Oyena ndoqo wodushe lwangoku yikoloniyalizim, ipolitiki yokulahlwa kwezinto, ubufundamentali bezenkolo, iniyoliberalism, kunye nemfazwe ekrwada. Kubonakala ngathi ugonyamelo lugubungele umhlaba ngokungathi sisiphango sentlabathi. Abantwana babulawa ngobuninzi eGaza, ukungabi namakhaya kuyanda phakathi kolutsha kumazwe amaninzi, ukungalingani kukho kumanqanaba amangalisayo, kwaye inkcubeko yobulungisa ithathelwe indawo yinkcubeko yehlabathi yemfazwe. I-capitalism yeGangster ilwa imfazwe kubasebenzi, amalungelo okuzala abafazi, amalungelo abantu abathandana nabo, abantu bemibala, kunye nedemokhrasi ngokwayo-izisonge ngokungenangqondo kwintetho yobufascism.
Isimilo siya siwohloka ngakumbi phantsi kobunzima bembali yokulibala, ukucinezelwa kwabantu abaphikisayo, nokonakaliswa kwenkcubeko yoluntu. Ulwimi luphulukene namandla alo okuvusa ingqondo phantsi kobunzima obufuthaniselekayo bomboniso kunye nesigama esiphambeneyo sama-demagogues. Uxanduva lwentlalo luhamba kwaye alusadityaniswa nendlela uluntu lwaseMelika olusebenza ngayo. Abezopolitiko kunye noosomashishini bokufa bayalihoya igazi eliveliswe zizixhobo zabo kwaye batyala imali eninzi ngaphandle kokuphendula kubugrogrisi belizwe kunye nehlabathi. Xa zizonke iintsapho, abantwana, izikolo, izibhedlele neendawo zonqulo ziqhushumbiswa, yaye abafazi nabantwana bayabulawa njengoko amabharbarian eenkokeli zonqulo nemizi-mveliso yezixhobo evuyela ingeniso esandayo eyenziwa kuphalazo-gazi nokubandezeleka okungathethekiyo.[1] Njengoko uChris Hedges ethe, ubukhapitali bemigulukudu bufikelele kwisigqibo sabo esisengqiqweni nesiyityhefu, “sivundiswe kukuphelelwa lithemba okuxhaphakileyo, iimvakalelo zokungakhathalelwa, ungento yanto, ukungabi namandla nokunqongophala kwezoqoqosho.”[2] Isiphumo sisilayidi kwipolitiki yobuFasi ebonisa ukufa kombono wedemokhrasi eUnited States.
Iintatheli zaseVichy kunye namajelo eendaba ngoku kunanini na ngaphambili zirhweba “ngenjongo” kwaye icela nokuba kunikezelwe ngesandla njengoko ubundlobongela busiya buqatsela kuwo onke amanqanaba oluntu.[3] UTrump uphathwa njengomgqatswa oqhelekileyo wobumongameli nangona esamkela iindlela zokuchasa umthetho. Uphalaza ubuhlanga, intiyo, kunye nezoyikiso ezingapheliyo zobundlobongela, angakhathali ukubiza uxanduva, nangona eneentloni. Ubugwala buzifihla emva kwesibheno sobuxoki kwingcinga eyoyikisayo yokulinganisela. Imithombo yeendaba eqhelekileyo inobudlelwane obukhulu bomgca ongezantsi kunenyaniso.[4] Ukuthula kwabo kufana nohlobo lokunxulumana.
Iqela leRiphabhlikhi ngoku liyimoto yezopolitiko zobuFasi.[5] I-United States ifikelele esiphelweni senkqubo yezoqoqosho nezopolitiko ekhohlakeleyo efana nomntu ofileyo ohambahambayo-ipolitiki ye-zombie echumayo ekuxhatshazweni kwabasebenzi, abafuduki, abahluphekayo, abahluthiweyo kunye nabantwana abangenakuzinceda bafa phantsi kwebhombu. ingqushu yobunqolobi bombuso. Ubuzwe bobuKrestu obumhlophe budibana nezona zinto zigqithisayo zobukhapitali ukunyanzelisa imigaqo-nkqubo ekhohlakeleyo nengenantliziyo yokuhluthwa, ukuphelisa, kunye nezopolitiko zokulahlwa. Igazi eliphuma emlonyeni lizalisa ulwimi lobuzwilakhe, kwaye kulandela imigaqo-nkqubo yentshabalalo, ukuxhaphaza, nokuphelelwa lithemba ngokupheleleyo. Ixesha likawonke-wonke elisekelwe kwiingcinga zolingano, okulungileyo okuqhelekileyo, kunye nobulungisa liyaphela kumgqomo wothuli wembali ehlanjwe mhlophe. Njengoko uJames Baldwin waphawula, de kube amaNazi angqongqoza emnyango wabo, ezi ntlobo "masilungelelanise" zinqabe ukuba nesibindi sokubiza i-fascism ukuba yintoni.
