[Inguqulelo yesi sincoko yasiwa kwi-Interfaith Summer Institute for Justice, Peace, and Social Movements eSimon Fraser University eVancouver, Agasti 11, 2008. Apha kwaye Apha.
“Ikamva elidala limkile,” ucula uJohn Gorka. "Asinakufika apho ukusuka apha." [1]
Olo lwazi luvela kuGorka, [2] omnye weemvumi / ababhali bengoma endibathandayo ababalisa ngokuntsokotha kwamaxesha ethu, ifanele ukuphononongwa ngokunzulu. Ngokuhlwanje ndifuna ukuxoxa ukuba indlela thina bantu kudala sicinga ngayo ikamva kufuneka siphinde sicingisise, njengoko ububanzi nobunzulu beengxaki esijongene nazo zicaca kabuhlungu mihla le.
Ngamafutshane: Sisengxakini, kuzo zonke iinkalo, kwaye ingxaki ibanzi kwaye inzulu kunokuba uninzi lwethu belukulungele ukuyivuma. Kuya kufuneka sizabalazele ukwakha indlela esinokuhamba kuyo kwezo ngxaki - ukuba indlela enjalo inokwenzeka - kodwa ndiyathandabuza ukuba iza kujongeka njengayo nayiphi na indlela ebesikhe sayicinga ngaphambili, kwaye ayinakukhokelela naphi na kufutshane nalapho uninzi lweendlela. besicinga ukuba siyahamba.
Nokuba yeyiphi na imbono yethu ngabanye ngekamva, sonke kufuneka siphinde sivavanye iingcinga ezisekelwe kuzo ezo ngcinga. Eli lixesha apho kufuneka silahle nakuphi na ukuqiniseka kwezopolitiko esinokufuna ukubambelela kuko. Ngenxa yokusilela kwabantu ukuqikelela indawo esizifumana sikuyo namhlanje, andiqondi ukuba yingxelo eqatha ngolo hlobo. Njengoko simi ekupheleni kwesakhono se-ecosystem esiphila kuyo ukuxhasa ubomi bomntu njengoko sisazi, bubuphi ubunzima obunokubuthatha ukwenza amabango okuba silazi ikamva?
Kuthatha i-hubris yabantu abafana nesazi sebhayoloji uRichard Dawkins, owakha wabhala ukuba "ubuchopho bethu ... bukhulu ngokwaneleyo ukubona kwikamva kunye nokwenza izicwangciso zexesha elide." mkhulu kunobuchopho, nto leyo egxininisa imfuneko ephawulekayo yokuthobeka okunzulu.
Ndafunda eso sincoko sikaDawkins emva kokuva isigwebo esicatshulwe nguWes Jackson, isazinzulu esibalulekileyo salixesha kunye nesithandi sobulumko esisebenza kwiLand Institute. Umsebenzi kaJackson undincede kakhulu ukuba ndibone inyani ecacileyo nebalulekileyo nesoloko ingahoywa: Kubo bonke ubukrelekrele bethu, thina bantu singabantu abangaziyo kakhulu kunokwazi. Izinto eziphunyeziweyo ngabantu - i-skyscrapers, i-intanethi, imephu ye-genome yomntu - isihenda ukuba sikholelwe inkohliso yokuba singakwazi ukulawula ihlabathi elintsonkothileyo ngaphaya kwamandla ethu okuqonda. UJackson ucebisa ukuba siya kuba bubulumko ukuyiqonda le nto kwaye sizibophelele “kwimbono yehlabathi esekwe kukungazi” eya kuthi ibambelele kukuthobeka kwengqondo esiya kuyidinga ukuba siza kusinda kwiziphumo ezihlala ziyityhefu zobulumko bethu.[4]
Makhe sihlole ambalwa amabango achubekileyo ezopolitiko nawezakwalizwi athethwayo malunga nekamva. Ngaba kukho nabaphi na abantu apha abalamkelayo ibango le-neoliberal lokuba uloyiso lwento ebizwa ngokuba yi-"marketing free" capitalism kwidemokhrasi yonyulo "kukuphela kwembali"[6] kwaye kushiyeke kuthi kuphela ukuhlengahlengisa loo nkqubo ukusombulula nayiphi na into eseleyo. iingxaki? Ngaba kukho nabani na ongathanda ukuyikhusela ingcamango yokuba “inzululwazi yezobusoshiyali” ayichazi nje imbali kuphela kodwa inokubeka phambi kwethu isicwangciso sekamva elizukileyo? Ngaba umntu ungathanda ukunika ingcaciso yokuba ukubuya kukamesiya okulindileyo kuya kuwafumanela njani amakholwa amatikiti odidi lokuqala ukuya kwiYerusalem eNtsha?
