Ongobusuku buka-June 7, 2009, i-Second Encuentro for Dignity and Against Displacement yaletha izinhlangano ezingu-38 nenqwaba yabantuโabaqashi, abahleli, imindeni enezingane, bonke ababebuthene egumbini elingaphansi kwesikhungo somphakathi sase-East 116th Streetโukuzoxoxa nomuntu ngamunye. okunye, ngokunyakaza kwamazwe ngamazwe, kanye nabethuli abavela e-East Harlem, e-West Harlem, e-Chinatown, nase-Sunset Park.
I-East Harlem iphawula ingemuva elifanelekile lalo mbuthano. Imizabalazo yayo ifana neyemiphakathi ehola kancane kanye neyabantu bokufika kulo lonke elase-New York City, ebhekene nezindleko zokuqasha ezikhuphukayo abangakwazi ukuzikhokhela, abanikazi bezindlu abangeke banakekele izakhiwo zabo, nezinkampani ezingazange zibanaze ukuhlukumeza, ukukhokhisa ngokweqile, ukuxosha kanye nokukhomba abaqashi ukuze babuyiselwe esikhundleni. nalabo abahola imali ephezulu.
Le Encuentro Yesibili (ukuhlangana) isingathwe yi-Movement for Justice e-El Barrio (MJB), inhlangano ezinze emiphakathini yabokufika yase-East Harlem. Iphinde ihlanganiswe namazwe ngamazwe ne-Other Campaign of Mexico's Zapatista movement futhi, njengama-Zapatistas, ukunyakaza "kusuka ngezansi nakwesokunxele." (I-MJB iphinde yahlela i-Encuentro Yokuqala ebanjwe lapha ngo-Okthoba 2007.)
"Singabantu abathobekile. Iningi lethu lingomama abalwela ikusasa elingcono lezingane zethu," kuchaza u-Ana Laura Merino we-MJB ekuvulweni kwe-encuentro. "I-MJB ivusa isifiso sokuzabalaza emphakathini wethu," kwengeza uSonia Guzman enkulumweni yokuvala.
โAbaqashi abahlala emabhilidini, abahlelayo, yibona abazithathela izinqumo emzabalazweni wabo,โ kusho u-Oscar Dominguez. "Sonke sithatha isinqumo sokuthi sibone ukuthi iyiphi indlela esizoyithatha njengenhlangano futhi sithuthukise umzabalazo wokulwa nesitha, okungonxiwankulu kanye nohulumeni ababi. Sisebenzisa ukuzimela kanye nentando yeningi. Singena emigwaqweni thintana nomphakathi."
Ukukhuluma ngakunye kwale mizabalazo kwakungewona amalungu e-MJB kuphela, kodwa futhi:
- I-CAAAV (Ukuhlela Imiphakathi Yase-Asia) elwa nokuqiniswa kwe-Chinatown
- I-Harlem Tenants Council kanye ne-Coalition to Preserve Community, emelene nokwandiswa kwe-Columbia University kanye nokuklanywa kabusha kwe-125th Street.
- I-Sunset Park Alliance of Neighbours, amandla okwakha eningizimu Brooklyn
- Thomas Jefferson Tenants Association, ethatha udlame lwamaphoyisa ezindlini zomphakathi
- Iqembu elivela ku-Make the Road New York, inhlangano yomphakathi ehola kancane e-Bushwick, e-Brooklyn, ezwakalise imizabalazo yomphakathi wayo ezindaweni zeshashalazi ihlanganisa oshaka ababolekwayo nabaqasha ugwayi ngokumelene nabantu abalungile baseNew York, abagcina behlule amandla. okunamandla kumsindo wama-maracas, iziginci nama-accordion
"Lokhu kuyi-neoliberalism empeleni kubi kakhulu," kusho uNellie Hester Bailey, umqondisi weHarlem Tenants Council. "Siyizisulu zalo." Kufanele azi. Umyeni wakhe wabulawa umnikazi wendawo owayenesihluku eminyakeni engu-20 edlule kule nyanga. "Esikulwelayo," kusho yena, "isigaba esibusayo. Lesi yisizinda senhloko-dolobha yezimali zamazwe ngamazwe. Esikhuluma ngakho ukuthi abantu abampofu bangaphila yini ezindaweni ezithengiswayo ezibizayo. Njengoba abantu abacebile beza edolobheni, eBloomberg usixosha ngaphandle komuzi."
