NgoLwesibili olwedlule, ngavuka e-Manhattan ephansi ngibheka phezulu kwezindiza ezinophephela emhlane, umsindo wendawo yempi owaphikelela usuku lonke waphinde waqala ngalolo Lwesine ekuseni, umgubho wezinyanga ezimbili we-Occupy Wall Street kanye nosuku olukhulu lwemibhikisho eNew. York City. Kwakungenye yezindlela eziningi ongabona ngazo ukuthi iziphathimandla ziyithatha ngokungathi sína i-Occupy Wall Street, noma ngabe benza iphutha elijulile ukuthi iyingozi enjani. Uma uke wangabaza ukuthi unamandla noma ubalulekile, vele ubheke indlela abantu abanjengawe (noma izingane zakho) abasabela ngayo emapaki ukusuka e-Oakland kuya ePortland, eTucson kuya eManhattan.
Kunjalo, “ukukanisa” akuwubambi ngempela umoya waleso sikhathi, ngoba lawo makamu ayindlela abantu abahlangane ngayo ukuze bafakazele amathemba abo kanye nokwesaba kwabo, baqale ukuqoqa amandla abo futhi baxoxisane ngalokho okungenzeka esizweni sethu. izwe elingaphazanyiswa ngendlela ephazamisayo, ukuze kucace ukuthi isimiso sethu somnotho sibi kangakanani, ukuthi abonakele kangakanani amandla asisekelayo, futhi siqale ukufuna indlela engcono. Cabanga njengokuyindida ukuthi amakamu ngokwengxenye awokulala, kodwa izimpawu zendlela esivuke ngayo.
Uma izinhlangano zomphakathi zilala, siyiqembu labantu abagxile ezimpilweni zethu zangasese. Lapho sivuka, ezinkundleni zokukhempa noma kwenye indawo, lapho sihlangana esidlangalaleni futhi sithola amandla ethu, iziphathimandla ziyesaba. Bavame ukuveza uhlangothi lwabo olubi, ukuthanda kwabo udlame nangokuzenzisa.
Cabanga ngemeya ekhululekile yase-Oakland, ekhuluma ngokucasuka kwabantu bakanisa ngaphandle kwemvume kodwa engasho lutho ngamaphoyisa awathumele ngesisi esikhalisa unyembezi kowesifazane. esihlalweni sabakhubazekile, ukudubula umakadebona wempi wase-Iraq osemncane ekhanda, futhi eshaya abantu belele. Cabanga ngosodolobha wezigidigidi waseNew York owathumela i-NYPD ekugaseleni okufanayo kwaphakathi nobusuku ngoNovemba 15. Khumbula le nto efakwe ohlwini lwezimpandla ngalobo busuku: "ukudubula itende lasekhishini." Zibuze ukuthi kwadingeka nini ngempela ukuthi amakhishi ahlaselwe ngezikhali zamakhemikhali?
Ingabe i Owesifazane oneminyaka eyikhulu udinga ukufakwa isisi esikhalisa izinyembezi e-Seattle? Ingabe umakadebona wezokuvakasha ezintathu udinga ukuba njalo washaywa kuze kuqhume ubende e-Oakland? Ingabe imbongi yethu yangaphambili idinga ukuba ubhajwe ezimbanjeni ngemva kokuba umkakhe oyimbongi ephonswe phansi e-UC Berkeley? Kuyavunywa, lolu uhlelo olubheka abantu njengabalahlwayo, kodwa ngokuvamile hhayi ngokoqobo.
Ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule, kwaqala imibhikisho yakamuva emelene nalolo hlelo. Impendulo iqinisekisa kuphela umbono wethu wokuthi konke kusebenza kanjani. Babhula umlilo ngophethiloli. Mhlawumbe ukwethuka kubenza izilima. Phela uma izinhlangano zomphakathi sezizivuse ebuthongweni, kungaba nzima. (Ukube bebehlakaniphile bebezozama ukuyithoba ilale.) “Bambani oyedwa wethu; kuphinde kuvele ababili. Awukwazi ukubopha umqondo!” kusho uphawu oluphethwe yindoda egqoke imaskhi uGuy Fawkes eZuccotti Park ephinde yagcwala abantu ngoLwesine olwedlule.