Ukwala ezi nzame zinqwenelayo zokukhusela ikamva asikokucebisa ukuba akukho xabiso kuwo nawuphi na umba wezi zikolo zokucinga, kwaye akukho ngxoxo yam yokuba akukho nto sinokuthi siyazi okanye ulwazi akufuneki lusikhokele isenzo sethu. Endaweni yoko, ndifuna nje ukugxininisa imida yobukrelekrele bomntu kwaye ndicebise ukuba sibe nengqiqo. Ngokwenyani, yonke into endiyithethayo kukuba kufuneka siphephe ithuku lokwenza izicwangciso ezisekelwe kwihlabathi esinqwenela ukuba likho kwaye endaweni yoko sinikele ingqalelo kwihlabathi elikhoyo. Ukucinga okulolo hlobo kufuna ukuba sibe ngqongqo.
Ngokucacileyo radical
Khawufane ucinge ukuba ukhwele kamnandi kuloliwe obhityileyo. Ujonga efestileni uze ubone ukuba akukho mganyana kakhulu isiporo siphela ngequbuliso nokuba uloliwe uya kuphuma esiporweni ukuba uyaqhubeka nokuya phambili. Nicebisa ukuba uloliwe amise ngoko nangoko baze abakhweli baye phambili ngeenyawo. Oku kuya kufuna utshintsho olukhulu kwindlela yokuhamba yomntu wonke, kunjalo, kodwa kubonakala kuwe kuphela kwendlela enokwenzeka; ukuqhubekeka nokugoba phambili kukuya enkundleni iziphumo eziyintlekele. Kodwa xa uphakamisa le ndlela yokwenza, abanye abakhule bekhululekile ukukhwela kuloliwe bathi, "Ewe, siyawuthanda uloliwe kwaye ukuphikisa ngelithi masihle akuyonyani."
KwiUnited States yanamhlanje, sivaleleke kulahleko olufanayo. Sixelelwa ukuba "yinyani" ukuthobela ingcamango engenangqondo yokuba iinkqubo esiphila kuzo kuphela kweenkqubo ezinokwenzeka okanye ezamkelekileyo kuba abanye abantu bayazithanda kwaye banqwenela ukuba ziqhubeke. Kodwa kuthekani ukuba inqanaba lethu langoku lokusetyenziswa kweLizwe lokuQala liyayigqiba isiseko sobomi? Kakubi kakhulu; ekuphela kweenketho "ezinokwenyani" zezo zithatha loo ndlela yokuphila njengento engenakuxoxisana. Kuthekani ukuba idemokhrasi yokwenyani ayinakwenzeka kwilizwe-lilizwe elinabantu abazizigidi ezingama-300? Kakubi kakhulu; ekuphela kweendlela "ezinokwenyani" zezo zithatha le ndlela yokulungelelanisa umgaqo-nkqubo njengento engenakuguqulwa. Kuthekani ukuba imigangatho esekelwe kuyo ubomi bethu ivelisa ukuswela izinto eziphathekayo okugqithiseleyo kwabo bacinezelekileyo kunye nohlobo oluthile lwenkxwaleko engapheliyo phakathi kwamalungelo? Kakubi kakhulu; ekuphela kweenketho "eziyinyani" zezo zamkela uluhlu lwemigangatho njengento engenakuthintelwa.
Makhe ndinike imbono eyahlukileyo ngenyaniso: (1) Siphila kwinkqubo ethi, xa ithatyathwa iyonke, ingazinzi, kungekuphela nje ixesha elide kodwa kwixesha elikufuphi, kunye (2) neenkqubo ezingagcinekiyo ezingenako ukuzinza. .
