“… Tangoganizani kuti, chifukwa cha njirazi, chuma chafika poipa ndipo ulova wakwera kufika pa 800%; kenako pulezidenti adalonjezanso $16bn ina pakuchepetsa ndalama ndikukweza msonkho chaka chino. Kodi mukuganiza kuti anthu angatani? Zingakhale zofanana ndi zomwe tikuwona ku Greece lero, kuphatikizapo ziwonetsero zazikulu ndi ziwawa - chifukwa ndi zomwe boma la Greece lachita. Manambala omwe ali pamwambawa amangosinthidwa kuti agwirizane ndi kukula kwa chuma chambiri. Zachidziwikire, boma la US silingayerekeze kuchita zomwe boma la Greece lachita: kumbukirani kuti nkhondo yolimbana ndi bajeti mu Epulo, yomwe ma House Republicans adawopseza kuti atseka boma, idachepetsa ndalama zokwana $ 400bn. …”
-Mark Weisbrot
Pakati pa mwezi wa June a Mark Weisbrot adatifunsa, mwachidwi, zomwe anthu aku US angayankhe ngati boma la US likadakhala likugwiritsa ntchito mfundo zokhwima zomwe boma la Greece likukakamiza anthu ake a 'Troika' - IMF, European Central Bank (ECB) , ndi EU - mu chidutswa chomwe adalemba mu The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/jun/17/greece-bailout-austerity). Kuyambira pamenepo, zambiri zachitika, ndipo kwakhala kupitiriza kwa mfundo za pamwamba-pansi, zowonekeratu zopanda demokalase. 'Aganaktismeni' (mtundu wachi Greek wa gulu lopangidwa ku Spain 'Indignados') akupitilizabe ku Syntagma Square, ndi mabwalo ena ku Greece. Akuluakulu a zipani ziwiri zandale zachi Greek (PASOK ndi New Democracy) akupitilizabe kutsagana ndi osankhidwa a Euro ndi Wall Street, pomwe magulu andale olimba mtima komanso owopsa akupitiliza kulimbikitsa kusintha ndikukankhira nkhani zawo zavutoli.
Chabwino, ponena za funso la Weisbrot lonena za momwe Achimereka - makamaka achinyamata aku America - angayankhire izi, zodziwika ndi kuchepetsa ndalama zambiri NDI kuwonjezeka kwakukulu kwa misonkho, ndili ndi chidziwitso champhamvu chogawana nawo kuchokera m'munda. Ophunzira anga khumi ndi awiri ochokera ku yunivesite ya Pittsburgh anamaliza maphunziro awo a milungu inayi kunja kwa dziko, akuchita maphunziro awiri ozama: Ideology & Social Change - kuyang'ana kwambiri zovuta zomwe zikuchitika padziko lonse ndi momwe zikukhudzira Greece; ndi Community & Tourism Analysis - komwe adatha kuwona momwe vutoli likukhudzira anthu, Agiriki ndi alendo, pansi. Mu ntchito yawo, zokambirana zawo, ndi kuwunika kwawo komaliza ophunzira anga aakazi onse a ku America -kuyambira a Sophomores obwera kupita ku Akuluakulu omaliza maphunziro - anali ndi zambiri zoti anene.
Monga maziko, ndiloleni ndinene kuti tinavumbula ophunzira ku kuwerenga ndi kusanthula kosiyanasiyana pamutuwu, ndipo tinakonza zokambitsirana kuchokera kumagulu onse a ndale, perekani kapena kutenga zochepa. Tinali ndi ulaliki wochokera ku gulu loganiza bwino lomwe lidafotokoza momveka bwino za mizere yovomerezeka ndi gulu lachi Greek la zipani ziwiri, tidamva kuchokera kwa nthumwi ya Unduna wa Zakunja, kuchokera kwa kazembe wakale waku US, akuluakulu a chipani kuchokera ku zipani zing'onozing'ono. mphunzitsi wapasukulu/blogger ndi ambiri, anthu ambiri amitundu ndi mitundu yonse m’misewu ya Athens, Peloponnese, Crete, and Karpathos. Onse okamba nkhani anali ndi chidziwitso pamalingaliro awo. Ndipo zokambiranazo nthawi zambiri zimatitengera kuyerekeza pakati pa Greece ndi US.
