UBen Manski
Twakhe
kwakungukuqala kokuphela—abangu-200 bethu babeshaya izindonga, phansi,
ezicabheni, ecula ethi “Akusena Bullshit,” nethi “We Say No to Sweatshop
Abasebenzi.” Ukusebenza amahora angama-97 ebhilidini lokuphatha iBascom Hall
kwase kuphelile.
Iqale ngoMsombuluko ebusuku,
February 8, ngo-5:00 PM enkabeni yekhempasi yase-UW-Madison. Abanye 250
abafundi nabasebenzi bahlangane phambi kweBascom Hall. Izikhulumi zagxeka i
Ukuphatha ngokwehluleka ukwenza ngomoya wekhampasi kanye nobubanzi
umphakathi. Isimo sethu sasicacile: IYunivesithi yaseWisconsin kumele iqinisekise
ukuthi umphakathi uhlinzekelwe ngokudalulwa okuphelele kwezimo zokusebenza
ekhona kuzo zonke izindawo zokusebenza ezibandakanyekayo ekukhiqizeni izingubo ezinelayisensi ye-UW,
nokuthi iholo eliphilayo likhokhwe kubo bonke abaqashwe kuleyo mikhiqizo
amasayithi.
Kodwa abaphathi bakhona
IBascom Hall ayizange isilalele. Kwaphela iminyaka sibhala, sifakaza,
okuhleliwe, kwacatshangelwa, futhi kwaphasiswa izinqumo zaba yimpumelelo enomkhawulo. Ngakho, njengoba
i-rally yaphela, abahleli bamemezela ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuthatha
Isakhiwo esimaphakathi sokuphatha—Bascom Hall. Iminyango yavuleka
sangena.
Sebengaphakathi, abahlali
bahlangana ku-rotunda enkulu futhi iqembu labaqalisi lachaza umongo
lapho kwathathwa khona isinqumo sokuthi kuhlale iBascom Hall. Ukulandela lokhu
update, iqembu elihlangene lizwe isiphakamiso esivela kubaqalisi sokuthi a
kukhethwe ikomidi lokuxhumanisa labantu abane, nokuthi leli komiti lihole
izingxoxo zeqembu elikhulu; abaqalisi baphinde baphakamisa ukuthi izinqumo
kuwo wonke umsebenzi wenziwa ngamavoti amaningi okubili kokuthathu. Ngemva kwezinye
ingxoxo, kwakhethwa ikomidi lokuxhumanisa labantu abahlanu, kanye ne
inqubo yokuvota yaqinisekiswa.
Ngokushesha saqinisekisa
izimfuno zokudalulwa ngokugcwele komphakathi kanye nokusetshenziswa kweholo eliphilayo
isiqinisekiso. Sabe sesiphikisana ngombuzo wesiqinisekiso samalungelo abantu besifazane njenge
umbandela wokusayinda Ikhodi Yokuziphatha Yenkampani Yelayisensi Yekolishi (CLC).
Ekugcineni, kwacaca ukuthi iningi lalabo ababekhona basekela ukwamukela i-
ipulangwe lamalungelo abesifazane ngesisekelo sokuthi lezi ziqinisekiso (ikhefu lokubeletha,
ukuvikelwa ekuhlukunyezweni, njll.) kwakubaluleke kakhulu ukuba ungazinaki. An
iningi labo livotele ukwamukelwa kwesidingo samalungelo abesifazane.
Ngezinyathelo zokuqala ezithathiwe,
abantu babehlangana ngamaqembu amancane ukuze baxoxe ngamaqhinga nomsebenzi wokusekela, kanye nokuphepha
ishejuli yasungulwa. Abanye abantu bazinza ngomsebenzi wabo wekilasi,
abanye baqhulula izinsimbi zomculo namaculo baqala ukugubha. I
amaphoyisa campus, ngokokuqala ngqá enkumbulweni, babegqame in yabo
ukungabi khona. Amaphoyisa ambalwa agqoke umfaniswano anamathele ukuze asiqaphe, futhi
iphuzu elilodwa ngalobobusuku uKaputeni uBurke wadlula ezosazisa ukuthi babengeke
phikisa ubukhona bethu.
