Kwindawo engaphambili yelitye elimdaka elinemigangatho emine eBrooklyn, eNew York, amabhinqa amathathu ahlala aza aceba.
“Bekufanele ukuba sophule ucango izolo,” wakhalaza uSara Lopez. “Ngemini abasinceda ngayo,” wawangawangisa ebhekisa kwigosa elisuka kwiSebe LokuGciswa kweZindlu noPhuhliso ebelizulazula esitratweni ngaphandle, “iya kuba yimini inja idanisa ngaphandle ngomlenze omnye.” U-Lopez wayenesimo esibi ngaloo mini, wathi, nangona eneneni wayebonakala engenamsindo ngakumbi kunokuba anjalo nangayiphi na enye imini.
UFrancisca Ixtilico wanqwala. Ukuqhekeza ucango yaba licebo lakhe. Owasetyhini omfutshane, ozingelayo nowayesakuba ngumququzeleli eMexico, wayesoloko enezona ngcinga ziqatha zeqela, awayedla ngokuzazisa ngebinzana elithi: “Into esasiyenza eMexico yayi…” USue Trelles, oyena wayeziphethe kakuhle kwaye enxibe kakuhle. abathathu, babambe ulwimi. Ngokubanzi, ukwaphula ucango kunokuba ngaphantsi kowasetyhini okwisimo sakhe, kodwa uTrelles wayesazi ukuba unelungelo lokuphila ngesidima kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ukulwela elo lungelo kuya kuthatha ukwenza nantoni na ekufuneka yenziwe.
Ingxaki yayikukuba umnini-mhlaba wesakhiwo, u-Orazio Petito, kunye nomphathi wakhe we-lackey bagcina ucango lwamagumbi angaphantsi lutshixeke ngakumbi kune-Fort Knox, bethintela abahloli besixeko ekucoceni inkunkuma ebolayo okanye ukulungisa ibhokisi ye-fuse ene-rafi egqithisileyo neyifutshane, isoyikisa ngokuyitshisa yonke. ukwakha phantsi. Kambe ke, ucango lwalungumqobo nje omnye - isafobe phantse, kuba amagunya abafazi bebesilwa ubomi babo bonke: amatyotyombe avumela abafazi ukuba batshise okanye bafe ngumkhenkce; abaqeshi abanyanzelayo nabagrogrisa emva kweengozi okanye impatho-mbi; amapolisa abonakala engafiki xa efuna uncedo kwibhloko yawo; kunye namandla angacacanga kodwa ahlala ekhona obuhlanga, ucalucalulo ngokwesini, ulwimi kunye nokugxothwa. Kodwa xa ujongene noluhlu lokuhlamba impahla yengcinezelo abafazi abafudukayo abafumana umvuzo ophantsi abajongene nayo eBrooklyn, eyona nto ingcono ukuyenza kukuqala ngengxaki enokuthi igqabhuke ibe ngamadangatye.
Yiyo loo nto, ngaphezu konyaka, uLopez, uTrelles kunye ne-Ixtilico bebenkqonkqoza, bebamba iintlanganiso kwaye baququzelela uqhankqalazo lwezindlu ezininzi oluthe ngoku lwathimba ingqalelo yasekhaya neyesizwe. Kodwa njengoko iifoto zeentambo zenyoka kunye ne-firecracker fuses zivela kwiindaba zasebusuku, ibali lokwenyani ayisosakhiwo esidilikayo okanye ukuxhatshazwa komninimzi kodwa ngabafazi abathathu nabaququzeleli basekuhlaleni abaye bajika le ntswela-bulungisa yaba ngumzekelo onamandla wokwakha uluntu kunye noluntu- ulungelelwaniso olukhokeleyo.
Uqhankqalazo lwerenti lwaqala kwiminyaka emibini eyadlulayo xa uSara Lopez wavuka kwangentseni ngenye intsasa. Akukho mntu ulala kakhulu kwezi zakhiwo zintathu - ebusika akukho bushushu, ehlotyeni akukho mbane, kwaye unyaka wonke kukho iimpuku kunye namaphela ahambahamba ezindongeni - kodwa ngaloo ntsasa uLopez wayelele kakhulu kunesiqhelo, kwaye wayelala. uphambene.
