Umthombo: Izindaba Zenkululeko
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Ukusuka eTampa Bay, eFlorida, ukuya ePortland, e-Oregon, kusukela eLos Angeles kuya eBoston, abantu bangenela imigwaqo Jan.30-Feb 1. Bahlela amakharavani ezimoto, izikhulumi futhi bawisa amabhanela afuna uhulumeni ahoxise ngokushesha amarenti kanye nezindlu ezibolekiwe. abangenamakhaya futhi bayeke ukuxoshwa.
Izenzo zenzeke emadolobheni angama-30 njengoba ukuvinjelwa kokuxoshwa kukazwelonke nasendaweni kumise izigidi zokukhishwa kwabantu ezindlini, futhi ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yabantu ayikwazi ukukhokha izikweletu zayo futhi ayikwazi ukuthola imali yokuqasha. Inkinga yokuxoshwa izohlasela imiphakathi ecindezelwe, esuvele ihlaselwe wubhubhane, obunzima kakhulu. Khonamanjalo, abanikazi bezindlu abakhulu basebenzisa kabi izintuba futhi bavulela imindeni amacala okuxoshwa kungakhathalekile ukuthi kumiswe kanjani.
Imibhikisho ekhomba isidingo sokuthi abantu abasebenzayo balwele amalungelo abo ididiyelwe Khansela Iziqashi kanye neQembu leSocialism and Liberation. Nasi isampula.
I-Bay Area, eCalifornia. Izimoto ezingamashumi amabili nane namabhayisikili ayisithupha zingene emigwaqweni yase-Oakland naseSan Francisco zibiza ngeSpanishi nangesiNgisi zifuna ukwesulwa kwerenti nezindlu ezibolekiwe, kuphele ukukhishwa kwabantu ezindlini kanye nokuvalwa kwezindlu, kanye nokuhlalisa abangenamakhaya ezindlini ezingenabantu. Womabili amakharavani e-Bay Area athole ukwesekwa emphakathini.
In Oakland, bashaya ujenga esiteshini sase-San Leandro BART ngemuva kweloli elinomsindo, base beya e-Alameda County Courthouse ukuze kube nomhlangano. UNathalie Hrizi, uthisha wesikole sikahulumeni saseSan Francisco, ongumgqugquzeli wezinyunyana uthe, “E-Alameda County kunamayunithi angama-37,000 angenalutho, angenamuntu kanye nabantu abayizi-8,000 abahlala emigwaqweni…. Lokhu kungqubuzana, ukuthi izindlu azilona ilungelo lomuntu, kodwa izindlu zingezenzuzo kuphela, yikho okuchaza lonke lolu hlelo.”
In i-San Francisco umahamba-nendlwana oqale endaweni yase-Bayview-Hunters Point wadlula eMishini, waphela eduze komuzi kaMeya waseLondon Breed. U-Yasmine uthe ujoyine lesi senzo "ngoba izindlu ziyilungelo lomuntu - abanikazi bezindlu bathole inzuzo ngesidingo sabantu sendawo yokuhlala isikhathi eside futhi kwanele."
I-San Diego, California: Ngemva kwengqungquthela yezindaba, izimoto ezingaba ngu-40 zazungeza izindawo zabasebenzi. Abahlanganyeli bahlanganisa i-Anak Bayan SD kanye neSan Diego's Khansela i-Rent Coalition. I-San Diego cishe ayinazo izivikelo zabaqashi, futhi ucingo lwekharavani lokukhansela ukuqasha lwasekelwa ngentshiseko abahamba ngezinyawo, abashayeli nabasebenzi kulo lonke. UJane Chippendale wachaza, “Kumele sibhekane nenkinga emsuka wayo. Inkinga yezindlu iwumphumela wonxiwankulu.”
Izindawo zokuhlala ezengeziwe e-Spokane, Washington: isibhengezo esiwiswe ebhulohweni lezinyawo laseNingizimu Regal St. phezu kwe-I-90 lihlangane namahuni ambalwa avumayo avela ezimotweni ezidlula ngezansi.
In I-Tri-city, Washington, kwadlula izimoto eziyishumi Kennewick, Pasco kanye neWest Richland. Abantu abebengaphandle kwemizi yabo, ikakhulukazi ePasco, bajabulela ukubona ikharavani, baqhweba futhi bajabula.
