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Zuva regore rechi54 rokupondwa kwaReverend Martin Luther King, Jr., richangopfuura. Dr. King vakapfurwa vachironga vashandi vehutsanana vanotambira mari shoma muMemphis, Tennessee. Panguva iyoyo akanga achigadzira temberi Murwi Wevanhu Vasina Hanya, nhamburiko yokuronga varombo vomuAmerica kuva simba rinorangarirwa. Mukupikisa kwake Vietnam War uye kusimudzira kwake mushandirapamwe wekusimudza mutoro wehurombo, akakurudzira kuti rusaruraganda, urombo, uye mauto zvinongogona chete kugadziriswa. kubatanidza mamiriyoni yevarombo kushandura chimiro chehupenyu hwedu hwenyika.
Anopfuura hafu yezana ramakore gare gare, shoko rake rinoramba rakakodzera nenzira inosuruvarisa mukuita kwedu kunoratidzika kuva kusingagumi nguva yedenda, zvichiri kuzara nerusaruraganda, kushandiswa kwemari, uye militarism. Chokwadi, nhasi, 60% zvakawanda Vanhu vekuAmerica vari kurarama pasi pemutemo wehurombo; racialized mitemo kuti dzvinyirira mavhoti avo apasiswa mumatunhu akawanda; uye hondo refu munhoroondo yedu, njodzi yemakore makumi maviri muAfghanistan, yakangopera kupera kwegore rapfuura, ukuwo kurwisana kwepasi rose nekudeuka kweropa kuchiri kutitenderedza.
Iwe unofanirwa chete kutarisa mamiriro ehupenyu kune iyo mamiriyoni 140 MaAmerican vanotambura kana mari yakaderera kuti vaone kuti meseji yaMambo ichiri kushanda sei. Nhasi, varombo vanogara pamharadzano dzokusaruramisira, kutanga uye zvakaipisisa nouipi hunopindirana hwokuchinja kwemamiriro okunze, kurwisana, uye rusaruraganda, pamwe chete nemamwe marudzi echisimba nokusaenzana. Nemitengo yegesi zvakakwirira, kushomeka kwechikafu pakusimuka, uye zvinogoneka mutsauko (kana kuti zvakatoipisisa) zvinouya, avo vanopfuurira kutambura zvikurusa vachava avo vanotapurwa zvikuru nechinhu chipi nechipi chichauya.
Denda Revanhu Varombo
Chirevo chitsva pamusoro pekusawirirana kwedenda reCovid-19 munharaunda dzevarombo ichangobva kuburitswa nePoor People's Campaign (iyo yandinosachigaro nayo. Reverend William Barber) uye UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. The Varombo People's Pandemic Report inobatanidza dhata pamusoro pekufa kweCovid-19 padanho redunhu nerumwe ruzivo rwevanhu kuratidza kuti, panguva yedenda kusvika pari zvino, matunhu ane hurombo akawana zvakapetwa kaviri nhamba yevakafa sevanotambira mari yepamusoro - uye inosvika kashanu nhamba pakukwirira. yemafungu akasiyana-siyana echirwere. Zvinoburitsa pachena kuti Covid-19 yanga iri denda revarombo, iro rinofumura kudzika kwerusaruraganda, urombo, uye kuparadzwa kwezvipenyu kwakatangira munharaunda dzine hurombo. Idzodzi dzinofanira kuva nhau dzinokatyamadza, haufungi here? Asi mukati medenda iri, nyaya yekusaenzana kwayo haina kunyanya kuvharwa nevezvenhau.
Zvakapesana zvikuru. Mumakore maviri apfuura, kwave kune nyaya dzisingaverengeke dzekuti Covid-19 aive akaenzana sei - sei, kusiyana nesu, denda nemadenda haasaruri. Nenzira inosuruvarisa zvikuru, mushumo mutsva unoratidza zvakajeka kuti, kunyange zvazvo utachiona hungasakwanisa kusarura, nzanga yedu chaizvoizvo yakasarura munzira dzakashata zvikuru. Funga kuti imhosva chaiyo yenzanga yakabvumira kufa kwevanoda kusvika 250,000 varombo uye vane mari yakaderera mugore ra2000 chete, makumi maviri emakore denda risati rarova mahombekombe edu. Inofanira kunge iri yekumutsa nzanga yakajaira kufa, kana vari varombo vari kufa.
SaReverend Barber, vakauya nezano remushumo mutsva, akatsanangura, โZvakawanikwa zvemushumo uyu zvinoratidza kuregeredza uye dzimwe nguva sarudzo dzemaune dzekusatarisa varombo. Hakusati kwave nehurongwa hwekuongorora kana kurongeka kwemaitiro eCovid-19 kune varombo uye vane mari shoma. " Chokwadi, kusvika pari zvino, hurumende haisati yatotora dhata pamusoro pekukanganisa kwedenda zvichienderana nemari yemari, zvichitisiya tichiita basa rehutikitivha.
