Uku kunali kusankha kwa zinyengo ziwiri.

Woyamba adathandizira kukopa anthu ambiri ku Britain kuti avotere sabata yatha kuti awonetsere Eton toff, bambo yemwe sanangosonyeza kunyoza ambiri omwe adamuvotera koma adakhala moyo wake wonse osadandaula kubisa kunyoza kumeneko. . Kwa iye, ndale ndi ulendo wodzikonda, masewera omwe ena amalipira nthawi zonse ndikuvutika, ntchito yomwe ali nayo mwa kubadwa ndi kuswana kwapamwamba.

Momwe zinyengo zotere tsopano zikulamulira moyo wathu wandale zidawonetsedwa masiku awiri chisankho chisanachitike ndi ndemanga yotsika mtengo kuchokera kwa wogwira ntchito kumsika wa Grimsby. Iye anati adzavotera Tory kwa nthawi yoyamba chifukwa "Boris akuwoneka ngati munthu wamba."

Johnson ali ngati gulu la ogwira ntchito, komanso "wamba", monga Sun ndi bilionea yemwe ali ndi Daily Mail. Dzuwa silimapangidwa ndi gulu la anyamata ogwira ntchito omwe amaseka, komanso Makalata omwe amapangidwa ndi oyang'anira apakati osamala omwe ali ndi chidwi chotsatira "zikhalidwe zaku Britain" komanso kusewera mwachilungamo komanso mwaulemu. Monga ma TV ena onse aku Britain, malo ogulitsirawa ndi makina, omwe ali ndi mabungwe ozungulira padziko lonse lapansi omwe amatigulitsa zonyenga - zopakidwa mosamala ndikugulitsidwa kumagulu athu - zomwe zimafunikira kuwonetsetsa kuti palibe chomwe chingalepheretse makampani padziko lonse lapansi kupanga phindu lalikulu pantchito yathu. , ndi ndalama zapulaneti.

Dzuwa, Mail, Telegraph, Guardian ndi BBC onse agwira ntchito mwakhama kuti adzipangire okha "umunthu". Amadzitcha kuti ndi osiyana - monga abwenzi omwe anthufe titha, kapena ayi, kusankha kuitanira m'nyumba zathu - kuti athe kupambana gawo lalikulu kwambiri la omvera aku UK, kutenga gawo lililonse la anthu ngati ogula nkhani, kwinaku akudyetsa. ife mtundu wokhotakhota, wanthano zenizeni zomwe zili zoyenera kubizinesi. Iwo sali osiyana ndi mabungwe ena pankhaniyi.

 

Media wot adapambana

Malo ogulitsira aku Britain monga Tesco, Sainbury, Lidl ndi Waitrose nawonso amadzitcha okha kuti akope anthu osiyanasiyana. Koma masitolo akuluakulu onsewa amayendetsedwa ndi kufunikira kofanana kwa pathological kuti apeze phindu lililonse. Ngati Sainbury amagulitsa tiyi wamalonda wachilungamo komanso tiyi wopangidwa mwamwambo, sichifukwa choti amasamala kuposa Lidl za chithandizo cha ogwira ntchito komanso kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe koma chifukwa amadziwa kuti gawo lake la ogula limasamala kwambiri za nkhaniyi. Ndipo bola ngati akupanga phindu lomwelo pa tiyi wabwino ndi woyipa, chifukwa chiyani sayenera kugawana nawo msika m'dzina la kusankha ndi ufulu?

Komabe, zoulutsira nkhani ndizosiyana ndi masitolo akuluakulu mwanjira imodzi. Sayendetsedwa mophweka mwa phindu. Ndipotu, ma TV ambiri amavutika kuti apeze ndalama. Amawonedwa bwino ngati kukwezedwa kwa mtsogoleri wotayika m'sitolo, kapena ngati bizinesi yolemba misonkho.

Ntchito ya ofalitsa nkhani ndikugwira ntchito ngati gawo lofalitsa nkhani zamabizinesi akuluakulu. Ngakhale Dzuwa litataya chuma, lidachita bwino ngati lipangitsa kuti wochita bizinesi asankhidwe, wosankhidwa yemwe azisunga msonkho wamakampani, msonkho wopeza ndalama ndi misonkho ina yonse yomwe imakhudza phindu lamakampani motsika momwe angathere popanda kuyambitsa chiwembu chodziwika bwino.