Ngexesha likaxakeka, kubalulekile ukuphuhlisa ukuvuka okukhulu kwengqondo, intshukumo enkulu ebanzi yokukhusela iimpahla zoluntu, kunye nokuhlanganisa abafundisi kunye nolutsha abanokuthi bobabini hayi kwaye balwele idemokhrasi yobusoshiyali. Umlo ochasene ne-fascism awunakwenzeka ngaphandle kweengcamango ezintsha, umbono, kunye nokukwazi ukuziguqulela kwisenzo. Iinkumbulo ezinobungozi kunye nokuvuselelwa kweengqondo zembali ziyanceda. Kwaye ziyimfuneko ngakumbi njengoko idemokhrasi iminxwa bubumdaka bama-demagogue, ubuzwe obumhlophe, imfazwe yodidi, ukulwa, nobuzwe bobuKristu. Abo bantu baseMelika bakholelwa kwidemokhrasi nobulungisa abanakuvuma ukuncitshiswa babe sisizwe sababukeli; abanakuphinda bayichaze idemokhrasi ngokuyinciphisa ibe ngumatshini wokuvota olawulwa zizityebi; kananjalo abanako ukuyithelekisa nesidumbu sobukapitali; abanako ukuphinda bavumele ukuthula koonondaba ukuba kusebenze njengomatshini wokuphelisa iipolitiki osebenza ngokukhulu ukushenxisa ipolitiki eluntwini; abanakuphinda bavumele imfundo ukuba ityhalwe njengoomatshini bokungakwazi ukufunda nokubhala, ukulibala ngembali, nokungazi.
Andizibandakanyi kumbono wokuphelelwa lithemba, kodwa ndiqaqambisa ungxamiseko lomzuzu wembali osemngciphekweni wokupela ibutho lokufa eMelika njengombono, njengesithembiso sento idemokhrasi emandla enokucingela yona kwixesha elizayo. Siphila kwixesha lonxunguphalo—ixesha lentlekele apho ixesha liye laba sisithintelo kwaye ixesha likawonke-wonke liyimfuneko kwaye lifuna ingcamango nesenzo somkhosi. Ngaphandle kwe-arhente akukho nto inokwenzeka yokucinga ngekamva elingavumelaniyo ne-fascism yexesha elidlulileyo, ngaphandle kokuba kunokwenzeka ukuba akukho sizathu sokuvuma izinto zokwenyani kunye nezoyikiso zengqondo e-United States kunye nehlabathi lonke ngoku elijongene nalo.
UbuFasi abusabandakanywa kwimbali. Umoya we-Weimar 1933 udlalwa kwakhona. Yiyiphi enye indlela yokuchaza ibango likaTrump ekuhleni lokuba uceba, xa sele enyuliwe, ukuvalela abo baphikisayo kwezopolitiko kwiinkampu zentolongo? Okanye isibhambathiso sakhe “sokuncothula neengcambu ubukomanisi, ubuMarxist, ubuFascist, kunye nezigebenga ezingasekhohlo eziphila njengeengcongconi phakathi kwemida yelizwe lethu, ezixokayo, zibe, kwaye ziqhathe kunyulo kwaye ziya kwenza nantoni na enokwenzeka—ziya kwenza nantoni na, nokuba kusemthethweni okanye ngokungekho mthethweni—ukutshabalalisa iMerika nokutshabalalisa iphupha laseMerika.” I-rhetoric ye-Trump ye-belligelent idibanisa isigama sokutshatyalaliswa kobuntu kunye nolwimi lokuhlanjululwa ngokobuhlanga kunye nezisongelo eziphindaphindiweyo zobundlobongela. Uthi abantu abasuka kwamanye amazwe “batyhefa igazi lelizwe lethu,” uthi “obesakuba ngusihlalo weJoint Chiefs of Staff ufanelwe kukubulawa, yaye ukuze atyhafise amasela abongoza amapolisa ukuba abadubule. Utsho elubala encumile ebusweni ukuba ufuna ukuba nguzwilakhe.[6] Kwabezopolitiko basekunene kunye ne-MAGA, ipolitiki yobuFasi ngoku ibonisiwe kwaye yenziwe njengebheji yembeko. Kukho umsebenzi omninzi apha kune-echo yoorhulumente bangaphambili be-authority. Izisongelo ezilandelayo ezivela kuTrump kunye neentlobo zakhe zejoni-zamajoni zikhokelela ngokuthe ngqo kwiiGulags kunye neenkampu kwixesha langaphambili lolawulo.
