Abakhenkethi abatyelela izixeko zaseSpain ezifana ECórdoba, I-Toledo kunye ne-Sevilla banokhetho lokuhamba ngeyure okanye ngaphezulu 'kwiMuseum ye-Inquisition', ngamanye amaxesha eyaziwa ngokuba 'yiGalari yeNtuthuko'. Malunga nee-euro ezintathu, abakhenkethi banokujonga uluhlu olungaqhelekanga lwezixhobo ezisetyenziselwa ukubethelela, ukuhlanjululwa, ukukrwitsha kunye nokunqunqa abantu egameni likaThixo.
Kuyahenda ukuba siziqinisekise ukuba ezi zizinto zakudala ezikude, amasikizi angenakwenzeka ngoku. Kodwa ngaba amaXesha Obumnyama akhe aphela ngokwenene? Noam Chomsky Waphendula:
'Inxalenye yentlekele yamaPalestine kukuba akanankxaso yamazwe ngamazwe. Ngesizathu esivakalayo – abanabo ubutyebi, abanawo amandla. Ngoko ke abanamalungelo. Yindlela elisebenza ngayo ihlabathi – amalungelo akho ahambelana namandla akho kunye nobutyebi bakho.'
Ngokwenene yindlela elisebenza ngayo ihlabathi. Ikwayindlela ihlabathi lamaxesha aphakathi lalisebenza ngayo. UNobhala Wezangaphandle wase-UK, iNkosi uDavid Cameron (uBaron Cameron weChipping Norton), kutshanje wawisa isigwebo ngemfazwe yaseUkraine kwinkomfa yabezindaba yaseWashington:
'Lilunge kakhulu ixabiso lemali… Phantse isiqingatha sezixhobo zomkhosi zaseRashiya zaphambi kwemfazwe ziye zatshatyalaliswa ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa bubomi baseMelika. Olu lutyalo-mali kukhuseleko lwase-United States.'
Ngokukamongameli waseUkraine uVolodymyr Zelensky, bangama-31,000 abantu baseUkraine bulawa kungquzulwano. Amagosa ase-US aqikelela ukuba i-70,000 ifile, ngelixa iRashiya ithi ibulale i-444,000. Ngaba oku kufa 'lixabiso elifanelekileyo lemali'?
Yaye kuthekani ngama-50,000 aseRashiya Qi kelelwa Ngaba ufile nguBBC? Ngaba zibalulekile? Ngapha koko, impucuko yaseYurophu ifanele isekelwe kwimfundiso kaKristu yokuba sifanele sithande, kungekhona nje ‘ummelwane’ wethu kodwa ‘utshaba’ lwethu. Kwi-Channel 5 yaseBritane, igqala leBBC uJeremy Vine wanikela imbono eyahlukileyo kuBill, umnxeba ovela eManchester:
'IBill, iBhili, inyaniso ekhohlakeleyo kukuba, ukuba unxibe iyunifomu kaPutin kwaye uhambe uye ulwe nemfazwe yakhe, mhlawumbi ufanelwe ukufa, akunjalo?'
Kwenye indawo, oyena Mfundisi noLungileyo uJustin Welby, uBhishophu Omkhulu waseCanterbury, Waphendula Emva kokuba i-Iran iphinde yaziphindezela kwibhombu lika-Israel kwi-consulate yase-Iranian e-Damasko, eSiriya, yabulala abantu abayi-16, kuquka neenjengele ezimbini eziphezulu zase-Iranian:
'Uhlaselo luka-Israyeli yi-Iran kule mpelaveki lwalungalunganga. Babeka ubomi babantu esichengeni baza bandisa ukruthakruthwano olwalusele luyingozi kulo mmandla. Ndithandazela uxolo nokhuseleko yabantu bakwaSirayeli ngeli xesha yaye ndibongoza onke amaqela ukuba azithintele aze enze uxolo nonqabiseko.' (Ugxininiso lwethu)
Ukuba uKrestu wenze ingxelo yezopolitiko, ngewabhengeze omabini amaIran kwaye AmaSirayeli ahlasela kakubi, yaye ngewayethandazele ‘uxolo nonqabiseko’ lwabantu bakwaSirayeli kwaye Iran, kunye nePalestine.
