Ezinyangeni eziyi-12 ezedlule, uJessica Campbell unqanyulwe ulayini kaphethiloli wemoto yakhe kwaxegiswa namantongomane esondo. Ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule, wayene-tracker ye-GPS enamathiselwe emotweni yakhe ngokuyimfihlo.
Manje usejwayele ukudunyiswa yizimoto angazazi ku-Interstate 5 eduze nomuzi wakhe e-Cottage Grove, ngaphandle nje kwase-Eugene, e-Oregon. Abantu abangabazi bebelokhu beza bengamenywanga endaweni yakhe; othile waze wahlubula ucingo oluhlabayo ocingweni lwakhe โukuze athumele umlayezoโ. Ku-inthanethi, ubesatshiswa kaningi ngokudlwengulwa nokufa.
Futhi ngesonto eledlule, ngenkathi efika ehholo lomphakathi laseCanyon City eGrant County, wangitshela ukuthi kukhona odubule yena kanye nethimba lakhe. Bafunda kabi i-GPS yabo, baphenduka okungeyona futhi bama ukuze bathole ama-bearings abo ngesikhathi kukhala umfantu nalokho uCampbell acabanga ukuthi kwakuyinhlamvu engu-.22 ishaya imoto yabo.
Izinsongo ezinjalo ziyingxenye yokubuyisela emuva umsebenzi wakhe oye wavusa emaphandleni ase-Oregon.
UCampbell uqondisa ngokubambisana i-Rural Organising Project, iqembu elingenzi nzuzo elizimisele ukubhekana nokuvukela umbuso obulokhu ubhebhetheka ezingxenyeni zasemaphandleni ase-Oregon nasentshonalanga kulo lonke. Umgqugquzeli wezepolitiki kusukela esikoleni samabanga aphezulu, manje usexhumanisa amaqembu azama ukuphendula kumaqhinga ahlukanisayo avela kwizishoshovu ezilwela amalungelo abantu abavela kwamanye amazwe, uhlanga kanye nobunikazi bomhlaba womphakathi.
Lokhu kuhlasela okweqisayo kwathola ukunakwa kwabezindaba kuzwelonke ngesikhathi kuthathwa indawo yesiphephelo sezilwane zasendle i-Malheur yiqembu le-Bundy, kodwa kuqhubekile nokukhuphuka kanye noTrump, ngokugunyazwa kwakhe kwezepolitiki yobuzwe abamhlophe kanye nogqozi lwakhe olusobala lwabavukeli ezweni lonke.
Inhlangano ye-Patriot iyincazelo ebanzi yohlu lwamaqembu amelene nohulumeni - kusukela emaqenjini amasosha ahleliwe kuya kubabhikishi bentela nalabo ababizwa โngezakhamuzi ezizimeleโ. Baye bahlukumeza phakathi neminyaka ka-Obama futhi benze izenzo, ezifana nokuhlala endaweni yesiphephelo sezilwane zasendle ukuya kuma-patrol emingcele e-Arizona.
Kulo nyaka, amalungu e-Patriot angenele izikhundla ezindaweni zasemakhaya, futhi okungenani umholi wezempi, uJoseph Rice, uhambele umhlangano kazwelonke we-Republican ukuyovotela uDonald Trump. Abanye osherifu, abanjengoGlenn Palmer eGrant County, banokuzwelana okucacile nezixhumanisi nokunyakaza.
Kwenye indawo, ngokusho kukaCampbell, abalandeli be-Patriot bathuthela emiphakathini ukuze banikeze ibhalansi yokhetho kwabangenele ukhetho olukude. Wesaba ukuthi lo mkhuba uzoqhubeka isikhathi eside ngemuva kokuhlulwa kukaTrump. "Ngibona amaqembu amaningi amasosha eqasha ngesisekelo sokuwina uHillary Clinton," kusho yena.
Ngenkathi uTrump eqala ukukhuluma ngokhetho oluyizigebengu kanye nokuthi ukuwina kukaClinton kuzokhombisa kanjani ukuthi intando yeningi yephuliwe, โkwakumangaza ukubona indlela lokho okwabathinta ngayo abantu - umuzwa wentando yeningi wephulwa, bezwa sengathi abangenele ukhetho ababamele noma yini abayifunayo. ngifuna ukubona kwenzeka kuleli,โ enezela.
