Umthombo: The Intercept
Ababhikishi eCapitol Hill
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“Umndeni wami ukwenzile bahlukunyezwe ngamaphoyisa kuzo zonke izizukulwane,” kusho uChristopher Hunt, emi ngeledlule endaweni okwakuyinhlangano ngaleso sikhathi Umbhikisho Ohleliwe waseCapitol Hill, noma i-CHOP, umbhikisho wesitayela somsebenzi e-Seattle ohlakazwe yiziphathimandla ngoLwesithathu. Lapho ecelwa ukuba achaze isihluku samaphoyisa, izwi likaHunt laphakama.
Le nsizwa eneminyaka engu-53 ubudala yaseSeattle ikhombe isibazi esingenhla kweso langakwesokudla. “Lapho ngineminyaka engu-21, amaphoyisa angishaya engibhekise ekhanda ngenduku. Imithungo emithathu,” esho ekhomba ngase-East Precinct, eqhelile, nokuyilapho athi washaywa khona. “Indodana yami yashaywa ngamaphoyisa ngo-2010,” eqhubeka. “Umama washaywa ngamaphoyisa aseSeattle ngesikhathi kuqhubeka inhlangano elwela amalungelo abantu ngoba umyeni wakhe wayengumuntu omnyama. Lokho kuzwakala kuyisizukulwane kimina.”
U-Hunt ubephakathi kwababhikishi abambalwa abasabambe i-CHOP ngempelasonto yokugcina kaJuni. IMeya yaseSeattle uJenny Durkan odwe ngaphambilini iziphathimandla ziphume emnyangweni wamaphoyisa e-East Precinct ngoJuni 8, amasonto ngaphambi kokuba ngime no-Hunt eduze kwebhilidi elihlala abantu. NgoLwesithathu, lwagcina lufikile usuku: Indawo yokuhlala yahlakazwa kwalimala abantu abangu-13 ngesikhathi amaphoyisa ethatha kabusha i-East Precinct.
Izinsuku zokugcina zombhikisho zakhuluma ngendaba yomzamo wokwakha indawo yokuhlala isikhathi eside ngokumelene nesihluku samaphoyisa - ukuqubuka kwemibhikisho kazwelonke yeBlack Lives Matter eyaqubuka ngokubulawa kwamaphoyisa aseMinneapolis uGeorge Floyd. Ngenkathi i-CHOP isaphila, i-East Precinct yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi "i-Seattle People Department" futhi yahlotshiswa ngezimpawu, izikhumbuzo, nemidwebo enikezelwe ukunyakaza. Kodwa, ngempelasonto yayo yokugcina, umbhikisho ubusuwehle kakhulu.
“Ngesikhathi siqala, kwakukhona izinkulungwane lapha,” kusho indoda egqoke ama-dreadlocks amhlophe nehembe elithi “Abangane”, emi phezu kosimende phambi kwegceke ikhuluma nge-megaphone. Washanela ingalo yakhe phakathi kwabantu abaphihlizekayo: “Manje, ngingabala wonke umuntu.”
“Ngesikhathi siqala, bekunezinkulungwane lapha ngaphandle. Manje, ngingabala wonke umuntu.”
“Sidinga ubuholi obuMnyama. Sidinga imizimba emhlophe,” usho kanje. “Kwabamhlophe, kulula ukuthola isibhamu. Tholani nibatshele uma beqhubeka nokubulala abantu abaMnyama kuzobe kuyimpi.” Abambalwa babubula ngokungabaza bevuma.
Ekuseni ngalolo suku, ngo-June 26, idolobha lathumela izisebenzi ukuba ziyosusa imigoqo kakhonkolo elaliyifakile ukuze kuncishiswe ingozi yokuhlaselwa kwezimoto. Abasebenzi bahlehle ngemuva kwababhikishi walala phambi kukagandaganda. Kwaphuma isimemezelo sokuthi ababhikishi bavikele i-CHOP. Kamuva ntambama, inqwaba yabantu yagcwala esiteshini naseCal Anderson Park eseduze.
U-Durkan ubelokhu esabisa ngokuqeda i-CHOP cishe isonto lonke. Kusukela ngoJuni 20, kube khona ukudubula okuhlanu ngaphandle kwe-CHOP eshiye kushone abantu ababili kwalimala abane. Udlame lwaxosha abantu abaningi. Umbhikisho wehlela kwizishoshovu eziqinile, izintatheli, ezokuphepha, abezokwelapha nabapheki bombhikisho - kanye namathimba "ehlome kakhulu … isivikelo esiyimfihlo esiyingozi kakhulu” kumabhizinisi nezakhamuzi.
