Ikhephu lalinomkhenkce ukuya kwimijelo kunye nomoya ovuthuza ngamandla uvela emantla ngolu suku ludlulileyo lweValentine xa ndandikhaba le odyssey kwisikhululo se-anarcho ezantsi ngakwiyadi zikaloliwe, eLa Semilla, eAlbuquerque. Iihobo ezimbini eziqinileyo zandijongile ngaphaya kocingo lwekhonkco xa ndiphuma ndisiya kwiyadi engaphambili ukuze ndigqobhoze ijoyini. Ngaba bangangena ngaphakathi bafudumale, wabuza umlungu. Wayevela eNew Jersey kunye nomntu omnyama kunye naye eBrooklyn. Yiloo nto awayembiza ngayo: โBrooklyn.โ
Aba babini babesingise entshona, eCalifornia ukuba banokufika apho. Hayi, yayingelohambo lolonwabo. Iinkunzi zikaloliwe zaziyikhabile imithwalo yazo eTexas zaza zadibanisa iitshintshi ukuze zithenge inja emfutshane yewayini ukuze ingagodoli.
Umntu ontsundu wathi xhakamfu ngasesitovini senkuni akathetha nto. Yayinjani le ndawo, iNew Jersey yayifuna ukuyazi? โSingooWobblies, i-IWW, imanyano enkuluโ uClay wamxelela waze wabiza iveni yabahlanguli ukuba ibabekele ibhedi kwindawo ekhuselekileyo.
Baninzi abantu abangenamakhaya abahamba kwizitrato zaseAlbuquerque kobu busika. Bakhutshwa koololiwe bempahla okanye bakhutshelwe ngaphandle lusapho okanye baphume entolongweni kungekho ndawo baya kuyo. USasha usanda kundithumelela ikliphu ebika ukuba kukho abantu baseMelika abayi-16,000,000 abaphila kwintlupheko enzulu kwesi, esona sizwe sityeke kakhulu kwiPlanethi yoMhlaba, ukwanda ngama-26% kwiminyaka emithandathu ukusukela oko uBush wabhengeza iMfazwe yobuGqirha. Sine-2,000,000 ngaphezulu evalelwe ngaphaya kwezitshixo kwiintolongo zaseMelika - abaqukwanga kumxube - kunye ne-7,000,000 yabasebenzi abangabhalwanga ababalelwa naphi na. Liphindaphinda kalishumi inani lamajoni kuMkhosi oxhobileyo wase-US oxakeke ngokubethwa e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan. Amanani abantu abangenathemba kufuneka anele ukuvuselela ukuphazamiseka okukhulu kwentlalo kodwa i-fuse imanzi. Singalutsiba njani uvukelo? Nantso ke into endizama ukuyifumanisa apha endleleni.
INew Mexico lilizwe elingekho mthethweni. Iphezulu kufutshane nawo onke amagunya aseMelika ekuvalelweni umntu ngamnye, ukufa kweheroin, ukubanjwa kwabantu abaqhuba benxilile, ungcoliseko lweradioactive, kunye neentolongo zabucala. Iityhefu zenyukliya zisemoyeni, zivuza eLos Alamos nase-Alamogordo kunye neemfumba zekeyiki etyheli kwilizwe laseNavajo. I-skag iphuma kumbhobho osuka eSinaloa, e-Mexican Brown, kwaye unqumle ukufa kwabantu emantla eNew Mexico. Funda ingoma kaChellis Glendinning ethi โChivaโ ukuze uvavanye ukwanga kwayo okuyingozi. UChellis uhlala eChimayo kwaye uyazi apho imizimba ingcwatywe khona.
