Kusukela lapho a igagasi lobushoshovu labeka obala kuzwelonke odlameni lwamaphoyisa kanye nezinkinga ezikhungethe uhlelo lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu, abangenele ukhetho lwezikhundla zikahulumeni ezweni lonke bakhankasele izithembiso zokuguqulwa. Bacele ukuthi kube nophenyo oluzimele mayelana nokudubula okuhilela amaphoyisa kanye nokuqeqeshwa ukuze kuncishiswe izigwebo, futhi bathembise ukushintsha izinhlelo zokugwetshwa okuyimpoqo futhi babhekane nezici eziholela ekuboshweni kwabantu abaningi, okuthinta ngokungafanele abantu bebala.
Ummeli wesifunda sase-Minnesota, u-Raymond Dehn, ohamba phambili emjahweni wemeya yaseMinneapolis, ungomunye walabo abazongenela ukhetho. Kodwa kuyena, ukuguqulwa kobulungiswa bobugebengu kuwudaba lomuntu siqu, futhi olubuyela emuva.
Ikhandidethi likameya lahlwe yicala lokugqekeza lisemusha ngeminyaka yawo-1970, okuhlangenwe nakho athi kwamgqugquzela ukuthi angene kwezombusazwe emashumini eminyaka kamuva. Ngo-2012, wakhethwa esiShayamthetho sesifunda sase-Minnesota, lapho aziwa ngomsebenzi wakhe emelela izigebengu. Wahola umkhankaso womthetho othi โVimbela Ibhokisiโ wezi-2014 owanweba umthetho ovimbelayo wokuthi abafake izicelo zomsebenzi baphendule imibuzo ngomlando wabo wobugebengu ukuze kufakwe abaqashi abazimele.
UDehn umemezele ukuthi uzongenela ukhetho ngoDisemba odlule, futhi wenza umaka enkundleni kuleli hlobo ukuzuza ukwesekwa okwengeziwe kunoMeya osesikhundleni u-Betsy Hodges emhlanganweni wokuqoka we-Democratic Farmer-Labor Party. Nakuba lingekho ikhandidethi lemeya eliphumelele ukugunyazwa okusemthethweni, u-Dehn owavela ngaphambili wakwenza kwacaca ukuthi wayengenele umbango onzima.
Engxoxweni abe nayo ne-The Intercept, u-Dehn uchaze indlela ukushaqeka kwakhe ngomthetho okwamholela ngayo ekukholelweni ekuhlelweni nasekuguqulweni kobulungiswa bobugebengu, amatimu abalulekile emsebenzini wakhe ehhovisi likahulumeni.
โNgikhule ngisesimweni esibuhlungu ngempela, kukhona ukuhlukunyezwa emndenini wami, kukhona uphuzo oludakayo. โฆ Ekugcineni kwaba yilokho mlutha okwangiholela ekwenzeni ubugebengu ukuze nginikeze umkhuba wami,โ kusho uDehn, echaza izimo zakhe ngesikhathi egqekeza umuzi.
Lapho amaphoyisa efika ezobopha uDehn, owayeneminyaka engu-19 ubudala ngaleso sikhathi, wayecashe ekamelweni. "Angisoze ngakhohlwa ukuthi amaphoyisa amathathu noma amane angena, ephethe izibhamu ekhanda lami njengoba ngiphuma ekamelweni," kukhumbula uDehn.
Ngemva kweminyaka embalwa eguquguqukayo, u-Dehn wanquma ukubuyisela impilo yakhe endleleni futhi ngo-1982 wafaka isicelo - futhi wathola - ushwele ngobugebengu bakhe kusukela ngaleso sikhathi uMbusi waseMinnesota u-Al Quie. Cishe eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva, u-Dehn wabhalisa e-University of Minnesota ukuze afundele ezokwakha futhi aqhubeke nempilo yakhe, athi yenziwe yaba lula ngesikhathi ayephila kuso. โUbugebengu bami benziwa ngaphambi kwezinsuku ze-inthanethi, ukuze irekhodi lomphakathi elikude laphaya โฆ lalingekho ngempela,โ echaza.