Njani ukuba ingqiqo enzulu ithiyori? Iinkqubo ezingazinzanga azinakugcinwa. Kunzima ukuphikisana naloo nto; umbuzo obalulekileyo ngowokuba ngaba siphila okanye akunjalo kwinkqubo engazinzanga ngokwenene. Akukho ndlela yokungqina ngokuqinisekileyo le ngxelo itshayelweyo, kodwa jonga ngapha nangapha koko sizakhileyo kwaye uzibuze ukuba uyakholelwa na ukuba eli hlabathi lingaya phambili ngokungenasiphelo, okanye nangaphezulu kwamashumi ambalwa eminyaka? Thatha umzuzu ucamngca ngesiphelo sexesha lamandla efosili enexabiso eliphantsi, ukunqongophala kwezinto ezinkulu ezinokuthi zenzeke endaweni yaloo mandla, kunye neziphumo ze-ikholoji zokutshisa okushiyekileyo kwawo. Qwalasela izikhombisi zempilo yeplanethi - ukungcoliswa kwamanzi aphantsi komhlaba, ukulahleka komhlaba ongaphezulu, amanqanaba etyhefu. Unobangela wokwanda kokungalingani ehlabathini, ubunzulu bogonyamelo, nokuphelelwa lithemba okuye kwaviwa ngabantu kuzo zonke iinkalo zoluntu.
Ngokusekelwe kwinto oyaziyo malunga nezi ndlela, ucinga ukuba le yinkqubo ezinzileyo? Xa uthatha umzuzwana ukuvumela konke oku kuhlamba phezu kwakho, ngaba uvakalelwa kuwe ukuba le yinkqubo ezinzileyo? Ukuba ubunokuyeka ukuncamathela kwakho kweli hlabathi, ngaba kukho nayiphi na indlela yokucinga ukuba le yinkqubo ezinzileyo? Qwalasela zonke iindlela omele uqonde ngazo ihlabathi: Ngaba kukho nantoni na kwinkalo yakho yokuqonda ekuxelela ukuba sisendleleni elungileyo?
Ukujonga izinto eziyinyani ngokugqibeleleyo ebusweni bayo yonke le nto kukuqonda ukusilela kweenkqubo ezisisiseko kunye nokulahla uluvo lokuba ekuphela kwento ekufuneka siyenze kukuhlengahlengisa amaziko akha ubomi bethu namhlanje. Ikamva elidala-indlela ebesicinga ukuba izinto ziyakwenzeka ngayo-inyani ihambile. Urhulumente wesizwe kunye ne-capitalism ingundoqo kule nkqubo ingazinzanga, ibangela ulungelelwaniso oluphezulu lwamandla / obuninzi bokusetyenziswa koluntu olunelungelo eliye lasishiya sinomthwalo wento uJames Howard Kunstler ayibiza ngokuthi "ilungiselelo lokuphila elingenakamva." [7] Ikamva ebesiphupha ngalo belisekelwe ephupheni, hayi kwinyani. Uninzi lwehlabathi elingaphili ngelungelo lethu alinakwenza nto ngaphandle kokujongana nale nyaniso. Lixesha lokuba sivumelane nayo.
Uguqulo lwexesha elidlulileyo
Ukuze sicinge ngekamva elitsha, kufuneka siqonde ixesha langoku. Ukwenza oko, ndifuna ukucebisa indlela yokucinga malunga nexesha elidlulileyo eliqaqambisa uhlaziyo olukhulu oluthathu kwimbali yoluntu- uguqulo lwezolimo, lweshishini, kunye nenkohliso.
Inguqu kwezolimo yaqala malunga neminyaka eyi-10,000 eyadlulayo xa uhlobo lokuzingela lwafumanisa indlela yokulima izityalo ukuze kutyiwe. Zimbini izinto ezibalulekileyo ezibangele oko, enye yezendalo kunye nezopolitiko. Ngokwendalo, ukuveliswa kwezolimo kwaqalisa uhlaselo olumandla lwabantu kwiinkqubo zendalo. Ngaloo nto andithethi ukuba abantu abazingela ukuqokelela abazange benze umonakalo kwi-ecosystem yendawo, kodwa kuphela ukuba intshabalalo enkulu esijongene nayo namhlanje inemvelaphi yezolimo, ngendlela abantu abaye bagqiba ngayo i-carbon ecebileyo yamandla. umhlaba, into uJackson angayibiza ngokuba linyathelo lokuqala ekuzinziseni uqoqosho lwe-extractive. Iindlela zokulima zabantu ziyahluka ngokweendawo kodwa azizange zigcineke kwixesha elide. Ngokwezopolitiko, ukukwazi ukugcina ukutya kwenza ugxininiso olunokwenzeka lwamandla kunye neziphumo zoluhlu olungaqhelekanga kuluntu lokuzingela. Kwakhona, oku akuthethi ukuba abantu babengakwazi ukwenza izinto ezimbi omnye komnye phambi kwezolimo, kodwa kuphela kukuba le nto siyiqonda njengengcinezelo enkulu yamaziko ineengcambu zayo kwezolimo. Akuyomfuneko ukuba sibuthande ubomi bangaphambi kwezolimo ukuze siqaphele iindlela ezolimo zenza ukuba kubekho amanqanaba awohlukileyo okungazinzisi kunye nokungabikho kobulungisa.
