Nechifaro Chokutanga
Ndakatya zvikuru pandakabva pamba pangu pedyo neGomo reHorebhi, WI ndokuenda kuWashington, DC musi waMay 20, 2016. Ndingadai ndakamira mudare reMutongi Wendell Gardner musi weMuvhuro Chivabvu 23, ndichipomerwa mhosva yeKuvharisa, kuvharidzira uye kuvhiringidza, uye Kutadza kuteerera murairo uri pamutemo.
Sezvataigadzirira kutongwa, takaziva kuti Mutongi Gardner akaisa mujeri varwiri vakawanikwa vaine mhosva munguva yakapfuura, uye saka taiziva kuti tinofanira kunge takagadzirira nguva yejeri. Taizivawo kuti muchuchisi wehurumende akanga asati apindura zvatainge takumbira, saka takashamisika kana ichocho chaiva chiratidzo chokuti vakanga vasati vagadzirira kuenderera mberi nekutongwa. Nekusaziva uku mupfungwa, kekutanga kuwana tikiti rekuenda kuDC, uye zvakava nekusuwa kukuru kuti ndakaonekana nemhuri yangu.
Uye mhosva yangu yandisvitsa ikoko yaiva yei? Pazuva rekupedzisira kwaObama kero yeNyika yeMubatanidzwa, Ndira 12, 2016, ndakabatana nevamwe gumi nevaviri pataishandisa kodzero dzedu dzeFirst Amendment tichiedza kuendesa chikumbiro kuMutungamiri Obama muchiitiko chakarongwa neNational Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance. Takafungira kuti VaObama havaizotiudza chainyatsoitika, saka chikumbiro chedu chakaburitsa zvataifunga kuti ndizvo chaizvo zvemubatanidzwa pamwe nemishonga yekuumba nyika yatingade kugara mairi. Tsamba iyi yaitaura zvaitinetsa. nezvehondo, urombo, rusaruraganda, uye dambudziko remamiriro ekunze.
Sezvo vangangosvika makumi mana vane chekuita nevagari vemo vakafamba vakananga kuUS Capitol January 12, takaona Mapurisa eCapitol atovapo akatimirira. Takaudza mukuru aitungamirira kuti tine chikumbiro chataida kuendesa kuna purezidhendi. Mukuru mukuru wacho akatiudza kuti taisakwanisa kuendesa chikumbiro, asi taigona kuenda kunoratidzira kune imwe nzvimbo. Takaedza kutsanangura kuti takanga tisipo kuratidzira, asi taivepo kuti tishandise kodzero dzedu dzeFirst Amendment nekuendesa chikumbiro kuna Obama.
Sezvo mukuru mukuru wacho akaramba achiramba chikumbiro chedu, 13 vedu takavamba kufamba nemasitepisi eCapitol. Takamira tisina chikwangwani chakanzi “Usapfuure apa”. Takabhedhenura bhena raiti "Misa Hondo Muchina: Export Runyararo" uye takabatana nevamwe vedu vamwe mukuimba "Hatingafambiswe".
Pakanga pasina mumwe munhu aiedza kupinda mukati mechivako cheCapitol, asi kunyanguvezvo, takabvumira nzvimbo yakawanda pamatanho kuti vamwe vasvike pedyo nesu kana vachida, uye naizvozvo takanga tisingavharidzi munhu upi noupi. Kunyange zvazvo mapurisa akatiudza kuti tatadza kusvitsa chikumbiro chedu, ikodzero yedu yeFirst Amendment kukumbira hurumende yedu kuti igadzirise zvichemo, saka mapurisa paakati tiende, hapana mutemo wakapiwa. Saka nei tiri 13 vedu takasungwa? Takaendeswa kukamba yemapurisa yeCapitol takasungwa maoko, tikapomerwa mhosva, ndokusunungurwa.
