Kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo, i-Women of Color Resource Centre yakhupha ingxelo malunga neMfazwe yoBugrogrisi esasebenza: "Bafazi, Phakamisani Amazwi Akho!" Badwelise izizathu ezilishumi zokuchasa iMfazwe yoBugrogrisi, ekhethwe ukubonisa imiphumo yesini yomkhosi kunye ne-impiriyalizim.
Namhlanje, nzulu kumgxobhozo wokuhlala ngokungekho sikweni nangoburhalarhume e-Iraq, amacandelo entshukumo yokulwa nemfazwe ayaqhubeka nokukhomba unxibelelwano phakathi kwemfazwe, kunye nobuhlanga okanye ukungalingani kwasekhaya. Ngokomzekelo, la macandelo angakhathaliyo ombutho wokulwa nemfazwe atsalela ingqalelo kwimikhosi yase-US njengobuhlanga nje kuphela, kodwa kunye neziko elibi; okanye ukucuthwa kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwentlalo oluchaphazela ngokungafanelekanga abasetyhini kunye noluntu lwebala. Kodwa uhlalutyo lwesini-ukuqonda unxibelelwano phakathi kwe-impiriyali kunye ne-patriarchy yase-US-ayiyonxalenye ebalulekileyo yombutho osandul 'ukuqala ukuthatha idrafti yentlupheko yobuhlanga ngokungqongqo, kwaye isazama ukuzakha kwakhona emva kohlaselo.
Njengoko intshukumo echasene nemfazwe izamana nendlela yokukhula ukusuka kwimeko yayo enciphileyo, kukho umkhwa ofuna ukwakha intshukumo ngokugxila kuyo “kweyona ndawo iphantsi iqhelekileyo”: ukuphelisa ukuhlalwa kwe-Iraq nokuzisa imikhosi ekhaya ngoku. Kwizangqa zamatsha ntliziyo ndiyinxalenye eBoston, abanye abathetheleli babonisa le LCD ngaphandle kweminye imiba, 'njengesilogeni' esihlanganisayo okanye ugqaliselo lweziganeko, kunokuba bakhe imisitho malunga nemiba emininzi, enxulumeneyo. Xa ndiphakamisa ukubanakho ukongeza isalathiso kwi-misogyny yasemkhosini okanye kwi-homophobia kwisibhengezo soqhanqalazo oluchaseneyo, oku kwagxothwa njengento enokwahlulahlula kakhulu, ukudityaniswa kokugxila - nokuba olo lwazi lufanelekile kwabo banokuba ngabasetyhini.
Kwangaxeshanye, la matsha ntliziyo akholelwa ukuba ukubambelela kwi-LCD kufana nokunganyaniseki, kuba aba bantu bazimisele ukuyidibanisa nezinye iziqubulo eziphonononga ifuthe lomkhosi wezoqoqosho – “Imali Yemisebenzi Nemfundo, Hayi Imfazwe Nomsebenzi” – nakutshanje. , "uyilo lwentlupheko yobuhlanga." Nangona bephikisana ngesidingo sokugxila kwi-LCD, babiza iindlela ezininzi zokuhlalutya. Kuyabonakala ukuba la matsha ntliziyo enze isigqibo malunga nokuba yeyiphi na imiba abacinga ukuba iya kuba nesibheno esiqhelekileyo (samadoda amhlophe), ukwakha eyona ntshukumo inkulu ngokukhawuleza.
Kodwa amatsha ntliziyo adlala indima embaxa-kubini ekwakheni intshukumo ebandakanyayo kunye nekhulayo, kunye nokunceda ukuphakamisa ukuqonda kwezopolitiko ngalo mbutho. Abanye bathi ukuvumela izithethi ezahlukeneyo, iindibano zocweyo, kunye noncwadi kwimisitho kunokugubungela indima yokwandisa ukuqonda kwabantu, nanjengoko umbutho uzabalazela ukugcina ugxininiso olulinganiselweyo, oluhlanganisayo. Ngelixa ndixhasa ukuba nalezi zithuba zokuphonononga uhlalutyo olunzulu lwemfazwe, iziqubulo, iintengiso, kanye indlela intshukumo eyenziwe ngayo, nazo zizithuthi ezibalulekileyo zokwazisa iingcamango ezintsha kubantu - kunye nokudala intshukumo ebandakanya ngokwenene. Umbutho oqukayo awusebenzisi nje umsebenzi weenyawo kunye nokusebenza kwabantu abambalwa, kodwa ubeka phambili umdla wabo kwingqiqo enzulu ngokuzama ukucela umngeni kwiindlela ezinzima abacinezelweyo kwaye baxhatshazwe.
