Imodzi mwa mfundo zotsogola za maiko a kumadzulo kwa demokalase ndi kuti zolakwa za 'adani' athu ziyenera kusungidwa mosamala ndi kudzudzulidwa, pamene zolakwa zathu zimanyalanyazidwa, kuchepetsedwa kapena kuchitidwa ngati zitsanzo za 'kuthandiza anthu'. Kapena monga Prime Minister Tony Blair adanenera, ngakhale anthu aku Afghanistan anali kuzunzidwa kwambiri ndi mabomba aku US / UK:
'Kaya tili ndi zolakwa zotani, Britain ndi dziko lakhalidwe labwino kwambiri lomwe lili ndi malingaliro amphamvu a chabwino ndi cholakwika. Makhalidwe abwino amenewo adzathetsa kutengeka maganizo kwa zigawenga zimenezi ndi otsatira awo.' Mwa tanthawuzo, mayiko a 'makhalidwe abwino' akumadzulo samachita nawo uchigawenga, koma polimbana ndi uchigawenga.
Makanema akuluakulu a ku Britain, kupatulapo kwambiri komanso molimba mtima, amalimbikitsa nthano yoti mfundo zaku Britain zakunja zimapangidwa ndi zolinga zabwino komanso kuti nthawi zina zinthu 'zikavuta', kumakhala kulakwitsa kapena kulephera moona mtima.
Mwamwayi, pali atolankhani komanso opanga zolemba zamtundu wa John Pilger kuti alembe nthano zotere. Potengera zomwe adakumana nazo pofotokoza za kuzunzidwa koyambilira kwa mphamvu zakumadzulo, makamaka ku Vietnam ndi Cambodia, Pilger wakhala akukayikira 'mkhalidwe wa mphamvu zoperekedwa kutali, osati ndi iwo omwe ali pamwamba pa mitambo, koma ndi anthu osawoneka bwino, akutali omwe. kulamula kuti anthu ambiri aphedwe, ndi amene amalungamitsa milandu yawo mwa kuimira ozunzidwawo monga zigawenga, kapena monga manambala chabe, opanda mayina, nkhope ndi mbiri, kapena monga kuvulala kosapeลตeka kwa makhalidwe apamwamba.'
Makhalidwe apamwamba, ndithudi, ndi a maulamuliro akumadzulo ogonjetsa omwe amadziwonetsera okha ngati omenyera ufulu wa demokarasi, ufulu ndi ufulu waumunthu, zonse zogwirizana kwambiri ndi chiphunzitso cha capitalism yaulere.
The New Rulers of the World, bukhu latsopano la John Pilger (Verso, London, 2002), limafotokoza zambiri m'nkhani zinayi zazikulu. Yoyamba - 'The Model Pupil' - ikuwonetsa momwe General Suharto adalanda mphamvu ku Indonesia mkati mwa zaka za m'ma 1960, zomwe zidaphetsa mpaka miliyoni miliyoni a "Communist sympathiss" (monga 'The Independent' adafotokozera mwachinyengo ozunzidwawo. posachedwa), zidapangitsa kuti pakhale chuma chokonzekera kumadzulo. Ichi chinali chiyambi chowona, komanso chosaneneka, cha kudalirana kwa mayiko padziko lonse lapansi m'chigawo chino cha Asia.
Mutu wa bukhulo ndi wounikira. Monga a John Pilger adauza Media Lens poyankhulana chaka chatha: 'anthu ambiri omwe ali mumgwirizano wotsutsana ndi dziko lonse lapansi amavomereza kuti olamulira atsopano adziko lapansi ndi mabungwe amitundu yosiyanasiyana. Sindikuvomereza. Ndikuganiza kuti ndi kuphatikiza mphamvu za boma - ndi mphamvu za boma zomwe zikuchulukirabe - komanso mabungwe amitundu yambiri. Awiriwo anakwatiranadi limodzi. Nkoopsa kuyamba kufotokoza dziko kukhala loyendetsedwa ndi mabungwe.' (www.medialens.org/articles_2001/dc_Pilger_interview.html).
Kutengera chitsanzo chimodzi chokha, malonda a zida ndizotheka kokha chifukwa cha thandizo lalikulu la boma. Malinga ndi lipoti lachidule la Campaign Against the Arms Trade ku UK (www.caat.org.uk), boma la UK (ie okhometsa misonkho ku UK) adapereka ndalama zokwana ยฃ763m kumakampani ogulitsa zida ku Britain mu 2000. /2001. Kuthandizira kwakukulu kwapagulu kudaperekedwa ku Dipatimenti Yotsimikizira Zogulitsa Zakunja (ยฃ 227m) ngati 'inshuwaransi' kuti ateteze chiwopsezo cha ndalama zotumizira zida zakunja zomwe sizikukwaniritsidwa ndi ogula akunja (ambiri aiwo maiko akumadzulo monga Saudi Arabia, Malaysia ndi Indonesia) .
Mutu wachiwiri wa bukhuli 'Kulipira Mtengo' ukufotokoza kuzunzika koopsa kwa ma Iraqi wamba chifukwa cha chiletso chakumadzulo chazaka khumi ndi ziwiri kuyambira pa Gulf War. Pilger akuwulula zenizeni zomwe akuti akuwopseza aku Iraq: kuti 'chiwopsezo' ndi chida chabodza chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito mwamphamvu kwambiri, pambuyo pa Seputembala 11, ndi oyang'anira Bush kuti apindule ndi bizinesi yayikulu.