Takashamiswa apo nhengo ina dzeboka racho, Martin Gugino wokuBuffalo, Phil Runkel wokuWisconsin, Janice Sevre-Duszynska wokuKentucky, naTrudy Silver wokuNew York City, vakararurwa mhosva dzavo mukati memavhiki akati kuti echiito chacho. Sei pane mhosva dzakaderedzwa isu tese takaita chinhu chimwe chete? Gare gare, hurumende yakati yaizobvisa mhosva yataipomerwa yeposvo ye$50 ndokuibvisa. Nemhaka yezvikonzero zvomunhu oga nhengo ina dzeboka redu, Carol Gay wokuNew Jersey, Linda LeTendre wokuNew York, Alice Sutter wokuNew York City, naBrian Terrell, Iowa, vakasarudza kubvuma. Zvinoita sekuti hurumende yakaziva kare kuti nyaya iyi haikwanise kutongwa.
Vashanu vedu takaenda kunotongwa pana May 23, Max Obusewski, Baltimore, Malachy Kilbride, Maryland, Joan Nicholson, Pennsylvania, Eve Tetaz, DC, uye ini.
Taiva pamberi pemutongi kwemaminitsi asingasviki mashanu. Max akamira akazvizivisa ndokukumbira kuti titange nekutaura nezvemukumbiro wake wekuwana nguva yakareba. Mutongi Gardner akati tichatanga tanzwa kubva kuhurumende. Muchuchisi wehurumende akamira akati hurumende haisati yagadzirira kuenderera mberi. Max akafunga kuti nyaya yake irambwe. Mark Goldstone, chipangamazano wegweta, akaita kuti nyaya yaipomerwa Eve, Joan, Malachy, neni iraswe. Gardner akabvuma zvikabva zvapera.
Hurumende yaifanirwa kuva neruremekedzo rwekutiudza kuti vakanga vasina kugadzirira kuenda kunotongwa ivo zviri pachena kuti vaiziva pachine nguva kuti kutongwa kwaisaenda mberi. Ndingadai ndisina kuenda kuDC, Joan angadai asina kufamba kubva kuPennsylvania, uye vamwe vakawanda veko vangadai vasina kunetseka kuuya kuimba yedare. Ndinotenda kuti vaida kupa chero chirango chavaigona, kunyangwe vasina kuenda kunotongwa, uye kusatendera kuti manzwi edu anzwikwe mudare.
Ndakasungwa ka40 kubvira 2003. Paavo makumi mana, 40 vakasungwa vanga vari muDC. Mukutarisa kusungwa kwangu muDC 19, mhosva dzakaraswa kagumi uye ini ndasunungurwa kana. Ini ndangowanikwa ndine mhosva kanokwana kubva pa19 kusungwa muDC. Ndinofunga kuti tiri kusungwa zvenhema kuti tivharwe uye kutibvisa munzira, uye kwete nekuti takapara mhosva yatingangowanikwa tine mhosva.
Zvataiita kuUS Capitol pa January 12 chaiva chiito chekurwisana nevagari vemo. Zvakakosha kunzwisisa mutsauko uripo pakati pekusateerera kwevanhu uye kurambana kwevanhu. Mukusateerera kwevanhu, munhu anotyora mutemo usina kururama achiziva kuti achinje. Muenzaniso ungave wekudya kwemasikati sit-ins panguva yekufamba kwekodzero dzevanhu mukutanga kwema1960. Mutemo unotyorwa uye vanorwira kodzero vanotarisana nemhedzisiro yacho.
