Ndaya MIT, iklasi 1969. Ngoku 2024 hayi ngasekupheleni sixties, kodwa imvukelo utshintsho kwakhona emoyeni. Ndicinga ukuba isanda kuhlaziywa. Ndiyayiva. Ndiyakubheja nawe uyakuva. Kwaye mhlawumbi, ngethemba, ayizu crescendo naliphi na ixesha kungekudala kodwa endaweni yoko iya kuqhubeka. Kwaye mhlawumbi, ngethemba, iya kufuna ngaphezu kweenguqu zangoku. Kwaye mhlawumbi, kwaye ndicinga ukuba ndingayiva le nto, iyakuba krelekrele kakhulu kunokuba sasinjalo emva phaya, ngo-1968.
Iziganeko zemvukelo e-Columbia kwiveki ephelileyo ziye zakhuthaza imvukelo yabafundi kwaye ngamanye amaxesha abanye kuluntu olukhula ngokukhawuleza kwiikhampasi, kubandakanywa ne-alma mater yam, i-MIT. [Qaphela, andikhethi cala malunga novukelo lwekhampasi okanye malunga neMIT. I-undergirds yangaphambili itshintsha ubunzima, ngokuphindaphindiweyo. Yiba kuyo. Le yokugqibela ngumzekelo weshishini elikumgangatho ophezulu, elifundayo, elibole ngokugqithisileyo njengesiqhelo. Xa ndandingumongameli weqela labafundi be-MIT, ngexesha lokukhula ngokuthe ngcembe kwaye ndiqinisa imvukelo, phakathi kwee-epithets endandizisebenzisa kwi-MIT yayiyi "Dachau kwi-Charles" ngenxa yophando lwemfazwe. Abanye ekhampasini babenyanisekile okanye baxinene kakhulu ukubona isizathu sokuba ndiyibize ngolu hlobo. Kubo, ndiya kuvuma umahluko ophambili, nto leyo yokuba amaxhoba MIT ayengekho yendawo, efana Dachau kaThixo-hayi, amaxhoba MIT emva koko isiqingatha sehlabathi eziqwengiweyo kude eVietnam ukunyamezela American ikhaphethi ibhombu. Kwaye malunga neDachau, amaxhoba e-MIT ayengaxhonywanga njengezibane ezitshisiweyo kwiipaseji ze-MIT okanye zilele ngokuphefumla njengentlanzi ephuma emanzini afakwe kwi-labs ye-MIT. Kwaye ngoku, kwiminyaka engama-56 kamva, amaxhoba angoku e-MIT asendleleni e-Gaza enyamezele ukuqhushumba kwekhaphethi yase-Israel (kodwa ngeebhombu zaseMelika). Abagxothwa ngenkani kwiiklasi zeMIT, iindawo zokulala, amabala okudlala, kunye neklinikhi-hayi okwangoku, kunjalo. Inqaku lam: imbali ngamanye amaxesha iyaphinda, ngamanye amaxesha iyantlukwano ehlekisayo, ngamanye amaxesha iyantlukwano esempilweni.
Enye i-1968 isetyenziswe kakhulu, i-hippie ngaphezu kwezopolitiko, kwaye intle kakhulu ukuba isilogeni esichukumisayo sasisithi "ungathembi mntu ngaphezu kwamashumi amathathu" (ngaphandle kokuba mhlawumbi uChomsky). Ndiyathandabuza ukuba ngeli xesha eso silogeni siyakuphinda sivele sitshintshe kancinci ukuba “ungathembi nabani na ongaphantsi kwamashumi asixhenxe” ngoko ndiyathandabuza ukubhala le mpendulo. Kulungile, ukuthandabuza kugqityiwe. Ukuba mdala kusenokungazisi ubulumko kodwa akunyanzelekanga ukuba kuthintele umanyano. Kudlule amashumi eminyaka. Imibimbi iye yanda. Kodwa ngokwenene ndikhumbula iMIT ngcono kunayo nayiphi na indawo endakha ndahlala kuyo ngaphambili okanye ukusukela. So andikwazi kuzinqanda ixhego lam ekuhlomleni.
