A cikin 1776 ’yan mulkin mallaka na Amurka sun yi yaƙi don neman ’yanci da babbar daula, wani aikin ƙwazon kai da har yanzu muke yi a ranar huɗu ga Yuli. Amma kuma muna amfani da na huɗu don ci gaba da tatsuniyoyi game da rawar da muke takawa a duniya cewa, yayin da galibi gaskiya ne a cikin 1776, gabaɗayan ƙarya ne shekaru 226 daga baya.

A 2002, mu ne daular.

Idan ranar hudu ga watan Yuli za ta ci gaba da samun wata ma’ana, to dole ne mu mayar da ita bikin dabi’un da suka dace da duniya, ta hanyar mai da shi bikin ‘yancin cin gashin kai na dukkanin al’ummomi maimakon wani lokaci na kiran tatsuniyoyi. wanda ya rufe mana ainihin matsayinmu a duniya a yau.

Don yin haka yana buƙatar mu zo da wata hujja ta asali - tun lokacin da Amurka ta sami isasshen iko don yin haka, ta fara iyakance ƙwazon wasu.

Hanyoyin masu tsara manufofin Amurka sun samo asali ne na tsawon lokaci, amma ainihin ma'anar ya kasance iri ɗaya: Amurka tana da'awar wani hakki na musamman don dacewa da albarkatun duniya ta hanyar soja ko tilastawa tattalin arziki don ta iya cinye rabonta sau biyar ga kowane mutum. wadancan albarkatun, yin watsi da dokokin kasa da kasa a hanya.

Wannan lamari ne mai ban tausayi, da kuma kyakkyawan manufa, cewa 'yan Amurka suna da wajibcin kokawa da kowace ranar hudu ga Yuli, musamman a yanzu yayin da gwamnatinmu ke ci gaba da mika mulki da mamayar ta a wani abin da ake kira yaki da ta'addanci.

Yaƙin Mutanen Espanya-Amurka na 1898 yawanci ana ɗaukarsa azaman muhimmin lamari a cikin aikin daular Amurka. Yayin da wasu Amirkawa suka san cewa mun yi mulkin Philippines na ɗan lokaci, kaɗan sun fahimci cewa mun yi mummunan yaƙi da ’yan Philippines, waɗanda suka yi imani cewa ’yantar da su daga Spain ya kamata ya zama ’yanci na gaske, ciki har da ’yancin kai daga mulkin Amurka. Akalla ’yan Philippines 200,000 ne sojojin Amurka suka kashe, kuma kusan miliyan 1 ne suka mutu a lokacin mamayar.

A cikin karni na gaba, Amurka ta yi amfani da wannan ka'idoji don yunƙurin cin gashin kai a Latin Amurka, ta hanyar yin amfani da siyasa na yau da kullum, shirya juyin mulki a ciki, ko kuma mamaye kasashe irin su Cuba, Jamhuriyar Dominican, Nicaragua, Mexico, da Haiti. Ƙaddamar da kai yana da kyau, muddin sakamakon ya yi daidai da muradun kasuwancin Amurka. In ba haka ba, kira a cikin Marines.

Yawancin sabani na aikin Amurka, ba shakka, ba wani sirri bane. Ko da mafi yawan ƴan makaranta sun san cewa mutumin da ya rubuta sanarwar 'yancin kai kuma ya yi shelar cewa "dukkan mutane an halicce su daidai" kuma ya mallaki bayi, kuma ba shi yiwuwa a guje wa gaskiyar cewa an samu tushen ƙasar Amurka a cikin tsarin mulkin mallaka. kusan-kamar halakar da ƴan asalin ƙasar. Mun san cewa mata ba su sami 'yancin yin zabe ba sai 1920, kuma an samu daidaiton siyasa na bakar fata ne kawai a rayuwarmu.

Duk da yake yawancin Amirkawa suna da matsala wajen fahimtar wannan mummunan tarihin, yawancin zasu iya yarda da shi - muddin ana ganin gibin da ke tsakanin manufofin da aka bayyana da kuma ayyuka na ainihi a matsayin tarihi, matsalolin da muka shawo kan su.

Hakazalika, wasu za su ce irin wannan mummunar ta'addancin daular ma yana da aminci a baya. Abin takaici, wannan ba tsohon tarihi ba ne; Har ila yau, labari ne na lokacin yakin duniya na biyu - Amurka ta dauki nauyin juyin mulki a Guatemala da Iran a cikin 1950s, rushe yarjejeniyar Geneva a karshen shekarun 1950 da kuma mamaye kudancin Vietnam a cikin 1960s don hana gwamnatin gurguzu mai cin gashin kanta. goyon bayan rundunar 'yan ta'adda ta Contra a shekarun 1980 har zuwa lokacin da al'ummar Nicaragua suka zabi yadda Amurka ta fi so.

Ok, wasu za su yarda, ko da tarihin mu na baya-bayan nan bai yi kyau ba. Amma tabbas a cikin 1990s, bayan faduwar Tarayyar Soviet, mun canza hanya. Amma kuma, hanyoyin sun canza kuma wasan ya kasance iri ɗaya.