NgoLwesithathu olwedlule eSan Francisco, izishoshovu eziyi-100 zahlala eBhange LaseMelika, zaze zamisa netende elingokomfanekiso ngaphakathi kulo lapho izishoshovu eziyishumi nambili zabalekela khona ngokushesha. Ekhempasini yaseBerkeley eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia, ukumisa amatende kunoma yiziphi izizathu kwakungavunyelwe, ngakho-ke abahlali abasebasha abahlakaniphile basebenzisa amaqoqo amabhaluni e-helium ukuze bantante amatende phezulu, isithombe esihlakaniphile sokudelela kanye nesifiso sokuvelela esibhakabhakeni. Futhi abafundi be-UC Davis abanesibindi, ngemva kwabaningi babo upelepele-ufafazwe ebusweni ngenkathi ehlezi ngokuthula phansi, wakhipha amaphoyisa, ecula, “Ningahamba! Ungahamba!” Bahamba.
I-Occupy Oakland ihlaselwe kathathu futhi isachuma. Ukungasho lutho ngeminye imisebenzi eyi-1,600 enhlanganweni ekhulayo.
U-Alexander Dubcek, isikhulu sikahulumeni esaphenduka iqhawe lokuvukela kwasePrague Spring ngo-1968, wake wathi, “Ungazichoboza izimbali, kodwa awukwazi ukumisa intwasahlobo.”
Ukuqhuma kwe-Zuccotti Park kanye nokubonisa okuphumelelayo, okuhlakaniphile kwezinye izindawo kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi, naphezu "kwemisebenzi" engokoqobo okwakhiwe kuyo le nhlangano yama-protean, ingakhuphuka ifinyelele kulawo mabhaluni aseBerkeley futhi ithathe izinhlobo eziningi ezingalindelekile. Olunye uphawu lwe-OWS, “Isiqalo siseduze,” sibambe isimo samanje. Izimbali zibonakala ziyisithombe esifanele salokhu kuvukela umbuso okuholwa abasha, labo abacindezelwe kakhulu ukuhleleka kwezomnotho okusha, futhi abaqhakaza ngokuhlubuka nokuhlubuka ngokuqhakaza.
Okuhle Kakhulu Nokubi
Manje iZuccotti Park edume umhlaba wonke isiwukhonkolo omncane nje kanye nendawana egandaywe yemabula ensundu ezungezwe izakhiwo ezinde. Ngaphandle kwelebula ethi “Occupy Wall Street”, empeleni ingamabhuloki amabili enyakatho yaleyo ndawo eyisithombe. Akuvamile ukuthi kuqashelwe ukuthi leli paki liseduze, futhi kukhona ikati eliya eGround Zero, lapho kwabhidlika khona imibhoshongo yeWorld Trade Center.
Okwazalwa nalokho okwashona ngalolo suku eminyakeni eyishumi edlule kuhlobene nakho konke okwenzeka epaki nasezindaweni ezizungezile, izwe, kanye nomhlaba manje. Kulokhu, i-al-Qaeda ayinamsebenzi ngokuphawulekayo, ngaphandle nje kokuthi ingubo kudala yaqala isigameko esakhulula ngokushesha kokubili okuhle kakhulu nokubi kakhulu emphakathini wethu.
Okungcono kakhulu kwakuyinhlangano yomphakathi. Ngithe ngizulazula endaweni yaseZuccotti Park ngesonto eledlule, ngaphinde ngahlatshwa umxhwele ukuthi okwenzeke ekuseni ngoSepthemba 11 bekukhunjulwa kabi ngamabomu. Ayitholakali ndawo kuma-plaque namatshe esikhumbuzo. Abacishi bomlilo bangaphezu kokukufanelekela ukukhunjulwa kwabo, kodwa ikakhulukazi basebenzela ize, ngemiyalo emibi evela phezulu, nangemishini yezokuxhumana enamaphutha abulalayo. Iqiniso liwukuthi: abantu emibhoshongweni nasezindaweni eziseduze - bacabanga ukuthi yizinhlangano zomphakathi ezihlangana ndawonye ebunzimeni - ikakhulukazi bazihlenga, futhi abanye babo batshela izicishamlilo ukuthi zibhekise amabombo phansi, hhayi phezulu.
