Amalungelo abafuduki kunye nabasebenzi kunye nokuncitshiswa kwenkcitho yasemkhosini yayiyeyona nto iphambili kugxininiso lweendibano kunye neematshi ngoMeyi Day eSeattle.
Amawakawaka e-May Day abamatshi baye ezitratweni e-Seattle ngoMvulo befuna ukuba kupheliswe ukugxothwa, beqinisekisa imfuneko yemithetho eyomeleleyo yezabasebenzi kunye neenkxalabo zelizwi malunga nokubukulwa kwabantu abavela kwamanye amazwe, ubuhlanga kunye nenkcitho yasemkhosini.
Iimbono ezahlukeneyo kunye nezizathu zanikwa ilizwi ngemini yoqhanqalazo olubandakanya utshintshiselwano olushushu phakathi kwabaqhankqalazi abachasene noMongameli uTrump eWestlake Park. Amapolisa anike ingxelo yokuba kubanjwe abantu abahlanu eWestlake nakwiindawo ezingqongileyo ngamatyala awohlukeneyo, aquka ukugibisela ilitye, ukuba nemela, ukuthintela kunye nokubiwa kweflegi yomqhankqalazi.
Ukuvota eWestlake Park kunye nolunye uqhanqalazo lukaMeyi lwaluncinci kuneminyaka edlulileyo, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba uSodolophu waseSeattle u-Ed Murray aqaphele ukuba amanani “ayelelona lincinci ndalibonayo” kwiminyaka yakhe emine njengosodolophu. Amapolisa achithe ixesha elininzi emva kwemini nangokuhlwa egcina amaqela e-pro- kunye ne-anti-Trump ahlukene.
Ukungavisisani kwabonakala ngathi kuyaphela ngorhatya xa amaqela aphikisanayo eqala ukudlula “amalungu oxolo” esela iPepsi. Abambalwa bazobe behleka behlekisa impikiswano Pepsi ad oko kwabonisa u-Kendall Jenner ephuma kwi-model shooting ukujoyina isihlwele esimomothekayo, abaqhankqalazi abancinci.
U-Pepsi utsale intengiso emva kokuba ihlekisiwe kwaye igxekwa ngokubonakala ithatha uqhanqalazo ngenxa yezizathu zobulungisa ekuhlaleni.
Nangona kunjalo, kuthe xa kuphinda kwaqhambuka ukruthakruthwano kwakhona, amapolisa akhupha umyalelo wokusasaza kwaye ayisusa ipaki ngentsimbi yesi-8 ebusuku.
Usuku lwaqala ngendibano yokulwa imfazwe kwidolophu yaseSeattle, njengoko iqela lamagqala lalifuna ukucuthwa kwenkcitho yasemkhosini kunye nokupheliswa kwemfazwe. Olo qhanqalazo, olwaphela eJudkins Park, ludibene noMatshi wesibini wosuku, uMatshi wonyaka waBasebenzi kunye namaLungelo aBafuduki, owaqala eJudkins kwaye waphela eSeattle Centre.
UMatshi wesibini, ukhwaza kodwa unoxolo, walandelwa ngokusondeleyo ngamapolisa aseSeattle ngeebhayisekile.
EJudkins ngaphambi kohambo lomphambukeli kunye nabasebenzi, uthotho lweentetho ezijolise kumalungelo abaphambukeli kodwa zikwachaphazela inkcaso kwintolongo yolutsha ecwangcisiweyo eQonce, Intshukumo yeBlack Lives Matter kunye nezizathu zokusingqongileyo. Umxholo ophambili: Ukuchaswa kukaTrump kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yakhe.
UKayla Weiner, oneminyaka engama-74, isazi ngengqondo esidla umhlala-phantsi, weza nomqondiso othi, ngokuyinxenye: “Eli bhinqa lidala lamaYuda lisesikweni lobuhlanga, amalungelo omthonyama, inyameko yempilo yehlabathi lonke, ubulungisa bemekobume.”