Ofalitsa nkhani alipo kuti athandizire ofuna kusankhidwa kapena ofuna kusankhidwa omwe amavomereza kugulitsa ntchito zambiri zaboma kuti apeze phindu kwakanthawi kochepa, ndikulola miimba yamakampani kuti isankhe mwanjala pamitembo yawo. Ntchito ya atolankhani ndikuthandizira munthu amene adzayike patsogolo zofuna za mabungwe kuposa za anthu, phindu lachangu pa tsogolo la NHS, malingaliro odziwononga a capitalism pa lingaliro - socialist kapena ayi - ya anthu, zabwino zonse. Mabungwe omwe ali kumbuyo kwa Dzuwa kapena Guardian angakwanitse kuluza bola mabizinesi awo ena akuyenda bwino.

Sikuti Dzuwa lapambana, ndi makampani onse azama media.

 

Ntchito ya BBC idawululidwa

Vumbulutso lenileni la chisankhochi, komabe, lakhala BBC, yobisika kwambiri mwa makina onse opanga chinyengo. Bungwe la BBC ndi wailesi ya boma yomwe yakhala ikugwiritsa ntchito gawo lake la zosangalatsa - kuyambira m'masewero ovala zovala mpaka zolemba zanyama zakuthengo - kutipatsa chidwi ndikuwonetsetsa kuti anthu ambiri ali okondwa kuyitanira kunyumba zawo. Kusowa kwa zotsatsa za BBC, kusakhalapo kwa nkhanza, kufunikira kwa malonda, kwakhala kofunikira potikopa nthano yakuti British Broadcasting Corporation imayendetsedwa ndi cholinga chapamwamba, kuti ndi chuma cha dziko, kuti ili kumbali yathu. .

Koma BBC nthawi zonse inali gawo labodza la boma, la kukhazikitsidwa kwa Britain. Nthaŵi ina, mwachidule, m’nthaŵi zogaŵanika kwambiri pazandale zaunyamata wanga, zofuna za boma zinatsutsidwa. Panali maboma apakati apantchito omwe amayesa kuyimilira zofuna za ogwira ntchito ndi mabungwe amphamvu ogwira ntchito omwe bungwe la Britain silinayese kuwalekanitsa mwamphamvu kwambiri. Kenako, zokonda zotsutsana ndi zotchuka sizikanathetsedwa konse. BBC idachita zonse zomwe ingathe kuti iwoneke ngati ikuperekedwa, ngakhale sizinali choncho. Idasewera ndi malamulo kuopa kubwezeredwa ngati sichinatero.

Zonse zasintha, popeza chisankhochi chikuwonekera momveka bwino kuposa kale.

Chowonadi ndi chakuti gulu lamakampani - 0.001% - lakhala likulamulira moyo wathu wandale osasokonezeka kwa zaka 40. Monga ku United States, mabungwe adalanda machitidwe athu andale ndi azachuma mopambana kotero kuti nthawi zambiri tidakhala ndi chisankho pakati pamagulu awiri amalikulu: chipani cha Conservative ndi New Labour.

 

Anthu osowa pokhala

Mabungwe adagwiritsa ntchito lamulo losasweka limenelo kuti akweze mphamvu zawo. Zida zapagulu zidagulitsidwa, mabungwe omanga adakhala mabanki amakampani, mafakitale azachuma adayimitsidwa kuti apange phindu lokhalo la mtengo wake, ndipo NHS idadyedwa pang'onopang'ono. BBC nayonso idakhudzidwa. Maboma otsatizana adawopseza poyera ndalama zake kuchokera ku chindapusa. Kuyimira migwirizano, monga kwina kulikonse, kudasokonekera ndipo kusiya ntchito kudakhala kosavuta pomwe ukadaulo watsopano udayambitsidwa. Oyang'anira a BBC adakopeka kwambiri ndi mabizinesi akuluakulu. Ndipo okonza nkhani zake adasinthana kwambiri ndi akonzi ankhani zama media osindikizira omwe ali ndi mabiliyoni.

Kuti titenge chimodzi mwazitsanzo zaposachedwa, Sarah Sands, mkonzi wa pulogalamu yayikulu ya Radio 4 Today, adakhala ntchito yake yakale pamanyuzipepala a Boris Johnson-cheerleading Mail ndi Telegraph.

Pachisankhochi, BBC idataya khungu lake lothandizira anthu kuti iwulule makina amtundu wa Terminator pansipa. Zinali zodabwitsa kuwona ngakhale kwa wotsutsa wakale wapa media ngati ine. BBC yokonzedwanso iyi, yomangidwa mosamala zaka makumi anayi zapitazi, ikuwonetsa momwe kukhazikitsidwa kwapatrician ku Britain kwaunyamata wanga - moyipa momwe kunaliri - kwapita.

