Jeb Bush aida kuhwina muMiami, uye akawana imwe, saka White House inoti. Chero ani anoona akatendeseka, zvisinei, anoziva kuti nhaurirano dzeFree Trade Area yeAmericas (FTAA) dzakakundikana dzisati dzambotanga.
Inenge vhiki musangano usati waitwa, vakuru vezvekutengeserana vakazivisa kuti hapana kana chimwe chezvinhu zvakakosha zvechibvumirano chepasirese chingave patafura yekukurukurwa. Nhaurirano pamusoro pezvinhu zvakakosha zvakakonzera kusawirirana pakati peUS nenyika dziri kusimukira - semitero yezvekurima, pfuma yehungwaru, nemitemo yekudyara kunze kwenyika - yaizomiswa kusvika gore rinouya. Kuti tidzivise kudonha kwakaitika neWorld Trade Organisation (WTO) muCancรยบn mwedzi mishoma yapfuura, US yakasimudzira "FTAA-Lite" inoponesa kumeso iyo inoisa kupenya kwezuva pane imwe nzira.
โKudyidzana kwenyika yoseโ kwapera here? Sei nzira dzakaita seWTO neFTAA dzichitadza? Uye sei zviuru zvedu zvakaungana kunze kwemisangano yeMiami kuzoshora chibvumirano chakafa muFlorida muBiscayne Bay?
Pane imwe nhanho yeBush Administration, iyo inochengetedza kudheerera kwayo unilateralism kunyangwe munhaurirano dzekutengeserana, inofanirwa kurumbidzwa nekunyudza hurukuro dzeMiami. Mumiriri weTrade Robert Zoellick haasati aratidza chero chibvumirano chinodiwa neLatin America elite - mafambiro chaiwo ekuvhurwa kwemisika yeUS. Izvi zvinoita kuti zviome kuona chikonzero chekuti Maodzanyemba epasi rose ape zvibvumirano zvake.
Asi sangano repasi rose rekutonga rinogonawo kutora chikamu chakanaka mukumisa kufambira mberi kweFTAA. Mhirizhonga mumativi ese enyika yakazunungusa zvakaipa pfungwa yekuti zvirongwa zvehupfumi zveUS zvinomiririra kufora kusingadzivisiki uye kunogamuchirwa kwekufambira mberi. Kuratidzira kwakabatanawo nekuwedzera kushorwa nehurumende zhinji dziri munyika dzichiri kusimukira, idzo dzisinganyanyi kutapurirana nekare mukutyisidzira kweWhite House.
Manheru ehushumiri hweFTAA, Bush Administration yakazivisa kuti ichatevedzera zvibvumirano zvekutengeserana nenyika dzakaita seColombia, Peru, neBolivia. Zvibvumirano zvakadaro zve-pane-zvimwechete zvinobvisa mukana usingaite wekubatana kweSouthern yekutengesa bloc. Asi, mushure meMiami, iyo US yakarasikirwa nehupfumi hwakakosha hwehemisphere: Venezuela, Argentina, uye yakawanda yeBrazil yese. Hurumende yeBrazil yekuruboshwe yaLula da Silva yakatungamira nhaurirano uye yakapinda muchirongwa chekusimudzira FTAA-Lite. Asi harina kudududza pane zvaidiwa izvo zvine chokwadi chekuparadza nhaurirano dzemangwana.
VeVenezuel, avo vakadaidza chibvumirano chakazara cheFTAA "chirongwa chekoloni chinoda kuzvimanikidza pamusoro pebumbiro renyika inozvitonga," vaive vasina kujeka nezvemhedzisiro yeMiami. "Uku kukunda kunoshamisa mukurwisana neFTAA," akadaro Edgardo Lander, nhengo yeVenezuela Mutungamiriri weFTAA Committee. โVaida chibvumirano chakazara, chakakwana, uye havana kuchiwana. Havafi vakaiwana. Uku hakusi kupera kwemutambo. Asi kukundwa kukuru kwehurongwa hweUS. "
Bato redu, rakajaira kunyevera nezve njodzi dzinounzwa ne "NAFTA pane steroids," yakanonoka kutora iyi meseji pamoyo. Asi kana tikasaombera kutadza kwenhaurirano dzeFTAA, tinoisa panjodzi yekubatsira kuyedza kweDhipatimendi kutenderedza kukundwa kwayo kweFlorida sekufambira mberi. Chokwadi ndechekuti tarisiro yaGavhuna Bush pamusoro peFTAA-Lite inopesana nechokwadi chakakomba: Svondo rino muMiami, makurukota ezvokutengeserana akapedza hurukuro dzavo nokukurumidza nokuti vakanga vasina chekutaura.
Varatidziri vainge vawana zuva nezuva. Uye vakawanda vangadai vakatora rwendo rwekupemberera kumahombekombe, dai pasina mapurisa.