Cameron Phendule Kumba omnye:
'[Yayiyinto] yokungakhathali neyingozi ukuba yenziwe yi-Iran, kwaye ndicinga ukuba umhlaba wonke uyabona. Onke la mazwe aye azibuza ngandlel’ ithile, ke, uyazi, yintoni inyani ye-Iran? Kukho apho kumnyama namhlophe.”
Ngoko nangoko wabuzwa oku: 'Ibiya kwenza ntoni iBritani ukuba ilizwe elinobutshaba linokuthabath' unyawo omnye wabameli bethu?'
Impendulo esuka ku Cameron:
'Kulungile, besingathabatha, uyazi, besiya kuthatha amanyathelo aqatha.'
Ngokwemvelo, 'siya' singenza okufanayo okanye okubi ngakumbi, kodwa luphawu olubi lwe-Iran's 'indalo yokwenyani' xa 'beyenza'. Abangendawo abanalungelo lokuzikhusela xa behlaselwa ngabalungileyo. Ukucinga okusemgangathweni kumaxesha aphakathi.
'Ubugebenga' kunye 'Nenkohlakalo'-Ukutyekisa Ulwimi
Ngamaxesha angasebenziyo, ngamanye amaxesha siye sibe nombono wokuvula eyethu i-Media Lens Chamber of Propaganda Horrors, iHolo yeMedia Infamy. Iya kuba yindawo enomqolomba egcwele imizekelo yezixhobo ezisetyenziselwa ukukrwitsha kunye nokuqhawula iNyaniso.
Icandelo elikhethekileyo liya kugcinelwa i-sage effusions ye-BBC umnxibelelanisi wezokhuseleko uFrank Gardner, owathi wabhala Kutshanje kwaSirayeli:
'Yasabela ekuhlaselweni okukhokelwa yi-Hamas ye-7 Oktobha ... kwaye yachitha iinyanga ezintandathu ezizayo ibetha i-Gaza Strip.'
Uhlaselo lwe-Hamas 'yalunokubulala', ngoko, u-Israyeli eqhuba 'ukubetha' nje ngohlaselo lwakhe oluye lwabangela ubuncinane amaxesha angama-30 ukuphulukana nobomi. 'Ukubethwa' kudla ngokugruzuka kodwa akubulali. Ngokuqinisekileyo eli gama alidibani nokubulawa kwabantu. Ngaba oku kusetyenziswa kolwimi ngomkhethe kuyenzeka ngempazamo, okanye ngokwenkqubo?
Ubulungisa kunye nokuchaneka kweNgxelo (FAIR) Waphendula kufundo lwabo ngononophelo lweNew York Times, iWashington Post kunye neWall Street Journal:
'Ukujonga zonke iimpawu, i-77% yexesha apho igama elithi "inkohlakalo" lisetyenziselwa ukuchaza umdlali wengxabano, libhekisela kumaPalestina kunye nezenzo zabo. Oku kwakuyi-73% yexesha kwi-Times, i-78% kwi-Post kunye ne-87% kwi-Journal. Kuphela ngama-23% exesha 'ayekhohlakele' asetyenziswa ukuchaza izenzo zikaSirayeli…'
Ukuthintela umbiko kwimemo evuzayo ebonisa ukuba iNew York Times 'yalele iintatheli ezibhala imfazwe yakwaSirayeli kwiGaza Strip ukuba ithintele ukusetyenziswa kwebinzana elithi "imbubhiso" kunye "nokuhlanjululwa kohlanga" kunye "nokuphepha" ukusebenzisa ibinzana elithi "indawo ehlaselweyo" xa echaza umhlaba wasePalestine'. I-Intercept yongeza:
'Imemo ikwayalela iintatheli ukuba zingalisebenzisi igama elithi Palestine "ngaphandle kweemeko ezinqabileyo kakhulu" kwaye zilibeke ngokucacileyo igama elithi "iinkampu zeembacu" ukuchaza iindawo zaseGaza ezazihlaliswe ngokwembali ngabantu basePalestina abagxothwa kwezinye iindawo zasePalestina ngexesha langaphambili lakwaSirayeli- Iimfazwe zama-Arabhu. Le mimandla yamkelwa ziZizwe Ezimanyeneyo njengeenkampu zeembacu yaye igcina amakhulu amawaka eembacu ezibhalisiweyo.'