Sidinga izikhumbuzo zalabo esisebenza nabo abathwele uzakwabo okhubazekile wezimali behlisa izitebhisi ezingama-69 ngenkathi bona besengozini; ku U-Ada Rosario-Dolch, uthishanhloko owathola sonke iSikole Samabanga Aphakeme Sobuholi, endaweni ekude, wakhishwa ngokuphepha, kuyilapho azi ukuthi udadewabo mhlawumbe ubulewe kwenye yaleyo mibhoshongo; kubaphathi besifazane abahamba nomdayisi wephephandaba oyimpumputhe bamyisa endaweni ephephile eGreenwich Village; kwe abagibeli abangahlomile ye-United Flight 93, okwakuyibo kuphela abalwa nobuphekula ngokuphumelelayo ngalolo suku; nakwabanye abangenakubalwa, abangenamagama. Sidinga izikhumbuzo kithi, emphakathini.
Okuwukuphela kwetshe lesikhumbuzo umphakathi oke walithola ngokwawo, kanye nokwaneliseka kokuqhubeka nokwenza umsebenzi obalulekile, umsebenzi ongenabo abaphathi futhi ongenawo umholo, umsebenzi wokuxhumanisa, ukunakekela, ukuqonda, ukuhlola, nokuguqula. Okuningi nge-Occupy Wall Street kuhambisana nalokho okwafika ngaleso sikhathi esifushane eminyakeni eyishumi edlule futhi kwavalwa iminyaka.
Lelo paki elincane elagcina “elihlala abantu” lasikhumbuza indlela i-Union Square yaseNew York eyaba inkundla enkulu yomphakathi emasontweni angemva kuka-9/11, lapho wonke umuntu ayengahlangana khona ukuze alile, axhumane, axoxisane, akhulume, afakaze, ahlanganyele ukudla, nikela noma ukhuphule imali, bhala kuma-banner, futhi uvele uhlale emphakathini. (Kwaze kwaba yilapho idolobha livala leyo nkundla enhle egameni lokukhucululwa kwendle - leyo nkomo engcwele manje okumele ngabe ikhwelana ne-Wall Street Bull ndawana thize eduzane ne-Zuccotti Park.)
Bekumangaza ukuthi bangaki abantu baseNew York ababehlala esidlangalaleni kulawo masonto ngemuva komhlaka-9/11. Abantu abaningi selokhu bangitshela ngokungananazi ukuthi imingcele evamile yehla kanjani, ukuthi wonke umuntu wabheka kanjani amehlo, ukuthi cishe noma ubani angakhuluma kanjani nanoma ubani omunye. I-Zuccotti Park kanye nezinye i-Occupies engizivakashele - i-Oakland, i-San Francisco, i-Tucson, i-New Orleans - kube njalo, futhi. Ungakhuluma nabantu ongabazi. Eqinisweni, cishe akunakwenzeka ukuthi ungakwenzi, kuningi abantu abafuna ukukhuluma, ukuxoxa izindaba zabo, ukuzwa ezakho, ukuxoxa ngosizi lwethu sobabili nokuthi zingabukeka kanjani izisombululo zakho.
Kunjengokungathi umzuzu omkhulu wokuvuleleka we-New York ngemva komhlaka-9/11, lapho sase silungele ukuhlola kabusha imibono yethu eyisisekelo futhi sibukana emehlweni, sesibuyile, futhi kulokhu asiphelelanga eDolobheni laseNew York kuphela, futhi thina. 'Awukulungele ukuvumela noma ngubani ukuthi ayivale ngodoti mayelana nokushisekela izwe kanye nobungozi, ukuphepha kanye nokukhucululwa kwendle.
