Howard Zinn
In
mugore ra1919, apo guta reSeattle rakamiswa nomukuru mukuru
kuramwa mabasa - kutanga nevashandi vanosvika zviuru makumi matatu nezvishanu vengarava vachida kuwedzerwa mihoro - the
meya vakaratidza kukosha kwayo:
"Chokwadi
pakanga pasina pfuti dzinopenya, pasina mabhomba, pasina kuuraya. Revolutionโฆhaidi
mhirizhonga. Kurova kwakawanda, sezvaiitwa muSeattle, ndicho chombo
zvechimurenga, zvakanyanya kuipa nekuti kunyarara. Kuti ibudirire inofanira kumira
zvose; misa hupenyu hwese hwenharaundaโฆ.Kureva kuti, ndizvo
inoita kuti hurumende isashande. Uye ndizvo chete zviripo kumukira - kwete
zvisinei kuti zvaitwa sei."
chii
zvakaitika muSeattle nguva pfupi yadarika yanga isiri chiitiko chakakura sekurova kukuru kwe
1919, asi yakaratidza, sezvazvakaita, vanhu vasina simba sei, kana ivo
kubatana muzvizhinji, zvinogona kuunza michina yehurumende nekutengeserana ku
halt. Munguva iyo simba rehurumende, uye remarudzi akawanda
makambani, akawandisa, zvinodzidzisa kuwana kana zano rekuti sei
simba iroro harina kusimba kana rasangana nevagari vakarongeka, vakatsunga.
apo
vanorwira kodzero dzevanhu vekuMaodzanyemba mumakore makumi matanhatu ekutanga vakaisa mukuita
musimboti wavakadaidza kuti "Nonviolent Direct Action", vakakwanisa
kuita kare isingakundiki simba goho. Zvakaitika munguva pfupi yapfuura muSeattle zvaive
mumwe ari kushanda kubva musimboti iwoyo. Chero chii chiripo cheSeattle
kuratidzira, vakaratidza, sezvinoitika pane dzimwe nguva munhoroondo ye
nzanga, vane masimba vari panjodzi zvakadii kana vanhu vakabatana mukuwanda
nhamba nokuda kwechikonzero chakafanana.
We
vanofanira kubvuma kuti vazhinji vedu, kunyangwe veterans vesocial movements of the past,
vakatanga kunzwa vasina simba sezvatakaona kubatanidzwa kunotyisa kwe
kutonga, makambani makuru achibatanidza, muchina wemauto eAmerica wakakura kusvika
monstrous ratios. Asi takanga tichikanganwa zvimwe zvinhu zvinokosha nezvazvo
simba: kuti yakanyanya kutyisa muchina wemauto zvinoenderana pakupedzisira pane
kuteerera kwevarwi vayo, kuti sangano rine simba zvikuru rinova risina betsero
apo vashandi vayo vanorega kushanda, apo vatengi vayo vanoramba kutenga zvigadzirwa zvayo.
Kuramwa mabasa, kuramba, kuramba kushumira, kukwanisa kuomesa mitezo
kushanda kwechimiro chakaoma chemagariro - izvi zvinoramba zviri zvombo zvine simba zvinopesana
nyika inotyisa zvikuru kana simba rekambani. Cherechedza kuti General Motors neFord vakaita sei
kupira varovi veMatatu, vana vatema vachipinda
Birmingham muna 1963 yakasundira Congress kuti ipasise Civil Rights Act, sei US
hurumende, kurwisa hondo muVietnam yaifanira kufunga zvakare mukutarisana nekumanikidzwa
kuramba uye kurambwa kwakawanda, maitiro evashandi vemarara muNew York
yakamisa guta hombe, kutyisidzira kwekumukira kurwisa Texaco kune rusaruraganda
mitemo yakaunza zvibvumirano pakarepo.
