"Kukho ixesha apho ukusebenza komatshini kuba yinto engathandekiyo, kukugulisa entliziyweni, kangangokuba awukwazi ukuthatha inxaxheba, awukwazi nokuthatha inxaxheba ngokuzimeleyo, kwaye kufuneka ubeke imizimba yakho phezu kweegiya. naphezu kwamavili, phezu kwezixhobo, phezu kwezixhobo zonke, kwaye kufuneka uyimise! simahla, umatshini uya kuthintelwa ekusebenzeni konke!
-Mario Savio, amanyathelo eSproul Plaza, UC Berkeley, ngoDisemba 2, 1964
Kwiintsuku ze-10, abaphembeleli bemfazwe e-Olympia, eWashington baye banciphisa kwaye ngamaxesha amabini ahlukeneyo kwiiyure ze-12 okanye ngaphezulu, bayeka ukuhamba kwezixhobo zomkhosi kunye nempahla yasemkhosini eyayithulwe kwinqanawa yoMkhosi eyayibuyile e-Iraq. Kangangeeyure ezingama-24 ngosuku, siye sasebenzisa amaqhinga nezenzo ezahlukahlukeneyo. Baye baquka ukuhlala phambi kweelori ezithwele izithuthi ze-Stryker kunye nezinye izixhobo zomkhosi ukusuka ePort of Olympia, ukwakha imiqobo kwiindlela apho ezi zithuthi zomkhosi zihamba khona, imiboniso yokulwa nemfazwe kwizitrato zase-Olympia kunye nemilindelo, edolophini. Udliwano-ndlebe lwalubanjelwe kwiHolo yeSixeko, ngeCawe edlulileyo, umhla we-11 kuNovemba ka-2007 ukuze kubhalwe amapolisa ngokugqithisileyo asetyenziswe ngokuchasene nabantu abathathe inxaxheba kwezi zenzo. Sinike ubungqina kwiBhunga lesiXeko sase-Olympia kunye nokumamela abaKomishinala baseZibukweni abanyuliweyo befuna ukuba bathathe inyathelo lokuchasa imfazwe yase-US nxamnye ne-Iraq ngokungavumeli iPort yethu ukuba isetyenziswe ukuthutha iimpahla zemfazwe. Bamalunga nama-500 abantu abathathe inxaxheba kolunye okanye kulo lonke olu qhankqalazo.
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Kangangeminyaka emithathu, amaqela ahlukeneyo achasene nemfazwe, ubulungisa bezentlalo kunye namaqela abafundi anje ngaBafundi boMbutho weDemokhrasi, i-SDS, bafuna ukuba amagosa e-Olympia athathe indawo yokulwa imfazwe ngokungavumeli iPort yethu ukuba isetyenziselwe imithwalo yasemkhosini ukuya nokuza. ukusuka eIraq. Ukwenza oku kube yinyani abantu baye babeka imizimba yabo emgceni ixesha ngalinye izibuko lisetyenziswa kunye nezenzo zamva nje zezona zide, zikhulu kwaye ziphumelele ngokwenene ekumiseni ukuthunyelwa. U-Lt. Ehren Watada, owayeligosa lokuqala eligunyazisiweyo lokwala ukuthunyelwa e-Iraq, ngokuyinxenye, ukhuthazwe luqhanqalazo oluchasene nemfazwe yasePort ngo-2005, ekwenzeni isigqibo sakhe sokungafuni ukuya e-Iraq. Kukwakho noqhanqalazo oluchaseneyo kunye nokuchasana nokuthunyelwa komkhosi e-Iraq entwasahlobo, ngo-2007 e-Aberdeen naseTacoma, WA, lelona zibuko lisetyenziswa ngumkhosi. Siyathemba ngezenzo zethu ukukhuthaza inyathelo elithe ngqo kunye nelomkhosi ngokuchasene nemfazwe yase-US e-Iraq kunye nokuphelisa ukuthobelana koluntu lwasekhaya, umzekelo, amazibuko ethu ekuqhubeni le mfazwe. Ukukhula kokungasebenzisani nale mfazwe kunye nemfazwe yexesha elizayo kunye ne-Iran ngoluntu oluninzi nangakumbi yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yesicwangciso sokwenza ukuba i-US ihoxise e-Iraq kwaye ingahlaseli i-Iran.
