Ngaqala ukuhlangana no-Barbara Ehrenreich ekuqaleni kwawo-1970 emhlanganweni kazwelonke we-New American Movement lapho isahluko sakhe saseNew York kanye nesahluko sami sase-Austin Texas kwahlangana ngokuzibophezela ekukhuliseni ukwakheka kwekilasi lenhlangano. Ngomuntu siqu mina noBarbara saxhuma ngokushesha lapho sithola ukufana okuphawulekayo eMontana yakhe nasekukhuleni kwami โโeTexas. Yomibili imindeni yethu yayingabantu bezinyunyana eziqinile, uRoosevelt Democrats, abakaze bavotele iRiphabhulikhi, basebenze ngezandla zabo, futhi benza izingane zabo zibe abafundi basekolishi lesizukulwane sokuqala. Kodwa ngaphandle kokufana kwezimpande, uBarbara kwakumnandi ukuba naye. Wayehlakaniphile, engathobekile, engahloniphi futhi ehlekisa njengesihogo.
Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva lapho ngithuthela eBoston ngiyofunda esikoleni esiphakeme, uBarbara wangimema ukuba ngibe ngumbhali wephephandaba lesizwe le-NAM futhi kamuva wangibuthela indaba eyayibhalwe phakathi kweLabour and Capital ephikisana nendima yekilasi lokuphatha elisezingeni eliphezulu. umphakathi wonxiwankulu. Eminyakeni eyalandela, njengoba ngithuthela endaweni eyi-Bay Area, ukukhulumisana kwethu kwaba nephutha nakakhulu.
Kodwa lapho sihlangana noma sixhuma ngocingo ukuxhumana kwethu komuntu siqu kwahlala futhi kuphefumulelwe. Sagcina ukukhuluma cishe ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule ngocingo. UBarbara wayebonakala ekhathele futhi engazizwa kahle. Sathola izindaba ezithile zomkhaya, zomuntu siqu, nesimo sezwe. Ubuhlakani nobuhlakani bakhe kwakusekhona. Futhi lapho sivalelisa ngalibonga kakhulu ithonya lakhe ekuphileni kwami. Uphuthelwe.
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