Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo ngendandinyuse ubuncinci be-cheers ezimbini. Urhulumente wase-US, ukuba agwebe ngengxolo endlongondlongo eyenziwa ngoku ngabathetha-thethwano bakhe borhwebo, ubonakala ezimisele ukonakalisa enye yezona zixhobo ziphazamisayo neziyonakalisayo zolawulo lwehlabathi: iWorld Trade Organisation. Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, ngendibe ndiphosakele.
Ekuphela kwento embi kunehlabathi elinemithetho engalunganga yorhwebo lwamazwe ngamazwe lihlabathi elingenamithetho yorhwebo kwaphela. UGeorge Bush ubonakala elungiselela ukutshabalalisa i-WTO kwiingxoxo zokurhweba zehlabathi ezilandelayo ngoSeptemba kungekhona ngenxa yokuba imithetho yayo ayinabulungisa, kodwa ngenxa yokuba ayinabulungisa ngokwaneleyo. Ufuna ukuthethathethana nomntu ngamnye namazwe abuthathaka, ukuze anyanzelise imiqathango engqongqo yorhwebo kuwo. Ufuna ukutshintsha inkqubo yokurhweba yamazwe amaninzi kunye neyobukhosi. Kwaye oku kubeka intshukumo yobulungisa kwihlabathi kwindawo enzima.
Ingxaki yethu ivela kwinto yokuba, ekubeni siyintshukumo eyohlukeneyo, siye sathandabuza ukuchaza ngokuchanekileyo into esiyifunayo. Sibize urhwebo olunobulungisa, kodwa asiphumelelanga, njengequmrhu, ukucacisa ukuba kufuneka kukhululeke kangakanani na olo rhwebo, kwaye kufuneka lulawulwe njani. Ngenxa yoko, kumazwe atyebileyo ubuncinane, siye savumela abambalwa abanomgaqo-nkqubo oqulunqwe ngokucacileyo ukuba bathethe egameni lethu. Abo bantu ngabalandeli bemfundiso ebizwa ngokuba โyindawo yokuhlalaโ. Ndakhe ndazixhasa ngokwam. Ndiyayamkela ngoku into yokuba ndiphazamile.
I-Localization igxininisa ukuba yonke into enokuveliswa ekuhlaleni kufuneka iveliswe ekuhlaleni. Zonke iintlanga zifanele zikhusele uqoqosho lwazo ngeerhafu zorhwebo nemiqobo esemthethweni. Injongo yalo mgaqo-nkqubo kukunika iintlanga ukuzimela geqe kwezoqoqosho nezopolitiko, ukukhusela ukwahluka ngokwenkcubeko nokuthintela umonakalo owenziwe kwindalo ngezithuthi ezihamba umgama omde. Nangona kunjalo, xa uphonononga iimpembelelo, ngokukhawuleza ufumanisa ukuba kunyanzeliswa, kutshabalalisa kwaye akukho sikweni njengazo naziphi na izicwangciso uGeorge Bush aziphekayo.
Uguquko lwam lweza mhla ndeva isithethi sifuna ukuba kuyekwe uninzi lweendlela zorhwebo lwamazwe ngamazwe emva koko, ekuphenduleni umbuzo ovela kubaphulaphuli, ndigwebe izohlwayo zezoqoqosho e-Iraq. Ukuba sinokuvuma ukuba ukuthintela urhwebo kunye ne-Iraq, okanye, ngenxa yoko, ukunyanzeliswa kwe-embargo yorhwebo eCuba, ihlwempuzekile kwaye kwiimeko ezininzi isoyikisa ubomi babantu bezo zizwe, kufuneka sikwamkele ukuba ukupheliswa kwehlabathi kweentlobo ezininzi urhwebo luya kuba nesiphumo esifanayo, kodwa ngomlinganiselo omkhulu.
Urhwebo, ngoku, yindlela engenakwenzeka yokwaba ubutyebi phakathi kwezizwe. Ibonakala ngobudlelwane obunyanzeliswayo phakathi kweenkampani kunye nabasebenzi, iintlanga ezityebileyo kunye namahlwempu. Kodwa kuphela kwendlela enokwenzeka. Imali efunwa lihlabathi elihlwempuzekileyo kufuneka ivele kwenye indawo, kwaye ukuba intshukumo yethu iyala urhwebo njengempendulo, ngokuqinisekileyo kunyanzelekile ukuba sifumane enye.
Abahlali bendawo abayithinteli yonke intengiselwano yamazwe ngamazwe. Njengoko uColin Hines, owabhala i-manifesto yabo waza wancedisa ekuyileni umgaqo-nkqubo weGreen Party, esamkela, โOlunye urhwebo lomgama omde luseza kwenzeka kuloo macandelo abonelela ngempahla kunye neenkonzo kwezinye iingingqi zehlabathi ezingakwaziyo ukubonelela ngezinto ezinjalo ngaphakathi. imida yabo, umz. izimbiwa ezithile okanye izityalo zemali.โ Ukufumana utshintshiselwano lwangaphandle kumazwe atyebileyo, ngamanye amazwi, ilizwe elihlwempuzekileyo kufuneka lithumele ngaphandle imathiriyeli ekrwada. Kambe ke, le yimeko kanye amazwe ahlwempuzekileyo afuna ukusaba kuyo.
