"Izikhathi zeziyaluyalu ezingavamile zinikeza amathuba kulabo abangenayo imali noma ithonya lokugqashuka ezimo zengqondo zokungabi nandaba - nokugqamisa ukungabi nabulungisa kwezenhlalo nezombusazwe. 'Amandla ethu asemandleni ethu okwenza izinto zingasebenzi,' kusho umhleli ovelele wamalungelo abantu u-Bayard Rustin. 'Ukuphela kwesikhali esinaso imizimba yethu, futhi sidinga ukuyishutheka ezindaweni ezithile, ukuze amasondo angajiki.'
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Ucezu lukaMark noPaul Engler olunezizathu ezinhle olushicilelwe ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule lungikhumbuze, ngaphandle kokungabaza, okwakuyisenzo esinomthelela kakhulu kimi siqu engake ngabamba iqhaza kuso, eminyakeni engama-44 edlule, eRochester, NY ngempelasonto yoSuku Lwabasebenzi. 1970.
Ngangineminyaka engu-20 ubudala ngaleso sikhathi, futhi ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalolunye ezandulele ngangihlanganyele ngokugcwele neKhotho LamaKatolika, ngaleso sikhathi okwakuyigama leqembu labaphristi, izindelakazi, amakholwa angamaKhatholika nabanye ababengebona. AmaKatolika noma, ngempela, ezenkolo. Okwenziwa yile nethiwekhi yamakhulu abantu isikhathi esiyiminyaka eminingana ngasekupheleni kwe-60s kanye ne-70s yokuqala kwakuwukukhipha noma ukukhuthaza "izenzo" ezingenalo ubudlova, njengoba sasibiza kanjalo, ukuphazamisa umshini wempi. Inhlangano yethu yathatha isinyathelo emahhovisi amaningi ebhodi asalungiswa e-Selective Service kanye namahhovisi nezimboni zezinhlangano zempi ogwini olusempumalanga namaphakathi nentshonalanga.
Kabili, saphinde sangena emahhovisi e-FBI. Okwesibili kwakuyisenzo esenziwa ngempumelelo eMedia, Pa. ngoMashi 8, 1971, kwabikwa ngaso encwadini esanda kushicilelwa nenhle kakhulu, The Burglary, kaBetty Medsger. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba kube neMedia kwakukhona iRochester.
Abayisishiyagalombili bethu, sonke siyintsha eseminyakeni yethu yama-20 ngaphandle komuntu oyedwa, sangena eFederal Building eRochester sekwephuzile. Saturday ngobusuku baleyo mpelasonto yoSuku Lwabasebenzi. Kwaphela amahora amahlanu sisehhovisi le-Selective Service sisika amafayela angu-1-A osalungiswa amadoda asezongeniswa embuthweni, ehhovisi lommeli wase-US liphazamisa ukuphikisana nobuhlanga kanye nesigaba salokho okudlula "ubulungiswa" US, kanye nasehhovisi le-FBI, ifaka amafayela ezikhwameni nasemapotimendeni. Enye yazo bekuyimanyuwali yendlela yokuthuthukisa izimpimpi. Omunye ubike ngokugada kwehhovisi lendawo umbhikisho onokuthula nosemthethweni ngosuku lwamazwe ngamazwe lwabesifazane. Futhi babebaningi futhi.
Nokho, lawo mafayela awakaze akubone ukukhanya kosuku, ngokoqobo. Lapho nje sesizolishiya leli bhilidi I-5 am ukuze zithathwe izimoto ezimbili zehla ngomgwaqo, kwenzeka iphoyisa lendawo labheka umnyango wesakhiwo lapho sasicashe khona soyisishiyagalombili. Wasibona; izimoto zazilokhu zihamba; saboshwa futhi sabekwa amacala athatha isigwebo seminyaka engama-38; futhi ngemva kwezinyanga ezintathu icala lethu laqala phambi kweJaji uHarold Burke, ijaji elamiswa uFranklin D. Roosevelt emashumini ambalwa eminyaka ngaphambili.