Inguqu kwezoshishino eyaqala kwisiqingatha sokugqibela senkulungwane ye-18 eGreat Britain yaqinisa uhlaselo lwabantu kwindalo kunye nezinye. Ukukhulula amandla agxininisiweyo amalahle, ioli, negesi yendalo ukuze kuqhutywe ihlabathi elisekelwe kumatshini kuye kwavelisa ubutofotofo bezinto eziphathekayo obungenakuthelekiswa nanto kwabanye. Nantoni na umntu acinga ngayo ngefuthe lezinto ezithuthuzelayo kwingqondo yomntu (kwaye, ngokombono wam, umphumo uxutywe), iinkqubo ezivelisa induduzo zitshabalalisa amandla e-ecosystem ukugcina ubomi bomntu njengoko sisazi kwixesha elizayo. , yaye okwangoku ezo ntuthuzelo azisasazwa ngendlela evisisana nayo nayiphi na ingcamango enentsingiselo yokusesikweni. Ngamafutshane, indlela esiphila ngayo ingqubana ngokuthe ngqo nengqiqo kunye nemigaqo yokuziphatha esithi sisekele kuyo ubomi bethu. Inokwenzeka njani loo nto?
Inguquko yobuqhetseba ligama lam lophuhliso lobuchule obuntsonkothileyo bepropaganda kwinkulungwane yama-20 (ingakumbi inkqubo yentengiso echukumisayo, esekwe kumfanekiso) ethe yavelisa uninzi lwabemi (ingakumbi kuluntu lweHlabathi lokuQala) imeko ekhohlisayo ecacileyo. ukuba. Kwanabo kuthi bazama ukuyichasa kaninzi abanako ukuzibamba batsaleleke kwiindawo ezilahlekayo. Njengenkcubeko, ngokuhlangeneyo siphela sisebenza ngokungathi iinkqubo ezingenakugcinwa zinokugcinwa kuba sifuna ukuba zibe njalo. Ubuninzi bokubaliswa kwamabali enkcubeko - ngakumbi ngamaziko okubalisa amabali aphambili, amajelo eendaba - ahlala ezinikele ekugcineni esi simo sokukhohlisa. Kwinkcubeko enjalo, kuba nzima ukuzikhupha kwelo bali.
Ngoko ke, ngoshwankathelo: Inguqu kwezolimo yasibeka kwindlela esa entshabalalweni. Inguqu kwezoshishino yasinyusa isantya. Inguquko yobuqhetseba isithintele ekubeni sifikelele kwinyani yokuba sindawoni na apho singise khona. Ziindaba ezimbi ezo. Iindaba ezimbi kakhulu kukuba kusekho ukuxhathisa okukhulu kwinkcubeko elawulayo ukuvuma ukuba ezi ntlobo zeengxoxo ziyimfuneko. Oku akufanele kumangalise kuba, ukucaphula u-Wes Jackson, siphila "njengeentlobo ezingaphandle komxholo." UJackson uthanda ukukhumbuza abaphulaphuli ukuba abantu bale mihla-izilwanyana ezifana nathi, ezinobuchopho bethu-zikho emhlabeni malunga neminyaka engama-200,000, okuthetha ukuba olu tshintsho lumalunga ne-5 ekhulwini lembali yoluntu. Siphila namhlanje sibanjwe ziinkqubo apho singazange sivele njengezidalwa kwixesha elide kwaye sisazama ukuziqhelanisa nazo kwixesha elifutshane.
