NgoLwesibili kusihlwa, amalungu eWashington, DC, isahluko se-Extinction Rebellion azinamathisele ngokukhulu ukucophelela komunye nomunye naseziphasejini ezixhuma iCapitol nezakhiwo zamahhovisi eRayburn kanye neCannon, lapho amalungu eNdlu enamahhovisi awo. Ababhikishi, abayingxenye yeqembu lamazwe ngamazwe elisebenzisa izindlela zokungalaleli umphakathi ezingenalo udlame ukuze limelele ukuthi kuthathwe izinyathelo mayelana nokuguquka kwesimo sezulu, okuhloswe ngalo ukubhekana namalungu eNdlu lapho esendleleni eya evotini.
Iningi lababhikishi, abebengalindele ukuthi umbhikisho udonse imizuzu engaphezu kwengu-15, basala bebambe ongezansi amahora amabili, behambisana nenqwaba yababhikishi abebebhikisha bezama ukuphazamisa. Babegqoke amahembe abo amabhodi abhalwe ukuthi “Declare Climate Emergency” bese becula bethi: “Sifunani? Idili Entsha Elihlaza! Sifuna nini? Manje!” Amaphoyisa aseCapitol acele ababekhona kanye nezintatheli ukuthi zibuyele emuva futhi, ngemuva kwezixwayiso ezintathu, zaxosha wonke umuntu - ngaphandle, ngaphandle kwalabo ababenanyathiselwe. Babophe izishoshovu ezingu-13, ngokusho ku-Extinction Rebellion, ngabo-8:30 pm
Amalungu kaKhongolose, iningi lawo, awabanaka ababhikishi. U-Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., owake waba yiphini likasihlalo we-House Subcommittee on Environment, ugcone iqembu ku-Twitter, ethumela ividiyo yakhe ebonakala edada ngaphansi kwengalo yombhikishi ukuze aqedele nenothi, “…Supergluing yourself to umnyango uyindlela eyisimungulu yokubhikisha.”
Iqembu lezishoshovu zesimo sezulu, elethulwe ngokusemthethweni e-United Kingdom ngo-Okthoba odlule futhi eliphindaphindekayo emazweni angama-45, lisebenzisa izenzo eziphazamisayo zokungalaleli umphakathi ukucela abenzi bomthetho emhlabeni wonke ukuthi baphathe inkinga yesimo sezulu ngokushesha okufanele. Bavimbe izimoto, bama ezitimeleni, benza isiteji “sokufa,” baqwala izakhiwo, futhi waba nqunu. Ngenxa yokuthi leli qembu alinaye umholi oyedwa, asikho isilinganiso esihle sokuthi inkulu kangakanani inhlangano e-United States, kodwa imibukiso eyenzelwa eNew York City ihehe amakhulukhulu.
I-Extinction Rebellion yase-US ine izimfuno ezine, okuhlanganisa ukuncishiswa kokukhishwa kwekhabhoni kube ku-zero ngo-2025 kanye nokudalwa komhlangano wezakhamizi ozokwengamela “izinguquko ezinesibindi, ezisheshayo nezesikhathi eside ezidingekayo” ukuze kubhekwane nale nkinga. NgoLwesibili, ababhikishi bebefuna ukuthi kuphasiswe ngokushesha isinqumo esihlanganyelwe sokuthi i-US imemezele isimo sezulu njengesimo esiphuthumayo.
“Sesizoqopha umlando kuleli bhilidi elibhedayo. Ngiyagula futhi ngikhathele ukulinda.”
URussell Grey, umsunguli we-Extinction Rebellion US isahluko, unikeze ababhikishi inkulumo-ze ngaphambi kokuba bamashele e-Cannon House Office Building. “Sesizoqopha umlando kuleli bhilidi elibi,” usho kanje. “Ngiyagula futhi ngikhathele ukulinda.”
USen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., usanda kwethula isinqumo esingabophi eSigele, eceleni kwe-Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., kanye no-Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., abethule inguqulo endlini.
"Ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke okubangelwa imisebenzi yabantu," kufundeka lesi sinqumo, ngokwengxenye, “idinga ukugqugquzelwa kuzwelonke, kwezenhlalo, kwezimboni, nezomnotho kwezinsiza kanye nabasebenzi base-United States ngezinga elikhulu ukuze kumiswe, kuhlehliswe, kuncishiswe, futhi kulungiselelwe imiphumela yesimo esiphuthumayo sezulu kanye nokubuyisela isimo sezulu ezizukulwaneni ezizayo. .”
UDominic Serino, ongomunye wababhikishi abasengozini yokuboshwa, uthe ngokubheka "ukuphuthuma okukhulu" kwenkinga yesimo sezulu, ukudlulisa isinqumo esingabophi "ukubona nje ukuthi sikhona kuyisidingo esincane kakhulu esingase sisenze kuCongress."