Umoya we-Confederacy kunye nenguqulelo ephuculweyo kunye neMelika ye-fascism ubuyile. Izithethe ezifana nesidumbu zomkhosi, ukuhlanjululwa kobuhlanga, kunye ne-neoliberal fascism zalatha kukokubini ukungafihli kwesazela kunye nesiganeko apho ulwimi lusilela kwaye isimilo siwele kwibarbarism, kwaye nawuphi na umsa wedemokhrasi uyahlekwa kwaye uhlaselwe. Njengoko unyaka omtsha usondela, ndifuna ukugqiba ngenqaku elinokwenzeka ngokunika isicatshulwa esivela kuHoward Zinn, umcebisi wam wangaphambili kunye nomhlobo. Ubhala athi:
Ukuba nethemba ngamaxesha amabi asibobudenge nje bothando. Isekelwe kwisibakala sokuba imbali yoluntu ayiyombali yenkohlakalo nje kuphela, kodwa neyovelwano, ukuzincama, inkalipho nobubele. Oko sikhetha ukukugxininisa kule mbali intsonkothileyo kuya kugqiba ubomi bethu. Ukuba sibona kuphela okubi kakhulu, kutshabalalisa amandla ethu okwenza into. Ukuba sikhumbula loo maxesha kunye neendawo-kwaye zininzi-apho abantu baye baziphatha ngokumangalisayo, oku kusinika amandla okwenza izinto, kwaye ubuncinane ithuba lokuthumela eli hlabathi lijikelezayo kwelinye icala. Kwaye ukuba senza into, nokuba incinci kangakanani na, akufuneki silinde ikamva eliqaqambileyo. Ikamva lulandelelwano olungenasiphelo lwezipho, kwaye ukuphila ngoku njengoko sicinga ukuba abantu bafanele ukuphila, ekuchaseni konke okubi okusijikelezileyo, kona ngokwako kululoyiso olumangalisayo.
Amanqaku.
[1] UHenry A. Giroux, “Ukubulala Abantwana, Imithwalo Yesazela, kunye neMfazwe yakwaSirayeli neHamas,” Counterpunch (Disemba 9, 2023). Kwi-intanethi: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/12/08/killing-children-the-burdens-of-conscience-and-the-israel-hamas-war/
[2] UChris Hedges, “UbuFasi buza eMelika” [nge-8 ka-Okthobha 2023]. Kwi-intanethi: https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/fascism-comes-to-america
[3] UThom Hartmann, "Ngaba ubuntatheli obubugwala bubuyisela ubuFasi bukaTrump?" LA Progressive [NgoDisemba 4, 2023]. Kwi-Intanethi: https://www.laprogressive.com/the-media-in-the-united-states/cowardly-journalism..Will Bunch, "Iphi 'i-Trump Resistance' njengoko i-autocracy isondela?" Philadelphia Inquirer [NgoDisemba 5, 2023]. Kwi-intanethi: https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/trump-resistance-womens-march-felicity-huffman-college-admissions-20231205.html
[4]UJessica Corbett, "Izilumkiso ziyakhula ukuba iMedia yase-US iphinde isilele ukugubungela ngokuchanekileyo isoyikiso sikaTrump sikaFascist." Iindoda eziqhelekileyo [NgoNovemba 13, 2023]. Kwi-intanethi: https://www.commondreams.org/news/donald-trump-and-the-media
[5] UHenry A. Giroux kunye no-Anthony DiMaggio, UbuFasi kuLingo (eLondon: Bloomsbury, 2024).
[6] Uyabona, uRobert Kagan, "Ulawulo lobuzwilakhe lukaTrump luya lungenakuthinteleka. Kufuneka siyeke ukuzenzisa,” IWashington Post (NgoNovemba 30, 2023). Kwi-intanethi: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/30/trump-dictator-2024-election-robert-kagan/
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