Amajaji akhethwa ukuba anqume ngekusasa lethu wonke ayemhlophe, futhi lapho ebuzwa ngaphambi kokuba akhethwe, wonke athi ayesekela impi yaseVietnam. Besilindele ukuthi sizogwetshwa futhi sigqunywe ejele okungenani iminyaka emi-5-10. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba lezo zinto zenzeke, sazihlela ukuze sifake icala lezombangazwe elinamandla kunawo wonke esasingawenza. Abayisikhombisa kwabayisishiyagalombili bethu bazivikela, futhi leli qhinga lavula inkundla yanikeza ubufakazi cishe obungeke buvunyelwe ngenye indlela. Sibe nomakadebona baseVietnam abamelene nempi bathatha isikhundla. UBarbara Deming ufakaze ngohambo lwakhe lokuya eVietnam kanye nokufa nomonakalo awubonile. UFr. UDaniel Berrigan walethwa ngamaketanga ejele laseDanbury; ingxenye yobufakazi bakhe yayiwukufunda iNtshumayelo kaJesu yaseNtabeni enkantolo ethulile nevulekile. Ngabuza omunye engangibambisene naye mayelana neSimemezelo Sokuzimela kanye nokuxosha kukaJesu abashintshi bemali ethempelini laseJerusalema, ebeka iphuzu lokuthi esikwenzayo kwakungokwesiko eliphakeme kakhulu lokuvukela umbuso. Amanxusa e-FBI abekwa esihlalweni sofakazi futhi aphekwa ngemibuzo yilabo abaseqenjini lethu ababekade besehhovisi le-FBI.
Ijaji liphumile ukuze liqale ukubhunga ngesiphetho sethu 2 pm maphakathi no-December. Lapho bengakabuyi ngesikhathi sesidlo sakusihlwa, saqala ukukhulisa amathemba ethu. Angalengiswa ngempela? Besibanxusile njengabantu kulo lonke elasezitatimende zethu zokuvala, sibanxuse ukuthi benze esabo isitatimende mayelana nempi nokucindezelwa kukahulumeni. Ingabe esikwenzile bekungasebenza ngempela?
Kodwa kwakungeke kube njalo. Mayelana 9 pm saphinde sabizelwa enkantolo, kuthe uma sekufike isikhathi sokuthi babike ngesinqumo sabo, sezwa induna ithi, โunecala ngezincomo zobubeleโ kuwo wonke amacala.
Isincomo sobubele? Kwakusho ukuthini lokho? Sithole ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva lapho iphephandaba lendawo liphethe indaba ephambili esekelwe ezingxoxweni zamajaji. Kuvele ukuthi balengiswa, 9-3 ukuze bathole icala. Amajaji amathathu ayengafuni ukuba sigwetshwe futhi sigqunywe ejele, futhi lesi sihloko sabonisa ukuthi akekho noyedwa kumajaji owakujabulela kakhulu ukuthola izigwebo ezinde ejele. Babehlehlile futhi bavuma ukugwetshwa โngesitumo sobubeleโ ngemva kokuba bedlulisele incwadi ejajini bebuza ukuthi bangakwenza yini lokho, labe selibathumelela incwadi ethi bangakwazi.
Lapho sigwetshwa, ijaji lagweba abanye bethu unyaka, abanye unyaka nengxenye. Nangempela sakhululeka, ngenxa yalokho ebesikulindele.
Lokho okuhlangenwe nakho kwashiya isigxivizo kimi esingakaze sisuswe. Kwanginika ithemba, into engangingenakho ngempela ngaleso sikhathi futhi ngezinye izikhathi, namuhla, kufanele ngisebenze kuyo. Izikhathi eziningi ngiye ngacabanga ngalawo majaji, bonke abalandeli bempi yaseVietnam, nokuthi sidlule kanjani kwabaningi babo phakathi nalawo masonto amabili.
