Umthombo: Ukuhlela Ukuthuthukisa
"Ngingumsekeli kaTrump," le ndoda itshele uDanny Timpona, yaqhubeka yathi njengoba idinga ukunakekelwa kwezempilo okufinyelelekayo, yayingahambisani nhlobo nanoma yiluphi uhlelo oluhlanganisa abokufika abangenazo izincwadi. “Leli lizwe likhululekile kakhulu. Kumele sinakekele abantu bakithi,” usho kanje. Kwakungesona isiphetho sengxoxo yabo kuvulandi ongaphambili emaphandleni aseNyakatho Carolina. Kwakuyisiqalo.
U-Timpona wabelane ngendaba yakhe kancane, wathi baningi abantu ababaziyo nababathandayo abathuthele lapha besuka kwezinye izindawo. Wabuza le ndoda ukuthi isipiliyoni sayo kubantu bokufika kube yini. Kuvele ukuthi abantu abaningi abesebenza nabo bekungabantu bokufika. "Basebenza kanzima, bagxile emndenini, bathanda ukufa."
“Ubani ngokukhethekile?” Kubuza uThimpona. Kwatholakala ukuthi le ndoda yayinomngane okuthiwa uMaría, futhi waqaphela ukuthi angase axoshwe. “Ngambhalela incwadi ijaji, ngabhala cishe amakhasi ayisithupha, ngathola abangani bami ukuthi nabo bahluphe ijaji,” usho kanje. UMaria wahlala, okungenani ngaleso sikhathi.
Indoda yayinesifo sikashukela futhi idinga ukunakekelwa kwezempilo ngempela. UTimpona wambuza ukuthi wayecabanga ukuthi umngane wakhe uMaria wayenecala yini ngokunqwabelana kwezikweletu zesibhedlela, umuthi kadokotela ayengenakuwuthenga. Wathi, ‘Angikaze ngicabange ngakho ngaleyo ndlela.
U-Timpona, oyisekela lomqondisi we-distributed organisation Isenzo Sabantu, babe naleyo ngxoxo ngo-Fall 2019, njengengxenye yeqembu ucwaningo okuholela emjikelezweni wokhetho luka-2020. Onyakeni olandelayo, amavolontiya nabahleli babezoba namakhulu ezinkulungwane zezingxoxo “ezijulile” ezinjalo. Izinhlangano ezikunethiwekhi ye-People's Action zifinyelele ePennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Colorado, Arizona, Wisconsin naseNorth Carolina. Ukubonisa Ubulungisa Bobuhlanga (SURJ) ibize eKentucky, Pennsylvania, naseGeorgia, ekugcineni igxile eGeorgia ngaphambi kokhetho lukamongameli. Zombili lezi zinhlangano bezisebenza kukhetho lwaseGeorgia.
Ikakhulukazi, nakuba bengenabo kuphela, bethanda ukukhuluma nabantu abamhlophe abampofu kanye nesigaba sabasebenzi, abantu ababenganakwa kakhulu iDemocratic Party—kanye nabamhlophe abanesandla esikhulu ekushintsheni okujulile. Izingxoxo zabo zazibekela inselele ngobumnene izincazelo zobandlululo eseziphenduke umqondo ovamile, ezinikeza abantu uhlaka nendlela ehlukile. Indlela abayisebenzisayo iphinde yaphonsela inselelo inselelo yokungakhulumisani ngobuhlanga nabavoti abamhlophe, futhi yanikeza ukuqonda okuthile kulokho labo bavoti abakuzwayo nabakudingayo.
"Imiphakathi yabantu abamnyama nabansundu kanye neyomdabu iyakha amandla futhi sidinga ukuletha abantu abamhlophe abenele etafuleni ukwenza lokho kube isu lokuwina, kokubili ezimpini ezikhona njengamanje kanye noshintsho lwesikhathi eside esiludingayo," kusho umsunguli we-SURJ. UCarla Wallace. “Uma singabahleli abantu abamhlophe futhi singabeki obala endabeni yobuhlanga kusho ukuthi ilungelo liyakhula. Umlayezo omuhle kakhulu osetshenziswa nabantu abamhlophe: labo AbaMnyama nalabo bantu abansundu bazothola okuthile, futhi uzokhokha ngakho. Ukwehlukana nokunqoba obekusetshenziswa kusukela ekuqaleni kwaleli zwe futhi kwadalwa umjaho.”