“Ndacinga ndaza ndacinga ndaza ndagqiba kwelokuba kufuneka ndenze okuthile,” watsho. Ngoko ndankqonkqoza kwiminyango engama-51 kuba ndandicaphukile ngenxa yokungabikho kokusesikweni okuninzi.”
Kwindlu nganye yena noTrelles basasaza umyalezo ocacileyo: Yeka ukuhlawula irenti. Yayingeyiyo ingcamango ezelwe yingcamango malunga nepropati yabucala okanye i-capitalism okanye ukuzilawula. Endaweni yoko, uLopez - umqeshwa karhulumente odla umhlala-phantsi othi usenokholo kumandla kunye neenjongo zorhulumente wasekhaya - wayexhasa i-radicalism eyazalwa ngenxa yemfuneko kunye namava. Wayesazi ukuba abaqeshi bayakwazi ukuqhuba izakhiwo bhetele kunoPetito, awayembiza un payaso, elithetha "umhlekisi" ngeSpanish kodwa ivakala inetyhefu ngakumbi kunaleyo xa wayebethelwa ngesivakalisi sakhe saseHonduran. Ebusika ngo-1982, emva kokuba umnini-mhlaba owayesakuba eshiye nje izakhiwo ngaphandle kobushushu, u-Lopez wahlanganisa iintsapho zezakhiwo, kwaye bazilawula ngokwabo-baqokelele imali yokuhlawula amatyala kunye nokubuyisela ibhoyila, kwaye baqulunqa amaqela okucoca iipaseji, babeka. inkunkuma ikhuphe kwaye ilungise.
“Sasingabanini iinyanga ezintandathu,” wakhumbula.
Abanini-mhlaba abangakhathaliyo babuya, nangona kunjalo, ngoko ke u-Lopez waphinda wadibanisa abaqeshi, wabamba iintlanganiso zasekuhlaleni ezakhula de kwagcwala yonke iholo yomgangatho wokuqala. Into eninzi yabemi boyika; inani labaqeshi lalingenamaphepha okuhlala e-US, kwaye emva kokuba uqhankqalazo luqalile u-Orazio wakhawuleza wankqonkqoza kwezo ntsapho kuqala, ewangawangisa ngezaziso zokugxothwa komgunyathi kwaye egrogrisa ngokubiza abantu abavela kwamanye amazwe.
UFrancisca Ixtilico akazange oyike. Waziqonda izimvo zikaSara kwiqela labaququzeleli bamaKatolika awayelijoyine eMexico, apho basebenzise ugwayimbo kunye nenyathelo elithe ngqo ukuze baphumelele ukulungiswa kwendlu, bayeke ukugxothwa, kwaye bacinezele urhulumente wasekhaya ukuba axhase ngemali amabala ezemidlalo kunye nezinye iiprojekthi zoluntu. Ubeke uphawu oluncinane olubomvu efestileni yakhe ukuze lubonwe lihlabathi liphela: “Rent Strike.” Kungekudala nabanye abaqashi balandela loo mzekelo.
Amazwi ahlabayo nezenzo zibe luphawu lweli phulo, nelityhala uluntu ukuba lungagcini nje ngokumela amalungelo abo njengabaqeshi, kodwa luphinde luthathele ingqalelo ukujongelwa phantsi ngokwako kwezentlalo nezopolitiko. Malunga neepesenti ezingama-80 zabahlali baloo ngingqi bahlala ngaphantsi komgangatho wentlupheko, kwaye uninzi luthetha iSpanish okanye isiMandarin njengolwimi lokuqala. Kodwa kwindawo apho abafazi abasuka kwamanye amazwe abathetha isiNgesi kancinci besoloko bengcungcuthekiswa, begrogriswa okanye bengahoywa, aba bafazi bayangxola, bayangxola kwaye bayathetha esidlangalaleni malunga nelungelo labo lokuphila ngesidima. Kwaye bafundisa abanye ukuba batyhale.
