Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amane, uDavis ebengomnye wabaphembeleli abanempembelelo kunye neengqondi eUnited States. Umfanekiso wombutho wenkululeko yabantsundu, umsebenzi kaDavis malunga nemiba yesini, ubuhlanga, iklasi kunye neentolongo ube nefuthe kwiingcinga ezinzulu kunye neentshukumo zentlalo kwizizukulwana ezininzi. Ungumthetheleli okhokelayo wokupheliswa kwentolongo, isikhundla esichazwe ngamava akhe njengebanjwa kunye nembacu kuluhlu oluphezulu lwe-FBI olwalufunwa kakhulu kwiminyaka engama-10 eyadlulayo. Nje ukubanjwa, wajongana nesigwebo sentambo eCalifornia. Emva kokuba ekhululwe, uye wachitha ubomi bakhe esilwela ukutshintsha inkqubo yobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho. Ngaphambi nje konyulo lwaphakathi, u-Angela Davis wahlala phantsi no-Amy Goodman eWashington, DC, eBusboys kunye neembongi ukubalisa ibali lobomi bakhe.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Namhlanje, sichitha iyure kunye netshantliziyo elidumileyo kunye nesifundiswa u-Angela Davis, unjingalwazi ophumeleleyo kwiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia, eSanta Cruz. Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amane, uDavis ebengomnye wabaphembeleli abanempembelelo kunye neengqondi eUnited States, umfanekiso wombutho wenkululeko yabantu abamnyama. Umsebenzi ka-Angela Davis malunga nemiba yesini, ubuhlanga, iklasi kunye neentolongo uye waba nefuthe kwiingcinga ezinzulu kunye neentshukumo zentlalo kwizizukulwana ezininzi. Ungummeli okhokelayo wokupheliswa kwentolongo, isikhundla esichazwe ngamava akhe njengebanjwa kunye nembacu kuluhlu oluphezulu lwe-FBI olufunwayo kwiminyaka engama-10 eyadlulayo. Nje ukubanjwa, wajongana nesigwebo sentambo eCalifornia. Emva kokuba ekhululwe kuwo onke amatyala, wachitha ubomi bakhe esilwela ukutshintsha inkqubo yobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho.
Kutshanje ndithethe naye eWashington, DC, kanye phambi konyulo lwaphakathi enyakeni, eBusboys kunye neembongi. Ndiqale ngokumbuza malunga nokunxibelelana kwakhe nemvumi yomphefumlo ongasekhoyo uAretha Franklin.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Ukugqibelana kwam ndifumene ithuba lokuthetha nawe, Angela, sikufumene ngentsasa yakho yokugqibelaโndiqinisekile ukuba ukuxabisile okuโkwiSidiliya sikaMartha. Kunene? KwakungoAgasti. Yayilusuku awasweleka ngalo uAretha Franklin. Khona bekutheni ze simkhangele uAngela? Ngenxa yonxibelelwano lwabo, loo nto ayifumani ngqalelo namhlanje kodwa, ndiyacinga, ithetha kakhulu ngabo bobabini abafazi.
Kwaye bendifuna ukufunda isicatshulwa sika-Aretha Franklin, owatshoyo Jet ngowe-1970, โUtata uthi andiyazi into endiyenzayo. Ewe, ndiyamhlonela, kodwa ndiza kubambelela kwiinkolelo zam. U-Angela Davis kufuneka ahambe ekhululekile. Abantu abantsundu baya kukhululeka. Ndivalelwe (ngenxa yokuphazamisa uxolo eDetroit) kwaye ndiyazi ukuba kufuneka uphazamise uxolo xa ungafumani xolo. IJele isihogo sokungena. Ndizakumbona ekhululekile ukuba kukho ubulungisa kwiinkundla zethu, hayi kuba ndikholelwa kubukomanisi, kodwa ngenxa yokuba engumfazi oNtsundu kwaye efuna inkululeko yabantu abaNtsundu. Ndinayo imali; Ndiyifumene kubantu abaNtsunduโbaye bandenza ndakwazi ukuba nayoโyaye ndifuna ukuyisebenzisa ngendlela eya kunceda abantu bakuthi.โ
Yayithetha ukuthini loo nto kuwe ngelo xesha, uAretha Franklin esithi, โNdifuna ukhululekeโ?
ANGELA DAVIS: Ndandisentolongweni ngela xesha. Kwaye xa ndifunda ngayo, yayilelona xesha lichukumisayo endalifumanayo ngelo xesha, kuba, ngokuqinisekileyo, uAretha wayesele enike isandi sobomi bethu, uyazi? Kwaye ndandilungile, uyazi, ndishukunyiswe kakhulu kwaye ndiphakanyiswe kangangokuba wayekulungele ukuhlawula ibheyile yam.
Kodwa mandikuxelele, ibheyile yayingekabekwa ngelo xesha. Libali elinika umdla. Ndamangalelwa amatyala amathathu okugwetyelwa ukufa, ngalinye kuwo lingenatyala. Kwaye ke, ngelo xesha, ndaba neengxoxo ezithile nabantu ababeququzelela, abafuna ukwenza intshukumo yebheyile. Kwaye ndihleli entolongweni, ndaze ndathi, โKodwa andifanelanga bheyile. Inceda ngantoni?โ Kodwa bandibonisa ukuba ndilixoki. Kwaye abantu kwihlabathi liphela batyikitya izicelo. Kwaye ke, ekugqibeleni, umdla ngokwaneleyo, ilizwe laseCalifornia lasiphelisa okwethutyana isigwebo sokufa. Kwaye amagqwetha am azama konke okusemandleni awo ukunxibelelana no-Aretha, kodwa wayekwiCaribbean ngelo xesha.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: IiWest Indies.