Iqela elikhulu eliququzelela izenzo zangoku ngumbutho we-Olympia Port Militarization Resistance (PMR). Yasekwa ngoMeyi, ngo-2006 xa ii-Olympians zazicatshukiswa yimfazwe zazama ukuvala iimoto ze-Stryker eziphumayo kunye nezinye izixhobo zomkhosi ngaphambi kokuthunyelwa kweqela le-3rd Brigade Stryker ukusuka kwi-Ft. Lewis, eWashington, iikhilomitha ezili-15 kumntla we-Olympia. Imikhosi evela kule Brigade yabuyela e-Ft. Lewis ngo-Oktobha, 2007 kuthatyathwe amajoni angama-48 angazange abuye; babulawa eIraq. Injongo ye-PMR "kukuphelisa ukuthatha inxaxheba koluntu lwethu ekusebenzeni ngokungekho mthethweni kwe-Iraq ngokumisa ukusetyenziswa komkhosi kwiPort of Olympia". Isicwangciso sayo ukususela ekuqaleni siye sabandakanya imfundo yoluntu malunga nemfazwe kunye nendlela yokusetyenziswa komkhosi wePort ixhasa umsebenzi womkhosi, kunye nokuzibophelela ekungathobelini uluntu olungenalo ubundlobongela. I-PMR izamile ukusebenzisana ne-Longshore Union (ILWU), i-Longshore 47, nangona oku kube nzima kuba amalungu ale ndawo encinci axhomekeke ekuthunyelweni komkhosi ngomlinganiselo obalulekileyo womsebenzi wabo kwaye zimbalwa ezinye iindlela ezinokwenzeka kwizivumelwano kunye nomkhosi. zibekwe phambili. Kolu qhankqalazo lwakutsha nje, imanyano okanye ubunkokeli bayo khange zisixhase isenzo sethu sokuvala izibuko.
Malunga neeveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo, i-PMR yafumanisa kwilungu leBhunga leSixeko kunye nomlweli woxolo omkhulu, u-TJ Johnson, ukuba i-USNS Brittin yayiza kumisa i-Olympia kwaye yothule imithwalo yayo. Isikhundla sokuqala se-PMR yayikukuba siza kuzama ukuvimba ukuthunyelwa kwezinto eziphumayo kodwa hayi izixhobo zomkhosi ezingenayo. Nangona kunjalo, ngoNovemba 4th, i-2007, ngobusuku ngaphambi kokuba inqanawa ifike kwintlanganiso ende kakhulu, i-PMR ivotele i-29 kwi-14 ukuzama ukumisa iimoto ze-Stryker kunye nezinye izixhobo zomkhosi ukuba zihambe kwi-port. Ukuqiqa yayikukuba izixhobo zomkhosi zaziyinxalenye yemfazwe eqhubekayo ngokuchasene nabantu baseIraq, eyayihlaziywa kwaye ilungiswa eFt. Lewis eza kusetyenziswa kwakhona e-Iraq, ukuba yayiyinxalenye yomnyango ojikelezayo wezixhobo zemfazwe eziphuma nokubuyela e-Iraq. Ukongeza, abathathi-nxaxheba kule ntlanganiso kunye nentlanganiso elandelayo babonise ukuba i-Uranium ephelile (i-DU) kwiinqwelo zomkhosi ezibuyayo yayiyingozi kubasebenzi baseLongshore behlisa inqanawa, kumajoni kunye nabaqhubi belori abahambisa izixhobo kunye nabahlali base-Olympia. Sabelana ngolwazi nge-DU esithe sayiqokelela kunye ne-ILWU nangona baye baqhubeka nokukhulula le nqanawa yomkhosi.