Abantu abangaba ngu-30 bahlanganyele
emsebenzini ngalobo busuku bokuqala. NgoLwesibili ebusuku sasineminyaka engu-40, ngoLwesithathu
sasinama-60, ngoLwesine sasingu-120, futhi ngesikhathi sokunqoba, abanye
Sasingu-200 esasibambe ibhilidi lokuphatha. Kuwo wonke
ngesonto ithimba lokusekela abantu basebenze amahora angu-18 ngosuku ukuze badlulisele imiyalezo, banikeze
us nempahla, sithinte abezindaba, futhi ngokuvamile wenze lokho okungenzeka
kwenziwe ukuqhubekisela phambili ukusebenza kahle komsebenzi. Kwathunyelwa amaqembu okugqugquzela
ukuphuma ukusabalalisa amapheshana, izinhlu zoxhumana nabo befoni, nokwenza izimemezelo ku
phambi kwamakilasi. Okuluhlaza okotshani okukhanyayo Sisekela izimpawu zeSit-In zavela emahhovisi
namafasitela esitolo kuyo yonke ikhempasi kanye nedolobha elizungezile.
Izitatimende zokusekela zithululiwe
in. Abafundi base-UW Stevens Point baqala ukugqoka amabhande engalo ngokubambisana ne
hlala phakathi. Abafundi, abasebenzi, nabahleli bentando yeningi eGeorgetown, eDuke, kanye ne
ezinye izikole eziyishumi nambili zathumela imiyalezo yokweseka. Amabhizinisi amancane, ama-co-ops, kanye
izinyunyana zendawo endaweni yaseMadison zazisigcina sondlekile futhi siphakelwa nekhofi. WORT
I-89.9 FM yagcina umphakathi unolwazi lwakamuva ngemibiko ejwayelekile. Amalungu e-
ubuhlakani, ekhuluma emicimbini esemthethweni yasenyuvesi emaka ama-UW's
unyaka weminyaka eyinkulungwane, wagxeka uHulumeni ngenxa yokungabi nanhliziyo kwawo;
abanye oprofesa babhala izihloko zokusekela lo msebenzi.
NgoFebhuwari 9, i-
i-occupation group yanquma ukubiza i-rally yokusekela ngosuku olulandelayo ngo
emini. Ngaphansi kwamahora angama-24 kamuva, abantu abangama-300 babehlangene ngaphandle kwaseBascom
Hall, ngaleyo ndlela ebonisa izinga ukunakwa kanye ngokushesha ngalo
umphakathi wasinaka isenzo sethu. NgoFebhuwari 11, isixuku sabantu abangama-200 sahlangana,
wase ezungeza ngemuva kwesakhiwo, wangena egumbini elingaphansi, futhi
besho beshosholoza bedabula ibhilidi bebheke eKhansela
emahhovisi, lapho baqala khona ukuvusa umsindo kwaze kwaba umsizi wenza i
isimemezelo sokuthi uDavid Ward uvumile ukuhlangana nathi.
Okwavela kwaba usuku-
ukushintshana kosuku emuva naphambili kwezinhlamvu ezichaza indawo yohlangothi ngalunye.
IKhansela belikhipha isitatimende esibhaliwe, thina siphendule ngesethu
isitatimende esigxeka isikhundla sakhe, bese ephendula. NgoLwesithathu thina
bacikwa ilencwadi bethi akahlale phansi bakhulume
Unathi. NgoLwesihlanu, njengoba kusabalale izindaba zokuthi balinganiselwa eshumini nambili abantu
elungiselela ukuqala indlala, iKhansela lavuma ukuhlangana nathi futhi
safinyelela esivumelwaneni esaqeda umsebenzi.
Miyiphi
kithi sabona ukuthi isenzo esasisithathile sokuhlala eBascom Hall kwakuyisenzo
yemfundo ngokwayo. Sabona nokuthi umsebenzi wawukhona
amanye amathuba okufunda. Iqembu elilodwa lomsebenzi lahlangana lakha a
umshini omkhulu wokuthunga usimende obhalwe “W” obomvu wale nyuvesi.
Lo mshini wokuthunga wabekwa ethangeni lesifanekiso esikhulu sika-Abraham Lincoln
phezu kweBascom Hall. Isithombe sika-Abe ethunga i-windbreaker yaseWisconsin
yavela emakhasini okuqala ephephandaba ngakusasa.