UKWABELANA NGEZINDABA
"Ukukhankasa okujulile kusekelwe ekuxoxeni izindaba," kusho uMphathi Womkhankaso Wokhetho we-SURJ u-Ash Overton. Babephakathi kwabokuqala ukusebenza ngale ndlela ngenkathi besebenza e-Los Angeles LGBTQ Center's Leadership LAB. Beshukunyiswa isiqephu sango-2008 sesilinganiso sokuvota sase-California esivimbela umshado wezitabane, abahleli nezishoshovu babhekisisa ukuthi baxhumana kanjani. Bathole ukuthi ukushintshisana ngezindaba kungenza abantu badlule lapho bekhuluma bese kugxilisa kulokho abaphila ngakho.
Ingxoxo evamile yekhanvasi ejulile iqala ngombuzo ovulekile. Ihlose ukuzibandakanya esikhundleni sokuncenga. Umkhanvasi uzonikela ngendaba yakhe kancane ephendula impendulo, bese ebuza umuntu akhuluma naye ngolwazi lwakhe, bese uzama ukumxoxisana “ngekhoni yelukuluku”—imibuzo elula efana nokuthi “Kwenzeka nini lokhu ? Wazizwa kanjani?” Ngokufanelekile, i-canvasser yabelana ngendaba eyengeziwe. Kokubili ukulalela nokuba sengozini kubalulekile. Kulolu hlelo umkhankasi ulalela ukungabaza, ukungqubuzana, ukuvuleka ukuze aphakamise indlela ehlukile yokubona.
U-Overton usize ukuhlela eduze kwase-Los Angeles County Kala R, eyafakwa okhethweni lokuqala lwangoMashi 2020 ngumfelandawonye oholwa ngabantu abamnyama. U-Measure R unikeze amandla okubizela kukhomishana esanda kwenziwa ukuthi yengamele uMnyango kaSheriff, futhi wayala ikhomishana ukuthi ibheke ukuqondisa kabusha amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3.5 kude nokwandiswa kwejele kunezinye izindlela zokuboshwa. Abavoti abamhlophe be-SURJ bangqongqoze emnyango ezindaweni ezingacebile, ikakhulukazi empumalanga ye-LA County. Ukumisa ingxoxo kokuhlangenwe nakho kwabantu okuphilayo, i-SURJ ibuze abavoti ngemijikelezo yokulimala nokuhlukumezeka ezimpilweni zabo, ukuthi basebenze kanjani kulokho, nokuthi ukuqhubeka nokulimala kusizile yini.
"Kusengozini enkulu ukukhuluma ngemijikelezo yokulimala," kusho u-Overton. “Bekunehlazo nokufihlakala obekwenza abantu bangakwazi ukucubungula lezi zigameko. Ukubuzwa imibuzo nokungahlulelwa bekubalulekile.” Omunye wabavoti abakhulume naye kwakungugogo okhulisa izingane zendodakazi yakhe. Uqale wathi unomndeni eMnyangweni kaSheriff, ubengazi muntu oke waya ejele. Ngemuva kwesikhashana, wavolontiya ukuthi isoka lendodakazi yakhe lenze isikhathi sokusebenzisa izidakamizwa, "laphuma libi kakhulu kunalokho elingene." Wabonisa ukuthi uzama ukwenza kangcono nabazukulu bakhe kunabantwana bakhe. “Uma ngikhulisa laba bafana ngendlela engakhulisa ngayo izingane zami, ngabe ngiboshiwe. Ngiyazi ngikhuliswe ngebhande.” Yena kanye no-Overton babelane ngokuzabalaza, nentukuthelo, kanye nesidingo sokwesekwa kwezempilo yengqondo. Ekugcineni uthe uthanda u-Measure R “uma kuzokwenza ukuphila kuhluke, hhayi nje ukusiza abantu kodwa ukubasiza baqonde ukuze basize umuntu olandelayo.”
