Kusukela nge-Occupy Wall Street ngoSepthemba 2011, inhlangano yokubhikisha yasakazekela e-United States yonkana emadolobheni amakhulu angu-70 namakhulu eminye imiphakathi. Izenzo ezifanayo zivele kwezinye izizwe eziningi.
Emavikini amabili okuqala, abezindaba abaphethwe yizinkampani ezijwayelekile kanye ne-NPR benza lokho abavame ukukwenza ngemibhikisho eqhubekayo: abazange bayinake. Lena kwakuyimithombo yezindaba efanayo eyayinikeze abalandeli beQembu Letiye umbiko ngokugcwala kwamasonto amaningi, ibagcoba โibutho elikhulu lezombusazwe.โ
Imodi ejwayeleke kakhulu nesebenzayo yokucindezelwa kwezindaba ukungenzi. Ngokungasho lutho noma ngokungasho lutho mayelana nezenzakalo, ukunyakaza, amakhandidethi, noma izehlakalo eziphikisayo, abezindaba bazikhohlwa. Ngenkathi inhlangano ye-Occupy isakazeka ezweni lonke futhi ingasakwazi ukushaywa indiva, abezindaba bathuthela endleleni yesibili yokukhohlisa: ukwenza izinto zibe zimbi kanye nokucwaswa.
Ngakho-ke sezwa ukuthi ababhikishi bebengacaci ukuthi bebebhikisha futhi โbabeqhelelene nabantu abaningi.โ Amakhamera emidiya agxile kumlingisi owayedansa ku-Wall Street egqoke imvunulo yasesekisini egcwele umoya, kanye nentsha eyashaya izigubhu ze-bongo: โumkhathi we-carnivalโ โintsha eqhumayo,โ โayixhumene nezigidi zabantu baseMelika emaphakathiโ obekuthiwa ubuke ngokudideka nokuhlaba umkhosi.
Ukusabalala okunjalo, futhi, kwakuhluke kakhulu embikweni onenhlonipho okunikezwa i-Tea Party. Umholi we-House Majority Leader, i-Republican u-Eric Cantor, uchaze inhlangano ye-Occupy ngokuthi "izixuku ezikhulayo." Lona nguye kanye uCantor owancoma i-Tea Party njengokuqinisekisa okungenakuqhathaniswa kwentando yeningi.
Umbhikisho omkhulu wangomhla zizi-2 kuLwezi e-Oakland owaphumelela ukuvala itheku wabikwa yimithombo yezindaba eminingi, cishe yonke eyayigxile odlameni olubhekiswe empahleni olwenziwa ngamaqembu amancane ambalwa. Abaningi balabo benzi bokubi bebevela okokuqala endaweni yase-Oakland. Abanye bekusolwa ukuthi bangamaphoyisa omshoshaphansi. Izenzo zabo zabonakala sekuyisikhathi sokuvala ukuvalwa ngempumelelo kwechweba lesine ngobukhulu ezweni.
Ngokuphindaphindiwe, abezindaba benza ababhikishi babe udaba kunezinto ababebhikisha. Abahlali bachazwa ngamanga njengababambeli be-hippie nezishoshovu ezingenangqondo ezingenangqondo. Eqinisweni, kwakunezinhlobonhlobo zeminyaka, izizinda zenhlalo nobuhlanga, kanye nezindlela zokuphila, kusukela kwabangenamakhaya kuye kochwepheshe abahola kahle, kanye nenani elikhulu lamalungu ezinyunyana zabasebenzi. Kunokuba abe isiphithiphithi semisindo ephithene evame ukuba nobudlova, baba nemihlangano emikhulu, bazihlela baba amakomiti, futhi baphatha ngendlela ehlelekile imibuzo yasekamu, ukudla, ukulondeka, nokukhucululwa kwendle.
Omunye umbhikisho womphakathi ongazange unakwe bekuyi-Occupy Walnut Creek. Kulabo abangazi, i-Walnut Creek iyindawo enethezekile elandela imithetho esenyakatho ye-California (engenarekhodi elaziwayo lokuvukela umbuso). Isiteshi sikamabonakude esisodwa kuphela sendawo esinikeze ukunaka kafushane kwe-Occupy Walnut Creek, siphawula ukuthi cishe abantu abangama-400 babebambe iqhaza, isilinganiso seminyaka yobudala ephakathi kwama-40 nama-50, abekho amahlaya, awekho ama-bongo. Abahlanganyeli bavumile ukuthi baphila izimpilo ezichumayo kodwa basazizwa behlobene nezigidi zabantu baseMelika ababebekezelela ukuhlukunyezwa kwezomnotho. Nasi isixuku sabantu โabacebile baseMelikaโ kodwa abahlubukayo nokho i-Walnut Creek ayizange ikhulunywe kwabezindaba kazwelonke, ngokwazi kwami.