Umxholo 1: Kulo Oktobha udlulileyo, ukuphendula kumashumi eminyaka yokuhlala kuka-Israyeli, ukunyeliswa, ukuphanga, kunye nokubulala okuninzi, i-Hamas yenza iqhinga lokusaba kwintolongo yabo evulekileyo, emva koko yavutha kwaye yatshabalalisa, kubandakanywa nabemi, kwaye yathatha abantu abathinjiweyo.
Umsindo wabenzi bobubi wawuqondakala, ndiyacinga, yaye wawufanelekile. Abo bangamathanga akufuneki babhiyozele amakholoniyeli abo. Izenzo zabenzi bobubi nazo beziqondakala, kuxhomekeke kwimbono yakho kunye nokukwazi kwakho ukungathathi cala. Kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo izenzo zabenzi bobubi zazingenasihlahla okanye zazingenabulumko. Izenzo zeHamas endaweni yoko zazibubudenge kunye nobunqolobi. Kodwa oko kwakungabangelwa kukuba abaphuli-mthetho babesilwa. Abantu abazixakekisayo banelungelo lokulwa—eneneni bafanele balwe. Abahlali bangamathanga banelungelo lokuhlasela ikholoniyali. Hayi ngokuphambeneyo.
Umxholo 2: I-IDF yakwaSirayeli iphendule ukusukela ngoko. Ibanga ukuba izenzo zayo zifanelekile ngezenzo zikaHamas: I-Hamas yabetha kuqala. IHamas yabulala amaSirayeli amsulwa. Thina maSirayeli kufuneka sizikhusele. Kufuneka sibenze bavune oko bakuhlwayeleyo. Kufuneka sihlasele yonke iGaza ngeyona bhombu inamandla ngehektare eyakha yakhutshwa nakubani na, naphi na-ubuncinci ngaphandle kwe-US Kufuneka sitshise iziseko zophuhliso. Kufuneka siwachithe amakhaya, izibhedlele, izikolo, kwaye ngokusisiseko nantoni na ekhoyo ukuze ibethwe. I-US eVietnam yathi "nantoni na ebhabha ngokuchasene nayo yonke into ehambayo." Thina maSirayeli safunda kwaye saziqhelanisa neendlela zabo basenzela uncedo. Ndiyabulela mzi wamagorha. Enkosi mhlaba wasimahla. Kodwa iKissinger yakho ibimbuna kakhulu. Sithi, "nantoni na ebhabha ngokuchasene nayo yonke into." Ewe, usive kakuhle, yonke into. Ngaphezu koko, ngabom, ngokuphandle, sibhengeza ngokuvakalayo, njengomgaqo-nkqubo wethu ochaziweyo, ukuba kufuneka sibabulale ngendlala bonke. Siyakwamkela ukubhubha okulandelayo. Ukufa kunye nokutshatyalaliswa yingongoma yethu. Ukufa okanye ukuhamba ngumyalezo wethu. Kwaye njengomxhasi wethu, silungile kwinto esiyenzayo, yiyo loo nto uninzi lweGaza sele lungahlali mntu. Kungenxa yoko le nto abantwana benqunyulwa amalungu abo kwizibhedlele eziqhushumbisiwe-ngaphandle kokuhlinzwa, abazali babo sele befile ngokusisigxina. Yiyo loo nto izifo ezinokuthintelwa, ezinyangekayo zisasazeka ngentsikelelo yethu. Bulala izinambuzane ezonakalisayo okanye ubuncinci ukuze zihambe. Kwaye ke siyawavala amayeza, ukutya, kunye namanzi ukuze sizikhusele. Ewe senza njalo. Asinantliziyo imbi ngale nto. "Nantoni na etshabalalisayo kwaye ibulale yonke into ekhoyo naphi na apho iHamas ifihla khona." Ke bekuya kwenzeka ntoni ukuba iHamas irenta indlu ekhuselekileyo eBerlin okanye, ngakumbi, eNew York? Nokuba wayemncinci kakhulu, uKissinger liqhawe lethu. Ukuba wayengenakuyenza, singakwazi.
