Mutengo Wechokwadi wePrisons Comix
Rega Rusununguko Rrira: Muunganidzwa Wezvinyorwa kubva kuMafambiro kuenda Kusununguka Vasungwa vezvematongerwo enyika veU.S - rakanyorwa naMatt Meyer; PM Press, 2008, 877 pp.
Kubviswa Zvino! Makore Gumi eChirongwa uye Kurwira Kupokana nePrison Industrial Complex - yakagadziriswa neCR10 Collective; AK Press, 2008, 176 pp.
Tzviuru zvisere zvakaratidza kurangarira makore gumi ekuvambwa kweboka revanobvisa mutirongo reCritical Resistance uye kufora kweNational Jericho Movement muWashington, DC, vachida kuti vasungwa vese vezvematongerwo enyika vekuUS nevasungwa vehondo vasunungurwe. Kurangarira zviitiko zve1998, musangano weCritical Resistance anniversary conference (CR10) wakaitwa muOakland munaGunyana apfuura uye Jeriko yakaronga kufora kuenda kuUnited Nations muna Gumiguru.
Mabhuku matatu matsva anonyora zvose zvakaitwa uye kukanganisa kwemakore gumi apfuura emapato ekutsigira vasungwa vezvematongerwo enyika. Mutengo Wechokwadi wePrisons Comix inodhindazve mabhuku matatu enyambo akadhindwa sechikamu cheProjekti YeMari Yemajeri (RCPP), iyo yakatanga muna 2000. Kusvika pari zvino, mabhuku ekomiki 125,000 akadhindwa, uye anopfuura 100,000 akagoverwa mahara kumapoka enharaunda nemakirasi ekukoreji. Aine mifananidzo naKevin Pyle, Sabrina Jones, naSusan Willmarth, ese matatu mabhuku enyambo anogona kudhaunirodwa zvakare.
Vanobvisa mutirongo Ruth Wilson Gilmore naCraig Gilmore vanonyora musumo yebhuku kuti kukosha kweRCPP "kwave kutiratidza kuti hurongwa hwekusungwa kwevanhu vakawanda hunopinda sei muhupenyu hwedu, uyo ari kubhadhara mutengo weiyo system uye nenzira dzakawanda iyo system iri panjodzi vanhu vanoisa pfungwa dzavo nesimba mukuronga kuideredza." Sezvineiwo, makomiki eRCPP "anoratidza kuti pfungwa dzatinoda kushandura nyika dzinogona kutsanangurwa zviri nyore uye dzakaputirwa zvinoyevedza kuti zvishandiswe nemarudzi ese evaverengi." Vasungwa nemhuri dzavo vanogona "kunzwisisa zvinhu zvinowanzoparadzirwa chete pakati pevadzidzi uye avo vanoisa pfungwa pamitemo."
Mupepeti Lois Ahrens anonyora kuti "chinangwa chepakati chemabhuku ekomiki ndechekuita zvematongerwo enyika, kwete kushungurudza." Anotaura kuti "kudzorwa uye kudyidzana kwenyika dzepasi rose" kwemakore makumi matatu apfuura "kwakonzera kushata kwehupfumi hwemaguta, kuderedza mikana yebasa rine musoro uye kuderedza mari yedzidzo yemhando yepamusoro, kurerutsa varombo, uye kuwedzera kusaenzana. Mabhuku ekomiki anoisa ruzivo rwemunhu Chirevo ichi uye kupikisa mharidzo yepakati yedzidziso yeneo-liberal: ngano yekuti vanhu vanokwanisa kuzvidhonza nemanyatera avo.Mupfungwa iyi, rusaruraganda, rusaruraganda, rusarura, uye kusaenzana kwehupfumi hazvisi chikamu chemufananidzo.Vanhu vazhinji zvino vanotenda shanduko iyoyo inoitika kuburikidza neshanduko yemunhu pane kurwira zvematongerwo enyika uye shanduko."
Kukura kuchangobva kuitika kwejeri indasitiri complex (PIC) uye kusungwa kwevanhu vakawanda kuri kushamisa. Ahrens anonyora kuti "gore negore kubva muna 1947 kusvika pakutanga kwema1970, vanhu vangangosvika zviuru mazana maviri vakasungwa muU.S. Nhasi, kune varume nevakadzi vanopfuura mamiriyoni 200,000 vakasungwa, uye vanopfuura mamiriyoni mashanu parole uye probation."
The Prison Town bhuku remakomiki rinobvisa ngano yekuti kuvaka jeri idzva kunobatsira kumutsiridza guta rine hupfumi huri kurwara, uye panzvimbo pezvo rinoratidzira mari yakawanda yakaipa iyo jeri idzva rinogona kuunza. Zvakakosha, Prison Town zvakare zvinyorwa izvo mamwe mataundi mazhinji akadzidza nemuenzaniso uye akataura kukanganisa kwemajeri mumishandirapamwe yakabudirira yekumisa kuvakwa kwejeri munharaunda yavo.
