Dan Georgakas
A lokacin
girman kisan kiyashin da aka yi a East Timor, Phillips Petroleum ya biya
Gwamnatin Indonesiya ta dala miliyan 2.9 na kudaden sarauta na mai da aka fitar
na East Timor. Babu wani "bincike" da ya bankado wannan badakala.
mai ba da rahoto a kafofin watsa labarai, amma ta Todd Walker, ɗalibi a U of Oklahoma (OU).
An biya ta hanyar da ko shugabannin Gabas ba su yi ba
Sojojin Timor 'yancin kai sun san game da su kafin a ba da bayanin
su kai tsaye ta hanyar Student Action Network na Norman, Oklahoma! A wannan rana,
ko da bayan an ba da ƙarin fa'ida ta hanyar biyan kuɗi ta hanyar Amy Goodman
Shirin Demokraɗiyya Yanzu akan Pacifica, ba a fayyace ba idan kudaden sun kasance a
kwata, rabin shekara, ko biyan kuɗi na shekara. Gabashin Timore yanzu suna latsawa
don ƙarin cikakkun bayanai kan irin waɗannan biyan kuɗi da fatan dawo da wasu kudaden da suka gabata
da kuma yin wasu sabbin kudade na zuwa gare su ba Indonesiya ba.
The
labarin baya ga rahotona na wannan badakalar biyan kudi shi ne cewa wannan faduwar na kasance a
Farfesa mai ziyara a Fim a OU. Da isowata harabar, nayi mamaki
don nemo ayyuka masu gudana akan matsalolin da ke Gabashin Timor. Akwai ci gaba
tashin hankali ta hanyar zanga-zanga, vigils, handouts, tara kudade don
taimako, azumi, baƙo jawabai, da bayanai Tables. Da wuya core na
mahalarta sun gudu daga ashirin zuwa arba'in, amma ayyukansu sun kai ga duka
ɗaliban ɗalibai tare da labarai masu yawa na gaba a cikin takardar kwalejin hukuma
da kuma ci gaba da labaran nazari a cikin Undercurrents, ɗalibi mai banƙyama
bazawa.
Ban da haka
daga fallasa irin ta'asar da gwamnatin Indonesiya ta yi, daliban sun yi
An ɗauka akan Phillips Petroleum, wani kamfani na Oklahoma wanda ke son samun
fuskar sada zumunta. Kamar yadda kaddara ta kasance, Shugaban OU David Boren, a
tsohon sanata kuma gwamna, memba ne na kwamitin gudanarwa na Phillips. The
ɗalibai sun sha matsawa Boren don ɗaukar jagoranci wajen canza Phillips
Taimakon man fetur ga gwamnatin Indonesia. Fuskantar su
ya kara shaida lokacin da Boren ya bayyana cewa Phillips bai taba biyan dinari daya ba
Indonesiya, martani da Cibiyar Ayyukan Dalibai ta tabbatar da kusan uku
dala miliyan. Matsayin ƙungiyar a halin yanzu shine Phillips yana da diyya
zuwa sabuwar gabas Timor. Don kara matsa lamba kan Phillips, sun kasance a yanzu
aiki tare da ƙungiyoyin muhalli na cikin gida a cikin wani shirin tafiya akan Phillips'
Bartlesville hedkwatar.
I
ya yi mamakin ko ɗalibin ƙasashen waje daga Gabashin Timor zai iya taka rawa a ciki
ƙirƙira ƙungiyar ko wataƙila wasu jarirai masu “jajayen diaper” masu l960s,
amma ba haka lamarin yake ba. Ƙungiyar ɗalibai na gabaɗaya hagu amma
Yanayin tunani iri-iri ya taru a daidai lokacin da Gabas ta kasance
Batun Timor ya fara fitowa. Da alama shigar Phillips da Boren suna da
ya kasance mabuɗin ƙwarin gwiwa ga aiki. A lokacin da ya dace an yi haɗi tare da
East Timor Action Network amma babban tushen bayanai mai gudana shine
WBAI na Pacifica wanda ake shiga Norman ta Intanet.