Izingxoxo ezijulile zekhanvasi zilandela umgudu wokuhlela—ukwazisa okuhlangenwe nakho kwabantu, eziphakamisa indlela ehlukile yokuqonda nokuphendula kuzo. I Uhlaka lokulandisa lwesigaba sohlanga igqamisa iqhaza abanalo abelungu ekulweni nokucwasa futhi ikhombe nezindlela zokuthatha izinyathelo.
UKUTHOLA ISIXEKO SOMUNTU
Uphiko lwesokudla lwakhe ubumbano lwezigaba ezihlukene ngobumhlophe. Abahleli abasebenzisa ukulandisa kwesigaba somjaho bahlose ukukuqeda lokho. Ngokwenza kanjalo, bawela i-taboo. Izikhulu zenkululeko kanye nabalandeli abaningi besokunxele baye bakubalekela ukukhuluma ngobuhlanga nabamhlophe. "Sicabanga ukuthi indlela ehlukile iyadingeka, leyo exhumanisayo, esikhundleni sokuphikisa, isigaba nobuhlanga," wabhala uProfesa Ian Haney López. Ukulandisa kwesigaba sohlanga kuqonda ukucwasa ngokobuhlanga njengokubili udlame olwenziwa kubantu bebala elihlukile kanye nethuluzi elisebenza kahle kakhulu le-elite lokugcina amandla abo.
"Akufanele sidele ukukhathazeka kobulungiswa bobuhlanga ukuze sikhulume nemibono yobandlululo," Kusho uLópez. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abamhlophe kufanele baqonde ukuthi ukucwasa ngokwebala kubalimaza kanjani. Empeleni, lokhu kusho ukukhomba okuhlangenwe nakho nokukhathazeka abantu abamhlophe kanye nabantu bemibala ababelana ngakho.
Amalungu e-SURJ angena umuzi nomuzi ezindaweni ezihlala abantu abamhlophe e-Louisville ukuze akhe ukwesekwa komzamo wokuqeda ibheyili yemali. "IKentucky imhlophe ngokwedlulele futhi ingabanye abantu abamhlophe abampofu kakhulu ezweni," kusho uCarla Wallace. Abantu abamhlophe abampofu nabangabasebenzi balinyazwe wuhlelo lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu, futhi bahlobene nokungalungi kokuboshwa kwabantu ngaphambi kokuqulwa kwecala ngoba nje bengakwazi ukukhipha ibheyili. Kodwa-ke abakhankasi be-SURJ bethula umjaho.
“Sithi ‘imindeni eminingi yabamnyama ithintwe yilokho, imindeni eminingi edonsa kanzima njengeyakho.’ … Bese bethi, ‘kunjalo, kuya ngokuthi. Uma othile enza okuthile…’ futhi sibuyela kokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe. ‘Kwakulungile yini ukuba umalume wakho aboshwe ngaphambi kokuba atholakale enecala?’ ‘Cha, cha, akulungile lokho.’ Ngakho sithi, ‘Ubani owenza yonke leyo mali yokuqoqa lezo zibheyili? Akubona omakhelwane bakho, ngabantu abaphezulu.’ Ngithole ukuthi kuzoba nokungabaza engxoxweni ephathelene nobuhlanga, kodwa uma usuthi, ‘Kazi ukuthi ubani ocebayo?’ abantu abaningi bazovuleleka engxoxweni. ,” kusho uWallace.
