Ngeminyaka yee-1970, ndadibana nentshatsheli kaHitler esasaza ubuxoki, uLeni Riefenstahl, omboniso bhanyabhanya wakhe obalaseleyo wawuzukisa amaNazi. Kwenzeka ukuba sasihlala kwiloji enye eKenya, apho wayekwisabelo sokufota, ebaleke ishwangusha labanye abahlobo bakaFuhrer.
Undixelele ukuba 'imiyalezo yokuthand' izwe' yeefilimu zakhe ixhomekeke hayi 'kwimiyalelo evela phezulu' kodwa kwinto awayibiza ngokuba 'kukuthobela ukungabikho' koluntu lwaseJamani.
Ngaba oko kwakuquka oohlohlesakhe benkululeko, abafundileyo? Ndibuzile. 'Ewe, ingakumbi bona,' watsho.
Ndicinga oku njengoko ndijonga ngeenxa zonke kwi-propaganda ngoku edla uluntu lwaseNtshona.
Kakade ke, sahluke kakhulu eJamani ngeminyaka yee-1930. Siphila kwimibutho yolwazi. Singabantu behlabathi jikelele. Asizange sazi ngakumbi, sinxibelelana ngakumbi, siqhagamshelwe ngcono.
Inga si? Okanye ngaba siphila kwi-a Media Uluntu apho i-brainwashing ingabonakali kwaye ingenasiphelo, kwaye ukuqonda kuhluzwa ngokweemfuno kunye nobuxoki bombuso kunye namandla equmrhu?
IUnited States ibalasele kumajelo eendaba aseNtshona. Zonke kodwa enye yeenkampani ezilishumi eziphezulu zeendaba zisekelwe eMntla Melika. I-intanethi kunye nemidiya yoluntu-uGoogle, i-Twitter, i-Facebook-ininzi ye-American kwaye ilawulwa.
Kubomi bam, iUnited States iye yabhukuqa okanye yazama ukubhukuqa ngaphezulu koorhulumente abangama-50, uninzi lwabo bedemokhrasi. Ingenelele kunyulo lwedemokhrasi kumazwe angama-30. Iwise iziqhushumbisi kubantu bamazwe angama-30, uninzi lwabo luhlwempuzekile kwaye bengenakuzikhusela. Liye lazama ukubulala iinkokeli zamazwe angama-50. Iye yalwela ukucinezela imibutho elwela inkululeko kumazwe angamashumi amabini.
Ubungakanani kunye nobungakanani bobu kubulawa kwabantu ubukhulu becala abuchazwanga, abuqondwa; kwaye abo banoxanduva bayaqhubeka belawula ubomi bezopolitiko bamaNgesi namaMerika.
Kwiminyaka engaphambi kokufa kwakhe ngo-2008, umbhali wemidlalo yeqonga uHarold Pinter wenza iintetho ezimbini ezingaqhelekanga, ezathi cwaka.
'Umgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle wase-US,' watsho, 'uchazwa ngcono ngolu hlobo lulandelayo: ncamisa impundu okanye ndikukhabe ngentloko. Ilula kwaye ikrwada ngolo hlobo. Into enika umdla ngayo kukuba iphumelele ngendlela emangalisayo. Inezakhiwo ze-disinformation, ukusetyenziswa kwerhetoric, ukugqwethwa kolwimi, ezicenga kakhulu, kodwa eneneni ziyipakethe yobuxoki. Yipropaganda enempumelelo kakhulu. Banemali, baneteknoloji, banazo zonke iindlela zokuyishiya, ibe banayo.'
Ekwamkeleni iBhaso leNobel kuNcwadi, uPinter wathi: 'Ulwaphulo-mthetho zaseUnited States bezisoloko zicwangcisiwe, zingaguquki, zikhohlakele, azizisoli, kodwa bambalwa kakhulu abantu abakhe bathetha ngazo. Kufuneka uyinike eMelika. Isebenzise ukuqhatha kwamandla kwihlabathi jikelele ngelixa izenza amandla okulunga kwihlabathi liphela. Sisenzo esikrelekrele, esinobukrelekrele, esiyimpumelelo yolulo.'
