Ukuthola izinzuzo kumphathi akukaze kube lula—futhi ubulungu bezinyunyana buhamba buhamba buphansi ngamaphesenti angu-11 akwenzi kube lula. Kodwa indlela enhle yokukhulisa izibalo namandla ethu ukubambisana nabantu abahleleke ngezinye izindlela, sakhe umbutho obanzi njengoba sakha izinyunyana zethu.

Iminyaka eminingana iChicago Teachers Union ine faka umzamo omangalisayo ekwakheni ubunye-hhayi phakathi kwamalungu ayo kuphela, kodwa nabazali kanye namaqembu omakhelwane. Imiphumela yavezwa ngo-Okthoba njengoba amakhulu amavolontiya asebenza nsuku zonke ekuholeni a isiteleka esingaba khona.

Abazali bakhuluma ezingqungqutheleni zabezindaba, badweba amabhanela, banikeza amapheshana, basakaza izikibha nezimpawu zasegcekeni, futhi bakhuluma nabanye abazali. Isikole samabanga aphansi sendodana yami sasingesinye seziningi lapho abazali nezingane bajoyina khona othisha ekukhetheni kwasekuseni.

Imoto eyodwa bekuyi-Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign, umfelandawonye wezinyunyana eziningi nezinhlangano zomphakathi ezingama-60—kuhlanganise nezahluko zaseChicago zeBlack Lives Matter kanye neBlack Youth Project 100.

ABALINGANA BEMVELO

Izivumelwano zithatha umsebenzi, kodwa zingakhiwa ekuxhumaneni kwemvelo. "Abaningi bethu bake basebenza noma bebengabafundi e-Chicago Public Schools, noma sinabalingani abasebenzela i-CPS," kusho u-Aislinn Pulley, umholi esahlukweni seBlack Lives Matter.

Lokho kwakusho ukuthi amalungu abevele eqonda ukuthi kungani izikole zikahulumeni kufanele zilwelwe. “Owesilisa ogama lakhe linguRonald Johnson, owabulawa ngamaphoyisa eminyakeni emibili edlule, wayenezingane ezinhlanu ezifunda i-CPS,” kusho uKofi Ademola, omunye umholi wesahluko. “Bangaphansi kokunakekela kukagogo wabo, ophila ngokuhlupheka, futhi lowo mndeni uthintwa ukuhlaselwa kwemfundo yomphakathi edolobheni lethu.

“Ukudilizwa kothisha abangu-1,000 1,000 nokuhlela ukuqasha amanye amaphoyisa angu-XNUMX XNUMX kube yisibonelo esicacile sokuhlukana kwemiphakathi yethu. Bahamba bebambene.”

Ukuqonda kuhamba ngazo zombili. Inyunyana yothisha yenze ukucwasana ngokwebala kanye noxhaso lwezikole nezindaba ezibalulekile emikhankasweni yayo yenkontileka.

Abaphathi bezifunda bakhuluma ngomlomo nje ku ubulungisa bokubuyisela, indlela yokuqondisa izigwegwe ebheka izixazululo esikhundleni sokuvalela izingane epayipini elisuka esikoleni liye ejele. Kodwa yinyunyana ephushe uxhaso okudingekayo ukwenza lezi zinhlelo zisebenze.

I-CTU kanye neqembu labafundi bathola uxhaso ngo-2013 ukuze bahlole ubulungiswa bokubuyisela esimweni esifanele ezikoleni ezine. Esivumelwaneni esisha, othisha bazuze uxhaso lokwengeza abaxhumanisi bobulungiswa bokubuyisela esimeni ezikoleni ezingama-20 kuye kwezingama-55.

Uma sekusondele isiteleka esingase sibe khona, i-Black Lives Matter isahluko ihole ekuhleleni iSikole Senkululeko ukuze sinikeze abazali indawo ephephile yokuthumelela izingane zabo ngesikhathi othisha bengekho olayini bokuqokwa. I-Chicago State University yavuma ukunikela ngesikhala sayo. Imisebenzi ehleliwe izohlanganisa ihholo ledolobha lentsha.

IZIMISO EZIFANAYO

Ngo-August i-Movement for Black Lives, okuyinhlangano eyisambulela ehlanganisa i-Black Lives Matter kanye namanye amaqembu, yakhipha incwadi. inkundla yenqubomgomo, ixoxisane nezishoshovu ezivela emaqenjini ayo angamalungu angamakhulu ezweni lonke.

Ipulatifomu imemezela ukwesekwa komnyakazo ilungelo labasebenzi lokuhlela izinyunyana. Kudingeka izinhlelo zemisebenzi, kwandiswe imithetho yezabasebenzi ukuze kuvikelwe abasebenzi basezindlini, izisebenzi zasemapulazini, kanye nabasebenzi abanolwazi, kungabikho Ubambiswano LweTrans-Pacific, ukuxoxisana kabusha kwezivumelwano zokuhwebelana ezimelene nabasebenzi, kanye nokubhalwa kabusha kwamakhodi entela ukuze abacebile bakhokhe ingxenye yabo. Izinyunyana zinokuningi okufanayo nalawa magugu.

NgoNovemba odlule, ngemuva kokuvela kwezinsolo zokuthi idolobha belifihle i-video yephoyisa libulala ibhungu lase-Afrika yaseMelika u-Laquan McDonald, i-CTU yavotela ukweseka umkhandlu okhethiwe wokuziphendulela ngamaphoyisa eChicago. Othisha bangenele imibhikisho okwalandela, eholwa yiBlack Lives Matter kanye neBlack Youth Project 100, ukuphazamisa isikhathi sokuthenga sikaKhisimusi esinenzuzo. Abamasha bavala i-Magnificent Mile ngo-Black Friday, becula, “Abukho ubulungiswa, akukho nzuzo.”

Yilolo hlobo lobambiswano u-Ademola angathanda ukubona okwengeziwe ngalo: "Siwukhulisa kanjani umlayezo womunye nomunye futhi sisebenzisane ukuze siqondise ama-oligarchs agcwalisa isifuba sezempi sosopolitiki?"

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