“Ufuna ukwazi ntoni ngam?” U-Lopez wabuza xa ndicebisa ukuba ndibhale malunga ne-trio. "Ndingumlo, ndilwela amalungelo am, kwaye ndinemela." Waqalisa ukuhleka. Njengesithethi sesiNgesi esityibilikayo, uLopez sisithethi seqela, kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba uyazivavanya. UTrelles undixelele ukuba “unebhongo ngokuba ngumphambukeli” ovela e-Ecuador kwaye wabonisa indlu yakhe engenabala ehonjiswe ngamabhaso emfundo eentombi zakhe kwaye efafazwe ngezibane ukuze oyena mncinci wakhe akwazi ukuqhubeka esebenza nokufunda ngexesha lokucima kombane. U-Ixtilico uye wagxotha umqeshi omncinci ecaleni kwendlela, enyanzelisa ukuba ayeke ukoyika kwaye andixelele ibali lakhe. (Eli bhinqa lenjenjalo, lisithi nalo liye langenelela ugwayimbo lokurenta, kodwa lacela ukuba ndingalifaki igama lalo ngenxa yemeko yalo yokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe.) Yaye ngokubhekisele kula madoda, esi sithathu sibonakala siwaxabisa, siyawathanda yaye siyawahlekisa. - kodwa, njengogwayimbo oluninzi lwerente kwimbali yesiXeko saseNew York, lo ngumboniso wabasetyhini.
Njengoko ugwayimbo lukhula lusiya kuninzi lwabahlali kuzo zozithathu izakhiwo, ubumelwane baqala ukuqaphela. Iimoto kunye nabahambi bayacotha ukufunda imiqondiso kwaye baxoxe ngogwayimbo, amacandelo eendaba kunye nezakhiwo zabo ezidilikayo.
“Ndihlale apha iminyaka eli-12, kwaye andikaze ndiyibone into isuka ngolu hlobo,” utshilo uPriscilla Grim, ohlala kwindawo ekude nezakhiwo kwaye osebenza njengelungu leqela leendaba zosasazo ze-OccupyWallSt.org.
Yena kunye nabanye abamelwane abavela kwi-Occupy Sunset Park kunye nababhali abavela kwi-Occupy-affiliated, iphephandaba leSpanish. Indig-Nación bajoyine kwiiveki ezintathu ezidlulileyo, bezisa izixhobo ezitsha zoququzelelo kunye nengqalelo yemidiya ngelixa befunda kwiphulo labasetyhini lobuchwephesha obuphantsi, iphulo lokuthetha ngomlomo. Kungekudala, abahlali kunye ne-Occupy Sunset Park baqala ukuhlanganisana kwiintlanganiso zeelwimi ezimbini, ukwabelana ngezixhobo kunye nokucwangcisa iinkomfa noonondaba, iimatshi kunye nomsebenzi we-ofisi ka-Assemblyman Felix Ortiz. Amatsha ntliziyo ezindlu asuka kwi-Take Back the Land kunye ne-New York City squatting movement bangenelela, betyhalela incoko kwimibono yenguqu yolawulo loluntu lwezakhiwo.
Le yimibono abafazi ababesele beyibonile kwaye bakholelwa kuyo, nokuba babengekabinawo amazwi abo. Emva kwemini yangoLwesithathu, njengoko abafazi babelindele ukubona ukuba ngaba kukho nabani na ovela kwiqela elijikelezayo labahloli bezakhiwo, abasebenzi bezempilo, abacimi-mlilo, amapolisa, amagosa anyuliweyo okanye abafoti beendaba banokuvuma okanye bakwazi ukuvula ucango, indoda enxibe impahla emnyama ekhazimlayo. I-SUV yaqhuba kwaye yaqala ukuthatha iifoto zezakhiwo. Emva kokuba ebuzwa ukuba wayesenza ntoni apho, wathi wayenokuba ngumnini-ndlu owayekhe wafumana imali yotyalo-mali.
“Mhlawumbi ungumcuphi,” watsho u-Lopez, ekhusela ubuso bakhe kwilensi yekhamera.
“Ngaphandle koko, asisabafuni abanye abaqeshisi,” utshilo u-Ixtilico.