U-Weiner, owathi naye wahamba ngexesha leMfazwe yaseVietnam kunye nentshukumo yamalungelo oluntu, uthe abantu bayayibona “ukuba zonke ezi zinto zinxibelelene… kwaye kufuneka sisebenzisane.
“Igama elitsha elithi 'in' kukudibana kwendlela,” wongeze watsho. "Abanye bethu kudala besitsho iminyaka engama-50."
UPeter Costantini, ivolontiya le-One America, iqela lamalungelo abaphambukeli, uthe ebencedisa ngeendibano zokufundisa abantu abavela kwamanye amazwe ngamalungelo abo.
“Eli lixesha eloyikisa ngokwenene,” watsho. "Kuyaphula intliziyo yam ukuva ukuba abantu bathini" malunga noloyiko lokuhlala e-US
Ilungu lebhunga lesiXeko saseSeattle, uKshama Sawant, uxelele isihlwele ukuba ukholelwa ukuba uTrump ukwimeko yentlekele "enkosi kwintshukumo yethu," kodwa wathi ukuze simoyise, "intshukumo yethu kufuneka ibe nkulu kakhulu."
USawant wayephakamise amashiya xa wayebiza ugwayimbo lukaMeyi kunye “Ukungathobeli ngoxolo kwabantu okuvala oohola bendlela, izikhululo zeenqwelo moya, kunye nezinye iziseko eziphambili” kwinqaku kwimpapasho yeSocialist.
Kodwa xa abaqhankqalazi befika kwi-Interstate 5, amapolisa axhobe isidubedube avala isango kwaye akukho namnye owazama ukujikisa umngcelele kuhola wendlela.
Inxeba lokumatsha yiYunivesithi yaseSeattle, apho amanye amalungu obuhlakani abambe imiqondiso yokuxhasa umanyano lwefakhalthi enokuvela. I-Contingent, okanye i-adjunct, i-faculty ivotelwe ukuseka umanyano kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kodwa iyunivesithi ithe ayizukuthethana nomanyano kwaye ukusa umlo kwinkundla yomanyano.
Uqhankqalazo lubonakala ngathi luthatha abantu abaninzi njengoko lwaluhamba, kwaye ngexesha lokufika edolophini eSeattle lolule iibhloko ezine okanye ezintlanu. Abasebenzi baseziofisini baphuma kwizakhiwo zabo, okanye babukele ngeefestile eziphezu kwendlela.
Iqela lamapolisa ahamba ngezithuthuthu likhaphe abaqhankqalazi besiya eSeattle Centre njengoko abantu bomthonyama bezizwe zamaMayan, Perepecha, Mexicas kunye namaNahuatl eMexico bekhokele indlela ngengoma namagubu ukuya kwinqanaba eliphambi kweFisher Pavilion.
Apho, amalungu eSizwana saseDuwamish akhokele imithandazo yomanyano phakathi kwabo bonke abantu, ukukhuselwa kwendalo kunye nobulungisa behlabathi.
ULisa Earl Rideout, ilungu lePuyallup Tribe, onentombi ekhulelweyo, UJacqueline Salyers, wabulawa lipolisa laseTacoma kunyaka ophelileyo, wathetha ngokufutshane nenginginya yabantu, ebacela ukuba bancedise ekuguquleni umthetho welizwe olawula ukudubula kwamapolisa.
IOfisi yoMtshutshisi weNqila yasePierce yagqiba kwelokuba ukudutyulwa kukaSalyers kwakufanelekile emva kokuba eqhubele phambili kumagosa ezama ukubamba indoda eyayikhwele naye eyayineziqinisekiso ezininzi ezibalaseleyo.
Kodwa nakwintliziyo yakhe ebuhlungu, uRideout wagcina umyalezo ongaphezulu wothando, exelela isihlwele ukuba uyabathanda bonke.
