Xa amakhulu ambalwa abantu abasele bekhulile bedibana kwidolophu engaselwandle beze kwinkomfa yonyaka yeConservative Party, lonke uhambo lokuya kwiintatheli zaseBritani luyarhoxiswa. Yonke intonga kunye nengxondorha yokufa kwentshukumo yokufa iyarekhodwa kwaye ibethelelwe ezindlebeni zethu. Kodwa xa abantu abancinci abangama-51,000 behlanganisene kwinkomfa yekamva lezopolitiko, abahoywa. I-European Social Forum, ephele eParis ngeCawa, ivelise ingxelo enye kwiintlelo ezishicilelweyo zoshicilelo oluqhelekileyo lwaseBritane. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo amaphepha azakusazisa kwakhona kule veki ukuba abantu abatsha baphelelwe ngumdla kwezopolitiko.
Ngandlelโ ithile kuyinyaniso. Abancinci kwizigidi zabo bajikile kwiipomposity zepalamente ze-solipsistic, ukufumana amanqaku kunye nokuwangawangisa ngokuthanda kwamadoda achithe ubomi bawo kwii-quadrangles kwaye azi kakhulu ngabantu ababalawulayo njengoko uGeorge Bush ebazi ngemathematika ephezulu. Abaselula abakhange baphelelwe ngumdla kwezopolitiko. Ezopolitiko, zohlobo olumelwe eWestminster, lulahlekelwe ngumdla kwabaselula.
Esinye sezizathu ezibangela ukuba iziganeko ezifana nenkomfa yeveki ephelileyo zingaxelwa kukuba azikho ngaphakathi kwe-capsule, ngoko ke azinakugqunywa lula. Iforamu yayiyinto enkulu, emdaka, ephithizelayo, isasazeke kwiidolophu ezine ezikude kunye neentlanganiso ezingama-300. Kwakungekho nkokeli ekunokucazululwa intetho yayo, akukho qela ekunokwahlulwa kuzo, akukho mgaqo-nkqubo omnye ekunokuthi kuxoxwe ngawo. Yayimoshakele kwaye ibaleka kuba yayibonakalisa iinyani eziphazamisayo kunye neziphithiphithi zobomi babathathi-nxaxheba.
Kodwa nangona kwakunzima, akuzange kube nzima ukubona ukuba kukho into ephawulekayo eyenzekayo kwezopolitiko zaseYurophu. Abathunywa, xa bebonke, babenolwazi olungcono kakhulu malunga nemiba emikhulu kunoninzi lwamaLungu ePalamente kunye neentatheli. Ngelixa amaphepha-ndaba ethu ekuxelela yonke into ubudikwe kakhulu ukuba ungayibuza ngobudlelwane phakathi kukaTony Blair noGordon Brown, abananto yakuyithetha ngomba omncinci wekamva loluntu. Kodwa abantu abancinci baseParis bazisebenzele ngokwabo. Baye baqhelana nobunzima bomgaqo-siseko waseYurophu, iSivumelwano Jikelele soRhwebo kwiiNkonzo, i-North Atlantic thermo-haline shift.
Kwaye kwacaca ukuba bambalwa abantu kule ntshukumo yokuhluthwa abanelisekanga ngakumbi ukubhala iingxaki esijongene nazo. Umbuzo ngoku awusekho yintoni?, okanye kutheni?, okanye nini?, kodwa njani? Sisoyikisa njani amandla? Sizibuyisela njani iinkqubo zezopolitiko ebezisikhuphele ngaphandle? Asikabi nazo zonke iimpendulo, kodwa abantu baseYurophu abangama-50,000 bajoyine iqela lokukhangela.
La manani ayothusa, kodwa atsalwa kwindawo engenasiphelo yokunganeliseki eYurophu. Idemokhrasi kuyo yonke indawo ibonakala ngathi ibethwe yibhombu ye-neutron. Amaqumrhu ayo - iipalamente kunye neekomiti zazo, unyulo kunye neereferenda - zihlala zinjalo, kodwa ubomi obuphakathi kwabo bufile. Kuphantse ukuba kulo naliphi na ilizwe laseYurophu kukho ukhetho lokwenene ngoku phakathi kwemigaqo-nkqubo yeqela elilawulayo kunye naleyo yeqela elichasayo lepalamente. Imiba emikhulu โ efana nohlobo loqoqosho esilufunayo kunye nendlela urhulumente afanele ukubabonelela ngayo abantu bakhe โ kunqabile ukuba kuxoxwe ngazo epalamente; okuseleyo kukuxhwithana nokuthuthumela.
Akukho mntu kwi-European Social Forum obonakala ethandabuza kakhulu ngesizathu sokuba oku kusenzeka. Izigqibo zangempela zenziwa kwilizwekazi okanye kwinqanaba lehlabathi - eBrussels, kwiNdlu ye-White House, iibhodi zeebhanki kunye neenkampani - kwaye zinikezelwe koorhulumente belizwe ukuze kuphunyezwe. Yiyo loo nto intshukumo ixakeke kukudityaniswa kwehlabathi: de abemi babambe ulawulo lwezopolitiko zehlabathi, asinakuphinda silawule ezopolitiko zelizwe.