Tsopano BBC ndi galasi la momwe gulu lathu lopanda kanthu likuwonekera. Sikulinso kugwirizanitsa anthu a ku Britain, kupanga zikhalidwe zogawana, kupeza mfundo zofanana pakati pa anthu ogwira ntchito zamalonda ndi mabungwe ogwira ntchito, kuti apange lingaliro - ngakhale zabodza - zokhudzana ndi chidwi pakati pa olemera ndi ogwira ntchito. Ayi, ilipo ku ringfence turbo-charged neoliberal capitalism, ilipo kuti iwononge anthu omwe atsala ku Britain, ndipo pamapeto pake, monga titha kudziwa posachedwa, ilipo kuti iyambitse nkhondo yapachiweniweni.

 

Makhalidwe otsika

Chinyengo chachiwiri chinagwiridwa ndi kumanzere. Tinakakamira ku loto, ngati mtsinje wa moyo, kuti tinali ndi malo a anthu; kuti, mosasamala kanthu kuti dongosolo lathu la zisankho linali loipa motani, mosasamala kanthu za kukondera, tinali kukhala mu demokalase momwe kusintha kwenikweni, kwatanthauzo kunali kotheka; kuti dongosololi silinapangidwe kuti liyimitse munthu ngati Jeremy Corbyn kuti asafike ku mphamvu.

Chinyengo chimenecho chinakhazikika pamalingaliro ambiri onama. Kuti BBC idakali bungwe la achinyamata athu, kuti idzasewera mwachilungamo ikafika nthawi ya zisankho, ndikupangitsa Corbyn kukhala ndi gawo limodzi ndi Johnson kwa masabata angapo omaliza a kampeni. Malo ochezera a pa Intaneti - ngakhale akuyesetsa mosalekeza kwa mabungwe atsopanowa kuti asokoneze njira zawo kuti atitsekere m'zipinda zathu zazing'ono za echo - zitha kukhala zotsutsana ndi zoulutsira nkhani zachikhalidwe.

Koma chofunika kwambiri, sitinayang'ane m'maso kusintha kwa chikhalidwe chomwe zaka 40 za Thatcherism yothandizidwa ndi kampani mosatsutsika zidasokoneza malingaliro athu, pamiyoyo yathu yamalingaliro, pakutha kwathu chifundo.

Pamene mabungwe aboma anali kusweka ndi kugulitsidwa, dziko la anthu linayamba kuchepa kwambiri, monganso mmene makhalidwe athu analili. Tinasiya kusamala za anthu amene Margaret Thatcher anatiuza kuti kulibe.

Magawo akuluakulu a mibadwo yakale adapindula ndi kugulitsidwa kwa anthu, ndi ndondomeko zomwe zimanyalanyaza tsogolo la dziko lapansi. Iwo adakopeka kuti chitsanzo ichi cha phindu laling'ono, lachuma chodula ndi kutentha chomwe iwo adapindula nacho payekha, sichinali chokhazikika koma chinali chotheka chokha, chitsanzo chabwino chokha.

Mibadwo yaing'ono sinadziŵe zenizeni zina zilizonse. Cholinga cha phindu, kukhutiritsa pompopompo, kukhutitsidwa ndi ogula ndizomwe adapatsidwapo kuti aziyeza mtengo. Chiwerengero chokulirapo chayamba kumvetsetsa kuti ichi ndi lingaliro lodwala, kuti tikukhala m'dera lamisala, loipitsidwa kwambiri, koma amavutika kulingalira dziko lina, lomwe sadziwa.

Angaganizire bwanji zomwe ogwira ntchito adapeza zaka makumi angapo zapitazo - momwe gulu losauka kwambiri lidapangira chithandizo chamankhwala kwa onse, NHS yomwe yathu yamakono ndi mthunzi wotuwa - pomwe mbiriyo, nkhani yankhondoyo siyimanenedwa kawirikawiri, ndipo ikatero. Kodi zimangonenedwa kudzera m'malingaliro osokonekera a media omwe ali ndi mabiliyoniire?

 

Dongosolo lazandale losokoneza

Ife kumanzere sitinagonjetse chisankhochi. Tinataya zinyengo zathu zomaliza. Dongosololi limayendetsedwa - monga momwe zakhalira - kuti lipindulitse omwe ali ndi mphamvu. Sizidzalola mwadala wasosholisti weniweni, kapena wandale aliyense wodzipereka kwambiri ku thanzi la anthu ndi dziko lapansi, kuti achotse mphamvu kuchokera kugulu lazakampani. Kuti, pambuyo pa zonse, ndi tanthauzo lenileni la mphamvu. Izi ndi zomwe makampani azama media akuyenera kutsata.

