Ndakanga ndiri murongi wezvekufambiswa kwemashoko weACORN kubva muna Mbudzi 2000 kusvika Gunyana 2003. Ndakanga ndiri wekutanga uye wekupedzisira akazara kufambiswa kwemashoko musangano iri rine nhengo 400,000, $100 mamiriyoni, sangano remakore makumi mana rakambova. Vakange vanyengetedzwa kuhaya mumwe munhu wehukama neveruzhinji muna 40, asi havana kunyatso kuenderera mberi nechinzvimbo kana kuivaka mudhipatimendi mushure mekunge ndaenda kunoshandira Dennis Kucinich. Panguva imwecheteyo, muna 2000 nemakore akatevera, ACORN yakazviisa panjodzi yekurwiswa nevezvenhau nekuisa simba rayo pakunyoresa mamirioni evarombo kuti vavhote musarudzo dzeUS - chimwe chinhu chisina kuitwa, chisingabvumirwe, uye dzivirirwe kunyangwe nevaya vanobatsira kana ichirwiswa. Ndinonzwa mhosva huru pamusoro pekunge ndisisiri kuACORN pakauya kurohwa. Ini handifungi kweminiti kuti ndingadai ndakaita chero chinhu kuchengetedza ACORN, asi ndinoshuva kuti dai ndavepo kuti ndiende kunorwa nevashandi veACORN uye nhengo. Hapana vanhu vari nani vanogona kuwanikwa, uye hapana boka riri nani revagari vakabatikana richazombounganidzwa.
Bhuku idzva raJohn Atlas nezve ACORN, "Mbeu dzeShanduko," inodaro ACORN chikwereti. Zvitsauko zvakati wandei zvebhuku zvinoita basa riri nani kupfuura chero bhuku ripi zvaro randaverenga rekutsanangura iyo yakasarudzika institution yeACORN, kuzvarwa kwayo makore makumi mana apfuura svondo rino, chinangwa chayo, uye kubudirira kwayo. Pano paive nesangano renharaunda raiunza pamwe chete varombo nevepakati uye nhengo dzemarudzi ose pamusoro penyaya dzehupfumi uye simba rezvematongerwo enyika, panguva imwe chete ichiita zvematongerwo enyika esarudzo, uye panguva imwe chete ichipa mabasa uye kubatana nemakambani nehurumende, kunyange zvakadaro vachitora. hurongwa hwayo kubva kunhengo dzayo uye nzira yaro kubva kubhuku rekushandisa rine chiito chakananga nguva dzose pamusoro, asi nemaitiro matsva anosanganisira kuvaka mubatanidzwa, nzira itsva dzekuronga basa, uye nzira dzekugara kubva kusquatting kusvika kukupa zano rechikwereti, mutemo kusvika pakuparadzana kwemakambani, kurasira. marara pauswa meya kutaurirana nevagadziri. Hapana kana sangano randinoziva rakafanana. Asi, pandinofungidzira sangano rine musoro rekuvaka munharaunda yedu, ndinoenda kuACORN. Dai ACORN isipo, nemamwe mazwi, zvaizove zvakakosha kuigadzira. Chatinongoda kuita kurigadzirisa.
Dai mabhuku akadhindwa nekukasira, uye dai vanhu vekuAmerica vakaverenga mabhuku akawanda, kana kutarisa chokwadi chezvinonyadzisa pamabloggi seBradBlog, ACORN ingadai isina kuvharwa. Zvirinani kwete kana Congress yakateerera. Dzakanga dziri nhengo dzekongiresi, vazhinji vavo vakabatsirwa nebasa reACORN, vakaparadza ACORN vachirairwa nevezvenhau vemakambani. Dare reparamende rakaita sedare, richizivisa mhosva. Uye anenge hapana akasundidzira kumashure. Bertha Lewis, aimbova Mutungamiriri weACORN, achangobva kutaura RawStory.com: "Zvinongondigumbura kuti kodzero inogona kupukunyuka kurwiswa kwesangano ukuwo kuruboshwe uye vanofambira mberi vakangomira varipo uye hapana chavakaita kutidzivirira."
