Wadanda suka tuna wani zamanin kafin Bush na iya tunawa da hotunan: Shekaru biyar da suka gabata a wannan makon, masu zanga-zangar sun mamaye titunan Seattle don nuna adawa da taron ministoci na uku na kungiyar ciniki ta duniya (WTO). Masana muhalli sun yi ado kamar kunkuru na teku gauraye da ma'aikatan karfe a cikin jaket ɗin ƙungiyar su, da ɗaliban da aka soke, da manoman dangi daga Midwest. Tare, jam'iyyun gamayyar gamayyar zanga-zangar sun yi kakkausar suka kan cewa WTO da ajandar dunkulewar kamfanoni na tauye hakkin ma'aikata, da jefa muhalli cikin hadari, da kuma mika shawarar dimokuradiyya ga hukumomin tattalin arziki da ba za a iya tantance su ba.
Dangane da kalamai masu ban sha'awa na rashin amincewa da kuma ga 'yan tawayen da suka daure kansu a kusa da cibiyar taron, 'yan sanda sun mamaye iska da hayaki mai sa hawaye. Shugaba Clinton ya ayyana dokar ta-baci. Amma duk da haka an ci gaba da zanga-zangar. Kuma ya zuwa karshen mako shirin WTO na sabon zagaye mai cike da bukatu na yarjejeniyoyin “cinikin ciniki maras shinge” ya ruguje.
Abu ne mai ban mamaki. Zanga-zangar ta Seattle, tare da zanga-zangar kawance da ke gudana a ko'ina cikin duniya, sun yi tasiri sosai wajen sauya muhawarar cinikayya da ci gaban kasa da kasa. Sun bar manyan manyan kamfanoni na duniya na shekarun Clinton suna fafutuka don kare manufofin da ba za a iya yankewa ba na "Consensus Washington."
To sai dai kuma a cikin 'yan shekarun nan gwamnatin Bush ta yi watsi da yunkurin da Amurka ke yi na hada kan duniya. Ta yaya hakan ya faru? Abin ban mamaki, yayin da Shugaba Bush ke iƙirarin cewa shi mai himmantuwa ne na “cinikin ciniki kyauta,” ya yi watsi da irin ka’idojin da aka kafa, tsarin dunƙulewar duniya da aka yi a shekarun 1990. Ya maye gurbin “haɗin kai na duniya” tare da nasa alamar “ɗaɗaɗɗen duniya na mulkin mallaka”-wani mai ra'ayin al'ada, biɗan son kai na ƙasar Amurka. Wannan ya bar cibiyoyi kamar Kungiyar Ciniki ta Duniya da tashe-tashen hankula, kuma ya sa manyan ‘yan kasuwa a duniya cike da takaici. Har ila yau, ya sanya motsi na adawa da haɗin gwiwar kamfanoni a kan tsaro.
Lokacin yakin neman zabe na John Kerry da alƙawarin tallafawa "ciniki na gaskiya" duk da haka, da alama zai koma ga tsarin Clinton na haɗin gwiwar kamfanoni idan an zabe shi. Mutum na iya ma yin jayayya cewa shugaba Kerry, wanda zai iya kasancewa mai dabara da ingantaccen inganta tattalin arziƙin neoliberal na kasuwanci fiye da Bush, da a zahiri ya kasance mafi muni ga mutanen ƙasashe masu tasowa. Wannan yana gabatar da tambaya mai wahala: Shin da gaske muna son wani slick CEO-in-charge shan Fadar White House?
Amsar ita ce eh. Eh mun yi.
Ba wai kawai kisan gilla ne na ra'ayin mazan jiya na Gwamnatin Bush yana da matukar cutarwa a kansa ba, ya kawar da hangen nesa da kirkire-kirkire da ke ayyana motsin da ya fashe a kan titunan Seattle. Maimakon samun damar gabatar da sahihin muhawara game da irin tsarin tattalin arzikin duniya da muke son rayuwa a ciki, an rage mu zuwa yin Allah wadai da mamayewar kasashen waje ba bisa ka'ida ba da kuma kare 'yancinmu na asali.
Lokaci ne da ba kasafai ba, lokacin da dubun dubatar mutane za su iya yin aiki kan batutuwa kamar sashe na 11 na NAFTA ko kotunan sirri na WTO don takaddamar kasuwanci. Zanga-zangar Seattle ta buɗe taga lokaci ɗaya lokacin da za a iya tattauna tushen tattalin arzikin duniya a fili a Amurka. Masu sukar na iya fayyace cewa jam'iyyar Enron da ke tafiyar da manufofin tattalin arziki sau da yawa ba ta yi aiki da yawancin ma'aikatan da suka ga hakikanin albashin su ya tsaya cik a cikin shekarun da suka gabata ba, kamar yadda ya kulle yawancin kasashe masu tasowa a cikin wani tsarin. bashi da yanke kauna.
An rufe taga bayan Seattle. A karkashin gwamnatin da ke yanzu an samu turjiya daga mutanen da ke adawa da mamayewar Bush na kasashen waje, da hare-haren da ya yi kan muhalli da kuma hakkin mata, da kuma rage harajin da yake yi wa masu hannu da shuni. Amma a matsayin motsi, mun yi gwagwarmaya don kawai mu mayar da martani ga sabon fushin Republican. A lokacin yaki da mamaya, buƙatar da ba za a iya musantawa ba don mayar da hankalinmu ga dakatar da sojan Amurka ya ba da damar muhawara game da tattalin arzikin duniya don sake komawa bayan kofofin.
Ana buƙatar wani yunkuri na hangen nesa na duniya don mayar da wannan tattaunawa a kan gaba da kuma sake tura tsarin tattalin arzikin duniya wanda ya dace da bukatun bil'adama. Yayin da mahimmin adawa da cin zarafi na ra'ayin mazan jiya zai sanya mu aƙalla cikin damuwa nan gaba kaɗan, za mu iya ɗaukar wahayi daga masu fafutuka na duniya a ƙasashen waje waɗanda suka ci gaba da haɓaka hanyoyin da za su iya amfani da su ga tattalin arziƙin neoliberal da kuma yaƙi da gwamnatin Bush. A lokaci guda kuma, za mu iya yin aiki zuwa ga ranar da ƙarshen mamayar Iraki zai ba mu damar horar da hankalinmu game da mummunan faɗaɗa ikon kamfanoni - ranar da za mu iya yin bikin, sannan mu sake fara muhawara a cikin ruhin Seattle.
Mark Engler, marubucin da ke birnin New York, ana iya samunsa ta gidan yanar gizon http://www.DemocracyUprising.com. Taimakon bincike don wannan labarin Jason Rowe ya bayar.
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