Elinye iqembu labantu
wahlela ukufundisa-on-the-spot abathathu; lokhu kwakuhilela izinkulumo nezingxoxo
ngezihloko zokukhuphuka kwamandla ebhizinisi e-United States, abasebenzi
umlando cishe ngo-1900-1930, kanye nesimo semboni yezingubo esikhathini samanje
umnotho womhlaba. Ukwengeza, kwabanjwa uchungechunge lwezifundo ezingezona udlame
isonto lonke.
Asinqobi kuphela
ekuletheni uShansela, ngakho-ke, yonke inyuvesi endaweni yethu
isikhundla; ekugcineni uvumile ukuthi kumele kuqaliswe Ikhodi Yokuziphatha ye-CLC
ukudalulwa okuphelele komphakathi, amaholo okuphila, kanye neziqinisekiso zamalungelo abesifazane. Sasinjalo
onqobayo futhi ekuguquleni ngokuphawulekayo ibhalansi yamandla ekhempasini; i
abafundi, abasebenzi basekolishi, kanye nomphakathi ekugcineni bawine udaba olukhulu
inkulumompikiswano e-UW-Madison. Mhlawumbe okubaluleke kakhulu, sasinqobile ku
sizifundise thina kanye nomphakathi wonkana isifundo mayelana ne-radicalism, mayelana
ubumbano, futhi mayelana nesenzo esiqondile.
Ibhalansi iyonke ye
ukunqoba kwakulele ekuhleleni abaningi bethu ababezibandakanye kukho abaningi
iminyaka. Singeze izixhumanisi ezengeziwe kuchungechunge. Okulandelayo isifinyezo esifushane
kweziyisishiyagalombili zalezo zixhumanisi.
I-UW-Madison Alliance
okweDemo-cracy180/MDE; http://www.Hlala. wisc.edu/~democrac.
I-UW-Madison Alliance ye
IDemocracy 180/MDE yasungulwa entwasahlobo ka-1996 ngokwengxenye ukuphendula
ukusayinwa kwenkontileka phakathi kweReebok sweatshop corporation kanye ne
I-University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. Eminyakeni eyalandela, i-
I-Alliance ihlele imibhikisho eminingi ephikisana nokubandakanyeka kwe-UW ku-sweatshop
umsebenzi. I-Alliance for Democracy nayo yasebenza njengeqembu eliwumgogodla kulo lonke
umbhikisho. Ngenxa yemvelo ye-counter-corporate, i-pro-democracy ngqo
isenzo sokuhlela okwenziwe yi-Alliance eminyakeni edlule, amalungu e-Alliance
babephakathi kwabantu abanolwazi olunzulu, abaxhumene, futhi abazinikele ababehileleke kubo
isenzo. I-Alliance iphinde yaba yiqembu elaqala futhi ladweba
umsebenzi.
Ngenxa yesimilo sika
i-UW-Madison Alliance for Democracy “njengembumba” yangempela yabantu
abavela emiphakathini eminingi ehlukahlukene enentshisekelo, abantu abaningi babambe iqhaza
umsebenzi obekungenzeka ukuthi awuzange ubambe iqhaza odabeni lwe-sweatshop
eyodwa eyayibalulekile kubo.
Madison
I-Anti-Sweatshop Coalition (MASC); http://www.Asm. Wisc.edu/masc.
I-Madison
I-Anti-Sweatshop Coalition yasungulwa ehlobo lika-1998 ukuze kunwetshwe
ukulwa ne-sweatshop ngale kwekhampasi, futhi njengendlela yokuhlanganisa imiphakathi
ebisanda kuqala ukulusukumela udaba lomjuluko ngendlela enkulu. Kuphelile
ngokuhamba kwezinyanga eziholela emsebenzini we-Bascom Hall, i-MASC yasebenza
njengamandla amakhulu enhlangano yendawo ekulweni nama-sweatshops.