The
Seattle anopikisa, kunyangwe ingori microcosm yemamiriro enguva yemberi, kunyangwe a
kupenya kwezvinobvira murima rinoodza mwoyo renguva yedu, kunofanira kutiita kuti tidaro
rangarira misimboti yesimba uye kusasimba, kukanganwika zviri nyore se
mafashamo ezvenhau zvisina maturo anosuka pamusoro penhoroondo yekufamba kwevanhu.
It
zvave kuodza moyo kuona kutonga kweruzivo munharaunda ino kuwana
kusimba nekusimba sezvo makambani makuru akatora terevhizheni neredhiyo
zviteshi, mapepanhau, kunyange kutsikisa mabhuku. Uye zvakadaro, takaona muSeattle kuti rini
makumi ezviuru zvevarume nevakadzi vanozadza migwagwa vomisa kuyerera kwemazuva ose
bhizinesi nehurumende, uye kufora nemabhana ane mavara uye mapepi makuru uye
chido chinotapukira, vaigona kuputsa zvipingamupinyi zvekambani
nhepfenyuro uye kufadza kutarisa kwevanhu munyika yose, uye kumativi ose
nyika.
Of
Chokwadi, makamera eterevhizheni akamhanya kuvhara mwoto (wakadzimwa chaizvo
kuputika mabhomba egasi remisodzi) nemahwindo akapwanyika. Izwi rokuti "anarchist" raiva
aishandiswa kutsanangura vapari vemhosva, nevatori venhau vasingazive - sezvakaita vapwanya mahwindo
ivo pachavo - yehuzivi hweanarchism. Asi hazvina kurasika kune vanoona izvozvo
ruzhinji rwevanhu vaifora mumigwagwa vakashatirwa, kunyange
zvinodzivisa, asi zvine rugare - hongu, chiito chisina chisimba chakananga.
In
Seattle, varatidziri vainetsana nenyaya dzehupfumi zvisingaite
yakaoma - kudyidzana kwepasi rose, kudzivirira, kutengesa kunze kwenyika, zvinhu zvehungwaru -
nyaya nyanzvi dzakaoma kunzwisisa dzakanetsa kutsanangura. Asi
kuburikidza nezvose izvi zvakaoma, imwe dhaimondi-yakaoma pfungwa yakapenya kuburikidza: iyo
zvirongwa zvevarume vakapfeka zvakanaka vezvemari uye kuungana kwehurumende kwakashongedzwa
horo dzaiva nengozi kuutano noupenyu hwevanhu vaishanda kwose kwose
nyika. Uye kuti zviuru mumigwagwa, zvinomiririra mamiriyoni, zvakatemwa
kuti arambe.
In
imwe nzira yakakosha, yaive nguva yekuchinja munhoroondo yemafambiro e
makumi emakore achangopfuura - kusimuka kubva kune imwechete-nyaya yekutarisa yeSeabrook
Kugara kwa1977, kuungana kwenyukireya muCentral Park muna 1982, iyo
zviitiko zvikuru zveWashington zveMillion-Man March, Stand for Children, the
parade yevakadzi. Panguva ino, sangano remubatanidzwa rakanga riri pakati. Nyaya ye
kirasi - vapfumi nevarombo, pano nepasi rose - vakasunga munhu wese pamwechete.
It
yakanga iri zvishoma, kupenya kwezvinobvira. Yakarangarira chiporofita chaA. Philip
Randolph munaNovember 1963, achitaura kugungano reAFL-CIO nguva pfupi yapfuura
kodzero dzevanhu Kurume paWashington ye200,000 vanhu, vatema nevachena.
Randolph akaudza vamiriri kuti: โKuratidzira kwevaNegro nhasi ndokwekutanga
kutinhira kwepasi-kirasi. Sezvo maNegro aenda kumigwagwa, ndizvo zvichaitawo
vasina mabasa emarudzi ose vanoenda kumigwagwa."
There
pasina mubvunzo kuchava nemheremhere yakawanda, nevanhu vakawanda vemavara vanobatanidzwa, ve
vasina mabasa nevakadzi, varume nevakadzi. Seattle chaive chiratidzo chakanaka.
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