Ngo-Joy Okokuqala, ngoJanuwari 15, 2018
Ngenkathi ngingena esitokisini sami seCapitol Police Headquarters eWashington, DC, ngahlala phansi ebhentshini elibandayo lensimbi ngabhekabheka ngicabanga - ngilapha futhi. Amehlo ami eza esibukweni ngenhla kwethoyilethi futhi ngabona igama elithi "occupy" lingena engilazini futhi laletha ukumamatheka ebusweni bami. Bengicabanga ukuthi kukhona umuntu olapha ngaphambi kwami, umuntu onendaba nezinto ezifanayo engizikhathalelayo, umuntu ocabanga ngendlela engicabanga ngayo, umuntu ofana nami, wenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukuzama ukwenza umhlaba ube yindawo engcono.
Ngibe sengicabanga ukuthi lona bekungumyalezo obuzofika kimi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, umlayezo onencazelo ejulile kimi lapha futhi njengamanje. OCCUPY. Ngangisanda kuboshwa nabafowethu nodadewethu abayisithupha ngemuva kokungena ehhovisi likaDemocratic Rep. USteny Hoyer, uSotswebhu Wendlu.
Sidinga ukuhlala emahhovisi amalungu eCongress njalo. Sidinga ukubeka imizimba yethu emgqeni bese siyiphoqa ukuthi yenze okufanele. Inganekwane ithi bakhona ngoba sabavotela futhi kufanele basimele futhi benze amabhidi ethu. Iqiniso ukuthi akhona ngoba axhaswa yizinkampani zamazwe amaningi, iningi lazo osonkontileka bezempi, abakhipha izizumbulu zemali ukuze bakwazi ukunqoba ukhetho. Ngakho-ke, bazobe benza ukubhida kabani? Eminyakeni eyi-15 edlule ngithinte amalungu eCongress futhi anginakwa. USteny Hoyer wenqabe izicelo eziningi zokuhlangana naye noma nomsebenzi.
Lokhu kufanele kuguquke. Ngakho-ke, ngenkathi ngihleli ehhovisi likaHoyer ngoJanuwari 11, umngani wami omkhulu uMalachy wanxusa izishoshovu ezingama-20 lapho ukuthi zakhe umkhankaso wokuhlala emahhovisi enhlangano ukuze kunyakaziswe izinto futhi kuguqulwe uhlelo. Futhi lo mbono owalethwa nguMalachy wenza umqondo omkhulu njengoba ngangibuka isibuko nge "occupy" eklwebhe ingilazi.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, thina, abavela kuNational Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, sanquma ukuthi sidinga ukubhekana nokwenzekayo eYemen. Ngenxa yokuthengisa izingalo eSaudi Arabia nokufaka uphethiloli izindiza zabo zasemoyeni, sinesibopho sokufa okukhulu nokuhlupheka okwenzeka eYemen. Ngaphandle kokubulawa ngamabhomu, abantu abangaphezu kwesigidi bahlaselwe yi-typhoid, futhi kukhona ubhadane lwe-diphtheria. Izingane eziningi zibulawa indlala. Sinegazi ezandleni zethu.
Ekuseni ngoJanuwari 11 saya emcimbini wokulindela ukuhlukunyezwa kobuFakazi eWhite House. Lokhu kuphawule iminyaka eyi-16 yeziboshwa eziboshwe ngokungemthetho ezihlukunyezwa eGuantanamo. Abantu abahlanu abagqoke ama-jumpsuits ama-orange kanye nama-hood bahamba ngaphansi kwethephu ephuzi bebheke e-White House futhi baboshwa ngokushesha.
Amalungu oMkhankaso Kazwelonke Wokuphikiswa Okungenabudlova kunokuba aye esakhiweni seHhovisi leCongressional laseLongworth lapho saba nomhlangano wokugcina wokuhlela endaweni yokudlela. Cishe 2: 30 pm sikhuphukele ehhovisi likaHoyer.
Ngangiphethe itshe ephaketheni lami futhi ngangizwa isisindo sedwala lapho singena ehhovisi. Umzukulu wami oneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye wanginikeza itshe ngesonto eledlule lapho ngangiseWisconsin. Wayeyipende ngesicathulo sehhashi segolide kolunye uhlangothi nenhliziyo enophawu lokuthula maphakathi kolunye uhlangothi. Uthe ungenzele ukunginika isibindi. Ngakho-ke, ngithwele lelo dwala, ngacabanga ngaye nangabanye abazukulu bami engibathandayo kusuka ekujuleni kwenhliziyo yami. Ezandleni zami ngangiphethe isithombe sengane yaseYemeni ehlupheka futhi ngacabanga ukuthi yathandeka kangakanani leyongane enhle. Ngangazi ukuthi ngangikhona lapho ngangidinga ukuba khona.
Sikhulume nomuntu owamukela izihambi, uPaul, samtshela ukuthi kungani besikhona nokuthi sifuna ukuhlangana nomuntu osebenzela inqubomgomo yezangaphandle. Sinezimfuno ezintathu: 1) ukuthi uMmeli. Hoyer akhulume ngokumelene nobugebengu bezempi baseSaudi, 2) ukuthi alahle noma yikuphi ukuthengiswa kwezikhali zase-US kumfelandawonye oholwa yiSaudi ukuqhuma nokuvinjelwa kweYemen, kanye ne-3) okusiza ukuletha ivoti I-House Resolution 81 icela amandla empi ukuqeda ukubandakanyeka kwe-US empini yase-Yemen, umthethosivivinywa ayewukhiphe ngaphambilini.