Vasungwa veHondo Yezvinodhaka ipfungwa inobaya moyo yevafi vakabatwa neiyo inonzi "hondo yezvinodhaka." Zvichienderana nechinangwa chayo chepamutemo, "hondo yezvinodhaka" yakundikana zvachose, zvichikonzera kusungwa kwevasingashandisi zvinodhaka zvinodhaka nemubhadharo wakakura usingashandi kune vateresi. Vasungwa inosimbisa "kuderedza kukuvadza" uye kurapwa semhinduro iri nani, ichitaura kuti "hondo yezvinodhaka inovhara vashandisi vakawanda kupfuura vatengesi. Vazhinji vanoda kurega, asi havagoni. Gore rekurapa rinodhura zvishoma kudarika gore rekuvharirwa, pamwe chete. : munhu anogona kushanda, kubhadhara mutero & kutora chikamu muhupenyu hwemhuri." Kunyange zvazvo mitemo yezvinodhaka ingaratidzika kuva inopenga, inoratidzika kuva ine vavariro dzisiri dzepamutemo dzine mufungo zvikuru. Somuenzaniso, zvakashanda kuti kukwidziridzwa kwevasungwa vakawanda, urombo huparare, uye kuparara kwerusununguko rwevanhu.
Vasungwa VeHupenyu Hwakaoma: Vakadzi & Vana Vavo inopedzisa nhevedzano yemabhuku ekomiki. Nyaya dziri kutaurwa pano dzinonyanya kunge dzemanyepo, asi dzakabva patsvagiridzo yevanyori uye ruzivo rwavo pachavo pakushanda nevasungwa vechikadzi. Ahrens anotsanangura kuti nyaya "dzinomiririra hupenyu hwemazana ezviuru zvevanhu vanotambura nekuda kwehondo yezvinodhaka." Zvichida zvakanyanya kushatirisa inyaya yechokwadi yaRegina McKnight, mukadzi wekutanga muUS kubatwa nemhosva yekuponda nekuda kwehunhu achiri nepamuviri. Pakazvarwa mwana waMcKnight akazvarwa akafa uye ongororo yakaitwa yakawana cocaine mudumbu akasungwa akabatwa nemhosva yekuponda nemutongo wemakore makumi maviri. Muna 20, zvichitevera kukwidzwa kwakati wandei uye makore masere ari mutirongo, Dare Repamusorosoro reSouth Carolina rakabvumirana kudzoreredza mutongo wake, mushure mekufunga kuti hapana humbowo hwekurapa hwekodineine inokonzera kusununguka.
Let Rusununguko Ring ndeye epic 877-peji muunganidzwa wezvose magwaro akange aripo uye zvinyorwa zvepakutanga. Achitsanangura mamiriro ekusunungurwa kwayo, mupepeti Matt Meyer anotaura nezvekutambudzwa kwemazuva ano kweSan Francisco Eight, avo vaimbova nhengo dzeBlack Panther Party (BPP) vachipomerwa mhosva yemakore makumi matatu. Kutanga nedare guru redzimhosva muna 30, "nyika yakakanda dare. Pazvakava pachena kuti kuferefeta kwaivhurazve nyaya dzichibva pauchapupu hwakawanwa zvikurukuru nokutambudzwa, shoko racho rakanga risingarambiki: Ityai, ityai zvikuru—uye musatombo funga nezvekurwisa.Varume vamwe chete ava pavakamira vakasimba, vakasimba pamusimboti wokuti vaisazotora chikamu mukutsvakwa kwevaroyi kutsva, kunotsigirwa nehurumende, vakatumira mashoko ekupikisa: 'Hatisi kuzobvumira nharaunda dzedu, matambudziko edu, munharaunda dzedu, hupenyu hwedu hupihwe mhosva nehuwori uye nerusarura hurongwa hwekutonga mhosva.'
Zvikamu zvakawanda zvebhuku racho zvinotarisa pane zvakasiyana-siyana zvevasungwa vezvematongerwo enyika veU.S., vane chokwadi nezvenyaya dzavo uye zvinyorwa kubva kuvasungwa pachavo. Chimwe chikamu chinonyanya kufadza chinonzi "Kuramba Kudzvinyirirwa: Kunze uye Kuzvikudza," iyo inosanganisira hurukuro ya1991 "Dykes uye Fags Vanoda Kuziva: Hurukuro neLesbian Political Prisoners," iyo inosanganisira Susan Rosenberg, pamwe naLinda Evans naLaura Whitehorn - vose. akaregererwa naPresident Clinton muna 2001. Zvinoshamisa zvakare kutaura kwa1991 kwakaitwa nevaimbove musungwa weBPP wezvematongerwo enyika Dhoruba Bin-Wahad, akaburitswa mushure memakore gumi nemapfumbamwe. Achifunga sekutaura kwakadzikama kubva kumutsigiri weBlack Muslim, Bin-Wahad akazivisa kuti "hatigone kuvaka nzanga itsva kana isu takaisa iyo nzanga mukudzvinyirirwa kwevamwe vanhu." Achienderera mberi nenhaka yeBPP co-muvambi Huey P. Newton, akataura kuti kurwisana nekudzvinyirirwa kwevakadzi neGLBTs hazviparadzanisiki kubva mukurwisana nehupfumi, rusarura, uye udzvinyiriri hwose. Zvakare zvinoratidzwa muremekedzo kuna mushakabvu Kuwasi Balagoon, akafira mujeri nechirwere chepneumonia chine chekuita neAIDS muna 19. Sekutaura kwemudetembi Walidah Imarisha, Balagoon "aive munyarikani mubato reBlack nationalist, aive mambokadzi mubato rakatwasuka. , akanga ari murwi wehugandanga mushure mokunge 'yakanaka,' uye iye ... aida kuti aonekwe kwete semufananidzo wekuchinja, asi semunhu, akanaka uye asina kukanganisa."
