Le veki iphawula iminyaka emibini okoko ndajoyina i-ragtag crew yabantu abancinci baseMelika abanomsindo kwizitrato ezisezantsi kweManhattan.
Siye salugqiba uluhlu lwamayeza akhoyo ezopolitiko njengoko sibukele iNkongolo yethu esele imile isiya kukwenza isigqibo esinzulu. Asizange sivume ukuthula xa imeko yezoqoqosho yayidodobala saza sathimba inkqubo yezobupolitika. Sahlala eWall Street, kwaye kungekudala sadityaniswa kumanyano ngamawakawaka kwilizwe liphela nakwihlabathi liphela.
Thina singama-99%!
Elo yaba lubizo olucacileyo lwesizukulwana esitsha sabafundi nabasebenzi, abancinci nabadala. Sema siqinile saza savula iingalo zethu kubo bonke ababenobuganga bokungena kuvula amathuba ezopolitiko. Sikunye, siye saphakama ukuze sijongane namandla amakhulu eshishini.
Emva koko, sawa.
Ukuwa kwethu kube buhlungu ngendlela engathethekiyo, kuququzelelwe ngoosodolophu besixeko, amasebe amapolisa kunye nemikhosi yokulwa nobunqolobi kwilizwe liphela. Baphule imithetho ejoliswe ekukhuseleni inkululeko yoluntu esisiseko kunye nentetho yezopolitiko. Isixhobo siphela selizwe lokucupha, njengoko kutyhilwe ngabakhweli abanjengoJulian Assange kunye no-Edward Snowden, baqeshwe ngokuchasene nabemi bayo ngurhulumente owoyikayo.
Ngaphezu koko, abantu abahluphekayo nabangenamakhaya, enoba ngabaqhankqalazi okanye akunjalo, benziwa izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho ngakumbi ngenxa yokugxothwa kwethu. Amawaka abanjwa aza atyholwa ngamatyala amancinane awathi kamva alahlwa. Amakhulu angakumbi alindele usuku lwawo enkundleni kumatyala amaninzi.
Ubulungisa abuzange bufezekiswe Hlala eWall Street. Kwabetheka emqaleni wethu. Umboniso wamandla oyothusayo welizwe udlalwe ngexesha lokwenyani ngokusebenzisa amajelo osasazo akhoyo kwiimonitha zabazali kunye nabahlobo abachaphazelekayo. UCaptain Ray Lewis odelelayo, intloko yesebe lamapolisa ePhiladelphia, wabanjwa ngelixa ebongoza amagosa ukuba angabi ngamajoni eWall Street. Ihlabathi lajonga ngoloyiko njengoko amabhinqa aselula amathathu evalelwe kwiminatha yamapolisa emva koko etshizwe ngepepile. Kwilizwe lonke, iziganeko ezifanayo zobundlobongela bamapolisa - kude nesiqhelo kwiindawo ezinemivuzo ephantsi kodwa ngequbuliso ziqhelekileyo - ziguqule ingqondo yelizwe.
Ukuqhekeka kwe-Occupy kwaqala i-diaspora eqhubekayo nanamhla: abaqhankqalazi babuyela kuluntu lwabo oluchaphazeleke kakhulu ngamava. Abo bebesabelana ngokutya kwikhitshi le-OWS ngoku bondla abalambileyo abangama-99% kwiidolophu zabo. Xa iNkanyamba uSandy yabetha Inew york IsiXeko ngo-Okthobha wama-2012, i-Occupy Sandy iququzelele amavolontiya angama-70,000 ukubonelela ngoncedo olubalulekileyo kumaxhoba, ekhokelela kwiNew York Times ukuba iphawule ukuba i-Occupy "iyakwazi ukubiza umkhosi ngokuthumela i-tweet".
Isizukulwana esitsha sabatshintshi bemidlalo silufumene ubizo lwaso, kwaye asilindanga ukuba imibutho yezopolitiko ibanike imvume yokuya phambili ukuba bathathe inyathelo.
