagamuchirwa zvakanaka chakagumisa, "Kana tikasadzivirira kururamisira
vamwe, vachatidzivirira kururamisira." Yellow armbands uye/kana mireza
nemufananidzo we canary mukeji zvakapfekwa nemazana evakapedza kudzidza
vakuru uye vatsigiri vakawanda. Zvakasarudzwa kuti zvigadzirise inzwi risina kupikisana
pakupedza kudzidza uye kusapindura kudenhwa nemapurisa kana bapiro rerudyi ndiani
chokwadi kuvapo.
ZUVA ROKUGADIRA
Pepanhau reko, "The Olympian" mangwanani e
"Maziso enyika ari paEvergreen yeAbu-Jamal
kutaura.โ Na1:00 P.M., vadzidzi vaipedza kudzidza vakafora vachienda kunzvimbo huru
pacampus vakatora zvigaro zvavo. Mushure mekugamuchira mhinduro uye hurukuro na
Evergreen faculty nhengo Stephanie Coontz, Mutungamiri Jane Jervis akasuma
Mumia Abu-Jamal. Akakumbira vanhu kuti vateerere zvakateerana uye akavapa
sarudzo yekusiya sikweya kwenguva yekutaura kwake. Kunyangwe zvimwe
fakaroti uye vadzidzi vaive vafanotaura kufamba kwevanhu vazhinji, vangangosvika makumi maviri vakapedza kudzidza
vadzidzi vakabuda uye vamwe 20 kusvika 25 vakasara asi vakafuratira
kupikisa. Zvichida vamwe 25 vakagara kure nekupedza kudzidza kwese kuti varambe.
Aya maitiro matatu ekuratidzira pamwe chete anowedzera kusvika ku5-6% yevadzidzi
kugamuchira bachelor's kana masters degree, chikamu chidiki cheavo
kupedza kudzidza. Tichifunga kumanikidzwa kwakaitwa vana vechikoro kupikisa Mumia ne
nhepfenyuro, nemapurisa, uye naMaureen Faulkner akabuda naye
vatsigiri, kuti ruzhinji rwakawanda rwakateerera noruremekedzo uye
anonyatso taura zvakanaka kune Evergreen nharaunda Nhamba yakakosha ye
avo vakabuda kunze kana kufuratira vakashanda mumutemo kana vaive
hama dzepedyo dzinoshanda semapurisa kana basa rakafanana.
Pazuva iri, vezvenhau vakatenderera Maureen Faulkner asi vazhinji
vadzidzi havana kumuteerera. Pakanga pasina kuvhiringika kana kunetsana pa
kupedza chikoro. Kutaura kwaMumia kwaiva musimboti wezuva rine revo. Na4:30
P.M., mudzidzi mumwe nomumwe akanga achipedza kufunda akadanwa zita rake, akagamuchira ravo
diploma uye akaenda neshamwari nemhuri.
Hazvishamisi asi zvichiri kuodza moyo yaive TV nepepanhau
kufukidzwa kwekupedza kudzidza. Nyaya dzese dzakatanga nekupikisa
Mumia. Maureen Faulkner nevadzidzi vashoma nevasiri vadzidzi vakaratidzira
Kutaura kwaMumia ndiko kwaiva pakati pemaaccounts ese. Somuenzaniso, the
Associated Press (AP) nyaya yakanzi "Abu-Jamal Akaratidzira pa
Kutanga," uye hafu yekutanga yenyaya yakataura chete avo
akabuda achipokana nemashoko ese eboka iri. Pakanga pasina mumwe
shoko pamusoro pekutsigira Mumia. Chikamu chechipiri chenyaya yeAP chaisanganisira imwe
Mashoko mapfupi kubva kumukuru aipedza kudzidza aitsigira Mumia achitaura pachikoro
kupedza kudzidza, zvishoma nezvenyaya yake uye mitsara miviri kubva kuna Abu-Jamal
kutaura. Kupikisa kutaura kwake kwakava nyaya huru, uye
nyaya inoshamisa yakataurwa naMumia Abu-Jamal kubva pamutongo werufu pakoreji
kupedza kudzidza nerutsigiro rwakakura kubva kuzviuru hakuna kushumwa.
Paive nerubatsiro rwaMumia, manheru eChishanu, Chikumi 11, mushure mekupedza kudzidza.
Pasinei nemishumo yekutenderera kwenhau, pakanga paine kunzwa kwakasimba kwezvakanaka
zvakaitwa neavo vaiuya kushoo sezvo vanhu vairondedzera zvakawanda
nhaurirano dzavanga vanzwa kana kutora chikamu mukati mezuva pamusoro pe
hurongwa hwekusaruramisira uye mutongo werufu. Vabereki vakawanda vakati vaizodaro
nyatsotarisa nyaya yaMumia mune ramangwana pamwe nekupikisa
kuvharira vanhu vakawanda vedu.
Kunyarara nezveMumia Abu-Jamal kwakabayiwa muOlympia musi waChikumi 11, 1999.
uye mafungu akasvika kure zvikuru. Rakanga riri zuva iro vaivapo
zvichagara zvichiyeuka uye kune vazhinji, ndangariro dzichange dziri pamusoro pesocial
kukosha kwezvakaitika. Kurwisana kunoenderera mberi!