Wokamba nkhani wamkulu adapereka chidziwitso chabwino komanso chowona mtima. Iye adawonetsa miyeso yomwe imayikidwa kwa anthu achi Greek kukhala "osamveka," kuphatikiza kuchepetsedwa kwa malipiro, malipiro, ntchito, ndi ndalama zapagulu; kutsegula ntchito zambiri; ndipo, ndithudi, 'filleto' (filet): privatization ya mabizinesi aboma ndi katundu. Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri chinali mayankho ake ku mafunso ochokera kwa ophunzira aku America okhudza zikhulupiriro zongopeka komanso mbiri yakale yamapulogalamu otere.
Ngakhale kuti wokamba nkhani woganiza bwino akutsutsana momveka bwino ndi lingaliro lililonse la Greece kusiya Eurozone adavomereza kuti n'zotheka "kumeta tsitsi", momwe pangakhale kukambirananso kwa mfundo za ngongole ku Greece. Koma anali omveka bwino ndikuwongolera kuti, popanda njira yotsika mtengo kunja kwa Yuro, njira yokhayo yomwe ili patebulo ndikuchepetsa ntchito komanso moyo wabwino wa Agiriki wamba.
Atafunsidwa za mbiri ya privatization ya ntchito za boma ndi katundu monga chida chabwino cha chitukuko cha zachuma komanso kuchepetsa ngongole, wokamba nkhaniyo adawonekeranso momveka bwino: palibe mbiri yodalirika yotereyi kuti kubisala kumabweretsa zotsatira zotere. Ananenanso momveka bwino kuti palibe zokambirana zokhudzana ndi mabanki kapena olemera pa ndondomeko ya ndondomeko.
Chodabwitsa n'chakuti, kazembe wakale waku US anali m'modzi mwa omwe adatsutsa kwambiri zakufunika kwa ndale komanso ziwonetsero. Iye anatsindika kuti iwo (ophunzira a ku America omwe amaphunzira kunja) sayenera kuchita mantha, komanso kuti mbiri yakale izi ndi zamphamvu.
Woimira chipani kumanzere anali 'buku lolemba' m'mawonekedwe ake avuto lomwe liripo, kutanthauza kusokonekera kwa ndale ndi zachuma kwa dongosolo la capitalist padziko lonse lapansi komanso lingaliro la 'Shock Doctrine' la Naomi Klein. Kuphatikiza apo, wokamba nkhaniyi adalumikizana pakati pavutoli ndi udindo wa achinyamata, 'Arab Spring' (Egypt, ndi zina zotero), komanso kusintha kwanyengo padziko lonse lapansi. Mfundo yake yaikulu inali yakuti 'pali njira zina.'
Mphunzitsiyo anabera mitima ya ophunzira a ku America, komabe, ndi kusanthula kwake mwachindunji ndi mosapita m'mbali ndi uthenga wake. Mwamsanga anakhazikitsa njira ina yofunikira: "Ife (Agiriki) tiyenera kulamulira dziko lathu!" Izi zinali zosiyana chotani nanga ndi magulu a osewera ndi kusanthula ndi Troika ndi Wall Street! Polankhula izi, adavomereza kuti Agiriki adanyalanyaza kusunga ndale ndi ndale zawo. Koma adawonjezeranso kuti kufunikira kwa demokalase ndikoyenera kukhala patsogolo pa yankho - osati mabanki akunja kapena akunyumba kapena Troika. Monga chitsanzo cha momwe demokalase ikuyendera ku Greece, adatchulapo zaphokoso lokhudza kubwereketsa kwa China ndi Russia panjira yabwinoko - akulonjeza kuti Prime Minister waku Greece, ndi/kapena EU ndi IMF* adaletsa Greece kuvomera. Mwachibadwa, mafunso amabuka: Kodi iyi ndi demokalase? Kodi uwu ndi 'msika waulere'? Ngati sichoncho, ndi msika wandani?