ANGELA DAVIS: Kwaye elo yayilixesha elahlukileyo. Uqhelene nemali, inkunzi, ihamba ngokukhululeka kwimida yelizwe. Kwakungekho ndlela yokuba angasifumana kwangethuba imali. Ke ngoko, lo mlimi umhlophe ogama linguRoger McAfee, owayenefama kuMbindi weKhalifoniya, wathi gqi kwiofisi yegqwetha lam, laze lathi, โNdikulungele ukulima ifama yam.โ Kwaye into ekhoyo kukuba, ukuba andizange ndiphume ngelo xesha, ngendingazange ndiphume ngebheyile, kuba ngokukhawuleza iNkundla ePhakamileyo yagweba ukuba onke amatyala olwaphulo-mthetho ngaphambili ayengafanelanga ukufumana ibheyile aya kuhlala engafanelekanga. Kwaye kukho le festile incinci. Kwaye uAretha, ngokubhengeza esidlangalaleni ukuba uza kuyihlawula ibheyile yam, wenza ukuba wonke umntu aphulaphule. Kwaye ke, ndiyathanda ukucinga ukuba nguAretha, uyazi, ondikhuphe ngebheyile. Uye wenjenjalo.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Uyazi, sinengxaki embi kweli lizwe nangawo onke amajelo eendaba, nawo onke amajelo: Imbali icima ngokukhawuleza. Kwaye ndibona abantu abatsha abaninzi apha namhlanje, kwaye bendizibuza ukuba ungayichaza na loo mbali, kuba ixesha ngalinye ebomini bakho ibingumzabalazo wezopolitiko, ukutsho kancinci. Ndiyathetha, sinako-kwaye siyakubuyela umva nangaphezulu, apho wazalelwa khona, eBirmingham, kodwa kuba sithetha ngalo mzuzu, ngo-1969, iRhuluneli uRonald Reagan ufuna ukuba ukhutshelwe ngaphandle. UCLA njengonjingalwazi, njengomfundisi-ntsapho, ngokuba ungumkomanisi kwaye akafuni lizwi lobukomanisi apho. Ingaba oko kulungile?
ANGELA DAVIS: Ewe. Kwaye, uyazi, andizange ndilindele ukuba ndibe ngundoqo wokuqwalasela ngolo hlobo. Ndandifuna nje ukufundisa ifilosofi. Kwaye mhlawumbi, ngaba nabani na ondixelele ukuba ndiza kugxothwa nguRonald Reagan kwaye le ngxokozelo enkulu kulo lonke ilizwe malunga nokuba umkhomanisi wayefundisa e-UCLA-ndithetha ukuba, ndacinga ukuba ixesha likaMcCarthy liphelile, uyazi? Kuba kwakukho ixesha apho ukuba wawungumkomanisi, wawungakwazi ukufundisa, wawungakwazi ukwenza iimuvi. Nonke niyazi malunga nexesha likaMcCarthy, akunjalo? KULUNGILE. Ndihlala ndisithi, nokuba awunayo inkumbulo yokwenyani, unokuba nenkumbulo yembali. Ke oku kufuneka kube yinxalenye yenkumbulo yethu yembali. Kodwa ewe, uRonald Reagan. Oh Thixo.
Uyazi, kunomdla kakhulu ukuba ngala maxesha, xa abantu abafana noRonald Reagan banyulwa, xa abantu abafana noRichard Nixon, asizange silindele ukuba kunokuba mbi ngakumbi. George W. Bush. Ndiyathetha, umhlali wangoku we-1600 Pennsylvania Avenue wenza uGeorge Bush abukeke ngcono kakhulu kunokuba wayejonge ixesha. Kwaye iyamangalisa.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba siye apho, ngo-1970, nisilwa, njengoko nisilwa namhlanje, ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-40 kamva, ngokuchasene nesakhiwo sentolongo-yemizi-mveliso, ukukhulula abazalwana baseSoledad, kwaye kukho ukudubula kwinkundla yaseMarin. Kwaye yiloo nto ekhokelele kwintlawulo yakho, amatyala akho. Namhlanje, iNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseWashington yasitshitshisa isigwebo sentambo kwilizwe laseWashington, isenza ilizwe lama-20. Kodwa amava akhoโyaye ndicinga ukuba uninzi lolutsha lusenokungakuqondi okuโaphuma kumava akho entolongweni, entolongweni. Ujongene nezigwebo zokufa ezithathu, izigwebo zokufa ezithathu?
ANGELA DAVIS: Ewe. Uyazi, uAmy ngudliwanondlebe olungileyo, uyazi? Ewe, ngo-1969, ndagxothwa UCLA, kwaye lowo yayingunyaka onzima kakhulu. Ndifumene amakhulukhulu ezigrogriso zokufa. Kuye kwafuneka ukuba ndisuswe kwigumbi lokufundela ukuya kwigumbi lokufundela UCLA amapolisa ekhampasi. Kwakufuneka bamise imoto yam ukuze baqinisekise ukuba akukho bhombu ityaliweyo. Kwaye bandisa ekupheleni kwekhampasi, kuba babefuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba andibulawanga ekhampasini. Ndithetha ukuthi yayiyindima yabo leyo. Kwaye ndithetha oku kuba kwakuthetha ukuba kufuneka ndibe nokhuseleko iiyure ezingama-24. Kwaye kwafuneka kubekho umntu oza kuhlala naye kwindlu yam, kuba ndandihlala ndedwa ngelo xesha. Kwakufuneka ndibe nomntuโkwakufuneka ndibe nokhuseleko oluxhobileyo iiyure ezingama-24 ngosuku. Kwaye ndandiโndithenge imipu emibini, eyayisetyenziswa ngabantu ababendenzela ukhuseleko, uyazi, ngakumbi xa ndandithetha.
Ndimele nditsho ukuba ngexesha elifanayo, safunda ngemeko yabazalwana baseSoledad-uGeorge Jackson, uJohn Clutchette, uFleeta Drumgo-kwaye baqala ukwenza uququzelelo eMzantsi California. Kwakukho ikomiti eMntla California yokukhulula abazalwana baseSoledad. Senza ikomiti eMzantsi California. Kwaye umninawa kaGeorge uJonathan, owayeyindoda emangalisayo, emhle ngokwenene owayengumbhali ongakholelekiyo, wabhala-wabhala imibongo. Kwakhona wayezinikele ngokunzulu kumntakwabo. Kwaye ndikunika lonke olu lwazi kuba ngaxa lithile uJonathan, owayendenzela ukhuseleko, wathabatha loo mipu ndandiyithengele ukhuseleko lwam, wangena kwindlu yenkundla yaseMarin County.