Zvakakosha, zvakawanikwa mushumo hazvigone kutsanangurwa nemamiriro ekudzivirira chete. Huwandu hwekufa husina kuenzana pakati pevarombo uye vane mari shoma imhedzisiro yemusanganiswa wezvinhu, kusanganisira basa nehupenyu hwakagara hwakatangira denda. Semuyenzaniso, 22% yeMaNative America, 20% yeHispanics, 11% yeVatema, 7.8% yeVachena, uye 7.2% yevaAsia vanga vasina inishuwarenzi yehutano muna 2019 denda risati rasvika. Hazvishamise kuti, pamwe, kusawirirana kwagara kuripo mukuwanikwa kwehutano, kugovaniswa kwehupfumi, uye kuchengetedzwa kwedzimba kwakaunza njodzi kana zvangodaro.
Dai waizotisimudzira girazi rinoungana, waizoita ona rudzi umo maive nemamiriyoni makumi masere nemanomwe vanhu vasina inshuwarisi kana vasina inshuwarisi uye nevashandi vane mamirioni makumi matatu nemapfumbamwe vakaita mari shoma pamari yekurarama denda risati ratanga. Waiona hurumende yakaramba kuwedzera hutano hwehutano (kunyangwe panguva yakaipisisa yehutano hweveruzhinji muzvizvarwa) kana kukwidza mihoro yevashandi chaivo vasingakwanise kuwana zvakakosha zvehupenyu. Uri kutaura nezvenyika iyo, zvakare denda risati rasvika, mhuri dzinosvika miriyoni gumi nemana dzaisakwanisa kubhadhara mari dzavo dzemvura uye vanopfuura hafu yevana vedu vaigara mudzimba dzisina chikafu. Zvinoshamisa here kuti vanhu vazhinji varombo uye vane mari shoma vakatambura uye vakafa nekuuya kwehutachiona?
Nzvimbo dzeChibairo dzevarombo
Huwandu uhu kubva kuCovid-19, zvakadaro, ingori nzira imwe chete yekunzwisisa mhedzisiro yesarudzo dzesarudzo dzine chekuita nevarombo. Zvakanga zviri zvekufananidzira pachinangwa chekuti mushure mekuburitsa Chirevo cheVarombo Vevanhu, Mushandirapamwe Wevarombo wakatanga Kurume Kurume kuWest Virginia kwaizobva kuHarper's Ferry kuenda kune imwe yeDemocratic Senator Joe Manchin's congressional offices muMartinsburg. Vanaamai varombo, vaimbove vashandi vemigodhi yemarasha, varongi vevashandi, uye vanorwira mamiriro ekunze kubva kuWest Virginia vakakwira mamaira makumi maviri nematatu kuenda. kudana Seneta "wavo" kuti atange kutaura zvinodikanwa zvevamiriri vake - kuwedzera kodzero dzekuvhota, kukwidza mari shoma kune mupenyu, kuwedzera Child Tax Credit, kuchengetedza pasi rino, uye kuisa mari mudzidzo, hutano, uye zvirongwa zvemagariro. simudza.
Muchokwadi, by kudzivira kupasiswa kwebhiri reBuild Back Better muCongress, Manchin akaramba kudzika mutemo achiitira ruzhinji rwevamiriri vake, kunyanya 710,000 varombo uye vane mari shoma vekuWest Virginians. Akavharawo mabhiri ekudzoreredza uye kuwedzera dziviriro yekodzero dzekuvhota kuburikidza ne Rusununguko rweKuvhota Mutemo uye John Lewis Kuvhota Kodzero Kusimudzira Mutemo.
Zvichakadaro, nekuramba kuvhota kugumisa filibuster mudare reSeneti kana kuita a fairer taxation system, Manchin anoenderera mberi nekuona kuti mitemo inobatsira mamiriyoni evanhu vekuAmerica uye nyika yakakura ichasiiwa zvakare padivi pemugwagwa. Anogara achisarudzwa kuti aenderane naye kukara yeUS Chamber of Commerce, iyo hombe lobbying group munyika, uye indasitiri yemafuta emafuta anopesana nezvinodiwa nevanhu. Uye migariro yakadaro yave ine ngwavaira. Nhamba dzakaunganidzwa neInstitute for Policy Studies gore rapfuura yakaratidza kuti kuWest Virginia, iyo $3.5 trillion version yeBuild Back Better bill ingadai yakagadzira mabasa matsva 17,290, yakabatsira vana 346,000 nekuwedzera kuwedzera. mutero wemutero wevana, uye akabvumira vamwe 88,050 vekuWest Virginia kuti vatore zororo rinobhadharwa gore rega rega.