UPinter wayengumhlobo wam kwaye kusenokwenzeka ukuba wayesisilumko sokugqibela esikhulu sezopolitiko- oko kukuthi, ngaphambi kokuba iipolitiki eziphikisayo zibe mbi. Ndambuza ukuba i-'hypnosis' awayebhekisela kuyo 'yi-submissive void' echazwe nguLeni Riefenstahl.
'Kuyafana,' waphendula ngelitshoyo. 'Oku kuthetha ukuba ukuhlanjululwa kwengqondo kucokisekile kangangokuba simiselwe ukuba siginye intaphane yobuxoki. Ukuba asizigqali ipropaganda, sinokuyamkela njengeqhelekileyo size siyikholelwe. Eso sisithuba sokuthobela.'
Kwiinkqubo zethu zedemokhrasi yequmrhu, imfazwe yimfuneko yezoqoqosho, umtshato ogqibeleleyo wenkxaso-mali karhulumente kunye nenzuzo yabucala: usoshiyali kwizityebi, ubungxowankulu bobuhlwempu. Ngomhla emva kwe-9/11 amaxabiso esitokhwe kwishishini lemfazwe enyuka. Kwakuza kuphalala igazi elingakumbi, nto leyo eluncedo kakhulu kushishino.
Namhlanje, ezona mfazwe zinenzuzo kakhulu zinophawu lwazo. Zibizwa ngokuba 'iimfazwe zanaphakade': Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq, Libya, Yemen kwaye ngoku iUkraine. Zonke zisekelwe kwipakethe yobuxoki.
I-Iraq yeyona nto idume kakubi, enezixhobo zayo zokutshabalalisa ezazingekho. Ukutshatyalaliswa kukaNato eLibya ngo-2011 kwathethelelwa ngokubulawa kwabantu eBenghazi okungazange kwenzeke. I-Afghanistan yayiyimfazwe yokuziphindezela efanelekileyo ye-9/11, eyayingenanto yakwenza nabantu base-Afghanistan.
Namhlanje, iindaba ezivela e-Afghanistan zezobubi bamaTaliban- ingekuko ukuba ubusela bukaJoe Biden beebhiliyoni ezisi-7 zeedola zoovimba bebhanki yelizwe bubangela ukubandezeleka okukhulu. Kutshanje, unomathotholo weSizwe eWashington uchithe iiyure ezimbini e-Afghanistan- kunye nemizuzwana engama-30 kubantu bayo abalambileyo.
Kwingqungquthela yayo eyayiseMadrid ngoJuni, iNato, elawulwa yiUnited States, yamkele uxwebhu lweqhinga lokulwa nelizwekazi laseYurophu, nokwandisa ithemba lemfazwe neRashiya neTshayina. Iphakamisa 'umlo wemida emininzi ngokuchasene nokhuphisana noontanga oxhobileyo. Ngamanye amazwi, imfazwe yenyukliya.
Ithi: 'Ukwandiswa kweNato kube yimpumelelo yembali'.
Ndayifunda ndingakholelwa.
Umlinganiselo wale 'mpumelelo yembali' yimfazwe yase-Ukraine, iindaba ezingezizo iindaba, kodwa i-litany yecala elinye le-jingoism, ukuguqulwa, ukushiywa. Ndiye ndaxela inani leemfazwe kwaye andizange ndiyazi i-propaganda enjalo.
NgoFebruwari, iRashiya yahlasela iUkraine njengempendulo malunga neminyaka esibhozo yokubulala kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kolwaphulo-mthetho kummandla othetha isiRashiya waseDonbass kumda wabo.