Umxholo wesi-3: Urhulumente wase-US ubonelela ngezixhobo ezingapheliyo zeebhombu kunye naluphi na uphononongo olufunwayo, kwaye ngokungathandabuzekiyo kubaluleke kakhulu, i-US ikhusela uSirayeli kwi-UN kunye nayo nayiphi na enye inkcaso. Abo baseWashington kunye naseWall Street bayachwayita kwaye babhiyozele izenzo zikaSirayeli, njengoko ezinye iintanda ezinzulu zisasazeka.
Umxholo 4: Abantu abaninzi ababukele izenzo ezimanyumnyezi zikaSirayeli besombuluka besonga izandla, kodwa bathi cwaka. Abanye ababukele iingcambu ze-IDF, ubukhulu becala ngabemi bakwaSirayeli, kodwa abanye e-US, eJamani, nakwezinye iindawo ezahlukeneyo. Okona kubi kakhulu abanye abamilisela i-IDF bathi, “Kulungile, qhumisani izibhedlele kunye nabo bonke abakuzo. Yiya kuyo. Abantwana nabo. Cima i-Vermin, iintsana kunye nazo zonke. Nuke ukuba kuyafuneka." Abanye bakhala ngokunyanisekileyo ngokugqithisileyo kodwa abathethi nto ngako. Akukho zibhengezo zikawonke-wonke ezingafanelekanga okanye imiboniso yazo. Kukwakho nabanye, uninzi lwabanye, besanda abanye abaninzi, abaya kuthi xa bebuzwa, “bubuqaba obu. Bubugrogrisi obu. Oku kufanele kuphele ngoku. ” Kwaye ke, kwezo, abanye bade bavakalise ukuzonda kwabo ngokuvakalayo. Abanye bayayicula, abanye bamatsha baze bayibonise. Abanye bayigxumeka iintente. Kwaye abanye banokungena ngokukhawuleza ukusuka kwintendelezo yekhampasi ukuya kuhlala eziofisini kunye nezakhiwo, nazo zonke-zonke zisePalestina. Kwaye, ewe, kuyinyani ukuba abanye-kodwa ndibheja bambalwa kakhulu-abaqhankqalazi bembubhiso ngamanye amaxesha bakhala izinto ezimbi, ezingakhethwanga ngendlela engalunganga nje kodwa zichasene nemveliso kwimizamo yabo. Ndiyakrokrela ukuba abambalwa abenza loo nto, ngothando lwabo olubilayo ngelixa besoyikela ukuba banokubeka ubomi babo emngciphekweni wezemfundo, abakwenzi oko kuba i-Israel kunye ne-US media kunye nabaphathi bezikolo babaxelela ukuba xa uqhankqalaza iZionism, ukuba uqhankqalaza ukubulawa kwabantu, anti-Semitic. Yintoni igeza. Ke, bayazibuza, kulungile njani ukuba sibonise ukuba asisichasi kwaSemite kodwa endaweni yoko sichasene namaSemite? “Yitsho ngolo hlobo” abasemagunyeni batsho njalo. Senza njalo, kodwa awufuni ukusiphulaphula. “Kulungile, emva koko cula 'singamaZiyoni. Siyayixhasa imbubhiso yohlanga,’” baphendula ngelitshoyo abasemagunyeni. “Siza kuyiva loo nto.” Ewe, oko kuya kusebenza, abalawuli baya kuyiva loo nto. Kodwa abafundi abayi kuthetha loo nto. Kwaye akukho namnye omnye umntu omele athethe oko. Kwaye abafundi baya kuviwa.