EPortland, e-Oregon. I-Portland Tenants United kanye ne-Community Alliance of Tenants, bajoyine irali e-SE Portland e-Colonel Summers Park, kanye nekharavani eyalandela. U-Leeor Schweizer we-PTU, uthe iPortland igcizelela isidingo esikhulu sokukhanselwa kwerenti ezweni lonke. U-Coya Crespin we-CAT, wenze isivumo somhlaba futhi wagqamisa ukungabi nabulungisa kokuphoqelela abantu ukuba bakhokhe irenti ngomhlaba ontshontshiwe waboMdabu. Owesifazane osanda kungenakhaya ujoyine lo mhlangano futhi wahlanganyela emzabalazweni ehlala emotweni yakhe. Ikharavani eBelmont, Hawthorne, neSalmon nasezindaweni ezidumile, ibingelelwe ngezibhakela eziphakanyisiwe, amagagasi nokujabula.
Louis, eMissouri, ukudla nezidingo kwanikezwa emhlanganweni wokukhuluma kanye nerali eduze nebhilidi laseMcGuire, eduze nje komfula wedolobha i-St. Louis, lapho ukuthuthukiswa kusongela ukuxoshwa kwabantu abaningi edolobheni elingenamakhaya. Lo mhlangano ubuseka lo mphakathi ongenamakhaya. "KuWall Street kube nokutakulwa kwebheyili kanye nokungeniswa kwemali enkulu ohlelweni lwezezimali - kodwa yini uhulumeni ayenzileyo ukulungisa le nkinga yabantu abasebenzayo?" Kusho uScott.
I-Springfield, eMissouri: Ikharavani yezimoto eziyi-13 igingqike isuka eBrand Beach Park, neSpringfield Tenants United kanye neFood Not Bombs ebambe iqhaza. UGloria La Riva oqokelwe isikhundla sikaMengameli we-PSL ubekhona kulesi sigameko kanti kuxoxwa naye Springfield News-Umholi iphephandaba. Naphezu kwemvula, abadlula ngendlela baphume ngaphansi kwendawo yokukhosela ukuze bathathe amapheshana ezimotweni. Umhlanganyeli uSeth Goodwin uthe, “Umyalezo wethu uthi uma uhulumeni wethu engatakula amabhange, angatakula abantu.”
In I-Central New York i-Geneva Women’s Assembly, iPeople’s Peaceful Protest kanye ne-Geneva PSL bahlele umbuthano befuna izindlu eziphephile, ezivikelekile kanye nokuhoxiswa kwerenti kanye nezikweletu zezindlu. Iqembu lamazwe ngamazwe labantu abangamashumi amahlanu abavela e- Isifunda saseFinger Lakes weza ku Geneva, eNew York, ukubhikishela ukucwasa nokungahlonishwa kwabesifazane abaNsundu yi-Geneva Housing Authority (GHA). Abesifazane abathathu bafake izikhalo zokucwaswa - okuhlanganisa nokusabisa ngezindlu zabo zeSigaba 8 - emsebenzini we-GHA. Baningi abesifazane asebephumele obala kanti ne-GHA iyaphenywa.
U-Melinda Robinson, oyisisulu sokucwasa ngokwebala kwe-GHA, Kusukela ngo-2017, akukho osekwenziwe. Lutho. Baningi kakhulu abantu besifazane abafana nami abesaba ukuthi bazolahlekelwa ivawusha yabo yeSigaba 8, balahlekelwe yizindlu.” Ikhansela leDolobha lase-Geneva kanye nelungu le-PSL u-Laura Salamendra wachaza, “Yona kanye i-ejensi eyayiphathiswe ukumsiza, ukumgcina ezindlini eziphephile, yayizimisele ngokumenza angabi nakhaya futhi enze ubugebengu.” U-Iesiah Harris uthe “Izikhulu zemijondolo yaseGeneva kufanele ziqonde njengamanje ukuthi asidikibali nokuthi sizoqhubeka nokulwa kakhulu.”
Kwenziwa izenzo ezine ENew York City. Emhlanganweni wasemgwaqweni waseBedford Stuyvesant e Brooklyn, u-Roland Lane ovela ku-Taaffe Tenants’ Association, waphawula ukuthi izimfuno zokushisa, izingidi nezinye izidingo eziyisisekelo azinakwa kwaze kwaba yilapho abaqashi beqala ukuhlela, “Amandla abantu yiwo aphoqelela izinkampani namabhiliyoni ukuba agobe entandweni yethu,” esho. U-Neimra Coulibaly waphazamisa umzabalazo wezindlu ngokucindezelwa okukhethekile kwabesifazane abaMnyama. Ngaphansi Ngaphansi konxiwankulu abesifazane abamnyama “bathinteka ngendlela engafanele…futhi imindeni yabaNsundu ixoshwa kakhulu ezweni lonke.”