"Uma amalungu eCongress ezimisele ngokulalela amalungu awo, yebo, azoshintsha imiyalezo yawo."
Uma isinqumo sidlula, i-US izojoyina amazwe ayi-16 kanye namakhulu ohulumeni basekhaya - okuhlanganisa neNew York City - asebememezele isimo esiphuthumayo sezulu. UMkhandlu WaseNew York uvote kakhulu ukumemezela isimo esiphuthumayo ngenyanga edlule; nakuba ivoti ngokuvamile beliwuphawu, isenzo siphawule ukunqoba kwezishoshovu zesimo sezulu ezivukelayo.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kuzokhombisa amalungu eCongress angakuthathi ngokungathi sína ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu ukuthi abantu baseMelika bayabuqonda ubungozi futhi babuthatha ngokungathi sína," kusho uSerino, osuka eBaltimore. "Futhi uma amalungu eCongress ezimisele ngokulalela ababambisene nawo, yebo, azoshintsha imiyalezo yawo."
Inikezwe iRiphabhulikhi ukulawulwa kweSigele, iCongress cishe ngeke iphasise umthetho wesimo sezulu onentshisekelo noma nini maduze. Kepha kukhona amaqembu kuCongress asebenzela ukusunduza lolu daba. Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, amaDemocrat ayi-10 eSenate akha iKomidi Elikhethekile Lenkinga Yesimo Sezulu ukuze liphenye "ukuthi ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kulithinta kanjani izwe nomhlaba." Ikomidi, eliholwa nguSeni. Brian Schatz waseHawaii, libambe ukulalelwa kwalo umphakathi okokuqala ekuqaleni kwale nyanga futhi linokwesibili okuhlelelwe lokhu ngoLwesine. INdlu iphinde yabiza iKomidi Elikhethekile njalo.
I-Sunrise Movement, okuyiqembu lezemvelo eliholwa yintsha, iphushele umqondo we-Green New Deal kwezombusazwe ngemuva kokhetho lwamaphakathi nonyaka, lapho u-Ocasio-Cortez osanda kukhethwa. ujoyine ababhikishi be-Sunrise ehhovisi likaNancy Pelosi, wabe esethathwa njengosomlomo weNdlu ongenayo. Esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka, i-Green New Deal yasuka ekubeni isiphakamiso senqubomgomo esingacacile yaba nabaxhasi ababambisene nabo abangaphezu kuka-90 eNdlu nabangu-12 eSigele njengesinqumo esingabophi.
I-Sunrise Movement nayo ibe nesandla ekucindezeleni abangenele ukhetho lobumongameli ukuthi balungise lolu daba. Ngenyanga edlule, cishe izishoshovu ezisencane eziyi-100 abambe isihlalo ngaphandle kwekomkhulu leDemocratic National Committee eWashington, DC, ukufuna iqembu lihoxise isinqumo salo sokungabambi inkulumo-mpikiswano egxile ekuguqukeni kwesimo sezulu phakathi kwabangenele ukhetho lobumongameli bango-2020. Inqwaba yababhikishi ikanise ubusuku bonke futhi yabamba iphathi yokubuka inkulumompikiswano ngaphandle kwebhilidi ubusuku bonke bezingxoxo zeDemocratic Alliance.
Ngenyanga edlule, i-Extinction Rebellion nayo uhlele isenzo icela iNew York Times ukuthi ithuthukise ukumboza kwayo ngenkinga yesimo sezulu futhi isebenzise igama elithi “isimo esiphuthumayo” esikhundleni salokho. Izishoshovu zamisa ukuhamba kwezimoto maphakathi nedolobha iManhattan, kanti ezinye zaze zagibela ibhilidi laseNew York Times ukuze zilengise amabhanela, okuholele ekuboshweni okungenani kwabantu abangama-70. Ngo-Ephreli, ababhikishi e-UK benza umcimbi wokufela e-Natural History Museum eLondon futhi bamisa ukuhamba kwezimoto eduze kwase-Waterloo Bridge kulokho abagqugquzeli abakuchaza njengenkulu kunazo zonke. isenzo sokungalaleli umphakathi emlandweni wakamuva waseBrithani. Kuboshwe okungenani inkulungwane.
U-Nick Brana, oyilungu le-Extinction Rebellion, umsunguli we-Movement for a People's Party, kanye nomqondisi wezokufinyelela kuzwelonke wakwaSanders, uthe lesi sahluko saseMelika asikaze senze lutho olubi kangaka, futhi isenzo sangoLwesibili bekungokokuqala ngqa. Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi i-Extinction Rebellion inethemba lokuthi izokwakha ukuvala amadolobha wonke ngokuvimba izimpambano ezibalulekile njengoba kwenzeka e-UK.
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