Ingxenye yengxoxo kufanele ibe ukubiza izintambo zokucwasa. Ngesikhathi sokhetho luka-2020, I-Pennsylvania iyasukuma wenze izingcingo ezijulile zokukhankasa esifundeni ngasinye kwezingama-67 zombuso. "Siqeqeshe abantu ukuthi bakhulume ngempela ngobuhlanga nangezigaba," kusho uJules Berkman-Hill, isekela lomqondisi wokuhlela weqembu. “Ingxenye yendlela yokukhankasela abantu ngokujulile igomela abantu ngokumelene neqhinga lokucwasa ngokwebala kanye nokucwaswa kwabokufika. Singathi, ‘Akuyena umakhelwane wakho ongowokufika oyinkinga, yiphesenti elilodwa elisihlukanisayo,” kusho uBerkman-Hill. Izingxoxo zikhomba ngokusobala izidingo zabantu kanye nezithakazelo zabo.
ILUNGELO ELIMHLOPHE?
I-SURJ nePeople’s Action ayichithi inkinga “yelungelo labamhlophe” - kodwa ayiholeli nayo futhi. Umsebenzi wokuletha abantu abamhlophe emifelandawonye yezinhlanga ezehlukene umayelana nokwenza “abantu abamhlophe abangcono” nokudala “amadlelandawonye” kunokwakha ukuhlonza okungokoqobo phakathi kwabamhlophe abanebala elimhlophe.
“Kunoma imuphi walo msebenzi esiwenzayo ukwakha inhlangano yabasebenzi bezinhlanga ezehlukene kuleli, kumele sikwazi ukukhuluma nobuhlungu bawo wonke umuntu kanye nokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe kwengcindezelo nokuhlupheka,” kusho u-Adam Kruggel, umqondisi wezinhlelo zamasu. Ngezenzo Zabantu. “Wonke umuntu umi ngendlela ehlukile. Kukhona ukulwa nobumnyama kanye nokwesaba okubhekiswe kwabokufika… Kufanele siqaphele ukuthi abantu abamhlophe abahlupheki ngenxa yokuthi singabamhlophe. Sinezinzuzo zamasu ngenxa yohlanga lwethu kodwa akusho ukuthi asihlupheki noma asinazo izinto ezimbi noma ubunzima noma imizabalazo…Lowo ngumbuzo oyisisekelo esizama ukuwubuza: Ingabe ubuhlungu bethu bungaba ibhuloho esikhundleni sokuba isithiyo ? Sikholelwa ukuthi lezi yizinto ezingasihlanganisa, kodwa lokho ilungelo elikwazile ukukwenza amakhulu eminyaka ukuzihlomisa nokuzisebenzisa njengohlaka lokusihlukanisa. Uma usuqala ukuhlehlisa ikhethini futhi ungaqala ukwakha uzwela futhi uzizwe ubonwa….singaba nokuxhumana okuthembekile, okunenjongo okuletha uguquko nabantu.”
UKWENZA INCAZELO: REDNeCKS FOR IZIMPILO ABAMNYAMA
Ukubonakala kubalulekile. Inkulumo yokucwasa ephiko kwesokudla ayichazi nje kuphela ubuhlungu babantu, kodwa futhi iqinisekisa ubunikazi obumhlophe ngokungabandakanyi. Kwesinye isikhathi lokho kwenziwa ngamakhwela enja njengokuchazwa kwezinhlamvu zabantu njengokuthi “abenzi” noma “abathathi.” Kwesinye isikhathi kusakazwa ivolumu egcwele ngabashisekeli bezwe abamhlophe kanye namaNazi amasha kanye noMongameli ozoba ngumongameli maduze.
Noma iyiphi indlela, ukuphazamisa ilungelo kuyinkimbinkimbi. Iqala ngokubandakanya abantu ngezingxoxo ezijulile zokulalela, kanye nokuxhuma kumagugu abo nomlando, nokudala ezinye izindlela zokuqinisekisa ukubaluleka kwabo kobuntu.