Bronx izishoshovu zanikeza amapheshana okufundisa, futhi zaxoxa nomphakathi embuthanweni wasemgwaqweni. U-Eugene Puryear uxhume ukulawula ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 nezindlu. “Ayikho enye indlela yokumisa ukusabalala kwaleli gciwane ngaphandle kokuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu bangakwazi ukuhlala ekhaya ngaphandle uma kubaluleke kakhulu. Emphakathini wonxiwankulu ayikho indlela ongahlala ngayo ekhaya uma kufanele ukhokhe irenti kanye nezindleko zempilo yansuku zonke.”
Ukushayela udlula Queens, umahamba-nendlwana wezimoto wahlanganisa umsekeli ovela eNew Jersey naseLong Island. Queens kwaba i-hotspot yokuqala ye-COVID-19 kanye nemiphakathi yemibala yesigaba sabasebenzi ihlala ithintekile.
Eduze kwehhovisi lomphakathi lePSL ku East Harlem, Amalungu eqembu ahlinzeke nge-PPE yamahhala kanye neziphuzo, futhi asize omakhelwane ukuthi bagcwalise a ifomu lesimemezelo sobunzima ukuvimba ukuxoshwa. Ukumiswa kweNew York State ekuxoshweni kuzophelelwa yisikhathi ngo-Ephreli. "Umninindlu wami ubelokhu engihlukumeza izinyanga ethi angikhokhi irenti - futhi ngihlala endaweni e-brownstone," kusho uMiguel, isakhamuzi saseHarlem.
E-Milwaukee, WI, I-PSL ijoyine i-Milwaukee Autonomous Tenants Union (MATU) ekukhetheni ihhovisi le-S2 Real Estate, umxoshi omkhulu kunabo bonke e-Milwaukee, ukuze ifune isimemezelo sokuzinqumela sokuxoshwa kanye nokuhoxiswa kwerenti yabo bonke abaqashi abasale ngemuva. Abasebenzi bakwa-S2 bakhiya iminyango ngokushesha baphuma ehhovisi usuku lonke. Abaqashi bakwa-S2 bafike bezokwehlisa irenti, badinwe ihhovisi elikhiyiwe, kodwa bama baxoxa namalungu akwaMATU ngokuthi yini abangayenza ukuze bamelane nalo mjondolo ongadumile. Abanye abaqashi bahlala befuna ipiki futhi babelane ngezindaba ezishaqisayo zokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo kokuqasha ku-S2.
Esinye isiqashi, uMarlene, uthe (S2) “besaba ukuvula iminyango yabo ngenxa yokuthi bangamamijondolo futhi abangayinakekeli impahla yabo. Kunamagwababa, amagundane, amapayipi amanzi amabi... Awayenzi ngisho ingxenye yawo kodwa alungele ukuxosha abantu. Abantu bakhokha irenti yabo, bathola ukuthi amapayipi amanzi awasebenzi, kodwa abayitholi leyo renti. “
USam Stair, ongumnikazi we-S2, ukhale ngepiki ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, ethi abanikazi bezindlu banelungelo lokuxosha abantu ngesikhathi sodlame ngenxa yokulahlekelwa yinzuzo. U-Stair wenze lezi zikhundla endaweni yokungcebeleka e-Cancun, lapho eseholidini njengamanje.
In E-Urbana, Illinois umahamba-nendlwana wezimoto ezingu-10 obhukhelwe izinkulumo, waqala e-Urbana Lincoln Square Mall futhi waphelela e-Campus Oaks Apartments. Lo mcimbi uphinde waba umcimbi wokwethulwa komkhankaso welungu le-PSL u-Colin Dodson womkhankaso wokhetho woMkhandlu Wedolobha Wase-Urbana Ward 2. “Ubuhlali buyasebenza, singabukha, futhi elithi ‘thina’ lisho WENA,” kusho u-Hrant..
Ukukhuluma e-McKinley Park, eSouthwest Side of Chicago, yakwazi ukumelana namakhaza ashubisa umnkantsha ngemva kokuba isiphepho sasebusika sigubuzele iChicago endaweni ecishe ibe yimitha yeqhwa. Isimo sezulu sagqamisa iqiniso lokuthi abantu abaningi abangenamakhaya baphoqeleka ukuthi baphume kulezi zimo ezingase zibe yingozi, nokuthi njengoba le nkinga yerenti izobhekana kanjani nezigidi ezengeziwe emigwaqweni. “Isheke lika-$600 alanele. Isheke lika-$1,400 alanele. Sifuna kwesulwe ngokuphelele zonke izindlu eziqashisayo nezindlu ezibolekiwe!” Kusho uShabbir Manjee.