Kwaye asikaqiniseki ncam ukuba zeziphi izicwangciso, kodwa kwakubonakala ngathi wayeza kucela inkululeko yomntakwabo kunye nabazalwana baseSoledad. UGeorge wayeseSan Quentin ngelo xesha. Baye bafuduselwa eSan Quentin. Kwaye kwakukho ityala elaliqhubeka kwinkundla yaseMarin County elalibandakanya inani lamabanjwa aseSan Quentin. UJonathan wangena enkundleni waza wakhupha ijaji kunye nabanye abagwebi kwiveni eyayilindile. Kwaye ke, njengoko safumanisa ngexesha lokuxoxwa kwetyala lam, yaba abalindi San Quentin owavula umlilo, ababenoxanduva lokufa umgwebi kunye namanye amabanjwa kunye noYonatan. Kwaye kwakusoyikeka. Yayisoyikeka ngokwenene.
Ndikhumbula ukuba, siye savavanya abanye babalindi baseSan Quentin ebudeni betyala lam saza sabuza ukuba yayiyintoni na inkqubo yabo ngokuphathelele ukuqhwesha. Kwaye bathi umgaqo-nkqubo wabo yayikukuthintela ukubaleka nangaliphi na ixabiso. Kwaye ke, sathi, "Ke, ukuba kuthetha ukufa komntu omnye okanye abantu abangama-20, ngaba oko kuseyinyaniso?" Kwaye wathi, "Ewe." Ukuba yayithetha ukufa komntwana omnye okanye abantwana abangama-20? Wathi, โEwe.โ Ngoko ke, ndibekwe ityala lokubulala, ukuxhwila kunye nelokwenza iyelenqe kuba imipu yayibhaliswe egameni lam. Kwaye-
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Wawunesigqibo esibalulekileyo omele usenze ngelo xesha, kwaye wagqiba ekubeni uhambe ngokufihlakeleyo.
ANGELA DAVIS: Kulungile, bendingazukuzijika mna. Uyazi? Ndithetha ukuthi, sonkeโsonke sasikuqonda kakuhle okwenzekileyo kuLilโ Bobby Hutton, owayeneminyaka eli-18 ubudala ilungu leqela leBlack Panther Party, xa wayezama ukunikezela emapoliseni waza wabulawa. Kwaye kwakunomdla ngokwenene, udliwano-ndlebe-okanye, kunoko, uphononongo lwenziwa, i-poll yathathwa, yabantu baseLos Angeles kwiindawo ezimnyama. Kwaye umbuzo yayikukuba ngaba babecinga ukuba ndenza into elungileyo ngokuhamba. Kwaye yayingathi i-90 pesenti ithe ewe, kuba babelazi iSebe lamaPolisa eLos Angeles, kwaye babesazi ukuba bangaphi abantu ababulewe lisebe lamapolisa. Ke, uyazi, ayizange ithi qatha engqondweni yam ukuba ndingene ngelo xesha. Bendicinga ukuba, uyazi, mhlawumbi ngomzuzu olungileyo ngakumbi, uyazi, mhlawumbi ukuba ulungiselelo lwenziwe kwaye-ndithetha ukuba, andizange ndiyenze loo nto, kuba FBI wandibamba, ndabanjwa nyani FBI, ebelilinye ibali, kodwaโ
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: ENew York.
ANGELA DAVIS: Ewe, ndandiseNew York. Ewe, bendibaleka ngenene FBI, kubaโuyazi, abantu banale ngcamango yothando ngoko kuthethwa kukuba phantsi komhlaba. Kodwa, uyazi, ndandiphantse ndakhululeka, kuba qho xa ndibona umlungu enxibe isuti, ndandicinga ukuba yiyo. FBI. Kwaye ukuba bendikhe ndahlala phantsi komhlaba ixesha elide, ngendihlaselwe yintliziyo, ke...
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Phantse kwiminyaka engama-48 eyadlulayo, ngo-1970-kwaku-Okthobha-ukuba wena-bakufumene-kunjalo-kwaye bakubeka kwintolongo yabasetyhini baseBedford-kunjalo? IsiXeko saseYork?
ANGELA DAVIS: Ewe, yayiyiNdlu yabaseTyhini yokuBanjwa eGreenwich Village, ewe. Ewe, bandithathaโbaqala bandisa kwiofisi yeFBI. Ndithetha ukuthi, bonaโkuseza kufuneka ndikhumbule iminyaka engama-48. Kwaye ndikhumbula ndikwilifti ndisazi ukuba basifumene. Ndandihamba nendoda ngase-eyayimangalisa ngokwenene. Kwaye ekugqibeleni wabanjwa-uDavid Poindexter. Kwaye ekugqibeleni walibetha ityala. Kodwa ndikhumbulaโsasinyuka sisiya kwigumbi lasehotele, yaye ndikhumbula ndicinga ukuba yiyo le. Ndandibona ukuba iza kwenzeka. Sithe xa siphakama saya phantsi, bandibamba, bambamba. Baxhwilaโndandinewigi, kuba ndandizifihle. Baxhwila iwigi yam. Kwaye-kuphela ixesha endakha ndanxiba iwigi ebomini bam! Kwaye umnakwethu wabonaโumnakwethu wabona umfanekiso okanye enye into, waza wathi, โAsingodade wethu lowo.โ
Kodwa bahlala bendibuza, "Ngaba ungu-Angela Davis?" Kwaye, uyazi, ndafunda ndisengumntwana ukuba ndingathethi naye FBI. Awuthethi nto kuMntu FBI. Ndafunda xa ndandineminyaka emi-5 ubudala, xa abahlobo babazali bam, ababengamakomanisi, babephantsi komhlaba, kwaye FBI ingasoloko izama ukufumana ulwazi kuthi. Kwaye ndifunde ukuba ndingathethi nelimdaka kuye FBI. Ke, ekuphela kwento endayithethayo kubo, ekugqibeleni, yayikukuba ndifuna umnxeba wam. Kodwa ewe, ewe, yayilixesha elimangalisayo elo. Ewe.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Ngoko uhleli entolongweni. Baza kukulwela ukuba uthunyelwe eCalifornia. Ubuyilwa lonto, bavele bakufake evenini bakuse entshona?
ANGELA DAVIS: Kaloku, ndandisentolongweni ngenxaโmakhe sibone. Ndabanjwa ngo-Oktobha 13, yaye ndandivalelwe de kwangoNovemba. Ngoko maninzi amabali enzeke kwiNdlu yokuBamba yabasetyhini. Ngamabali abaluleke ngokwenene, kuba ndicinga ukuba ndifunde apho. Yayilixesha lodwa endakha ndaba phakathi kwabemi ngokubanzi, kuba amagqwetha am ayesilwela ukuba ndikhutshwe ndivalelwe ndedwa, ngoko ndaye ndadibana namabhinqa alapho. Senjenjaloโeneneni, siye salungiselela ibheyile. Kwaye inika umdla kangangokuba kwiminyaka engama-50 kamva, kwiminyaka engama-50 kamva, loo nto ihlala ingumba.
