VANCOUVER, Feb 15, 2010 (IPS) โ Ama-Olympics Wasebusika ka-2010 avulwe ngokuhlangana kombhikisho omkhulu kunayo yonke emlandweni weMidlalo.
Balinganiselwa ku-3,000 ababhikishi bezizinda ezihlukene eVancouver ngoLwesihlanu ntambama, bahlanganela umbuthano onokuthula kodwa onomsindo futhi bamasha emigwaqweni yedolobha beya ezitebhisini zase-BC Place, indawo yemicimbi yokuvulwa kweMidlalo.
Njengoba izixuku zezishoshovu zigcwele i-Vancouver Art Gallery - abomdabu, abaphikisana nongxowankulu, abamelene nezinkampani, isazi sezemvelo, i-anarchist, anti-war, inkululeko ye-pro-civil, kanye nokulwa nobumpofu ngokufanayo - izikhulumi zibeka uhlu lwezikhalo ezimelene neMidlalo. .
Izinkulumo zivulwe ngokuhlonipha abantu base-Coast Salish, okuwumbukiso owenzeke ezindaweni zabo. Imashi ngokwayo ibiholwa Abadala Bomdabu, kanti ingoma egqame kakhulu ezwakele ithi "Awekho ama-Olympics endaweni eyebiwe yoMdabu."
Umhleli we-Olympic Resistance Network uSozan Savehilaghi uthe, "Ama-Olympics enzeka emazweni angakaze anikezelwe. , futhi bagcwele ngokweqile emajele."
Omunye umkhulumeli woMdabu waseDowntown Eastside, okuyikhaya "lekhodi yeposi elimpofu kakhulu," utshele izethameli ukuthi "zithumele umkhuleko kubantu abacabanga ukuthi kulungile ukusebenzisa lolu hlobo lwemali kuyilapho abantu befa futhi bempofu."
Ukulinganisa kwakamuva okwenziwe yi-Vancouver Sun kulinganise ukuthi kuzosetshenziswa okungenani amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalombili kule Midlalo, futhi kunabantu abangenamakhaya abalinganiselwa ku-15,000 eBritish Columbia. Ngokombiko okhishwe abacwaningi base-University of British Columbia ngoDisemba odlule, inani labantu abangenamakhaya eVancouver liphindeke ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabili eminyakeni eyandulela le Midlalo.
Ngakho-ke, isiqubulo esithi "amakhaya hhayi imidlalo," satholakala ezingqwembeni eziningi, futhi kwakuyiculo elidumile ngaphambi nangesikhathi semashi.
UDavid Eby we-BC Civil Liberties Association ubize indima engenele edlalwa amaphoyisa ngokumelene nababhikishi abamelene nama-Olympic ngaphambi kweMidlalo, "ihlazo ezweni."
Ukuhlukunyezwa, ukugadwa, kanye nemizamo yokungena enhlanganweni emelene nama-Olympics kube yingxenye yesabelomali sezokuphepha esicishe sibe yisigidigidi esibone amaphoyisa, amasosha kanye nezokuphepha ezizimele ezingaphezu kuka-15,000 zibeka izindawo zama-Olympics nezindawo ezizungezile ekuvaleni okubonakalayo. ubude beMidlalo.
โLaba bantu abakhulume kabi ngale midlalo bavakashelwe ezindlini zabo, emsebenzini, ngamaphoyisa, sengathi kukhona okuphambene nomthetho bathi abahambisani nokusetshenziswa kwemali yomphakathi kulo mkhakha,โ kusho u-Eby. .
UChristopher Shaw, ilungu le-No Games 2010 Coalition kanye nombhali we-"Five Ring Circus: Myths and Realities of the Olympic Games", uncome labo ababebuthene ukuzobhikisha, ngenkathi egxeka "ubuxhwanguxhwangu, umfutho, kanye nakho konke ukushisekela izwe okungamanga okuzungezile. imidlalo."
Ekhuluma neB.C. NgoLwesine, uNdunankulu uStephen Harper uhole lokho i-Canadian Press ekubiza ngokuthi "icala lobuzwe," ethula ifulegi laseCanada futhi wamemezela, "Ukuthanda izwe, manene namanenekazi, ukushisekela izwe njengabantu baseCanada akufanele kusenze sizizwe sinamahloni noma sinamahloni."
Izingqwembe ebezithwelwe ngabamashi bezikhuluma ngezizathu ezinhlobonhlobo ezenze le mibhikisho. "Ama-Oilympics Angcolile axhaswa izihlabathi zetiyela," izwakalise ukuphikisa kwezemvelo Le Midlalo, kuyilapho i-"End Corporate Rule" ikhuluma nokunganeliseki okudumile mayelana noxhaso lwebhizinisi lweMidlalo.
Umkhulumeli woMkhandlu WaseCanada uHarjap Grewal ubize i-tar sands, "iphrojekthi [yezimboni] enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni," futhi wabala inani labaxhasi bezinkampani zama-Olympic "abenza inzuzo ngesihlabathi setiyela" futhi basebenzisa Imidlalo ukuzibandakanya. ku "greenwashing".
Nakuba izixuku eziningi zezibukeli nabadlulayo bezikhanyiswe ngemibala ebomvu nemhlophe yeQembu laseCanada, abamashi abambalwa baphethe ifulegi le-Mohawk Warrior Society, inhlangano yamaphekula yoMdabu efuna ukuvikela izwe, ulimi, namasiko endabuko.