Okusemngciphekweni kukuma kwabantu abambalwa kunye nabafazi “kwintshukumo”. Ngaba iinkxalabo ezibachaphazelayo ziya kuhlala zisemacaleni, okanye ngaba umbutho uza kuzama ukwenza ezi zinto zibe sembindini? Ngaba umndilili ongengomlindi ohlala kwindawo yemibala, ongenankathalo yezempilo, izindlu ezifikelelekayo, umsebenzi ondilisekileyo, othe mhlawumbi wajongana nobundlobongela obuphathelele kwezesondo, uya kuziva ukuba le ntshukumo ibalulekile kubomi bakhe bangoku - uya kuwazi amandla omzabalazo intshukumo enxibelelene ngokusondeleyo neenkxalabo ezimchaphazela ngokuthe ngqo, okanye ngaba kuya kufuneka akhethe phakathi kwezinto eziphambili ngenxa ye-myopia yentshukumo? Ubomi babantu abusebenzi malunga nomba omnye, ongenamxholo.
Ukungazimiseli kwamatsha ntliziyo achasene nemfazwe endiye ndadibana nawo ukuba ndivuleleke ekuphononongeni iindlela zokuzinzisa isakhelo salo mbutho, kubonakala kuphela ubungqina bohlobo lokukhutshelwa ngaphandle kokuba abafazi bemibala bachasene nombutho wasekhohlo. Mhlawumbi ndingatsho nje ukuba amava am andishiya ndidlamkile yaye ndidimazekile. Indlela le ntshukumo eyakhiwe ngayo malunga ne-LCD iya kuba nemilinganiselo ebalulekileyo kumatsha ntliziyo amancinci kunye noluntu lwebala.
Abanye abantu abachasene nemfazwe batyhola ii-ajenda 'zemiba emininzi' njengesizathu seMPENDULO kunye nesigqibo se-UFPJ sokuyeka ukusebenzisana kunye nokusingatha uqhanqalazo olwahlukileyo losuku olunye eD.C. kulo Septemba. Ndibona oku kwahlulahlula njengomba wokunqongophala kwegalelo elidibeneyo, intsebenziswano ehloniphanayo, kunye nokubandakanyeka kokwenziwa kwezigqibo. Ngokufanelekileyo, ukuthathwa kwezigqibo ngedemokhrasi kuya kunceda ukuququzelela intsebenziswano, kunye nokuchongwa kwezinto ezifanayo, phakathi kwemibutho eyahlukeneyo.
Imiba emininzi isenokuthi ijikeleze kugxininiso olusembindini okanye iseti yezinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka! Kunokuba ugwebe zonke iimeko 'zemiba emininzi,' umsebenzi wabaphembeleli bemfazwe kufuneka ube kukubona ukuba uhlalutyo olwahlukeneyo lunokwaziswa njani kubaphulaphuli ngeendlela ezidibana nabo kwinqanaba labo lokuqonda - bobabini kubandakanya abaguquliweyo, kunye
ukunyanzela abantu ukuba benze unxibelelwano olutsha kwezopolitiko. Ngokomzekelo, bambalwa kuluntu ngokubanzi abanokuqonda ukuba kuthethwa ngoosolusapho, kodwa inkoliso yabantu ichasene nodlwengulo. Singakwazi ukuthetha ngokuchasene ne-misogyny emkhosini ngaphandle kokubhenela kwi-obtuse terminology.