Kwaye ke, kwakukho abantu ngaphandle, kwaye kwakumnandi ukuba intolongo ikwilali yaseGreenwich, kuba abantu banokuqokelelana ngaphandle, kwaye unokuthetha nabo ngeefestile. Yaye keโyaye ndiyayikhankanya le ngxelo ngobomi bam, ukuba xa ndandikwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, ndaya kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kwilali yaseGreenwich, yaye ndikhumbula ndihambaโndihamba kuloo ntolongo ndisiva amazwi acatshulweyo yaye ndingazi ngokwenene ukuba mandiphendule njani. Kwaye emva koko, kuye kwavela, kamva, ndingamazwi angafihliyo abiza abantu ukuba baqhagamshelane negqwetha okanye-senze ulungiselelo oluninzi ngolo hlobo. Kwaye sikwazile ukuququzelela amakhosikazi ngaphakathi ukuze kubekho izigqibo ezihlangeneyo malunga nokuba ngubani ophume ngebheyile emva kokuba imali iqokelelwe ngabantu ekuhlaleni. Yayingamava amangalisayo ngokwenene. Ndifunde lukhuluโokukhona ndicinga ngako, kokukhona ndibona indlela ngokwenene loo mava andixonxe ngayo.
Uyazi, kamva, ndaqala ukwenza i-yoga entolongweni. Andizange ndeva ngeyoga. Ndiyathetha, kwakungekho naziphi na iimathi zeyoga ngelo xesha. Kwakungekho nto ifana neshishini le-yoga. Kodwa ndahlakulela i-yoga xa ndilapho. Ndafundaโndifunde lukhulu kumabhinqa. Ndafunda ngemfuneko yokuzinyamekela. Kwaye, ewe.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Ukutya imifuno?
ANGELA DAVIS: Owu, ewe, ndiye ndaba yimifuno. Akunjalo kuba ndandifuna ngelo xesha. Ndiyaxolisa. Ndiyathetha, ndise-ndiyi-vegan ngoku, ke esi sisigqibo esisisigqibo. Yayingesosigqibo esenziwe zingqondweni eso. Loo nto yayibangelwa kukuba loo nyama yayinempethu yaye yayimbi kangangokuba ndandibaxelele ukuba andiyityi inyama. Kwaye ndandingazi ukuba xa ndithe ndaphuma ndazama ukubuyela ekutyeni inyama, yayingazukusebenza, keโฆKwaye ke, ekugqibeleni, ewe, ndafunda ngazo zonke izizathu zokuba kutheni kufuneka sizibandakanye. ngokutya uqonda kwaye ungabi nanxaxheba ekubangeleni ugonyameloโniyazi, ngenjongo nje yokuvelisa ingeniso.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Itshantliziyo elidumileyo kunye nesifundiswa, uGqr. Angela Davis. Sizakubuya naye emzuzwini sithethe malunga noonogada basejele ababulala uGeorge Jackson ngo-1971 eSan Quentin. Siza kuthetha naye malunga nentshukumo yokupheliswa kwentolongo kunye nokunye.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Yi le Intando yeninzi Ngoku!, democracynow.org, Ingxelo Yemfazwe Nezoxolo. Ndingu-Amy Goodman, njengoko sibuyela kwincoko yam no-Angela Davis. Ndathetha naye ngo-Okthobha eBusboys kunye neembongi, indawo yenkcubeko kunye nevenkile yokutyela eWashington, DC
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: BendiseSan Quentin kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo. Omnye wabahlobo bethu Intando yeninzi Ngoku!, wayesebenza e Iindaba zaseSan Quentin, kwaye sangena eSan Quentin. Yaye into yokuqala asibonisa yona njengoko sasihamba entolongweni, asalatha athi, โKulapho uGeorge Jackson wadutyulwa khona.โ Into yokuqala abasibonisa yona. Oku kwakubuhlungu kuwe.
ANGELA DAVIS: Ewe. Ngo-Agasti 21, 1971, uGeorge wabulawa ngoonogada baseSan Quentin. Kwaye kwaku_ngexesha lelo xesha, kwakukho okuninzi okwakusenzeka, kangangokuba kwaku-kwakunzima ukufumana ixesha lokuzila nokwenza usizi, ngokuba, uyazi, enye into yayiya kwenzeka. UYonatan wabulawa phantse kunyaka ongaphambi koko. Elo xesha lalicinezelwe ngeendlela ezininzi. Kwaye andinakuze ndilibale xa igqwetha lam uHoward Moore kunye negqwetha lam uMargaret Burnham beza kundindwendwela, ngokuba ndandiโngelo xesha ndandibuyele ndedwa, ngenxa yokuba ndandithunyelwe eKhalifoniya. Kwaye-
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Kwaye ukhethe ukuba namagqwetha amnyama, eyayiyingxelo ebaluleke kakhulu.
ANGELA DAVIS: Ewe, ewe. Kutheni kungenjalo-ndithetha ukuba, eyona nto kukuba, kwakukho amabanjwa amaninzi ezopolitiko ngelo xesha. Kwaye, uyazi, kwakukho amagqwetha alungileyo ngenene. I-Kunstler yayimangalisa, akunjalo? Kodwa kwakukho namagqwetha antsundu, awayezinikele, awayenembali yokulwela amalungelo abantu, njengoHoward Moore, uMargaret Burnham, ongoyena mhlobo wam usenyongweni ehlabathini. Kwaye sihlala sisithi sazana kwangaphambi kokuba sizalwe, kuba oomama bethu babekhulelwe kunye, kwaye oomama bethu babengabahlobo abakhulu. Kwaye waba ngumntu wokuqala owavela entolongweni. Wahlala nam, ngokuba inguye yedwa igqwetha, ebekunye nam kwasekuqalekeni, kwada kwahlwa, kwada kwahlwa; nto leyo ke ukuba eze nonyana wakhe, owayenedumbe ebuchotsheni. Oko, uyazi, kwenze inani elipheleleyo lemingeni. Wahamba naye waya eCalifornia.
