Esi sincoko sisahluko sokuqala sencwadi entsha kaHoward Zinn, "A Power Governments Cannot Suppress," epapashwe yiCity Lights Books. www.citylights.com
Ikamva laseMelika linxulunyaniswe nendlela esiliqonda ngayo ixesha lethu elidlulileyo. Ngenxa yesi sizathu, ukubhala ngembali, kum, akukaze kube yinto engathathi hlangothi. Ngokubhala, ndiyathemba ukuvusa ingqiqo enkulu yokungabikho kokusesikweni ngokobuhlanga, ucalucalulo ngokwesondo, ukungalingani kweklasi, kunye ne-hubris yesizwe. Kwakhona ndifuna ukuzisa ekukhanyeni ukuxhathisa okungaxelwanga kwabantu ngokuchasene namandla okuSekwa: ukwala kwabemi bomthonyama ukuba bavele banyamalale; imvukelo yabantu abantsundu kumbutho ochasene nobukhoboka nakwintshukumo yakutshanje yokuchasa ucalucalulo ngokobuhlanga; ugwayimbo olwenziwa ngabantu abasebenzayo kuyo yonke imbali yaseMelika ngelizama ukuphucula ubomi babo.
Ukushiya ezi zenzo zokuchasa kukuxhasa umbono osemthethweni wokuba amandla axhomekeke kuphela kwabo banemipu kwaye banobutyebi. Ndibhala ukuze ndibonise amandla okudala abantu abazabalazela ihlabathi elingcono. Abantu, xa belungelelanisiwe, banegunya elikhulu, ngaphezu kwakhe nawuphi na urhulumente. Imbali yethu iqhuba nzulu ngamabali abantu abaphakamayo, bathethe phandle, bagrumbe, baququzelele, badibanise, benze uthungelwano lokuchasa, kunye nokuguqula indlela yembali.
Andifuni ukuyila impumelelo kwiintshukumo zabantu. Kodwa ukucinga ukuba ukubhalwa kwembali kufuneka kujongwe ngokulula ukubuyisela iintsilelo ezilawula ixesha elidlulileyo kukwenza ababhali-mbali abasebenzisanayo kumjikelo ongapheliyo wokoyiswa. Ukuba imbali inokuba nobuchule, ukulindela ikamva elinokwenzeka ngaphandle kokukhanyela ixesha elidlulileyo, kufuneka, ndiyakholwa, ligxininise amathuba amatsha ngokubhengeza ezo ziqendu ezifihliweyo zexesha elidlulileyo xa, nokuba ngokukhanya okufutshane, abantu babonisa amandla abo okuxhathisa, ukujoyina kunye, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ukuphumelela. Ndicinga, okanye mhlawumbi ndinethemba kuphela, ukuba ikamva lethu linokufunyanwa kwixesha elidlulileyo leemfesane zemfesane kunakwiinkulungwane eziqinileyo zemfazwe.
Imbali inokunceda imizabalazo yethu, ukuba ayiphelelanga apho, ngoko ubuncinci ngokucebisayo. Imbali inokusichitha kwingcinga yokuba iimfuno zikarhulumente nezoluntu ziyafana. Imbali inokuxelela ukuba kukangaphi oorhulumente bexoke kuthi, ukuba bayalele njani ukuba babulawe abantu bonke, bakhanyela njani ubukho babahlwempuzekileyo, basikhokelele njani kumzuzu wethu wangoku wembali- "iMfazwe ende," imfazwe isiphelo.
