Lydia Sargent
Ndi 1975 ndipo mwawononga
zaka zomenyera nkhondo ya boma la US ku Vietnam ndipo alibe cholinga
kutengamo mbali mu โdongosoloโ limene linamenya nkhondo imeneyo. Kodi mumatani? Chabwino, ngati
ndiwe ine, mumachita zomwe aliyense wazaka za m'ma 1960/1970 omenyera ufulu wachizungu wapakati amachita. Pitani
kuti ndikamalize sukulu, kwa ine kuti ndikhale ndi mbiri yophunzitsa masewera. Chinthu chotsiriza
mukuganizira kupanga media media. Kotero, pamene bwenzi lachiwonetsero,
Michael Albert adalimbikitsa kufalitsa mabuku omwe angasonyeze ndale,
kusanthula, ndi kutsutsa kwatsopano kumanzere kwa 1960, ndimaganiza kuti zinali (a) zosatheka;
(b) osasamala (osati zakutchire mโmisewu); (c) osati kwa ine, luso langa lili kwina; (d)
kukhala wokonda zachiwerewere, ndipo ndimamaliza kuyeretsa ofesi ndikulemba,
chidziwitso chachikazi osati kupirira.
Pamene ndinawona
bajeti yoyamba yomwe idafuna kukweza, pazaka zitatu zikubwerazi, osachepera
$150,000, nditawona kuti tikulankhula za bizinesi yomwe pamapeto pake idzakhala
kupanga ndalama zoposa $ 1 miliyoni, ndidati izi sizingachoke
pansi. Kumbali ina, tidayimitsa nkhondo pokweza ndalama zothandizira anthu,
Sitinatero? Zedi, pankafunika njira zina zoulutsira nkhani, monga wosintha zinthu,
ndale zaufulu za m'ma 1960 zinali zitakonzedwanso ndi anthu ambiri
media. Zedi, sitinkadziwa chilichonse chokhudza kusindikiza mabuku kapena kumanga
mabungwe, koma sizikutanthauza kuti sitingathe kuyesa.
Choncho monyinyirika,
mu 1976, ndinagwirizana ndi ena asanu ndi aลตiri mโmagawo anthaลตi zonse okonzekera zimene zinadzakhala
South End Press. Ndinali wokonzeka kuchita zimenezi chifukwa ndinali nditatsimikiziridwa kuti zitero
kukhala: (a) zotheka; (b) zosangalatsa (sipakanakhala kukonzanso maulamuliro,
mpikisano wopezera phindu, ndi zina zonse zomwe takhala tikuzidzudzula
zaka); ndipo (d) sizingakhale zosagwirizana ndi kugonana.
Nthawi yotsatira
Chaka, tinapanga chiganizo cha mishoni ndi dongosolo ndi ndondomeko ya a
chitsanzo demokalase kuntchito, anakweza ndalama kugula nyumba ya nsanjika zisanu mu
South End ya Boston komwe tonse tikadakhala ndikugwira ntchito, tidasamukira mnyumbayo,
anagula zida, anakumana ndi ofalitsa ena opita patsogolo kuti aphunzire zoyenera kuchita,
werengani pamakampani osindikiza, makamaka kugawa, komwe kuli makina osindikizira
ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu, tidadziphunzitsa tokha kupanga ndi kusanja mabuku, ndikuphatikizidwa
monga The Institute for Social and Cultural Change, d/b/a South End Press, a
bungwe lopanda phindu, losapereka msonkho. Popeza tinkadziona ngati omenyera ufulu
omwe amasindikiza mabuku, tinakonzanso kupanga malo ogulitsira ambiri atsopano omwe atsala
ndale zomwe tingaganizireโmagazini, magazini, magazini ya chikhalidwe,
sukulu, ulendo wa chikhalidwe, pulogalamu ya pawailesi, maofesi a okamba nkhani, ndi zina.