Andisokuze ndiyilibale ekaMargaretโuMargaret uyamangalisa. Nonke kufuneka nimazi, njengenyani. Unemisebenzi emihlanu eyahlukeneyo. Wayeligqwetha lamalungelo oluntu. Ebeligqwetha lam iminyaka emibini. Wayeyijaji eBoston. Wayeqhuba umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe. Wancedisa ekubhaleni uMgaqo-siseko waseMzantsi Afrika. Kwaye ngoku uneprojekthi- emva koko waba sisazi sezomthetho kwaye wafundisa umthetho eMntla-mpuma. Unayo le nkqubo ibizwa ngokuba ngamaLungelo oLuntu kunye noBulungisa boBuyiselo, apho aphanda amatyala abantu abamnyama baseMzantsi ababuleweyo okanye abahluthwa impahla yabo, e-Alabama, eGeorgia, eMississippi, eLouisiana. . Ngoko, ewe, ewe. Ngoko ndandinamagqwetha amathathu antsundu. Kwaye-
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Yayiligqwetha lakho lesithathu?
ANGELA DAVIS: Leo Branton.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Kwaye nguye owathi, enkundleni, wajika waya kwijaji wathi, "Yiba mnyama umzuzu." Kunene? Ngenxa yokuba ingcamango yokuba uye phantsi komhlaba, wathi, uya kucinga ngokuzenzekelayo oko kuthetha ukuba unetyala. Kodwa tshintsha umbala wolusu lwakhoโyaye, ungakhathazeki, unokubuyela emva ngomzuzu njeโucinge ukuba ubuya kwenza ntoni na.
ANGELA DAVIS: Ewe, uyenzile loo nto. Ewe.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Kunene? Cinga ukuba ubuya kwenza ntoni ukuba ubumnyama eMelika ngelo xesha, kwaye amapolisa alandela emva kwakho, kunye FBI.
ANGELA DAVIS: 'Yabona, uthando lukaLeo lokuqala yayiyidrama. Wafunda idrama. Kwaye ke wayenale ngqiqo, uyazi, indlela yokubamba ingqalelo yejaji. Kwaye emininzi, kwiminyaka emininzi kamva, sasiseHarvard. UCharles Ogletree wenze isiganeko apho wandimema khona mna nabantakwethu kunye namagqwetha. Kwaye uLeo wakhumbula, igama negama, ingxabano yokuvala. Kwaye wema phambi kwaba bafundi-oku kwakungeminyaka yee-1990-waze wanikela intetho yokuvala kwakhona.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Ngaba kuyinyaniso ukuba ngaxa lithile bahleli umfazi, umhlobo wakho omhle, ecaleni kwakho ukubonisa ukungathembeki kweengxelo zokuzibonela?
ANGELA DAVIS: Ewe. Umhlobo wam uKendra Alexander, endandisebenza naye kwiQela lamaKomanisi nakwiqela leminye imibutho. Wenza umsebenzi wezomthetho ngalo lonke ixesha lokuchotshelwa kwetyala, ngokunjalo nomyeni wakhe uFranklin nodadewethu. Kwaye ke, wahlala etafileni kunye nathi. Yaye eli ngqina lalilungele ukundifanisa. Kwaye wachaza uKendra.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Bathi, "Ingaba kweli gumbi namhlanje?"
ANGELA DAVIS: Oko kukuthi-ewe, ewe, ngokuchanekileyo. Ewe, bezikhona zonke ezi, ndiyaqikelela, amaxesha kaPerry Mason elingoni awaye-
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Kwaye ukhululwe ngebheyile. Kodwa ke chaza umzuzu, umzuzu wokubuya kwejaji. Usapho lwakho, usapho lwakho lonke, lwalukho? Kodwa umama wakho wayesoyika kakhulu ukuba angangena enkundleni?
ANGELA DAVIS: Ewe, umama akazange afune ukungena. Yaye uMargaret, owamaziyo umama ukususela oko wazalwayo, wathi, โSallieโโsonke safunda ukubabiza abazali ngamagama abo; loo nto yayifana nekomanisiโuyazi? Ngoko, wathi, uMargaret wathi, โSallie, awukwazi ukuhlala ngaphandle; kufuneka ungene." Waza wangena. Kodwa eyona nto yayibangela umdla yayikukuba uMargaret wayengumntu oqanjwe ngokupheleleyo, kwaye wayeyidibanisa ngokupheleleyo. Uyazi, yayiligqwetha. Kodwa kamsinya nje lakuba ijaji lingena enkundleni, laphulukana nalo. Uthanda-izandla zakhe zinyuke ngolu hlobo. Kodwa ewe, ijaji yazisa isigwebo. Kwaye uFranklin walila kakhulu. Nive eli lizwi likhwazayo lale ndoda ikhalayo. UFranklin wayengomnye umhlobo osenyongweni, owayeququzelela eli tyala. Yeah yeah.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Inye, zimbini, zintathu, izityholo zafundwa.
ANGELA DAVIS: Ewe.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Kwaye wafunyanwa ungenatyala kuzo zontathu izityholo.
ANGELA DAVIS: Ewe.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Uhambe waya ekukhanyeni kwelanga, kwaye isahluko esilandelayo sobomi bakho saqala.
ANGELA DAVIS: Kulungile, uyazi, saba nepati ngobo busuku, kunye nechampagne. Ibintle. Kwaye ke, uyazi, abagwebi babefuna ukuhlanganisana, ngoko ke ndiye ndaya-ke eneneni ndaba ngumhlobo wokwenene kunye nomphathi wejaji, ogama linguMary Timothy.
Kodwa ke, ngosuku olulandelayo, sadibana kwaye sagqiba ukuba kukho into ekufuneka yenziwe ukuze kugcinwe zonke izixhobo ezijongene nokulungelelanisa imfuno yenkululeko yam, kuba, ekuqaleni, yayiyiKomiti yeZizwe eziManyeneyo yokukhulula u-Angela Davis. , yaye ebudeni belo xesha ndandisentolongweni, ndawajonga onke amabhinqa awayelapho, awayengenamali, awayengenawo amagqwetha, ndaza ndathi, โOku akunakuba nje kum. Kwaye ke, igama latshintshwa: iKomiti yeSizwe yeZizwe eziManyeneyo yakhulula u-Angela Davis kunye nawo onke amabanjwa ezopolitiko.