Inhlangano ye-Occupy imemezele imilayezo eyahlukene. Ngokungena ngesibindi ezintweni ezingokoqobo zekilasi, abahlali bakhuluma ngo-1% abaxhaphaza ama-99%, indlela ekhaliphile yenkulumo-ze, elula ukuyisebenzisa, kodwa esho kakhulu, manje eyamukelwa kabanzi ngisho nabahlaziyi bemithombo yezindaba. Ababhikishi babephethe izimpawu ezigxeka ukungasebenzi kweRiphabhulikhi okubi kakhulu kanye nezimpi ezingapheli zombuso, ukuhlukunyezwa kwemvelo okwenziwa izinkampani ezinkulu, izintuba zentela ezijatshulelwa izinkampani zikawoyela, ukukhula kokungalingani kweholo, kanye namabhange nezinye izigelekeqe ezidla ngokudla okuvela emphakathini. umkhombe.
Abanye abahlali baze bagxeka ubungxiwankulu njengesimiso futhi batusa i-socialism njengenye indlela yobuntu. Sekukonke, inhlangano ye-Occupy iveze ukuqwashisa ngokungabi nabulungiswa kwezepolitiki nezomnotho okungavamile ukubonwa emibhikishweni yase-US. Khumbula, inhloso yokuqala neyinhloko kwakuyi-Wall Street, isizinda sasekhaya senhloko-dolobha yezezimali.
Izitolo zezindaba ezijwayelekile azigcini nje ngokulawula imibono kodwa ngisho nangaphezulu ukubonakala kwemibono, okuphinde kuzivumele ukuthi zikhawulele imingcele yezinkulumo zomphakathi. Lokhu kwenza kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi abantu abajwayelekile bahlanganyele ndawonye emibhikishweni, benethemba lokukhulisa ukubonakala nomthelela wemibono yabo. Umgomo uwukunqamula ku-monopoly eseduze ye-conservative orthodoxy egcinwa abezindaba "abakhululekile".
Ngakho imiboniso ibalulekile. Banomphumela okhuthazayo kulabo abangaba ababhikishi, behlanganisa ndawonye abaningi abebezicabange bodwa futhi bengenazwi. Imibhikisho iletha intando yeningi emigwaqweni. Bagqamisa izindaba osekunesikhathi eside zangcwatshwa. Bahlanganisa izinombolo, bebonisa amandla, bekhumbuza i-plutocracy ehlezi phezulu ukuthi umbhoshongo uyaduma.
Kodwa imibukiso kufanele iguquke ibe ezinye izinhlobo zesenzo. Lokhu bekuvele kwenzeka ngenhlangano ye-Occupy. Kungaphezu kombhikisho ngoba ababhikishi bayo abagodukanga ekupheleni kosuku. Ngobuningi babo bahlala edolobheni, bebeka imizimba yabo emgqeni, bebeka ukungakhululeki emsebenzini ngenxa yobuningi babo kanye nokuba khona kwabo.
Ezindaweni eziningi ze-Occupy kube nezenzo zokungalaleli, okulandelwa ukuboshwa. Emadolobheni ahlukene amaphoyisa adedelwe ngemiphumela enodlame ebuye ibuye kwesinye isikhathi. E-Oakland owayenguMarine uScott Olsen washaywa isisi esikhalisa unyembezi esaqhuma ugebhezi lwakhe lwamshiya elele esibhedlela wangakwazi nokukhuluma isonto lonke. Okungcono kakhulu, ubhekana nokululama okuhamba kancane isikhathi eside. Ngosuku olulandelayo u-Olsen eshaywe, amakhulu ababhikishi abasha abathukuthele bajoyina indawo yase-Occupy Oakland. Isihluku samaphoyisa sigqugquzela ukusabela komphakathi, ngokuvamile sikhipha abantu abaningi, okuphambene nalokho okufunwa yizikhulu.
Ishonaphi le nhlangano? Yini okufanele yenziwe? Izimpendulo sezivele zivela ezenzweni ze-99%:
-Kungakhuthazi ukubuthwa kwezempi kanye nokweseka abenqaba ngenxa kanembeza. Lambisa umbuso wamabutho alo. Hlela ukumelana nentela okukhulu ukuphikisana nokusetshenziswa kwemali kwePentagon eyonakele, okumoshayo, okungekho emthethweni, nokulimazayo.
- Dlulisa izimali zisuka emabhange ezinkampani ziye ezinyunyaneni zezikweletu nasemabhange omphakathi. Izinhlelo zokusekela ezisiza abangasebenzi nabaphucwa umhlaba. KwakunguGiulio Tremonti, ungqongqoshe wezezimali wase-Italy owayesenkingeni owathi: โSalvate il popolo, non le bancheโ (โLondoloza abantu, hhayi amabhangeโ). Kungaba kuhle ukuzwa imizwa enjalo evela kuMnyango Wezezimali wase-US noma i-White House.