Pakugwa kwa
1977, asanu ndi mmodzi a ife tinali mโnyumba ina ku South End ya Boston, ndi machitidwe
m'malo mwa gulu logwira ntchito komanso lokhalamo. Atolankhani akanalipira chipinda ndi
bolodi, koma palibe malipiro, kotero aliyense anayenera kupanga ndalama pang'ono pambali. Ife
adadzilengeza tokha kudziko lopita patsogolo la omenyera ufulu, ophunzira, ndi
olemba popanga ndi kutumiza kabuku kofotokozera kathu
ndale, dongosolo ndi ndondomeko, ndondomeko zolembera, ndi kukwezedwa kwathu ndi
mapulani ogawa.
Tinagawana
gwirani ntchito m'magulu awiri: kupanga / kupanga mabuku ndi bizinesi. Aliyense akanatero
kukhala ndi udindo wosankha mabuku oti afalitse ndikuwatulutsa.
Tinali ndi ndondomeko za ndondomeko yathu, kupanga ndi kupanga,
ndi kukwezedwa ndi kugawa. Tidagawa malo abizinesi muzachuma ndi
kusonkhanitsa ndalama; kukwaniritsa (kusungira, kugawa, chithandizo chamakasitomala);
kutsatsa (makatalogu, zotsatsa); ndi kupanga. Ntchito zamabizinesi izi zidasinthidwa
chaka ndi chaka (ndi zosiyana). Ntchito zina, monga kuyankha foni,
kukhala tcheyamani wa misonkhano, makalata olembera makalata, ndi kuyeretsa, anali kusinthidwa pamwezi kapena mlungu uliwonse
maziko. Chotsatira cha dongosolo la ntchitozi chikanakhala, tinkayembekezera, ntchito yolinganiza
zovuta.
Buku lathu loyamba
linatuluka mu January 1978. Tinkapanga mabuku XNUMX mpaka XNUMX chaka chilichonse pambuyo pake. Ife
pafupifupi inasokonekera mu 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984. 1985, etc.
Pakati pa 1977 ndi 1987, onse kupatula awiri omwe adayambitsa adasamukira ku ena
Zochita. Panthaลตiyo, ndinathandiza kupanga mabuku oposa 150 ndi osaลตerengeka
makataloumu, zowulutsa, zotsatsa, ndi nkhani zamakalata. Ndinapita ku zionetsero zamabuku ku Chicago,
Atlanta, London, Frankfurt, ndi Managua. Ndinapita kukalalikira ku Poland
ndi Cuba. Ndinkayenda maulendo awiri pachaka kupita kumalo ogulitsa mabuku ku Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, ndi Washington. Ndinakonzanso mndandanda wa zolemba, zolemba ndi kapena
ankawongolera masewero awiri pachaka, ndipo ankathandiza kulera ana atatu.
Ndikayang'ana m'mbuyo, ine
ndikuganiza kuti panali zifukwa zingapo zazikulu zomwe South End yapambana.
Choyamba, tinayamba
ndi mawu omveka bwino a cholinga. Tinkadziwa cholinga chathu ndi mfundo zake komanso
chifukwa. Zinali papepala kuti mamembala am'tsogolo awone, zinali pa
tsamba laumwini kapena tsamba lakumbuyo la mabuku omwe tasindikiza. Ziribe kanthu zomwe
chuma chinali, mosasamala kanthu za mavuto amkati, cholinga chathu chinali
kuti atulutse mabuku andale aja. Zosankha zofalitsa mabuku zidadziwitsidwa ndi
zomwe timaganiza kuti zithandizira kusanthula mabungwe aku US, ku
zomwe tidazitcha nthawiyo kuti ndale za "totalist".
(kuzindikira kufunikira kwa mtundu, jenda, ndi kalasi), ndi masomphenya ndi
njira zosinthira anthu ambiri.