Ke ngoko, kusuku olulandelayo, emva kokuba siye sanetheko ubusuku bonke, saba nentlanganiso yokuqonda ukuba singaqalisa njani ukuya kwisigaba esitsha, singayila njani intlangano entsha. Siseke umbutho obizwa ngokuba yiNational Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. Amanye amatyala okuqala yayingabazalwana base-Attica, kuba imvukelo yase-Attica yenzeka ngo-1971, ngoSeptemba, kanye emva kokuba uGeorge ebulewe. Kwakukho imeko kaMfundisi uBen Chavis kunye noWilmington 10. Kwakukho iimeko ezininzi. ULolita Lebrรณn, owayesesentolongweni ngelo xesha. Ngoko ngokukhawuleza-
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Itshantliziyo lenkululeko yasePuerto Rican.
ANGELA DAVIS: Ewe. Ngoko nangoko saqalisa ukwenza loo msebenzi. Kwaye ndiyayikhankanya kuba, uyazi, amaxesha amaninzi asiyiboni imbali, umkhondo owenza ukuba kwenzeke ukuzibandakanya kwiintlobo ezithile zezenzo zezopolitiko 20, 30, 40 iminyaka kamva. Ke ngoko, ndicinga ukuba besincedisa ukubeka isiseko seentshukumo ezichasene nobundlobongela bamapolisa namhlanje. Ngokwenyani, besinecaucus ngaphakathi kumbutho ebizixhalabise ngokukodwa ngokunqanda ubundlobongela bamapolisa.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Kwiminyaka engamashumi amane anesixhenxe eyadlulayo, uGeorge Jackson wabulawa. Kwaye kwisikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-47, kulo nyaka, ka-2018, uqhankqalazo lwasentolongweni lwathatha iiveki ezintathu, ukusuka ekudutyulweni kukaGeorge Jackson ukuya kutsho kwimvukelo yaseAttica. Kwaye amabanjwa ajikeleze ilizwe, kwakhona, kulo nyaka, avuka, enokuba nethuba elikhulu lokuziphindezela kubo, waya kugwayimbo lokulamba, waya kuqhankqalazo lomsebenzi.
ANGELA DAVIS: Ewe, olo qhankqalazo lwamabanjwa lukazwelonke lwalubaluleke kakhulu. Sihlala singaqondi ukuba inkumbulo yembali, ebendithetha ngayo ngaphambili, idlala indima ebaluleke kangaka kubomi bamabanjwa. Amabanjwa, kwanabaselula abasandulโ ukubanjwa baze bagwetywe, bafundile kwezopolitiko. Bafunda kumaxesha amandulo malunga, uyazi, zonke iziganeko ezenzeke kwiminyaka edlulileyo, ukubaluleka kukaGeorge Jackson, onke amaphulo aqhubeka kwi-1960 kunye ne-1970. Ngokwenene benza umsebenzi ongcono kunabantu abakwilizwe elikhululekileyo lokugcinwa kwembali. Kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, into yokuba ngoku sinokubiza ngokukhululekileyo ukupheliswa kokuvalelwa njengendlela ekhoyo yesohlwayo, kunye nokupheliswa kobupolisa njengendlela enkulu yokhuseleko kwihlabathi lethu, sinetyala kubantu abaye baphakama iminyaka emininzi. eyadlulayo. Andinakuze ndiyilibale loo nto.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Kwaye kanye phambi kokuba siqhubele phambili, bendifuna ukubuyela emva kwiminyaka esibhozo ukuya ku-1963, kuba esi sesinye isikhumbuzo. Kwaye kukufutshane nekhaya lakho, ngokuba kulapho wazalelwa khona. NgoSeptemba 15, 1963, ukuqhushumba kwecawa yaseBirmingham eAlabama, icawa owawuyazi kakuhle. Ubuneminyaka eli-19 ubudala. Ubuphi ngalaCawe xa laa nkonzo, laa mfanekiso ungaphakathiโeBirmingham, waqhushumba, wabulala amantombazana amancinane amane?
ANGELA DAVIS: NdandiseFransi. Ndandichitha unyaka wam omncinane ndifunda eParis. Ndathi ndakuva ngokuqhushumba kweBandla lamaBhaptizi lase-16th Street, ndandilapho. Kwaye ngaloo mihla, iteknoloji yonxibelelwano yayingeyiyo namhlanje. Ubungenakuvele, uyazi, ukuthumela umyalezo komnye umntu okanyeโndithetha ukuba, nditsalele umnxeba usapho lwam mhlawumbi kanye kwiinyanga ezimbini xa bendilapho. Kwaye ke, leyo yayiyifowuni endisayikhumbula ngokucacileyo.
Kwaye umama wam wayengumhlobo omkhulu kunye nomama kaCarole Robertson. Kwaye njengoko benditshilo amaxesha amaninzi, phantse onke amantombazana ayesondele kusapho lwethu. Uyazi, uCynthia wayehlala kanyeโkwiminyango emibini kude nathi. Kwaye uCarole wayengumhlobo osenyongweni kadade wethu. Kwaye wayethathe umama kaCarole, ogama lakhe lalinguAlpha Bliss Robertson-ukuba kukho nabani na kuni okhe wabona ifilimu kaSpike Lee. Amantombazana Amancinci Amane, uye wadliwano-ndlebe apho. Yayiyenye yeefilimu zakhe ezilungileyo, ndiyacinga.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Kwakuhle kakhulu.
ANGELA DAVIS: Bekukuhle ngenene. Ke ngoko, u-Alpha Bliss Robertson wabiza umama wathi, โUnganceda undise enkonzweni? Kuba kufuneka ndithathe uCarole. Kukhoโuyazi, kukho into eyenzekileyo apho.โ Kwaye ke umama wayenjalo xa efumanisa ukuba kwenzeke ntoni emntwaneni wakhe.
Singathetha ngeso siganeko, kodwa ndicinga ukuba kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuba eso yayingesosihlandlo sokuqala ukuba icawa iqhunyiswe ngebhombu. Amaxesha amaninzi abantu abangengabo abasuka eMzantsi abaqondi ukuba leyo yayiyindlela yokubonakalisa ubugrogrisi ngokobuhlanga. Kwenzeka ngalo lonke ixesha.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Ngaba wena-awuzange ukhulele kwiNduli yeDynamite? Abayibizanga ngolo hlobo?