Iintsuku ezili-10 zezenzo
Ngomhla we-5 kunye ne-6 kaNovemba, kwakukho umlindo kunye nokuhamba nge-Olympia yabantu be-160 kunye ne-rally e-Port, apho izithethi ezimbini eziphambili yayingama-vets ase-Iraq. Njengoko kubonisiwe ngumlweli wasekuhlaleni kunye nejografi, uZoltรกn Grossman, zimbalwa ukuba zikhona ezinye iindawo e-US apho isiseko somkhosi esikhulu sikufutshane noluntu olunenkqubela. Siye senza ingxabano yokuba ukuphelisa imfazwe kunye nokusebenzela ubulungisa bezoqoqosho njengokhathalelo lwempilo kubo bonke, imfundo yamahhala yasekholejini, kunye nomvuzo ophilayo yindlela esisiseko yokuxhasa imikhosi. Amalungu eVeterans for Peace adlale indima enkulu kwi-PMR. NgoLwesithathu, ngoNovemba 7th, njengoko izixhobo zomkhosi kunye neenqwelo zeStryker zashiya iPort, phantse abantu abayi-100 bahlala okanye bema ezitratweni ukuze bavimbe izithuthi. Amapolisa eOlympia asusa izitalato esebenzisa ipepile yokutshiza kunye neeklabhu zabo. Omnye umthathi-nxaxheba kwesi senzo, ngaphandle kwesilumkiso, ubethwe ngqo ebusweni yiklabhu yepolisa ebangela ukuba isilevu sakhe siqhekeke.
Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezizayo iyantlukwano phakathi kwabo bathanda izithintelo ngokwasemzimbeni ngokuchasene nabo bathanda ukuhlala phantsi phambi kweelori ezishiya izibuko ziye zancipha njengoko omabini amaqhinga abonwa njengexabiso ngabathathi-nxaxheba abaninzi. Bonke abantu ababechasa ekuqaleni ukuvinjelwa ngokomzimba ukubonelela batshintshe iingqondo zabo kwaye ngeyesithathu yezenzo, ngoNovemba 7, baxhasa kwaye bathatha inxaxheba ekunciphiseni kunye / okanye ukuyeka izixhobo kunye nempahla yempi ekuphumeni kwePort. Iintshukumo zesini ziye zaphucuka. Ekuqaleni amanye amadoda ayechasa ukuba abafazi bahlangane ngokwahlukeneyo kwaye abambalwa babengenambeko. Ukuhloniphana kuye kwanda ngenxa yezi zenzo eziye zahamba iiyure ezingama-24 ngosuku abantu behamba kwaye bebuya. Okuhle ibe lumanyano olukhulayo phakathi kwezizukulwana. Nangona uninzi lwabathathi-nxaxheba kwezi ntsuku ze-10 zezenzo zingaphantsi kweminyaka engama-25 ubudala, uninzi lwaba ngabafundi kwiKholeji yase-Evergreen State, baninzi abathathi-nxaxheba abadala. Nangona bekukho ukungaboni ngasonye malunga neenkcazo zokungabi nabundlobongela kunye namaqhinga kunye neenjongo, i-anarchists, i-socialists, abantu abazichaza ngokuyinhloko njengabalweli boxolo, kunye nabantu abamnyama basebenza kunye kwimbumbano esebenzayo.
NgoLwesihlanu, ngoNovemba 9, abantu abakhaliphileyo abamalunga nama-60 bahlala phantsi phambi kwelori eyayisiya phambili, bebeka esichengeni abantu ababehleli phantsi. Ekugqibeleni umqhubi wema njengenye ilori eyayithwele imithwalo yasemkhosini. Kwakhiwa izithintelo kwenye indawo yokuphuma kwaye kangangeeyure ezili-17 akukho zixhobo zomkhosi zaphuma ngaphandle kweZibuko. Eli lide kunokuba iWTO yavalwa ngoNovemba 1999 eSeattle. Ngemini elandelayo, ngoMgqibelo, amapolisa odushe edubula ngepepile emehlweni abantu, ekugqibeleni asinyanzela ukuba simke kwisango lezibuko. Izixhobo zomkhosi zavalwa okwexeshana ukuba zingahambi phakathi kwedolophu yaseOlympia ukuya kumnyango omkhulu wohola wendlela oya eFt. Lewis. Abantu abali-16 babanjiwe kwaye abaninzi bafafazwe ngepepile okanye bagalelwa ngamagqudu. I-Olympia yayifana nesixeko esixineneyo namapolisa asasazeke enxibe izixhobo zoqhushululu kunye neengxolo zomkhosi ezitratweni. Amatshantliziyo aquka amaqela aphambili enkxaso yezonyango kunye nezomthetho asuka kuluntu olungqongileyo kuquka iPortland, iTacoma. IGreys Harbour kunye nePort Townsend zisithelele kwizenzo zomanyano.