Chachiwiri, tinali
adatsimikiza kuti asapangenso ma hierarchies ndi kuponderezana kwa ntchito za capitalist-
malo. M'malo mwake, kunali kuyesa kwa demokalase ya kuntchito komwe kunali
gawo lalikulu, losangalatsa la zomwe zidayamba kuwoneka ngati ntchito yaofesi yandale. Iwo
sinali ntchito yophweka kugwiritsa ntchito mfundo zathu za (1) Kupezeka kwa onse
zambiri zokhudzana ndi zisankho za ogwira ntchito onse; (2) Kusalemba ntchito ndi kuwombera
kupatulapo mgwirizano wa polojekiti yonse; (3) Kugawana luso lopeza ndalama,
kotero palibe membala yemwe ali ndi mwayi wopeza ndalama zomwe zikupita patsogolo; (4)
Kupanga zisankho za demokalase, munthu m'modzi voti imodzi ndi chidwi champhamvu
ochepa; (5) Kufanana kwa malipiro; (6) Kufanana kwa magawo a ntchito. Izi zili choncho,
muli ndi anthu omwe adagwirizanitsa mabuku 20 ndipo akhala akuchita bizinesi
kasinthasintha ka 8 ndipo ali ndi mavoti ofanana ndi malipiro ofanana ndi munthu
amene ali theka la usinkhu wawo ndipo wakhala kumeneko kwa miniti imodzi. Mbali inayi,
aliyense adadzipereka kugwirizanitsa mitundu ya ntchito ndikuwonetsetsa kuti ntchito yathu
dongosolo lidalimbikitsa demokalase pantchito m'malo mokhazikitsa gulu,
mtundu, ndi kuponderezana pakati pa amuna ndi akazi.
Chachitatu, tinalipira
kusamala kwambiri bajeti. Tinalandira upangiri wa akauntanti a โmovementโ. Ife
anali anzeru ndipo nthawi zambiri amakhala aukali popempha ndalama. Inde, ife
kuyerekeza kuchuluka kwa mabuku omwe tingagulitse, koma nthawi zonse timadziwa pamene tinali
ndalama zidzatha kuti tithe kusonkhanitsa anzathu ndi owerenga
thandizoโmwamwayi iwo pafupifupi nthawi zonse ankadutsamo.
Chachinayi, tinali
odzipereka ku mfundo zathu koma osinthika pamachitidwe. Mwachitsanzo, mu
kuyambira aliyense amayenera kukhala mbali ya chisankho chilichonse chomwe chapangidwa, kuphatikizapo choyeretsa
kugwiritsa ntchito m'zipinda zosambira ndi kukula kwa mafonti a bukhu lililonse. Kenako tinagawira ena ntchito
kupanga zisankho ndi kudziyimira pawokha m'malo antchito, makamaka poyambitsa chaka chilichonse
chilimwe kupanga ndondomeko. Ndondomeko yobwereranso nthawi zambiri imakhala ndi tsiku loti
kambiranani za mkhalidwe wa dziko ndi mkhalidwe wa atolankhani; tsiku loti tikambirane
kufalitsa zinthu zofunika kwambiri mโchaka chimene chikubwerachi; masiku awiri kukambirana ndondomeko mkati
ndi kapangidwe; tsiku loti tikambirane za kusintha kwa ndondomeko ndi zofunika kupititsa patsogolo,
kusonkhanitsa ndalama, etc.; tsiku lopangira bajeti; ndipo mwachiyembekezo kuti tsiku latsala kuti lipachike
kunja, kusambira, etc. Kukonzekera kwa chaka ndi kuika patsogolo kunatanthauza kuti anthu ndi
madipatimenti adapanga zisankho zawo ndipo adangobwera ku gulu lonse ngati
iwo ankafuna kulimbikitsa kusintha kwa ndondomeko kapena kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zambiri kuposa momwe anakonzera bajeti.
Chachisanu, chathu
dongosolo la demokalase la anthu ambiri ndi chidwi cha anthu ochepa amphamvu
ntchito. Sitinayesepo kuti aliyense agwirizaneโkupatulapo kubweretsa zatsopano
mamembala onse. Mโchenicheni, tinali kufuna kudziลตa kumene kunali kusamvana. Ife
ankafuna kuti anthu ochepa pa chisankho chotsutsa maganizo awo ndi, kupitirira
nthawi zambiri, izi zidatilepheretsa kupanga zisankho mwachangu ndipo ochepa adapambana
kuvotanso. Tidagwiritsanso ntchito mavoti a udzu kwambiri kuti tisawononge maola ambiri
kukangana za chinachake pamene ife tonse timagwirizana popanda kudziwa.
Chachisanu ndi chimodzi, tinali nacho
zosangalatsa, kunena nthabwala, ndi kuseka kwambiri. Sitinkaona kuvutika monga gulu
chida kapena cholinga chaumwini. Zoonadi, tinagwira ntchito mwakhama koma nthawi zonse tinkayesetsa kuzisunga
zosangalatsa komanso kuphatikiza zopindulitsa zina, monga sabata yolipira ya miyezi isanu ndi umodzi.