“Ndimkhathalele ngenene kwaye ndiyamthanda wonke umntu endidibana naye,'' utshilo emva kwentetho yakhe. “Kuye kwazehlela iinyembezi kum ukuva uthando nenkxaso nokuqondana apha namhlanje. Kufuneka sikhathalelane.”
Indibano enoxolo, yomthandazo isongiwe sisibongozo sosapho olususwe kuphuhliso eSeaTac, kunye nomnxeba kwii-tacos kwilori yokutya ekufutshane.
UKapteni wamapolisa aseSeattle uChris Fowler uthe amapolisa ayelindele abantu abamalunga ne-1,500 ngohambo.
Kwangoko ngolo suku, uDan Gilman, umongameli weVeterans for Peace, uthe iibhiliyoni zeedola ezichithwe emkhosini endaweni yoko ziye kwiinkonzo zoluntu.
UGilman wathetha ngokuchaseneyo Isicwangciso solawulo lukaTrump sokunyuswa kweebhiliyoni ezingama-54 zeedola kwinkcitho yasemkhosini. UGilman wayesebenza emkhosini ngexesha leMfazwe yaseVietnam.
“Umkhosi ufumana isixa semali kunye nezixhobo ekufanele ukuba ziye kwiimfuno zabantu nezentlalo,” utshilo phambi kwendibano yamagqala. “Akukho ngqiqweni isixa semali esiyichitha emfazweni kwaye ayibonakali isisi ndawo.”
Iqela leemvumi kunye neqela legcisa lenze i-impromptu "pop-up bloc party" ngaphandle kweZiko leeNkonzo zoLutsha eQonce ukuqhankqalazela ukuvalelwa kolutsha olungahoywanga kunye nabafuduki.
Umzobi weRap u-Bypolar, oneminyaka engama-31 ubudala, uthe yena kunye namanye amalungu e-High Gods Entertainment, "iqela lobugcisa botshintsho olukhulu," bamisa izixhobo zomculo ngaphandle kodonga olusemazantsi leziko ngethemba lokuba abancinci ngaphakathi baya kuva umculo kwaye bazive bexhaswa.
Abantu abancinci baqokelelene kwindawo yokubhaka amalahle njengoko umculo wehip-hop kunye nomculo wesitrato wawugcwalisa iSitrato sase-East Spruce.
“Asizizo iintolongo konke konke. Kufuneka sityale loo mali kuluntu lwethu,” ngoko ke silungisa oonobangela bolwaphulo-mthetho, utshilo u-Bypolar. “Ndithi kukho ezinye iindlela. Iintolongo aziyompendulo.”
Kwiinyanga zamva nje, abaphembeleli, kuquka i-Seattle rapper uMacklemore, babeke uxinzelelo kumagosa ase-King County malunga nesiphakamiso sokwakha intolongo entsha yolutsha kwiSithili esiseMbindi. USodolophu uMurray uthumele ileta ekupheleni kukaJanuwari icela idolophu ukuba iphinde iqwalasele uyilo lweprojekthi, nto leyo eyakhuselwa ngabagwebi belo phondo.
KwiCathedral yaseSt. Mark eCapitol Hill, abantu abamalunga nama-200 abavela kumabandla aliqela bahlanganisana ngentsasa yangoMvulo ukuze babhengeze ukuqaliswa kwakhona kwentshukumo "yengcwele"., enikela uncedo nokhuseleko kubaphambukeli abasongelwa ngokugxothwa.
Intshukumo yantlandlolo yendawo engcwele yaqala ngeminyaka yoo-1980 njengoko iicawe zazinika ikhusi kubaphambukeli ababaleka iimfazwe zamakhaya kuMbindi Merika. Yahlaziywa phakathi kohlaselo lwabangeneleli olwandisiweyo ekupheleni kolawulo lukaGeorge W. Bush.
Ngoku, phakathi Izithembiso zikaTrump zokuphelisa ukufudukela kwelinye ilizwe ngokungekho mthethweni, uluntu lwezenkolo kwakhona lubona isidingo sokungena.
