Umthombo: Iqiniso
Sizothatha esingakuthola. Lokhu kubonakala kuwumuzwa ojwayelekile mayelana nokuphendula kwabaphathi be-Biden ku-COVID. Asizange sithole amasheke e-stimulus angu-$2,000 njengoba kwakuthenjisiwe ekuqaleni, kodwa sizothatha i-$1,400. Abazange bakhuphule umholo omncane waba ngu-$15 phakathi nobhadane olubhubhisayo kanye nokuwohloka komnotho, kodwa i-American Rescue Plan ihlanganisa ikhredithi yentela yengane kusukela ngoJulayi.
Njengoba i-COVID iqhubeka nokudalula izikhala ezingenakubalwa ohlelweni lwethu lwezepolitiki nezomnotho oseluvele lungasebenzi, abenzi bezinqubomgomo nabaholi bezepolitiki bakhombisile ukuthi bazimisele kuphela ukugcwalisa ezinye zalezi zikhala, okwesikhashana, futhi mhlawumbe phakathi nendawo.
Ukuphendula ezinyathelweni zengxenye yokuphatha kweBiden, imiphakathi izithathela izindaba, njengoba yenze selokhu kwaqala lolu bhubhane. Eziningi zalezi zimpendulo zenzeka emiphakathini ehlaselwe kakhulu yilolu bhubhane futhi zithatha uhlobo lwamaphrojekthi nemikhankaso yokusizana.
Inhlangano eseSacramento, eCalifornia I-NorCal Resist ingelinye lamaqembu amaningi agxile emphakathini othize othinteke kakhulu: labo abahlala kuleli zwe abangenazo izincwadi. Lapho ubhubhane luqala ukugadla, kwaqanjwa inhlangano Ukukhiqizwa Kwezinsiza, umphakathi wamalungu ezinhlanga eziningi wentsha ecebile noma ilungelo lesigaba ozibophezele ekwabiweni ngokulinganayo kwamandla, ingcebo nomhlaba, wethule umkhankaso othi #ShareMyCheck, ukhuthaza abantu abathole isheke lokuvuselela, kodwa abazizwa beludinga ngokushesha. , ukuyinikela ukuze isatshalaliswe kabusha kubantu abangabhalisiwe kanye nemindeni engafanelekile kakhulu ukuthola usizo lokuvuselela.
I-NorCal Resist, kanye nezinye izinhlangano eziningi ezweni lonke, yanquma ukuthi izobamba iqhaza.
"Sibe nabantu ababalelwa ku-2,000 XNUMX banikela ngakho konke, noma ingxenye yesheke lokuvuselela kuze kube manje," kusho u-Autumn Gonzalez weNorCal Resist. Ngaphandle. “Sesiqoqe amaRandi angu-950,000 250 kuze kube manje, ingxenye enkulu yeminikelo emincane engaphansi kuka-$1,000, kodwa ngokuqinisekile sibe nenani elihle labantu elinikele ngesheke lika-$3,000 XNUMX noma ngaphezulu. Futhi sikwazile ukusabalalisa lezo zimali emindenini ebalelwa ku-XNUMX.”
Lolu hlobo lokwabiwa kabusha kwengcebo lube nomthelela omkhulu kubantu abaningi nasemindenini ehlaselwe kakhulu yi-COVID kanye nokuwohloka komnotho.
"Ngiqonde ukuthi, ngokweqiniso, ngizizwe sengathi yinto elungile okufanele yenziwe," kusho uJohn Hershey, i-pipefitter nelungu lenyunyana onikele ngo- $860 eshekeni lakhe lokuvuselela emkhankasweni we-NorCal Resist's #ShareMyCheck utshele. Ngaphandle. "Usizo oluhlanganyelwe luwuhlobo lwempendulo yokusinda lapho kunezikhala khona kuhulumeni nanoma yiliphi igunya elinamandla okunakekela noma ukuxazulula izinkinga."
I-Mutual aid ivala isikhala esingeke sithembele kuhulumeni noma kuhulumeni wobumbano ukuthi asigcwalise.