Mamembala ophatikizidwa adakhalabe okangalika m'magulu osiyanasiyana andale, kapena kulemba kapena kupita
kusukulu kwa nthawi yochepa kapena kuyambitsa ntchito zatsopano. Tinatha kudana ndi capitalism,
makolo, kusankhana mitundu, kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe, kudana kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, ndipo amasangalalabe
masewera, TV, mafilimu, wailesi, nyimbo, chakudya, mabuku achinsinsi, ndi kugula zinthuโmosasamala kanthu za
mfundo yakuti iwo anali makamaka classist, kusankhana mitundu, sexist, homophobic, poizoni, ndi
kusokoneza maganizo. Tinatha kuyamikila kapangidwe kathu, koma kungoti satirize ngati
chabwino.
Mu 1987, pamene a
atolankhani ankawoneka kuti ali ndi vuto lazachuma, Michael Albert ndi ine tinasamukira
chiyambi Z Magazine ndi zina Z-remapulojekiti ogwirizana. Monga mmodzi wa
oyambitsa South End zinali zovuta kuchoka. Zinthu zambiri zidachitika m'mbuyomu
zaka khumi ndinagwira ntchito kumeneko. Zokumbukira zambiri komanso:
- โDzinaโ losatha limatsutsana
zomwe zinakwiya pakati pa kuzitcha izo Mtima wa Chirombo (HOB) Press vs. Seventh Wave
vs. Left Field Books vs. Peace Press vs. People Press, ndi kupitilira. - Nthawi yomwe tinayesera
"kuba" mabuku athu kuchokera kwa wofalitsa woyipa kwambiri yemwe adatenga milungu isanu ndi umodzi
tumizani mabuku athu kumasitolo - Nkhanu pa gombe
paulendo wathu woyamba ku Cape - Misonkhano yam'mawa ya tsiku ndi tsiku
pomwe tidapanga mission statement ndi mfundo zina zonse zomwe
makina osindikizira anakhazikitsidwa, ndi dzuwa kuwala mkati mwa mazenera aatali mu
"nook" pa 127 Pembroke Street, ofesi yathu yoyamba - Chipale chofewa cha 1978 pamene
Boston idatsekedwa ndipo ogwira ntchito onse adasiya ntchito kuti adutse milu
wa chipale chofewa kuti muwone filimu pamodzi - Kupinda ndi kuyika zinthu
maimelo poyang'ana Mafayilo a Rockford pa TV usiku - Kuthamanga ndi Pluto Press
m'mabuku osiyanasiyana - Ulendo wosindikiza ku Cuba
pomwe tidakambirana zolemba za Raymond Chandler ndi mamembala a Jose Marti
yosindikiza - Kuyendera m'modzi mwa olemba athu
ku Poland, akulankhula ndi mamembala a Solidarity, atamva wina akuimba "Bridge
Pa Madzi Ovutaโ mโChipolishi mโsiteshoni yapansi panthaka ya Warsaw; ndi Solidarity
mlembi, yemwe, atafunsidwa kuti ndani adagwira ntchitoyo, adadzipereka, "Amuna palibe chabwino." - Kuyika masamba 600 a
Utatu m'mwezi wa Julayi pamene zonse zidakhazikika pabokosi lowala - Maulendo ogulitsa ku New York,
Philadelphia, ndi Washington, akulendewera pawindo kuyesa kupeza
ogulitsa mabuku - Bokosi la fuse pa 302
Columbus Ave (ofesi yathu yachiwiri) yomwe timakonda kulankhula mokweza, kunamizira
kuti FBI anali kumvetsera - Msonkhano wopezera ndalama uwo
pomwe wopereka malingaliro amafuna kudziwa chifukwa chake timasindikiza "izi
zachikaziโ; amene adanditenga kuti ndikakumane ndi akazi ake ogwira ntchito ndipo, monga ine
taonani, anawafunsa kuti, โKodi ine ndikukusautsani?โ - Kupereka timapepala kwa
Palibe Nukes pa kutsegula kwa China Syndrome; akuimbidwa mlandu
kupanga Three Mile Island kuchitika kuti tigulitse makope ambiri - Antchito athu
wosindikiza wa capitalist akusangalala ndi zonse za Jeremy Brecher's Menyani,
pamene izo zinkapita pansi pa mzere
Kugwira ntchito ku South
End Press inali imodzi mwa nthawi zofunika kwambiri pamoyo wanga. Choncho zikomo kwa amene
idathandizira kuyiyambitsa komanso kwa omwe adasunga zaka 25.