Amabandla kuwo wonke loo mmandla ebeceba indlela yokwenza oku kangangeenyanga, yaye kwezinye iimeko alungiselela ukuhlalisa abaphambukeli, kuquka nolunye uncedo, njengenkonzo yezomthetho. Iicawe, izindlu zesikhungu kunye neemosque zithatha inxaxheba, ngokukaMichael Ramos, umlawuli olawulayo weBhunga leCawa yaseGreater Seattle, oququzelele indibano yangoMvulo.
Amawakawaka abantu athe angena ezitalatweni kwilizwe lonke ngoMvulo esiya kuqhankqalaza kwiindibano zoSuku lukaMeyi, efuna uhlaziyo lokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe, amalungelo abasebenzi kunye nokuphendula kwamapolisa.
Ivuswe ngamaphulo kaTrump malunga nabaphambukeli kweli lizwe ngokungekho mthethweni, izihlwele ezohlukeneyo zabaqhanqalazi zibambe iindibano zoxolo kwizixeko ezifana neLos Angeles, Chicago, New York City kunye neMiami.
EPortland, amapolisa abambe abantu abaninzi ngexesha loqhanqalazo lukaMeyi Day kwisixeko sabo. Amapolisa acele wonke umntu ukuba angahambi edolophini njengoko bekutshiswa umlilo kwaye iziqhushumbisi, iibhombu zomsi kunye neecocktails zaseMolotov ziphoswa emapoliseni.
E-Olympia, amapolisa athi ukuya kuthi ga kwi-10 abantu babanjwe emva kokuba amagosa amabini enzakaliswa ngamatye. Iifestile zophukile kumashishini engingqi.
USuku lwaBasebenzi lwaMazwe ngaMazwe, olukwabizwa ngokuba yiMay Day, luphawula umhla weHaymarket affair ka-1886, xa abasebenzi bemizi-mveliso eChicago bagwayimba njengenxalenye yentshukumo yosuku lomsebenzi lweeyure ezisibhozo. Amapolisa azamile ukuluqhawula olu qhankqalazo, engquzulana nabaqhankqalazi. Ebudeni bodushe, umntu othile wadubula isiqhushumbisi, kwafa ipolisa. Abaqhankqalazi namagosa angakumbi abulawa kuqhushululu olwalandelayo.
Imibutho yabasebenzi ikhumbula olu suku njengenxalenye yombutho weeyure ezisibhozo zomsebenzi, kwaye amaqela ezopolitiko alubona njengonobangela wokuqhankqalaza.
Kwimbali yakutshanje, iintshukumo ezixhasa abasebenzi kulo lonke elase-US zisebenzise umhla woku-1 kuMeyi ukubonisa imivuzo engcono kunye neemeko zokusebenza. Amaqela abantu abafudukela kwamanye amazwe ngo-2006 aqala ukusebenzisa olu suku kwiindibano ezifuna uhlaziyo lokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe.
ESeattle, uqhankqalazo lwangomhla woku-1 kuMeyi lusukela emva kowe-1919. Uqhanqalazo kwiminyaka yakutshanje belusoloko luseluxolweni, amaqela abasebenzi kunye nabaphambukeli bebambe imibhiyozo yeholide.
Kodwa iminyaka emihlanu elandelelanayo, abaqhankqalazi abanxibe iimpahla ezimnyama, abachonge njengee-anarchists kunye nabachasi-capitalist, baye bangquzulana namapolisa kunye neendawo ezonakalisile eSeattle. Ngexesha loqhanqalazo lweMay Day kulo nyaka uphelileyo, Amagosa amahlanu enzakele kwaze kwabanjwa abantu abalithoba.
Ukulungiselela ubundlobongela obunokwenzeka, i-Starbucks Reserve Roastery kunye neGumbi lokungcamla eCapitol Hill yakhwela ngaphambi koqhanqalazo lwangoMvulo.
