Pofufuza filimu yatsopano, ndakhala ndikuwonera zolemba zakale kuyambira 1980s, nthawi ya Ronald Reagan ndi 'nkhondo yake yachinsinsi' yolimbana ndi Central America. Chochititsa chidwi ndi bodza losalekeza. Dipatimenti yabodza idakhazikitsidwa pansi pa Reagan ndi dzina la coy, 'office of public diplomacy'. Cholinga chake chinali kufalitsa zabodza za 'azungu' ndi 'akuda' - mabodza - komanso kunyoza atolankhani omwe adanena zoona. Pafupifupi zonse zomwe Reagan ananena pankhaniyi zinali zabodza. Mobwerezabwereza, iye anachenjeza anthu a ku America za 'chiwopsezo chayandikira' kuchokera ku mayiko ang'onoang'ono osauka omwe ali pakati pa makontinenti awiri a kumadzulo kwa dziko lapansi. "Central America ili pafupi kwambiri ndipo njira zake ndizokwera kwambiri kuti tisanyalanyaze kuopsa kwa maboma kulanda mphamvu ndi maubwenzi ankhondo ku Soviet Union," adatero. Nicaragua inali 'malo a Soviet' ndipo 'communism yatsala pang'ono kulanda Caribbean. United States, adatero purezidenti, 'ikuchita nkhondo yolimbana ndi uchigawenga, nkhondo yomenyera ufulu'.
Zonse zikumveka bwino bwanji. Ingosinthani Soviet Union ndi communism ndi al-Qaeda, ndipo muli pakali pano. Ndipo zonsezo zinali zongopeka. Soviet Union inalibe maziko kapena mapangidwe ku Central America; mโmalo mwake, Asovieti anaumirira kukana mapempho oti awathandize. Zithunzi zoseketsa za 'malo osungiramo mizinga' zomwe akuluakulu aku America adapereka ku United Nations zinali zoyambira zabodza zomwe a Colin Powell adalankhula polimbikitsa zida zankhondo zaku Iraq zomwe sizinalipobe ku Security Council mu 2003.
Pomwe mabodza a Powell adatsegula njira yakuukira kwa Iraq komanso kuphedwa mwankhanza kwa anthu osachepera 100,000, mabodza a Reagan adabisala kuukira kwake ku Nicaragua, El Salvador ndi Guatemala. Pamapeto pa nthawi ziwiri, anthu 300,000 anali atamwalira. Ku Guatemala, ma proxies ake - okhala ndi zida komanso ophunzitsidwa kuzunzidwa ndi CIA - adafotokozedwa ndi UN ngati omwe adapha anthu.
Pali kusiyana kumodzi kwakukulu lero. Uwu ndiye mulingo wa kuzindikira pakati pa anthu kulikonse za cholinga chenicheni cha Bush ndi a Blair 'nkhondo yowopsa' komanso kukula ndi kusiyanasiyana kwa zomwe anthu amatsutsa. Mโmasiku a Reagan, mfundo yakuti pulezidenti ndi nduna zazikulu ananama mwadala, ankangoona kuti nโzachilendo; Mabodza a Nixon a Watergate adanenedwa kuti ndi odabwitsa chifukwa apurezidenti sananama.
Pafupifupi palibe amene amakhulupirira zimenezo. Ku Britain, chifukwa cha Blair, kusintha kwanyengo kwa anthu kwachitika. Osachepera 80 peresenti amamuona ngati wabodza; 82 peresenti amakhulupirira kuti kutenthetsa kwake kunali chifukwa chachikulu cha mabomba a London; 72 peresenti amakhulupirira kuti wapanga dziko lino kukhala chandamale. Palibe nduna yamakono yomwe yakhala ikuvutitsidwa ndi chidziwitso chotere. Kuphatikiza apo, anthu ambiri amakayikirabe za kutsimikizika kwa 'chiwembu' chophulitsa ndege zomwe zikuuluka kuchokera ku Heathrow. Kudzikweza kwaposachedwa kwa Mlembi Wamkati (Mtumiki Wamkati) a John Reid akukanidwa ndi anthu ambiri, komanso kutsatsa kwa Treasurer Gordon Brown ngati munthu yemwe adabweretsa chitukuko chachuma ku Britain pomwe amalipira ndalama zambiri zachifumu. ulendo. Anthu opitilira atatu mwa anayi a anthu amakhulupirira kuti a Brown ndi a Blair angolemeretsa (YouGov ndi Guardian/ICM).