Mukupikisa kwevanhu, hatisi kutyora mutemo; asi hurumende iri kutyora mutemo uye isu tiri kuita zvinopesana nekutyorwa kwemutemo uku. Hatina kuenda kuCapitol January 12 nokuti taida kusungwa, sezvakataurwa mumushumo wemapurisa. Takaenda ikoko nokuti taifanira kuzivisa zviito zvisiri pamutemo uye zvounzenza zvehurumende yedu. Sezvatakataura muchikumbiro chedu:
Tinokunyorerai sevanhu vakazvipira kushanduko dzisina mhirizhonga mumagariro evanhu nekunetsekana kwakadzama kwenyaya dzakasiyana siyana dzine hukama. Ndapota teererai chikumbiro chedu-kugumisa kuenderera mberi kwehondo dzehurumende nemauto pasi rose uye shandisa madhora aya emitero semhinduro yekupedza urombo huri kukura rinova denda munyika ino umo hupfumi hwakawanda hunodzorwa nechikamu chidiki chevagari vayo. Gadzirai muhoro wekurarama wevashandi vese. Shoropodza zvakasimba mutemo wekuvharirwa kwevanhu vakawanda, kuvharirwa uri wega, uye mhirizhonga yemapurisa yatekeshera. Kuvimbisa kupedza kupindwa muropa nechiuto kuchava nemhedzisiro yakanaka pamamiriro ekunze epasi redu nekugara.
Takasvitsa chikumbiro ichi tichiziva kuti tinogona kusungwa nekuita izvi uye tichiziva kuti taizosangana nezvaizoitika, asi takatenda zvakare kuti takanga tisiri kutyora mutemo nekuyedza kusvitsa chikumbiro.
Uye zvechokwadi zvakakosha kuti patinoita basa iri tirambe tichifunga kuti hakusi kukanganisa kwedu kudiki kunofanira kunge kuri pamberi pemafungiro edu, asi kutambura kweavo vatinotaura. Avo vedu vakaita chiito pa January 12 vaiva 13 vachena vagari vepakati peUnited States. Tine ropafadzo yekukwanisa kusimuka tichipikisa hurumende yedu pasina matambudziko akashata. Kunyange tikaguma taenda kujeri, handicho chikamu chinokosha chenyaya yacho.
Nguva dzose pfungwa dzedu dzinofanira kuva pahama nehanzvadzi dzedu pasi rose dziri kutambura uye dziri kufa pamusana pemitemo nesarudzo dzehurumende yedu. Isu tinofunga nezveavo vari kuMiddle East neAfrica uko drone dziri kubhururuka pamusoro uye kudonhedza mabhomba ari kushungurudza uye kuuraya zviuru zvevana vasina mhosva, vakadzi, uye varume. Tinofunga nezveavo vari muUnited States vari kurarama muurombo, vasina zvinodikanwa zvinokosha zvakadai sezvokudya, pokugara, uye kurapwa kwakakwana. Tinofunga nezveavo vane upenyu hwakaparadzwa nechisimba chemapurisa nemhaka yeruvara rweganda ravo. Isu tinofunga nezvedu tese tichaparara kana vatungamiriri vehurumende pasi rese vakasaita shanduko huru uye nekukurumidza kudzivirira kusagadzikana kwemamiriro ekunze. Tinofunga nezvevose vanodzvinyirirwa nevane simba.
Zvakakosha kuti isu vanokwanisa, tiungane uye titaure pamusoro pemhosva idzi nehurumende yedu. Sangano reNational Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) rave richironga zviito zvekurwisana kwevanhu kubva 2003. Svondo 23-25, tichave chikamu chemusangano wakarongwa ne World Beyond War (https://worldbeyondwar.org/NoWar2016/ ) muWashington, DC. Pamusangano tichange tichitaura nezvekupokana kwevanhu uye kuronga zviito zvemangwana.
Muna Ndira 2017, NCNR ichange ichironga chiitiko pazuva rekugadzwa kwemutungamiri wenyika. Ani nani anova mutungamiri, takaenda kunotumira shoko rakasimba rekuti tinofanira kupedza hondo dzose. Tinofanira kupa rusununguko uye kururamisira kune vose.
Tinoda vanhu vakawanda kuti vabatane nesu kune zviito zvemangwana. Ndokumbira utarise mumoyo mako uye uite sarudzo yekuziva kana uchikwanisa kubatana nesu uye kumira mukupokana nehurumende yeUnited States. Vanhu vane simba rekuunza shanduko uye tinofanira kudzorera simba iroro nguva isati yakwana.
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