Lydia
Sargent anali woyambitsa nawo komanso membala wa gulu la SEP kuyambira 1977 mpaka 1987.
Pakatikati
zaka
By
Cynthia Peters
Mu 1978, EL Doctorow
adachitira umboni pamaso pa msonkhano wotsutsana ndi kuchulukirachulukira kwa ofalitsa nkhani. Pa
pafupifupi nthawi yomweyo, South End Press, yemwe panthawiyo anali ndi chaka chimodzi, anali kukonzekera
sindikizani mutu wa Noam Chomsky ndi Edward S. Herman, The Washington
Connection ndi Third World Fascism. Zosindikizidwa koyamba, zosindikizidwa, komanso ngakhale
zolengezedwa ndi Warner Modular Publications, Washington Connection anali
zathetsedwa mwadzidzidzi.
Kupulumutsidwa ndi South
End Press, bukuli lidakhudza kwambiri owerenga masauzande ambiri. Ine ndinali
mmodzi wa iwo. Ndinawerenga m'chaka changa chatsopano ku koleji ndipo ndinayamba
kumvetsetsa kwa nthawi yoyamba chifukwa chake mabanja omwe ndimawadziwa ndikukulira
McLean, Virginia (mzinda wakwawo wa CIA) nthawi zonse amapita kudziko lonse lapansi
madera otentha monga Vietnam, Indonesia, ndi Zaire. Zinanditsegula maso ku ntchito
za mabungwe aku US ndikundiyika panjira yopita kudziko lazandale.
Mu 1983, chaka
Ndinayamba kugwira ntchito ku South End, Ben Bagdikian adasindikiza Media okhawo,
momwe adanenera nkhani yowopsa yoti mabungwe 50 okha ndi omwe amawongolera
ambiri mwa media media. Monga kampani yotchuka yakale yosindikiza, Simon
ndi Schuster, adagulitsidwa ku Gulf ndi Western ndipo adasinthidwanso ngati gawo la
Paramount Pictures, ndi okonza tweed-jacketed mu makampani osindikiza anali
m'malo mwake omaliza maphunziro a Business School, South End Press adapanga belu
mutu wachiwiri wa hooks, Chiphunzitso cha Feminist. Tinatumiza a Chomsky Zowopsa
Triangle kwa chosindikizira, ikani zomaliza pa Cherrie Moraga's
Kukonda M'zaka za Nkhondo, adasaina Cindy Patton kuti alembe za ndale za
AIDS ndi Michael Bronski kuti afotokoze za chikhalidwe cha gay, ndipo adatulutsa mutu pambuyo pake
udindo wopereka gulu lomwe likukula ku Central America solidarity movement.
Osati pamenepo
sizinali zovuta. Pamsonkhano woyamba wa SEP womwe ndidakhalapo nawo, waukulu
mutu unali ubwino wachibale wa kulengeza bankirapuse ndi kuyambanso
pansi pa dzina latsopano. Panali ndalama zochepa kwambiri, ngongole zambiri, ndipo sizinali zambiri
anthu okonzeka kubwereketsa ndalama ku gulu lodziyimira pawokha, lodziyimira pawokha
wosindikiza, kuyesera kuti apite nazo mu mochulukira wolamulidwa ndi
makampani okonda makampani. Koma zinali zoonekeratu kuti palibe aliyense pamsonkhano umenewo
tebulo anali wokhoza kusiya. Iwo anali atagwira ntchito zaka zingapo zoyambirira popanda malipiro,
adagwira ntchito zam'mbali kuti apeze ndalama, ndipo adachepetsa ndalama pakukhazikitsa
malo okhala mkati ndi kuzungulira zida zaofesi. Iwo anali atapanga zolimba
zisankho zokhuza ngongole ndipo adatsimikizira olemba ndi ena kwa iwo
ali ndi ngongole kuti akhale oleza mtima, ndi kuyang'ana pa mphoto ya nthawi yaitali.