Ngo-2014, iUnited States yayixhase ubhukuqo-mbuso e-Kyiv olwasusa umongameli wase-Ukraine onyulwe ngedemokhrasi, nonobuhlobo waseRashiya kwaye wafaka umntu oza kungena ezihlangwini zabo abantu baseMelika bacacisa ukuba yindoda yabo.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, imijukujelwa yaseMelika 'yomkhuseli' ifakwe kwimpuma yeYurophu, ePoland, eSlovenia, kwiRiphabhliki yaseCzech, phantse ngokuqinisekileyo ijolise eRashiya, ikhatshwa ziziqinisekiso zobuxoki yonke indlela ebuyela emva 'kwisithembiso' sikaJames Baker kuGorbachev ngoFebruwari 1990. I-NATO ayinakuze yande ngaphaya kweJamani.
IUkraine iphambili. INato iye yafikelela ngokufanelekileyo kanye kuloo mhlaba umkhosi kaHitler wahlasela ngawo ngowe-1941, ushiya abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-23 befile eSoviet Union.
KuDisemba ophelileyo, iRashiya iphakamise isicwangciso sokhuseleko saseYurophu. Oku kwagxothwa, kwahlekwa okanye kwacinezelwa ngamajelo eendaba aseNtshona. Ngubani ofunde izindululo zayo ngamanyathelo? Nge-24 kaFebruwari, uMongameli waseUkraine uVolodymyr Zelenskyy woyikisa ngokuphuhlisa izixhobo zenyukliya ngaphandle kokuba iMelika ixhobile kwaye ikhusela iUkraine. Eli yayilinyathelo lokugqibela.
Kwangolo suku lunye, iRashiya yahlasela - ngokutsho kweendaba zaseNtshona, isenzo esingavumelekanga sokuzalwa kakubi. Imbali, ubuxoki, iziphakamiso zoxolo, izivumelwano ezinzulu kwiDonbass eMinsk azibalwanga nto.
Ngomhla wama-25 ku-Epreli, uNobhala wezoKhuseleko wase-US, uGeneral Lloyd Austin, wabhabha eKyiv kwaye waqinisekisa ukuba injongo yeMelika yayikukutshabalalisa iRussian Federation - igama alisebenzisayo 'lalibuthathaka'. IMelika yayifumene imfazwe eyayiyifuna, eyayiqhutywa ngummeli waseMelika obhalisiweyo noxhobileyo kunye ne-pawn enokuchithwa.
Phantse akukho nanye yale nto yachazwa kubaphulaphuli baseNtshona.
Ukuhlasela kweRussia eUkraine akunasizathu kwaye akuthetheleleki. Kululwaphulo-mthetho ukuhlasela ilizwe elizimeleyo. Akukho 'buts' - ngaphandle komnye.
Yaqala nini imfazwe yangoku eUkraine yaye yaqalwa ngubani? Ngokutsho kweZizwe eziManyeneyo, phakathi kwe-2014 kunye nalo nyaka, abantu abamalunga ne-14,000 baye babulawa kwimfazwe yamakhaya yaseKyiv kwiDonbass. Uninzi lohlaselo lwenziwa yi-neo-Nazis.
Bukela ingxelo yeendaba ze-ITV ukususela ngoMeyi ka-2014, ngumakhwekhwetha wentatheli uJames Mates, ohlaselwe, kunye nabahlali kwisixeko saseMariupol, yi-Azov (neo-Nazi) yaseUkraine.
Kwangaloo nyanga inye, inkitha yabantu abathetha isiRashiya batshiswa bephila okanye bafuthaniselwa kwisakhiwo sombutho wabasebenzi e-Odessa esasirhangqwe ngootsotsi bobuFasi, abalandeli bomsebenzi wamaNazi kunye nenzondelelo yempambano echasene namaSemite uStephen Bandera. I ENew York Times babiza izihange 'ngezizwe'.
'Umsebenzi oyimbali wesizwe sethu ngeli xesha linzima,' utshilo u-Andreiy Biletsky, umseki we-Azov Battaltion, 'kukukhokela uMdyarho oMhlophe wehlabathi kumlo wokugqibela ukuze basinde, umnqamlezo ochasene namaSemite. untermenschen. '
Ukusukela ngoFebruwari, iphulo lokuzimisela 'ababeki beendaba' (ubukhulu becala baxhaswa ngemali ngabantu baseMelika kunye neBhritane ngonxibelelwano noorhulumente) bafuna ukugcina ubuvuvu bokuba i-neo-Nazi yaseUkraine ayikho.