Kusengathi umoya ongcono kakhulu womkhankaso ka-Obama wokuba ngumongameli wezi-2008 ubuyile - ngaphandle kwenkolelo yobuwula yokuthi umuntu oyedwa angakwenzela umphakathi konke. Ngamanye amazwi, lokhu kuwukuvukela, phakathi kokunye, ngokumelene nokuvalelwa kokuthatha izinqumo endaweni yokhetho eyonakele ngokuphelele futhi enemali yezinkampani kanye nogibe lwabaholi. Futhi imele ukubuyisela ngendlela entsha yokuhle kakhulu kwesikhashana sangemva kwe-9/11.
Ngokuqondene nokubi kakhulu ngemuva kuka-9/11 - usuvele wazi okubi kakhulu. Uke waphila. Okubi kakhulu kwakuyizimpi ezimbili eziqeda umnotho ezisize umhume ephusheni laseMelika, ukulahleka kwenkululeko yomphakathi, ubumfihlo kanye nokuziphendulela kukahulumeni. Okubi kakhulu kwaba ukukhuphuka kombuso wezokuphepha kuzwelonke wafinyelela ezingeni elingenakucatshangwa, izwe elikhohlakele eliwuhulumeni wethu, futhi elingananazi ukwephula ngokungajezisi iNgqungquthela yase-Geneva, uMthethosivivinywa Wamalungelo, nanoma yini enye elikukhathalelayo ukukulahla. egameni le-American "ukuphepha" kanye "nokuphepha." Okubi kakhulu kwaba ukungaboni ngaso linye kubaphathi abaqedile ukwenza lokhu kube izwe elisebenzela i-1% ngezindleko, noma ngisho nokusinda, kwezingxenye ezibalulekile zama-99%. Muva nje, isibuyile njengolunye uhlobo olubi kakhulu: isihluku samaphoyisa (ekhuluma ngobumpumputhe ku-1%).
I-Civil Society Ithola Isehlukaniso
Ungacabanga ngezinhlangano zomphakathi kanye nombuso njengomshado wokwenza izinto zibe lula. Uyazi kakade ukuthi ubani unkosikazi, okufanele athande, amazise, futhi alalele: yithina. Cabanga ngombuso njengomyeni ongungqongqoshe olindele ukuba yedwa emandleni, odlameni, ekuhleleni nasekwenzeni imigomo.
Yiqiniso, kudala wazilahla izifungo zakhe zomshado zangempela, okusho ukuthi akasenasibopho, akaseyena umlingani, akasaboshiwe ngemithetho evamile, izivumelwano, izivumelwano. Washiya ikhaya kudala ukuze abe nobuhlobo obungajwayelekile ne-Fortune 500, kodwa ngokuqiniseka okuqinile ukuthi kufanele siqhubeke nokuhlala sithembekile - noma-ke. Inkathi yangemva kuka-9/11 kwaba yilapho saqala khona ukuzwa imiphumela yakho konke lokhu futhi ukuwohloka komnotho ka-2008 kwaletha ukusimama.
Cabanga nge-Occupy njengophawu lokuthi unkosikazi, uNkosazana Civil Society, usevumile ukuthi lezo zifungo azisambophi naye. Mhlawumbe lesi ngesinye sezizathu esenza inhlangano ye-Occupy ibonakale ingenandaba nepolitiki yokhetho kuyilapho igxile kwezombusazwe ngazo zonke izindlela. Ayisakhangi kulowo myeni onobudlova, ophambukayo. Imfulathele - ngaleyo ndlela ukushoda "kwezidingo" okudelelwa kakhulu kusenesikhathi, ngaphandle kwesidingo esisobala osolwazi abenza sengathi ababoni: isidingo sobulungiswa bezomnotho.