UCampbell angathanda kakhulu ukuthi uClinton awine kodwa uyavuma ukuthi kungase kube sengathi โngemuva kokuba u-Obama enqobile, lapho kube nokukhula okukhulu ekuhleleni kwenhlangano ye-Patriot. Ngikhathazekile ngokuthi sizobona into efanayo.โ Itulo okusolwa ukuthi libhomu ngamalungu ezempi eKansas, elibekelwe usuku lwangemva kokhetho, likhombisa indlela lokho kwesaba okungafezeka ngayo.
I-Rural Organising Project ayilindi lithule kuze kube manje. Leli qembu lisanda kuqeda uhambo lwezwe lonke lapho lethule khona umbiko ngokukhula kwe-Patriot movement, elisebenzisana nayo ne-Political Research Associates, i-tank tank. ubukela kude kwesokudla.
Esikhundleni sokumema abantu ukuthi bazoyibuka ku-inthanethi, uCampbell nozakwabo baya emadolobheni asemaphandleni ayisishiyagalombili futhi banikeza amaphuzu abalulekile ochungechungeni lwezinkulumo. Ukuvakasha kuphele ngasekupheleni kwesonto eledlule.
Umcimbi ngamunye ubulandela iphethini ethuthukiswe ngesipiliyoni eside esibhekene nalabo abangathanda ukuthi amazwi aqhubekayo angezwakali. Esitobhini ngasinye, ngemuva kwesifinyezo sikaCampbell se-Powerpoint senhlangano ye-Patriot ehlela e-Oregon, bamema ukuphawula okubhaliwe okuzofundwa. E-Bend, umbuzo owodwa obuzwe mayelana nomthelela we-Patriot movement ehlela ezokuvakasha; eCanyon City, abantu babefuna ukwazi ngezimpande zezomnotho zokuvukela umbuso. Izingxoxo zamaqembu amancane ziyalandela. Ifomethi yakhelwe ukudambisa ukushuba kwesimo osekuqubule ipolitiki yamadolobha amancane e-Oregon, nokunciphisa amathuba okuphazamiseka.
UCampbell kanye nethimba lakhe nabo bahamba nemininingwane yezokuphepha ebonakalayo ebonakalayo, ingxenye eyakhiwe ngamalungu e-Portland e-All African Peopleโs Revolutionary Party. Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, ababehambele i-workshop bahlukunyezwa endaweni yokupaka izimoto ngaphandle komcimbi, banquma ukuthi kudingeka izinyathelo ezinhle zokuzivikela.
Imicimbi isingathwe ngamaqembu ahlelayo athuthukayo endawo, futhi emicimbini emikhulukazi, njengalowo oseCanyon City eGrant County, kuqhamuke abantu abangama-50 kuye kwangama-60 - inani elikhulu esifundeni esinabantu ababalelwa ku-7,000. Nakuba abaningi abezayo bemele idlanzana elikhuthele, elinenqubekela phambili emadolobheni amancane, ukumelana nenhlangano yamasosha kunendlela yokuhlanganisa abantu abangase bangavumelani ezindabeni eziningi. UCampbell uthi iqembu leGrant County lihlanganisa abantu abavela โkuwo wonke umkhakha wezepolitikiโ ababelana ngokukhathazeka ngokuthi ubani oqondisa ipolitiki yesifunda.
Lezi zinombolo zigcizelela okuthile uCampbell akugcizelelayo: nakuba imibiko yabezindaba ivame ukusikisela ukuthi abashisekeli bezwe kanye nabakwesokudla bamele umbono womphakathi, ngokuvamile basuke bengabantu abambalwa abakhulumayo. Ukuba khona kwe-ROP kukhuthaza labo abangavumelani nemithetho yesandla sokunene ukuthi baphakamele ukwesabisa abakusebenzisayo ukuthulisa abamelene nabo.
Kube nezimpawu ezicacile zokuthi isu labo - okwamanje uCampbell alibiza ngokuthi "ukuhlola" - lisebenzela ukunika abantu bendawo amandla, futhi lize livule inkhulumomphendvulwano nalabo abaye badonswa emzileni ongakwesokudla.
ECanyon City ngoJanuwari odlule, uJudy Schuette wezwa ngezinhlelo zamalungu ezempi zokuhlangana eGrant County futhi mhlawumbe asabalalise umsebenzi lapho. USchuette ucele impendulo kanye nomhlangano womphakathi kuFacebook. Emapulangwe aphansi ehholo lomphakathi, uyakhumbula: โNgangingazi ukuthi bangaki abantu ababezofika, futhi saba nabantu abangaba ngu-70.โ
Ngemva kokuhlelwa ngokusemthethweni ngoFebhuwari, leli qembu lenza izenzo ezimbalwa. Bavakashela i-Harney County ukuze babonise ukweseka umbhikisho lapho, futhi bahambela imihlangano yenkantolo yesifunda, umkhandlu ophethe wendawo, ukuze babhikishele ukwanda kwamasosha kanye nokuphazamiseka kwe-Patriot of the body.