Ekuphakameni kwezibhelu zobulungiswa bezinhlanga zika-2020, uBeth Howard, ongumqondisi ohlelayo we-SURJ's. Southern Crossroads iphrojekthi, ibone kunesidingo sokukhuluma nabantu abaningi ezindaweni zabamhlophe eningizimu, futhi "iphazamise ukulandisa kobandlululo mayelana nokuphanga nokuvukela umbuso, inkulumo-ze yamaphoyisa kanye ne-anti-Black Lives Matter." Wabhala "I-Rednecks for Black Lives" njengencwadi, "isikhalazo":
“Sekungamashumi eminyaka ilebula elithi ‘redneck’ siphonswa kithi ukuze silulaze kodwa sekuyisikhathi sokuthi siyibuyisele. Igama elithi redneck empeleni livela ekuvukeleni okukhulu kwezisebenzi ezweni, i Impi yaseBlair Mountain eWest Virginia ngo-1921, lapho iqembu elixube izinhlanga labavukuzi abangu-8,000 lilwa nabasebenzi bezinkampani zamalahle ukuze babumbane. . . Nakuba abavukuzi bengayitholanga inyunyana yabo ekupheleni kwaleyo mpi, yabeka isisekelo senhlangano yabasebenzi enkulu kakhulu eminyakeni ezayo, yadalula izingozi abavukuzi ababhekana nazo ezindaweni zamalahle eWest Virginia, futhi mhlawumbe ngaphezu kwanoma yini enye eyakha amandla ubumbano lwezinhlanga ezehlukene lwabantu abampofu nabasebenzayo. Abavukuzi bebebizwa ngama-redneck ngenxa yamabhandena abomvu aboshwe entanyeni akhombisa ukuthi bayinyunyana.”
Ekhuluma ngalesi siqeshana, esihambe kakhulu, uHoward ugcizelele isidingo "sokuphakamisa lo mlando ofihleke kakhulu emasikweni ajwayelekile, ukuthi 'yilokhu futhi esiyikho'." Ethathela kokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe ekukhuleni kwesigaba sabasebenzi eMpumalanga Kentucky, wathi, “Lapho ubhekana nobunzima obungaka, uqala ukukholelwa izinto abantu abazishoyo ngawe. . . Sifaka ngaphakathi imibono ecatshangwayo, futhi/noma siqale ukucabanga ukuthi ‘Kudingeka ngishintshe, ngidinga ukuziphika zonke lezi zingxenye zami.’ Umsebenzi wethu omningi uwukuba nabantu futhi sibasize babone ukufaneleka kwabo nesithunzi sabo. Uma abantu sebeqala ukuthi, 'empeleni, nginendaba, ngifanelwe indawo yokuhlala ephephile, umsebenzi ongiphatha kahle futhi okhokhela iholo, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, amanzi okuphuza ahlanzekile,' siqala ukubona abantu bethi, ' angeke ngisakubekezelela lokhu, ngizosukuma ngilwele okungifanele futhi ngizolwela nomakhelwane bami.”
IZWI ELISE minyango: IPOLITIK IYANCA
Izinkathazo nezinkinga abakhankasi abazizwa emafonini naseminyango akumangazanga: COVID. Ukulahlekelwa, noma ukwesaba ukulahlekelwa, umsebenzi kanye nezindlu. Idinga izinzuzo zokungasebenzi, usizo lwe-COVID nokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Izindleko eziphezulu zezinsiza, izibhedlela ezivaliwe ezindaweni zasemakhaya. Bheka phezulu, umbe ngaphansi kwezindawo zokukhuluma zeFox News, futhi abantu abaningi bezwa sengathi uhulumeni ubashiyile.
"Abantu bazizwa benesizungu futhi bebodwa ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi se-COVID," kusho uJules Berkman-Hill. “Babona sengathi uhulumeni wabo ubashiyile ngokunganikezi usizo olwenele. Osomabhizinisi abancane, abantu ababhekene nokungavikeleki kwezindlu, bayadilizwa. Abantu babethukuthele ngempela, becasuke ngempela, futhi bethukile ngempela.” Abantu abazihlonzi njengesobunxele, kwesokudla noma phakathi nendawo, ngokusho kukaBerkman-Hill. "Isikhundla esivame kakhulu kwezepolitiki kwakuwukuhlukaniswa," kusho yena. NgoDisemba 2020 I-Rootscamp Iphaneli yokwakhiwa kokuhlela kwezinhlanga eziningi, abahleli abavela ezifundeni ezahlukahlukene bakuqinisekisile lokhu kuhlola.