I-MASC inikeze i
ukusebenza neqembu eliwumgogodla labantu ababambe ubunkimbinkimbi be
Inkinga ye-sweatshop kokubili ezingeni lendawo kanye nangaphezulu. I-Madison
I-Anti-Sweatshop Coalition isebenze ukuletha ububanzi obubanzi futhi obuhlukahlukene kakhulu
izingxenye ezihlukene zezinhlangano kanye nemiphakathi empini yokulwa nokujuluka.
Ngenxa yabo
ukuzihlanganisa ne-United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), amalungu e-MASC
waqinisekisa ukuthi umsebenzi weBascom Hall uhlala uxhumene
izishoshovu ezilwa nama-sweatshop kwamanye amakhampasi. Besixhumana nabafundi ku
UGeorgetown noDuke njalo ngesikhathi sokusebenza, kanye nase-
amasonto ngaphambi kwalokho.
Abafundi Abahlangene
yaseMadison (ASM); http://www.Asm.wisc. Edu/.
Abafundi Abahlotshaniswa Ne
I-Madison iyinhlangano yabafundi bekhampasi, emele abafundi abangu-37,000+
UW-Madison. I-ASM iyinhlangano yezinga nefayela ngomqondo wokuthi wonke umuntu
umfundi uyilungu, nokuthi yonke imikhankaso ye-ASM namakomiti amaningi avuliwe
kubo bonke abafundi. I-ASM iholwa umkhandlu okhethiwe wabantu abangama-33, obeka inqubomgomo
kanye nezinto ezibalulekile enhlanganweni, futhi yabele izigidi zamarandi ukuze
izinhlangano zabafundi kanye nezinsizakalo. Ngo-1998, i-radical Unity! i-slate iwine i-16
wezihlalo ezingama-33 eMkhandlwini. Ubuholi obusha be-ASM busungule i-ASM Social
I-Responsibility Campaign, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ehole kulo
udaba lwe-sweatshop.
I-ASM, njengomfundi wekhampasi
Association, ngokungangabazeki iyinhlangano yabafundi enesisekelo esibanzi kunawo wonke
UW-Madison; futhi inenani elikhulu lamalungu hhayi kuphela ephepheni, kodwa
futhi mayelana namalungu asebenzayo. Ukubandakanyeka kobuholi be-ASM ku
umsebenzi wawusho ukuthi abafundi abaningi babambe iqhaza kulo msebenzi ongakaze ube khona
wabamba iqhaza esenzweni esiqondile ngaphambili. Kwakusho nokuthi umsebenzi wawunawo
ukwethembeka okukhulu kuHulumeni kanye nabezindaba njengesenzo
abafundi bebonke abeseka.
Izinsiza ze-ASM zifakazelwe
kubalulekile ekuqinisekiseni impumelelo yomsebenzi. Amathuluzi afana nekhwalithi
ama-walkie-talkies, amakhompyutha aphathwayo, omakhalekhukhwini, nama-megaphone konke
itholakale kalula ngenxa yokuzibandakanya kwe-ASM; amahhovisi e-ASM nabasebenzi be-ASM
abahleli, kanye ne-UW Greens Infoshop, basebenza njengesisekelo esiyinhloko se
umsebenzi wokusekela wokubhanga ngocingo, izibuyekezo zewebhu neze-imeyili, umsebenzi wemidiya, nokunye.
Ukhetho lwe-ASM luhlinzekwe a
isithangami sabafundi sokuqinisekisa noma ukwenqaba izinhloso zomsebenzi nge
inkomba. Abafundi ngokuvamile babonise ukusekela kwabo imigomo ye-
okhethweni lwangoFebhuwari 23-25 ngokuphasisa i-anti-sweatshop
amavoti angaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-76.
UW Federation of
Inhlangano Yezabasebenzi kanye NeNingizimu Emaphakathi Yezabasebenzi; http://www.Sit.wisc.edu/~workers/
I-UW Federation of Labor
yasungulwa ekwindla ka-1997 njengendlela yokuhlanganisa izinyunyana zabasebenzi kanye
izinhlangano zabafundi. Kuze kube manje, iphrojekthi eyinhloko ye-UWFL, ngaphandle kwe
ukuziletha ekubeni njengomfelandawonye osebenzayo, kube wukulwela a
iholo eliqinisekisiwe lokuphila labasebenzi basekolishi. Ukwengeza, i-Federation ina
ibambe iqhaza ekwenzeni izenzo zobumbano ezindabeni zabasebenzi basekolishi,
okuhlanganisa imizabalazo yenkontileka ebandakanya izakhamuzi zekhampasi esebenzisana nayo kanye
ukuhlela mayelana namalungelo abasebenzi abangabafundi kanye Nezisebenzi Zesikhathi Esilinganiselwe (LTEs).