Iqabane lam uTilda libazi kakuhle ubunzima bayo. Uphulukene nomdala wakhe kwi-od kwaye unyana wakhe wesibini ukunyaka wakhe wesithoba wokufumana ukuphangwa kwevenkile yolutsha. Iminyaka elithoba! Bekufanele ukuba ukhululwe ngoNovemba kodwa waphinda wabanjwa ngenxa yokungena ebusweni bakhe kwaye ngoku umama wakhe akakwazi nokumndwendwela. Ukuhlala ebhadlile, u-Tilda uhambisa umsindo wakhe kwintshukumo yamalungelo amabanjwa, echwechwela indlu yowiso-mthetho eSanta Fe ukuba itshintshe.
U-Tilda wehla esuka ePecos waya kwiseshini kwiZiko le-Albuquerque Peace & Justice Centre โngokuba ziiZapatistas apho sihlala khonaโ, utshintshiselwano phakathi kwamatsha ntliziyo ebendisoloko ndibabiza xa ndihamba phakathi kwamanxweme. Ngokuba yiZapatista apho sihlala khona ndithetha ukwenza umsebenzi wethu ngendlela yaseZapatista phantsi kwenqununu elawulayo ye "mandar obedeciendo", esebenzela uluntu kwaye ithatha izigqibo kunye ngaphandle koburhulumente okanye ubukhosi, ukujongana namandla ngenyaniso, ukukrazula imaski. ukuxhaphazwa kongxowankulu kunye nokwakha umMelika omtsha washiya ukusuka ezantsi ukuya phezulu. Njengekhampasi ezantsi emazantsi, kufuneka siphume kwigridi ye-mal gobierno kwaye sakhe iindawo ezizimeleyo kwaye sibe zizifundo zekamva lethu. Asinakuyenza le nto sisodwa. Kufuneka silwe namahlelo, sisasaze umanyano, kwaye senze imbumba. Thethani nobabini, ndihlala ndibacenga abantu abaza kwezi ntlanganiso.
Ndiyibonile le nto iyinto yaseZapatista apho sihlala sithatha iingcambu kwiiFama zaseMzantsi Central e-LA, ihlobo elidlulileyo apho abantu baseZapatista bebumbano kunye nabamhlophe abamhlophe, abasebenzi abangabhalwanga kunye nabaphembeleli baseChicano bathatha iWal-Mart kunye namasekela kaSheriff kunye nosodolophu wokuqala waseMexico-waseMelika. kweso sixeko ukususela ngowe-1842. Ehla naselunxwemeni, amaqela aseZapatista ayesebenza amalungelo abaphambukeli kunye nemiba yokungabi namakhaya, ubuhlanga, ubulungisa babantwana, kunye nemfazwe. ENew Mexico, amatsha ntliziyo ajikeleza kwaye athetha ngokuthatha inkqubo yentolongo, amalungelo amanzi kunye ne-asequias ye-pueblos, ukhathalelo lwabantwana, amaziko ombane wamalahle kunye nokulahlwa kwemekobume yelizwe eyayikade icocekile. IiWobblies zizama ukuququzelela i-Starbucks kwaye imfazwe iqhuba abantu ukuba bathathe umngcipheko. Uluntu lwase-Hispanic ingakumbi luhlawula ixabiso elibi ngendyikityha yokufa e-Iraq.
Phezulu eTaos apho ii-Zapatistas zasekhaya zazihlanganisene kwindawo ene-oasis enophawu โlokubhukuqa ekuhleniโ olutyalwe kwiyadi engaphambili, umbandela wawungowokwenza ntoni malunga noDonald Rumsfeld osele ehlala kulo mbhodamo ungaqhelekanga iminyaka emininzi kakhulu. Ngoku ii-anarchists ziphethe iitawuli zephepha kwaye zicela uRummy ukuba osule igazi ezandleni zakhe nanini na xa bembona ejikeleza kwindawo ephakamileyo.
U-Keith McHenry, utata omkhulu we-Food Not Bombs uhlala kule mihla uvutha amadangatye eNew Mexico kwezi ntsuku kwaye ubuyela e-Burque, i-anarchos encinci ehonjiswe ngombala obomvu nomnyama yandikhapha ukuya kwibhasi yaseMexico kwiibhodi zabo zokutyibiliza kusasa. Ndakhanyisa iLas Cruces kunye nomda.