Imemo yabhalwa ngumhleli wemigangatho yeTimes uSusan Wessling, umhleli wamazwe ngamazwe uPhilip Pan, kunye namasekela abo. Umthombo weendaba weTimes, ocele ukungaziwa 'ngokoyika impindezelo', uthe:
'Ndicinga ukuba luhlobo lwento ejongeka njengengcali kwaye isengqiqweni ukuba awunalwazi ngemeko yembali yongquzulwano lwasePalestine-Israel. Kodwa ukuba uyazi, kuya kucaca indlela okuxolisa ngayo kuSirayeli.'
I-Chamber yethu ye-Propaganda Horrors inokubonisa esi sivakalisi singakholelwayo esivela kwi-BBC umbiko nguLucy Williamson, efundeka njengento ethile kwifilimu 'uGqr. Strangelove':
'Ukuba ubufuna ukwenza imephu yendlela eya kurhulumente wasePalestina ophilileyo, osebenzayo, mhlawumbi ubungaqali ukusuka apha.'
Inoba ibingazuqala phi? Ukususela phakathi kwimbubhiso yeenyanga ezintandathu, kukho abemi abazizigidi ezibini ababulawa yindlala, nabantwana ababulawa yindlala ngokoqobo, kwabulawa amashumi amawaka abantwana, neGaza ingamabhodlo? Kunzima ukucinga ngoqwalaselo lwethowuni yobuthulu ngokweenqobo ezisesikweni okanye ngokwasengqondweni. UJeremy Bowen weBBC wongezelela kuluvo lwe-surreality:
'Isigqibo sokungavumelani nesisombululo sokupheliswa kwe-Ramadan sikwayinzame yabantu baseMelika ukutyhala ngezityholo zokuba baye benza izenzo zikaSirayeli.'
Ngaba 'sisityholo' sokuba i-US ibonelele ngeebhiliyoni zeedola zemijukujelwa kunye neebhombu apho uSirayeli wayengenako ukwenza ukubulawa kwabantu? Ngaba kukho nayiphi na indlela i-US enokuthi 'ityhale umva' kuloo nyaniso ingenakuphikiswa? UMlondolozi ichazwe indlela i-US esebenze nzima ngayo ukunqanda ukongamela kwiCongressional:
'I-US ixelwe ukuba yenze ngaphezu kwe-100 yokuthengisa izixhobo kuSirayeli, kubandakanywa amawaka eebhombu, ukususela ekuqaleni kwemfazwe eGaza, kodwa ukuhanjiswa kwasinda kwi-congressional oversighting ngenxa yokuba intengiselwano nganye yayiphantsi kwexabiso ledola elifuna imvume.
'Ulawulo lwe-Biden… lugcine ukuqukuqela okuthe cwaka kodwa okuninzi kwezixhobo zokudubula ukunceda ukubuyisela amashumi amawaka eebhombu eziwiswe nguSirayeli kunxweme oluncinane, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ibe lelinye lamaphulo abukhali okuqhushumba kwimbali yomkhosi.'
Ezi ntengiso zifihliweyo zongezwa kwi-320 yezigidi zeebhobho ezichanekileyo ezithengiswa ngoNovemba kunye ne-14,000 ye-tank shells exabisa i-$ 106m kunye ne-$ 147.5m ye-fuses kunye nezinye izinto ezifunekayo ukwenza i-155mm ye-artillery shells ngoDisemba.
Ukuphendula kwiindaba zamva nje zobonelelo olukhulu olongezelelweyo lwezixhobo kwaSirayeli, uEdward Snowden thunyelwe kwi X:
'Kulungile, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo uya kuyeka ukuthumela izixhobo ezixabisa ishumi elinesihlanu leebhiliyoni zeedola' kubafana abahlala bebanjwa begcwalisa amangcwaba nabantwana de kugqitywe uphando oluzimeleyo lwamazwe ngamazwe, akunjalo?