Enyanisweni, urhulumente wethu unamandla okuchitha ubutyebi belizwe njengoko ethanda. Inokuthumela imikhosi naphi na ehlabathini. Ingasongela ukuvalelwa okungapheliyo kunye nokugxothwa kwezigidi ezingamashumi amabini zabemi baseMelika abangekabinawo amakhadi aluhlaza kwaye abanawo amalungelo oMgaqo-siseko. Egameni โlomdla wethu wesizwe,โ urhulumente angathumela amajoni kumda wase-US-Mexican, aqokelele amadoda angamaSilamsi asuka kumazwe athile, aphulaphule ngokufihlakeleyo kwiincoko zethu, avule ii-imeyile zethu, ahlole intengiselwano yethu yebhanki, kwaye azame ukoyikisa. sathi cwaka. Urhulumente unokulawula ulwazi ngokusebenzisana namajelo eendaba aneentloni. Kuphela le akhawunti ukuthandwa-waning ngo-2006 (33% abo bavotelwe), kodwa ibalulekile-kaGeorge W. Bush. Sekunjalo, olu lawulo aluphelelanga. Inyani yokuba amajelo eendaba angama-95% axhasa ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi wase-Iraq (ngokugxekwa nje okungaphezulu malunga nendlela okwenziwa ngayo), ngelixa ngaphezulu kwe-50% yoluntu ithanda ukurhoxa, icebisa ukuxhathisa okuqhelekileyo kubuxoki obusemthethweni. . Kwakhona khawucinge ngokuguquguquka kwezimvo zoluntu, indlela ezinokutshintsha ngayo ngesiquphe. Qaphela indlela uninzi lwenkxaso yoluntu kaGeorge Bush umdala owathi wawa ngokukhawuleza ngayo xa ukukhanya koloyiso oluvela kwiMfazwe yeGulf yokuqala kwaphela kwaye ubunyani beengxaki zezoqoqosho baqalisa.
Cinga ngendlela, ekuqaleni kweMfazwe yaseVietnam ngo-1965, isibini kwisithathu sabantu baseMelika baxhasa imfazwe. Kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, isibini kwisithathu sabantu baseMelika bachasa imfazwe. Kwenzeka ntoni kuloo minyaka mithathu okanye mine? I-osmosis ngokuthe ngcembe yenyaniso yangena kwiintanda zenkqubo yobuxoki-ukuqonda ukuba uxokisiwe kwaye ukhohlisiwe. Yiloo nto eyenzekayo eMelika njengoko ndibhala oku ngehlobo lika-2006. Kulula ukonganyelwa okanye ukoyikiswa kukuqonda ukuba oomatshini bokufudumala banamandla amakhulu. Kodwa imbono ethile yembali inokuba luncedo, kuba isixelela ukuba kwiindawo ezithile kwimbali oorhulumente bafumanisa ukuba onke amandla abo alilize ngokuchasene namandla ommi ovusiweyo.
Kukho ubuthathaka obusisiseko koorhulumente, nangona kunjalo imikhosi yabo enkulu, nangona ubutyebi babo buninzi, nangona kunjalo balawula imifanekiso kunye nolwazi, kuba amandla abo axhomekeke ekuthotyelweni kwabemi, amajoni, abasebenzi baseburhulumenteni, iintatheli kunye nababhali kunye nabafundisi kunye namagcisa. . Xa abemi beqala ukukrokrela ukuba bakhohlisiwe kwaye barhoxise inkxaso yabo, urhulumente uphulukana nokuba semthethweni kunye namandla akhe.
Sikubonile oku kusenzeka kumashumi eminyaka akutshanje kwihlabathi liphela. Zivuka ngenye intsasa zibona abantu abasisigidi abanomsindo kwizitrato zesixeko esilikomkhulu, iinkokeli zelinye ilizwe zaqalisa ukupakisha iibhegi zazo zize zibize inqwelo-ntaka. Oku akuyontelekelelo; yimbali yakutshanje. Yimbali yakwiiPhilippines, yaseIndonesia, yaseGrisi, ePortugal naseSpain, yaseRashiya, eMpuma Jamani, ePoland, eHungary, eRomania. Khawucinge ngeArgentina noMzantsi Afrika nezinye iindawo apho utshintsho lwalubonakala lungenathemba lwaza lwenzeka. Khumbula uSomoza eNicaragua ebalekela kwinqwelo-moya yakhe yangasese, uFerdinand no-Imelda Marcos baqokelela ngokukhawuleza iingubo zabo kunye neengubo zabo, u-Shah wase-Iran wayefuna ngokunyanisekileyo ilizwe eliya kumthatha njengoko wayebalekela izihlwele eTehran, eDuvalier eHaiti engakwazi ukubeka. ebhulukhweni ukubaleka ingqumbo yabantu baseHaiti.