Abolition Now! yakabudiswa kuti ienderane nemusangano weCR10. Nhanganyaya inotsanangura kuti Critical Resistance haisi "kunetsekana chete kuputsa matanga" ePIC, asi "kubvisawo zviito zvechipurisa, kuongorora, uye kuiswa mujeri izvo zvinopa PIC simba rayo. Tinoyeuchidzwa zvakare kuti kubvisa ndiko kubvisa kusikwa kwemikana yezviroto zvedu uye zvinodiwa zvehutano nerufaro - pane zvatinoda, kwete zvatinofunga kuti tinogona kuwana."
Iri bhuku rinoratidzira uye kutsoropodza kunovaka kubva kune vakasiyana-siyana veCR varongi nevaratidziri. Somuenzaniso, purofesa weMills College Julia Sudbury anosimbisa "chido chekuporesa sechiito chekubvisa. Vazhinji vedu tinouya kubasa iri nemaronda edu pachedu," uye apo "vazhinji vedu vanotora simba uye kufemerwa kubva kumaronda aya," isu tiri " zvakare kupedzwa nenhamo idzi…. Somugumisiro kufamba kwedu kunogona kuve kwakanangana ne 'musoro'-kutaura, kuronga, kufunga, kunyora-uye kwete muviri uye manzwiro." Sudbury anogumisa kuti "chiito chekurwisana nechisimba uye chinokanganisa chiitiko chakafanana nePIC hachigoni kutarisira kubudirira kana tikasagadzirisa zvakananga nekuporesa migumisiro yechisimba ichocho."
Aimbova musungwa wezvematongerwo enyika Bo Brown anotaura kuti sangano racho rinofanira kuva ne "ruzivo rwemumugwagwa" uye kwete kungogumira kune "mutemo" zvinangwa nezviito. "Unofanira kuita zvose zviri zviviri. Ndinofunga kuti unogona kurasika mune izvozvo uye unogona kugara ipapo uchizviona semunhu akanaka uye usambosvibisa maoko ako nenzira yevanhu .... Ndinoda kutiona tichiuya pamusoro nerumwe rudzi rweboka rekutsigira mhuri dzine vasungwa ichokwadi. Tinoda kuona kuti tingatsigira sei vasungwa pavanenge vachidzoka kumba. Tinofanira kunzwisisa kuvhunduka kwepashure pekurwadziwa nguva dzose, zuva nezuva."
Andrea Smith, mubatsiri weINCITE! Women of Colour Against Violence, inotaura kuti "nzira yekupara mhosva inoitwa musangano rekurwisa mhirizhonga haishandi. Uye, zvakare, nzira yekupara mhosva iyi inovharidzira basa rehurumende mukukonzera mhirizhonga kuvanhukadzi. Panguva imwe cheteyo, tine kuti titarise zvine chekuita nekuchengetedzwa kwevanopona mumhirizhonga yemudzimba kana yebonde.Saka, tiri kushanda mukugadzira nzira dzekuzvidavirira munharaunda dzisingavimbi nehurumende, uye zvakare zvisingaenderane neshanduro yerudo rwe'nharaunda'…. inopindirana nebasa mumafambisirwo ekodzero dzechivanhu, ayo ane pfungwa dzerudzi rwechivanhu dzisina kubva pamhando dzehurumende dzehurumende dzinotonga kuburikidza nechisimba, kutonga, uye kutonga."
Kubviswa Zvino! zvakare inotaridza mienzaniso yemasangano ari kuisa zano rekubvisa mukuita, seboka reLEAD Project redzimba dzekuchinja dzevakadzi vanodzoka kubva kuusungwa muWatts District yeLos Angeles, inonzi "Nzira Itsva Yehupenyu." Zvakare, iyo UBUNTU Coalition muDurham, North Carolina inoshanda pakupindura mhirizhonga pasina kusimbisa PIC.
Pamusoro pazvose, mabhuku matatu aya anokurudzirwa zvikuru anopokana kuti nyaya dzine chekuita nejeri hadziparadzaniswe nerusaruraganda, rusaruraganda, rusaruraganda, uye hudzvanyiriri hwese, saka kana tichiziva zvakawanda nezvemajeri, mazano evaratidziri ane ruzivo ari nani achave. Vanogumisa kuti mukushanda kubvisa hudzvanyiriri hwese, tinofanira kushandawo kubvisa PIC uye kusunungura vasungwa vezvematongerwo enyika.
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