Mwachidziwitso changa, luntha lachidziwitso la anthu ndi makhalidwe abwino nthawi zonse zakhala patsogolo pa omwe amati amalankhula za anthu. Chimene Vandana Shiva amachitcha 'kuukira kwa chidziwitso chogonjetsedwa' chikuwonjezeka ku Britain ndi padziko lonse lapansi, mwina kuposa kale lonse, chifukwa cha kutsitsimuka kwa mayiko mothandizidwa ndi matekinoloje atsopano. Pomwe Reagan amatha kuthawa mabodza ake ambiri, Bush ndi Blair sangatero. Anthu amadziwa kwambiri. Ndipo pali kukhalapo kwa mbiriyakale; palibe mphamvu yachifumu yomwe yatha kuchirikiza nkhondo zitatu zachitsamunda nthawi imodzi mpaka kalekale.
Izi zili choncho kale ku United States ndi Britain ku Afghanistan, kumene ulamuliro wa zidole wa 'demokalase' uli m'mavuto odziลตika bwino ndipo asilikali a ku Britain omwe anazingidwa akuyenera kuitanitsa mabomba a ku America, omwe, pa 26 August, anapha anthu 13 othawa, kuphatikizapo asanu ndi anayi. ana, a
nkhanza wamba.
Ku Iraq, mosiyana ndi bodza lophatikizidwa kuti kuphana tsopano kuli pafupifupi magulu ampatuko, 70 peresenti ya mabomba a 1,666 anaphulika ndi kutsutsa mu July adalunjika kwa anthu a ku America ndi 20 peresenti motsutsana ndi apolisi a puppet. Anthu wamba ovulala adafika 10 peresenti. Mwa kuyankhula kwina, mosiyana ndi chilango chomwe chinaperekedwa ndi US, monga kuphedwa kwa anthu zikwi zingapo ku Fallujah, kukana kumenyana kwenikweni ndi nkhondo yankhondo ndipo ikupambana. Choonadi chimenecho chaponderezedwa, monga momwe zinalili ku Vietnam.
Ku Lebanon, chitsanzocho chikupitirirabe. Kulimbana ndi zida zamphamvu zikwi zingapo kwatsitsa gulu lankhondo lachisanu lamphamvu padziko lonse lapansi, lomwe limaperekedwa ndikuthandizidwa ndi mphamvu zazikulu. Zambiri zomwe tikudziwa. Chomwe sichidziwika ndi gawo lodabwitsa komanso lotsimikizika lomwe anthu opanda zida akummwera kwa Lebanon adachita. Zomwe zimanenedwa ngati njira ya anthu omwe adazunzidwa, chiwonetsero cha anthu akubwerera kunyumba zawo chinali chiwonetsero chamwano komanso kukana. Pa 13 Ogasiti, gulu lankhondo la Israeli litayandikira kum'mwera kwa Lebanon, adachenjeza anthu kuti asabwerere kunyumba zawo. Zimenezi zinanyalanyazidwa pafupifupi mwamuna, mkazi ndi mwana, amene anasiya malo othaลตa kwawo naloลตera kumโmwera, akumadutsa mโmisewu ndi zizindikiro zoลตanitsa za chipambano.