Izi sizikutanthauza kukhala wotayika woyipa, kapena nkhani ya mphesa zowawasa.

Muzochitika zodabwitsa zomwe Corbyn adagonjetsa zopinga zonsezi, zonyansa zonse, ndikupambana usiku watha, ndikukonzekera kulemba zolemba zosiyana lero - ndipo sizikanakhala zokondwerera. Zikadapanda kusangalala, monga otsatira a Johnson ndi otsutsa a Corbyn mu chipani cha Conservative, zigawo zazikulu za chipani cha Labor Parliament, ndi atolankhani olondola komanso omasuka akuchita tsopano.

Ayi, ndikadakhala ndikuchenjeza kuti nkhondo yeniyeni yamphamvu inali itangoyamba kumene. Ngakhale kuti zaka zinayi zapitazo zinali zoipa, tinali tisanawonebe kalikonse. Kuti akazembe awo amene anawopseza chiwembu Corbyn atangosankhidwa kukhala mtsogoleri wa Labor anali adakalipo pamithunzi. Kuti atolankhani asagonje pazabodza zawo, azikulitsa. Kuti mabungwe achitetezo omwe akhala akuyesera kuti awonetse Corbyn ngati kazitape waku Russia achoka pamachitidwe achinyengo kuti achitepo kanthu momveka bwino.

Tsogolo kumbali yathu

Komabe, tili ndi tsogolo kumbali yathu, ngakhale litakhala lodetsedwa. Dziko lapansi silidzichiritsa lokha ndi Johnson, Donald Trump ndi Jair Bolsonaro waku Brazil omwe akuyang'anira. Ziyamba kudwala kwambiri, mofulumira kwambiri. Chuma chathu sichikhala bwino, kapena kukhazikika, pambuyo pa Brexit. Tsoka lazachuma ku Britain likhala lolimba kwambiri ku United States, pomwe chuma chikutha komanso masoka achilengedwe ndi nyengo (mkuntho, kukwera kwa nyanja, kusefukira kwa madzi, chilala, kulephera kwa mbewu, kusowa kwa mphamvu). Kusagwirizana pakati pa kukula kosatha ndi dziko lomwe lili ndi zinthu zopanda malire kudzakhala kokulirapo, kuwonongeka kwa 2008 kodziwika bwino.

Chigonjetso chamakampani chomwe Johnson adatulutsa chidzatsogolera, posachedwa kapena mtsogolo, kumalo owopsa kwambiri.

Kuthekera ndikuti a Blairites agwiritsa ntchito kugonja uku kukokera Labor kuti akhale chipani cha likulu la neoliberal. Tidzapatsidwanso "kusankha" pakati pa maphwando a buluu ndi ofiira a Tory. Ngati apambana, mamembala ambiri a Labour adzasiya chipanicho, ndipo chidzakhalanso chopanda ntchito, chipolopolo chopanda kanthu cha chipani cha ogwira ntchito, chopanda kanthu mwamalingaliro komanso mwauzimu monga momwe zinalili mpaka Corbyn adafuna kuti achiyambitsenso.

Zingakhale zabwino ngati chisokonezochi chikachitika mofulumira m'malo mokokedwa kwa zaka zambiri, kutisunga nthawi yaitali muchinyengo kuti tikhoza kukonza dongosolo pogwiritsa ntchito zida zomwe gulu lamakampani limatipatsa.

Tiyenera kupita m'misewu - monga tidachitira kale ndi Occupy, ndi Extinction Rebellion, ndikumenyera masukulu - kuti tipezenso malo a anthu onse, kuti tiyambitsenso ndikuwupezanso. Sosaite sinaleke kukhalapo. Sizinazimitsidwe ndi Thatcher. Tidangoyiwala momwe zimawonekera, kuti ndife anthu, osati makina. Tinayiwala kuti tonse ndife gawo la anthu, kuti we ndendende ndi chiyani it ndi.

Ino ndi nthawi yoti tisiye zinthu zachibwana, ndikubweza mtsogolo m'manja mwathu.

Jonathan Cook adapambana Mphotho Yapadera ya Martha Gellhorn ya Utolankhani. Mabuku ake akuphatikizapo "Israel ndi Clash of Civilizations: Iraq, Iran ndi Plan to Remake the Middle East" (Pluto Press) ndi "Disappearing Palestine: Zoyesera za Israeli mu Kutaya Mtima kwa Anthu" (Zed Books). Webusaiti yake ndi www.jonathan-cook.net.

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