UPaul wathi singathola umhlangano, kodwa hhayi namuhla ngoba wonke umuntu ubematasa. Besikungabaza lokhu ngoba besazi ukuthi inqwaba yabantu icele umhlangano futhi ayinakiwe.
Ngemuva kokuxoxisana okuningi, sanquma ukuthi ngeke sishiye ehhovisi kuze kube yilapho sithola isitatimende esicacile esivela kuHoyer ukuthi uzokhuluma ngokumelene nobugebengu bezempi eSaudi Arabia nokudayiswa kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia, nokuthi uzokwenzela i-House Resolution 81.
At 5: 00 pm, UPaul wamemezela ukuthi ihhovisi lizovalwa futhi sidinga ikhefu. Simtshele ukuthi asikwazi ukuhamba singakakwazi ukuhlangana nomuntu ongasazisa ukuthi uHoyer uvumelana nezimfuno zethu. Ngomzamo wokusikhipha lapho uPaul wagcina esinikeze i-imeyili ukuze sikwazi ukuxhumana nomuntu ohlelayo ukuthola umhlangano ongahle ungabi khona isonto elilodwa noma amabili. Ngenkathi sicabanga ukuthi zingaki izingane ezingenacala ezingafa ngaphambi komhlangano, satshela uPaul ukuthi namanje asikwazi ukuhamba.
Ekugcineni amaphoyisa abizwa futhi afika ehhovisi 7: 30 pm, wasigoqa ngamaketanga wasibopha. Siyiswe ekomkhulu lamaphoyisa aseCapitol lapho sicutshungulwe khona, kufaka phakathi ukuthathwa iminwe nokuthathwa kwezithombe zethu. Ekugcineni sonke sakhululwa Phakathi kwamabili.
Kwaboshwa uJanice Sevre-Duszynska noDick Ochs waseBaltimore, u-Alice Sutter waseNew York City, uMalachy Kilbride waseMaryland, abathathu eMidwest, kuhlanganise noKathy Kelly waseChicago, uPhil Runkel waseMilwaukee, nami, uJoy First, waseMount Horeb , Wisconsin. Sabekwa icala lokungena ngokungemthetho futhi sinosuku lokuqala lokuvela enkantolo January 31.
Kwakuwusuku olude, olugcwele ukukhathazeka njengoba sasihlasela umbuso omkhulu kunayo yonke emlandweni womhlaba, kepha yilokhu okumele ngikwenze. Futhi-ke nginezinketho, kepha ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi kwenzekani ezinganeni ezinhle zaseYemen anginayo inketho.
Sisesikhathini esesabekayo emlandweni. UTrump uyisibonakaliso sokungalungile. Sinohulumeni onakekela abacebile nezinkampani futhi ongathi akanandaba nokuthi kwenzekani kubantu. Umkhankaso Kazwelonke Wokuphikiswa Okungenabudlova ubulokhu uhlela futhi wenza izenzo zokuphikiswa komphakathi okungenabudlova ngokumelene nobugebengu bukahulumeni wethu kusukela ngo-2003, kepha sidinga abaningi abengeziwe ukuze basijoyine. Ngeke silethe ushintsho ngokuvotela amaDemocrats ngoba ayingxenye yohlelo. Bheka nje uSen.Tammy Baldwin ovotele ama- $ 700 billion amasosha futhi wasekela i-F-35 ekufikeni eMadison. Ubuye athole neminikelo emikhulu yomkhankaso evela kuLokheed Martin noGeneral Electric, zombili lezi zinkampani zingosonkontileka bezempi.
Uhulumeni wethu akafuni ukuthi sibone okwenzeka phesheya kwezilwandle ezimpini eziningi nasezenzweni zamasosha, ukuhlupheka okumangalisayo nokufa kwezingane ezingenacala, abesifazane, nabesilisa, kanye nabezindaba abajwayelekile kuyimbangela yalokhu kufihlwa. Kufanele sibheke eminye imithombo yezindaba zethu ukuze sazi ngempela ukuthi kwenzekani.
Akukho esingakwenza mayelana nenqwaba yezinkinga lapha ekhaya size siqede ukuxhashazwa kwamasosha phesheya. Namuhla, njengoba sigubha usuku lokuzalwa lukaDkt Martin Luther King, kubalulekile ukucabanga ngobubi obuphindwe kathathu bohulumeni wase-US akhuluma ngabo, ezempi, ubuhlanga nobuphofu. Sibona la mandla kulokho uhulumeni wethu akwenzayo phesheya kwezilwandle nalapha ekhaya, futhi kusibulala sonke. Kufanele sithathe izinyathelo.
Esikudingayo ukuletha ushintsho ukumelana okusebenzayo. Uma ngabe wake wafuna ukuzibandakanya futhi wenze okuningi ukuletha umhlaba ongcono, MANJE YISIKHATHI! Sidinga ukuthi amalungu ethu engqungquthela enze lokho esifuna bakwenze futhi ayeke ukuphakela abantu abasezingeni eliphezulu. Ake siqale umkhankaso kazwelonke wokuhlala emahhovisi abo. Lokhu singakwenza emahhovisi abo endawo ezifundazweni zethu noma singafika e-DC. Kube khona ukunganaki okukhulu, kepha uma abantu abanele bangenele futhi bazise amalungu eCongress ukuthi sína, singaletha ushintsho. Sicela ungijoyine nabanye eMkhankasweni Kazwelonke Wokuphikiswa Okungavumelani. Kukithi. Abantu banamandla futhi nathi kufanele sisebenzise