Kuita kuti zvinhu zviwedzere kuipa, kuchamhembe panhandle yeWest Virginia, kune iyo Rockwool Ranson Plant, fekitari yekugadzira insulation yakavakirwa munharaunda ine urombo. Yedu Moral March yakapfuura nemuRanson. Tiri ikoko, takanzwa nezvevamwe amai vane vana vanoenda kuchikoro chiri pedyo nechirimwa, chiri mukati memakiromita maviri kubva pazvikoro zvina zvehurumende imba iyoyo. 30% yevadzidzi vedunhu huwandu hwevanhu (pamwe nenzvimbo dzinoverengeka dzekuchengeta vana). Masayendisiti akaedza mazinga eropa yevana vepaNorth Jefferson Elementary School chirimwa ichi chisati chavhurwa muna 2021. Kwangopera gore, pakanga patove nehuwandu hweasthma uye chepfu muropa ravo. Chokwadi, kuiswa kwechirimwa ichocho kunopesana zvinokurudzirwa weEnvironmental Protection Agency neWorld Health Organisation (WHO), ose ari maviri anoti indasitiri inorema haifanirwe kunge iri pedyo nezvikoro. (WHO yakataura zvakananga kuti zvidyarwa zvemaindasitiri hazvifanirwe kunge zviri mukati mamaira maviri ezvikoro.)
Takanzwa humbowo kubva kuvapfuri vemabhiza avo vaiti havachakwanisa kupfuya mbesa dzemhando yepamusoro nekuda kwekusanduka kuri kuita mhepo uye varimi venyuchi avo, mushure mezvizvarwa zvekurima kwemhuri, vakati havachakwanisa kurarama. Hazvishamisi kuti inharaunda yevarombo ine chikamu chepamusoro chevatema vagari. Hapana misangano yeruzhinji yakatomboitwa isati yavhurwa chirimwa ichi, icho Seneta Manchin akapinda. Zvakadaro, kushorwa kwenzvimbo kwairi kwave kwakasimba uye kuri kuramba kuchikura.
Vari Munjodzi Vanotambura Nemigumisiro
Kutambura kwakadai uye kuramba ndezvechokwadi kwete muzvikomo nemakomba eWest Virginia. Panguva chaiyo iyo veWest Virginians vairatidzira vachipesana neRockwool Ranson Plant, semuenzaniso, zvinopikisa yakatanga muNew York City ichipokana naMayor Eric Adams 'kubira vanhu vasina dzimba, kusanganisira kutsvaira kwemapurisa mumisasa isina pekugara.
Ndosaka isu muPoor People's Campaign takafamba kubva muMoral March kuWest Virginia takananga kuNew York kunobata Moral March paWall Street. Uye sekubva kwaJoe Manchin kurwiswa nevarombo achizviita gamba revanhu, saka Eric Adams akasimbirira kuti kutsvaira kwaakaraira ndiko kwakanakira New Yorkers, kusanganisira vasina dzimba. Zvakadaro kudzika kwechokwadi kwekushaya pekugara ikoko kunoratidza hutsinye matanho ari kuteverwa naAdams.
Muguta rinoshandisa mari inodarika mabhiriyoni maviri emadhora pagore pakushaya pekugara, zvishoma 47,000 vanhu - vanopfuura zviuru gumi nezvina nemazana mashanu vavo vari vana - vanorara mudzimba dzayo dzisina pekugara husiku hwega hwega. Panzvimbo pekugadzirisa denda reurombo uye kushaya pekugara kunoenda nahwo, Adams akasarudza Kuparadza misasa inodarika mazana maviri isina pekugara, nepo zvese-zvakare-zvekufananidzira kudonha bhajeti reguta rekushaya pekugara nechikamu chimwe chete muzvishanu. SaManchin, ari kutevera nzira yakajairika muzana ramakore rechimakumi maviri nerimwe America: kuranga varombo nekuda kwehurombo hwavo uku achiwedzera kusimudzira guta senhandare yekutamba yevapfumi.