Noma kunjalo, uNkz. Civil Society akaceli lutho olunomusa: uzibekela yena yedwa, ukwenza inqubomgomo ngezinga elincane ngokusebenzisa imodeli yomhlangano omkhulu futhi ngezinga elikhulu ngokuhoxisa ukuhlonishwa ezikhungweni zamandla. (Esenzweni esisodwa sesehlukaniso esingokomfanekiso, okungenani abantu baseMelika abangaba izingxenye ezintathu kwezine zesigidi baye benza kanjalo bathuthe imali yabo kusukela emabhange amakhulu kuya ezinyunyaneni zezikweletu selokhu i-Occupy yaqala.) Umyeni okhohlisayo akacabangi ukuthi inkosikazi eyake yazala inkomo inelungelo lokwenza noma yini kulokhu - futhi isilungele ukuziphindiselela. Ngokwezwi nezwi.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, inhlangano ye-Occupy inqume ukuthi akunandaba ukuthi ucabangani. Kuthi - bona - yena - maduzane singase sibone futhi ukuthi uyena oncikile, obusa ngokuthanda kwenhlangano yomphakathi, lowo ophila ngokusebenza kwakhe, izintela zakhe, umkhiqizo wakhe. UMnu. Unaccountable akekho eduze nokuzimela njengoba ecabanga. Izinkampani zimnika izibiliboco zakhe ezincane kanye neminikelo emikhulu yomkhankaso, kodwa nazo, zincike kubathengi, abasebenzi, futhi ekugcineni izakhamizi ezingase ziphumelele ukuziqinisa.
Okwamanje, uhulumeni othanda udlame lwasekhaya usaphaza ingcebo ngokuxhashazwa okungabaliwe kancane emadolobheni aseMelika ampofu ngokwezimali: isihluku samaphoyisa, ukuboshwa ngokungafanele, kanye nokumangalelwa ngokuphulwa kwamalungelo abantu. Idolobha laseNew York - khumbula labo abafafazwe ngopelepele izintombi ezithunjiweyo, Lokho isibukeli sezomthetho nesikuta samaphoyisa sipake phezu kwakhe, kanye nabanye bonke - uzokhokhiswa imali enkulu enkantolo, njengoba nje wenza ngemva kwengxabano yomhlangano weRiphabhulikhi ka-2004: eNew York wachitha cishe ibhiliyoni lamaRandi elikhokhela umonakalo wesibambiso osuvele wenziwe ngamaphoyisa awo eminyakeni eyishumi nambili edlule.
Idolobha lase-Oakland elalimpofu kakhulu lakhokha ngaphezu kwalokho $ 2 million ukuphindisela ngokuziphatha kwamaphoyisa ase-Oakland lapho kuvinjwe khona udlame e-Oakland Docks ngemuva kokuhlasela kwe-Iraq ngo-2003, kodwa kubonakala sengathi akufundanga lutho kukho. Impela izinkokhelo ezilinganayo noma ezinkulu kufanele ziphinde zikhishwe, imali ebingaya ezikoleni, emitholampilo yomphakathi, emapaki, emitapo yolwazi, empucukweni esikhundleni sonya.
Ephuma Emanxiweni
Mhlawumbe ukudilizwa kweZuccotti Park ngoLwesithathu olwedlule kufanele kubhekwe njengokuzwakala kancane kokuhlaselwa kwangoSepthemba 11, 2001. Izakhiwo, okuvunywa ukuthi zintekenteke kakhulu, zacekelwa phansi, ngodlame, ngokuhlaselwa okungalindelekile, nokho ukuzimisela kwaqiniswa kuphela - futhi yini ulahlekile?
Ikamu lase ligcwele futhi kunesiphithiphithi esincane. Kwakukhona ukuphithizela okubabazekayo kwedolobhana - amajeneretha asebenza ngamabhayisikili umuntu ayevame ukudayisa ngawo; ulwazi, abezindaba, nezingosi zezokwelapha abasebenzi bazo abasebenza ngokuzinikela; ikhishi elinikeza ukudla kunoma ubani ofikayo; futhi kunjalo, i umtapo wolwazi omangalisayo elahlwe ngamanxusa omthetho. Kwakukhona futhi abantu abaningi ababekhangwe ukudla kwamahhala nomphakathi, kuhlanganise nabantu abangenamakhaya nabanye abalingiswa abaphazamisayo, bonke bayanda bezungezwe abathengisi bezikibha, izinkinobho, nokunye okunamandla okuzama ukwenza imali esheshayo. .
Enye yezinto ezixakayo enhlanganweni ye-Occupy ukuthi abantu abaningi abalahliwe emphakathini wethu - abangenamakhaya, abangenamakhaya, abagula ngengqondo, abayimilutha - beze ezinkambini ze-Occupy ukuze bathole indawo yokulala ephephile, ukudla, kanye nezokwelapha. ukunakekela. Futhi laba ababaleki bezomnotho bathathwa ngokukhululekile yinhlangano entsha yomphakathi, sebekhishwe yilowo omdala ongahlelekile.