Kodwa ukuvakasha kwe-ROP akubavumeli nje ukuthi benze omunye umbuthano omkhulu womphakathi. Izishoshovu ziphinde zithole ukuqeqeshwa kokunciphisa izinga kusuka emininingwaneni yezokuphepha kanye nolwazi oludingeka kakhulu mayelana nendlela yokulwa nokuwina umkhankaso wesikhathi eside wokulwa nokuvukela umbuso emphakathini wabo.
โBazinikele ngendlela emangalisayo futhi bahlakaniphile. Ikakhulukazi ngabesifazane abawukhathalele umphakathi wabo. E-Grant County nakwezinye izifunda lapho abantu benomuzwa wokuthi izimpilo zabo zingase zibe semgqeni uma bengenzi lutho manje, yilapho abantu benza khona umsebenzi ongcono kakhulu.โ
Kepha uCampbell ucace bha ngezimpande zenkinga, futhi ukuxilonga kwakhe kunqamula empikiswaneni eminingi yasesihlalweni mayelana nokuthi intukuthelo esekela ukuvukela umbuso ivelaphi. โEzindaweni zasemakhaya izimo bezivuna inhlangano elwela amalungelo abantu abamhlophe. Ikakhulukazi e-Oregon lapho sibhekene khona nokushintshashintsha kwabantu ezindaweni eziningi, futhi umnotho ulimala kakhulu, futhi sesibe namashumi eminyaka yokucwaswa kwabantu bemibala njengesizathu esenza umnotho wethu ube mubi kangaka. โ
Kwezinye izifunda zase-Oregon, njengakwezinye izindawo zasemakhaya, imitapo yolwazi iyavalwa, futhi iminyango kasherifu ayikwazi ukuhlinzeka ngokuthunyelwa kwe-911 sekumnyama. Izinkonzo ezinciphayo ziholela kumqondo wokulahlwa. Ilungelo lingangena kalula futhi linikeze kokubili ukulandisa okucacile kwezepolitiki ukuchaza lokhu, kanye nesethi yezixazululo ezibonakala zilula.
โInhlangano iPatriot iheha abantu abazizwa bencishwe amathuba. Kuyiqiniso lapha, lapho abantu bezwa sengathi abalalelwanga ezingeni likahulumeni, ikakhulukazi amaDemocrats, โkusho uCampbell.
I-dynamic efanayo ibishayela ukhetho. "Isikhalo sabo bobabili uDonald Trump noBernie Sanders sasiwukuthi abazange bazizwe beyizikhulu. Akuzange kube sengathi bazosiphakamisa isimo.โ
Amademokhrasi, aphethe i-trifecta eyivelakancane yazo zombili izindlu zombuso kanye nokuphatha, awaboni iphuzu lokufinyelela ezifundeni ezibomvu ezijulile empumalanga naseningizimu yezwe. โBekucace bha ukuthi i-Oregon yasemakhaya isisuliwe. Isikhathi esiningi kuba yithina kuphela umdlalo edolobheni.โ
Ukugxila kohambo kungase kube inhlangano yamasosha, kodwa inhloso yangempela ukubhekana nalo mqondo wenhlangano yezombusazwe elahlekile.
โInhloso yethu akukhona ukuwisa umbutho wePatriot. Okokwakha i-Oregon yasemaphandleni lapho abantu bekwazi ukufinyelela intando yeningi futhi bekwazi ukudala ushintsho futhi babe nomthelela emiphakathini yabo. "
Ukusiza le miphakathi ukuthi ifune izinsiza ezidingayo ukuze kuvalwe ukuvukela umbuso kusho ukuxoxa nayo, hhayi nje ukuyixosha noma ukuyibhuqa. Kudinga futhi isibindi: uma ubhekana kwesokudla endaweni yabo siqu, ungase usongelwe, ulandelwe noma udutshulwe.
Sonke asizange sinikezwe isabelo esikhulu sesibindi njengoCampbell, bonke abanye be-ROP, nabahleli bendawo. Kepha okungenani singalalela lokho abakushoyo ngemvelaphi yokukhuphuka kwamalungelo aseMelika.
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