ANGELA DAVIS: Ewe, apho ndandihlala khona kwakubizwa ngokuba yiDynamite Hill, kuba izindlu ezininzi zaziqhushumbisiwe. Icawa endandihamba kuyo, eyayingaphandle kwendlu, yatshiswa xa ndandineminyaka eli-11 ubudala, kuba sasineqela leengxoxo zezizwe ngezizwe elaliqhubeka apho. Ke, uyazi, ndiye ndatsho amaxesha amaninzi ukuba, uyazi, kukho yonke le ngxoxo malunga nobugrogrisi kunye nesoyikiso soloyiko, kunye ne-Islamophobia ehamba kunye nayo, kodwa akukaze kuvume ubungakanani boloyiko. ilizwe, ingakumbi elaseMzantsi. Kwaye akukho mntu wenza nantoni na ngaloo nto.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Ke, ngaba ukhe waba nengxoxo nomnye umfazi owazalelwa eBirmingham, owayesakuba ngumcebisi wezokhuseleko lwesizwe, uCondoleezza Rice?
ANGELA DAVIS: Hayi lo uthetha ngaye. Hayi, mna-uyazi, zonke iintlobo-
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Iindlela ezimbini zobomi ezahluke kancinane eBirminghamโuCondoleezza noAngela.
ANGELA DAVIS: Ewe. Zonke iintlobo zabantu zivela eBirmingham. Kodwa, uyazi, ndiyifundile i-autobiography yakhe kwixesha elidlulileyo, kwaye ndaqonda ukuba kukho umahluko omkhulu.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Andizange ndiyifunde i-autobiography yakhe, kwaye ndandisele ndiyifumene loo nto.
ANGELA DAVIS: Kodwa, uyabona, enye yezinto endazifundayo, ekukhuleni kwam eBirmingham, yayikukuluxabisa ngokwenene uluntu. Kwaye ndafunda ukuba ukwenzakala komnye kukwenzakala kubo bonke. Kwaye, uyazi, ndifumene ingqiqo-uyazi, eneneni ndonwabile ukuba ndikhulele kwelo hlabathi lahlulwe, kuba lindifundise malunga namathuba oluntu. Kwaye ndikhumbula ootishala bethu, xa amadoda amhlophe eBhodi yezeMfundo ayesiza esikolweni aze abize ootishala ngamagama abo, kuba leyo yayiyenye yeendlela ababebonakalisa ngayo ubuhlanga babo. Kwaye ngoko ke ootitshala baya kusukuma bazilwe baze baphele bephulukene nemisebenzi yabo, ukusuka nje ukuthetha emva, uyazi, ummeli weBhodi yeMfundo emhlophe. Kwaye ke, ndakuva oku kufutshane apho.
Ngoku, isizathu sokuba ndenze le ngongoma kukuba kwi-autobiography kaCondoleezza Rice, ubonisa ukuba wakhuliswa ukuba azicingele njengomntu omele ahluke, omele abe bhetele kunomnye umntu, oye kwafuneka-owayefanele โukuba sibaleka ugqatso, kwakufuneka esoloko engaphambili ngeekhilomitha ezintlanu. Kwaye, ke, uyazi, sonke sifunda ukuba ukuba umnyama, kufuneka ube ngcono amaxesha ali-10 kunabantu abamhlophe. Kodwa wayefuna ukuba-
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Ngoko awuzange ujongane nesigwebo sentambo nje esinye, ujongene nezithathu.
ANGELA DAVIS: Kunene. Hayi, kodwa uCondoleezza Rice wayefuna ukuba ngcono ngokuphindwe ka-10 kunabo bonke abantu abantsundu, naye, ngokoโฆ Kwaye andiqondi ukuba wakhula enaloo ngqiqoโyamandla oluntu. Wakhula enemvakalelo yokuba kufuneka agqame njengomntu ozimeleyo. Kwaye ndiyacinga ukuba ngumahluko osisiseko.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Itshantliziyo elidumileyo kunye nesifundiswa uGqr. Angela Davis. Sizakubuyela kuye emzuzwini sithethe malunga nobungxowankulu obucela umngeni, imibutho yolutsha yanamhlanje, ukulwela ubulungisa nokuba yintoni emnika ithemba.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Yi le Intando yeninzi Ngoku!, democracynow.org, Ingxelo Yemfazwe Nezoxolo. Ndingu-Amy Goodman, njengoko sibuyela kwincoko yam nowayesakuba nguPanther omnyama u-Angela Davis, unjingalwazi ophumeleleyo kwiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia, eSanta Cruz. Ndathetha naye ngo-Okthobha eWashington, DC, kwindawo yenkcubeko kunye nevenkile yokutyela iBusboys kunye neembongi.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Ubuyela emva kwiminyaka engama-50. Ujonge ku-1968. Kwaye ujonge namhlanje. Ithelekisa njani, ukusuka kuqhanqalazo lwaseSan Francisco State kunye neYunivesithi yaseColumbia, uqhanqalazo lwaseParis, eFransi, inqanaba lolungiseleloโkakade, ngaloo nyaka, ukubulawa kwabo bobabini uGqr King noRobert Kennedyโkodwa inqanaba ukuququzelela okwenzeka ngoko kwaye kwenzeka ntoni ngoku? Ngaba oku kukunika ithemba?
ANGELA DAVIS: Ngokuqinisekileyo. Ngokuqinisekileyo. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba into endinika ithemba yindlela abaququzeleli abaselula abaye bakwazi ngayo ukwakhela phezu komsebenzi wabo babengaphambi kwabo. Kwaye ndichukumisekile ngabaququzeleli abancinci kunye nabaKhuseli bePhupha, iMbali yoBomi abaMnyama, iProjekthi yoLutsha oluMnyama 100, I-SURJ.
Uyazi, abantu abamhlophe baqala ukutshintsha kakhulu. Ndithetha ukuthi, ndikhumbula ukuba-uyazi, kwakukade sicinga ukuba ubuhlanga sisimo sengqondo nje. Kunene? Kwaye ke ekuphela kwendlela onokuthi ujongane ngayo nomntu onocalucalulo kukuba, "Owu, kufuneka uye kwindibano yocweyo yobuhlanga obungafundiyo." Uyakhumbula-ndithetha ukuba, yile nto abantu abayenza esidlangalaleni-ezi ngxelo zobuhlanga esidlangalaleni zacelwa ukuba zicanyagushelwe kwaye zifunde. Kwaye kwakungekho ngqiqo malunga nokuba ubuhlanga bufakwe ngokunzulu kangakanani kumacandelo kunye namaziko alo luntu. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba ngoku kukho ukuqonda okudumileyo kwinto yokuba awukwazi ukucinga nje ukuba ngokufumana uJason Van Dyke enetyala lokubulala uLaquan McDonald ukuba oko kuya kutshintsha imeko. Isebe lamaPolisa aseChicago liza kuqhubeka nokuba nobuhlanga njengoko bekunjalo ngaphambili. Kwaye ke le ngcamango yokubhangisa sele ibambekile ngenene.