Okwaba nzima nakakhulu ukuthi osopolitiki kanye nabezindaba abajwayelekile babejabule kakhulu ukusola abahlali ngokuthatha lokho okwadalwa wumphakathi wonkana, kanye nezinkinga ezalandela. (Cha imeya, alikho iphepha manje elikhononda ngokungahlanzeki kokujikijela abangenamakhaya nabanye emigwaqweni yamadolobha ethu njengoba kungena ubusika.)
Umphakathi uqukethe zonke izinhlobo zabantu, futhi zonke izinhlobo zibonisiwe ezinkambini ze-Occupy. Ukubandakanywa kwezindawo ezinjalo kungenye yezimpumelelo ezinkulu zalo mnyakazo. (I-Occupy Memphis, ngokwesibonelo, ine- even iphumelele kumalungu eQembu Lethiye.) Omakadebona, abafundi, ogogo nomkhulu babo, abantu abangabepolitiki kuze kube manje, abaqashiwe nabangasebenzi, abahlaliswa izindlu nabangenamakhaya, kanye nabantu bayo yonke iminyaka nemibala baye bakhangwa kanye nezinyunyana. Futhi yebo, kukhona nezishoshovu eziningi ezincane ezimhlophe, ezingabongwa ngokuthatha umsebenzi onzima nokushisa. Singathemba nje ukuthi lo mfelandawonye uzohlangana isikhathi eside.
Kuba ngcono
Futhi-ke njengoba izinhlangano zomphakathi zisithi sonke, ngakho abanye bethu bawela ukuze babe yilawo mandla aziwa ngokuthi umbuso, futhi nalapho, impendulo iye yahlukahluka kakhulu kunalokho obekucatshangwa. Ikhansela leDolobha laseNew York u-Ydanis Rodriguez ulahliwe futhi waboshwa yi-NYPD ngenkathi izama ukudlula udonga oluvinjiwe kusuka ku-Wall Street ngenkathi ikamu lisuswa. Futhi ijaji leNkantolo Ephakeme yaseNew York eselathatha umhlalaphansi uKaren Smith wathola ashoshoze kancane futhi esatshiswa ngokuboshwa ngenkathi esebenza njengengqapheli yezomthetho.
Ikhansela lesifazane eTucson, uRegina Romero, usephenduke ummeli ozinikele wekamu le-Occupy lapho, kwathi lapho amaphoyisa aseSan Francisco ebuthana ngobusuku bangomhla zi-3 kuNovemba, abaphathi abahlanu, umvikeli womphakathi, kanye nelungu lephalamende lesifundazwe bonke beza ukuzomelana nathi. .
Ngafika ekhaya ngo-2 ekuseni ngalobo busuku futhi ngabhala, “Izifungo zabo kithi zazizwa njengentando yeningi emele ngempela okokuqala ngqa, zilethwa kithi ngamandla entando yeningi eqondile: i-Occupy Movement. Ngacabanga ngesiFungo samaHoratii, umdwebo omkhulu kaDavida ngomoya weNguquko YaseFrance. Umoya eplaza wawunesibindi, ujabule, futhi ulungele noma yini. Iphakeme kancane futhi igcwele ububele komunye nomunye. Izindiza ezinophephela emhlane zazulazula phezulu, futhi abantu bathumela imibiko yamabhasi nobuningi bamaphoyisa kwezinye izingxenye zedolobha. Kodwa abakaze bafike.”
OwayenguKaputeni Wamaphoyisa asePhiladelphia uRay Lewis empeleni wafika eWall Street ukuboshwa evikini eledlule. “Bakhala ngokuthi ipaki ingcolile,” usho kanje. "Lapha bakhathazeke ngamapaki angcolile abantu bebulawa indlala, lapho abantu beqhwa, lapho abantu belele ezitimeleni ezingaphansi komhlaba, futhi bakhathazeke ngepaki elingcolile. Kuyanyanyeka lokho, kuyakhukhumeza, ukungazi, kuyanyanyisa."