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Mukuru wemapurisa John Timney aive murume pamberi penguva yake. Makore akawanda bush Administration isati yatanga dzidziso ye "hondo yekutanga" uye John Ashcroft akatanga kubvisa rusununguko rwevanhu veAmerica, Timoney aingosunga vanhu vakaita kuratidzira kwavo pachena. Zvakanyanya kufarirwa, paakamiswa muPhiladelphia, akatsvaira nzira dzakachena dzevanopikisa panguva yekukwira kwaBush ku1999 Republican National Convention. Varatidziri makumi masere (ini pakati pavo) vachida kufora nemireza nemidziyo kubva mudura repakati peguta handina kumbobuda kunze kwegonhi; takabhadhariswa pachine nguva kuti takavharira migwagwa. Timoney aivewo mutungamiriri ane chiono mukushandisa kwake huchenjeri husina kunaka. Pakabuda gwaro rekusungwa kwePhiladelphia, magweta akaona kuti raive netsvagiridzo yakapihwa nerubatsiro rwemillionaire Richard Mellon Scaife, achiyambira kuti "Mari yedu inonzi yakabva kumaKomonisiti nemapato akasiya uye ... kubva kune yaimbova Soviet-allied World Federation of Trade Unions. .โ
Mumakore achangopfuura, sezvaaifamba muNew York achienda kuMiami, Timoney akatora imwe tack. Achitaura nezvekuratidzira kwepasi rose, akafananidza varatidziri naOsama bin Laden. Akaisa vagari vakangwaririra kurwiswa kweAnthrax. Uye akapokana kuti matanda anoshandiswa kubata mabhanhire uye zvidhori uye mabhanhire anofanirwa kurambidzwa kubva kudhorobha reMiami, zvimwe angashandiswa kukanganisa kuchengetedzwa kwenyika.
Tisati tave maKomonisiti. Iye zvino tava magandanga.
Timoney akapedza mwedzi yakati wandei achiisa kutya mumwoyo yevaSouth Floridians. Mushure mezuva rekuratidzira rakarondedzerwa nepepanhau reMiami Herald serine runyararo rwakanyanya, mukuru wemapurisa aiwanzotaurwa nebepanhau achiti, "Ava vanhu vekunze vari kuuya kuzovhundutsa nekuparadza guta redu." Zviri pachena kuti kuremekedza kodzero yevaratidziri yokutaura kwakanga kusiri kwokutanga pane zvaaikoshesa.
Vhiki yekudzidzisa-ins uye kufora kwenzvimbo kwakaguma neChina nezuva guru rekuita. Mudungwe wezviuru zvishoma zvepwere nezvidhori zvakawanda zvakaungana nokukurumidza uye zvakakurumidza kukombwa nemapurisa. Pakupedzisira, varatidziri vakataurirana kuti vaperekedzwe kunzvimbo iri pamberi penzvimbo yemitambo yeguta, uko vashandi veSimbi vane hembe dzeโFTAA Sucksโ vaisvika kumusangano wevashandi. Mabhazi akawanda emubatanidzwa anonzi akavharirwa kunze kwenzvimbo yekuchengetedzwa kwedhorobha, uye vamwe vatasvi havana kumbosvika kuchiitiko ichi. Mumasikati, vanhu zviuru gumi mukati menhandare vakabatana necarnival iri kukura paBiscayne Boulevard kuti vafambe nekukurumidza munzvimbo iyi. Mauto aTimoney aita kuti parade iite pfupi. Vakaramba kupinda munzira yakarongwa padyo negurukota rezvekutengeserana uye vakaregedza varatidziri kudzokera kumberi kwemvura.
Pakatanga kurwisana zuva rorereka, kudenha kwevaratidziri kwakanga kuri kushoma, uko kwakanga kuripo zvachose. Mapurisa eRiot akashandisa arsenal yavo ye tear gas nemabara erabha kubvisa nzvimbo iyi. Pepanhau reHerald, risati riri tsigiro yokufambira mberi, rakashuma kuti โkunze kwemarara akawanda akatungidzwa nevaratidziri, hapana zviito zvikuru zvokuparadza kana kuti kukuvadza zvinhu zvakashumwa mukati mezuva.โ Mapurisa akanga achitsvaga kunetsana nevaratidziri vasina mhirizhonga, uye vakaiwana. Pakupedzisira, kwakasungwa vanenge 150, uye vamwe 50 zuva rakatevera racho. Sekureva kwebepanhau reHerald, gumi nevaviri varatidziri vakakuvara vakananga kukamuri yekukurumidzira paJackson Memorial Hospital, uye vanopfuura zana vakazadza nzvimbo dzekuunganidza rubatsiro rwekutanga, vachibuda ropa kubva kumvura yakakonzerwa nemabhura erabha uye kubvaruka kubva kupfapfaidza mhiripiri.
"Zvatakaona kwaive kurwiswa kwemauto, kwakabhadharwa nemari yemauto," akadaro LA Kauffman weUnited for Peace and Justice, achiona kuti hurumende yemuno yakavharirwa mari yakanga yauya nemhinduro itsva yekupa mari yekuunganidza mapurisa: 8.5 miriyoni. kubva pa$87 bhiriyoni pasuru yeIraq yanga yakatemerwa kuve nekuratidzira kweFTAA.