Izinyunyana ezingaphansi kwe
i-UWFL idlale indima ebalulekile esenzweni sokuhlala kwe-Bascom Hall; i
Ubulungu be-Teaching Assistants Association (TAA/AFT) kanye namalungu e-AFSCME
171 kanye no-2412 baye basekela kakhulu.
I-South Central
I-Federation of Labor (SCFL) iwumkhandlu wezabasebenzi wesifunda weSifundazwe se
I-Wisconsin AFL-CIO. Ukuzibandakanya kwe-SCFL ku-Madison Anti-Sweatshop Coalition
kwakusho ukuthi lo msebenzi uthole ukwesekwa okukhulu kwabasebenzi kulo lonke leli
isifunda, ukuthi i-SCFL's Union-Labor News inikeze ukusabalala kwesenzo, kanye
ukuthi izinhlu zezingcingo ze-AFL-CIO zenziwa zasebenza ukuze kusizwe abantu
imicimbi yokulwa nokujuluka. ISouth Central Federation of Labor nayo iyona ehamba phambili
inhlangano yabasebenzi eyaziwayo neyasungulwa esifundeni sethu saseWisconsin.
Umfundi Wembala
Izinhlangano
Ngobusuku bangoLwesine,
NgoFebhuwari 20, abaholi babafundi abahlukahlukene bezinhlangano zemibala bajoyina
umsebenzi futhi wahlala ubusuku bonke. Ngakho, isenzo esithathwe abaholi ngaphakathi
i-Asian American Student Union, i-Black Student Union, i-MECHA, nezinye
umfundi wezinhlangano zemibala umele ukwanda komzabalazo uwonke
kanye nokushintsha kokuqukethwe kwamasiko nepolitiki kombhikisho.
Abafundi bemibala kanye
abafundi abamhlophe abathuthukayo basebenze ndawonye eminyakeni embalwa edlule
inqwaba yezinhlangothi. I-Civil Rights Defence Coalition ibambe iqhaza
ukuxhumanisa umzabalazo wokwamukelwa kwesenzo esiqinile sokuqinisekisa, noma
lokho okubizwa ngokuthi “Umklamo Wokuhlukahluka,” uhlelo kulo lonke Uhlelo lwe-UW. Ikwindla yokugcina,
Inyunyana Yabafundi Abamnyama ihole isixuku sabafundi abangama-500 bezinhlanga ezahlukene
ukukhombisa ukwesekwa kwesinyathelo sokuqinisekisa. Kamuva ngalobo busuku abangaba ngu-250
sabhekana ne-University of California Regent kanye ne-corporate executive Ward njengoba
ukhulume ekuhlaselweni okuxhaswe yiBradley Foundation ngesenzo sokuqinisekisa futhi
multiculturalism. UBUMBANO bezinhlanga eziningi! I-slate iqhube amakhandidethi angama-27 ku-ASM
Council, futhi wawina engu-21 kuleyo mijaho. Konke UBUNYE! amakhandidethi iqhaza
emsebenzini.
Umphakathi; http://mcc.student-
org.wisc.edu/
Ukwesekwa komphakathi kwe
umsebenzi wawunamandla kulo lonke. Izikhulu ezikhethiwe zendawo ezixhumene ne
Iqembu elisha, i-Green Party, kanye nophiko oluqhubekayo lwe-Democratic Party
weza ukuzosekela. Ama-co-op okudla kanye namabhizinisi amancane anikele ngokudla, izindlu
ama-co-op anikele ngezingubo zokulala nezinye izimpahla, amalungu omphakathi ehla
amakhekhe, izindawo ze-pizza zilethwe ama-pizza amahhala (ibhokisi elilodwa le-pizza lize nezwi
“Inguquko!” kubhalwe ngaphakathi), kanye neCafe Assisi Collective
ikhofi elinikele.