In Cedar City, Utah, uhlela ukuqunga isibindi ukuqala kwesiphepho sasebusika ukuze abambe inkulumo eqhelelene nomphakathi ngaphandle kwe-Southern Utah University Library. Kubalulwe inqwaba yabafundi basemakolishi abangayitholanga ngisho isheke lokuvuselela ngenxa yokuthi bathathwa njengabancike kubazali babo ngentela futhi badonsa kanzima ukuze baziphilise phakathi kokufunda, ukuqasha, kanye nenani elikhulayo lesikweletu sabafundi esiqhubekayo. “Izimpilo zethu zonke, sitshelwe ukuthi siphila ezweni elikhulu kunawo wonke eMhlabeni,” kusho uLandon Yates. “Kungani pho, phezu kwengxenye yesigidi sethu singenamakhaya kuyilapho izigidi ezingu-17 zingenamuntu? Kungani cishe abantu baseMelika ababili kwabathathu baphila isheke ukuze bakhokhe, bezabalaza ukuqasha? Kungani oyedwa kwabathathu bethu engasoze abe nomuzi wethu?…Ukukhansela imali yokuqasha kuyinto encane kakhulu esingayenza ukuze sivikele izimpilo zomakhelwane bethu asebeyizisulu zomnotho wethu ongaxoleli.” Kulabo abangezanga ngenxa yesiphepho, iPSL inikeze uFacebook ukusakazwa bukhoma kombhikisho ekilabhini yaleli qembu, iStudents for Socialism.
In IBoston, Abantu abangu-50 bahlangane ukuze kube nomhlangano oqhelelene nomphakathi e-Nubian Square endaweni yakudala yabaNsundu yase-Roxbury. Izikhulumi ezisuka ku-Boston Teachers Union, Unite Here Local 26 kanye no-I Am Harriet Boston bajoyine i-Cancel the Rents Boston ukuze bakhulume nesixuku phambi kwe-Citizens Bank. Bagcizelele ukuthi uhlelo olukhona lubasiza kanjani abantu besigaba sabasebenzi kubhubhane lwe-Covid-19- behluleka ukumisa ukuxoshwa, behluleka ukuhlinzeka ngezimo eziphephile zokusebenza kubasebenzi, nokwehluleka ukuhlinzeka ngokuhlolwa kwamahhala nokunakekelwa kwezempilo ezweni lonke ngesikhathi senhlekelele yezempilo yomhlaba wonke kanye nokuwohloka kwezimali okuzayo. . Hlanganyela Lapha, Omele Inyunyana Yasendaweni engama-26 uMike Kramer umemezele, “Lapho umsebenzi ubuya, sonke siyabuya. Futhi okuwukuphela kwendlela esizoyithola ngayo uma siphuma silwa emigwaqweni. ”
In I-Atlanta, izishoshovu zibambe umbhikisho, ukwehla kwezibhengezo, ipiki eqhelelene nomphakathi endaweni yaseVine City kanye ne-English Avenue engaphansi kwengcindezi enzima evela kubahwebi bezindlu. Omunye wesifazane wachaza ukuthi uthola incwadi, i-imeyili noma ucingo okungenani kathathu ngosuku oluvela kubathuthukisi becela ukuthenga umuzi wakhe ongadayiswa ngisho—abathuthukisi bomhlaba bazingela kulo lonke elase-Atlanta ukuze amakhaya athathe futhi aqinise.
In Pensacola, eFlorida, isenzo sokukhansela ukuqasha e- Fricker Community Centre sidonse amagagasi asekelayo avela kubantu ababedlula. “Ukuphela kwendlela esinganqoba ngayo izimfuno zethu uma sonke silwa ndawonye.” kugcizelela uRosa Blackbird.
Ngemva kokuhlangana eTampa Bay, eFlorida, umahamba-nendlwana wezimoto wahlangana eNingizimu St. Petersburg futhi wagingqika, emiphakathini yemibala eyayinganakiwe, amakhodi e-zip 33705 kanye no-33712. Abantu baqhweba futhi bamamatheka emigwaqweni yabo, otshanini, neminyango yangaphambili. “Kunomcimbi wesigidigidi esizoba lapha ngesonto elizayo nge-Super Bowl…futhi abantu basaphumile emigwaqweni uma kunezindlu ezitholakalayo zabo. Kusho uDevonte Sullivan. Kukhona “umnyango wamaphoyisa wezigidigidi olungele ukubabopha. Ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi kufanele sizinike isikhathi sokugcizelela izindlu njengelungelo lomuntu.”
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