Kubomi bethu obufutshane, sele siyitshintshile incoko yesizwe ukusuka ekuthotyweni kwamatyala kunye nohlahlo lwabiwo-mali ukuya kukungalingani kwemivuzo norhwaphilizo. Kwaye ibe nefuthe lokwenyani. USodolophu waseRichmond eCalifornia uGayle McLaughlin, owahamba kunye ne-Occupy, ngoku ukhokela inyathelo lokuqala ukunyanzela iibhanki ezingaguqukiyo ukuba zithethathethane nabanini-mzi abaphantsi kwamanzi ngokusebenzisa indawo ebalaseleyo. U-Senator osanda kunyulwa u-Elizabeth Warren, oxhasa i-Occupy kwaye wakha wavakalisa "abantu baseWall Street baphule eli lizwe", ngoku uhlala kwikomiti yebhanki ye-Senate enamandla. KwisiXeko saseNew York, indawo yokuzalwa yombutho, amagosa anyuliweyo kunye nabagqatswa abaxhasa ixabiso le-Occupy bayanyuka kuvoto, njengosodolophu weDemokhrasi. UBill de Blasio. (Kutshanje uDe Blasio uthe kudliwanondlebe ukuba ngengazange ayivale i-Occupy Wall Street.)
Kodwa ukutshintsha incoko kuyinxalenye nje yebali. Xa abezobupolitika besilela ukukhusela abasweleyo ekubolekeni imali, siyawathenga amatyala size sicime. Xa iibhanki zisongela abaninimzi "abangaphantsi kwamanzi" ngokukhutshwa, sihlala kumakhaya abo, sivuselela uxinzelelo kwiibhanki ukuba ziphinde zixoxisane. Xa imisebenzi yezolimo yasekhaya isoyikiswa ziibhemoth zeshishini lezolimo ezifaka ii-GMOs kwizityalo zethu, sijoyina amaqela avelisa izinto ezintsha afana ne-Coalition of Immokalee Farmworkers, abahlala kwiifama kwaye bafuna intlawulo efanelekileyo kunye nokutya okukhuselekileyo.
Kwaye asikho nje ukuqhankqalaza. Sakha iimodeli ezintsha zoqoqosho. I Sebenzisana noMfelandawonye ngumzekelo nje omnye. Isekwe yi-Occupy's Alternative Banking Group, iya kubonelela ngeenkonzo zezimali ezinexabiso eliphantsi ezibuyisela inzuzo eluntwini kune-Wall Street, ngaloo ndlela ishenxisa ibhalansi yamandla ukusuka koobhanki ukuya kubagcini-mali.
Ngaba i-Occupy iya kubuya ukuze ithathe entsha mbhikisho inkampu kulo nyaka? Andaz. Kuwo nawuphi na umzabalazo, amaqhinga ayatshintsha njengoko sifunda kumava kunye nokulinga iindlela ezintsha zokukhulisa amandla engca. Eyethu iseyiprojekthi kwasebusaneni bayo, ehlala iguquguquka ngonaphakade, isakhela phezu kweempumelelo zamalungelo oluntu kunye nemibutho echasene nemfazwe, ukulwa nehlabathi kunye nemizabalazo yamalungelo abasetyhini, phakathi kwezinye iikhwelo zobulungisa kwezentlalo nezoqoqosho.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, sijongene nekamva elingaqinisekanga, kodwa samkela isiphithiphithi esichaza ixesha lethu. Kuba akukho ndlela yimbi ngaphandle kokucela umngeni kwimeko yetyala elisoloko lisanda, ukucutheka kwamathuba emisebenzi kunye nokunyamalala kwamalungelo oluntu.
Kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kuthotho lweenkampu kulo lonke elaseMelika, isizukulwana esitsha safumana ubizo lwaso. Siza kuqhubeka ukuqhubela phambili ngoxolo kwaye ngabom ukuze sibuyise idolophu yethu, ikamva lethu kunye namaphupha ethu.
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