Manheru eKisimusi asina kujeka, achiunza nhau dzekupererwa muBethlehem uye kuurayiwa pedyo neJenin, zvakatonyanya kuoma nenhau yekuti Joe Strummer, muimbi anotungamira weBritish punk band "The Clash," akafa aine makore makumi mashanu ekutanga. .
Sezvineiwo, iye nenhengo dzekutanga dzeboka iri, iro rakapinza punk nenhetembo yezvematongerwo enyika yaipisa munguva yezvematongerwo enyika yaThatcher's UK neReagan's US, vaifanira kusangana zvakare kuita mutambo mwedzi unouya vachimaka kupinda muboka. Rock uye Roll Hall yeMukurumbira.
Sezvineiwo, nhau dzemazuva ese kubva kuMiddle East dzinoverenga semazita enziyo dzeThe Clash: "Washington Bullets" iri kubhururuka muAfghanistan, Jenin, Ramallah, uye Rafah uye munguva pfupi iri kuuya ichange ichibhururuka, pamwe yakanyungudutswa neuranium yapera zvakare, muIraq. . "Mumwe munhu akapondwa" - nhasi, nezuro, uye mazuva ese muPalestine Yakabatwa.
Misoro mizhinji kwazvo munhau nhasi inodzokorora mamiriro ezvematongerwo enyika emakore makumi maviri apfuura. Vanhu vamwechete vasinganakidzi vadzoka musimba muUS: Nicholas Negroponte, Richard Perle, Dick Cheney, Admiral Poindexter, naElliott Abrams vakave zvakare "varume vanokudzwa" vachisimudzira hurongwa hweUS hwakafanana nehwakatsamwisa uye kutyisa vanofambira mberi mukutanga ma1980s. . Iyo "Star Wars" chirongwa chekudzivirira chekudzivirira, kusakoshesa kodzero dzevanhu mukutsvaga unilateral US marongero pasi rese, uye mibatanidzwa yeAmerica nevatungamiriri vehuggish zvese zvadzoka mufashoni.
Uye muna 2002, sezvakangoita muna 1982, US yakamira zvakare, ichipindira mukunyarara kwayo, apo Ariel Sharon achipara mhosva dzehondo achishandisa madhora emutero eUS uye zvombo zvakapihwa neUS kutevedzera mutemo wekuwedzera kucheneswa kwemarudzi muWest Bank uye. Gaza.
Asi mazuvano, hatiwanzoona kana kunzwa kuratidzira sekwakatsetseka, kune simba, pithy-kana kutamba-kugona-senziyo dzeThe Clash, dzinoramba dzisina kunyorwa misi, dzichirira sezvitsva, zvinopa simba, uye zvekupidigura nhasi sezvavakaita pavakatanga kunzwa. makumi maviri emakore apfuura.
Pese pandinoteerera kune iyo Clash's album "Sandinista!" Ndinobva ndangorangarira zuva randakanzwa nezvekupondwa kwaSabra naShatila. Muna Nyamavhuvhu 1982, ndakanga ndichangodzoka kubva kurwendo rwangu rwekutanga kuMiddle East-rwendo rwekuchera matongo kunzvimbo yekumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweGungwa Rakafa reJorodhani, nenzendo dzisingakanganwiki kuIsrael, West Bank neSyria mushure.
Ndichidzokera kumba, ndakapedza vhiki ndiri muNew York City, uye nemadhora mashoma akanga asara kubva murwendo rwangu rwechirimo, ndakatenga kamwe chete muchitoro cherekodhi muTimes Square: โSandinista!โ - anoshamisa, matatu-maarubhamu enziyo dzekuratidzira dzine simba dzakagadzirirwa reggae uye rockabilly beats pamwe nekungwara spoofs paMotown riffs. Nziyo dzese dziri pamaarubhamu matatu e "Sandinista!" inoita zvirevo zvakanangana nezvehukama hwemadzinza muUK, US adventurism muCentral America, uye nekutyisidzira kuri kuuya kweUS-USSR yenyukireya showdown.
Ndichidzokera kumba ndichibva kumakirasi ekukoreji mamwe manheru eChishanu muna September 1982, ndakasangana pasuo nomumwe wandaigara naye Janine. "Handifunge kuti unofanira kuona nhau!" she said somberly ndichipinda mumba. Mishumo yekutanga nemifananidzo yekuurayiwa kwevanhu muSabra neShatila zvaive zvichiteuka paterevhizheni.
Muna 1982, kushaya mae-mail, nharembozha, rondedzero yevamiriri vanoshandira, kana mawebhusaiti senge ino, nzira yakanakisa yekutyisa kwangu, kusuwa uye kutsamwa pane zvakaitika mumisasa iyi muBeirut kwaive kukwidza The Clash kusvika kuvhoriyamu yakazara. sezvo ndaichenesa imba nehasha.
Rwiyo rwumwe runonyanya kuunza zuva rakasviba kuti risanyanya kutarisisa kwandiri: "The Call Up," pamwe imwe yeanopikisa hondo, anti-kuuraya mabhora akambonyorwa. Rwiyo rwacho runopfuura kungoshora hondo uye kuuraya; inosimbisa apo mutoro woutsinye uripo: munhu mumwe nomumwe anofanira kuramba kuva ane mhaka. Iri rinogona kunge riri rwiyo rwevakashinga veIsrael "Refusniks" - varwi ve500+ veIsrael vakaramba kupindira mumhosva dzehondo dzaSharon uye kuuraya kwezuva nezuva kunotsigirwa neUS munzvimbo dzakabatwa.
Mukukudza kunonoka, mukuru Joe Strummer, uye seyambiro yezvingave zvichiuya muIraq pamwe neIsrael / Palestine munguva pfupi iri kutevera, heino mazwi e "The Call Up" kutiyeuchidza zvatinofanira. ita mune inouya, pamwe inotyisa, gore idzva:
The Call Up
Zviri kwauri kuti usateerere kudanwa
uye usaita sezvawakaitwa
Ndiani anoziva zvikonzero nei wakura?
Ndiani anoziva zvirongwa kana kuti nei zvakarongwa?
Zviri kwauri kuti usateerere kudanwa
Handidi kufa!
Zviri kwauri kuti usanzwe kudanwa
Handidi kuuraya!
Nokuti uyo achafa
Ndiye achauraya here
Pamwe ndinoda kuona minda yegorosi
Pamusoro peKiev uye pasi kugungwa
Vese vechidiki kusvika kumazera
Vakafamba vachifara kuti vafe
Madzibaba eguta anodada aigara akavatarisa
Misodzi mumaziso avo
Pane rozi randinoda kuraramira
Kunyange, Mwari anoziva, ndinogona kunge ndisina kusangana naye
Pane kutamba 'ndinofanira kuva naye
Kune taundi - rakasiyana nemamwe ose
Zviri kwauri kuti usanzwe kudanwa
uye usaita sezvawakaitwa
Ndiani anokupa basa 'sei uchifanira kuzviita?
Nemaminetsi makumi mashanu neshanu nguva dzegumi neimwe
Kune roseโฆ
Hongu!
Laurie King-Irani, aimbova mupepeti we Middle East Report, ndomumwe wevana vakatanga Electronic Intifada uye ari North America Coordinator we Mushandirapamwe Wepasi Pose weKururamisira kune Vakabatwa neSabra & Shatila. Parizvino anodzidzisa Social Anthropology muBritish Columbia.
ZNetwork inopihwa mari chete kuburikidza nerupo rwevaverengi vayo.
dhoneta