Amaqembu ezigelekeqe endawo abeyimbangela yokudubula, kusho abanye abantu abebephakathi kombhikisho, okuhlanganisa nesigameko sokugcina sangoJuni 29 lapho Ingane eneminyaka engu-16 ubudala yabulawa. Izishoshovu zithi amaphoyisa avumele udlame ukuthi luqhubeke ngokungabibikho emigwaqweni ezungeze i-CHOP. Noma kunjalo, u-Durkan waba nokuvula kwakhe. NgoJulayi 1, wakhipha incwadi umyalo wokumemezela umhlangano ongekho emthethweni, ethumela amakhulukhulu amaphoyisa odweshu kanye ukushaya izimoto ukususa i-CHOP, kuboshwe inqwaba yababhikishi. Isikhulu samaphoyisa uCarmen Best uchaze i-CHOP ngokuthi "ingenamthetho futhi inonya."
I-CHOP iphume ngokuqhuma nokukhala. Kepha uma kucasulwa udlame lwamaphoyisa, umnyakazo wokubuyisa imali yamaphoyisa aseSeattle mancane amathuba okuthi uphele. Futhi i-CHOP isisabalele, iyakhuthaza Hlala eCity Hall eNew York lokho kunzima $1 bhiliyoni ekusikelweni eMnyangweni Wamaphoyisa aseNew York.
I-CHOP yaqala ngokuthi ingozi. Ngemuva kokuthi amaphoyisa aseMinneapolis ebulale uFloyd, amaphoyisa aseSeattle aphendule imibhikisho nge udlame olwengeziwe. Lokho kwaguguleka I-Durkan's ukwethembeka, owayengumshushisi wenhlangano.
Amaphoyisa kuthiwa maced umfana oneminyaka engu-7, namavidiyo akhe ukuklabalasa ngenxa yobuhlungu yangena ngegciwane. UDurkan uthe imichilo yamateyipu amnyama afaka izinombolo zamabheji amaphoyisa athi “amaviyo okulila” kuzikhulu eziwile. Isikhathi sokugcina isikhulu sase-Seattle sifela emsebenzini kwakungu-2009. I-American Civil Liberties Union yafaka isicelo. I-suit ngokumelene nedolobha "ngokusebenzisa amandla ngokweqile ngokungakhethi" ngokumelene nemibhikisho "enokuthula kakhulu". Ezinsukwini ezimbili ngemuva kokuthi uDurkan kanye nesikhulu samaphoyisa bememezele ukuvalwa kwezinsuku ezingama-30 kwesisi esikhalisa unyembezi, amaphoyisa aphinde asebenzisa isisi esikhalisa unyembezi kubabhikishi. NgoJuni 7, indoda yangena phakathi kwesixuku sababhikishi, wadubula umbhikishi, waphuma emotweni eqhweba isibhamu wazinikela emaphoyiseni ase-East Precinct ngaphandle kwesigameko, ethi umfowabo uyiphoyisa lapho.
Ukuma kukaDurkan kuphinde kwangcoliswa ukuhlasela kwamaphoyisa kaningi kubabhikishi kanye isisi esikhalisa izinyembezi abahlali ngaphakathi ezindlini zabo eCapitol Hill, onomlando we-queer kanye ne-trans activism. Izishoshovu zeDemocratic Party zamcela ukuba enze kanjalo asule noma abekwe icala ngodlame lwamaphoyisa kanye nokubulawa kwangaphambilini kwabamnyama Seattle, okuholele ekutheni izinkulungwane zisayine izicelo zokuthi asuswe futhi athole ukwesekwa. amalungu omkhandlu wedolobha amathathu kwayisishiyagalolunye.
Kshama Sawant, ilungu lomkhandlu weSocialist elimele uCapitol Hill, lithe uDurkan "ungene ngokweqisa" ngemuva kwemibhikisho ephazamisayo eqale ngoMeyi 29. Esikhundleni sokuvumela ababhikishi ukuthi bamashe badlule endaweni, uSawant uthe, "amaphoyisa ajikijela amakhulu ezibhamu, ahlasela amatende odokotela, adabula- wakhipha igesi yonke indawo. Udlame lwabuyela emuva futhi lwakha ukwesekwa kwenhlangano. Amakhulu ezishoshovu, eziholwa yintsha emnyama nensundu, anqume ukuphikisa ukusatshiswa kwamaphoyisa e-East Precinct.”