Waqala ukusebenza ezinhlanganweni zomphakathi futhi ngo-2009 wahambela ingqungquthela e-Oakland, lapho isishoshovu esiqinile u-Angela Davis sakhuluma ngobulungiswa bobugebengu. UDavis wacela bonke ababesegunjini ababeboshiwe ukuthi basukume.
โNgasukuma futhi lokho kwaba uhlobo loshintsho empilweni yami,โ kusho uDehn. โNgathola ukuthi, uyazi, ngangizuze ohlelweni olungalungile, futhi nganquma ngaleso sikhathi ukunikela ukuphila kwami โโukuze ngizame ukuhlakaza leso simiso.โ
U-Dehn usiza ukubungaza ezombusazwe futhi wakhethwa ukuthi amele i-House District yaseMinnesota engu-59B eminyakeni emihlanu edlule. Uqokwe kabusha ngo-2014 waphinde waqokwa ngonyaka odlule. Ukuze azikhumbuze ngenhlanhla yakhe, u-Dehn ugcina isicelo sakhe sobubele odongeni ehhovisi lakhe e-statehouse. Umjaho wezimeya awuhlangene neqembu, futhi iMinneapolis ingelinye lamadolobha amakhulu ambalwa eMelika asebenzisa ukuvota okukhethekile - lapho abavoti bekleliswa khona. abangenele ukhetho esikhundleni sokuvotela oyedwa wabo. Uma lingekho ikhandidethi eliyikhethelo lokuqala leningi labavoti, khona-ke wonke amavoti afakwe kukhandidethi elinamavoti ambalwa kakhulu asatshalaliswa kabusha kumakhandidethi asele ngokusekelwe ekutheni ubani okleliswe endaweni elandelayo kubhalothi ngalinye. Le nqubo empeleni isusa umqondo โwevoti elimoshiweโ futhi ingaholela emiphumeleni engalindelekile.
Isistimu yokuvota ekhethwayo iphinde isho ukuthi amakhandidethi ngokuvamile ayakugwema ukukhankasa okungekuhle okuyisisekelo sezinye izinhlanga eziningi zezimeya ngoba afuna ukuthola amavoti okuncamela okwesibili nawesithathu kubantu abasekela abamelene nabo.
"Bekuhlangene kakhulu kunalokho uma besingenawo amavoti asezingeni eliphezulu," kusho uDehn etshela i-Intercept, ephawula ukuthi umjaho kuze kube manje ube muhle kakhulu. Nokho, ulindele ukubona ezinye izikhangiso zokuhlasela njengoba kusondela ukhetho lwangoNovemba 7. โSiyazi ukuthi emasontweni amabili okugcina, sizobona imali eningi esetshenziswayo ezimele. Izobe ihlasela kakhulu bonke abahamba phambili emjahweni.โ
Lokho akusho ukuthi zonke iziphakamiso zika-Dehn kuze kube manje zamukelwe kahle. Lapho udaba lwezinguquko zamaphoyisa lufika phambili emncintiswaneni wobumeya ngoJulayi, ngemuva kokuba iphoyisa laseMinneapolis lidubule labulala owesifazane owayengahlomile, uDehn wenza isiphakamiso sokuthi amaphoyisa aphucwe izikhali, ukuphakamisa ukuthi, ngokwesibonelo, amanye amaphoyisa agcina izibhamu ezimotweni zawo kodwa angazigqoki ngaso sonke isikhathi. Inyunyana yamaphoyisa endawo ibithukuthele igane unwabu.
"Angicabangi ukuthi abantu baseMinneapolis bakulungele ngokunengqondo noma yini efana nalena," uLt. Bob Kroll. utshele izintatheli zendawo ngaleso sikhathi. โUbani ongaphinde enze umsebenzi wobuphoyisa? Umcabango ongenangqondo neze.โ Abanye abangenele ukhetho lobumeya nabo wathi bakholelwa ukuthi isiphakamiso sikaDehn siyisinyathelo esikude kakhulu.