Mboni yowona ndi maso, Simon Assaf, anafotokoza za 'magulu a anthu am'deralo omwe ali m'mphepete mwa msewu akukonza njira pokoka milu ya chingwe chamagetsi, zinyalala ndi zitsulo zopindika zomwe zinali zitangochuluka mumsewuwu. Mtsinje watsopano wa magalimoto ukhoza kupangika mwachangu pakuphwanyidwa kulikonse kwa zibwibwizo. Panalibe asilikali kapena apolisi . . . anali anthu akumaloko omwe amawongolera magalimoto, kuwongolera magalimoto kudutsa ma craters oopsa ndikukankhira mabasi m'njira zafumbi kuzungulira milatho yomwe idagwa. Pamene anali kuyandikira nyumba zawo, othaลตawowo anali kupanga zionetsero zazikulu. Tauni ndi tawuni, mudzi ndi mudzi unabwezedwanso. Pokhala opanda mphamvu zolimbana ndi mafunde aumunthu ameneลตa, Aisrayeli anasiya malo awo nayamba kuthaลตira kumalire. Kusefukira kwa anthu kumeneku kunatuluka mโchigulu cha anthu chimene chinali chisanachitikepo nโkale lonse chimene chinakula mโdziko lonselo pamene mabomba anali kugwa.โ
Kukaniza kwa Lebanon, okhala ndi zida komanso opanda zida, akuchokera pachitsime chofanana ndi mayendedwe ena padziko lonse lapansi. Aliyense waphunzira kuyika pambali kusiyana kwamagulu ake pamaso pa mdani wamba - ufumu wofalikira ndi ma proxies ake. Ku Bolivia, dziko losauka kwambiri ku Latin America, boma loyamba la anthu ammudzi kuyambira ku ukapolo ku Spain lidasankhidwa mwachiwopsezo chaka chino, pambuyo poti mazana masauzande a campesinos opanda zida komanso omwe kale anali ogwira ntchito m'migodi adakumana ndi mfuti zankhondo zomwe zidatumizidwa ndi wolamulira wankhanza wa oligarchic, Gonzalo. Sanchez de Lozada. Poyenda pa likulu la mzinda wa La Paz, anamukakamiza kuthaลตira ku United States, kumene anatumiza mamiliyoni ake. Izi zinatsatira kukana kwaunyinji kwa madzi a Cochabamba, mzinda wachiwiri wa Bolivia, ndi kulandidwa kwake ndi mgwirizano wolamulidwa ndi kampani yamphamvu ya Bechtel. Tsopano Bechtel nayenso wakakamizika kuthawa.
Ku Latin America konse, magulu okana kukana achuluka kwambiri moti tsopano aposa maphwando amwambo. Ku Venezuela, amapereka chithandizo chodziwika bwino pakusintha kwa Hugo Chavez. Popeza zidatulukira zokha mu 1989 panthawi ya Caracazo, kuphulika kwa mkwiyo wandale motsutsana ndi kugonjera kwa Venezuela ku zofuna za msika waulere za IMF ndi World Bank, apereka malingaliro ndi mphamvu zomwe boma la Chavez likuukira mliri waumphawi.
Kuno kumadzulo, pamene anthu akusiya zipani za ndale zomwe poyamba ankaganiza kuti ndi zawo, pali zambiri zoti tiphunzire kuchokera ku magulu otsutsa mโmalo oopsa ndi njira zawo zochitira zinthu mwachindunji. Tili ndi zitsanzo zathu ku Britain, monga momwe tapindulira pokana kukana kwa a Blair ndi a Brown ku National Health Service mwachinsinsi. Chimphona cha ku America, United Health Europe, chaletsedwa kuyang'anira ntchito za GP (zachipatala) ku Derbyshire, pambuyo poti anthu ammudzi sanafunsidwe ndikumenyana nawo. Pat Smith, wapenshoni, adatengera mlandu kukhoti ndikupambana. 'Izi zikuwonetsa zomwe mphamvu za anthu zingachite,' adatero, ngati akulankhula ndi mamiliyoni.
Palibe kusiyana pakati pa kampeni yotsutsa ya Pat Smith ndi ya anthu aku Cochabamba omwe anakana kupereka pafupifupi theka la ndalama zawo ku kampani ya ku America kuti apeze madzi. Palibe kusiyana pakati pa gulu la anthu lomwe linawona kuti adani a Israeli akuthawa ndi kugwedezeka kwa anthu kulikonse pamene akudziwa tanthauzo lenileni la zokhumba ndi chinyengo cha Bush ndi msilikali wake, omwe akufuna kuti tizichita mantha nthawi zonse. akuopsezedwa ndi 'uchigawenga' pamene zoona zake n'zakuti zigawenga zazikulu kuposa zonse ndi zigawenga.
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