Ngaphezu kokunikela ngengxenye yesheke lakhe, uHershey usebenza neNorCal Resist kwamanye amaphrojekthi ayo okusizana, njenge umphakathi ukulungisa, izinhlelo zokulethwa kokudla kanye ukulungisa amabhuleki ukukhanya izenzakalo.
"Simema abantu ukuthi bangene futhi sizolungisa wonke amalambu abo angaphandle ezimotweni zabo ukuze kuqedwe okungenani leyo ngxenye yesizathu sokuthi iphoyisa libadonse bese libhebhethekisa isimo," kusho uHershey. Ngaphandle. "Sizama ukuvimba ithuba lomunye u-Daunte Wright."
Ngokumangazayo, kunokuthembela okuncane kakhulu kuziphathimandla emiphakathini ehlinzekwa yi-NorCal Resist.
"Njengamanje, ngicabanga ukuthi usizo oluhlangene luvala igebe esingeke sithembele kuhulumeni noma kuhulumeni wobumbano ukuthi asigcwalise," kusho uGonzalez. Ngaphandle, “ikakhulukazi lapho abantu bengamethembi kakhulu uhulumeni nokuthi ulwazi lwabo luvikelekile noma cha.”
Njengoba ukuhlasela kwe-ICE kanye nokuhlukunyezwa kuyinto ehlala ikhona kule miphakathi, akumangazi ukuthi abantu abaningi abangabhalisiwe bazizwa bengabaza ukubeka ulwazi lwabo lapho, kungaba kuhulumeni noma emkhakheni ongenzi nzuzo. Esinye sezici ezibalulekile zokusizana uma kuqhathaniswa nosizo lukahulumeni ezimeni ezifana nalezi ukuthi izinhlangano ezisizanayo sezivele zakha ukwethembana komphakathi futhi zivame ukugxiliswa emiphakathini ezisebenza nayo.
I-NorCal Resist ingenye yezinhlangano eziningi ezisebenzisa imikhankaso yokuvuselela amasheke ezweni lonke, kusukela eCalifornia's. UndocuFund ukuya eNew Mexico I-Santa Fe Mutual Aid ku-Make the Road yaseNew York, enyuse ngaphezu kuka-$150,000 ngomkhankaso wayo othi #ShareMyCheck.
“Ngibonga kakhulu ngemali engiyitholile - kube yimali engikwazile ukuyisebenzisa ukuya esitolo ngibeke ukudla kwezingane zami etafuleni,” uReyna, umama ongayedwa wezingane ezimbili ongafakwanga esikhungweni semfundo ephakeme. i-state bhubhane, itshele Ngaphandle. “Ngaphambi kwalolu bhubhane bengisebenza njengomhlanzi wasekhaya, kodwa selokhu kwaqala lolu bhubhane, bengidonsa kanzima ngoba bengisuka emsebenzini cishe nsuku zonke ngaze ngasebenza usuku olulodwa nje.”
Izimali ezivela ezinhlanganweni ezifana ne-Make the Road NY zibalulekile emindenini efana nekaReyna, ethinteke kakhulu futhi yasiza kancane ngesikhathi sodlame.
"Kulo nyaka odlule, abantu bokufika kanye nabasebenzi abanemibala bebedonsa kanzima ngokwezimali ngale nkinga," kusho u-Arlenis Morel we-Make the Road NY etshela. Ngaphandle. "Yize lo mkhankaso usivumele ukuthi sinikeze ukwesekwa okubalulekile, sizoqhubeka nokulwela ukuqinisekisa ukuthi bonke abantu, kungakhathalekile ukuthi bavela kuphi, bayafakwa ephaketheni elilandelayo leCongress le-COVID-19."
“Owesifazane esasisebenza naye uthe, ‘Yebo, umphathi wami ungitshele ukuthi ngizoxoshwa uma ngingawutholi umgomo. Kodwa anginikwa isikhathi sokuya esimisweni futhi angazi ukuthi ngenzenjani.’”