Pandakashandira ACORN handina kukwanisa kutanga kufambirana nayo, ndoda rubatsiro kushambadza nemazvo, basa rakakura rakasiyana-siyana riri kuitwa nezvitsauko zveACORN munyika yese mazuva ese. ACORN yaigara ichipfuura mitemo yemuno neyenyika, uye ichihwina shanduko kubva kuhurumende nemakambani, pamhando dzakasiyana siyana kubva kuzvikoro kuenda kuchipurisa, traffic kune yemhando yezvakatipoteredza, rusaruraganda kuronga mubatanidzwa, kodzero dzevabvakure dzekukweretesa. Hapana bhuku rinoedza kuvhara makore makumi mana eACORN ringaite zvinopfuura kukwenya pamusoro, uye ndinoshuva kuti "Mbeu dzeShanduko" dzakaita zvakawanda kutaura zvakadzika zvazvaisiya zvisina kuputika. Atlas yakasarudza kuratidza mamwe mishandirapamwe, mazhinji acho kuedza kwenyika kunoitwa nemaguta mazhinji. Asi kunyangwe nzira iyi inopotsa nzira dzakasiyana-siyana dzinoshandiswa mumadanidziro iwayo. Chitsauko chemuhoro wekurarama chinosiya basa reLiving Wage Resource Center mukupa mazano asiri eACORN. Chitsauko chekukweretesa chehudzvinyiri chinosiya kunze kwekupfuura kwezvisungo, kuratidzira kwedu pamberi pedare reHousehold Finance nhengo dzebhodhi reHousehold Finance, guta, nyika, uye huchapupu hwekongiresi kubva kune vakabatwa, mazuva ekuratidzira panguva imwe chete mudzimba, mushandirapamwe wekubvisa, nezvimwewo. inotora mazwi akawanda kudaro kunyora mamwe ezvikamu mumushandirapamwe une mativi mazhinji.
Atlas zvakare inotarisa zvakanyanya pakunyomba uye kurwiswa, izvo zvine musoro nekuda kwekuwisirwa kwakaitwa ACORN pasi, asi izvo zvinokanganisa mufananidzo weACORN kwemakumi emakore andinofunga. Atlas inotarisa zvisina kuenzana kuNew York City, zvakare, uye zvisina kuenzana mumakore achangopfuura, pamhinduro yeACORN kune Hurricane Katrina, uye kunyanya pakuderera nekudonha kweACORN pakupera kunorwadza. Asi izvi zvichave zvinofadza kune vazhinji vaverengi, vanongoziva ACORN kuburikidza nekunyepedzera kunyomba kwakaiparadza.
Kevin Whelan, mumwe wevashandi veACORN vane hungwaru uye vakazvipira zvakanyanya (uye zviri kutaura chimwe chinhu), anotorwa mu "Mbeu dzeShanduko" achitsanangura mhinduro yehukama neruzhinji yeACORN kumhosva dzenhema dzakapomerwa:
"Taifunga kuti nekunyatsobuda pachena - kunyora zvese zvataiita uye kuva vekutanga kuratidza chero matambudziko - taizokwanisa kuita kuti vanhu vanzwisise kuti basa redu raimbove nezvei chaizvo. Tichitarisa kumashure, izvi zvingangove zvisina ruzivo."
Wade Rathke, akatanga ACORN uye akaimhanya kwemakore makumi matatu nemasere, akasiya makore maviri apfuura mushure mekunge avhara mari yemukoma wake. (Wade akanga aronga kuti mari idzoserwe, asi akanga asina kuzivisa bhodhi reACORN). NeChishanu, Wade akandiudza:
"Nhasi igore remakumi mana rekutanga kwangu ACORN ... Sezvaungafungidzira, pane zvishoma zvekunyara, kuzvidzivirira, uye mwari anoziva chero kubva kune vakawanda pane imwe nzira yakatungamirira rufu rweACORN mukati memakore maviri kubva kwandiri. hazvifungidzike kwandiri kuti munhu angauraya sei sangano renhengo apo nhengo ichiri kubhadhara miripo, asi ndinogona kungofungidzira kuti sarudzo inofanira kunge yakavatyisa.
"Kusvika sebhuku raJohn, hongu, ndakariverenga. Social Policy iri kutora zvitsauko zveKatrina kupora uku uye chando. Ndakamuudza zvakananga kuti ndinofunga zvinosuruvarisa kuti akaita zvikanganiso zvakawanda zviri nyore chokwadi. mukunyora uye mune zvimwe zviitiko zvinoita sezviri nyore kunyengedzwa uye kusaziva, hapana kana chimwe chazvo chaidiwa uye zvose zvinokanganisa, kunyange kana idzi ngano dzichibatsira 'rondedzero' yake neimwe nzira. ndinoonga chokwadi chekuti akatora basa nesangano zvakakomba uye akaedza nesimba sezvaaiita nevavariro dzakanakisa zvisinei nekuti aive asina kutungamirwa sei. David, iwe neni tose takanyora mabhuku.Ndinofunga kuti kukanganisa kwaJohn kwaisava nevavariro yakaipa kana kuti kusiririsa, uye izvi zvakakosha kwandiri.Hapana mumwe wedu anomboita zvidzidzo zvedu sezvatinoshuva kuti dai taigona.Gomera.