Izethulo ezivela ku-Bailey nezinye izikhulumi zazivame ukuphawulwa izingoma ezithi "I-Harlem's Not For sale! I-Harlem's Not For sale! ยกHarlem No Se Vende! ยกHarlem No Se Vende!"
U-Tom Demot, we-Coalition to Preserve Community, useneminyaka engu-30 esebenzela lokho. โNgithanda ukukhuluma ngezitha,โ etshela isixuku. "Izitha zethu azifuni ukuzwa izwi, zifuna sonke sibe abangani njengoba zisiklinya." Ngaphezu konjiniyela, i-Demot yabiza izikhulu ezikhethiwe e-City Hall, iningi lazo elisekele ukuklanywa kabusha kwe-Harlem kanye nokwakhiwa kabusha kwe-Harlem, kanye nezinhlangano zendawo ezithuthukisayo, imithetho yokusetshenziswa komhlaba, kanye "nohlelo lwesigaba sabahlonishwayo e-United States. "
Abanye abahleli baveze ukuhambisana kwemigomo yedolobha kanye nezithakazelo zabanikazi bezindlu. "Idolobha lisebenzisana nabanikazi bezindlu ekuxosheni abantu ezindlini zabo," kusho uBin Liang we-CAAAV, osekuphele iminyaka ehlela eChinatown. "Abaqashi bayajeziswa ngokwehluleka kwabanikazi bezindlu ukwenza okufanele bakwenze," esho, ecaphuna ukukhishwa kwemindeni emadolobheni ezindaweni eziqashiwe ngesaziso samahora amabili kuphela. "Enye yezimbangela yizisusa eziqhutshwa yinzuzo kubanikazi bezindlu ukuthi benze lokhu."
UPearl Barkley, weThomas Jefferson Houses Tenants Association kanye neMothers Against Abusive Policing, uphakamise enye indlela idolobha elisebenzisa ngayo izinqubomgomo "zokuncipha okuhleliwe" "kwezindawo ezinezinkinga": amaphoyisa anonya kubantu abahlala ezindlini zomphakathi. "Sibona imikhuba ye-NYPD," kusho u-Barkley, "ekhonsathini ne-NYCHA [NYC Housing Authority], njengendlela yokuqeda bonke abantu abahola kancane abahlala e-NYCHA. Kuyinto ecashile kakhulu. Abantu abakwazi ukuphuma ngaphandle ukwakha noma ukuthulula udoti ngaphandle kwamaphoyisa abacela umazisi. Yilo icebo lokuthi ekugcineni basikhiphe. Ngokwenza ubugebengu babaqashi bakhona."
U-Javier Genao, umhleli we-Sunset Park Alliance of Neighbors, unikeze isixwayiso kulabo ababehlangene: "Siyazi ukuthi kunomlando wokuhlukanisa futhi unqobe. Lena into esiyibonile esikhathini esidlule ukuthi idolobha liye layenza futhi. abathuthukisi benzile, ngoba abafuni ukuthi sibumbane futhi silwe nesitha sethu esifanayo." Nokho kukhona omakhelwane baseLatino nabase-Asia abahlela ndawonye, โโwabika, mayelana nezindaba ezivela kumalungelo abaqashi ukuya ezenzweni ezinobuthi.
UBailey uqhube wathi: โIsigebenga esisha esisebhulokhini, yilokho akubiza ngokuthi โukutshalwa kwezimali ngokulingana okuyingoziโโukuthutheleka kwezinkampani ezizimele ezake zihlose ukukhipha amaphesenti angama-20 kuye kwangama-30 abaqashi ezindaweni zabo futhi baguqule izinkulungwane buthule. zamafulethi alawulwayo okuqashwa abe amayunithi kanokusho enzelwe uhlobo oluhlukile lwedolobha.