Izvi hazvisi, zvisinei, zviri kuitika pasina kurwisana kubva kune vasina dzimba, masangano emunharaunda, uye kunyange vamwe vezvematongerwo enyika. Ruzhinji rwekanzuru yeguta reNew York, semuenzaniso, vashora kuputswa kwemisasa yavo. Mune a tsamba yekupikisa, vakaonesa kuti โuku kutsvaira hakusati kuchizogumisa kushayikwa [kwedzimba]; zvinongopinza vanhu munjodzi huru.โ
Pakati peizvi zvese, imwe komenda naAdams vakandimisa munzira. Achisangana neboka ravafundisi, akakarakadza kuti vadzidzi vaKristu vangadai vakatsigira kutsvaira kwake musasa usina pokugara, achiti, โHandigoni kuita kunze kwokudavira kuti, kudai Mateo, Marko, Ruka, naJohane vakanga vari pano nhasi, ivo vaigona kuva vakavimbika. aizova mumigwagwa neni ndichibatsira vanhu kubuda mumisasa.โ
Somuparidzi wechiKristu uye nyanzvi yeBhaibheri, ndinofanira kucherekedza kuti kutaura kwakadaro hakusati kuchingova kwakaipa kana kuti kusakendenga; inhema. Bhaibheri rakajeka kuti vapfumi nevane simba ndivo vane mhosva yeurombo, kushungurudzwa, uye kusaruramisira, kwete varombo pachavo. Uye hazvishamise kuti mumagwaro akare ose, avo vanochengeta upfumi hwenyika vanomonyororawo mashoko evaporofita kuti vazvinakire vachidyira varombo nevanoshungurudzwa.
Asi, sezvinoenda nhau yacho, sokurovererwa kwaJesu pamuchinjikwa ndokufa, makuva evarwi verusununguko vakauya pamberi pake akazarurwa uye vakamutsidzirwa kuti vapfuuridzire kurwira ruramisiro. Ruvengo nerufu, tinoyeuchidzwa, usambova neshoko rekupedzisira.
Kuvaka Movements Kwete Monuments
Makore matatu mushure mekuurayiwa kwaMartin Luther King. Carl Wendell Hines akanyora nhetembo iyi pamusoro pake ine musoro Hope Yemunhu Akafa:
โZvino akafa zvakanaka ngatimurumbidzei
Zvivakirei shongwe dzembiri yake, imbirai zita rake nziyo dzokurumbidza.
Varume vakafa vanoita magamba akakodzera akadaro.
Havagone kusimuka kupikisa mifananidzo yatingagadzira
kubva muupenyu hwavo.
Uyezve,
zviri nyore kuvaka matombo
pane kuita nyika iri nani.
Saka zvino zvaafa zvake
Isu, nehana dzakagadzikana, tinogona kudzidzisa vana vedu kuti iye
aive murume mukuru,
Kuziva kuti chikonzero chaakararamira chichiri chikonzero
Uye hope dzaakafira dzichiri kurota
hope dzemunhu akafa.
Jesu Kristu akaurayiwa neHumambo hweRoma nekuda kwekuvaka sangano revakashungurudzwa uye vasingabatanidzwe, kungove nekukanganisa ndangariro yake nedzidziso dzeruvengo nedzekuzvidza mumazera ese. King akapondwa paairwisa urombo, rusaruraganda, uye mauto, akazongozotorwa uye kunzi mutsvene nevaya vaimuzvidza. Zvamazvirokwazvo, sokuratidzira kunoita Hines, โzviri nyore zvikuru kuvaka zviyeuchidzo kupfuura kuita nyika iri nani.โ Asi sevaya vane simba Joe Manchin uye Eric Adams rambai muchiwana nyaradzo mukurumbidza kwavo (kwakashata-kutenda) kwevaporofita vakaita saJesu naMambo, varombo nevakadzingwa munzvimbo dzakaita seRanson neNew York vanoramba vachiita basa rekururamisira.
Ehe, kurongeka kwevarombo nevakadzingwa kunofanirwa kutariswa kanenge mushonga mumwe chete wedenda, chaiwo uye kufananidzira, kutambudza nharaunda yedu sezvatinochema. inoda kusvika miriyoni imwe Vanhu vekuAmerica vafa neCovid-19 uye vanhu vanopfuura mamirioni matanhatu pasi rose. Kunyangwe vazhinji vedu vasingazvioni kana kuzvinzwa nguva dzese, hutungamiriri hweavo vanonyanya kubatwa nehurombo nekusarongeka hwakakosha kune ramangwana redu. Ndivo vakambodana naMambo kuti โsimba idzva uye risingadzorekiโ rinokwanisa kushandura โupenyu hwedu hwenyika husina kugadzikana.โ
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Liz Theoharis, a TomDispatch yakajairwa, inyanzvi yezvechitendero, mushumiri akagadzwa, uye anorwisa urombo. Co-chair we Mushandirapamwe Wevanhu Vasina Hanya: Mutsva WeNyika weKutsvaga Kwetsika uye director we Kairos Center yezvitendero, Kodzero uye Ruramisiro Yemagariro pa Union Theological Seminary muNew York City, ndiye munyori we Tinesu Nguva dzose? Zvakanyatsotaurwa naJesu Nezvevarombo uye Tinochema Ruramisiro: Kuverenga Bhaibheri neMushandirapamwe Wevarombo. Mutevere pa Twitter pa @liztheo.
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