Dauki al'amarin na baya-bayan nan na Venezuela, inda hannun Amurka a yunkurin juyin mulkin ya fito fili. The National Endowment for Democracy - wata kungiya mai zaman kanta mai zaman kanta ga Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen da ta riga ta shiga cikin yin amfani da kudi don yin zabe (a Chile a 1988, Nicaragua a 1989, da Yugoslavia a 2000) - ya ba da $ 877,000 a cikin shekarar da ta gabata ga sojojin da ke adawa da su. ga Hugo Chavez, wanda manufofinsa na masu ra'ayin jama'a suka sa shi samun goyon baya mai yawa a tsakanin talakawan kasar da kuma fushin Amurka. Fiye da dala 150,000 daga cikin wannan ya tafi ga Carlos Ortega, shugaban masu cin hanci da rashawa na ma'aikatan Venezuelan, wanda ya yi aiki tare da jagoran juyin mulkin Pedro Carmona Estanga.

Jami'an gwamnatin Bush sun gana da manyan janar-janar na Venezuela da 'yan kasuwa da ba su ji ba gani a Washington a cikin makonnin da suka gabaci juyin mulkin, kuma mataimakin sakataren harkokin wajen Bush kan harkokin yammacin duniya, Otto Reich, an ba da rahoton cewa ya tattauna da shugaban farar hula na mulkin soja a kan rikicin. ranar juyin mulkin. A lokacin da 'yan kasar Venezuela suka fito kan tituna suna kare fitaccen shugabansu, sannan aka mayar da Chavez kan karagar mulki, jami'an Amurka cikin fushi sun amince da cewa an zabe shi cikin 'yanci (da kashi 62 cikin dari na kuri'un da aka kada), ko da yake wani ya shaida wa manema labarai cewa "halaccin wani abu ne da aka ba shi. ba kawai da rinjayen masu jefa ƙuri'a ba."

Bayan shiga tsakani na soja da diflomasiyya, akwai tilastawa tattalin arziki. Daga cikin abubuwan da aka fi gani a cikin shekaru ashirin da suka gabata, akwai amfani da Bankin Duniya da Asusun Ba da Lamuni na Duniya, wajen damke kasashen Kudancin Duniya cikin "tarkon bashi," wanda kasar ba za ta iya ci gaba da biyan kudin ruwa ba.

Sai kuma shirye-shiryen daidaita tsarin - yanke albashin gwamnati da kashe kudade don ayyuka kamar kiwon lafiya, sanya kudaden masu amfani don ilimi, da sake daidaita masana'antu don samarwa don fitarwa. Waɗannan shirye-shiryen suna ba bankunan Duniya na farko ƙarin ƙarfi akan manufofin waɗannan ƙasashe fiye da zaɓaɓɓun gwamnatoci.

Yarjejeniyar "Ciniki 'Yanci" tana da tasiri iri ɗaya, ta hanyar yin amfani da barazanar keɓancewa daga tsarin tattalin arzikin duniya, don tilasta wa wasu gwamnatoci su daina ba da magunguna masu arha ga jama'arsu, da iyakance ikon da suke da shi a kan kamfanoni, da kuma watsi da ainihin haƙƙin jama'a. ƙayyade manufofin. Matakin na baya-bayan nan na G8 na yin amfani da taimako don tilastawa kasashen Afirka mallakar ruwa, shi ne hari na baya-bayan nan.

Don haka, a wannan Hudu na Yuli, mun yi imanin cewa magana ta ƙwazo ba ta taɓa yin mahimmanci ba. Amma idan manufar tana nufin wani abu, dole ne a nuna cewa mutane a wasu ƙasashe suna da 'yanci da gaske don tsara makomarsu.

Kuma a wata ma'ana, tunatarwa ce cewa ƴan ƙasar Amurka suna da haƙƙin ƴancin kai da kansu. Gaskiya ne cewa gwamnatinmu tana mayar da martani mafi yawa ga buƙatun tattara dukiya da mulki; yana iya zama kamar Washington ta kira Shots, amma an shirya wasan daga Wall Street.

Amma kuma gaskiya ne cewa talakawa na da ‘yancin siyasa da bayyana ra’ayi mara misaltuwa a kasar nan. Kuma kamar yadda wannan ikirari da muke tunawa ya tuna mana, "duk lokacin da kowane nau'i na gwamnati ya zama mai lalata waɗannan manufofin, 'yancin mutane ne su canza ko soke shi."

Idan ba mu sake tunani na Hudu ba - idan ya ci gaba da kasancewa rana don tabbatar da rashin daidaituwa na Amurka - ba makawa ba zai zama wani abu ba face rugujewar karfi wanda ke karfafa makauniyar goyon baya ga yaki, rashin daidaito na duniya, da siyasar ikon kasa da kasa.

Robert Jensen, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, is the author of Writing Dissent: Taking Radical Ideas from the Margins to the Mainstream. He can be reached at rjensen@uts.cc.utexas.edu. Rahul Mahajan, Green Party candidate for governor of Texas, is the author of “The New Crusade: America’s War on Terrorism.” He can be reached at rahul@tao.ca. Other articles are available at http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/home.htm and http://www.rahulmahajan.com.