Uqhanqalazo lwaqhubeka ngeCawa nangoMvulo, uSuku lwamagqala, njengoko kwenza uthutho lweStrykers nangona uninzi lwempahla yasemkhosini yahlala ngaphakathi kwePort. Amapolisa oqhanqalazo arhangqe abaqhankqalazi ethintela amanyathelo angqalileyo.
NgoLwesibini, i-13 kaNovemba iya kuba lusuku olukhunjulwa ngabaninzi e-Olympia. Ekuseni abantu abamalunga nama-20 bahlala phantsi kwindawo yokungena eBhayi bevala izixhobo zomkhosi ukuba zingahambi. Kangangeeyure ezili-13 akukho zixhobo zomkhosi zaphuma eZibukweni. Yiyo loo nto, kangangeeyure ezingama-30 ubuncinane, samisa iimoto zakwaStryker ukuba zibuyele eFt. Lewis, isenzo esikhulu kunye nengxelo. Ngokuhlwa malunga ne-200 abantu bahlanganisana kwi-Port of Olympia yokungena ukuze baxhathise ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo kunye nezongezelelweyo imfazwe kunye nokulwa kwe-Olympia. Phakathi kwesi senzo, i-GI evela kwi-Ft. U-Lewis owayefanele ukubandakanyeka ekuthuthweni kwezi zithuthi zomkhosi ukuya eFt. ULewis, waphuma eBhayi, esithi wayechasene nemfazwe kwaye wala ukuthutha izixhobo zemfazwe. Esi yayisisenzo esinamandla ngokwenene kwaye sandikhumbuza ukwanda kokuchaswa kwemfazwe yaseVietnam ngamajoni asebenzayo. Intsebenziswano echasene nemfazwe yoluntu kunye ne-GI kunye nokubambisana ngundoqo wokuphelisa le mfazwe. Olu luloyiso lwe-Olympia Port Militarization Resistance organization (PMR) kunye nentshukumo yokulwa nemfazwe iyonke.
Kwakhona, ngorhatya lomhla we-13, amakhosikazi angama-38 akhaliphileyo ahlala phantsi, edibanisa izixhobo, ekungeneni kwezibuko kwaye abafazi bala ukuhamba nanjengoko amapolisa odushe abaxelele ukuba bazakutshizwa ngepepile. Bonke babanjwe ngamapolisa ukuqala ngo-9 PM, kwaye bagcinwe iiyure ezisixhenxe nangona kungacacanga ukuba baza kubekwa ityala. Ukuqala ngentsimbi ye-10 PM, uthotho lweenqwelo-mafutha zakwa-Stryker zahamba ngendlela eyahlukileyo ye-Port yokuphuma kunye neendlela ezidibanisayo zicocwa ngamapolisa adubula irhasi, i-projectiles, kunye ne-pepper spray. Ezinye zezithuthi ziye zalibaziseka zizithintelo ezakhiwe ngokukhawuleza ngabaqhankqalazi njengoko sasihamba nangona i-Olympia izama ukumisa le ntshukumo. Nge-1: 30 AM, ngoLwesithathu, ngoNovemba we-14, ukuchasana kwathotha. Imilindelo iqhubekile njengoninzi kodwa ayizizo zonke izixhobo zomkhosi ezishiye izibuko. Kwiintsuku ezili-10 ezidlulileyo, abantu abangama-63 babanjiwe, abaninzi ngakumbi baye babethwa sisitshizi sepepile.