Emva phayaa ngo-1965, kunyaka wam wokuQala wasekholejini, ndandililungu le-Alpha Epsilon Pi enye yabazalwana bamaYuda kwikhampasi, okanye ndandiphakame de ndaye ndayeka ngeveki yokuqala yonyaka wam we-Sophomore. Kodwa nantsi into engaqhelekanga yangoku. Ngandlela ithile, mva nje, igama lam liye langena kuluhlu lokuposa lwabafundi be-AEPi, kutsha nje, ndifumene ii-imeyile ezininzi ezivela kubazalwana bangaphambili ezithunyelwe kwabanye ababesakuba ngabazalwana. Oyena mntu wayesenza lo mbhodamo yayisisimemo sokuhlanganisana eCambridge ebudeni beminyaka engamashumi amahlanu anesihlanu yeklasi yowe-1969. Emva kwesimemo sokuqala, kwabakho incoko yabafundi abahlukahlukeneyo be-AEPi, eyayiphenjelelwa ngomnye umzalwana owabhala ukuba angathanda. ukuza kuqhekeza isonka kunye nabazalwana bakhe bobuzalwana, kodwa ngokuqhankqalaza malunga noko ngokubona kwakhe wayethandabuza eyoyikekayo ka-MIT uMongameli Kornbluth ukukhusela abafundi abangamaYuda kwinto lo mzalwana ayibona njengento eyoyikisayo yokuchasa amaYuda, akayi kuza ekudibaneni kwakhona. Lo yindoda efunde kakhulu kwaye ekucingelwa ukuba inobuntu kwaye enenkathalo. Uvakalelo lwakhe kunye nokucaphuka kwakhe kubafundi abaxhasa iPalestine emva koko kwaxhaswa kwaye okwesithathu, amaxesha ambalwa ngaphezulu, kunye nokukhala okunyukayo malunga nengxaki yamaYuda e-MIT kodwa ngelizwi elinyanisekileyo, elinengqondo malunga namaPalestina eMIT okanye amaPalestina naphi na, oh, yithi eGaza. Ngaba kukho iikhosi kwintloko-esantini uhanahaniso eMIT? Ndifumanise ukuba ezinye zeziqulatho zonxibelelwano lwabantakwethu bangaphambili zisenza isicaphucaphu. Kwaye ndithatha kancinci nina abaqhankqalazayo ngokuncomekayo nangenkalipho eMIT (nakwenye indawo) sele bekhe badibana nentloko-santi yokuhanahanisa. Ngokuqinisekileyo abo baseColumbia banayo. Ngokuqinisekileyo nonke niya kuphinda, ngokuphindaphindiweyo.
Okwangoku, ngendlela yokunikela ngento enokuthi ibonakalise ukuba luncedo, ndicinga ukuba abanye babo bakugxekayo okanye abathi ugxothwe (njengabanye babazalwana bam bangaphambili) baya kuxoxa ukuba amashumi eminyaka oloyiko lukaSirayeli akazange athethelele abambalwa beHamas. Iintsuku zezenzo ezichasene noluntu, kodwa ngandlel' ithile iintsuku ezimbalwa ze-Hamas zezenzo ezichasene noluntu ziyayithethelela i-Israel ngoku yeenyanga ezintandathu ngokutshabalalisa yonke into kunye nendlala yomntu wonke eGaza. Baza kukuxelela, bengaboni ngokupheleleyo kwingqondo yabo, ukuba uxhasa uloyiko. Basenokude bathi wenza uloyiko. Babize ngokungekho ngqiqweni, bayahanahanisa, abanalwazi ngendlela engakholelekiyo, okanye nantoni na oyifunayo, kodwa nceda uthethe yonke loo nto kuwe, engqondweni yakho, ukuba kufuneka uyithethe kwaphela. Nceda ungathumeli loo nto kubo. Musani ukubaqalekisa. Musa ukubagculela. Leyo yayiyeyona mpazamo yethu inkulu ngo-1968. Inqaku lam lelokuba, nceda usebenzele ukubenza amahlakani akho, mhlawumbi hayi bonke, kodwa uninzi. Betha ngobungqina. Betha ngengqiqo. Babethe ngokuqiqa. Kwaye