Kwaye, uyazi, andinamona ngabatsha-ntliziyo nabaququzeleli abancinci, kuba kufuneka bajongane nokunye okuninzi. Izinto bezilula ngakumbi kuthi. Kwaye kungenxa yokuba besingazi ukuba intsonkothe โโkangakanani le miba. Ndidla ngokuyibonisa into yokuba xa sasiqalaโxa sasibiza inkululeko yomntu ontsundu, yayisoloko iyinkululeko yomntu ontsundu, uyazi? Abafazi bebesenza uninzi lwemibutho, kwaye namanina ebesenza uququzelelo ebengaqondi nokuba siyazikhuphela ngaphandle, ngesigama sethu, kwi-terrain of freedom. Kwaye akusekho njalo. Indima yesini kunye nesondo, ndicinga ukuba, uyazi, iindlela ze-queer ziba yinto eqhelekileyo malunga nokuququzelela iindlela zokubhinqa. Kwaye oko kuyonwabisa. Ewe.
Ke, nangona ndiyazi ukuba umhlaba uhlala ubonakala ngathi unesiphithiphithi, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha asiyiboni indlela yokuphuma, kodwa ndicinga ukuba umsebenzi ekufuneka siwenzile kukuqinisekisa ukuba sidlulisela ilifa kwiqela elilandelayo, isizukulwana esilandelayo. Kwaye lelo kuphela ithemba lethu lokuphumeza utshintsho. Kwaye ndiyawubona umsebenzi owenziwa ngabatsha-ntliziyo abatsha namhlanje kunye nendlela abakuyoโkuba awusemncinci kangako. Uyazi, abantu abaninzi bacinga ukuba ulutsha yinto yanaphakade. Akwenzeki ngolo hlobo. Ngaphambi kokuba uyazi, uya kube ukhulile ebutsheni. Kwaye ke-ngoko kubaluleke kakhulu ukuqeqesha abanye ukwabelana. Kwaye ngesizukulwana ngasinye, siba sisityebi kwaye sinomdla ngakumbi kwaye sinzima. Ngamanye amaxesha ndiye ndimangaliswe ukumamela abaphembeleli abancinci abathetha ngokutyibilikayo malunga neendlela apho i-homophobia, i-transphobia ingachaphazeli kuphela abo bachonga njenge-trans okanye njenge. LGBTQ, kodwa malunga nehlabathi lonke. Umngeni webhinari yesini usivumele ukuba siqonde ukuba yonke into inokucelwa umngeni. Ukuba unokucelโ umngeni oko kwakugqalwa njengoyena mqinisekisi usisiseko wokuphila kwesiqheloโ akunjalo?โ ngoko unokucelโ umngeni nantoni na. Ungacela umngeni kwi-capitalism. Uyazi? Ungayibona indlela yakho eya kwikamva elingaphaya kohlobo lwesakhelo sobungxowankulu obunyanyekayo esithe sabumba sabumbela ubomi bethu. Ngoko ndivuya. Izinto zikhangeleka kakhuluโabo kuni baselula nisenokungayiva le nto, kodwa izinto zikhangeleka zinethemba elingakumbi kum. Ngabantu abatsha abamele ikamva. Kwaye ke ngabo ekufuneka bathathe ubunkokeli. Ngabo ekufuneka besikhokele kwisigaba esilandelayo.
Kwaye ndiyaqikelela njengoko ndisiya ndikhula, ndiyayibona indlela ekubaluleke ngayo kuthi ukuba sizicingele njengento engaphezu kobomi bethu, ukuba sinxibelelene nabantu abeza ngaphambi kwethu, kwaye siya kudityaniswa nabantu abeza emva kwethu. thina. Ngoko ke luxanduva lwethu ukwenza umsebenzi oya kuthi-kunye noxanduva lwabantu abatsha, nabo, ukuqinisekisa ukuba wenza umsebenzi oya kugcina iingcamango ziphila, oya kugcina inkululeko enokwenzeka. Kaloku ayizukwenzeka ngomso. Siyayazi loo nto. Kodwa ingenzeka. Ingenzeka ngelinye ixesha kwixesha elizayo. Ewe, andiqondi ukuba siyakuze sifikelele kwelo nqanaba sinokulibiza ngokuba yinkululeko, kuba eyona nto ichulumancisayo kukuba endleleni siqaphela ukuba izinto zixakile. Uyazi? Kwaye ke, ndichulumancile malunga nento oya kuyifumana kwixesha elizayo. Akukho mntu wayenokuqikelela kwiminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo ukuba ukuhanjiswa kuya kubaluleka kakhulu kubulungisa boluntu namhlanje. Akukho mntu wayenokukuxela kwangaphambili oko.
Kwaye ke, ndisibona sikhulisa umhlaba wenkululeko. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba kwixesha elizayo siya kuba neentshukumo zokukhusela izilwanyana, eziya kusasazeka kakhulu. Siza kuba nobudlelwane obahlukileyo. Siza kuva nobudlelwane bethu nabo sabelana nabo ngeplanethi ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo kakhulu. Kwaye kukho zonke ezo zimvo zenkululeko endingakwaziyo nokuzicingela. Kodwa ndiyazi ukuba kwixesha elizayo baya kuvela. Kwaye ke, ndivuya. Ngokwenene-uyazi, akukubi kangako ukuba mdala. Akunjalo, okoko nje ugcina olo hlobo lombono kunye nombono okuvumela ukuba uzive uqhagamshelwe kubo bobabini abancinci kunye nabakhulileyo, abo beza ngaphambi kwethu kunye nabo baya kuza emva kwethu kwizizukulwana ezininzi kwixesha elizayo.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Itshantliziyo elidumileyo kunye nesifundiswa uGqr. Angela Davis, unjingalwazi ophumeleleyo kwiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia, eSanta Cruz. Ndithethe naye ngo-Okthobha eWashington, DC, eBusboys kunye neembongi. Ukubona okushicilelweyo okanye ividiyo okanye ipodcast yodliwano-ndlebe, yiya ku-democracynow.org.
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