Enye indlela ebalulekile okusetshenziswa ngayo usizo oluhlanganyelwe ngesikhathi sobhubhane iza njengempendulo ekukhishweni komgomo. Kusukela ngo-Ephreli 21, i-United States isigome cishe ngokuphelele abantu abayizigidi ezingu-87 - lokho kungaphezu kwalokho 1 kubahlali aba-4. Ngokwezibalo zabantu abafinyelelwe, ukukhishwa kokugoma e-United States kuza kahle, futhi abaphathi beBiden sebevele ngaphambi kwemigomo yayo yokugoma.
Uma ubheka izinombolo, izinto zibonakala zithembisa. Nokho, izinombolo zikhuluma indaba eyodwa kuphela. Uma uqala ukubuza ukuthi le mithi yokugoma igxiliswe kuphi nokuthi imiphi imiphakathi ekwazi ukuyifinyelela, kuvela indaba entsha ngokuphelele - enephimbo elincane lokunqoba.
"Esikubonayo njengamanje ukuthi imiphakathi yemibala mancane amathuba okuthi isheshe ithole umgomo ngezizathu eziningi ezahlukene," uGregorio Millett, owayengusosayensi weCenters for Disease Control and Prevention kanye nesekela likamongameli wamanje. i-amber, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo yamazwe ngamazwe ezinikele ekusekeleni ucwaningo lwe-AIDS kanye nokuvimbela, kutshelwa Ngaphandle. "Isibonelo, ukungakwazi ukufinyelela i-inthanethi uma izikhathi zokugoma zitholakala nge-inthanethi, noma ibanga lokuya esikhungweni sokugoma likude kakhulu emiphakathini yabaNsundu neyabaBrown njengoba linjalo futhi uma liqhathaniswa nemiphakathi yabamhlophe."
Lawa maphethini awayona into entsha uma kuziwa empilweni yomphakathi, futhi agqugquzele izinhlangano eziningi ezisizanayo kanye namaqoqo ukuthi agxile ekulinganeni kokugoma. Elinye lala maqoqo yi Phuma ku-Shot: Los Angeles, eyasungulwa ngokuhlanganyela ngu-Liz Schwandt.
"Ngihlala endaweni yaseLos Angeles ebizwa ngeLincoln Heights, okuyindawo engenye yezindawo ezihlaselwe kakhulu yi-COVID," kusho uSchwandt. Ngaphandle. “Ngesikhathi ngiqala ukubheka lawo mamephu okuqala okugoma nalapho amanani ayephezulu futhi ephansi, izindawo ezinemithelela emibi kakhulu evela ku-COVID kwezomnotho kanye nokulahlekelwa amalungu omndeni, bekuyimbondela yezindawo ezinamazinga aphansi okugoma kanye nokungena. .”
Ngemva kokubona ukuthi inkimbinkimbi futhi inzima kangakanani inqubo yokubhalisela isikhathi sokuthola umuthi wokugoma, uSchwandt wanquma ukubeka uphawu esangweni langaphambili lendlu yakhe ekhuthaza abantu ukuthi bamshayele uma bedinga usizo ngokwabo. Lesi sibonakaliso sakhula saba yiqembu le-Facebook elihloselwe ulwazi lwe-crowdsourcing, okuholele ekuceleni ucingo, manje oselukhule lwaba yiqembu lamavolontiya angaphezu kuka-400 athola izicelo ezingaba ngu-250 ngosuku, manje ukufaneleka sekuvulekele wonke umuntu eCalifornia.
"Sisebenzisana nenqwaba yabantu okungezona ezaseMelika, abantu abaningi abebesebenza emnothweni ongakahleleki, inqwaba yabasebenzi basekhaya - abantu abangenazo lezo zinhlobo zokuvikela imisebenzi njengesikhathi sokuyothola umuthi wokugoma. ,” kusho uSchwandt Iqiniso. “Esinye isithiyo esisihlonziwe ngabantu okuzomele baqhubeke nokunakekela izingane zabo ngesikhathi besaqokwa.”