iintsimbi zesihogo, zibethe ngokuziphatha (kodwa hayi ngcwele ngaphezu kwakho ukuziphatha). Kwaye kananjalo umamele kubo. Kwakhona jonga amazwi abo. Kwanovelwano nabo. Musa ukulalanisa, kodwa yiba novelwano. Usenokuba sele uzibonile zonke izenzo ezingasebenziyo, zokungahoyi, kunye nokuzenzakalisa abazibonakalisayo kwaye kukho konke okuseza kwenzeka. Kodwa ndicela ungakulingisi. Ndineentloni ukutsho-kodwa eneneni ndonwabile ukuxela-ukuba amaxesha amaninzi mna kunye namahlakani am kwintshukumo siye saxelisa ubutshaba babo. Siye safumana uhlanga ngokuchasene nabagxeki bethu. Sicatshukiswe, sayishiya ngasemva indlela esasiqiqa ngayo. Siye saba ngcwele kunawe kubo. Kwaye kuko konke esithe sakufeza, olo khetho aluzange lube luncedo kuphela babenoxanduva olukhulu lokuba singafezi okuninzi kunoko sikwenzileyo. Iindaba ezimnandi, icala elonwabileyo, kukuba ungenza ngcono. Yiba nomkhosi ngokuqinisekileyo. Ngena entliziyweni yezinto, ngandlela zonke. Senze oko kakhulu nathi. Kwaye emva kweminyaka engamashumi amahlanu anesithandathu kufuneka ujongane nenzondelelo ye-fascist. Ngokukwenzela oko, ndicela uxolo. Ngoko yenza ngcono kunathi. Sukumcaphukela ukuba ngubani ofanele ukuba nguye kwaye ngubani onokuthi adibane nawe. Sigxothe kakhulu, akunyanzelekanga ukuba wenze njalo. Musa ukuvukela kuphela, cwangcisa!
Abantu abaninzi ngoku bathelekisa nowe-1968. Loo nyaka wawunesiphithiphithi. Sasiphefumlelwe. Sasishushu. Kodwa apha kuza kulo nyaka kwaye ihamba ngokukhawuleza, hayi ngaphantsi. Ngalo nyaka ushiyekileyo apho mna nabanye abaninzi sasihlala siphefumla saba namandla. Sasikhaliphile, kodwa sasinokuqonda okuncinane gqitha ngendlela yokuphumelela. Ungasilingisi thina. Dlulisa kuthi.
Unyulo lwaloo nyaka yayinguNixon ngokuchasene noHumphrey. I-Trump imbi kakhulu kunoNixon. UBiden ufana noHumphrey, kwaye ndicinga nokuba ngcono. Ingqungquthela yeDemokhrasi yaloo nyaka yayiseChicago. Injalo ke nalonyaka. Ngaloo nyaka, eChicago, i-Sixties yahamba kakubi ezitratweni. Kwaye uNixon waphumelela. Kwaye eso siganeko sasiyinxalenye yesizathu sokuba kwiminyaka engamashumi amahlanu anesithandathu kamva ujongene ne-fascist fundamentalism. Kulo nyaka, eChicago, yintoni? Ukuba kukho isifundo esivela kwi-1968 esiza kusetyenziswa, intshukumo kufuneka iqhubeke, kodwa ngaxeshanye iTrump kufuneka ilahlekelwe. Oko kuthetha ukuba uBiden-okanye omnye umntu?—kufuneka aphumelele. Kwaye, ewe, uqhankqalazo lwenkitha olusakhulayo kufuneka luqhubeke kwaye lwahluke kwaye lwandise ekugxileni nasekufikeleleni. Kwaye, kwiikhampasi zakho, kwakhona wenze ngcono kunathi. Lwela ukuntywila kodwa ulwele ukubatshintsha ngokwesakhiwo ukuze abenzi bezigqibo-abafanele ukuba nguwe-ungaze uphinde utyale imali kwimbubhiso, imfazwe, kunye nengcinezelo kunye nengcinezelo yalo naluphi na uhlobo. Ngomso lusuku lokuqala lwekamva elide, elide elinokukhulula ngendlela emangalisayo. Kodwa olunye usuku lusuku olunye. Zingisa.
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