Inkohlakalo iphume njengodaba oluphambili kubavoti abayizi-10,000 XNUMX okucwaningwe ngabo I-West Virginia Ayikwazi Ukulinda ehlobo lika-2019. "Lokho bekungasho noma yikuphi ukwethembeka kwiDemocratic Party," kusho u-Cathy Kunkel, owayengenele iCongress njengengxenye yomzamo weqembu wokuletha "uhulumeni wabantu." Abavoti baseWest Virginia bazizwa "benqatshelwe" yizo zombili izinhlangothi, kusho yena. Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nesikhombisa abavoti basemakhaya “akholelwa ukuthi uhulumeni ukhombisa intando yabacebile nabanamandla,” ngokocwaningo lwangoMashi 2020 olwenziwe. RuralOrganising.
"Abantu abaningi abavoti," kusho uBeth Howard. “Kodwa kubantu abaningi abasebenzayo lapho ngakhulela khona, izinto azizange zishintshe ngempela kubo kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bavotele bani. Ngama-80s nama-90s lapho ngikhula, lapho bevotela amaDemocrats i-NAFTA yenzeka, imisebenzi yabo yayingasekho, izinyunyana zahlakazeka. Baqanjwe amanga yizinhlangothi zombili. Iqembu okufanele lithathele abantu abampofu akulona. Baphinde baphathwe ngosozigidigidi.”
Okulungile, okuxakayo, kusebenzisa ukugxeka okukholisayo kwabakhethekile kunamaDemocrat amaningi. “Abantu abaningi bayamthanda uTrump ngenxa yokuthi ubani nokuthi uzondani. Abezindaba. Izifundiswa nochwepheshe. 'Ukuvumelana okukhululekile' nolimi lokufakwa. Ukusungulwa kweWashington kanye nabangaphakathi bayo. Futhi bonke abashisekeli benkululeko abangenangqondo abamukela lezi zinto,” kubhala u-Anthony Flaccovento kwethi “Ukunqoba Ukuhlukana Kwezindawo Zasemadolobheni Nasemaphandleni. "
Nokho ibhekene nesidingo esikhulu kanye nokuhlukaniswa okujulile, iDemocratic Party iyaqhubeka nokugijima iye esikhungweni. Isikhungo siyenqaba ukufunda esikhalweni sabaqokelwe abanjengoBernie Sanders, noma UCharles Booker - omele izwe eliMnyama oqhubekayo owagijima e-Kentucky yango-2020 eyinhloko ukuze athole ithuba lokubhekana no-Mitch McConnell.
"Ukungakwazi ukukhulumisana neziphakamiso ezinesibindi kanye nohlelo olunesibindi olujabulisayo nolukhuthazayo yinto engiyibonile," kusho uDanny Timpona. Ube nezingxoxo ezijulile nabantu eNyakatho Carolina nasezindaweni zasemakhaya i-Appalachia mayelana ne-Green New Deal, mayelana nokukhansela isikweletu sabafundi, mayelana ne-Medicare for All. Abanye abantu bancishwe amaphrimiyamu akhuphukayo kanye nokudonswa kwemali ngaphansi kwe-Obamacare. “Abantu abazona izimungulu,” kusho uTimpona. “Isipiliyoni sabo, futhi abantu bayaphila. Bahlanganisa ababili nababili. Akufanele sikholwe ukuthi lesi sikhungo esicatshangelwayo sinenzuzo kulo mzuzu lapho isidingo sinzima kakhulu, futhi ipolitiki isiphendukela kwesokudla. ”
EKHOMBA PHAMBILI
Ukunqoba komqhudelwano wase-Georgia kufakazela amashumi eminyaka okuhlela emiphakathini yabaNsundu yesifunda kanye naphakathi kwezinombolo zayo ezikhulayo zabavoti baseLatinx nabase-Asian American - kanye nomdlalo waphansi onesibindi nekhono okhethweni ngokwalo. Kuseza izinselelo zokuthola imiphumela ebambekayo kulawo mawini, kanye nokwakha ukuhlela phakathi kwabavoti abamhlophe abampofu nabangabasebenzi.