Mukuratidzira kwakakosha kwekubatana, mumiriri weAFL-CIO Ron Judd akataurawo chirevo kuvatori venhau manheru iwayo panzvimbo yekuratidzira yekuratidzira. Judd, murwi wekuratidzira zvisingaverengeki uye (seaimbove mukuru weKing County Labor Council) ane mukurumbira muSeattle, zvakadaro akati, "Aka ndekekutanga kunzwa zvazvaita kuratidzira munyika yemapurisa." Mumwe mukuru mukuru wezvevashandi, Mutungamiriri weUNITE Bruce Raynor, achitaura pamberi pevateereri vomunhandare yemitambo yenhengo dzakarega basa dzesangano, Steelworkers, uye vatsigiri, vakataurawo chichemo chimwe chetecho: โFTAA yaunza mapurisa kuguta reMiami, uye izvozvo zvakashata. zvinonyadzisa.โ
Izvi zvanga zvisati zvaitika vamwe vateereri vake vasati vavharirwa munhandare yemitambo sezvo mapurisa aizadza nzvimbo yacho neutsi hunokachidza. Pane imwe nguva masikati, vakarega basa vakaedza kuimba rwiyo rwenyika, asi gudzanzwi rakanga risati ranyanya kusimba, uye zvakanga zvakaoma kuzvinzwa pamusoro poruzha rwezvikopokopo zvaitenderera pamusoro. Mota mbiri dzakaita sematangi ezvombo dzakatenderera panze.
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Zvakaoma kuti tinzwe takunda mushure mekudzvanyirirwa, varatidziri vachiri mujeri uye vakuru vemapurisa vachifara. Zvakare, vamwe vacherechedzi vekuratidzira kwakapfuura, vachiona kuunganidzwa kwevechidiki vachiungana mumigwagwa yeMiami, vachifora neveSteelworkers munzira yaive kure nenhaurirano dzekutengeserana, uye vachiona kushandiswa kwechisimba kwemapurisa gare gare, vakafunga kuti pakanga pasina. zvakajairika pachiitiko.
Asi kuratidzira kwaive chinhu chitsva kuSouth Florida. Nzvimbo iyi haina nhoroondo yakasimba yekuronga kwevashandi uye inogara kure kure nenzvimbo dzekampasi radicalism. Kuita misangano yeFTAA muDade County kwaive kwakaenzana nedanho reWTO rekuita nhaurirano munyika iri yoga yekuMiddle East yeQatar.
Kuunganidza mhomho yakawanda se20,000 pazuva guru rekuita kwaimiririra basa rinokatyamadza rokuronga. Uye kuve neruzhinji rwedhorobha reMiami rakavharirwa pasi nemapurisa ane zvombo zvemhirizhonga zvakasimbisa pfungwa yekuti, zvisinei nekwavanoenda, makurukota ezvekutengeserana havazotenderwe zvakare kusazivikanwa kwekamuri yekuseri kwavaifarira pakucheka kwavo. madhiri makore mashoma apfuura.
Kusiyana nezvakataurwa naTimoney, vagari veko vakapedza mwedzi yakawanda vachikurudzira nharaunda dzavo. Palm Beach County nharaunda varwiri, vadzidzi, uye nharaunda Greens vakatsigira kuratidzira mumigwagwa. Mubatanidzwa unonzi Root Cause, wakaumbwa nemasangano akadzika seCoalition of Immokalee Workers, Miami Workers Center, uye Low Income Families Fighting Together, akatungamira kufora kwemazuva matatu kubva kuFort Lauderdale kuenda kuMiami, vachiratidza kukanganisa kwekudyidzana kwepasi rose pavanhu. yeruvara muSouth Florida. Uye Mabasa neJustice nemasangano emuno akaita misangano yairamba mhinduro dzezvematongerwo enyika dzekutengeserana uye dzakazadza kuratidzira uku nemweya wekushanda pasi rose.
Nehurukuro dzekutengeserana dziri mumamiriro ezvinhu asina kumira zvakanaka, iyi yepasi rose ichave yakakosha kupfuura kare. Chiono chedu chekudyidzana kwenyika dzepasi rose, chakavakirwa pakubatana, kuchinjana kwakanaka, uye kuremekedza kodzero dzevanhu, hakuna kupera. Kana kunamatwa kwepasi rose kwemhindu kwatinoshora. Bush haisi yepasi rose; ndiye mugadziri wesimba, mutongi wemazuva ekupedzisira. Acharamba achitsvaga kufarira kwekambani kunyangwe pasina nzira dzekutengeserana dzepasirese dzatakaita kuti dzioneke uye dzakajairika, uye dzinogona kuzopa matambudziko akanyanya kuoma kune vamiriri vepasi rose.
Asi, pari zvino, tarisiro yekuti FTAA ingangodzikira zvakare mukusajeka chikonzero chekupemberera. Vanhu vekuAmerica, ndinofungidzira, havazombozvipotsa.
- Mark Engler, munyori uye muratidziri anogara muNew York City, anogona kusvikwa kuburikidza newebhusaiti http://www.DemocracyUprising.com. Rubatsiro rwekutsvaga kwechinyorwa ichi chakapihwa naJason Rowe.
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