Thursday, December 20, 2007 inofanira kurangarirwa nokusingaperi sezuva redhora reNew Orleans. Mvura yapera kare, asi kuchiri kutambura mumigwagwa. Vagari veguta vasina pekugara vakabatikana pane vanopfuura zviuru gumi nezviviri. Kambi hombe isina pekugara yakakura pasi peClaiborne Avenue Bridge ine makambi akapararira mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeguta. Dambudziko redzimba rinodhura riri kuramba richiwedzera munzvimbo huru yemetro. Mhuri dzinogara dzakatsvikinyidzana mudzimba dziri munzvimbo dzakavakidzana dzine inosvika hafu yedzimba dzichiri dzisina vanhu zvachose.
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FEMA yakazivisa muna Mbudzi kuti inoronga kuvhara mapaki ayo ese muLouisiana mukati memwedzi mitanhatu. Pasinei neizvi, Kanzuru yeGuta yakavhota mazuva mashanu Kisimusi isati yasvika kuti iputse dzimba dzinopfuura 4,500 mudzimba dzeveruzhinji dzakakura mugutaโCJ Peete, BW Cooper, Lafitte, uye St. Bernard. Sarudzo yacho yakagamuchirwa nedare Times-Picayune pepanhau muchinyorwa chokukorokotedza chine musoro unoti โUnimous.โ Mazuva akati kuti gare gare guta rakatama kunodzinga mazana evasina pekugara kubva mukamba yeHomeless Pride pamberi peCity Hall.
Kanzuru, meya, nehurumende yemubatanidzwa vakaronga kuputswa kwedzimba dzeveruzhinji senzira inofambira mberi iyo ichapa dzimba dzinodhura uku ichivandudza nzvimbo dzemadhorobha dze โhurombo hwakanyanyaโ kuita โmuhoro wakasanganiswaโ. Rhetoric yavo inovhara chokwadi chekuti zvirongwa zvinoda kudzikiswa ne80 muzana muzvikamu zvinokwanisika, uye kuti mazana masere kana anopfuura mafurati ekutsiva haazovepo kwerimwe gore kana maviri. Mukupindura vagari nevamiriri vedzimba vakashoropodza hurongwa uhu, guta nehurumende yemubatanidzwa vakaramba vachisimudzira Section 800 mavhocha, ayo avanoti akabvumira vagari vedzimba dzeveruzhinji kudzokera kuNew Orleans nekurenda mumusika wakazvimirira. Asi kushomeka kwezvivakwa zviripo, zvakasanganiswa nemarendi akakwira zvakanyanya, zvaita kuti mavhocha aya asashande.
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Kupikisa City Hall steamroller kwave nemweya. Mumwedzi yakati wandei yapfuura, Coalition to Stop the Demolitions yakabuda kuronga kuratidzira uye kuita zviito kudzivirira zvivakwa kuti zvisaputswe. Kwangosara mazuva mashoma kuti Guta reCity Council rivhote nhengo dzeCoalition dzakapaza nepakati pewaya ine minzwa yakatenderedza imba yeBW Cooper ndokuzvisungirira kumasitepisi nemahwindo ezvivakwa zviri kuputswa. Vakadzi vatatu vakapaza vakakwanisa kudzivisa kushanda kwehafu yezuva. Vagari veBW Cooper vakabuda pane imwe nguva panguva yekuratidzira kuti vataure nevarongi nekupa rutsigiro rwavo. Zvisinei, vakawanda vanoti vakatyisidzirwa neHANO uye vanotya kupikisa uye kutaura. Mushure mekubviswa pazvivakwa nhengo nhatu dzeCoalition dzakapomerwa mhosva dzine chekuita nehugandanga. Hurongwa hwemutemo hunoratidzika kunge huine chinangwa chekuita muenzaniso wavo.
Muimbi werap wepanzvimbo Sess 4-5, nhengo yeCoalition to Stop Demolition, akaburitsa tepi yakasanganiswa mukupera kwaZvita ine musoro unoti, "Stop Da Demolitions." Vachiratidzira nevazhinji vari kuuya uye vari kuuya veNew Orleans hip hop chiitiko, nziyo dzemubatanidzwa dzinoongorora zvematongerwo enyika uye zvehupfumi kumashure kwekuputswa uye dzinoteterera vateereri kuti vabatanidzwe, kwete mumushandirapamwe wekukurumidza, asi mune hombe Kodzero Yekudzokera Movement.
Sess anonyanya kukodzera kudzidzisa vamwe vake vekuNew Orleanian nezve guta uye hurongwa hwehurumende hwehurumende hwekuvakira veruzhinji dzimba. Panziyo yekutanga yetepi anotsanangura, โNdinobva kuchirongwa chedzimba cheDesire. Pave nemakore makumi maviri. Ndichiri kumirira kuti vavakezve D, unoziva zvandiri kutaura? Ndinotoziva zvakamirira St. Bernard, Magnolia, Calliope, uye Lafitte.โ
The Desire yaimbova huru yeNew Orleans yekuvaka dzimba dzeveruzhinji. Yakaputswa muna 1995 pasi pepfungwa imwechete yekubvisa hurombo nekugadzira nharaunda dzakasanganiswa dzemari. Mugumisiro wacho wakanga uri kutamiswa kwakawanda kwevaichimbova vagari, vashomanene vavo vakakwanisa kudzokera kunharaunda yakavandudzwa. Vazhinji vakanga vakapararira pamusoro peguta, upenyu hwavo uye nzanga dzakaparadzwa. Muna 2001 nharaunda yeSt. Thomas yakarohwa zvimwe chetezvo apo zvivakwa zvavo zvakaputswa ndokutsiviwa nemakondomu, dzimba, nedzimba shoma dzeveruzhinji dzaigona kutenga. Achipokana nemaitiro aya mumashure maKatrina akakwidziridzwa fomu, Sess nevamwe vanopika, "hapana kukanda mapfumo pasi, hapana kudzoka, hapana kukundwa, hapana kurara."