Faculty
Okunye okubalulekile
ukuthuthukiswa kwaba ukwesekwa phakathi kwamalungu ophiko lwe-UW-Madison. Ishumi nambili
osolwazi babhodloza ekuthuleni, okujwayele ukubingelela okuholwa ngabafundi
esikwenzayo kulesi sikhungo futhi sakhuluma kakhulu ngokweseka isikhundla sethu.
Ngemuva kokuthi umsebenzi usuphelile, uKhansela Ward uveze ukuthi usungenile
ingxenye ngenxa yokwesekwa esakuthola kosolwazi ayebahlonipha ukuthi yena
wanquma ukuhlola kabusha isikhundla sakhe. Abanye bothisha abakhulume bake baba
iqhaza emzamweni wokwakha i-United Faculty and Academic Staff (UFAS/TAUWP/AFT)
inyunyana, abanye bebebambe iqhaza ku-Democracy Teach-Ins eminyakeni edlule, futhi
kanti abanye bakhulume ngenxa yabafundi abasondela kubo ukuze bathole ukwesekwa.
Media
Umsakazo womphakathi WORT 89.9
I-FM kanye nethelevishini yomphakathi i-WYOU bobabili baphathe izindaba ezijulile nsuku zonke mayelana ne
umsebenzi. I-campus Dailies, i Badger Herald futhi Ikhadinali Yansuku zonke,
kanye ne I-Capital Times, lo Madison Times, Kanye I-Isthmus,
zonke izihloko ezishicilelwe zisekela kakhulu isenzo sethu.
Abezindaba bayanaka
ukusebenza kweBascom Hall eyamukelwe kwaba nomthelela omkhulu ekuletheni umphakathi
ingcindezi kuShansela Ward. Sasazi ukuthi wayengeke akwazi ukukhokhela
imibhikisho ye-anti-sweatshop idlula zonke ezinye izindaba nge-UW ngesikhathi sethu
unyaka wokugubha i-sesquicentennial. Ngabe uChancellor Ward ubeyifuna ngempela i-UW-Madison
ukuze kwaziwe njengekhampasi yokuthathwa kwezakhiwo, ipolitiki eqinile, kanye a
ukuphatha okungenanhliziyo?
So
singaphetha ngokuthini? Nokho, okokuqala, abantu abaningi bazihoxisile izikhundla zabo
ngenxa yomsebenzi. UChancellor David Ward uhoxise isikhundla sakhe
izithukuthuku ngenxa yombhikisho wethu. UWard naye uzwakale ezibuza muva nje
emsakazweni ukuthi ngabe Wisconsinites bayazi ukuthi isimo somphakathi we
Inyuvesi yaseWisconsin isengcupheni; lokhu kumuntu okwathi eminyakeni embalwa edlule
wathi wayethanda ukucabanga nge-UW njengokungathi “icishe ifane nokugijima a
i-conglomerate.”
The Ikhadinali Yansuku zonke
(neo-liberal) kanye I-Wisconsin State Journal (i-conservative), kokubili
kwase kuhleliwe ngokumelene nathi ngesonto eledlule, futhi ekugcineni waphuma
ukwesekwa kwesikhundla sethu ezinhlelweni nasemakhathuni. Ngisho namanye amalungu e-
AmaRiphabhulikhi aseKolishi ahlehlisa izifundo futhi aphuma ukuzosekela izimfuno zethu; lokhu
evela enhlanganweni engamalungu ayo abhalise i-“Enslave Burma
I-Coalition” njengenhlangano yabafundi kuphela unyaka noma ngaphezulu odlule.
I-Bascom Hall Blackhawk
I-Anti-Sweatshop Occupation yaba yimpumelelo ikakhulukazi ngoba kwakuyisikhathi eside
eza. Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, sahlela, sahlela, futhi sahlela okunye okwengeziwe.
Ngokusebenza kwethu ngokubambisana, sidale ithuba lokubamba impumelelo
umzabalazo phakathi kwentando yeningi kanye nokubusa kwezinkampani. Silibambe lelo thuba,
futhi sanqoba. Kodwa akukapheli.
Z
Ben
UManski uyilungu le-UW-Madison Alliance for Democracy. Izithombe zikaJohn E.
Peck.