'…kunene?'
Kuba asisaphili kumaXesha Obumnyama, akunjalo?
Silinde iNdawo yeBhombu yaseHiroshima
Abantu ngokuqhelekileyo abathuthunjiswa kwi-rack kuluntu lwaseNtshona, kodwa ngaba ngokwenene singenabubele?
Ifilimu kaChristopher Nolan ethi 'Oppenheimer' iye yanconywa esibhakabhakeni. Ifumene amagama atyunjiweyo ali-13 kwiiMbasa zeOscar, yaphumelela iiOscars ezisixhenxe, kubandakanywa uMfanekiso oBalaseleyo, uMphathi oBalaseleyo, uMdlali oBalaseleyo kunye noMdlali oBalaseleyo oxhasayo. Ikwaphumelele iimbasa ezintlanu zeGolden Globe.
Kwaye nangona kunjalo ifilimu ihlazo lokuziphatha. Igxininisa kubomi befiziksi uRobert J. Oppenheimer, kwaye ngokukodwa, ngokuqinisekileyo, kwindima yakhe ephambili ekuphuhliseni izixhobo zokuqala ze-athomu. Iziphumo ezithe ngqo zeenzame zakhe yaba kukuwiswa kweebhola zenyukliya kubemi baseHiroshima naseNagasaki eJapan ababulale phakathi kwe-129,000 kunye ne-226,000 yabantu.
Ezi yayizizenzo zokuqala zobunqolobi benyukliya, ezona zenzo zobugrogrisi zikhulu kakhulu ezakha zabonwa lihlabathi. Nangona amathandabuzo okuziphatha akhathaza 'iProjekthi yeManhattan' ngelo xesha kwaye ukusukela oko ebonakala kakhulu kwifilimu, umfanekiso wefuthe elibi lokuyilwa kuka-Oppenheimer kubemi uphantse ungabikho kwaphela. Lo ungatshatanga, onesidima amagqabantshintshi ukusuka kumbukeli osekhulile waseJapan ochazwe nguMgcini uthi konke:
"Bendilindele ukuba kuvele indawo yebhombu yaseHiroshima, kodwa ayizange yenzeke," utshilo uMimaki, oneminyaka engama-82.'
Nangona iBBC kukhangelwe uluvo lwabadlali be-cinema e-Hiroshima, 'kwiimitha kuphela kude' ukusuka apho ibhomu yaqhuma khona, ukusilela kokuziphatha okukhwankqisayo kwefilimu akuzange kukhankanywe.
Xa sicamngca, imyuziyam yethu ingabizwa ngcono, iMyuziyam yeMedia Madness. Ngaloo ndlela, i-BBC umbiko ngokwala kwabaququzeleli beminyhadala, i-European Broadcasting Union (EBU), ukuvala uSirayeli kwi-Eurovision Song Contest. I-EBU iphendule ngelithi:
'Sikholelwa ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba i-Eurovision Song Contest iqonga elifanele lihlale lidlula ezopolitiko, likhuthaze ukubambisana kunye nokudibanisa abaphulaphuli emhlabeni jikelele.'
I-BBC ithi ixakeke kakhulu kukunika ingxelo 'macala omabini ebali', kodwa ilibale ngokulula ukukhankanya ukuba iRussia yavalwa kukhuphiswano lwengoma ukusukela ngo-2022 ngenxa yesizathu esiye sayenza. hayi 'igqithise kwezopolitiko' - ukuhlasela kwayo i-Ukraine.
UMartin Österdahl, umphathi we-EBU we-Eurovision, wabuzwa ukuba achaze ukuchasana. Yena Phendule ukuba ezi meko zimbini 'zahluke ngokupheleleyo'. Yinyani ngokwaneleyo - ulwaphulo-mthetho lukaSirayeli eGaza mandundu ngakumbi kunolwaphulo-mthetho lwaseRussia eUkraine. Ukuxubha okuqhelekileyo kuka-Österdahl:
'Asilobala lokusombulula impixano yoMbindi Mpuma.'