Nkhani zachinyengozi zimagwirizana bwino ndi malingaliro owopsa a 'nkhondo yonse' (m'malo mwa nthano yakale ya 'Cold War'), nthawi yonseyi ndikudzaza m'matumba a makontrakitala ankhondo Raytheon, Alliant Tech Systems, Northrop Gruman ndi Lockheed Martin. Mโchitaganya chowonadi chaufulu, mfundo zoterozo zikanadziลตika bwino lomwe. M'malo mwake, kuchepa kwa kusagwirizana kwakukulu pakati pa anthu ambiri kumasonyezedwa ndi Pilger pamene akufunsa kuti: 'Ndani anganene kuti "nkhondo yolimbana ndi uchigawenga" ndi yachinyengo: kuti otsutsa ake ndi zigawenga zochokera ku mgwirizano waukulu komanso kuti zochita zawo zidzatero. pang'ono, kupha anthu ambiri ndi ofera chikhulupiriro?'
Mutu wachitatu, 'The Great Game', ukuunikira momwe mphamvu za boma zosabisala zimaperekera mikhalidwe ndi mwayi womwe umateteza misika yakumadzulo, ndikulola mabungwe akumadzulo, kumbuyo kwa gulu lankhondo laku America, kuti alowerere komwe akufuna. dziko. Apanso, kubwereza, mphamvu zamakampani zimadalira mphamvu za boma.
Monga momwe wolemba nkhani wotchuka wa mโdanga la New York Times Thomas Friedman, woyangโanira wodalirika wa ulamuliro wa ku United States, akunenera mโkumodzi mwa zinthu zake moona mtima: โDzanja lobisika la msika siligwira ntchito popanda nkhonya zobisika. McDonald's sangathe kuchita bwino popanda McDonnell Douglas, wopanga F-15. Ndipo nkhonya zobisika zomwe zimasunga dziko lapansi kuti zikhale zotetezeka ku matekinoloje a Silicon Valley zimatchedwa US Army, Air Force, Navy ndi Marine Corps.'
Mutu womaliza, 'Osankhidwa Osankhidwa', akuwona Pilger akubwerera kudziko lakwawo ku Australia kuti akapitilize zaka makumi atatu ndikulimbana ndi anthu amtundu wa Aboriginal motsutsana ndi tsankho kumbuyo kwa chithunzithunzi cha positi khadi ya Australia. Akunena zowawa za Dr Richard Murray, omwe odwala onse ndi a Aboriginal:
'Mwa njira zambiri zathanzi lachilengedwe, Australia ndiyomaliza padziko lapansi. Anthu amtundu wa Aborigine amadwala matenda omwe tidawona kutha kwawo ku Edinburgh m'zaka za zana lapitali, monga rheumatic fever. Apa ndipang'ono kwambiri kuposa onse omwe adanenedwapo padziko lonse lapansi. Ndipo matenda a shuga, omwe amakhudza pafupifupi theka la anthu achikulire a Aborigine, kuchititsa impso kulephera kugwira ntchito ndi matenda a shuga.'
Chifukwa chiyani? 'Umphawi ndi kulandidwa', akuyankha Dr Murray, ponena kuti 25 peresenti ya mabanja omwe ali ndi anthu ambiri ku Australia ndi Aaborijini (omwe amangopanga awiri mwa anthu XNUMX aliwonse). Kuphatikiza apo, boma la Australia limawononga pafupifupi XNUMX peresenti yochepa paumoyo wa anthu achiaborijini poyerekeza ndi anthu ena onse.
Lipoti ndi kusanthula kwa John Pilger zimachokera ku chifundo kwa ozunzidwa ndi nkhanza za mphamvu zakumadzulo. Chomwe chimadziwika kuti 'New Rulers' ndicholephereka kwa ofalitsa nkhani kuti afotokoze moona mtima komanso molondola za nkhanza zotere.
Ichi si chiwembu. 'Ndi momwe dongosololi limagwirira ntchito', akutsindika Pilger. Ndi dongosolo lomwe limatsimikizira 'kufikira' ndi 'kukhulupirira' kwa omwe amalankhula omwe akufuna 'kuyamikira zolinga zabwino kwambiri kwa opanga malamulo a boma kusiyana ndi omwe amapanga malamulowo.'
Pilger amatengeranso maphunziro kuti achitepo kanthu kuti akhale chete. 'M'madipatimenti a ndale, ntchito ya okhulupirira zowona ndikuwonetsetsa kuti Western imperialism imatanthauzidwa ngati kasamalidwe kazovuta, osati zomwe zimayambitsa zovuta komanso kukwera kwake. Posazindikira uchigawenga wamayiko akumadzulo, kuphatikizika kwawo kumatsimikizika. Kunena chowonadi chosavuta ichi kumawonedwa kukhala osaphunzira; kuli bwino osanena kanthu.'
Mwamwayi kwa ife, komanso kwa omwe akuzunzidwa ndi mphamvu zamabizinesi akumadzulo kulikonse, a John Pilger ndi m'modzi mwaosowa - mtolankhani wolimbikira komanso wolimba mtima - yemwe sachita mantha kunena zomwe zikuyenera kunenedwa. Chosankha kwa owerenga, monga kale, ndicho kuchita kapena kusachitapo kanthu.
David Cromwell ndi mkonzi wa Media Lens (lembani zochenjeza zaulere pa www.MediaLens.org) komanso wolemba Private Planet: Corporate Plunder and the Fight Back. Zambiri pa www.private-planet.com