UTed Glick
Ezininzi
kwiintsuku ezidlulileyo ndiye ndacelwa ukuba ndibe yinxalenye yenkqubo kwinyanga ezayo yokukhumbula umhla wama-60
isikhumbuzo sengoma kaWoody Guthrie ethi, "Lo Mhlaba Lilizwe Lakho." Oku
ndiye ndacinga.
I
ndacinga kuqala ngongasekhoyo uJim Dunn. Kwinkomfa eyayiseOhio phakathi kwiminyaka yoo-'80, uJim
wayekhokela iqela lethu ekuculeni. Ndambuza ukuba angasikhokela ekuculeni
Eli Lizwe Lilizwe Lakho. Impendulo yakhe yaba yinto kule nto (ndisatsho
khumbula amazwi akhe): “Ewe, bendisebenza nomthonyama waseMerika
abantu baseMzantsi-ntshona kutshanje, kwaye ngokwenene abayithandi le ngoma, ngoko ke ndingathanda
kungcono ungayiculi."
wonke
ixesha ukusukela ngoko, nanini na le ngoma iculwa, ndiye ndacinga ngoJim kunye noko akwenzayo
watsho emva koko.
So
xa ndifumana isicelo sokuba yinxalenye yale nkqubo ndaqalisa ukucamngca
bendiza kuthini xa ndiyamkela.
Nantsi
into endize kuyo. Into endiza kuyenza/endiza kuyenza kukuqala ngokucula i
indinyana eyongezelelweyo kule ngoma ndiyathemba ukuba inzala kaGuthrie, abo babesazi
yena, kunye nentshukumo yethu ye-pro-justice ngokubanzi, ingavuma ukuba yongezwe. Oku
yivesi entsha ecetywayo:
"Oku
umhlaba webiwa kubantu bomthonyama Kwaye baqhubeka behlupheka nangoku, Yinto
ixesha lokulungisa oku, lixesha lobulungisa, siManyene, sinako, kufuneka, thina
intando."
Kukho
isigqebelo somntu kuyo yonke le nto. Kwiintsuku ezintlanu ezidlulileyo ndaqala ukuzila ukutya kwamanzi kuphela
uqhagamshelo kunye neenzame ezingxamisekileyo zokukhulula uLeonard Peltier. Sikwixesha elinzima
ngoku njengoko kubhaliwe. Peltier, umsulwa kulwaphulo-mthetho ebekulo
entolongweni ukususela ngo-1976, unethuba lakhe elihle lokukhululwa ngesibonelelo se
uClinton ngaphambi kokuba ashiye isikhundla sakhe. Ndiqinisekile ukuba umphefumlo wam
kolu kukhawuleza, iingcinga eziqhubekayo kunye/okanye izenzo malunga nePeltier kunye neMveli
Abantu ngenxa yoko, babe negalelo ekukwazini kwam nokucinga ukubhala a
ivesi entsha ecetywayo kwingoma kaGuthrie.
kodwa
kukho ngaphezulu.
The
inkuthazo yokubhala le vesi yafika ngokoqobo ndisekwishawa. Njengoko mna
ndatsiba ndimanzi te, ndaleqa ipen nento endizobhala kuyo
ukuba andizange ndiwalahle amazwi awayeza ngam. Ndibambe imanila
imvulophu kwiholo engaphandle kwegumbi lokuhlambela waza wazibhala phantsi. Emva koko, emva koko
ndoma ndanxiba, ndajonga ngaphakathi emvulophini. Ngaphakathi kwakukho a
umfanekiso womntakwethu ongasekhoyo, uJoe Califf, njengomntwana omncinci enxibe kakhulu
egcwele "isigqubuthelo sentloko samaIndiya," esonge iingalo, ejongeka enzulu kakhulu,
ngokucacileyo ibonakale ngathi "yinkosi yaseIndiya."
My
Umfazi, abazali bakaJoe, babengabacalucaluli. Ngokwenene, babenexesha elide
abaqhubela phambili babuyela emva kwi-'30s. Bade bafa, babekhuthele
bangaxhasa uluhlu olubanzi lwemiba exhasa ubulungisa, kubandakanywa nemiba
ngqo kubantu bebala. Kwaye kunjalo, emva kwi-'40s kunye ne'50s, xa oku
umfanekiso, kunye nengoma kaGuthrie, yathathwa kwaye yabhalwa, kubonakala ngathi ikhona
ulwazi oluncinane kakhulu eKhohlo malunga nemiba ebalulekileyo kuMthonyama
Abantu.
So
ithetha ukuthini yonke lento?
I
njengoLizwe Lakho Eli Lizwe. Ndisayicula, nanjengoko, ngalo lonke ixesha ndiyenza, ndicinga
malunga nento ethethwe nguJim Dunn. Mhlawumbi ndibe wrongo ngokuqhubeka ndiyicula, kodwa kunjalo
nzima ukujongana nayo yonke into enobuhlanga, okanye ngokwesini, okanye i-heterosexist leyo
sijongene nayo kolu luntu. Ngaphandle koko, andiqondi ukuba uGuthrie wayethetha kuyo nayiphi na into
indlela yokubonakalisa i-white chauvinism. Uluvo lwam kukuba, ukuba ebephila namhlanje, yena
wayeza kuthatha amazwi kaJim Dunn nzulu kwaye mhlawumbi enze ivesi entsha ngokwakhe, okanye
hlaziya ingoma.
kodwa
akaphilanga, kwaye kunoxanduva kuthi abaza kuqhubeka
isithethe sobulungisa ngazo zonke iindlela esinokuzenza. Enye yezo ndlela kuku
"lungile," phucula, ukuba uyathanda, iingoma, intetho, inkcubeko
iipateni, iindlela zokuthetha nokwenza, ezikhubekisayo kwabo baxhatshazwe ixesha elide
okanye bacinezelwe. Kwaye kufuneka sikwenze oko ngokubonisana nabantu abakuzo
amaqela axhatshaziweyo.
I
ndiyathemba ukuva kubahlobo bam boMthonyama baseMelika malunga nokuba bacinga ntoni ngayo yonke le nto.
PS
Sonke kufuneka sifowunele umgca wokuphawula we-White House yonke imihla ukuvakalisa uluvo lwethu
Imbono yokuba uPeltier kufuneka anikwe inceba yolawulo ngaphambi kokuba uClinton ahambe
ofisi. Fowunela u-202-456-1111, kwaye ucinezele "O" ukudlula imiyalezo kwaye uhambe.
ngqo kumsebenzisi. Ulwazi oluninzi lungafumaneka kuLeonard
IKomiti yoKhuselo yePeltier, 785-842-5774, [imeyile ikhuselwe], www.freepeltier.org.
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