【沙龙111207】这是占领运动的未来么？

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http://www.salon.com/2011/12/07/is_this_what_the_future_of_occupy_looks_like/singleton/

TheOccupy Our Homes campaign launched Tuesday, an attempt by some withinthe movement to pivot to the foreclosure crisis after the clearing bypolice of occupied parks and squares around the country.

12月6日是“占领我们的家园”行动日，这是在警方将美国各地示威者从被占领的公园和广场清场后，示威者关于丧失抵押品赎回权的一次抗议行动。

Thecampaign is focusing on installing homeless families in vacantforeclosed upon buildings, as well as disrupting foreclosureauctions, and the like. On the policy level — in a break from theno-demands ethos of some segments of the movement — Occupy OurHomes is demandingthat mortgage principal be written down to current home values.

这次行动着眼于安顿那些丧失房屋赎回权而无家可归的人们，以及破坏抵押品进入拍卖程序等。在政策层面上——不像运动的某些时段示威者没有提出明确要求——“占领我们的家园”行动要求按现行房价定义抵押本金。

Actionshappened all around the country on Tuesday, which you can read abouthere.

6日，该行动在美国各地开展,你可以点击“这里”读到相关内容。

Ispent the day at the Occupy Our Homes march in poverty-stricken EastNew York, Brooklyn. It was one of the smoother Occupy events I’veattended, likely because of the guiding hand of experiencedorganizers with the community, religious and labor-affiliated groupsthat helpedput the day together. The crowd progressed in an orderly way fromvacant property to vacant property in East New York, with stops ateach one to hear stories from people who have gone throughforeclosures.

我花了一整天参与到“占领我们的家园”在贫困的东纽约布鲁克林区的示威行走中。它是我所参与过最温和的占领事件,可能因为有经验的组织者在社区、宗教、和劳动者附属团体的帮助下把日子定在了同一天。人群井然有序地从东纽约一处空置的地产到另一处空置的地产行进,并停下来听每一个人讲丧失抵押品赎回权的故事。

Theturnout of perhaps 500 or 600 people was not bad for a rainy weekdayafternoon. Members of the media were out in force.

在下着雨的周末下午约有500或600人出动的结果还算不错，媒体人士也采取了行动。

Andthe action seemed to strike the right balance of festivity — therewas a band and a block party — and seriousness. We were told, forexample, that the foreclosure rate in East New York was five times ashigh as it is in New York state. (That’s hardly the only metricthat showsjust how dire conditions are in East New York.)

这次行动似乎很难在欢庆和严肃之间找到平衡，（行动中有一个乐队和一个街区的派对）

我们被告知,例如,在东纽约丧失抵押品赎回权的比率是在纽约州的五倍。(这几乎不是唯一用来显示东纽约情况有多么可怕的度量标准。)

Ina carefully choreographed moment, the march ended at a vacant homethat had already been occupied by a homeless familywith two children, who are 5 and 9 and were on hand for the day’sfestivities. The vacant house, at 702 Vermont Street, was foreclosedupon by Bank of America, according to organizers. It’s not clearwho the original owners were.

在这个精心设计的运动中,示威行走以一个无家可归的家庭占据一处空置房屋并准备为此欢庆而宣告结束，这个家庭有两个5岁和9岁的孩子。而据行动组织者称，这间坐落在佛蒙特街702号的空置房屋被美国银行剥夺了抵押品赎回权，目前尚不清楚房主身份。

Here,Alfredo Carrasquillo, the father of the family occupying the house,fights back emotion while addressing the crowd:

AlfredoCarrasquillo是占据房屋的那个家庭的父亲,他在这里对群众发表了演说。

Carrasquilloalso went out of his way to thankthe NYPD for letting the action go off without a hitch. There were,indeed, officers on hand who were not intervening as occupiers movedvarious furniture (and a Christmas tree) into the house. I’ve askedthe NYPD and organizers for comment on what sort of arrangement theyhave (if any), and I’ll update this post if I hear back.

Carrasquillo以不同他以往的做法向纽约警察局让这次行动毫无障碍地进行表示感谢。实际上，在场的官员没有在占据者将各式各样的家具（和一棵圣诞树）搬进屋子时进行干预。我问过纽约警察局和组织者对他们布置房屋的行为有何看法，(如果有的话),之后我会根据回答情况更新这篇文章。

Howthe police respond will be a key factor in how Occupy Our Homesdevelops. Will the occupations of vacant homes degenerate intoconfrontations with police?

警察的反应为什么会是“占据我们的家园”行动发展的一个关键因素呢？占据空房的行为会否沦为与警察的对抗呢?

Theother question, of course, is whether organizers can continue to turnthe considerable energy on display in East New York into sustainedaction on foreclosures. Today was an auspicious start.

当然另一个问题是组织者能否继续把相当多的精力放在东纽约持续抗议丧失抵押品赎回权的行动上。今天是一个很好的开始。