I-Airbrushing, igama eliye lanxulunyaniswa nokuhlanjululwa kukaStalin, liye laba sisixhobo sobuntatheli obuqhelekileyo.
Ngaphantsi kweminyaka elishumi, i-China 'elungileyo' iye yaxutyushwa emoyeni kwaye i-China 'embi' iye yathatha indawo yayo: ukusuka kwindibano yocweyo yehlabathi ukuya kuSathana omtsha osakhulayo.
Uninzi lwezi propaganda zivela e-US, kwaye zihanjiswa ngeeproxies kunye 'neetanki zokucinga', ezifana ne-Australian Strategic Policy Institute eyaziwayo, ilizwi loshishino lwezixhobo, kunye neentatheli ezinenzondelelo ezifana noPeter Hartcher we. Sydney Morning Herald, ababiza abo basasaza impembelelo yamaTshayina โnjengeempuku, iimpukane, iingcongconi noongqatyanaโ baza bathi ezi โzinambuzane zitshabalalisayoโ mazipheliswe.
Iindaba malunga neTshayina eNtshona ziphantse ziphelele malunga nosongelo oluvela eBeijing. I-Airbrushed ziziseko zomkhosi zaseMelika ezingama-400 ezijikeleze uninzi lweTshayina, intsimbi yomqala exhobileyo efikelela ukusuka eOstreliya ukuya ePasifiki nakumazantsi mpuma eAsia, eJapan naseKorea. Isiqithi saseJapan sase-Okinawa kunye nesiqithi saseKorea iJeju zigcwele imipu ejolise kwindawo engenanto kwintliziyo yeshishini laseTshayina. Igosa lePentagon lichaze oku 'njengentambo'.
IPalestine ibingaxelwanga kakuhle kangangexesha elide ndikhumbula. Kwi-BBC, kukho 'ingxabano' 'yeengxelo ezimbini'. Owona msebenzi womkhosi unde, ukhohlakele, nongekho mthethweni kumaxesha anamhlanje awunakuchazwa.
Abantu ababebethwe eYemen abakho kwaphela. Ngabantu beendaba. Ngelixa i-Saudis imvula iibhombu zeqela laseMelika kunye nabacebisi baseBritane abasebenza ecaleni kwamagosa ajolise eSaudi, ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha sesigidi sabantwana bajongene nendlala.
Oku kuhlanjwa kwengqondo ngokutyeshela kunembali ende. Ukubulawa kweMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala kwacinezelwa ngabacholacholi ababevunyiwe ngokuthobela kwabo kwaye bavuma kwiinkumbulo zabo. Ngowe-1917, umhleli we Manchester Guardian, CP Scott, wazityandโ igila kunkulumbuso uLloyd George wathi: โUkuba abantu bebeyazi ngokwenene [inyaniso], imfazwe beziya kunqunyanyiswa ngomso, kodwa abazi yaye abanakuyazi.โ
Ukwala ukubona abantu kunye neziganeko njengoko zibonwa kwamanye amazwe yintsholongwane yeendaba eNtshona, idodobalisa njenge-Covid. Kuba ngathi sibona ihlabathi ngesipili esinendlela enye, apho 'thina' siziphatha kakuhle kwaye silungile kwaye 'bona' bengenjalo. Yimbono enzulu yobukhosi.
Imbali ekhoyo eTshayina naseRussia ayifane ichazwe kwaye ayifane iqondwe. UVladimir Putin nguAdolf Hitler. UXi Jinping nguFu Man Chu. Iimpumelelo ezimangalisayo, ezinjengokupheliswa kwentlupheko engathethekiyo e-China, akwaziwa. Igqwethekile kwaye ingcole kangakanani le.