Kwakufana, u-Sawant waphawula, ezikhathini zomlando lapho ukuzindla kohulumeni ekubhebhethekiseni udlame emibhikishweni kwakha ukwesekwa okwengeziwe kunokuba bayichoboze, njengoMeyi 1968 eFrance, i-Arab Spring e-Cairo's Tahrir Square ngo-2011, noma i-Occupy Wall Street ENew York kamuva ngalowo nyaka.
Ezithola esemzuzwini onjalo, Kusho uDurkan amaphoyisa ashiye i-East Precinct ngokumelene ne izifiso zomphathi wakhe wamaphoyisa.
Ovuthayo Imibhikisho yaseSeattle kwakungukubhabhadiswa kukaMark Anthony esishoshovu sokubhikisha. Ubekade esemgwaqweni isikhathi esingangesonto ngesikhathi ngoJuni 8, lowo owayeyinxusa lomkhiqizo oneminyaka engu-32 ubudala nomqondisi wabavakashi beBoeing elibangise eCapitol Hill. "Ngashayela yonke indlela ngikhuluma amagama amnandi engiwabhekise emaphoyiseni," esho. “Ngadumala lapho ngifika lapha, base bengasekho.”
U-Anthony, owaba ngumholi we-CHOP, uthe, "Omunye wabasizi bethu abamhlophe wabamba itende lokuqala" - wasungula iCapitol Hill Autonomous Zone ngalobo busuku.
I-vibe yokuqala yayifana nomkhosi. “Bekuyisiphambano phakathi kweBurning Man neCoachella,” kusho esinye isivakashi. Njengoba nje imibhikisho eyingqophamlando ngemuva kokushona kuka-Floyd yasebenza njenge-valve yokukhulula intukuthelo ejulile ngokumelene namaphoyisa anobandlululo kanye nempumuzo ezinyangeni zokuvalwa kobhubhane, i-CHAZ yayiwumthombo wethemba owadonsa izinkulungwane ngesizini yokufa. (Abagqugquzeli ngokuhamba kwesikhathi bashintsha igama laba yi-CHOP, bethi abafuni ukuzimela futhi bagxile ku-Black Lives Matter.)
Amaciko apende umdwebo omkhulu wasemgwaqweni we-Black Lives Matter lowo kwavela impilo. O-DJ benze amaphathi okudansa asebusuku kakhulu. Amadokhumentari afana nethi “Paris is Burning” kanye nethi “13th” ahlolwe ngaphandle. Izigubhu zomdabu zaseMelika kuhlangene nezikhathi zokuzindla. Iziza zomhlaba omnyama kuhlume okuluhlaza okunamaqabunga nezingqwembe ezihlonipha abantu abaNsundu bomlando. I-"No Cop Co-op" inikeze umuthi wokuxubha, iphepha lasendlini yangasese, nezinye izinto ngenkathi Riot Kitchen futhi Yondla ukunyakaza kudliwa mahhala “imifino ye-kimchi tofu ‘pastrami’ reuben wraps kanye ne-gochujang yenyama yenkomo ethosiwe.” Imindeni yathathwa amapikiniki, abagqugquzeli bezenhlalo basakazwa bukhoma, futhi kwaqhutshwa imihlangano emikhulu nezimfundiso.
The umphakathi omncane okwavela kwaba yifa lenqwaba yemibhikisho yabantu eminyakeni edlule, i-Occupy Wall Street, i-Occupy Sandy, kanye ne-Occupy ICE, ikakhulukazi. Le nhlangano yayisekela izimiso zokuzihlanganisa kanye nokusizana, lapho izishoshovu zafunda khona ukusetha ngokushesha izindlu, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, amakhishi, imfundo, ukunakekelwa kwezingane, izitolo zamahhala, nokusekelwa kwezobuchwepheshe.
“I-CHOP ibinamandla amahle futhi abantu bebenakekelana. Kwakungathi i-Occupy on steroids,” kusho uMichael, ilungu lethimba lezokuphepha eselahlakazwa manje elaziwa ngokuthi ama-Sentinels, owacela ukuthi singasetshenziswa isibongo sakhe.