Ngokwenyani, kufuneka singene kwindlela entsha ukuba sifuna ukuba nekamva. Ikamva elidala, indlela ebesicinga ukuba singahamba ngayo, iphelile - yinxalenye yolahlekiso. Ngaphandle kokuba umntu wamkele ubufundamentali bobuchwephesha obungenangqiqo (ingcamango yokuba siya kuhlala sinako ukufumana izilungiso zeengxaki eziphezulu zamandla/ubuchwepheshe obuphezulu), [8] akukho zisombululo zilula kwezi ngxaki ze-ikholoji kunye nezomntu. Izisombululo, ukuba kukho naziphi na, ziya kuza ngokutshintsha okubalulekileyo kwindlela esiphila ngayo kunye nokuthotywa okumangalisayo kwenqanaba esiphila kulo. Ndithi "ukuba" kuba akukho siqinisekiso sokuba kukho izisombululo. Imbali ayisiniki thuba lokulungisa iimpazamo zethu kuba nje sifuna elo thuba.
Ndicinga ukuba oku kuthetha ulwamkelo oluvuyisayo lwendawo eyoyikeka ngokwenene esizifumana sikuyo. Oko kunokubonakala ngathi kuchasene ne-intuitive, mhlawumbi nokuba yingqondo. Ukucela uvuyo ngenxa yeemeko ezimanyumnyezi? Kum, oku kukuqonda ukuba ndingubani kwaye ndihlala phi. Ndiyinxalenye yolo hlobo ngaphandle komxholo, ndizaliswe ziimpazamo zembali yoluntu kwaye alikho inani elincinci leempazamo zam ezimbi, kodwa ndisaphila emhlabeni. Ndiyayazi imida yam kodwa ndizimisele ukuyivavanya. Ndizama ukugcina ukuthobeka kwengqondo, ukuqonda ukuba ndiphosakele, ngelixa ndisazi ukuba kufuneka ndisebenze kwihlabathi nangona ndingenakuqinisekiswa. Nokuba imeko ithini na kwaye nantoni na enokwenzeka, ndifuna ukuphila ngokupheleleyo kangangoko, okuthetha ukuzabalaza ngovuyo njengenxalenye yeentshukumo ezikhangela indlela eya kwihlabathi elinobulungisa nelizinzileyo.
Kolu sukelo, ndihlala ndidiniwe kwaye ndisoyika. Ukuboleka ibinzana kumhlobo wam uJim Koplin, ndihlala imihla ngemihla "noluvo olunzulu lwentlungu." Kwaye yonke imihla endiyikhumbulayo kwiminyaka yakutshanje-kwixesha endize ngalo kolu hlalutyo-ndiye ndafumana uhlobo lolonwabo. Rhoqo olo vuyo luza nokuqonda ukuba ndiphila kwiNdalo endingenakuze ndiyiqonde, ukuba ukuntsonkotha kwehlabathi kuyandithatha kancinci. Loo nto ayindikhokheli ekubeni ndoyike ukungabalulekanga kwam, kodwa indithumela kukhangelo olunika umdla olungapheliyo lokubaluleka.
Ukuyibeka kwibinzana le-bumper-sticker yenkcubeko ye-pop yangoku, "Ihlabathi liyafunxa / kumnandi ukuba uphile."
Malunga nezi ngxaki
Bendithetha ngeengxaki ezininzi ngaphandle kokuzichaza ngokweenkcukacha. Ngoku ndithetha nje ndiyakrokra ukuba nonke nizibhalele ngokwenu. Kum, zezopolitiko (ukungabikho kwedemokhrasi enentsingiselo kumacandelo amakhulu ezopolitiko anjengelizwe lanamhlanje), ezoqoqosho (ukungalingani okukhohlakeleyo okukhoyo ngaphakathi kuzo zonke iinkqubo zongxowankulu naphakathi kwamazwe kwihlabathi elilawulwa bubukhapitali boburhalarhume. ), kunye ne-ecological (imeko engazinzanga yeenkqubo zethu kunye neendlela zokuphila ezivela kuzo). Ngaphandle koko, ndiphazamiseka kakhulu yintlekele yenkcubeko kunye neyomoya, imeko ehamba phambili kwindlela esiyiqonda ngayo ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuba ngumntu.