UHodges, naye, waswayipha uDehn, okusho ukuthi umbono wakhe wawungenangqondo. "Uma sizokhuluma ngezinguquko kumgomo wezibhamu, akufanele siqale ngamaphoyisa, azobe esebenza emhlabeni onabantu abanezibhamu," Kusho uHodges.
U-Dehn usamile ekutheni kufanele kube nengxoxo mayelana nezimo izikhali ezidingeka kuzo, egcizelela ukuthi akacabangi ukuthi amaphoyisa kufanele aphucwe izikhali ngaso sonke isikhathi.
โNgicabanga ukuthi kukhona ukuxhumana amaphoyisa aba nakho nabantu emphakathini okungadingeki ukuthi aphathe izibhamu,โ echazela iThe Intercept. โImpikiswano ngezindlela eziningi ukuthi bangaki abantu abakuthathile lokho. Ngithe amaphoyisa akufanele neze aphathe izibhamu? Angikaze ngisho lokho. Futhi ngiyazi ukuthi ekugcineni ukuze uguqule inqubomgomo yangempela mayelana nezikhulu nokusebenzisa amandla kufanele uqhube ingxoxo engicabanga ukuthi ingaba nzima kwabanye abantu, ngicabanga ukuthi ekugcineni uma abantu bengakakulungeli ukuba nale ngxoxo kahle. manje zinde izindlela okumele sizihambe ukuze sikhulume ngodaba lwamaphoyisa emphakathini wethu.โ
Umkhankaso ka-Dehn ngokumelene nama-Hodges abambe iqhaza kanye nabanye abaphonseli inselelo uncike embuzweni wokuthi iMinneapolis isendleleni elungile noma idinga ushintsho olukhulu. Ukholelwa ukuthi lokhu kwakamuva kuyiqiniso. UHodges, nokho, usebenzisa umusho othi โOqinile futhi Uzinzileโ okhumbuza uNdunankulu waseBrithani uTheresa May. isiqubulo somkhankaso, futhi ilebula indlela yakhe yokukhuluma ngokuthi โubuholi ngamabomu, ngamabomu.โ Yena platform ikhasi likhomba impumelelo efana nokuphasisa umthetho wesikhathi sokugula ngo-2016 kanye nomsebenzi wakhe โwokuguqula ubudlelwano bamaphoyisa nomphakathi.โ
Abamelene naye, uDehn phakathi kwabo, khomba umuzi njengoba uHodges ekhomba ku-$40 million esetshenziswe ezinhlelweni zezindlu ezithengekayo kule minyaka emithathu edlule, uDehn uphikisa ngokuveza ukuthi imali engenayo emaphakathi yabantu base-Afrika baseMelika edolobheni - $14,951 - yenza. izindlu ezindaweni eziningi edolobheni abangakwazi ukuzithengela.
U-Dehn wenze isiphakamiso sokuthi kushintshwe isimo esikhona sezindlu ezithengekayo ngokwehlisa izindleko zamayunithi athengekayo esikhathini esizayo ukusuka kumaphesenti angu-50 emali engenayo yendawo emaphakathi iye kumaphesenti angu-30.
Inkundla yakhe igxile kakhulu ekungalinganini. Ngokungeziwe emibonweni eminingi yokuguqula ubulungiswa bobugebengu, uphakamisa ukuthi iMinneapolis iqale ukusebenzisa isabelomali esibamba iqhaza, into idolobha ekade izama ngayo ngezinga elincane. Le nqubomgomo esezingeni eliphezulu - evumela omakhelwane nezakhamizi ukuthi balawule ingxenye yezimali zedolobha futhi banqume ngokuqondile ukuthi zisetshenziswa kanjani - iye yasetshenziswa emadolobheni ambalwa emhlabeni ngempumelelo ethile.