Asinakulindela ukuba uGeorge Bush abaleke ngenqwelo-ntaka. Kodwa sinokumbeka uxanduva lokufaka isizwe kwiimfazwe ezimbini, ngokufa kunye nokunqunyulwa kwamashumi amawaka abantu kweli lizwe, i-Afghanistan, ne-Iraq, kunye nokwaphula kwakhe uMgaqo-siseko wase-US kunye nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe. Ngokuqinisekileyo ezi zenzo ziyayifezekisa imfuneko yomgaqo-siseko "yolwaphulo-mthetho oluphezulu kunye nezigwenxa" zokubekwa ityala.
Ewe, abantu kwilizwe liphela sele beqalisile ukumemelela ukuba atyholwe. Ewe asinakulindela ukuba iCongress imtyhole. ICongress yayizimisele ukugxeka uNixon ngokuqhekeza isakhiwo, kodwa ayizukumgxeka uBush ngokuqhekeza ilizwe. Babekulungele ukugxeka uClinton ngenxa yezenzo zakhe zesondo, kodwa abazukumgxeka uBush ngokujikela ubutyebi belizwe kubantu abazizityebi.
Kubekho intshulube etya kwindawo yangaphakathi yoLawulo lwaseBush ngalo lonke ixesha: ulwazi lwabantu baseMelika bangcwatywa, kodwa kwingcwaba elingekho nzulu kakhulu, kulula ukulichitha-ukuba lo rhulumente ungene kulawulo hayi ngentando yabantu kodwa ubhukuqo-mbuso lwezopolitiko. Ngoko ke sisenokuba sibona ukuwohloka ngokuthe ngcembe kobu semthethweni kolu lawulo, nangona lukholose kakhulu. Kukho imbali ende yamagunya obukhosi avuyiswa luloyiso, esiba maninzi kakhulu kwaye azithembe ngokugqithisileyo, kwaye engaqondi ukuba amandla asingombandela nje wezixhobo kunye nemali. Amandla omkhosi anemida yawo-imida eyenziwe ngabantu, ukuqonda kwabo ubulungisa, kunye namandla okuxhathisa. I-United States enezixhobo zenyukliya ze-10,000 ayikwazanga ukuphumelela eKorea okanye eVietnam, ayikwazanga ukumisa inguqu eCuba okanye eNicaragua. Ngokunjalo, iSoviet Union kunye nezixhobo zayo zenyukliya kunye nomkhosi omkhulu wanyanzelwa ukuba ubuye e-Afghanistan, kwaye ayikwazanga ukumisa intshukumo yeSolidarity ePoland.
Ilizwe elinamandla omkhosi lingatshabalalisa kodwa alinakwakha. Abemi bayo abakhululekanga ngenxa yokuba iimfuno zabo ezisisiseko zemihla ngemihla zinikelwa kuzuko lwasemkhosini ngoxa abantwana babo abaselula bengahoywanga yaye bethunyelwa emfazweni. Ukungazinzi kuyakhula kwaye kukhule kwaye abemi baqokelelana ekuchaseni ngamanani amakhulu nangaphezulu, athi abe maninzi kakhulu ukuba angalawuleki; ngenye imini ubukhosi obunzima kakhulu buyawa. Utshintsho kwingqiqo yoluntu luqala ngokungoneliseki okuphantsi, ekuqaleni kungacacanga, kungekho nxibelelwano lwenziwayo phakathi kokunganeliseki kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo karhulumente. Kwaye ke amachaphaza aqala ukunxibelelana, ingqumbo iyanda, kwaye abantu baqala ukuthetha, ukulungelelanisa, kunye nokwenza.