Ikhono lethu lokwethula iqiniso enkantolo evulekile mayelana nokwakwenzeka eVietnam, eCambodia naseLaos kanye ne-FBI kwakuyingxenye yesizathu salolu shintsho. Kodwa futhi kwakungenxa yokuthi sasizifaka engozini yokugwetshwa isikhathi eside ejele ukuze sizame ukuphazamisa, ukumisa lokho esasikubona njengobubi obenzeka egameni lethu. Sasizimisele ukudela ngenxa yenzuzo enkulu kanye nesiko lalabo abenze lokho ngaphambi kwethu. Akungabazeki ukuthi lokhu kwenze lawa majaji amathathu avuma ukusukuma, enqaba ukulahla icala, okuholele esincomweni sokuyekelelwa kwejaji eliphelele kanye nesigwebo esibonisa lokho.
Ngikubone lokhu kushukumisa izikhathi eziningi phakathi nempilo yami yomhleli/isishoshovu. Kuyiqiniso impela ukuthi, ekugcineni, izenzo zikhuluma kakhulu kunamazwi. Izenzo ezigcizelela ukuphuthuma kokuziphatha, ubuqiniso bokuphila nokufa kwezindaba zempi, noma ukungabi nabulungisa okubi kakhulu, noma inkinga yesimo sezulu eqhubekayo, kuyindlela ephumelela kakhulu nesheshayo yokuletha uguquko olukhulu.
Izisebenzi ezazihlala emafekthri ngawo-1930 zivikela ilungelo labo lokuhlela zakubona lokhu, njengoba kwenza abantu base-Afrika baseMelika eNingizimu kanye nabasekeli babo empini eyaphumelelaโimpi eyaholela ekufeni, ukushaywa, ukuboshwa nokuhluphekaโukuze kuqedwe ukuhlukaniswa okungokomthetho. . Ababhikishi abamelene nezikhali zenuzi ababoshelwe ukuvinjwa kwezikhungo zamandla enuzi ezihleliwe bathole okufanayo. Izishoshovu zamalungelo abokufika namuhla zibona ukunqoba okuthile, hhayi okukhulu okwamanje kodwa ukunqoba, njengoba ezinye zazo zizifaka engozini yokuxoshwa noma ukuboshwa noma ukungenela iziteleka zendlala ezinde. Kukhona ukuqubuka okukhulu ngokumelene nokucwaswa kwamaphoyisa ngokobuhlanga kanye nodlame oluqale kuleli hlobo eFerguson, Mo. kodwa lusabalala ezweni lonke, luvame ukusebenzisa amaqhinga okuphazamisa okungenabudlova okubopha ingozi. Futhi, ngiyabonga uNkulunkulu, ngaphakathi kokunyakaza kwesimo sezulu kukhona ukusetshenziswa okukhulayo kokumelana nobudlova, njengoba kubonakala manje ikakhulukazi I-Seneca Lake, NY. noma, ngenyanga edlule, ngesikhathi sokuvinjwa endlunkulu ye-DC ye-FERC, i-Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Njengoba unyaka omusha usondela, sidinga izinkulungwane eziningi, amashumi ezinkulungwane zethu ukuthi sinqume ukuthi sizobeka imizimba yethu emgqeni ngo-2015 ukuze kuphazamiseke ibhizinisi njengenjwayelo, sizidele ukuze izingane zethu nabazukulu bethu babe nekusasa elihluke kakhulu kune eyodwa ababhekene nayo manje. Njengoba kunjalo, yebo, singakwazi ukwenza umhlaba omusha uma sizimisele ukwenza izinhlobo zesenzo esidingekayo, izenzo eziba ingxenye enkulu yesimiso esisha esivamile sobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle kanye nobushoshovu besimo sezulu kule minyaka eyishumi enqumayo yentsha.
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