Kum, ukuqonda le ngxaki kusekelwe kumsebenzi wam wobufazi kwishishini langoku lamanyala. Ibunjwe ngoosolusapho, ubungangamsha obumhlophe, kunye nobungxowankulu benkampani, iphonografi ibonelela ngesipili esiphazamisayo kumphefumlo wethu odibeneyo. Siphila kwihlabathi apho inani elikhulu labantu (ubukhulu becala ngamadoda) lifumana uyolo lwesini kwimifanekiso yenkohlakalo nokuthotywa kwesidima samabhinqa. Inani elincinane labantu (kwakhona, ubukhulu becala ngamadoda) benza inzuzo kweli shishini. Kwaye ngaphandle kwabantu abambalwa abamiliselwe kubufazi kunye nezinye iintanda-bulumko ezibukhali emacaleni, akukho nkqubela iphambili igxekwayo ngayo kuluntu lwangoku. Iphonografi yindawo apho sinokubona ukuba ukufa kovelwano kubonakala njani; inika umfanekiso wehlabathi elingenazo iinqobo ezisemgangathweni ezisisiseko zovelwano nomanyano; inika ingxelo yabantu abangenamvakalelo yokwabelwana kobuntu. Imiba emininzi yeli hlabathi lanamhlanje - eli hlabathi lixutywe ngobuninzi, elithengiswe ngobuninzi, elixutywe ngobuninzi-linokusihluba ngokulula ubuntu bethu ngeendlela ezisishiya kancinci singakwazi ukuphendula kwezi ngxaki. Kunye nokuxhalaba ngezinye iingxaki, ndiyakhathazeka ngaloo nto.
Yongeza yonke le nto kwaye icacile: Sisengxakini. Ngokusekwe kubutshantliziyo bam bezopolitiko kunye noluvo lwam jikelele lwelizwe, ndifikelele kwezi zigqibo zilandelayo malunga notshintsho lwezopolitiko nenkcubeko kuluntu lwam:
-Kuyacaca ukuba akukho tshintsho lubalulekileyo lwezopolitiko luyakwenzeka kulo nyaka uzayo e-United States kuba inkcubeko ayikakulungeli ukujongana nale mibuzo. Oko kubonisa ukuba eli lixesha lokungacebisi izisombululo ezibandakanya konke kodwa ukulola uhlalutyo lwethu kwincoko eqhubekayo malunga nezi ngxaki. Njengamatsha ntliziyo kufuneka siqhubeke nokusebenza, kodwa kukwakho ixesha nendawo yokuhlalutya.
-Kusenokwenzeka ukuba akukho zintshukumo zesininzi ziya kuvela kule minyaka imbalwa izayo e-United States eza kunyanzela iinkokeli kunye namaziko ukuba ajongane nale mibuzo. Abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba de iimeko kwihlabathi lokuQala ziba zibi kakhulu, abaninzi abantu baya kubambelela kwi-inertia eyenziwe lilungelo. Oko kubonisa ukuba eli lixesha lokwandisa unxibelelwano lwethu nabantu abanengqondo efanayo kunye nokudala amaziko amancinci kunye nothungelwano olunokuthi luphendule ngokukhawuleza xa iimeko zezopolitiko ziguquka.
-Kuyavakala ukuba iinkqubo ezikhoyo azinakutshintshwa ngoxolo kwaye amandla amiselwe ngoosolusapho, ukongama kwabamhlophe, ubuzwe, kunye ne-capitalism ayinakuguqulwa ngaphandle kokuqhekeka okukhulu. Oko kuthetha ukuba njengoko sicwangcisa izicwangciso zezopolitiko kwezona meko zingcono kakhulu singalibali ukuzilungiselela into embi kakhulu.
-Ekugqibeleni, kufanelekile ukuqwalasela ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba iintlobo zethu - umntu onengqondo enkulu - sisiphelo sokuziphendukela kwemvelo. Nditsho ukuba hayi ukudandatheka kodwa, kwakhona, ukuba ngokoqobo. Ukuba kunjalo, akuthethi ukuba masinikezele. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba lingakanani ixesha esinalo thina bantu emhlabeni, sinokwenza konke okusemandleni ukuze elo xesha libe nentsingiselo.