Imashi ifike yama ezitebhisini zase-BC Place, lapho bekunemicimbi yokuvula njengoba bekuhleliwe. Amaphoyisa angaphezu kuka-200 akhe udonga lwabantu ukuze avimbele ababhikishi ukuthi bafinyelele endaweni. Njengoba amaphoyisa amaningana agibele amahhashi eqhamuka ngemuva komugqa wamaphoyisa, ababhikishi bahlabelela, "Susa lezo zilwane kulawo mahhashi!"
Kwaba nokushuba kwesimo njengoba kuphonswa amaphini omgwaqo, amabhodlela amanzi nezinduku kulayini wamaphoyisa. Abakhuzi bamaphoyisa basebenzise lesi siphithiphithi ukududula ababhikishi emuva, nokubangele uchungechunge lwezinxushunxushu. Kuboshwe ababhikishi ababili.
Ngemuva kokungaboni ngaso linye kwamahora amabili, abahleli bamemezele ukuthi abantu kufanele bagoduke futhi baphinde bahlangane ukuze kube neminye imibhikisho kuwo wonke ama-Olympics.
Ngemuva kwemashi, uSavehilaghi utshele izintatheli, "Siphumelele ukudlulisa umyalezo wethu, ngokuza endaweni [BC] futhi sehlele lapha futhi sizwakalise ukukhathazeka kwethu ngama-Olympics."
Ngokuphambene nombuthano onokuthula kanye nemashi ngoLwesihlanu, ekuseni ngoMgqibelo, izishoshovu ezingaba ngu-300 zangena emigwaqweni zinemashi ebizwa ngokuthi "isifo senhliziyo," okwakuhloswe ngayo "ukuvala imithambo ye-capitalism" nokudala ukuphazamiseka kweMidlalo. .
Nakuba isikhathi esiningi kuwumbhikisho onokuthula, amasu aqondile enziwa yilokho amaphoyisa akubiza ngokuthi "inani lama-anarchistsโฆiqembu elihlelekile lezigebengu." Amaqhinga ayehlanganisa ukuphihliza amafasitela abaxhasi bezinkampani, ukugumbuqela amabhokisi amaphephandaba, nokucekelwa phansi kwempahla.
Ngenkathi ngaphambi kweMidlalo, uMkhuzi Womsizi Wamaphoyisa waseRoyal Canadian Mounted Police u-Bud Mercer utshele i-CNN ukuthi bazogadwa "ngezokuphepha ezinobungane," amaphoyisa ngoMgqibelo abegqoke izikhali ezigcwele udweshu ngesikhathi ehilizisana nababhikishi.
Izingxabano zangoMgqibelo namaphoyisa ziholele ekuboshweni okungenani abayisikhombisa. UMnyango Wamaphoyisa aseVancouver ukhiphe isitatimende ugxeka "into yobugebengu phakathi kwababhikishi abasemthethweni."
UGord Hill weKwakwaka'wakw First Nation, nokhulumela iNo2010.com, uthe [IKomidi Lomhlaba Wonke Lama-Olympic] kanye [neKomidi Elihlelayo laseVancouver] bayingxenye yobugebengu, baphanga isikhwama somphakathi, imiphumela esizoyibona kamuva. Imidlalo."
UHill naye akavumelani nokuthi amandla asetshenziswa amaphoyisa alingana nalawo asetshenziswa ababhikishi, wengeza ngokuthi, "Izakhiwo azakhiwe ngenyama nezicubu. Zakhiwe ngokhonkolo nensimbi."
Izinhlangano ezingamashumi ayisithupha zigunyaze isitatimende esikhishwe i-Olympics Resistance Network ngoMgqibelo, eyekile ukugxeka umbhikisho "wenhliziyo", zathi esikhundleni salokho "kufanele sigweme ukugqanyiswa njengababhikishi 'ababi' noma 'abanodlame'. Sicela ngenhlonipho ukuthi bonke labo ngokumelene nama-Olympics ka-2010 sigcina ukuzibophezela kwethu okuhlangene nokuhlangene kubulungiswa bezenhlalakahle kanye nemizamo yokugqugquzela edumile lapho sibhekene nemizamo emikhulu yokusihlukanisa."
Imibhikisho eyahlukene kulindeleke ukuthi iqhubeke kuyo yonke le Midlalo, okuhlanganisa nombhikisho wangoMsombuluko wenhlangano yendawo emelene nempi, i-StopWar, ephikisana "nokuphepha kwama-Olympics, impi yedolobha lethu, kanye neqhaza lezwe lethu elikhohlisayo emisebenzini yase-Afghanistan naseHaiti."
Ngaphambi kweMidlalo, uMbusi-Jikelele waseCanada uMichaelle Jean wethule i-Olympic Truce Wall e-Olympic Village, ethi, "Ukwakha ukuthula akusho ukumane sibeke phansi izikhali."
Ngesonto eledlule, isishoshovu sendawo kanye nombhali uDerrick O'Keefe ukhumbule ephephandabeni lamasonto onke laseVancouver iGeorgia Straight ukuthi ngo-1980, iCanada ne-US bahola ukuduba ama-Olympics asehlobo eMoscow ngenxa yokuhlasela kweSoviet e-Afghanistan.
"Eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu kamuva, yi-United States, Canada, namanye amazwe e-NATO adla i-Afghanistan. Esikhundleni sokuduba ama-Olympics eVancouver 2010 asetshenziselwa ukugqugquzela impi jikelele kanye neqhaza leCanada ekuthathweni kwe-Afghanistan. ."
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