Nokho ukunyakaza kwe-Occupy kwasungulwa emphakathini ophukile kanye nabantu abakhiqizwe. Omunye umhleli ongumakadebona obambe iqhaza ezinhlelweni ze-Occupy yaseNew York, ocele ukungadalulwa, uthe, “I-Occupy ingaphandle kwegunya lezikhungo ezikhona. Iwuzibuthe kubantu abaswele ngisho nabaphushayo, abahlukumezayo nabaxhaphazayo.”
Izinkinga ezifanayo zibambe i-CHOP. USlate, omunye uSentinel ongasichazanga isibongo, uthe omunye owazenza unogada “udonse izibhamu wagaya abantu.”
“Akuwona umbhikisho. Kuyikamu elingenamakhaya elibi."
“Izivakashi” zacasuka kakhulu. “Besinabantu abebendizela bevela ezindaweni zonke ngoba bebecabanga ukuthi indawo engenamthetho, umkhosi, noma yini eyenzekayo,” kusho u-Anthony, isishoshovu se-CHOP. “Simise oDJ phakathi kwamabili. Sihlukanisa abantu balapha ukuze babhikishe kubantu abeze emcimbini.”
Iphathi kwaba eyodwa; abanye beza nje befuna indawo. AbaseSeattleite abangenamakhaya, abantu babo abakhule eminyakeni yamuva nje, batheleka ku-CHOP. “Impela bazoza ku-CHOP,” kusho uMichael. “Bathole ukudla, isitolo samahhala, indawo ephephile yokulala nokuzihlalela, futhi ithemba likhona.” Phezu kwalokho, uthe, “Izingqondo ezikhululekile zisebenzisa izidakamizwa, ngakho kuzoba nabantu abasebenzisa izidakamizwa. Kuzoba nemakethe, ngakho abantu bazolwa ngayo. ” Uveze ukuthi ukuhweba ngezidakamizwa kuheha amaqembu ezigebengu endawo.
Ekupheleni kukaJuni, imindeni nezivakashi sezinyamalele ngenxa yodlame, leli paki libukeke njengesigaba sokugcina sezinkambu eziningi ze-Occupy, njengoba inqwaba yabantu ihlala ematendeni. "Akuwona umbhikisho," kusho uHunt, isishoshovu se-CHOP. "Kuyikamu elingenamakhaya."
Ngenkathi i-CHOP ithwala ukufana ne-Occupy Wall Street, kunomehluko: Inhlangano yaseSeattle ibingagxilile kakhulu ekugcineni umsebenzi ngokwawo noma ukuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zenhlalo ezibanzi njengomsebenzi wezepolitiki obalulekile.
Leyo yimisebenzi yombuso, kusho u-Anthony, enezela, “Sengikhathele ukugada izingane. Asimelene nosonhlalakahle, abeluleki, abezicishamlilo. Simelene namaphoyisa anobandlululo nangamaqili.” Uthe baphelezela abanukubezi ngokocansi bachithe amahora amaningi bethola ukwesekwa kwabanenkinga yengqondo. Amavolontiya kwadingeka akhulumele phansi indoda esabisa ngokugxuma ophahleni lwendlu.
I-CHOP iphinde yahlangabezana nezinkinga i-Occupy Wall Street engakaze icabange, okunguMongameli uDonald Trump. Ngolunye usuku ngemva kokuqala kombhikisho, yena ukufutheka-ku-tweet, “Amaphekula Asekhaya athathe iSeattle,” besabisa ngokuthi bazolibuyisela emuva idolobha ngenkani “ama-anarchists amabi.” Ukugqugquzeleka kwehlele kuFox News ukwenza izithombe yodlame eSeattle kanye nabezindaba zobandlululo be-right-wing bebiza isishoshovu esimnyama ngokuthi “i-warlord.” Abanye kungenzeka ukuthi bathathe amazwi kaTrump njengobizo lodlame, njengoba senzile kwenzeke ngaphambili. Iqembu elikude kwesokudla iProud Boys bekukhona ubanjwe kuvidiyo ukushaya a eyodwa eduze kwe-CHOP. Omunye umshayi wayedume kabi, I-Tusitala "Tiny" Toese, owaboshwa kamuva ukwephula ukuhlolwa kwakhe.
Ngaphandle komehluko nge-Occupy, i-CHOP iye yahluleka ngenxa yezizathu ezifanayo. Iminyakazo eqala ku-inthanethi ingase ithwebule umcabango ngeziqubulo ezinjengokuthi “Singama-99%” noma “Landela Ubuholi Abamnyama,” kodwa ibuthaka kakhulu ukuthi ingavala ukuhlukana okujulile komlando. Ifomu lokuhlela elamukelekile, elivulelekile, okwamanje, alishoni kakhulu ukuthi lingavumela ipolitiki futhi lithambekele ekusetshenzisweni kabi. Omunye owayebukele wachaza imihlangano emikhulu njengeminye izinkulumo ezinyakazayo kunezikhathi zamasu aqondile.
