Ngemuva kwezinyanga zokuphikiswa ngokuthula, isizwe iStanding Rock Sioux kanye nabasizi baso bathole ukunqoba okuyingqopha-mlando ngeSonto, njengoba i-US Army Corps of Engineers imemezele ukuthi izozenqabela izimvume zokwakha ingxenye ebalulekile yepayipi i-Dakota Access. Lesi simemezelo siwumisa ngempela lo msebenzi, kanti futhi sigqamisa amandla enhlangano eqhubekayo yokumelana namaMelika Omdabu, izishoshovu zezemvelo kanye nezinkulungwane zabalingani.
Kwaqala ukuhlukana kweStanding Rock izinyanga ezedlulile, lapho ababhikishi boMdabu abaningana bakha โikamu lomthandazoโ elinokuthula endleleni yepayipi likawoyela elingamakhilomitha angu-1,172 XNUMX. Njengoba izindaba zale phrojekthi zisakazeka, labo ababezichaza ngokuthi โabavikeli bamanziโ baheha abantu abaningi ukunakwa kwamazwe omhlaba, yavusa umkhankaso ezweni lonke futhi yadonsa izinkulungwane zabasekeli eCannonball, eNyakatho Dakota. Nakuba ukungqubuzana nabezomthetho kwaphumela ekulimaleni okuthile kwababhikishi, abagqugquzeli e-Standing Rock baqhubeka begcizelela ukubaluleka โkokwenza ngazo zonke izikhathi ngendlela enokuthula neyomthandazo,โ ngokukaSihlalo we-Standing Rock Sioux Tribal uDave Archambault II.
Le nhlangano ayizange iwudele lo moya wokuvuleleka kwenhliziyo, okwenze ukunqoba kwaba nenjongo ejulile kubahleli bayo yonke imivimbo. Isishoshovu sezemvelo nombhali uBill McKibben wathi โakakaze asibone isibonelo esingcono sendlela yokuhlela.โ Phakathi ku indaba ye Guardian, wabhala ukuthi umzabalazo we-#NoDAPL "ukwazile ukwakha hhayi nje ukumelana nephrojekthi, kodwa amandla amasha amangalisayo nahlangene." Phakathi naleso sikhathi, uNaomi Klein, ngubani wahlanganisa indaba for The Nation, wachaza ukuthi ngokungafani nokunqoba okuningi, โokuvame ukuza ngokwandayo ... futhi ngokubambezeleka okuthile ngemva kokuhlasela okukhulu,โ okuku-Standing Rock โkuyakhanya futhi akunakuphikwa.โ Ngaphezu kwalokho: "Kubonisa abantu yonke indawo ukuthi ukuhlela nokumelana akulona ize."
Abanye ababambe iqhaza kule nhlangano bagcizelele ukubaluleka kobumbano phakathi kwemigwaqo. "Sinabalingani abaningi manje," kuTwitter uDaniel Health Justice, ilungu lesizwe samaCherokee. "Imizabalazo yethu ye-intersectional iyahlanganyela." I-Standing Rock Tribal Councilman Cody Two Bears utshele The Nation ubona umzabalazo we-#NoDAPL njengengxenye yombutho omkhulu wokusimama, oholwa abantu bomdabu. โAbantu bokuqala bakuleli zwe kufanele bafundise leli zwe indlela yokuphinde baphile,โ usho kanje. โNgokuba luhlaza, ngokuvuseleleka, ngokusebenzisa izibusiso umdali asinike zona: ilanga nomoya.โ
U-Arrambault ukhiphe isitatimende sokubonga ngokushesha ngemva kwezindaba zayizolo, ezwakalisa ukubonga โentsheni yesizwe esungule le nhlanganoโ kanye โnakwezinye izizwe nezifunda ezihlangene nathi.โ I-Arrambault iphinde yagcizelela iqiniso lokuthi inhlangano iphikelele โebudlelwaneni besizwe nesizweโ phakathi kwezizwe kanye nokuphatha kuka-Obama. Utuse u-Obama โngesibindiโ sokuzibandakanya ngale ndlela, wengeza ngokuthi, โIzivumelwano ziwumthetho obalulekile futhi kumele zihlonishwe.โ
Noma kunjalo, abahleli abaningi sebebheke phambili ezinyathelweni ezilandelayo emzabalazweni wokulondoloza kokubili amalungelo abomdabu kanye nezinsiza zemvelo. Abaningi bazwakalise ukukhathazeka kwabo ngokuthi ukuphatha kukaTrump okuzayo kuzomelana kakhulu nezindaba zamalungelo abantu bomdabu noma ukuvikelwa kwemvelo. Esithangamini nabezindaba ngoMsombuluko ntambama, uTrump uphinde wagcizelela ukweseka kwakhe ukwakhiwa kwepayipi. Akuphelanga sikhathi esingakanani, imibiko kwavela ukuthi uTrump wayedayisa izabelo zakhe ku-Energy Transfer Partners, okuyinkampani ebhekele leli payipi.
Futhi akukacaci ukuthi yini engenzeka ngesethembiso se-Army Corps of Engineer sokuhlola โeminye imizilaโ yepayipi - okuyiphuzu lapho abaningi bephakamisa khona ikhwelo lokuqapha okuqhubekayo. "Asiphikisani nokuzimela kwamandla, ukuthuthukiswa komnotho noma ukuphepha kwezwe," kusho u-Archimbault. "Kepha kumele siqinisekise ukuthi lezi zinqumo zenziwa ngokucabangela abantu bomdabu bakithi." I-Indigenous Environmental Network isalokhu inethemba, uma iqaphile, tweeting, "Impi ayikapheli, kodwa siyawina."
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