Imathiriyeli ekrwada iyakuhlala inexabiso elingaphantsi kuneemveliso ezenziweyo. Imveliso yabo ikwathanda ukuvuza kuphela abo bangabanini bomthombo ongundoqo. Njengoko abasebenzi bengenazakhono, imivuzo ihlala iphantsi. Wonke umsebenzi utshintshwa ngomnye umntu, ngoko ke abanawo amandla kwindawo yentengiso. Ihlabathi elihlwempuzekileyo, phantsi kwale nkqubo, lihlala livaleleke kuqoqosho lwe-extractive kwaye - ngenxa yoko - kubudlelwane balo obungaphantsi kunye nehlabathi elityebileyo.
Okubangela umdla kukuba, ummiselo kaHines uwonakalise kanye loo midla afuna ukuyikhusela. Ukufumana imali eyaneleyo yangaphandle yokuthengisa iimpahla ezingenako ukuzivelisa ngokwazo, amazwe ahlwempuzekileyo kuya kufuneka athumele ngaphezulu, hayi kancinci, kubutyebi bawo bendalo, ngaloo ndlela enyusa igalelo lawo kutshintsho lwemozulu, ukukhukuliseka komhlaba kunye nokulahleka kweentlobo ngeentlobo zezinto eziphilayo. Umgaqo-nkqubo wakhe ukwatshayela abalimi abancinci, abaza kugxothwa kumhlaba wabo ngomatshini wokulima imali.
Eyona nto iphikiswana kakhulu yile: ukuba uqoqosho lwasekhaya luxhomekeke ngokupheleleyo kumanyano lwezopolitiko olwandisiweyo. Imodeli kaColin Hines yenza uthotho olutsha lwemibutho yehlabathi ukunyanzelisa indawo yokuhlala kumazwe esizwe, nokuba bayathanda okanye abathandi. Amazwe angathintelwa, umzekelo, "ukuwisa imithetho ... ethoba ulawulo lwasekhaya lweshishini kunye neenkonzo". UHines, ngamanye amazwi, uyaluthintela ngokuthe ngqo uhlobo lokuzimela kwezopolitiko athi uyalukhuthaza.
Kodwa ngaphezu kwako konke, le mfundiso ayiyomfuneko kwaphela. Kukho indlela engcono kakhulu yokukhusela okusingqongileyo ngelixa uvumela amazwe ahluphekayo ukuba aphuhle, kwaye oku kukufuna imithetho yorhwebo yehlabathi eyazisa iindidi ezimbini zobulungisa.
Eyokuqala kukuvumela amazwe ahlwempuzekileyo, ukuba anqwenela njalo, ukuba alandele iindlela zophuhliso ezithathwa zizityebi. Intsomi esisiseko yezizwe eziphambili kukuba zakha ubutyebi bazo ngokurhweba ngokukhululekileyo. Enyanisweni, phantse lonke uhlanga olufumene ubutyebi balo ngokuzimeleyo lwenza njalo (ngaphandle kokuphanga kunye nobuqhetseba) mhlawumbi ngokukhusela amashishini alo amatsha kukhuphiswano ade abe makhulu ngokwaneleyo ukuba azikhusele okanye ngokweba ipropati yengqondo yamanye amazwe.
Baye bafumanisa izinto ezilungileyo zorhwebo ngokukhululekileyo kunye nolawulo lwamalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza kuphela emva kokuba befumene ukongamela kwezoqoqosho. Emva kokuba bekwenzile oko, ngoku bagxininisa kwimithetho yorhwebo yehlabathi ethintela ngokuphandle ezinye izizwe ukuba zilandele eyazo indlela eya kuphuhliso. Imithetho yokurhweba enobulungisa ibiya kunyanzela amazwe atyebileyo ukuba avule imida yawo, kodwa akunjalo, de afikelele kwinqanaba elithile lophuhliso lwezoqoqosho, amahlwempu.
Uhlobo lwesibini lobulungisa luya kubandakanya ukwandisa imithetho esetyenziswa ngoku yintshukumo yorhwebo enobulungisa ngokuzithandela kuzo zonke iinkampani ezirhweba phakathi kwezizwe. Ukufumana iphepha-mvume lokurhweba kumazwe ngamazwe, umbutho kuya kufuneka ubonise ukuba iikontraka zawo aziqeshwanga amakhoboka, zisebenzisa izibulali-zinambuzane ezivaliweyo okanye zibhenca abasebenzi bazo kwiasbestos. Kwakhona kuya kufuneka ihlawule zonke iindleko zokusingqongileyo zamafutha efosili ewasebenzisileyo.
Oku bekuya kuqinisekisa ukuba iimpahla ezinexabiso eliphantsi, ezinomthamo omkhulu, njengeziqhamo nemifuno, azisayi kuphinda zithunyelwe ngenqwelo-moya ehlabathini lonke. Kodwa iya kuqinisekisa ukuba amazwe ahlwempuzekileyo athumela ngaphandle imathiriyeli ekrwada ngoko nangoko aya kuba zezona ndawo zithandwa kakhulu kwimveliso: kuthatha amafutha amancinci kakhulu ukuthumela iimpahla ze-aluminiyam kwiipayinti kwihlabathi jikelele kunokuba yenze ukuthutha i-bauxite esuka kuyo. zenziwe.
Ngoko ke masingakhankaseli ukuba singawuchithi uMbutho woRhwebo weHlabathi, kodwa siwuguqule ube nguMbutho woRhwebo oluNgcono, onjongo yawo ikukuthintela izityebi ngelixa ukhulula amahlwempu. Kwaye masiqinisekise ukuba xa uGeorge Bush ezama ukonakalisa inkqubo yamazwe ngamazwe ngoSeptemba, siyazi ngokuchanekileyo ukuba sikweliphi icala.
Incwadi kaGeorge Monbiot Ubudala beMvume: iManifesto yoMyalelo oMtsha weHlabathi, ipapashwe nguFlamingo. www.monbiot.com