Nezempi, noma ezinye zazo omakadebona abahloniphekile, zikanye nabahlali, futhi. E-Bay Area, amalungu e-Iraq Veterans Against the War bebelokhu bebambe iqhaza njalo, kanti i-Occupy Wall Street ibe nowasolwandle wasolwandle omkhulu kunokuphila impilo yonke, uShamar Thomas, egqoke ukukhathala nezindondo ezigqokile. Yena ngokudumile watshelwa off i-NYPD kusenesikhathi: “Lena akuyona indawo yempi. Laba ngabantu abangahlomile. Akukwenzi ube lukhuni ukulimaza laba bantu. Akukwenzi. Yekani ukulimaza laba bantu!”
Okwangijabulisa ukuthi e-Occupy Wall Street ngahlangana naye, cishe ngokoqobo, esagqoke ukukhathala nezindondo zakhe futhi ephethe uphawu oluthi, “Akukho ukuhlonishwa ebulwaneni bamaphoyisa” ngakolunye uhlangothi futhi “AYIKHO IMPI” ngakolunye. Iyiphi impi - leyo eseMpumalanga Ephakathi Enkulu noma emigwaqweni yase-USA - yayibonakala ingabalulekile: impi eyodwa manje, impi ye-1% ngokumelene nathi sonke. Ngamtshela ukuthi i-tirade yakhe yayingokokuqala ngqa ngezwa sengathi amasosha ase-US angivikele ngempela.
Njengamanje wonke umuntu uzama ukuthola ukuthi kuzokwenzakalani ngokulandelayo kanti abeluleki bangaphandle abambalwa abaziqokile batshela inhlangano ye-Occupy ukuthi yenzeni (ngaphandle kokukhathazeka ngokuhambela imihlangano emikhulu kanye nokuzibandakanya ohlelweni lokuhlanganisa imibono). Kuze kube manje, abagqugquzeli be-Occupy kanye nabangaphakathi be-Occupy benze umsebenzi omuhle wokuthuthukisa indlela umphakathi ongaqhubekela phambili ngayo kokungacabangeki.
Mina-ke, izizathu zethemba lami bezilokhu ziwukuthi umlando unzima kakhulu kunalokho esikucabangayo futhi nokuthi okungalindelekile kuvela njalo kakhulu kunalokho esike sikuphuphe. Ngonyaka odlule, akekho owake wacabanga ngeNtwasahlobo yama-Arab, futhi akekho owake wacabanga ngale Fall YaseMelika - ngisho nabantu abaqale ukuyihlela kuleli hlobo. Asazi ukuthi yini ezayo, futhi izindaba ezinhle lezo. Iseluleko sami singesohlobo olujwayelekile kakhulu: Phupha okukhulu. Thatha amathemba akho. Khuluma nabantu ongabazi. Phila esidlangalaleni. Ungayeki manje.
Ngiqinisekile ngento eyodwa: kunezimbali eziningi ezizayo.
Uphawu lokuqala umnikeli ojwayelekile we-TomDispatch U-Rebecca Solnit owayethweswe umbhikisho we-OWS uthe “ithemba elingu-99%. 1% ulaka.” Umbhali we IPharadesi Elakhelwe Esihogweni: Imiphakathi Engavamile Evela Ngenhlekelele futhi Idolobha Elingapheli: I-Atlas yaseSan Francisco, usebenza, ikakhulukazi eSan Francisco, encwadini yakhe ye-14. Nokumasha, ukuhlala, nokumangala.
Lesi sihloko sivele okokuqala ku-TomDispatch.com, i-weblog ye-Nation Institute, enikeza ukugeleza okuqhubekayo kweminye imithombo, izindaba, kanye nemibono evela ku-Tom Engelhardt, umhleli wesikhathi eside ekushicileleni, umsunguli we-American Empire Project, umbhali we Ukuphela Kwesiko Lokunqoba, njengenoveli, Izinsuku Zokugcina Zokushicilela. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva ithi The American Way of War: How Bush's Wars Became Obama's (Haymarket Books).
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