Esinye isithiyo esibaluleke kakhulu ekwenzeni i-aphoyintimenti ukuthi singakanani isikhathi esisithathayo ukucinga i-aphoyintimenti, kanye nokulahlekelwa umholo ekuthatheni isikhathi emsebenzini ukuze uye ku-aphoyintimenti.
"Ngizwe izindaba eziningi ezivela ezinhlakeni zethu zamavolontiya abantu abafona ngale mingcele engenakwenzeka," kusho uSchwandt. “Owesifazane esasisebenza naye uthe, ‘Yebo, umphathi wami ungitshele ukuthi ngizoxoshwa uma ngingawutholi umgomo. Kodwa anginikwa isikhathi sokuya esimisweni futhi angazi ukuthi ngenzenjani.’”
Omunye amavolontiya akhulume naye uthe wenqabile ukubhuka isibhamu sakhe sesibili ngoba wacishe waxoshwa ngoba ethathe ikhefu ukuze athole eyokuqala.
Omunye wemigomo ebaluleke kakhulu ekusizeni abantu ngabanye yisimiso esithi “solidarity not charity.”
"Ngakho-ke, kubantu bethu abasengcupheni ngempela kwezomnotho, sizama ukubatholela lezo zikhathi zokuqokwa ekuseni, lezo zikhathi ezimisiwe, izikhathi ezibekiwe ngempelasonto," kusho uSchwandt. Iqiniso.
Kodwa usizo olunikezwa yi-Get Out the Shot alugcini nje ngokuphathelene nokuhleleka kokuqashwa - futhi lumayelana nokuqonda ngempela izidingo ze-Lincoln Heights, ukuhoxisa ubuholi bomphakathi nomndeni, futhi ekugcineni, ukusiza ukusiza ukuqiniswa nokuphepha kwesikhungo. endaweni ethinteke ngokungafanele yi-COVID-19 kusukela kwaqala lolu bhubhane.
"Siyazi ukuthi ngeke sikwazi ukuxazulula ubulungiswa bezempilo nempilo - kodwa sicabanga ngempela ukuthi singanikeza ukususwa okuncane okuvimbayo ekutholeni lokhu kunakekelwa," kusho uSchwandt. “Futhi kule nqubo, ngizizwa nginenhlanhla ngempela ukuba nomakhelwane [abaningi] abasha engangingakaze ngihlangane nabo ngaphambili futhi esikwazile ukuxhumana nabo. Sonke sivumelene ngesidlo sakusihlwa sangeSonto esingaba ngu-999 lapho wonke umuntu evunyelwe ukuphinde ahlangane.”
Ukwakha nokuqinisa ukuxhumana komphakathi namandla kuyizingxenye ezibaluleke kakhulu zokusizana njengokubili umkhuba kanye nethiyori. Lelisu elikabili lokusiza imiphakathi ngezindlela ezingokoqobo ngesikhathi esifanayo liyihlela liboniswa ngokucacile ngomsebenzi owenziwa esahlukweni saseSan Francisco East Bay seDemocratic Socialists of America (I-East Bay DSA) eCalifornia.
Kusukela ekuqaleni kwalolu bhubhane, izahluko ze-DSA ezweni lonke bezijwayeza ukusizana ngokuthenga nokuletha ukudla, izinto zokuzivikela, nezinye izinsiza kulabo abangakwazi ukuphuma ngokuphepha ezindlini zabo ngesikhathi sokuvalwa; ukuletha izinsiza kubantu abanenkinga yokungabi namakhaya; nokunye okuningi. Muva nje, i-East Bay DSA ibihlanganisa imihlangano yokucobelelana ngolwazi yokwakha imaski.
"Ngesikhathi kwakhiwa imaski sinegumbi lokuphumula elinothisha labantu abasha nabafunda ukwenza imaski," kusho ilungu le-East Bay DSA uGenean Wrisley. Iqiniso. “Futhi-ke kwelinye igumbi … sibe nezingxoxo ezimnandi nezikhuthazayo mayelana nokusizana, ukwakha amandla kanye nokuhlela abaqashi.”