โZvimwe zvandinopokana nebhuku iri zviri pachena kuti hunhubu hwake pakuenda kwangu.Haungasiire basa, wopihwa dombo pamberi pegungano kuti umire vachiombera nevenhengo wozoverenga kuti wakadzingwa basa kwete kuti ndiani. pamishonga ipi?!?Zvisinei, mukufamba kwese kwezviitiko uye zvino pamusoro pekufa kwesangano, zvese zvinoratidzika sezvidiki uye zvisina basa uye nezuro.. Kunyangwe bhuku rake nderechokwadi kana nhema, rakarurama kana kuti rakaipa, ndinovimba inowana vateereri, nekuti ACORN nebasa rayo rakakodzera izvozvo.
"Kana ndirini, ndakabatikana senguva dzose, uye zvichida kushanda nesimba uye zvishoma pane chero nguva mubasa rangu. Zvose zvinondiyeuchidza nezvemazuva ekutanga, uye zvinofadza. ACORN International yava kushanda munyika 9 uye ichangobva kuzarura mahofisi maviri. kuHonduras mwedzi wapera.Ndiri kupedza nguva yakawanda ndiine ACORN Canada uko kwatakangohwina muhoro wekutanga wekugara muNew Westminister kunze kweVancouver uye tave kuswedera pedyo muOttawa uye tinotarisira kuti munguva pfupi tichavhura hofisi yedu yechishanu muMontreal. kukuvadzwa kuchaitwa neCommonwealth Games kunhengo dzedu muEast Delhi kunondifadza โ handisati ndambofanira kukurudzira vanhu kuti vakumbire Mambokadzi Mari yekutumira inyaya hombe pakati penyika dzedu dzose, uye tichiri kuedza kuti tiise maoko edu pairi.Mubatanidzwa uri kukura uye zvinofadza kufambisa nzvimbo yakazvimirira zvakare zasi kuno. . . .
"Zvakakosha, ndanga ndichifunga zvakawanda pamusoro pezvidzidzo zvekuparara kweACORN kubva apo magweta avo akandizivisa mwedzi 8 kana 9 yapfuura kuti vakanga vava kubuda mubhizinesi. Uku kuvharwa kwesangano kumhuri dzine mari shoma uye dzine mwero idambudziko. mukuona kwangu.Ndatora nguva yakawanda ndichifunga zvandakasika makore makumi mana apfuura uye zvandaizoita zvakasiyana iyezvino, dai ndaitanga patsva.Ndiri kufamba zvishoma nezvishoma kuti ndishande nevakuru vekare veACORN uye varongi vakasiyana siyana. maguta uye rinotaura kuti sangano idzva regore ra40 richienda mberi raizorongwa sei. Zvinokurudzira kufunga zvose zvinofanira kuitwa uye matambudziko akasiyana nemikana iri mberi kwedu. . . .
Zvitsauko zveNyika uye zvemunharaunda ACORN, mune dzimwe nguva, zvakachinja mazita uye zvakaenderera mberi, uye zvinogona kudyidzana. Chinondinetsa harisi basa rakawanda rinodiwa pakugadzirisazve chimiro seACORN kana kudiwa kwekuti munhu mumwe chete kana vanopfuura achichifambisa pamwe chete naWade nevamwe vake uye nhengo dzeACORN dzakamhanya ACORN. Chinonyanya kundinetsa ndechekuti ACORN nyowani ine rimwe zita yaizofanirwa kudzivirira kugumbura avo vane masimba nevezvenhau vemakambani kana kunyombwa nekunyombwa kusvika parufu sezvakangoitawo. Pandakataura pamusoro apa kuti sangano ratinoda zvine musoro iACORN, ndaireva sangano rakazvimiririra kubva kune vari kutonga kusanganisira mapato ezvematongerwo enyika, sangano rinoda kugumbura, sangano rakavhurika kune chero zano rinoratidzika kunge rinogona kubudirira munguva pfupi uye kuvaka kufamba. ACORN yakagadzira akati wandei nhepfenyuro, magazini, webhusaiti, uye tsamba yeEmail, asi chandinofunga kuti nharaunda yedu inoda zvakanyanya isangano rakazvipira kuvaka nhepfenyuro yemuno, yenyika, uye yenyika yakazvimirira ine zvakawanda zvinosvika, uye kuvaka. iyo kuburikidza neACORN-senge nhengo nzira. Izvo zvingave zvakakodzera kuisa makore 40 mukati, uye zvakawanda zvezvaizoramba zvichidikanwa zvaizotevera kufambira mberi ikoko nyore zvikuru.
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David Swanson ndiye munyori webhuku idzva "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency uye Kugadzira Mubatanidzwa Wakakwana" neSeven Stories Press. Unogona kuiodha uye woziva kuti kushanya kuchave riini muguta rako: http://davidswanson.org/book.
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