ʻO Vijay Prashad
ʻO wau
ʻAʻole kekahi e hele i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni maikaʻi, ua hauʻoli iā Michael Mann 'The Insider.' Kona
leʻaleʻa ka hoʻouna ʻana o '60 Minutes' me ka manaʻo o ka pono e hoʻōla
ʻO kēlā pā kaua o ka liberalism US ma ka hopena o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni. I kēia hopena pule ua hele au e ʻike iā Tim
ʻO kā Robbin 'The Cradle Will Rock.' Ua ʻōlelo mai nā hoa he maikaʻi, maikaʻi
lawa ka manaʻo.
Akā,
Heluhelu au i kahi leka mai Robbins ma ka (22 Ianuali 2000) ma
pane i kahi loiloi haʻahaʻa i kekahi mau pule ma mua. Ua ʻoluʻolu ʻo Robbins i ka
ʻoluʻolu ʻole o ka mea loiloi me kāna ʻike hema o nā makahiki 1930 a ʻoi aku ka
Pāhana Keaka Pekelala (1935-37). Ua manaʻo ʻo ia ua hōʻeha paha ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni i ka
loiloi, ʻo Walter Goodman, no kāna hōʻike 'ana i kahi moʻolelo ʻē aʻe o kā mākou
moʻolelo kūhelu, e hōʻike ana ua pili pū ʻo ʻAmelika i ka piʻi ʻana o
Hitler a me Mussolini.' Manaʻo kekahi e like me Robbins, nona
ʻōlelo hou ʻia ma The Nation (5 ʻApelila 1999). Ke nīnau ʻia he aha ke ʻano
ʻO nā pilikia o kēia manawa a kā mākou media i mālama ʻole ai, hāʻawi ʻo ia i kahi litany:
'ʻO
nā poʻe kīwila i hala iho nei ma Iraq. Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au i koʻu kūʻē ʻana i ka
Kaua Kaiwa. A ke kamaʻilio nei ʻoe e pili ana i ka Hollywood Left, ma hea lākou? ʻO ka
like kanaka e e loa pupule e pili ana i na holoholona i mohaiia ma ka
ʻAʻole e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ka inoa o ka noiʻi olakino e pili ana i nā kānaka
pepehi ʻia ma ka inoa ʻaila. He pilikia ʻoluʻolu kēlā no nā kānaka. Ua loaʻa iā mākou a pau
Ua hoʻohuli i ko mākou mau maka no nā kumu like ʻole, hoʻomana a politika paha. A he mahuka
nā pilikia - ka poʻe i loko o nā hale paʻahao ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no ka makemake politika
asylum ma ʻaneʻi, no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hele i loko o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa me ke kānāwai ʻole a no ka mea
he ʻeleʻele ko lākou ʻili. Manaʻo wau he racist maoli kā mākou
ʻO ke kulekele hoʻokele a mākou e noʻonoʻo ʻole ai. Aia ma New York City
ʻO ka hope loa, ua hāʻawi ʻia ka nānā ʻana i kēia mokuʻāina mākaʻi hoihoi loa
ʻo ia ke hana nei ma ʻaneʻi-ʻo ka hoʻopau ʻana o nā kuʻuna kīwila ma ka inoa o ka hakakā
karaima.'
keia
maikaʻi e like me ka nānā ʻana, akā maikaʻi ke hoʻololi ʻo ia i mea hana kiʻi. Ua hauʻoli wau i ka 'The
ʻO Cradle Will Rock' nui loa, no kāna mau hemahema he nui (a me kēlā me kēia ʻāpana
Pono e loaʻa kēia mau mea, pono e wehe i ka ulu ʻana o ka nohona - ʻaʻole kēia e hoʻemi
kona lawe ʻia mai). ʻAʻole pili wale ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni i ka mele mele a Marc Blitzstein (ʻo ia
inoa e like me ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni) i alakaʻi ʻia e Orson Welles a hana mua i kahi
ʻO ka mana oratorio ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Venice (loaʻa nā kikoʻī o kēia moʻolelo
i loko o ka puke ʻike nui a Michael Denning,
The Laboring of American Culture in the Twentieth Century,> Verso, 1996, pp.