Umbutho weGlobal Women’s Strike uye waqulunqa isilogeni esithi, “Tyala imali ngokuKhathalela, ungabulali,” ukutsalela ingqalelo kunxibelelwano phakathi kokungaxatyiswa komsebenzi wabasetyhini ongahlawulwayo-njengokucuthwa koluntu kwintlalontle kunye nokhathalelo lwempilo- kunye nomkhosi. Ndixelelwe ngamatsha ntliziyo athile ukuba eli gama “liyinyani” kakhulu ukuba lingasetyenziswa. Ngaba bekuya kuba yinto engaqondakaliyo ukuba ibhangqwe ecaleni komgca wethu omdala esiwuthandayo malunga nenkcitho yoluntu ngokuchasene nenkcitho yasemkhosini? (Okanye ngaba “ukukhathala” kuchukumiseka kakhulu kwiincasa zobudoda?)
Njengoko amajoni abuya ngaphambili ethetha ngokuchasene nemfazwe ngokwamanani akhulayo, kunye nemizabalazo ekhuthazayo echasene nokuqeshwa kwabantu emkhosini, iya kuba ngumceli mngeni kuthi ukugcina uluhlu olupheleleyo lokuba ngubani ochatshazelwa yi-impiriyalizim - hayi nje abafana bethu - kulo mbutho. irada.
Abasetyhini behlabathi lesithathu, abachasi bobuhlanga, kunye nabalwela amalungelo abaphambukeli banokuba ne-anti-impiriyalist ebalulekileyo yokugxeka ukunika le ntshukumo. Singazimisa ukuze sibonise unxibelelwano phakathi kwemigaqo-nkqubo yangaphandle neyasekhaya ngeendlela ezingabandakanyi ukuxhaphazwa kodidi kuphela, kodwa inkqubo yoqoqosho yobuhlanga kunye nesini. Ngaphezu koko, sinokuphaphama malunga nokumisa le ntshukumo kwimizabalazo yendawo yabafuduki kunye nabantu bemibala.
Nangona kunjalo kuphela ngokuququzelela ngenkuthalo malunga nemiba echaphazela abafazi abasuka kwamanye amazwe kunye nabasetyhini bebala, ngokunxulumene nemfazwe, apho sinokuthi sibaphakamisele phambili kwaye siqinisekise ukuba abakhutshwa kwi-ajenda yesizwe echasene nama impiriyali. Kufuneka siqinisekise ukuba intshukumo echasene nokuhlala kwe-Iraq ifuna ukudibanisa umba womgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle wase-US kwimizabalazo yethu yasekuhlaleni, kwaye ihlonipha abo bachatshazelwa yingcinezelo yesini kunye nokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo. Kodwa ngaphezu koko, mhlawumbi kufuneka sigqithe ngaphaya koku ukuze sidale umbutho ochasene nama-impiriyali othi ngokwenene utyebise kunokuba uyibeke ecaleni le mizabalazo yoluntu.
Intshukumo echasene nemfazwe ikwixesha lokugocagoca umphefumlo njengoko ijijisana nendlela yokwakha nokukhula. Ixesha lokuthatha amanyathelo ngoku. Kufuneka sidale eyethu imibutho elwela amalungelo abasetyhini, echasene nobuhlanga, imibutho echasene nama impiriyali, xa abanye bengayihoyi le ajenda.
Ingxelo ye-Women of Color Resource Centre ikwi-intanethi http://www.coloredgirls.org/content.cfm?cat=publication&file=antiwar. Incwadana enemifanekiso eneenkcukacha ethi, ‘Imfazwe Yobugrogrisi’ iluqinisa ngakumbi Ugonyamelo Nxamnye Namabhinqa Anemibala, Abafazi Behlabathi Lesithathu, Noluntu Lwethu,” eveliswe ngu-INCITE! Abafazi boMbala ochasene noBundlobongela - umbutho wesizwe wamatsha-ntliziyo alwela amalungelo amabhinqa ngombala uqhubela phambili intshukumo yokuphelisa ubundlobongela obujoliswe kwabasetyhini bebala kunye noluntu lwabo.
- U-Huibin Amee Chew, oneminyaka engama-23 ubudala, usandul 'ukuphumelela kwiYunivesithi yaseHarvard. Usebenza kwi-anti-imperialist yendawo, umphambukeli, kunye noququzelelo lobufazi. Unokufikelelwa [imeyile ikhuselwe].
I-ZNetwork ixhaswa ngemali kuphela ngesisa sabafundi bayo.
Nikela