I
ya kasance mai tsananin sha'awa game da motsa jiki. Kalyn Morris wanda ya aiwatar da a
azumin kwana bakwai wanda ya haɗa da kwanaki biyar na ruwa-kawai yana da ƙarfi na ruhaniya
girma ga rashin amincewarta. Amma ta kasance mai matuƙar iya aiki wajen mayar da martani
dalibai masu tushen a Bartlesville, suna bayanin cewa ba ta nema ba
hana iyayensu aikin yi amma su daina amfani da jiki da na tattalin arziki
na mutanen Gabas Timore. Faɗin ra'ayoyin masu fafutuka ya kasance
ya kawo mini gida da daddare yayin da na gudanar da tambayoyi a wani cafe kusa da
jami'a. Wani sabon dalibin OU mai fafutuka a cikin kwamitin ya bayyana basirarsa
bacin rai cewa a cikin aji game da rikicin makami mai linzami na Cuban malamin ya yi tunani
ya isa a kalli rubuce-rubucen mutanen da suka kasance a cikin Kennedy kawai
gudanarwa. Wani mai zane ya tattauna rashin jin daɗinsa game da takaddamar kwanan nan
ya haɗa da Museum of Art na Brooklyn. Ko kadan bai ji haushin amfani da shi ba
najasa a cikin wasu daga cikin ayyukan kamar yadda ya zama ruwan dare gama gari a cikin fasahar Afirka, amma ya
bai ji daɗin cin matattun dabbobi ba. Dalibi na uku yayi maganar
amincewarsa ga Jam’iyyar gurguzu da kuma dalilin da ya sa yake jin irin wannan kungiya ta kasance
wajibi ne don jagoranci sauyin zamantakewa. Matasa 'yan asalin Amurka biyu a wani kusa
tebur yayi masa ba'a game da son ceton duniya, a fili ba zai shiga ba
kokarin amma nesa da gaba.
irin wannan
masu fafutuka ba su da wani tunani game da abin da za su iya tsammani daga 'yan uwansu 24,000
dalibai. Ba sa hango motsin jama'a na gida. Gabashin Timor yayi nisa sosai
don haka. Duk da haka, Cibiyar Ayyukan Student Action ta sami tartsatsin tausayi
don abin da suke yi kuma ya sanya East Timor a cikin sani na
duka harabar. Suna da niyyar ci gaba da matsin lamba ga shugaban jami'arsu
kuma a kan Phillips Petroleum. Todd Walker ya taƙaita imaninsu cewa ƙaramin sikelin
kamar yadda ayyukansu na iya zama suna kawo sauyi a gida da kuma a
matakin duniya. Binciken da suka yi a kan Phillips ya tabbatar da amfani sosai ga
Gabashin Timore. Wani ɗalibi ya bayyana yawancin ruhin ƙungiyar lokacin da yake
ya ce yana fatan cewa wata rana da Timor ta Gabas ta zama mai wadata da kuzari
dimokiradiyya da za su san cewa a Norman mai nisa, Oklahoma wani yana da
sun kula sosai don yin magana a madadinsu.
I
Ban tabbata ba za a iya koyan kowane "darussa" daga Norman
kwarewa. Ina tsammanin mu masu barin hagu an ɗan rataye mu game da hakan, galibi muna shagaltuwa
tunanin buri. Ina ganin yana da kyau cewa masu fafutuka a nan suna yin abin da suke yi
suna yin hakan ne saboda suna jin alakar da ke tsakanin babban kamfani na gida,
jami'ar da suke karatu, kafofin watsa labarai da ke ba da labari, da kuma nesa
tsibiri a cikin Pacific. Daga irin wannan gida seedlings iya lalle ne, haƙĩƙa fito fili da taro
motsi da ake matukar bukata don sanya sabon karni ya zama zamanin bege. Amma ku
fassara Bertolt Brecht, ma'anar a Norman da alama ya isa haka
yau mun daure mugaye su rinjayi.
-Dan
Georgakas
Dan
Georgakas mawallafin Detroit: I Do Mind Diing kuma yana koyar da darussa a ciki
harkokin waje a Jami'ar New York.