Kodwa kukho eminye imibuzo ekubonakala ngathi siyityeshele. Umbutho wethu unomkhwa wokusebenzisa iindlela ezintsha zothatho-nxaxheba lwedemokhrasi, ezifana โnee-consultasโ eziphuhliswe yiZapatistas eMexico, okanye uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lokuthatha inxaxheba olwenziwe eBrazil. Le yimizekelo eluncedo. Kodwa kwakhona kufuneka sizibuze ukuba yintoni na esinokuyenza ukuhlanganisa kunye nokuvuselela iipolitiki zepalamente. Akwanelanga, njengoko abaninzi bekhuthaza, ukusuka nje siyinikele umva inkqubo abathi ookhokho bethu bezobupolitika baphulukana negazi elininzi kangaka ngenxa yayo. Idemokhrasi yokwenyani ibandakanya indibaniselwano yentatho-nxaxheba nokumelwa. Umsebenzi wethu kukufumana iindlela zokukrazula imivalo yeepalamente zethu ezivaliweyo nezinobuqhophololo ngaphandle kokunikezela kubuqhophololo bazo.
Owona mbuzo mkhulu kuyo yonke ngulowo umalunga ne-c-word. Sinobunzima obuncinane bokujongana, ngokwethiyori, ubuncinane, nemiba ephakathi: yintoni ekufuneka yenziwe ngeBhanki yeHlabathi?; ingajikwa njani imithetho echasene nomanyano? Kodwa kunqabile ukuba sizame, njengombutho, ukuqubisana nomba omkhulu: yintoni ekufuneka yenziwe malunga nobungxowankulu? Nanini na eParis wavakalisa ukuba ubukhapitali bazo zonke iintlobo bufanele bubhukuqwe, wonkโ ubani wayevuya. Kodwa ngaba ngokwenene le nto siyifunayo? Yaye ukuba kunjalo, yintoni esinethemba lokuyibuyisela endaweni yayo, kwaye ngaba enye inkqubo inokumiselwa ngaphandle kwengcinezelo enogonyamelo?
EParis, abanye bethu bazama ukuphendula lo mbuzo kwiseshoni ebizwa ngokuba "ubomi emva kongxowankulu". Ekupheleni kwayo, ndandingaqinisekanga ziimpendulo zam njengoko ndandinjalo zezabanye abantu. Ngelixa ndithetha, amazwi afa emlonyeni wam, njengoko andibetha ngokucace kakhulu ukuba okoko inkuthazo yokukopela ikhona (kwaye iya kuhlala ikhona) akukho nanye yeendlela zethu ezinokuthi zisetyenziswe kwihlabathi liphela ngaphandle kobuzwilakhe. Inkqubo yodwa ehambelanayo echazwe kwintlanganiso yayicetywe yindoda evela kwi "League for the Fifth International", eyabiza ukutshatyalaliswa kongxowankulu kunye nokusekwa koqoqosho lomyalelo. Ndaligqogqa incwadana awayendinike yona ukuze ndiqonde ukuba into efana nale yayikhe yazanywa ngaphambili kwaye ayizange isebenze kakuhle, kodwa ayizange iphumelele. (Endaweni yoko ndafunda ukuba, kwafika uhlaziyo, amalungu eSine saMazwe ngaMazwe aya kuba ngabokuqala eludongeni, njengoko โewusithe umahlukoโ phakathi kweMarxism nabachasi bayo). 1
Kum kubonakala ngathi imibuzo ekufuneka sizibuze yona ngokungxamisekileyo yile: ingaba ubungqongqo bukuphela kwendlela yokuphelisa ubukhapitali? Ukuba kunjalo, kwaye ukuba, njengoko phantse sonke sisithi senjenjalo, siyabucekisa ubuzwilakhe, singaqhubeka sizibiza ngokuba sichasene nongxowankulu? Ukuba akukho mpendulo yobuntu neyedemokhrasi kumbuzo wokuba ihlabathi elingenabukhapitali liya kujongeka njani na, ngaba akufuneki sikuyeke ukufuna iiunicorns, sigxile ekubambeni nasekwenzeni mbuna irhamncwa esele sikuwo?
Kodwa nangona le mibuzo isonjululwe, kukho into enkulu eqalileyo engenakunqandwa ngoku. IPalamente kunye noonondaba banokungasihoyi, kodwa abasayi kusigxotha. NgoLwesine, xa uGeorge Bush eseLondon, siya kuqala ukubonisa amandla ethu. Kodwa lo mbutho awusekho nje malunga noqhanqalazo, malunga nokuphawula uluhlu olude lwezinto esingazithandiyo. Ngoku ixakeke ngumsebenzi oyinkathazo nonzulu wokwakha ihlabathi elingcono.
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Iingxelo:
1. IFifth International, Issue 1, November 2003. Journal of the League for the Fifth International, London.
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