"Ngeke siyeke njengoba ukhetho seluphelile," kusho uMxhumanisi Kazwelonke weSURJ u-Erin Heaney. “Kufanele senze konke esingakwenza ukuphoqa amaDem ukuthi anikeze abantu impumuzo, ngakho-ke uma singqongqoza eminyango kukhona esizokukhombisa kona. Kuzoba nzima kakhulu ukwenza abantu baphinde bavotele amaDemocrats eminyakeni emibili noma emine uma bengakwazanga ukuletha lutho. " Luwusizo njengoba lunjalo uhlaka lwesigaba sohlanga, “indlela yethu kufanele ibe ngaphezu komsebenzi wokulandisa futhi ibe ngaphezu kwengxoxo eyodwa. . . Kufanele sihlele mayelana nezinkinga futhi ngendlela ezoletha uguquko. ”
I-Southern Crossroads ine- iphrojekthi yokuhlela umqashi maphakathi neTennessee, futhi ulungiselela umsebenzi eKentucky naseGeorgia. Banethemba lokuxhumana namaqembu akhona kanye nokuqinisa ingqalasizinda ehlela umphakathi ezindaweni ezisemaphandleni aseNingizimu. Amabhange ocingo okhethweni lukamongameli kanye ne-runoffs yaseGeorgia aqashe abantu abangaphezu kwe-6,000 abathanda umsebenzi wabo.
I-Pennsylvania Stands Up yenza umkhankaso ojulile mayelana nenkinga ye-COVID kanye ne-Black Lives Matter, futhi ihlela ukuthatha umsebenzi enkingeni yokuxoshwa, ukuvalwa kwezinsiza, nezinye izinkinga.
“Engikufundise izingxoxo zethu ezijulile ukuthi sidinga ezinye zazo,” kusho uJules Berkman-Hill. "Sidinga ingqalasizinda eyengeziwe, isilinganiso esikhulu kakhulu, ukuqeqeshwa okwengeziwe kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali ekuthuthukisweni kobuholi, futhi sidinga izindlela abantu abangaba ngazo ezinhlanganweni zesikhathi eside bodwa."
Isikhathi sokunyakaza sinikeza isisekelo, futhi "Ubuholi Obumnyama NaboMdabu budale amathuba amaningi okuthuthukisa i-ajenda eqhubekayo," kusho uMhleli Kazwelonke we-SURJ uSarah Stockholm. “Abantu bagxila kulabo abakude kwesokudla… Inhloso yethu akukhona ukubasusa. wukunciphisa amandla abo, futhi sizokwenza lokho ngokuhambisa abantu abaphakathi noma abangaqinisekile noma abanganyakaziswa. Bese sidala ukunyakaza okungenakuvinjelwa ukuthi babe phakathi, sibanikeze umuzwa wenhloso ehlangene, indawo yokuba nenguquko yangaphakathi, kanye nenkolelo yokuthi bangaba yingxenye esebenzayo yentando yeningi yezinhlanga eziningi. "
U-Marcy Rein ungumbhali, umhleli, kanye nomhleli ohlanganyele nenhlobonhlobo yezinhlangano zomphakathi kanye namafomu enhlangano. Ubhale ngokuhlanganyela iFree City! I-Fight for San Francisco's City College and Education for All (noMickey Ellinger kanye noVicki Legion), evela ku-PM Press ngo-Fall 2020; noClifton Ross, uhlele ngokuhlanganyela Kuze Kube I-Rulers Elalela: Amazwi Avela E-Latin American Social Movements (PM Press, 2014).
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