Anatseka ulaliki wake wachikondi kwa ophunzira anga a University of Pittsburgh ndi mawu pa nthawi ya blitz Q/A, yomwe ambiri adapita nayo kunyumba: "Revolution ikufuna kulenga zinthu - osati kuwononga zinthu!" Njira yopita pansi idagwirizana ndi atsikanawa.
Ophunzira anga a ku America, mokulira, ankaona kuti mavuto azachuma ku Greece anabweretsedwa ndi mabanki osasamala komanso misika yazachuma yosayendetsedwa (yokwanira). Adadzudzula akuluakulu a EU ndi Greek omwe adalola Greece kulowa mu Eurozone Greece isanakwaniritse zomwe akufuna. Ophunzira (monga ambiri aifenso) nawonso sangamvetsetse momwe dziko lonse lingagulitsire njira zochepetsera zomwe akatswiri amavomereza kuti siziphatikiza, ndipo sizigwira ntchito. Komanso, iwo ananena kuti ali otsimikiza za chinthu chimodzi: Achimereka sangalole konse maulamuliro akunja - kaya akhale akatswiri aukadaulo kapena opanga mfundo - kuthamangitsa dziko lawo, kulipangitsa kukhala koloni yapayekha komanso yoyendetsedwa ndi ndalama zapadziko lonse lapansi!
M'njira yothandiza, ophunzira osaphunzirawa adafunsa mafunso ozama, koma ofunikira: Kodi mapindu otani kuti Greece ndi Agiriki akhale mu EU?; chifukwa chiyani anthu ogwira ntchito ndi apakati a ku Greece ayenera kuyankha kuti alipire ngongole zoipa zomwe amabanki amavomereza ndikuvomerezedwa ndi ndale zachinyengo?; chifukwa chiyani wina angavomereze kuthetsedwa ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa dziko lawo?
Zowopsa ndizokwera. Tawona kale momwe Barack Obama adatulukira kuti apambane zisankho zozikidwa pa "Hope". Tawonapo kuti Tea Party ikuthandizira chisankho chapakati pa nthawi. Ndani amene adzakhala atsogoleri padziko lonse polimbana ndi mabanki padziko lonse zikuwonekerabe. Kuchokera pa zomwe zinachitikira, ndi chitsanzo, za gulu laling'ono ili la ophunzira a ku yunivesite ya ku America tikhoza kuyamba kuyankha funso losamveka la Weisbrot la momwe Achimereka angachitire ndi njira zofanana zomwe zimaperekedwa kwa iwo ku US.
* Ngakhale atolankhani ena achi Greek adafotokoza za momwe adathetsera vutoli, komanso anthu ngati wolemba nyimbo wotchuka, Mikis Theodorakis, adabweretsa mobwerezabwereza funso, "kodi panali zobwereketsa zina zomwe zidaperekedwa kumapeto kwa 2009/koyambirira kwa 2010?" sanafunsidwe ku Nyumba Yamalamulo. Zingakhale zosavuta kuchita mwadongosolo, pogwiritsa ntchito mtundu wa 'Mafunso a Nyumba Yamalamulo'. Yankho la Prime Minister lithetsa nkhaniyi; koma palibe chipani ku Nyumba ya Malamulo chomwe chafunsapo funsoli. Ophunzira anga a ku America anadabwa kuti, “N’chifukwa chiyani palibe amene anandifunsa za nkhaniyi ku Nyumba ya Malamulo?” Funso labwino!
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