UJeff Conant, umlingane owakhatyelwa ngaphandle eChiapas ngo-98 ngenxa yokubhiyozela ukuvela kokuzimela okubizwa ngokuba yi-anarchist endala uRicardo Flores Magon (uJeff wabuyela eSan Francisco ukupeyinta umzobo oseludongeni umkhosi owawukhuhla eludongeni lwesiXeko. Ivenkile yeencwadi elayitayo ejongene noJack Kerouac alley) icinga ukuba zininzi โIAlmanac yabafileyoโ kwiNew Mexico yemihla ngemihla โ inoveli yenyani yomlingo ebhalwe ngumbhali womthonyama waseMelika uLeslie Marman Silko owaprofeta imvukelo yaseZapatista. UJeff wandithabatha saya kubona ishaman ekuthiwa yiMayan ehlala empuma ye-Albuquerque apho yayiza kubamba imakrofoni phambi kukaFlor de Mayo kudliwano-ndlebe lomnye umntu owayeqhuba kwi-Bay Area.
UFlor de Mayo uye wabonakala engumfazi omfutshane otyebileyo kwi-huipil entle efana nomnqamlezo phakathi kukaMama uJones kunye ne-pit bulldog kwaye wathetha ngesandi esichukumisayo saseBronx-wabanga ukuba wayekhe wasiwa eNew York njengentombazana encinci evela. kumahlathi akuMbindi Merika. Nangona uFlor de Mayo wabonakala engazi uMayan, wavelisa ivolumu eboshwe ngesikhumba esibomvu esiphethe i-legend "El Destino" ("I-Destiny") eyamisa usuku lokugqibela lomjikelezo wamaMayan wangoku ngoNovemba 28th 2011. Ufundile kuqala apha. Umthamo wawuhleli esidleleni ngokukhala kwishelufa yeencwadi ephezu kwedesika yakhe nencwadi echaza indlela yokuhamba ngesikhephe.
Umyeni kaFlor de Mayos ubuyisele iiAirstreams ezindala โ ezininzi zazipakwe emva kweyadi. Wathetha ngokubhabha enyuka iMount Everest ngenqwelo-ntaka kunye neDali Lama kwaye akazange acinge kakhulu ngamaZapatista. Ama-Shamans, amaxhwele, ama-fakirs, ababingeleli abakhulu, i-Ayahuascos, i-peyote eaters, kunye nabanye ababoni abahlukeneyo baye bahlala beyingxenye ebalulekileyo yesiseko serhafu saseNew Mexico.
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Umda uyabaleka njengesiva ekrwada entlango. Umkhosi wase-US, iikontraka zabucala, kunye nabacebisi bakwa-Israeli bakha uDonga ukuze kugcinwe umzantsi wehlabathi ekungeneni kwi-Fortress Amerikkka. Izilwanyana ezincancisayo kunye nezilwanyana ezirhubuluzayo ziya kwalelwa ukuhamba phakathi kwamacala amabini. Iintaka ezifudukayo kuya kufuneka zifumane ii-visa ukuze zilawule indlela yokubhabha isuka eCanada. Izilwanyana ezanyisayo ezikhulu zibanjwa ngokwamanani arekhodiweyo (igama eliyingozi elithi โOperation Return to Senderโ) okanye zithathwa njengeembasa ngabakwa-safari abaxhobileyo.
Kwi-Sleep Inn ngaphandle kwe-Las Cruces, abaGcini beSizwe kunye nabasetyhini abadlala i-camou yabo ye-Baghdad betshintsha iishifti. โNdibulaleleni abambalwa!โ Ndeva omnye umbulali ongenayo ekhwaza ngovuyo iqabane lisendleleni eya kugada umda eColumbus apho iPancho Villa yakha yahlasela khona. Uphi umvukeli omdala xa simdinga? Ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndingayinxibi i-kaffia yam kwisidlo sakusasa sakusasa ngaloo ntsasa kuba ndisoyika ukwenza i-flashback okanye ukuqhutyelwa ukwenza i-haji.