Amajelo eendaba kunye namazwi ezopolitiko afuna ukucela umngeni kwinkohlakalo elawulayo akatshiswa ephila, kodwa angcwatywa ephila kwiintolongo zokhuseleko oluphezulu njengoJulian Assange, abethwe esitratweni njengoGeorge Galloway, kwaye anyanzelwe elubhacweni njengo-Edward Snowden. Abachaseneyo banokungagalelwa ngeziqhamo ezibolileyo kunye nemifuno ezitokisini, kodwa bona are bebethwa ngohlaselo olungayekeleliyo lwamajelo eendaba ngenjongo yokuthoba isidima sabo.
Kwi-Guardian, uJohn Crace wabulisa iindaba zokuba uGalloway ubuyele epalamente, nge Qhekeza isihloko:
'I-Ego ifikile: UGeorge Galloway uyabhabha kwisifungo sakhe njengelungu lePalamente'
UCrace wabhala wathi:
'Naphi na apho aya khona, i-ego yakhe enkulu ilapho phambi kwakhe. Njengoninzi lwama-narcissists, ekuphela kwesidenge asenzela sona izibonelelo - lowo angaboni ngasonye ngokupheleleyo kuye - nguye.'
Wongeza:
'… kuninzi malunga neGalloway engakuthandiyo. Ukubaluleka kwakhe kuyamangalisa. Uninzi lwamaLungu ePalamente lukhathazwa kukuzicingela ngokugqithisileyo, kodwa uGeorge uphumile kwisikali. Ayizange ithi qatha engqondweni yakhe into yokuba akalunganga ngayo yonke into.'
Ngaphambi koloyiso lukaGalloway, isiqwenga seendaba soMgcini Waphendula:
'“Iyonke, intlekele epheleleyo”: UGalloway kunye noDanczuk bafola ukuya eRochdale push – Ababini ababekade bengamalungu ePalamente yezaBasebenzi babuyile ukuza kukhathaza iqela kwinto ebizwa ngokuba “lolona lunyulo lweradioactive kwinkumbulo ephilayo”'
Njengoko sele sixoxile amaxesha amaninzi, olu luluvo olufunekayo, hayi ngeGalloway kuphela, kodwa kubo bonke abantu abaphikisayo abacela umngeni ubume balo - bona (kunye nathi) sonke 'singama-narciss' anetyhefu. Ngaloo ndlela, i-BBC ya phawula yeGalloway, 'ummangaliso wezopolitiko':
'Kubagxeki nabachasi bakhe, ungumntu ozingcayo oyingozi, umntu ovusa iyantlukwano.'
Yeyiphi ipesenti yamaLungu ePalamente eTory kunye nezaBasebenzi phantsi (kwaye kubandakanywa) iSunak kunye neStarmer hayi abantu abanekratshi abayingozi? Ngaba amawaka amaLungu ePalamente athi, ishumi leminyaka emva kweshumi leminyaka, afolele ukuvotela iimfazwe zezixhobo zase-US-UK zobundlobongela kwindawo yokuqala, ukuze kuthathwe amanyathelo yandisa ukuwohloka kwemozulu, hayi abantu abazingcayo? Ewe zinjalo, kodwa azibhalwanga ngolo hlobo. Ekuphela kokuzingca okubonwa 'njengokuyingozi' yinkqubo yethu yezosasazo yoshishino lukarhulumente lolo loyikisa i-biocidal, ukubulawa kwabantu kunye nokuzibulala.
Kufuneka sihambe kude ukusuka 'kwi-mainstream' ukuze sifunde imbono elungeleleneyo ye-Galloway. Owayesakuba ngunozakuzaku waseBritani uCraig Murray Waphendula:
'Ndiyamazi uGeorge Galloway ubomi bam bonke bomntu omdala, nangona ubukhulu becala siye saphulukana nokunxibelelana phakathi ngelixa ndandiphuma kwidiplomate. Ndimazi kakuhle uGeorge ukuba ndingamphatha kakubi ngoYesu Krestu, kodwa ebekwicala lasekunene ngokuchasene neemfazwe ezoyikekayo ezikhokelwe lulonke udidi lwezopolitiko. Izipho zakhe zendalo ze-mellifluence kunye ne-loquacity azinakugqweswa, kunye netalente eyongezelelweyo yokwenza ibinzana le-punchy.
