UNorman Solomon
Njengoko amapolisa adubula
iimbumbulu zerabha ngerhasi yokukrazula kwisiXeko saseQuebec, iintatheli ezininzi ziye zavakalisa oku
ibango lokuba “urhwebo ngokukhululekileyo” lukhuthaza idemokhrasi. Ngelo xesha, abaqhankqalazi baye batsala nzima
Ikhanyisa inyani ephambili: Isivumelwano sorhwebo esicetywayo se-hemispheric siya kunika enkulu
iinkampani nangakumbi amandla okugatya imithetho esele injalo
owamiselwa—ngokwedemokhrasi—ukukhusela imekobume, abasebenzi namalungelo abantu.
Newsweek
uphendule kwisiphithiphithi kwiNgqungquthela yaseMelika ngekholamu ethi
Fareed Zakaria, umhlalutyi womgaqo-nkqubo othandwayo kwiizangqa eziphakamileyo. Wayibhengeza loo nto
“Isihlwele esichasene nehlabathi sichasene nedemokhrasi… sizama ukufikelela, ngoku
ukoyikisa kunye namaqhinga okoyikisa, into engakhange ikwazi ukugqitha kuyo
umthetho.” Kumashumi eminyaka akutshanje, ngokuqinisekileyo, kwathethwa okufanayo malunga
imiboniso ebukhali yezizathu ezinje ngamalungelo oluntu, uxolo eVietnam,
kunye nokhuseleko lokusingqongileyo.
Protests
ngokuchasene nezinto ezifana noMbutho woRhwebo weHlabathi, kwaye ngoku uMmandla woRhwebo oluKhululwa
zaseMelika, zinempembelelo enkulu kuba zisasaza ngokubanzi. Iintshaba ze
i-global corporatization iyathetha kwaye isebenze egameni lamaziko amakhulu
abavoti.
I-ABC
Inkqubo kamabonwakude ethi “Le Veki” iye yabonisa ukuba idlala ingxoxo ebukhoma
itshantliziyo elinenkqubela, uLori Wallach weGlobal Citizen's Global Trade Watch.
Umcholacholi weendaba uCokie Roberts wavakalisa ukubhideka wathi: “Kufikelele kwinqanaba lokuba
ngalo naliphi na ixesha kukho iintlanganiso zehlabathi, iinkokeli zehlabathi zidibana, sinengqiqo
ukuba abaqhankqalazi baya kuba lapho, kwaye akukho luvo lungako
kanye le nto uyichasayo.” Udliwano-ndlebe lwathatha isibini kuphela
imizuzu.
Uninzi lweendaba
iivenkile zabonisa umdla omncinci kumxholo wezinye iiforamu eQuebec
Isixeko esitsale amawakawaka amatshantliziyo asuka kwihemisphere yonke. Ngokunjalo,
umngcelele omkhulu esixekweni, kunye noqikelelo olungaphezulu kwama-60,000
abathabathi nxaxheba, bafumana ukhuseleko oluphantsi. Ngenxa yoko, uninzi lweentatheli
akazange abonakale enomdla kakhulu kumawaka aliqela abantu abakhaliphileyo
babandakanyeka kwisenzo esingqalileyo sokulwa, esingenalo ugonyamelo—ukubeka esichengeni yaye maxa wambi ukonga
ukwenzakala kuhlaselo lwamapolisa-ngexesha ebejongene nesamithi esemthethweni.
Ufumene ntoni
Ininzi yengqwalasela yeendaba yaqatshelwa ekuqaleni kokhokelo lwe-24 ka-Epreli
umhleli kwi Wall Street Journal, ababelangazelela “ihlabathi apho
Iikhamera zikamabonwakude zikhetha izivumelwano zorhwebo kunezo zimnyama.” Ezinye zazo
abambalwa "abanxibe i-anarchists abamnyama" bazibiza ngokuba yiBloc emnyama.
Rhoqo
Ukutyibilika, nokuphononongwa okungephi kobuntatheli, yinto esinokuyibiza ngokuba “Mhlophe
I-Bloc”—indibano yamandla eendaba amakhulu asebenzela iimfuno zeshishini.
IBlokhi emhlophe
ayikho monolithic. Kodwa kumba “worhwebo olukhululekileyo,” kunzima ukufumana a
upapasho olukhulu lwase-US olungaxhasi izivumelwano ezifana ne-NAFTA,
I-WTO, kunye ne-FTAA.
The udonga
Ijenali yesitalatoiphepha lokuhlela, kumda wasekunene weBloc, lininzi
ihlonitshwe liziko leendaba. Kunyaka ophelile, Journal umbhali wemihlathi uPawulos
UGigot uphumelele ibhaso lePulitzer lokugqabaza. Kulo nyaka, phakathi ku-Epreli, okufanayo
iwonga laya komnye umbhali wemihlathi wephephandaba, uDorothy
Rabinowitz. Kodwa yimveliso yemihla ngemihla engachazwanga yeBloc emhlophe enokubakho
eyona iphefumlayo.
Ngomhla
Ibhaso likaRabinowitz labhengezwa, umzekelo, iphepha lokuhlela le
Wall Street Journal yaba nenqaku elizimele geqe elaqala ngolu hlobo: “In
ebutsheni beminyaka yee-1990, izixeko ezikhulu zaseMerika zazixhasa ubomi, zifuthaniseleka
phantsi kwemigaqo-nkqubo yobusoshiyali eyabashiya bekhangeleka njengeentsalela zeSoviet-bloc.”
(Yayingengomdlalo nje ohlekisayo.) Ezantsi kwephepha kwakukho ikholamu
enomxholo othi “The Monarchy Is Worth Saving,” ebhalwe ngu Ijenali
usekela umhleli iimpawu zomhleli, owaxoxa ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba abemi baseBritani
bafuna ubukumkani babo “njengomthombo wegunya.”
Kodwa uMhlophe
IBloc inecala lenkululeko, nayo. Abaliqela ENew York Times ababhali bemihlathi bathatha
ajike agwebe abo banenyongo yokuma endleleni yoshishino
inkqubela.
Abarhwebi basimahla
e Maxesha yazi indlela yokuphuma kumgca omnye. Ngelixa iintloko ze
urhulumente ulungele ukushiya ingqungquthela yaseQuebec, uPaul Krugman wagqiba ikholamu yakhe ngo
ebhala ukuba abaqhankqalazi “benza konke okusemandleni abo ukuze bancede amahlwempu
lihlwempu.” Kwiintsuku ezimbini kamva, uThomas Friedman waqukumbela ikholamu yakhe ngokucacisa
ukuba “aba 'baqhankqalazi' babizwe ngegama labo lokwenyani: The Coalition to
Gcina amahlwempu ehlwempuzekile. "
IBlokhi emhlophe
(ebandakanya abantu bayo yonke imibala ukuba bahambelana ngokufanelekileyo) ineendlela zayo
yomanyano lwehip. Kwinkqubo kamabonakude yesizwe "yebhola enzima", edlala kuzo zombini iMSNBC
kunye ne-CNBC, umninimzi uChris Matthews uvale udliwano-ndlebe lwakhe ngo-Aprili 18 kunye noFriedman lo
ndlela:
Matthews: Wena
likamva mfo wam. Thomas Friedman weNew York Times.
Friedman:
Enkosi, bhuti.
Matthews: The
umbhali wemihlathi okrelekrele kwihlabathi. Z
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