Kwamanye amabhlogo, inkinga yezimali imise ukuthathwa okunonya okunjalo. Usuku lomholo aluzange lufike lwe-Dawnay Day, ibhange lokutshala imali elizinze e-London elake lafuna ukwakha umbuso wezindlu wase-US kusukela nge-East Harlem. Iqembu lezezimali lidlulele phezu kwempahla yalo futhi labhekana nokumelana nembulunga yonke kusukela Emkhankasweni Wamazwe Ngamazwe Wokuvikela we-El Barrio oholwa yi-MJB.
โKwenzeke into engajwayelekile endleleni eya ebhange,โ kuchaza uBailey. "Uyazi ukuthini? Zonke zithengiswa. Zonke lezo zinhlelo, kuhlanganise nephrojekthi ye-East 125th Street, zisabanjiwe. I-Columbia University isenkingeni enkulu. Kuyinto engenakwenzeka ukuthi inyuvesi ikwazi ukuphishekela izinhlelo zayo zangempela ze-$ 6 billion. ukunwetshwaโฆ. Izinkukhu sezifikile ekhaya ukuzohlalela laba bathuthukisi."
Izinkulumo bezihambisana namadokhumentari kanye nemiyalezo evela kweminye imikhakha, okuhlanganisa neNew Orleans, lapho izithombe ezikhombisa ukubhidlizwa kwezindlu zomphakathi kanye nokuhlanzwa kwengxenye yabampofu baleli dolobha; kanye nase-Atenco, eMexico, lapho i-People's Front in Defence of the Land yacindezelwa ngesihluku amabutho ezokuphepha ngo-2006. Isixuku saphinde sabuka izithombe zokuthatha kwakamuva kwe-MJB kwe-Mexican Consulate ukuze kufune inkululeko yeziboshwa zezombusazwe.
Umethuli ngamunye uqhubekile nokuhlanganyela isiqephu sephupho lakhe ngomakhelwane kanye nomhlaba wabo, njengoba nje behlanganyele ingxenye yomzabalazo wabo.
- โIphupho lethu,โ kusho uLiang, โukuba wonke umuntu oqashile aphile ngokuthula, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi unemali noma cha, futhi angahlukunyezwa.
- โLeyo ndlu ayilona ilungelo,โ kusho uBailey. "Leyo ndlu iyilungelo lomuntu eliyisisekelo. Akusho lutho ukuthi unomsebenzi, uma usukhulile, uma ubuthakathaka, kuyilungelo lakho. Lokho kufanele kube ngokoqobo."
- โSiphupha ngezwe,โ kusho uGuzman, โlapho singasebenzisa khona amalungelo ethu obulungisaโฆlapho singathuthuka ndawonye sibambeneโฆ sizama ukuxhaphaza abathobekile ngokusiza kwabo kwezomnotho ... lapho izingane zethu zingaba nekusasa eliqhakazile."
- "Ukuze izingane zethu ziyeke ukubulawa. Lokho kuyiqiniso emphakathini wangakithi," kusho uBarkley. "Siphupha ngosuku lapho sihlobene khona njengabantu abagcwele, hhayi isivuno semali esingasihlinzeka ... emaphoyiseni nasezimbonini zasejele."
- โSiphupha ngokunqoba,โ kusho uGenao. "Siphupha ngokuba nokulawula umphakathi emiphakathini yethuโฆ. Siphupha usuku lapho abantu bengalihloniphi igunya lamaphoyisa noma izikhulu ezikhethiwe, kodwa abantu bahloniphe igunya lalokho abantu abakunqumayo ndawonye njengomphakathi. Yilokho amaphupho asithwala kulo mshikashika onzima kakhulu."
Ngaleso sikhathi, ababambiqhaza abancane bandiza bebuyela emuva naphambili ngomnyango olandelayo ngaphambi komdlalo olindelwe we-Gentrification Piรฑata/Neoliberal Piรฑata obuzoba umcimbi wokugcina kusihlwa. I-piรฑata, into embi, ebukekayo, elenga ngocu olulodwa ophahleni lwesikhungo somphakathi sase-East Harlem. Izingane zika-El Barrio zalungiselela ukuwehlisa unomphela.
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UMichael Gould-Wartofsky ungumbhali ozimele omsebenzi wakhe uvele ku Nation, Jewish Currents, Monthly Review, Futhi Izimbongi Ezimelene Nempi. Wathatha izithombe zalesi sihloko.