- Qondanisa izenzo nabasebenzi abahlelekile. Izinyunyana zisengamaqembu angama-99% amakhulu naxhaswa kakhulu ngezimali. Cabangela lokho okwenziwa e-Oakland: abahlali bahlangana nabasogwini olude, abashayeli bamaloli, nezinye izisebenzi ukuze bavale itheku. Sezikhona izinhlelo zesiteleka emiphakathini eyahlukene. Izenzo ezinjalo ziba ngcono kakhulu uma umsebenzi ohleliwe udlala indima.
-Sidinga amasu amasha okhetho, iqembu lesithathu elisebenzayo, ukumelwa ngokulingana, ngisho noMthethosisekelo omusha, lowo osungula imithetho eqinile yentando yeningi elinganayo futhi ongeyona inkimbinkimbi eklanyelwe ukuvikela isigaba semali. Isimemo sengqungquthela yomthethosisekelo (inqubo esemthethweni ngokuphelele ngaphansi koMthethosisekelo wamanje wase-US) sibonakala sithatha isikhathi eside.
-Mhlawumbe ngaphezu kwakho konke, sidinga imfundo yezengqondo mayelana nobudlelwano phakathi kwengcebo namandla, imvelo yonxiwankulu, kanye nobugebengu bohlelo lwezezimali oluqhutshwa inzuzo olungalawuleki. Futhi abahlali babonakala beqhubekela kuleyo ndawo: ekuqaleni kukaNovemba 2011, abantu ezweni lonke baqala ukuhlangana ukuze bajoyine izifundiso zokuthi โIndlela I-1% Iwuphahlaze Ngayo Umnotho.โ
Sidinga ukumema ngokucacile imiphakathi yase-Afrika-yaseMelika, iLatino, kanye ne-Asian empini, sikhumbuza wonke umuntu ukuthi Ukuwohloka Okukhulu Komnotho kuphazamisa wonke umuntu kodwa kwehla kanzima ikakhulukazi kubantu abampofu ngokobuhlanga.
Kudingeka sizifundise mayelana namaqiniso anenzuzo ezinsiza eziphethwe umphakathi ezingenzi inzuzo, ukuvikelwa kwemvelo okuqondiswe esidlangalaleni, izinsizakalo zezokwelapha ezingenzi nzuzo zomphakathi nezibhedlela, imitapo yolwazi yomphakathi, izikole, amakolishi, izindlu, nezokuthuthaโzonke lezo zinto ezisebenza kahle kakhulu ezaziwa kangcono e- kwezinye izindawo njenge-socialism.
Kuningi okumelwe ukwenze. Noma kunjalo kuyahlaba umxhwele ukuthi impi isivele iqhutshwa kanjani emikhakheni eminingi. Ngaleso sikhathi abezindaba bebhizinisi bakunaki okuqukethwe kombhikisho wethu kuyilapho beqhubeka nokugcwaliseka mayelana nezindlela zobudlova zabahlali kanye nokushoda kwe-ajenda eqondile.
Ungacabangi nakancane ukuthi abenzi benqubomgomo abaphezulu kanye nama-plutocrat abanandaba nokuthi ucabangani. Yilokho kuphela into ngawe ewina ukukhathazeka kwabo. Abanandaba nekhwalithi yomoya owuphefumulayo noma amanzi owaphuzayo, noma ukuthi ujabule noma ungajabuli kangakanani noma ucindezelekile futhi awunampilo noma umpofu kangakanani. Kodwa bafuna ukwazi imicabango yakho mayelana nezindaba zomphakathi, uma nje ukuthola isibambo engqondweni yakho. Nsuku zonke bethula amagagasi e-disinformation ukuze abhubhise ubuchopho bakho, ukusuka ku-Pentagon kuya ku-Fox News ngaphandle kokuqina.
Lapho abantu bekhulula izingqondo zabo futhi babheke ngokuqinile ukuthi i-1% yenzani nokuthi i-99% kufanele ibe yini, khona-ke izinto ezibucayi ziqala ukwenzeka. Kuyenzeka vele. Ingase ekugcineni ishabalale noma idale isahluko esisha emlandweni wethu. Ngisho noma ingafinyeleli izinhloso zayo ezinkulu, inhlangano ye-Occupy isivele ibhalise phezu kwababusi bethu intukuthelo nokungajabuli kwabantu abaningi abakhashelwe.
Incwadi yakamuva kaMichael Parenti ethi The Face of Imperialism. Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe ngaye, bheka www.michaelparenti.org.
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