Munguva yekuvhota kweCity Council, Coalition yakadana vanobatana nayo kuti vaunganidze musangano uye vataure kuchengetedza dzimba dzinodhura. Mukupindura, Kanzuru yeGuta yakatumira mapurisa anopfuura zana nemakumi maviri kuCity Hall uye vakaedza kuzadza makamuri ekanzuru nevatsigiri vavo vamene mangwanani-ngwanani. Nguva pfupi musangano usati watanga, NOPD yakavharira nhengo dzeMubatanidzwa ichiti kamuri yanga yakwana, kunyange hazvo yanga isati yakwana. Iri ndiro rekutanga ruzhinji rwevachena City Council mumakore makumi matatu kusasanganisa vagari venzvimbo dzeveruzhinji pamwe nevabatsiri vavo.
Vavharirwa kunze kwedzimba dzavo kwemakore anodarika maviri, vavharirwa kunze kwemusangano waizovhoterwa neKanzuru pamusoro pekuputswa kwedzimba idzi, hasha nekutsamwa zvakagara muvagari vakawanda nevamwe vavo.
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Mukati, nhengo yekanzuru Stacy Head, mumwe wevanonyanya kutsigira kuputsa akafuridza kutsvoda uye akaninira achinyomba kune vanopikisa. Nhengo dzeCoalition dzakatsanangura izvi se "maitiro ekutuka uye anonyangadza," uye "asina basa zvachose." Varatidziri vakarwiswa, vakashorwa, uye vakazvuzvurudzirwa kunze kwekamuri (vamwe nebvudzi) nemhaka yekuvhiringa musangano vachida kuti veruzhinji vapinzwe. Kunze kweCoalition yakapaza magedhi eCity Hall kaviri, nguva imwe neimwe ichidzingwa nemapurisa akawanda. kupisa pepper spray. Vakadzi vaviri vakabatwa neshungu, mumwe wavo akabatwa neshungu. Mapurisa akakwira akapinda se backup. Vanopikisa vakarohwa zvakare. Kanzuru vakataura mashoko avo, vakavhota, ndokuzvirova-rova kumusana. Meya Nagin akaitumidza sarudzo yakashinga.
Iyo hupfumi hwemaguta eiyo post-Katrina cityscape iri kupedzisira ichigadzira uye kuunganidza mune kongiri mazwi. Nekuputswa kwakazara kwedzimba dzeveruzhinji muNew Orleans mhuri dzinodarika zviuru zvishanu, dzose dziri vatema, dzinofanirwa kutamiswa zvachose nekutorerwa misha yavo. Panzvimbo pekuona izvi sedambudziko rinoda matanho ekuita kuti kuuya kumba kugoneke kune wese munhu, ruzhinji ruchena rweNew Orleans, vezvematongerwo enyika, vatungamiriri vebhizinesi, uye vanogadzira zvivakwa vakatsanangura nguva ino semukana wakakura, zuva redhora rekufambisa mazana ezvivakwa. mamiriyoni emadhora kumapurojekiti akati wandei ekuvandudza zvivakwa kuitira kutsiva zviuru zvedzimba dzeveruzhinji nemazana emacondos, dzimba dzeumbozha, nedzimba. Chinhu chavaida kuita kwenguva yakareba. Chinhu chavaiziva kuti hazvaibvira dutu risati rauya.
Vagari vemunzvimbo iyi vanotsigira kuparadzwa kwedzimba vanoti vanoda kusimudzira hupenyu hwevarombo uye kuti mhuri dzishande dziri nani. Munguva yekuvhota, nhengo yekanzuru Jackie Clarkson akati, "Hatina kudzinga varombo uye ndinoronga kuve nechokwadi kuti hatidaro." Nekudaro, pakati pevasina pekugara vakadzingwa kunze kweguta panogona kuwanikwa vazhinji vakatamiswa vagari vedzimba. Vamwe vakawanda vari kugara mumaguta ari kure akadai seSan Antonio neHouston. Reg, murwi wechikuru uye aimbogara muLafitte zvino anogara pasi peClaiborne Avenue Bridge, akatsanangura zvinorehwa nevhoti yeKanzuru muchokwadi. Kubva paakadzokera kuNew Orleans muna Zvita 2005 uye nekuwana mahwendefa esimbi pamusuwo wega wega nepahwindo reLafitte anga asina imba. Reg anoti, โRuzhinji rwevavakidzani vangu muLafitte vanofunga kuti harifaniri kuputswa. Vanoda uye vanoda kudzoka. "
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Ichi ndicho chikuru chegakava riri pakati peCoalition to Stop Demolition nekugadzwa kweguta. Kodzero yekuzvisarudzira yenharaunda dziri mukati nedzakapoteredza dzimba dzeveruzhinji yakafuratirwa zviri pachena nekuda kwedzidziso dzisiri dzeurombo nehutsotsi uye vimbiso yefungidziro inobhadhara yezvivakwa. Reg anoti zvese zvinoenderana nechinhu chimwe: "Vari kuyedza kutibvisa." Achiisa ruoko rwake kunze uye achiratidza ganda rake dema mudenga, anoti, โIsu. Munoziva zvandiri kutaura.โ
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Darwin BondGraham inyanzvi yezvemagariro evanhu anoshanda neRight of Return Movement muNew Orleans. Zvaakanyora zvinogona kuverengwa pa http://darwinbondgraham.blogspot.com/.