U-El Paso-Juarez ulungile entliziyweni yendawo yemfazwe. Imizimba emininzi ijika ijonge ezantsi eRio Bravo. Ubomi bunexabiso eliphantsi kunxweme olusemazantsi omlambo apho abafazi abangama-300 baxheliwe kule minyaka ili-12 idlulileyo kwaye ayixabisekanga ngakumbi kwi-El Otro Lado.
Umbutho womanyano waseZapatista waqashwa apha emva phaya ngeminyaka yoo-'90s kodwa uguquko lwasasazwa yimimoya emine ukusukela ngoko. Emva koko, siza kuthumela iimpahla zethu ezindala e-Chiapas ukubonisa ubumbano - i-Subcomandante Marcos yahamba kunye nepompo enye yepinki (ubukhulu besithandathu) kwi-rucksack yakhe, "i-Cinderella Syndrome" wayibiza, ukubonisa ukukhungatheka kwakhe "kwizinto eziphathekayo" ezingenamsebenzi. uncedo. Ngoku sizama ukwenza ubumbano ngendlela eyahlukileyo ngokuba ngamaZapatista apho sihlala khona.
UBobby Byrd, umphefumlo weCinco Puntos Press (uLee Byrd yintliziyo), abathengisi beencwadi bemida abachasayo iBhunga leSizwe lezoBugcisa ngokupapasha "Ibali leMibala" likaMarcos, bandikhuphela isidlo ePaso del Norte kunye noReyes Tejirina, Inkokeli eyintsomi yohlaselo luka-1967 kwinkundla yaseTierra Amarilla eNew Mexico, oko yagcinwa kwimbali yaseChicano - nangona ukuba inyani iyaxelwa, isenzo esikhaliphileyo, esixhobileyo sasikhusela izibonelelo zomhlaba ezazinikwe nguMqhele waseSpain okokuqala. I-Hispanics yokuhlalisa umhlaba, ngokuqinisekileyo, owawungowe-India pueblos.
Ngaphandle kokudideka, uhlaselo, oluza ngomzuzwana xa i-Panthers yayichola umpu kwaye iSizwe sase-Aztlan sasizalwa ngokutsha, i-galvanized identity yezopolitiko eMelika kwisizukulwana sabantu abaza kuba ngabavukeli. UReyes ukwiminyaka yakhe yama-80 ngoku, wophukile kwaye akaphilanga. Xa samlanda kwiflethi yase-El Paso uBobby wamfumana kuyo, wayebonakala ebuthathaka kangangokuba ndacinga ukuba unokunikela ngesiporho ngesidlo sangokuhlwa. Kodwa isitya esikhulu esiqhumayo sikaPho sabonakala simvuselela kwaye ngokukhawuleza wayebila ngeengcebiso ezingalawulekiyo. UMarcos wayewadinga amaNdiya ngaphezu kokuba amaNdiya ayedinga uMarcos, wavuma kwaye ndavuma. Ndingawabiza amagama amaJuda asixhenxe akha iAtom Bomb? (Ndandikwazi โ umalume wam wayengomnye wabo.) Ixhego, lalisele limile yaye limile kakuhle linjengomfanekiso omncinci wothuko olukhulu lweenwele ezimhlophe phantsi koStetson walo obethwayo, lalibonakala lithe phithi ngamaYuda. Wayeye kwiLizwe eliNgcwele kwaye wema kunye namaPalestina ngokuchasene "neSikhungu sikaSathana" (Apocalypse 2,9, 3.9 kunye ne-XNUMX - unokujonga phezulu.)