“I-CHOP ifana nokuthi i-Twitter ibiyindawo yangempela. Kugcwele imibono, imibono nezinhlungu ezehlukene, wonke umuntu ucabanga ukuthi ulungile futhi akekho ofuna ukuba umlandeli,” kusho uSlate. “Ngangizwa igama elithi ‘Ubuholi Obumnyama’ izikhathi ezingu-15 ngosuku, futhi akekho owabazi ukuthi bangobani. Belingekho iqembu elinemibono nobuholi okwabelwana ngazo.”
UHunt yena uthukuthele. Wathi: “Ukuhaha kuyiqeda yonke imibhikisho. “Wonke umuntu ulwela ukuba umholi ngoba efuna ukuba semhlanganweni nemeya bese ethi, ‘Buyisela amaphoyisa imali futhi uxhase inhlangano yami.’ Asizange siphume lapha ngoba izinhlangano ezingenzi nzuzo azixhaswa ngemali. Siphume lapha ngoba amaphoyisa abulala abantu abamnyama.”
“Umhobholo wayiqeda yonke le mibhikisho. Wonke umuntu ulwela ukuba umholi ngoba efuna ukuba semhlanganweni nemeya athi, 'Nikela imali emaphoyiseni nixhase inhlangano yami.'
Lezo zigaba zidlala ku-CHOP. Bobabili u-Anthony noHunt bakhala ngokuthi ezinye izishoshovu zabatshela ukuthi abantu besifazane abamnyama kuphela okufanele bakhulume, hhayi amadoda aMnyama. NgoJuniweshumi, lapho izishoshovu zibeka eceleni a ingxenye yepaki for Black healing, egadwe abamhlophe umsebenzi wabo kwakuwukuvimba abanye abantu abamhlophe ngaphandle, u-Anthony wathi, “Ngaqala ukudiliza izimpawu ezithi ‘lesi sikhala sabaNsundu bodwa.’” Wathi wabona kubalulekile ukuba kuzwakale amazwi amaningi. Omunye umhlanganyeli uthe lesi sigameko siyisibonelo “sezingozi zezepolitiki zokuzazi ngokweqile.” Nokho abanye bathi i-CHOP ivamise ukusebenza "njengendawo yokusebenza yecala elimhlophe."
UDurkan namaphoyisa, ngakolunye uhlangothi, basola i-CHOP ngodlame lwamaqembu ezigelekeqe oluwumkhiqizo we-dystopia kaSeattle. Ikhaya lobuchwepheshe be-behemoth, i-Amazon ne-Microsoft, isifunda sine-GDP ye $ 392 billion, cishe ubukhulu be Nigeria nabantu bayo abayizigidi ezingu-196. Ukungalingani kweholo lobuhlanga kudlulele. Ngawo wonke amadola amakhaya amhlophe e-Seattle enza, amakhaya abantu abamnyama Amasenti angu-40, i-spread 25 cents okukhulu kunesilinganiso sikazwelonke. Izikole zomphakathi azilingani futhi zihlukene. Iyakhuphuka ukuqasha, ukungabi namakhaya, izinkinga zempilo yengqondo, Futhi ukuboshwa kwehla kakhulu emiphakathini yabaNsundu kanye naboMdabu.
Ku-CHOP, kwakuwumsebenzi we-Sisyphean ukuxoxisana ngezindaba zezombusazwe eziyinkimbinkimbi phakathi kwezishoshovu ezazingaziwa ngaphansi kwe-glare yezindaba zezwe, zicindezelwa idolobha namaphoyisa, futhi zihlushwa abadlali abanobudlova emaphethelweni.
Nokho izishoshovu zikwazile ukuthola isivumelwano esithile. Bahlanganisa izimfuno ezintathu: Sika uSeattle's Isabelomali samaphoyisa esingu-$409 million ngamaphesenti angama-50, imali idluliselwa emiphakathini yabaNsundu emlandweni, kanye noshwele kubo bonke ababoshiwe emibhikishweni. I-CHOP kungenzeka ukuthi ayizange isinde, kodwa i-ajenda nesibonelo sayo kwasinda.
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