Izilwanyana zezizwe zehlabathi
Ndifuna ukugqiba ngokuvuyisana nabantu. Oko kunokuvakala kungaqhelekanga, xa kujongwa ubume bobubi bamagqabantshintshi am. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba ikho indlela yokubeka yonke le nto ngendlela ekhuthazayo. Ndibuyela ku-Wes Jackson, ongoyikiyo ekuchazeni iingxaki esijongene nazo kunye nokuphendulisa abantu ngeempazamo zethu, umntu ngamnye kunye neqela. Kodwa uJackson uhlala esithi nathi kufuneka sizihambele lula, ngokuchanekileyo kuba siluhlobo olungaphandle komxholo, sijongene nomngeni okhethekileyo. Uyasikhumbuza ukuba siluhlobo lokuqala oluya kufuneka sizibeke imida ukuba siza kusinda. Lo asingomsebenzi mncinane, kwaye sinyanzelekile ukuba singaphumeleli rhoqo. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba ukusilela kwethu kuya kuba lula ukukwamkela nokoyisa ukuba siyaqaphela:
–Sizizilwanyana. Kuwo onke amandla ethu amakhulu, siqhutywa ngamandla angenakuqondwa ngokupheleleyo ngokwengqiqo kwaye angenakulawulwa ngokupheleleyo.
–Sizizilwanyana zesizwe. Enoba siphila kuluphi na uhlobo lwecandelo lezobupolitika, imbali yethu yendaleko isezizweni yaye siyilelwe ukuba sihlale ngokwamaqela amancinane ngokwentelekiso, abanye banokuthi ngabantu abangekho ngaphezu kwe-150.
-Sizizilwanyana zezizwe ezihlala kwihlabathi lehlabathi. Iziphumo zeminyaka eyi-10,000 edlulileyo yembali yoluntu zisishiye sijongana neengxaki zoluntu kwihlabathi jikelele, kwaye asikwazi ukuhlehla kumaqela okuzingela okuqokelela i-150 okanye amancinci. Nangona ikusasa lethu liya kusibuyisela ebomini kwinqanaba lendawo, njengoko abaninzi becinga ukuba kuya kuba njalo, okwangoku sinembopheleleko yokuziphatha yokujongana nokungabikho kobulungisa kunye nokungazinzi kwinqanaba lehlabathi. Oku kuyinyani ngakumbi kuthi thina sihlala kwimibutho yasebukhosini ethe kwiminyaka engama-500 edluleyo yafumana ubutyebi obuninzi kwabanye kwihlabathi liphela.
Kuthetha ukuthini oku xa kusenziwa? Ndicinga ukuba kufuneka siqhubeke ngeendlela ezimbini ezisisiseko. Okokuqala, kufuneka sinikele amandla ethu kwiintshukumo ezigxile kumbuzo wobulungisa kweli hlabathi, ngakumbi abo bethu banelungelo elisekelwe kobo kungabikho kokusesikweni. Njengomntu omhlophe waseMelika okumgangatho ophakathi, ndibona iindawo ezininzi zokuqhubeka nokusebenza, kwiintshukumo ezizinikele ekupheliseni usolusapho, ukongama kwabamhlophe, ubungxowankulu, ulawulo lwezoqoqosho lweLizwe lokuQala, kunye neemfazwe zobundlongondlongo zase-US.
Ndikwacinga ukuba kukho umsebenzi obalulekileyo ekufuneka wenziwe kwimifuniselo yokulungiselela okuza kuza kwelikamva litsha esingenako ukukuchaza ngokweenkcukacha. Nokuba yeyiphi imida yesakhono sethu sokuxela kwangaphambili, sinokuqiniseka ukuba siya kufuna iindlela zokuzilungelelanisa ukusinceda siphile kwihlabathi elinamandla amancinci kunye nezinto eziphathekayo ezimbalwa. Kufuneka sonke siphuhlise izakhono eziyimfuneko kwelo hlabathi (ezifana nokwenza igadi ngamagalelo ambalwa, ukulungiswa kokutya nokugcinwa, kunye nokucofa okusisiseko), kwaye kuya kufuneka siphinde sifumane imvakalelo enzulu yoluntu eye yanyamalala kubomi bethu abaninzi. Oku kuthetha ukulahla imvakalelo yethu njengoomatshini abasebenzisayo, nto leyo ikhuthazwa yinkcubeko yangoku, kunye nokwenza nzulu iimbono zethu malunga nokuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuba ngabantu ekukhangeleni intsingiselo. Kufuneka sifunde ukubalisa amabali ahlukeneyo malunga nendlela esiziva ngayo, unxibelelwano lwethu nabanye, kunye nendawo yethu kwindalo. Amabali esiwabalisayo aya kubaluleka, ngokunjalo nezakhono esizifundayo.