285-295). E pili ana hoʻi ia i ke kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi o Diego Rivera i ka makahiki 1933 ma Rockefeller Center,
luku ʻia ma ke kauoha a ka ʻōpio Nelson (a ma ʻaneʻi i lawe ʻia i kekahi mau mea
makahiki ma hope aku). Ma ke ʻano he backdrop i ka hana o ka Federal Theatre Project (holo ʻia e
ʻo Hallie Flanagan hiki loa) aia ka hui o Little Steel
(1936-37) a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka fascism ma Italia a me Kelemānia, a me ke kaua ma
Kepania. Nā mea poʻo no hoʻokahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
aka,
e mālama kākou i ʻelua pilikia me ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni. ʻO ka mea mua, nui ka kamaʻilio ʻana o ka
nā hoʻololi kaiapili i loko o ka Papahana Keaka, ka launa pū ʻana o nā lāhui. Akā
ʻO ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni ke hōʻike nui nei i kēia ma ke ʻano he moʻolelo o ka lokomaikaʻi o nā keʻokeʻo, no mākou
ʻaʻole ʻike i ka manaʻo o nā mea hana ʻeleʻele a me nā alakaʻi i loko o ka papahana.
No ka laʻana, ʻo kekahi o nā pāʻani nui o ka FTP ʻo Theodore Ward's
White Fog> (Chicago, ʻApelila 1937), he pāʻani (ma ka ʻōlelo a Lorraine Brown)
'Nīnau koʻikoʻi i ka hiki o ka kapitalism no ka poʻe ʻeleʻele ma ʻAmelika.'
Ma ka helu a Denning, ʻaʻole like ka pāʻani a Blitzstein e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe
nā mea ma ka hele ʻana, a mai nā poʻe e like me Ward.
Ka lua,
no nā kamaʻilio ʻana a pau o ka komunisme (inā mai ka anti-Red kooks i hoʻokani maikaʻi ʻia e
ʻO Joan Cusack lāua ʻo Bill Murray a i ʻole Congressman Dies), ʻaʻole nui nā komunista
i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni. ʻOiaʻiʻo aia ʻo Diego Rivera lāua ʻo Frida Kahlo, akā ʻaʻohe
ʻike ʻia nā poʻe i loko o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni nāna i hoʻopaʻa i ka honua o ka FTP
a me ka Hui Hana Keaka Hana (Artef). Ua haʻi mai ʻo Denning iā Blitzstein
ua hoʻoikaika ʻia e nā puke liʻiliʻi a William Z. Foster, akā ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike
o kela. ʻAʻole he phantom ka Reds i ka wā. He ʻoiaʻiʻo lākou
ikaika. The Manifesto of the First National Workers Theater Conference brings to
ola i kekahi o ia Red dynamism: 'O ka Workers Theatre pono e hana i ka
hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻonaʻauao kālaiʻāina a me ka noʻeau o kona mau lālā. Pono e hoʻonui a
hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna hana Agit-Prop. Pono e hele i waho i ka lehulehu - i ke alanui, i
na ipuka hale hana, i na mahiai. Pono e hōʻea i ke kūlana a me ka faila o ka ʻAmelika
Hui o ka Limahana a me ka Socialist Party' (1932). No ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manaʻo o kēia wā
ʻO kēia ʻano hana keaka radical ke paipai nei au e hele nā kānaka i India e ʻike
ʻO Jan Natya Manch (People's Theatre Group) e hoʻokani mau ana i nā pāʻani alanui.
Hana ʻo Janam ma ka ʻuhane o kāna mea hoʻokumu martyred, ʻo Safdar Hashmi, i pepehi ʻia ma 1989
ʻoiai i waena o kahi pāʻani i hāʻawi ʻia i ke kākoʻo kuʻuna me ka uniona komunista
ma Delhi. No ka ʻike hou aku iā ia, e ʻike i kahi ʻatikala ma ka pūnaewele o ka Progressive
Uena Kūʻai ʻĀpana Hema (www.proxsa.org).
Go
ʻike i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni. Pono ia. A laila hoʻi mai i ka hale a heluhelu i ka puke a Denning a me kahi
ʻatikala na Staughton Lynd e pili ana i ka hakakā Steel (aia ma
1972; ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa, hiki iaʻu ke hoʻouna aku iā ʻoe). Nui nā
nā mea hana kiʻi kaua i kēia lā nā mamo o kēia kuʻuna, inā paha lākou
hoʻokani i kā lākou pahu ma Seattle a hīmeni paha i kā lākou mau mele ma South Carolina. I kona
palapala i ka Ua kākau ʻo Robbins: 'Ua lawe nā kūʻē ma Seattle i ka
ʻO ka poʻe maikaʻi o ka honua me ka pīhoihoi, a e like me kā lākou hoʻāʻo e kākau iā ia ma ke ʻano he
anomaly, ʻo Seattle paha ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi ʻino hiki ʻole ke hoʻohuli ʻia.' ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻino
pono ia moʻomeheu, a me kona moʻomeheu hoʻomanaʻo. Loaʻa iā mākou kahi ʻāpana o ka hope mai
'Ka Moe.' ʻO kahi ʻāpana o ke koena mai ka hui Hip-Hop o Oakland
Coup ('Presto, Heluhelu i ka Communist Manifesto…');.