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Kumayambiriro kwa 1968, ndinali kukhala m’nyumba ya anthu wamba ku Hackney ndikulingalira kukhala, kupanda pake, nkhani zachikondi zosokonekera ndi milu yochapira, osadziŵa kwenikweni za chipwirikiti chimene chaka chatsopano chidzadzetsa.
Zochitika zidayamba; Gulu la Vietnamese National Liberation Front lidakwera Zokhumudwitsa motsutsana ndi asitikali aku America, kutumiza uthenga wosaiwalika padziko lonse lapansi kuti kukana mphamvu zochulukirapo kunali kotheka. Kuphedwa kwa Martin Luther King ndi Enoch Powell “mitsinje ya magazi” kuukira anthu obwera m'mayiko ena kunabweretsa changu. Kupanduka kunkaoneka ngati kuli paliponse; Ophunzira ndi antchito anaphulika ku Paris, ku Prague, ku Pakistan, Philippines, Mexico, Kenya. Ku Britain, akazi ankachita zionetsero za malipiro ofanana ndipo ku United States anachita zionetsero zotsutsa mipikisano yokongola.
Zigawenga zidabweretsa chikhulupiliro chotsimikizika kuti kusintha kukubwera ndipo izi zidalimbikitsa kukhala ndi mphamvu. Isanafike 1968 ndinali wochirikiza kumanzere koma pa 25 masika amenewo, ndinadzimva kuti ndili ndi udindo woganiza ndi kuchitapo kanthu. Palibe chimene chikanatengedwa mopepuka.
Zochita zinabweretsa malingaliro ambiri mu 1968 omwe adawoneka kuti akutsutsa kukula kwa ndale. Patapita nthawi yaitali nyimbozo zitafa, zinasiya chizindikiro pamagulu okhwima omwe adatsatirapo. Mu 1968 kuphunzira ndi kuchita, chiphunzitso ndi kukumana zinawoneka kuti zimabwera palimodzi. Pamene malire anali kutsika, tinkatsutsa kusiyana pakati pa moyo waumwini ndi ndale. Tinkaganiza kuti demokalase ikukhudza mbali zonse za moyo. Izi zinali mphamvu zomwe pambuyo pake zidalowa mumsonkhano woyamba waufulu wa amayi ku Oxford mu 1970 mpaka koyambirira. Kumasulidwa Kwa Gay misonkhano. Kugonana, mimba, kubereka, kubereka, ntchito zapakhomo ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu zimatengedwa ngati ndale monga malipiro ndi ubwino.
Kale m’zaka za m’ma 1960 magulu oponderezedwa monga amayi osakwatiwa, osowa pokhala, anthu olumala akhala akunena kuti ali ndi ufulu wofotokoza mavuto awoawo ndi kupeza njira zothetsera mavutowo. Ku America gulu lomenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe ndi mphamvu zakuda zinali zophiphiritsira zotsutsa malo olekanitsa komanso malingaliro amitundu. Mu 1968, zidziwitso zatsopano zandale izi zidasinthana kukhala masomphenya a kumasulidwa kwa anthu omwe amakana kuletsa chikhalidwe. Munthawi iyi, zidawoneka zotheka kukhala ndi njira zatsopano zolumikizirana, mosiyanasiyana mitundu yamoyo, ngakhale malingaliro osinthika omwe amatsatiridwa ndi akatswiri ojambula ndi amatsenga.
Tikayang’ana m’mbuyo, n’zachionekere kuti mawonedwe owululidwa ameneŵa sanangochokera kumayendedwe a chipanduko. Kapangidwe ka chitaganya cha chikapitalist kanayamba kusuntha m’njira yosawonekera bwino panthaŵiyo. Kodi tikanadziwa bwanji kuti kupatsidwa mphamvu kungakhale tikiti yamaloto a adman kapena kuti msika ukhoza kuyang'ana bwino kwambiri zamunthu. Ndizosatheka kudziwa momwe kuthekera kwaufulu kungasokonezedwe m'mikangano yotsutsana yokhudza zotsutsana za kuponderezana ndi zokambirana zachitukuko zokhudzana ndi chikhalidwe zomwe zidaphimba kuzindikira kosagwirizana ndi kupanda chilungamo.
Zaka makumi anayi mtsogolo, titha kuwona kuti zigawenga za 1968 zidagwirizana ndi kusintha kwa ma capitalism. Kutsegula ndi kubwezeretsa zidawonekera pamodzi. M'kupita kwa nthawi, zokopa zinawonekera m'maloto a kumasulidwa, kusintha ndi kutenga nawo mbali. Tsitsi la 68ers linayera ndipo iwo adachepera. Komabe kukumbukira kudakhalapo: zinthu sizinali zosasinthika, ngakhale kusintha sikungabwere mwanjira yomwe mumayembekezera.
M'zaka za m'ma 1990, pamene capitalism inkawoneka yopambana komanso yofalikira, magulu atsopano otsutsa adawonekera. Oyang'anira zachilengedwe ndi ogwirizanitsa padziko lonse lapansi adafuna kuti pakhale kusintha kwabwino komanso mgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi. Tsopano mbadwo wina wa omenyera ufulu padziko lonse lapansi ukufunafuna njira ina m'malo mwa ulamuliro, umbombo ndi mpikisano. Ngakhale zinali zosiyana, apezanso mphamvu ya chiyembekezo yomwe idawonetsa kupanduka kwa 1968.
Kuti mumve zambiri komanso kuti mulowe nawo mkangano wokhudza cholowa cha Meyi 1968, dinani Pano.
Werengani zambiri za chaka cha kuwukira Pano.
Sheila Rowbotham ndi wolemba komanso wolemba nkhani waku Britain socialist feminist. Panopa ndi Pulofesa wa Gender and Labor History, Sociology ku yunivesite ya Manchester, England.
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