Namhlanje, kulo lonke eli lizwe kukho ulwazi olukhulayo lokunqongophala kwabafundisi-ntsapho, abongikazi, unyango, kunye nezindlu ezifikelelekayo, njengoko ukuncitshiswa kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali kwenzeka kuwo onke amazwe ombutho. Kutshanje omnye umfundisi-ntsapho ubhale ileta eya kwiBoston Globe esithi: โNdisenokuba ngomnye wabafundisi-ntsapho abangama-600 baseBoston abaza kugxothwa ngenxa yokunqongophala kwemali.โ Emva koko umbhali uyinxulumanisa neebhiliyoni ezichithwe kwiibhombu, kuba, njengoko esitsho, โukuthumela abantwana baseIraq abamsulwa kwizibhedlele eBaghdad.โ
Xa sisonganyelwa yingcamango yamandla amakhulu oorhulumente, imibutho yezizwe ngezizwe, imikhosi, namapolisa ekufuneka elawule iingqondo, atyumze abantu abaphikisayo, aze atshabalalise imvukelo, sifanele sicinge ngomkhwa endisoloko ndiwufumanisa ubangelโ umdla. Abo banegunya elikhulu bayothuswa ngokumangalisayo ngokukwazi kwabo ukubambelela kumandla abo. Basabela ngokungxamisekileyo kwizinto ezibonakala ziyimbonakaliso engenamsebenzi nengoyikiyo yenkcaso.
Sibona urhulumente waseMelika, exhobe ngewaka lamandla akhe, esebenza ngamandla ukufaka abantu abambalwa entolongweni okanye ukugcina umbhali okanye umzobi ngaphandle kwelizwe. Sikhumbula indlela uNixon asabela ngayo kwindoda eyedwa echwechwela phambi kwe-White House: โMfumaneni!โ
Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukuba abantu abasemagunyeni bayayazi into esingayaziyo? Mhlawumbi bayabazi ubuthathaka babo bokugqibela. Mhlawumbi bayaqonda ukuba iintshukumo ezincinci zinokuba zikhulu, ukuba umbono obambele abantu ungonakali. Abantu banokuhendelwa ukuba baxhase imfazwe, bacinezele abanye, kodwa olo asilotyekelo lwabo lwemvelo. Kukho abo bathetha โngesono sokuqala.โ U-Kurt Vonnegut ucela umngeni kuloo nto kwaye uthetha "ngobuhle bokuqala."
Kukho izigidi zabantu kweli lizwe ngokuchasene nemfazwe yangoku. Xa ubona i-statistic "i-40% yabantu baseMelika baxhasa imfazwe," oko kuthetha ukuba i-60% yaseMelika ayifuni. Ndiqinisekile ukuba inani labantu abachasene nemfazwe liya kuqhubeka nokunyuka ngelixa inani labaxhasi bemfazwe liya kuqhubeka litshona. Endleleni, amagcisa, iimvumi, ababhali, kunye nabasebenzi benkcubeko babolekisa ngamandla akhethekileyo emoyeni nangokomoya kwintshukumo yoxolo nobulungisa. Imvukelo idla ngokuqala njengento yenkcubeko.
Umceli mngeni usahleli. Kwelinye icala kukho amandla amakhulu: imali, amandla ezopolitiko, amajelo eendaba aphambili. Kwicala lethu ngabantu behlabathi kunye namandla amakhulu kunemali okanye izixhobo: inyaniso. Inyaniso inamandla ayo. Ubugcisa bunamandla alo. Eso sifundo sidala-ukuba yonke into esiyenzayo ibalulekile-yintsingiselo yomzabalazo wabantu apha eUnited States nakuyo yonke indawo. Umbongo unokuphembelela intshukumo. Incwadana inokuvusa uguqulo. Ukungathobeli kwasekuhlaleni kunokuvusa abantu kuze kusishukumisele ekubeni sicinge. Xa siququzelela omnye nomnye, xa sibandakanyeka, xa siphakama kwaye sithethe kunye, singenza amandla ekungekho rhulumente unokuwacinezela.
Sihlala kwilizwe elihle. Kodwa abantu abangabuhloneliyo ubomi bomntu, inkululeko, okanye okusesikweni baye bathabathelโ indawo oko. Kuxhomekeke kuthi sonke ngoku ukuyibuyisela.
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