Za ine,
zinali zatsopano ku ntchito zandale panthawiyo, unali mwayi waukulu
kuchitira umboni osati kudzipereka kolimba, komanso masomphenya omwe adatengera
tsogolera atolankhani m'zaka zoyambirira izi. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti kwa chinachake chonga
South End kuti apulumuke, anthu amayenera kukhala okonzeka kugwira ntchito molimbika kwambiri. Koma, mu a
njira, imeneyo inali gawo lophweka. Chovuta kwambiri chinali kusunga wachibale
kufunikira kwa polojekiti yathu poyang'ana pamene tikukumana ndi zopinga za tsiku ndi tsiku
ndi zovuta. Tinayenera kukhala ndi chidaliro kuti titenge foni ndikupempha
mitu yochokera kwa olembaโndi mabuku amenewo kaลตirikaลตiri akuimira zaka za ntchitoโngakhale
ngakhale sitikanawalonjeza zaulemu ndipo, moona mtima, sitinathe kulonjeza
tidzakhalapo chaka chotsatira. Tinayenera kupita patsogolo podziwa kuti njira yotsimikizika
kusakhalapo chaka chamawa kungakhale kusaimba foni. Ndipo palibe
zinali zodula kwambiri m'mawu andale - m'mabuku osasindikizidwa, malingaliro osapangidwa,
kusanthula sikunapezekeโkuposa mtengo wa kukanidwa kapena kuoneka wopusa
kapena kukangananso nkhani ya Press, yomwe ambiri adayinyoza ngati a
pipi loto.
Anzanga
ankaganiza kuti ntchito yosindikiza mabuku inkamveka ngati yosangalatsa, koma sankadziwa kuti inatheka bwanji
nthawi yochuluka yomwe ndimakhala ndikuzungulira mkati ndi kunja kwa maola awiri ndikulemba mashifiti. Mabuku anadza
m'mapepala m'masiku amenewo, ndipo zinkayenera kuyimiridwanso kwathunthu pa typesetter.
Tidagwiritsa ntchito sera yotentha kuti tiyike zokonza zodulidwa za lumo pa bukhu lopangidwa ndi zithunzi
masamba-kuwonjezera zigawo zambiri zowongolera kuti tsamba lokonzekera kamera nthawi zina
zinkaoneka ngati zitunda za mโmbali mwa phiri looneka bwino. Panalinso
ntchito yovuta kwambiri yonyamula mabuku kupita kwa owerengera, kuyika zotsatsa
zowulutsira m'maenvulopu, kuyankha mafoni, ndi kupanga zisankho zowawa kwambiri
zomwe zimakhala zovuta kwambiri, zolipira-kapena-kufa zingapeze cheke, ndi ziti
amalandila foni yofotokoza momwe "chekecho chidali m'makalata."
Pa mkonzi
Misonkhano timakambirana za zomwe zili ndi mndandanda wamtsogolo komanso pamatchulidwe apachaka
tinakambirana za masomphenya a ndale ndi udindo wa Press kumanzere, koma chiyani
Ndinaphunzira kwambiri m'zaka zoyambirirazo chinali kutsimikizira zolinga za nthawi yaitali
(masomphenya) amalamulira zisankho za tsiku ndi tsiku, kufunikira kopanga kusinthasintha kwamphamvu
mabungwe omwe amalimbikitsa demokalase yapantchito, ndi lonjezo lokhazikika la
demystifying ukatswiri.
Ndi chakhumi chake
chikumbutso, a Press adawoneka kuti adachoka kumapeto kwa
mavuto azachuma. Banki idatitsekera m'malo ndipo idagulitsa brownstone yathu
mu mbiri yakale ya Boston South End, zomwe zimatiloleza kuthana ndi zoyipa kwambiri
ngongole, ndipo tinakhala mmodzi mwa oyamba mu makampani kusintha kwa desk-pamwamba
kusindikiza. Palibenso kulemba tome zamasamba 600 kuyambira poyambira; tinataya sera yotentha
makina ndikuchotsa matebulo oyala. Ndi ndalama mu nthawi ya ntchito ndi a
mndandanda wambiri wam'mbuyo wa maudindo opitilira 200, South End pamapeto pake idayamba kupanga bwino
pa ngongole yake yachifumu.