Ngaphandle kobudenge, ukuhlala etafileni noReyes kwakufana nokutya isidlo sangokuhlwa kunye nembali kwaye ndamnika incwadi entsha yeZapatista ukuba ayihlafune. Wanditsalela umnxeba ngentsasa elandelayo waza wandibiza โnjengomphumi-mkhosiโ waza wathi uyandithanda kwaye ndiqhuba loo ncoko ngokuzingca njengoko ndityhutyha ilizwe ndizama ukweyisela esinye isizukulwana sabavukeli baseMerika ukuba sibe ngamaZapatista apho bakhoyo.
Ngapha kwelinye icala laseTexas, ndiza kudibana nabanye abantu abangamaZapatista apho bahlala khona. UDianne Wilson, ibhinqa elingenangqiqo, wayengomnye. Ungukapteni wesikhephe se-shrimp owaphehlelela ukuhlaselwa yindlala kwaye wabetha i-shrimper yakhe ukuqhankqalaza ityhefu enkulu yePlastiki kwiGulf, emva koko wabhabha waya e-Baghdad ukuya kuzama ukumisa imfazwe waze wazithatha waya eWashington apho wafike wahlala wabulawa yindlala phambi komkhosi. I-White House okwexeshana ekulandeleni ubulungisa esikhatyiweyo sonke.
Ndangqubeka kule companera ekhaliphileyo kwiForam yeNtlalo yaseTexas Bend ngaphaya eCorpus Christi apho sobabini siye saphawula ingqungquthela, malunga nemiphefumlo eyi-150 phaya entlango ifunda ukuba ngamaZapatista kwiyadi yawo yangasemva. Ezinye zezo zindlu ngasemva ziiColonias apho abaqingqi bomhlaba abanganyanisekanga baye bathengisa amaqashiso amdaka ngaphandle kweenkonzo kwiintsapho ezihlwempuzekileyo zabasebenzi abangabhalwanga phantsi, beguqula i-scrubland esemazantsi eTexas ibe lulwandiso lwamathanga atyhutyhayo ngoku asuka eNuevo Laredo ukuya eTierra del. Fuego.
Umlenze osemazantsi-ntshona wale periambulation engapheliyo wandibuyisela eAustin naseHouston ukuze ndifundelwe ngokushushu neecamaradas ezindala - owayesakuba ngumgulukudu waseSandanista uRoberto Vargas kunye nomdala obekekileyo uRaul Salinas kwivenkile yakhe yeencwadi iResistencia, kunye nemva kwemini kunye nombhali-mbali waseMexico odumileyo wovukelo lwe-anarchist. UJohn Hart. kunye nosuku kunye noLluvia, umzukulwana oneminyaka emithathu ubudala ka-la bella Elizabeth, umhleli wam wanaphakade, odlale imitya yentliziyo yam ngokungathi kukulele okuqhutyiweyo.
Kodwa kukho into engekhoyo eTejas ngeli xesha. Mhlawumbi yayibuburharha bayo. Bathathe uMolly Ivins kuthi kwaye ngequbuliso uGeorge Bush kunye nabanye aba bastards abahlekisi kangako. Ishishini esimalunga nalo linzulu kakhulu, u-Subcomandante Marcos wakha wacebisa, ukuba asikwazi ukuzihleka siya kuhamba ngokukhawuleza. Ndiyoyika ilizwe. Molly Ivins, bonisa!
Indawo yokumisa elandelayo, iNew Old South.
UJohn Ross usendleleni e-Cape Fear North Carolina kunye ne-opus yakhe yamva nje ZAPATISTAS! Ukwenza elinye iHlabathi libe nokwenzeka-IziKronike zokuchasa ngo-2000-2006. kwaye iya kukhenketha emazantsi (North Carolina, Berea Kentucky, Atlanta Georgia, New Orleans) kunye neMidwest (Minneapolis, Madison, Chicago, Cincinnati) ngoMatshi ngaphambi kokubetha unxweme olusempuma ngo-Epreli. Unokufikelelwa apha: [imeyile ikhuselwe]
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