Siya kuzivumela nini ukuba siqonde? Uqeqesho lweentatheli zesimbo sefektri ayiyompendulo. Kananjalo ayisosixhobo sedijithali esimangalisayo, esiyindlela, hayi isiphelo, njengomatshini wokuchwetheza womunwe omnye kunye nomatshini welinotype.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, ezinye zezona ntatheli zibalaseleyo ziye zakhutshwa ngaphandle kwesiqhelo. 'Defenestrated' ligama elisetyenziswayo. Iindawo ebezikade zivulekele i-mavericks, kwiintatheli eziye ngokuchasene nengqolowa, abathethi benyani, bavalile.
Ityala likaJulian Assange lelona lothusa kakhulu. Xa uJulian kunye noWikiLeaks banokuphumelela abafundi kunye namabhaso e Guardian, i ENew York Times kunye namanye abalulekileyo 'amaphepha erekhodi', wayebhiyozelwa.
Xa imeko emnyama yachasa kwaye yafuna ukutshatyalaliswa kwee-hard drives kunye nokubulawa komlingiswa kaJulian, wenziwa utshaba loluntu. USekela Mongameli uBiden wambiza ngokuba 'ngumgrogrisi we-hi-tech'. U-Hillary Clinton wabuza, 'Asinakuvele sikhuphe lo mfo?'
Iphulo elalandelayo lokuphathwa gadalala kunye nokunyeliswa ngokuchasene noJulian Assange โ uMthetheleli weZizwe eziManyeneyo weNtuthumbo walibiza ngokuba 'kukuxukuxa' - lenze iphephandaba lenkululeko kwelona nqanaba lisezantsi. Siyabazi ukuba bangoobani na. Ndicinga ngabo njengabadibanisi: njengeentatheli zeVichy.
Zizakuma nini iintatheli zokwenyani? Iyakhuthaza samizdat sele ikhona kwi-intanethi: Iindaba ze-Consortium, ezisekelwe yintatheli enkulu uRobert Parry, iGreyzone kaMax Blumenthal, iMint Press News, iMedia Lens, iDeclassified UK, Alborada, Electronic Intifada, WSWS, ZNet, ICH, Counter Punch, Independent Australia, umsebenzi kaChris Hedges, uPatrick Lawrence, uJonathan Cook, uDiana Johnstone, uCaitlin Johnstone nabanye abaya kundixolela ukuba ndingabakhankanyi apha.
Kwaye ababhali baya kuma nini, njengoko benzayo ngokuchasene nokunyuka kwe-fascism ngeminyaka yee-1930? Baya kuma nini abenzi beefilimu, njengoko benzayo ngokuchasene neMfazwe yoMlomo ngeminyaka yee-1940? Ziya kuma nini ii-satiriists, njengoko zazisenza kwisizukulwana esidlulileyo?
Emva kokuntywila iminyaka engama-82 kwibhafu enzulu yobulungisa eyinguqulelo esemthethweni yemfazwe yehlabathi yokugqibela, ayiloxesha na abo benzelwe ukugcina ingxelo ngokuthe tye babhengeze ukuzimela kwabo kwaye bachaze ubuxoki? Ungxamiseko mkhulu kunangaphambili.
UJohn Pilger uphumelele kabini elona bhaso liphezulu laseBritane lobuntatheli kwaye ebeyiNtatheli yeHlabathi yoNyaka, iNtatheli yeNdaba yoNyaka kunye noMbhali ochazayo woNyaka. Wenze iifilimu ezingama-61 zamaxwebhu kwaye uphumelele i-Emmy, i-BAFTA ibhaso leRoyal Television Society kunye neBhaso loXolo laseSydney. I-'Cambodia Year Zero' yakhe ibizwa ngokuba yenye yeefilimu ezilishumi ezibalulekileyo zenkulungwane yama-20. Eli nqaku luguqulelo oluhleliweyo lwedilesi kuMnyhadala weHlabathi weTrondheim, eNorway. Unokuqhagamshelwa ku www.johnpilger.com
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