Mabuku a SEP amasungidwa
kuswa maziko atsopano. Liberating Theory, yolembedwa ndi Michael
Albert, Noam Chomsky, Robin Hahnel, Mel King, Lydia Sargent, ndi Holly Sklar,
khazikitsani njira ina yophatikizira ndi kupitilira mono-focused
ziphunzitso, monga marxism, anarchism, feminism, ndi nationalism. Ndi mabuku anayi
Pamndandanda ndi ndowe za belu ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi ndi Noam Chomsky, pamodzi ndi ena ambiri
maudindo pamndandanda wakumbuyo womwe unapanga malonda olimba, tinatha kuthandizira
kukhazikitsidwa kwa olemba atsopano ndikukhalabe amoyo mulingo wotsutsana, kusanthula, ndi masomphenya
kuti mwina sakanapeza potulukira.
Mu 1989, South
Mapeto adathandizira kukhazikitsidwa kwa Speak Out!โBungwe la Oyankhula lopangidwa ndi athu ambiri
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ndikugwiritsa ntchito masabata omwe akhala akuyembekezeredwa kwa nthawi yayitali kupita ku Nicaragua ndi El Salvador ku
thandizani zoyesayesa zofalitsa mโmaiko amenewo. Todd ndi ine pambuyo pake
adapita ku ntchito ina, koma ntchito ya atolankhani ikupitilira m'manja mwa
mamembala atsopano oyenerera.
Chinthu chimodzi chimenecho
zinali zoonekeratu kwa zaka zambiri kuti udindo wathu sunali kungopulumutsa
maudindo, koma tinali kusunga mikangano yambiri yomwe imaphatikizapo a
kutsutsa kwakukulu kwa mabungwe akuluakulu. Pamodzi ndi ma media ena,
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kumwa. Ili ndi mndandanda wamphamvu wakumbuyo, wodziwa zambiri, komanso wotsogola
mitu yatsopano yomwe imakhudza zovuta zamasiku ano, monga kudalirana kwa mayiko,
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demokalase yamkati ndi kudzilamulira, kuthekera kwake kuphwanya mtundu, jenda
ndi zolepheretsa m'kalasi kuntchito sizimapangitsa kukhala chitsanzo chokha, komanso a
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ntchito zomwe zimasiya anthu ena kuti aziyang'anira zomwe zili ndi zina
ndi kuchichita.
Cynthia
Peters anali wogwira ntchito ku SEP kuyambira 1983 mpaka 1995.
At
Kutembenuka kwa Zaka zana
Ndi Loie
Hayes
Kumene Press mu
Zaka za m'ma 1980 zidapereka chidwi kwambiri ku mfundo zakunja za US ku Central America,
pambuyo putative chigonjetso cha capital pa Soviet version of socialism ndi
kusokonekera kwenikweni kwa boma la Sandinista ku Nicaragua, ambiri a SEP
owerenga ndi olemba sanadziwe njira zomwe angagwiritsire ntchito popitilira
kudzipereka ku dziko labwino. Kusindikizidwa kwa South End mu 1993 Global Visions:
Pambuyo pa New World Order, anthology yolembedwa ndi Jeremy Brecher, John
Brown Childs, ndi Jill Cutler, amatanthauza kusintha kwa kuganiza kumanzere ndi m'maganizo
Press' mndandanda.