NgeCawa, i-11 kaNovemba, abantu abayi-100 baye bazimasa iforam kwiBhunga lesiXeko sase-Olympia apho abaqhankqalazi bathetha malunga nobundlobongela obugqithileyo bamapolisa-ipepper spray emehlweni abo, ukubanjwa ngaphandle kwesizathu, ukubethwa ngeklabhu yamapolisa. I-Olympia, iWashington yahlulwe. Abathathi-nxaxheba kunye neqaqobana labangathabathi nxaxheba kolu qhankqalazo bazibonele ngokwabo, amapolisa angenasihlahla kwezinye zezenzo. Ngokomzekelo, ngobusuku obudlulileyo, ngoNovemba 13, umntu ongeyena nxaxheba kwezi zenzo owayedlala i-skateboarding kwipaki yendawo wabethwa ebusweni ngeembumbulu zerabha kunye negesi yokukrazula. Uye wagqiba ekubeni angayi emsebenzini namhlanje kwimuseum yabantwana yasekuhlaleni kuba esoyika inkangeleko yakhe ingaboyikisa abantwana. Kwelinye icala, abahlali abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba uqhanqalazo alulunganga kwaye amapolisa anezizathu ezivakalayo kumkhosi abawusebenzisayo.
Ubukhulu becala, imiqobo kunye neebhloko zabantu bezijoliswe kuphela kwizithuthi zomkhosi, umz., imithwalo engeyiyo yomkhosi iye yagqithiswa. Nangona abahlali bekhe baphazamiseka ngamaxesha athile, kubalulekile ukuba oku kungabi yinjongo yesenzo, ukuba "Akukho Shishini njengeSiqhelo" akuthethi ukuphazamisa ubomi babantu ngaphandle kokuba oko akunakuthintelwa xa kuphazamisa ngokuthe ngqo kumatshini wemfazwe. Abantu bagqibe kwelokuba bangaphosi nantoni na emapoliseni naxa behlaselwa kwaye oko kuye kwagcinwa ngaphandle nje kwabambalwa kakhulu. Ezi zahlulo zimbalwa zenzeke kuphela kwimpendulo ngqo kubundlobongela obugqithisileyo bamapolisa.
Strategy
Nangona bekukho kwaye kukho ukruthakruthwano oluqhubekayo ekuxoxweni nasekusebenziseni amaqhinga kunye nezenzo ezisebenzayo, uninzi lwabathathi-nxaxheba bakholelwa okanye bayamkela imbono yokuba iintlobo ngeentlobo zezenzo ukusuka kwimilindo ukuya kwiiforam ukuya kwiindibano ukuya kuqhanqalazo olusemthethweni lokungathobeli ekuhlaleni. ii-ofisi zezopolitiko ukuqondisa izenzo zinexabisoโ ukuba onke la maqhinga edityanisiwe anamandla kunenye ngokwahlukeneyo, ukuba iyonke inkulu kunesimbuku samalungu ayo. Iqhinga lamalungu amaninzi e-SDS ibe kukunyusa iindleko zedola zomkhosi wezibuko kunye nokuthumela izixhobo zemfazwe nge-Olympia- iindleko zamapolisa, iindleko zothutho, njl.njl. Ezi ndleko bezinkulu kakhulu kwisixeko esincinci. Ndiyakholelwa endaweni yoko ukuba injongo yethu kufuneka ibe kukuphakamisa iindleko zentlalo yokulwa le mfazwe kuwo wonke uluntu-ukwenza imfazwe ingabi semthethweni ngokwakha imibutho eyomeleleyo yentlalontle kunye nenkxaso ethandwa kakhulu ecela umngeni kungekuphela nje imfazwe kodwa kunye nokwenza ngokungekho mthethweni abo banegunya. nenkqubo yezoqoqosho engenabulungisa emva kwayo; kunye negalelo ekwakheni iintshukumo zoluntu olwahluke kakhulu. Oku kuya kuboyikisa abo basemagunyeni, mhlawumbi hayi uBush kodwa uMongameli olandelayo mhlawumbi ongafuni ukurhoxa e-Iraq kodwa uya โkunyanzelwaโ ukuba enze njalo.