Kubomi bam, ndiyaqhubeka nokusebenza kuloo mibuzo yobulungisa kwiintshukumo ezikhoyo, kodwa nditshintshe ixesha elininzi ekuncedeni ukwakha uthungelwano lwasekhaya olunokudala indawo yovavanyo. Abantu abahlukeneyo baya kuhambela kwimizamo eyahlukeneyo ngokuxhomekeke kwiitalente kunye nobuntu; sonke kufuneka silandele iintliziyo neengqondo zethu ukuze sizisebenzise apho kusengqiqweni, sinikwe ukuba singoobani kwaye sihlala phi. Emva kokuba ndiqale ngesilumkiso malunga nokuzingca, andizukucebisa ukuba ndazi ngcono ngowuphi umsebenzi abantu ekufuneka bewenzile.
Noko ke, ndiqinisekile ukuba siza kuzenzela ikamva eliqaqambileyo thina nabantwana bethu, mninzi umsebenzi ekufuneka siwenze. UJohn Gorka ubonisa kwakhona ukuba kwingoma yakhe: "Ikamva elidala lifile kwaye lihambe / lingaze libuye / Kukho indlela entsha kwiinduli ezingaphambili / Le nto kuya kufuneka siyifumane / Le nto kufuneka siyifumane."
Asimele soyike ukujongana nokufa kwekamva elidala, kwaye asifanele soyike ukuzama ukuzuza entsha. Ngumsebenzi wawo onke amaphakade, kwaye ngumsebenzi wethu namhlanje, kunanini na ngaphambili. Ngumsebenzi ovumela umntu ukuba aphile, ngovuyo, ngoxa ekwimeko enzulu yentlungu.
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URobert Jensen ngunjingalwazi wezobuntatheli kwiYunivesithi yaseTexas eAustin kunye nelungu lebhodi yeZiko leSibonelelo soMsebenzi woNxweme lwesiThathu. Incwadi yakhe yamva nje ethi, Onke Amathambo Am Ayangcangcazela: IRadical Politics kwiProphetic Voice, iya kupapashwa ngo-2009 ngabakwaSoft Skull Press. Kwakhona ungumbhali we-Getting Off: Iphonografi kunye nokuphela koBudoda (South End Press, 2007); Intliziyo yobumhlophe: Ukujongana nobuhlanga, ubuhlanga kunye neLungelo labaMhlophe (Izibane zeSixeko, 2005); Abemi boBukhosi: Umzabalazo wokuBanga uBuntu Bethu (Izibane zeSixeko, 2004); kunye nokuBhala ukuPhikisa: Ukuthatha iMibono eyiRadical ukusuka kwiMida ukuya kwiMainstream (Peter Lang, 2002). Jensen unokufikelelwa kuyo [imeyile ikhuselwe] kunye namanqaku akhe anokufumaneka kwi-intanethi http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/index.html.
[1] UJohn Gorka, "Ikamva Elidala" kwiCD "Ikamva Elidala Lihambile," IiRekhodi zeNdlu eBomvu, ngo-2003.
[2]http://www.johngorka.com/
[3] URichard Dawkins, "Ileta eVulekileyo eya kwiNkosana uCharles," ngoMeyi 21, 2000. http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/prince/prince_index.html
[4] http://www.landinstitute.org/
[5] Wes Jackson, "Ukujonga iNgcaciso yeHlabathi eSekwe kukungazi," iNgxelo yoMhlaba, iNtwasahlobo ka-2005, iphe. 14-16. http://www.landinstitute.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/10/03/42c0db19e37f4
[6] UFrancis Fukuyama, Ukuphela kweMbali kunye noMntu wokugqibela (eNew York: I-Free Press, i-1992).
[7] UJames Howard Kunstler, uthetha kwintlanganiso yeRiphabhliki yesiBini yaseVermont, ngo-Oktobha 28, 2005. http://www.kunstler.com/spch_Vermont%20Oct%2005.htm
[8] Robert Jensen, "Izinto ezine ezisisiseko kunye nesisongelo kwidemokhrasi ezinzileyo," ngoMeyi 30, 2006. http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/%7Erjensen/freelance/fourfundamentalisms.htm