Pamene m'nyumba
mayendedwe adapitilira kukhala chofunikira chathu choyamba, pang'onopang'ono timawonjezera zathu
kumvetsetsa kwachikhalidwe cha imperialism ndi mgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi ndi a
masomphenya ochulukirapo omwe Brecher, et al., adatcha transnationalism kapena
kudalirana kwa mayiko kuchokera pansi. Mabuku osiyanasiyana monga a John Feffer Shock Waves:
Eastern Europe Pambuyo pa Revolutions, Reebee Garofalo's Rockin 'Boat:
Nyimbo Zamisala ndi Kusuntha Kwamisa, ndi anthology Cynthia Peters chikole
Zowonongeka: Dongosolo Ladziko Latsopano Panyumba ndi Kunja anachititsa chidwi mmene
Likulu la dziko lonse lapansi linali kugwedeza mchira wa mphamvu zankhondo zaku US komanso momwe zimakhalira padziko lonse lapansi
mayendedwe angagwiritsidwe ntchito kuchepetsa mphamvu zopondereza m'nyumba,
militarism, ndi kudalirana kwa mayiko-kuchokera pamwamba. Pofika kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1990, kudalirana kwa mayiko
zakhala zikuyang'ana kwambiri ku US ambiri omwe adatsalira.
Monga mawu
kuchokera kum'mwera kwapadziko lonse, monga Vandana Shiva ndi Saskia Sassen ku Global Visions,
anali kutsutsana za udindo waukulu kutsogolera nkhondo yolimbana ndi mayiko
capital, anthu amitundu ku US anali kukweza mawu awo kufuna
utsogoleri mu kayendetsedwe ka chilungamo cha chilengedwe ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu kunyumba. M'kati mwa
Gulu la South End Press, anthu amitundu adakhala ambiri koyambirira
M'zaka za m'ma 1990 ndipo tinayambitsa Race and Resistance Series kuti tilembe zidziwitso
ndi zovuta zomwe zimaperekedwa ndi mayendedwe okhwima omwe amachokera ku fuko. Ife
adapitilizabe kusanthula mtundu, jenda, ndi kalasi kudzera m'mabuku monga
Anthology ya John Anner Beyond Identity Politics: Emerging Social Movements in
Madera Amitundu. Amagwira ntchito ngati a Teresa Amott ndi a Julie Mattaei Mpikisano,
Jenda, ndi Ntchito: Mbiri Yazachuma ya Akazi Amitundu Yambiri ku United States
States zinapereka chidziwitso chochuluka chomwe chinagwirizanitsa kudziwika ndi zachuma.
Pa nthawiyo I
anayamba kugwira ntchito pa Press mu 1988, tinayamba kulankhula za kutha
nthawi yodzizunza yomwe idatsimikizira kuti atolankhani apulumuka
ukhanda. Pamafotokozedwe antchito omwe cholinga chake ndi kukopa mamembala atsopano,
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40. Mapeto a mlungu omwe gulu la ogwira ntchito linapambana zaka makumi angapo m'mbuyomo lidafika
ku gulu. Tidazindikiranso kuti atolankhani sangakoke anthu ambiri
ofunsira kunja kwa makalasi olipidwa ngati sitinapereke malipiro amoyo. Ife
ngakhale adalenga wathu woyamba, ndipo mpaka-date yekha, malipiro kusiyana mu mawonekedwe a
ndalama zothandizira ana / okalamba zilipo kwa iwo omwe amazifuna.
Izi zochepa
ndandanda yolemetsa yogwira ntchito idakhala gawo lalikulu la moyo wathu munthawi yamavuto
kuphatikiza kwamakampani opanga mabuku komwe kunayesa kwambiri chitetezo chandalama
wa Press. Ndi kuphatikiza, malonda otsika, ndi kubweza kwakukulu kufinya zazikulu ndi zazing'ono
ofalitsa chimodzimodzi, tinayenera kuimitsa ntchito yatsopano ndikuchepetsa kuphatikizika
mamembala asanu ndi atatu mpaka anayi pasanathe chaka. Nthawi yowawa iyi
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zomwe taphunzira m'nthawi imeneyo, tayala maziko kuti tigwire bwino ntchito
dongosolo lazachuma.
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South End ikukula pang'onopang'ono komanso pang'onopang'ono, kuwonetsa zonse zomwe tachita bwino
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okonza ofuna kukulitsa machitidwe a demokalase mu demokalase yadzina iyi.
Adasiya media mkati
makamaka chakula kwambiri kuyambira pomwe SEP idayamba. Tsopano pali ena ambiri
osindikiza opita patsogolo, odziyimira pawokha kuposa ochepa omwe adatsogolera South End Press.
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Loie Hayes
wakhala membala wa gulu kwa zaka 15 zapitazi.