'… Kodwa ngaphandle kwembono yoluntu uGeorge uyahlekisa, unobubele kwaye uyazazi. Uye wabandakanyeka kakhulu kwezopolitiko ubomi bakhe bonke, kwaye ukholelwa kakhulu kwinkqubo yentando yesininzi njengendlela yokugqibela apho amaqela asebenzayo aya kuthi ekugqibeleni alawule iindlela zokuvelisa. Ungumntu wakudala kakhulu kwaye unembeko yobusoshiyali.'
Asivumelani kakhulu nezimvo zikaGalloway malunga nemveliso yefosili kunye nokutshintsha kwemozulu – enyanisweni, uye wasivala ku-X emcela umngeni ngamandla kodwa ngembeko kule miba. Nangona kunjalo, kucacile kuthi ukuba imbono kaMurray ngeGalloway isengqiqweni ngakumbi.
Neon-Lit Dark Age
'Kwihlabathi Elitsha Elinobukroti liphinde lajongwa', uAldous Huxley wabhala:
'Ixhoba lokuphethwa kwengqondo alizazi ukuba lixhoba. Kuye, iindonga zentolongo yakhe azibonakali, kwaye ukholelwa ukuba ukhululekile.' (Huxley, 'Ihlabathi Elitsha Elinobukroti liphinde lavakaliswa', archive.org, 1958, p.109)
Oku kuyinyani ngokuqinisekileyo kwiintatheli zamashishini. Ukuboleka ngokungekho mthethweni kumajelo eendaba aphikisayo ngokwenyani, isibheno esiphindaphindwayo soMlondolozi sicela abafundi ukuba baxhase ukhuselo lwalo lobugorha lweNyaniso. Utshaba oluchaziweyo:
'Amaqela amagqwetha avela kwizityebi nanamandla azama ukusiyekisa ukupapasha amabali angafuni ukuba uwabone.
'Amaqela ee-lobby anenkxaso-mali engacacanga azimisele ukujongela phantsi iinyani malunga nonxunguphalo lwemozulu kunye nezinye isayensi esekiweyo.
'Amazwe angoozwilakhe ngokungakhathaleli inkululeko yamajelo eendaba.
'Abadlali ababi abasasaza i-disinformation kwi-intanethi ukujongela phantsi idemokhrasi.
'Kodwa sinento enamandla kwicala lethu.
'Sikufumene.
'I-Guardian ixhaswa ngemali ngabafundi bayo kwaye okuphela komntu othatha isigqibo malunga noko sikupapashayo ngumhleli wethu.'
Banifumene ngokwenene, abaninzi benu, hayi ngendlela elungileyo. Esona sisongelo kwinyani kwixesha lethu, ngokucacileyo, yinto yokuba ukwandisa inzuzo, imidiya yentengiso exhomekeke kwintengiso njenge Guardian. ayikwazi kwaye ayiyi Xela ubunyani behlabathi elilawulwa ngamaqumrhu amakhulu. Umnqweno obhengeziweyo bubuqhetseba, uhlobo lwentengiso ye-niche exhaphaza abo bangenangqondo.
Inyani yeyokuba imidiya 'eqhelekileyo' kunye nezopolitiko ngoku zibanjwe ngendlela engaphaya kwayo nantoni na ebesiyibona ngaphambili. Ehlabathini lonke, ukhetho lwezopolitiko luye lwalungiswa ngononophelo kwaye lwahluzwa ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuba abantu abaqhelekileyo abakwazi ukucela umngeni kwiimfazwe ezingapheliyo, ukuzimisela ukubeka phambili inzuzo phezu kwesenzo semozulu nakweyiphi na indleko. Umsebenzi wenkqubo yemidiya yequmrhu kukwenza ngathi ukhetho luyinyani, ukuqinisekisa ukuba iindonga zentolongo zihlala zingabonakali.
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