Njengoba amavolontiya eqoqana eduze kwezikrini zawo ze-Zoom ukuze enze imaski yekhwalithi ephezulu ye-N-88 ndawonye cishe, abuye axoxe, ngokwesibonelo, ngemibono kaMarxist u-Anton Pannekoek, umsebenzi womgqugquzeli wezinyunyana nombhali uJane McAlevey, noma imibhalo ye-revolutionary socialist. Rosa Luxembourg, izincwadi zakhe abazifundayo njengamanje.
“Sikwazile ukuhlanganisa inqwaba yabantu e-DSA,” kusho uWrisley. “Enye yezinjongo zale phrojekthi ukwakha umphakathi ngempela - futhi ngicabanga ukuthi sikubonile lokho kwenzeka. Abantu bahlala kulezi zingcingo ze-Zoom amahora amaningi ngemuva kokuthi ziphelile. Abantu beza [kumaski] ukwakha futhi bahlanganyele futhi bathole i-pizza kamuva futhi ubudlelwano buyakhiwa. "
"Ukwakhiwa komphakathi kuyadingeka ngempela ukuze kuliwe nemali, futhi awukwazi ukuvukela umbuso uma ungenabo ubudlelwano osebukhekile."
Ekugcineni ukusatshalaliswa kwezinto, i-East Bay DSA ibisebenzisana ne-Tenant and Neighbourhood Councils (TANC), okuyinhlangano eqashisayo eqashisayo e-Bay Area. Bebesabalalisa imaski yabo ikakhulukazi emabhange okudla namavolontiya akhuluma izilimi zabaningi balabo abamele ukudla - noma ngabe ngamaShayina, isiVietnam noma iSpanishi - futhi bebabuza ukuthi banenkinga yini nomnikazi wendawo noma bayakhokha irenti.
“Ukunikeza umuntu imaskhi bese ebuza lowo mbuzo kuvula ikhono lokwakha ukwethembana kunokubuza abantu abangahleliwe uma benenkinga yokuqasha,” kusho uWrisley. “Kukhulula izithiyo futhi kusivumele ukuba sibe nezingxoxo ezizuzisa ngempela. Sikwazile ukuletha abantu ku-TANC futhi sinike abantu amathuluzi okuhlela ngezinkinga ababhekene nazo, izindaba ezithinta ngqo izimpilo zabo.”
Omunye wemigomo ebaluleke kakhulu ekusizeni abantu ngabanye yisimiso esithi “solidarity not charity.” Umbono wokusiza umphakathi uvame ukusekelwe esicathulweni sokuthi imiphakathi encishwe amathuba ihlushwa uhlobo oluthile lokushoda. Ubumbano, ngakolunye uhlangothi, lusekelwe embonweni wokuthi ukucwaswa kungumphumela wemingcele yesakhiwo kanye nokulingana okuhlelekile. Ukuhlela umphakathi ukuze unqobe lezi zithiyo kuyisici esidingekayo kunoma iyiphi iphrojekthi yokusizana. Le migomo iqhuba umsebenzi omningi wokusizana owenziwa amaqembu afana ne-NorCal Resist, i-Get Out the Shot ne-East Bay DSA.
"Ukwakhiwa komphakathi kuyadingeka ngempela ukuze kuliwe nemali, futhi awukwazi ukuvukela umbuso uma ungenabo ubudlelwano osebuvele bakheka," kusho uWrisley. Iqiniso. “Sibonile ukuthi ubungxiwankulu bubi kangakanani kulo bhubhane. Sibonile ukuthi umbuso ushaye indiva kanjani wabheka kwelinye icala njengoba sekufe abantu. Sibonile ukuthi ukuxolelana kwerenti akuseyona yini into futhi lokho kuthinta kakhulu abaqashi Abansundu nabaBrown. Ngokwakha ubudlelwano, singenza umehluko ngempela futhi siqale ukuhlela ngokuhlanganyela ohlelweni olunakekela abantu ngempela.”
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