Ubheka isabelomali esibambe iqhaza njengendlela yokwandisa ukuzibandakanya kwezakhamizi, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwabantu abangasebenzi kwezombusazwe.
โUma ungalethi abantu abashiywe ngaphandle ohlelweni lwethu, sizoqhubeka nokwenza izinto ebesizenza,โ kusho yena. "Kimi, lowo mbono wokuthi sisenza kanjani isikhala ukuze abantu bahlanganyele, bese sikwenza kanjani ukuthi kube wusizo kubo kuleyo nqubo kulo mhlangano?"
Umkhankaso kaDehn ogxile ekungalinganini ihehe isitebele esiqinile sabasekeli abavela emphakathini omncane waseMinneapolis. Umqondisi wakhe wezokuxhumana, u-Akhi Menawat, utshele I-Intercept ukuthi iningi lezisebenzi zomkhankaso ezikhokhelwayo zika-Dehn abantu abamhlophe futhi isilinganiso sabo seminyaka yobudala singu-24.
Ummeli weDemocratic Alliance u-Ilhan Omar, uzakwabo wekhandidethi ku-State House kanye ne- kuqala Owesifazane ongumSulumane waseSomalia owake wakhethwa esiShayamthetho sezwe ezweni, ugunyaze uDehn.
Engxoxweni abe nayo ne-The Intercept, u-Omar uchaze ukuthi uthathe isinqumo sokugunyaza u-Dehn phezu kukaHodges nabanye abaphonsele inselelo ngenxa yokuhlangana kwakhe nezinkinga.
"Ngikholwa ukuthi imeya yethu elandelayo yedolobha laseMinneapolis idinga ukuqonda ukuhlangana kwemigwaqo, lokho kukhulu encwadini yami - ukuqonda ukuxhumana phakathi kwezinkinga zezindlu namaphoyisa nempilo yengqondo nokuthi zonke lezi zinto zixhumene kanjani," etshela Thinta.
Ucaphune icala lika-Dehn langaphambili njengento emnikeza ukuqonda mayelana nobubi besistimu yezobulungiswa bobugebengu.
โNjengesakhamuzi saseNorth Minneapolis, umuntu ovela emlandweni wokuba nerekhodi ngokwakhe, ubona ukuthi abantu benza ubugebengu kuholela kanjani ekuntuleni amathuba,โ kuphetha yena.
Inkundla yemeyora hopeful people-first platform isitholele nokusekelwa i-Our Revolution, iqembu elisungulwe ngezinsalela zomkhankaso ka-Bernie Sanders, wamsekela ngoJulayi. โManje yisikhathi soshintsho olukhulu eMinneapolis. URaymond Dehn unenkundla nombono wokwakha iMinneapolis lapho yonke imindeni ingazizwa iphephile futhi ibe nekhaya elihle namaholo atholakalayo,โ kusho uMongameli Wethu Wenguquko uNina Turner esitatimendeni. Futhi nakuba u-Dehn ehlangene nezinyunyana zamaphoyisa, uthole ukwesekwa kolunye uhlobo lomsebenzi ohleliwe: i-Minnesota Nurses Association.
I-Revolution Twin Cities yethu kanye nenyunyana yabahlengikazi nabo bayasekela a ikhandidethi eqinile kakhulu ukujoyina umkhandlu wedolobha. UGinger Jentzen, ogijima emgqeni wokuvota weSocialist Alternative kuWadi 3, ubengomunye wabahleli abahamba phambili ngemuva komkhankaso oyimpumelelo wokuphasa ubuncane beholo elingu-$15 eMinneapolis. Uyenqaba ukuthatha noma iyiphi imali kubathuthukisi bezinkampani futhi ukhankasa kakhulu ekwandiseni izindlu zomphakathi.
Ukulungiswa: Okthoba 13, 2017 4:10 p.m.
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