Ngaba le nto inamandla kwaye inamandla, "Iintsuku ezili-10 eziTyikisayo i-Olympia", incede ekwakheni intshukumo eyomeleleyo yokulwa nemfazwe eOlympia? Uninzi, ikakhulu abantu abancinci, bathatha imingcipheko emikhulu yomzimba ekuthinteleni izithuthi zikaStryker ukuba zingahambi kwaye zihlale phantsi phambi kwabo. Ngethemba, le nkalipho kunye nokuzibophelela kuya kuqhubeka njengoko sisakha intshukumo eyomeleleyo edibanisa imfazwe kunye nokungabikho kobulungisa kwezoqoqosho, ingcinezelo kunye nobuhlanga ekhaya kunye nolawulo lwenkampani yase-US phesheya, ukuba ngokukodwa abaqhankqalazi abamhlophe basebenze ngakumbi kwixesha elizayo ngokubambisana ingcinezelo kunye nengcinezelo ejongene namaSilamsi, ama-Afrika-aseMelika, amaMelika aseMelika, iLatinos / Latinas, abantu abahluphekileyo kunye nabasebenzi kubomi babo bemihla ngemihla. Kunzima ukuvavanya inkxaso yolu xhathiso lwezibuko e-Olympia, mhlawumbi uninzi aluyixhasi. Ukufikelela ngakumbi kufuneka kwenziwe. I-Olympia Port Militarization Resistance Organisation (PMR) kufuneka sithethe kwaye sichaze izenzo zethu kuluntu jikelele kwaye senze kube lula ukuba abantu bathathe inxaxheba kwizenzo zethu abangekho kuluhlu lwethu. Ngethemba, ubugorha, inkalipho, amaqhinga, umoya, kwezi zenzo zinamandla kakhulu ziya kukhuthaza abanye kulo lonke elase-United States ukuba baphakame kwaye bangazibandakanyi nentuthumbo kunye nomsebenzi owenziwa egameni lethu.
Kusenokwenzeka ukuba umkhosi awusayi kusebenzisa iPort of Olympia kwakhona ukuthunyelwa kwempahla yasemkhosini ngexesha lokuhlala kwe-Iraq. Olu luloyiso. Uloyiso olukhulu kunye nomsebenzi oqhubekayo kukuba i-PMR izifundise thina kunye nabanye malunga nendlela i-Olympia edlalwa ngayo, umzekelo, ngokucela umngeni wabaqeshwa bemikhosi ezikolweni kunye nokuthunyelwa koMkhosi weSizwe e-Iraq. Kukwathetha ukusebenzisana ne-Longshore Union, kunye nolunye uluntu kwi-Washington State kunye nelizwe lonke kunye nabaxhathisi bomkhosi ukuphakamisa iindleko zentlalo zale mfazwe kwaye zenze kube nzima ukuhlawula. Ngoku lixesha lokwandisa isenzo somkhosi kunye nesenzo esimangalisayo esichasene nale mfazwe kunye nemiboniso yemveli apho i-70% yabahlali base-US bechasa imfazwe ngelixa abo basemagunyeni beqhubeka beyilwa kwaye uninzi lweenkokheli zeDemocratic Party ziyayivuma. AKUKHO NGEGAMA LETHU!!
Nanga amanye amakhonkco kwizenzo zeentsuku ezili-10 zokugqibela ezibonelelwe nguZoltรกn Grossman,
Intshukumo yeOlympia yoXolo noBulungisa http://www.omjp.org/Port2007.html
Uhlaziyo lwe-OlyBlog http://www.olyblog.net/newsflash-port
Imvelaphi yePort Militarization Resistance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Militarization_Resistance
Ezinye iividiyo kule veki: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEmQDrKGXBA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM2tNL_roBY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= SOkn2Fg7R8w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgi5ESpueX8
Ividiyo yomculo kuqhanqalazo lwezibuko lwangaphambili http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlndgiBhNQQ