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choyamba
anakumana ndi Ward Churchill pamene ndinali kugwira ntchito ku South End Press 25 zaka
m'mbuyomu ndipo adapereka zolemba zowulula chifukwa chake zinali zachikhalidwe
anthu sakhulupirira ndale za chikhalidwe cha Marx. Ndinapeza Churchill's
zidziwitso zokakamiza ndipo adalumikizana naye. Ine ndiribe
tawona Ward kwa zaka zambiri, koma nthawi zambiri timasindikiza kagawo kake pa ZNet,
komwe ndimagwira ntchito. Ndikupereka izi ngati wina angamve kuti zathu
zimagwirizana ndi malingaliro anga.
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ndikuganiza kuti mkangano waposachedwa wa Ward Churchill ndiwopusitsa
kuukira pa ufulu kulankhula umalimbana lonse lamanzere. Ndikukumbukira nthawi ya Ward
post-9/11 ("zotsutsana") idatuluka. Zomwe ndimachita
kunali kufuna kuti akadapanda kulemba. Ward adalankhula momveka bwino komanso momveka bwino
zidziwitso za zomwe zimayambitsa kudana kwapadziko lonse ndi mfundo za US
ndipo adawalemetsa ndi zosadziwika bwino komanso zosazindikira
za anthu ambiri a US Mtundu uwu wa kusakaniza nthawi zonse
vuto, osati chifukwa ozindikira koma reactionary owerenga adzatero
yesetsani kukana zabwino poloza zoipa. Sichoncho
Zili ngati kuyesa kuletsa zopereka za Newton
za mphamvu yokoka pazifukwa zoti amakhulupirira alchemy. Akaukiridwa
ndi luso lowongolera, zolakwika zokhazikika zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito
kudula mfundo zofunika.
On
chokulirapo, ndicho chimene anthu tsopano akuyesera kuchita
Ward: kumuchotsa ngati munthu komanso ngati wantchito ku yunivesite,
pa nkhani imodzi mbali zazikulu zomwe zinali, ndingavomereze,
oyenera kutsutsidwa.
Apo
ndi mavuto awiri omwe sayenera kugwirizanitsidwa. Vuto limodzi ndi limenelo
palibe munthu amene ayenera kuwonedwa ngati woyipa kwambiri kuposa momwe iyeyo
amatero, ngakhale atakhala kuti akugwirizana kwathunthu pa zolepherazo,
mosiyana ndi izi.
Ward
Churchill kwa zaka zambiri wathandizira kwambiri kumvetsetsa
za nkhawa za chikhalidwe ndi zotheka, komanso kuwulula
mphamvu za kuponderezana ndi maubale a mayiko. Ward ndi wodabwitsa
wolemba komanso wokamba bwino komanso wolinganiza yemwe wamenya nkhondo mosatopa
pazifukwa chabe.
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sindikugwirizana ndi malingaliro a Ward pazaumoyo ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu
nkhani mocheperapo pa mphamvu ya zinyalala za ndale kulankhula za njira
wa kulimbana. Koma palibe chomwe chandisokoneza Ward yanga
ndikumverera bwino pazopereka zake. Ward Churchill ayenera
osaweruzidwa pa nkhani imodzi yokha yomwe inalembedwa tsiku lotsatira chigawenga
tsoka, zomwe aliyense angaganize za gawo ili. Zigawo ziyenera kutero
kudzudzulidwa, inde, koma osati munthu amene analemba. Ndi kusiyana kwake
pakati pa ad hominem ndi mkangano waukulu.
koma
chachiwiri, pali nkhani yaing'ono ya ufulu wa kulankhula. Kutsutsa chiyani
wina akuti sizili zofanana ndi kuwalembera ziwopsezo zakupha ndikuyesa
kuti athetse ntchito yawo. Zigawenga zakumanja tsopano zikuvutitsa Ward Churchill
akutsata akavalo kwa anthu anzeru kwambiri kumbuyo. Ankhondo
m'munda ndi vuto la Ward, koma mphamvu zomwe
kukhala-pa Yunivesite ya Colorado, m'boma la Colorado,
m'ma TV akuluakulu kuchokera ku Fox mpaka
Wall Street Journal,
kuchokera
ABC ku
New York Times
, ndikupita ku Nyumba za Washington,
DC-ndizofunika kwambiri.
Kodi
osankhika ochita chidwi adzachotsa Ward Churchill mokakamiza
US academia? Izi ziyenera kuletsedwa ndi tonsefe, kuphatikiza
anthu okwiya chifukwa cholimbana ndi mawu omasuka
sakonda. Kwezani mawu anu.
chifukwa
ndizovuta kwambiri kwa anthu kumbali zonse za kumanzere / kumanja,
kumvetsa ufulu wa kulankhula kumatanthauza ufulu wolankhula zimene ena amachita
osakonda komanso osakhoza kuyimirira kumva?
Kulekerera
zomwe mumakonda sizopambana kwenikweni. Hitler analekerera chiyani
adakonda. Momwemonso Stalin. Idi Amin nayenso anatero. Momwemonso Genghis Khan,
Shah, ndi Henry Kissinger. Kulankhula kwaufulu kumangokhala nkhani
pamene wina anena zimene ena safuna kumva. Ward Churchill
anachita zimenezo ndipo kotero kuti kulankhula kwaufulu tsopano ndi nkhani.
T
lake
dynamic si yachilendo, koma ikukula molimba mtima. Lipoti laposachedwa mu
ndi
New York Times
adafotokoza momwe aphunzitsi m'maboma ambiri ku US akupewa chisinthiko
monga mutu m'makalasi awo asukulu zaboma. Aphunzitsi amaopa kugwa
kuchokera kwa makolo ochirikiza chikhazikitso, mamembala amantha a sukulu, ndi ndale
akuluakulu akuda. Nkhondo ya Ward ndi nkhondo ya aphunzitsi awa
ndi zomveka za nsalu imodzi. Kusiyana kwake ndikuti mpaka pano Ward ali nayo
more guts.
Ward
ankakonda kundiuza, pambuyo pa ulendo, โSungani mutu wanu pansi.โ
Iye anali ataona nkhondo kunyumba ndi kunja ndipo ankadziwa zimene ankalankhula
za. Tsopano Ward ali mu mtundu wina wankhondo. Ndikukayika chilichonse mwa izi
zigawenga za mapiko akumanja zidzabwera pambuyo pake mwathupi. Koma kuvulaza angathe
kuchita zokhazikitsidwa ndi zoyipa mokwanira. Khalani pansi.
chifukwa
Ward Churchill? Ndikuganiza kuti Ward anganene kuti ndi chifukwa chiyani
zomwe akuchita ndizothandiza. Akhozanso kuona kuukira kwa nkhani yake
monga umboni wosonyeza kuti ali ndi ubwino waukulu wotsutsa. Ndikuganiza kuti Ward angatero
kulakwitsa mu zimenezo. Akuwukiridwa osati chifukwa chakuti ndi wamphamvu kwambiri
zotheka chandamale, koma chifukwa iye ndi mmodzi wa ofooka mipherezero zotheka.
Nkhani yake sinafotokozedwe chifukwa inali yowopseza kwambiri,
koma chifukwa amanyozedwa mosavuta. Osewera akumanja akuyembekeza Ward
wakwiyitsa kwambiri amene akanamuteteza kuti iye ali
anasiyidwa opanda oteteza.
A
fter
9/11, ndinali kukamba nkhani zapoyera pamene ndinayerekezera George Bush ndi
Osama bin Laden. Ndikuzindikira kuti ngati mungakhale ntchentche pa
khoma la misonkhano yamkati ya boma la US lotsogolera
mpaka kuphulitsidwa kwa bomba ku Afghanistan, ndikukhulupirira kuti simukanatero
anamva kukambitsirana kwa mphindi zoganizira za chitsimecho
kukhala wa anthu aku Afghanistan poyang'anizana ndi njala yayikulu
chifukwa cha kumenyedwa kwathu. Media media panthawiyo idanenedwa (kumbuyo
masamba okha) kuti kuphulitsa bomba ku Afghanistan kungapangitse mamiliyoni asanu
imfa. Palibe pepala lodziwika bwino lomwe linali ndi mutu wakuti โZolingalira zaku US
kupha mamiliyoni kutsimikizira kuti ndife olimba,โ ngakhale kuti onse ankadziwa zimenezo
zinali zoona.
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sonyezanso mโnkhanizi kuti ngati ndikanakhala ndi mwayi
kuti amufunse bin Laden momwe akanatha kusankha kumenya
Twin Towers, zonyansa monga momwe izi zinaliri, ndikuganiza kuti mwina akanatero
anamvetsa funsolo ndipo akanayankha, mosavutikira, kuti iye
ndinaganiza zopindula (poyesa kuchititsa US kuti achite zomwezo
zikanayambitsa chikhazikitso ku Middle East) zinali zoyenera
mtengo wa imfa ya munthu. Bin Laden, moyipa monga momwe adapangira,
anamvetsa kuti imfa zoipa ziyenera kuyezedwa ndi chiyani
adawona ngati zopindulitsa zandale. Anthu oganiza bwino adzakana zake
Makhalidwe abwino, ndithudi, koma ndikuganiza kuti anali nawo
imodzi.
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mbali inayo, ndimanena muzokamba zanga kuti ndikadakhala ndi
mwayi wofunsa Bush ndi Cheney momwe angakhalire
osankhidwa kuti apange mabomba ku Afghanistan, ndikuganiza kuti sakanatero
ngakhale kumvetsa funso. Sanaone kufunika koyezera
zopindulitsa motsutsana ndi mtengo chifukwa sanawona mtengo. Kwa iwo General
kuyerekezera kopangidwa ndi maphwando onse omwe ali ndi udindo kuti mamiliyoni aku Afghans
akhoza kufa ndi njala ngati kuphulitsidwa kwa bomba kuyambika
kanthu. Afghans ndi awo ngati nsikidzi kunja kwa zitseko zathu
ndi za enafe. Bush ndi Cheney alibe zowerengera zamakhalidwe.
Amachepetsa anthu kukhala utitiri.
Ndiye,
Ndikunena, ngati pali gehena yakuya kwa ochimwa ndithudi Osama bin Laden
ikupita kuchipinda chake chachisanu ndi chiwiri pansi, koma Bush ndi Cheney
adzakwera chikepe kupita kuchipinda chapansi chakuya. Aliyense
mwa omvera amamvetsa zithunzizi ndipo ochepa ali ndi vuto lililonse
ndi mawu anga. Ndikakamba nkhani ngati izi ku Europe, komabe,
Ndafunsidwa chifukwa chake ndili ndi moyo. Ndinasokonezeka nthawi yoyamba
Ndidamva funsoli kenako ndidazindikira zomwe akutanthauza. โNgati
US ndi yoyipa monga ikuwonekera, bwanji Bush ndi Co. sanathetse
anthu achipongwe ngati inu? Ndi zimene anyamata athu oipa anachita kuno
ku Europe, pambuyo pake. โ
Chabwino,
yankho ndiloti zinthu ku US sizoyipa. Otsatira athu achikhazikitso
akhoza kungosankha mipherezero yofooka ndikupondereza
iwo omwe ali m'maboma omwe ali ogwirizana ndi zigawenga za mapiko amanja. Ngakhale pamenepo
angachite zimenezo mโnjira zoลตerengeka, makamaka mpaka pano. Koma ngati ife
mulole achikhazikitso athu achoke ndi zochuluka zimenezo, zikhala zolungama
ntchito yotsegulira.
S
o
chifukwa chiyani O'Reilly ndi
Wall
Street Journal
Kusankha Ward? Ndikuganiza kuti ndi chifukwa chake
mawu amatha kuwoneka ngati osasankha komanso chifukwa, chifukwa chake,
amaona kuti zikanakhala zovuta kuti athane naye. Chotsani Ward,
ndiye gwirani ntchito kwa aphunzitsi onsewo akadali ndi ndulu yowauza ophunzira
kuti Darwin ankadziwa zomwe ankanena, ndiyeno anachokapo
Apo.
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sindikufuna kutsutsana ndi mawu enieni a Ward Churchill.
Sali chikho changa chaufulu. Ndikufuna kukumana ndi Ward
Ufulu wa Churchill kulemba mawu aliwonse omwe angasankhe. Ndikufuna
kumenyera kufunikira kwathu kukhala ndi mabungwe ndi misonkhano yachitukuko
kuti amalemekeza ndi kuthandizira kusagwirizana osati mabungwe ndi
mayanjano omwe amayesa kuthetsa kusamvana pa mpata uliwonse.
Apo
pali milandu yambirimbiri yakale ya anthu omwe akuweruzidwa mowonjezereka
kuposa gawo limodzi la moyo wawo, ngakhale pamene gawo limodzi linalibe
kuwombola logic konse. Nawa ndemanga yochokera kwa W. Churchill, zoyamikira
wa Mickey Z: โSindikuvomereza kuti galu amene ali modyera ngโombe ali ndi
ufulu womaliza modyeramo ziweto ngakhale kuti anagonamo
nthawi yayitali kwambiri. Ine sindikuvomereza zimenezo. Sindikuvomereza
Mwachitsanzo, kuti cholakwika chachikulu chachitidwa kwa Red Indians
America kapena anthu akuda aku Australia. Sindikuvomereza kuti a
cholakwika chachitidwa kwa anthu awa ndi mfundo yakuti wamphamvu
mtundu, mtundu wa giredi-pamwamba, mpikisano wanzeru kwambiri wachidziko kunena zimenezo
njira, wabwera ndipo watenga malo awo.โ
Uwu,
ameneyo sanali Ward Churchill, anali Sir Winston Churchill, a
mwamuna
US News ndi Report World
amatchedwa "The Last Hero."
Sir Winston ananenanso kuti: โNdimakonda kwambiri kugwiritsa ntchito poizoni
mpweya wotsutsana ndi mafuko osatukuka,โ ndipo anafunsa asayansi a ku Britain
kuphika โnyengo yatsopanoโ kwa nzika za
Dresden.
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sindingavomereze kutulutsa Winston Churchill mulaibulale,
koma ndikanalimbikitsa kudzudzula mwamphamvu mawu ake oyipa omwe anali nawo
Zochepa kwambiri zowombola kuposa zinthu zoyipa Ward Churchill
anayamba walotapo mawu.
Michael Albert
ndi woyambitsa nawo South End Press ndi
Z Magazine
.
Iye ndi mlembi wa mabuku ambiri onena za ndale, kuphatikizapo
apano
Maganizo Maloto
ndi
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