Xa ixesha elide “ubusboy” weLiberal nowayesakuba “ngumpakishi weempuku” uDon Boudria waba ngumphathiswa waseKhanada wentsebenziswano yaMazwe ngaMazwe kunye neFrancophonie, wandimemela kwisidlo sasemini “kwiNyanga yoPhuhliso” ngo-1997 ukuze ndityhileke malunga nepotifoliyo yakhe entsha nezicwangciso zayo. Montreal mihla le La Presse, apho ndandiyintatheli.
“ICanada yamkelwa ngezandla ezishushu eAfrika, uyazi. Kungenxa yokuba siza ngaphandle kwemithwalo yobukoloniyali yamaFrentshi namaBrits,” utshilo, ophumelele isidanga sezeMbali. Andizange ndikwazi ukuyiyeka loo mantra yokukhohlisa ukuba ihambe ngaphandle kokuphikiswa. “Ayiyonyani leyo,” ndatsho, “iCanada ingumzekelo wenkqubo yobukoloniyali enempumelelo, okanye sinokuthetha isiCree, isiOjibwe okanye i-Inuktitut, endaweni yesiNgesi nesiFrentshi.”
“Vous avez un point là,” wavuma emva kwengcinga ethile, eguqulela ngokoqobo ngokusuka esiNgesini: “Unenqaku apho.”
U-Yves Engler usandula ukupapashwa 'Incwadi eMnyama yoMgaqo-nkqubo waseKhanada waNgaphandle' igcwele "amanqaku" anjalo, adiliza, njengoko ebhala kwintshayelelo yakhe, "Ukuzivavanya kwabantu baseCanada kumgaqo-nkqubo welizwe labo langaphandle (njengoko) kulungile ukuba (ukuba of) naliphi na elinye ilizwe”.
Qwalasela la matye anqabileyo alandelayo agxininiswe ngu-Engler kunye nabahleli bakhe, iFernwood kunye neRed Publishing, ekukhuthazeni ukuqaliswa kwencwadi entwasahlobo:
Emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi I, iCanada yacela iBritane ngamathanga ayo eCaribbean;
-IWashington ayizange icinezele u-Ottawa ukuba aphule ubudlelwane neCuba yasemva kwenguqu kuba yayifuna iCanada ukuba ihlole isiqithi;
– Iinkampani zaseKhanada zatyalwa kakhulu kuMzantsi Afrika wocalucalulo;
- ICanada yanceda ukubhukuqa uPatrice Lumumba, iNkulumbuso yokuqala ekhethiweyo yaseCongo (eKinshasa), owathi wabulawa;
- "Uncedo" lwaseCanada luhlala lusetyenziselwa ukubhala kwakhona iikhowudi zemigodi ukuze kuxhamle iinkampani zemigodi yaseCanada;
– Kwiintsuku emva kokubhukuqwa kukaSeptemba 11, 1973 uMongameli onyuliweyo waseChile uSalvador Allende, unozakuzaku waseCanada eSantiago wawabiza amaxhoba obhukuqo-mbuso lomkhosi “ngombango weLatin American Left”;
-ICanada ibe yi-5 okanye i-6th enkulu inxaxheba kwimfazwe yase-US echasene ne-Iraq;
- Ngamaxesha amaninzi ukususela ngo-1915, iinqanawa zaseKhanada zifakwe kwiCaribbean nakwi-Central America;
-IKhanada yayiphakathi kwe-250 kunye ne-450 yeejethi zokulwa zenyukliya eYurophu kwiminyaka yoo-1960;
-Ingqondi yase-US esekhohlo uNoam Chomsky uthatha i-Nobelist yoXolo u-Lester Pearson, i-icon ye-Canada "yokugcina uxolo", isaphuli-mthetho semfazwe ngenxa yenkxaso yakhe kwimfazwe yase-US eVietnam.
Azisekho iimfihlo zikaRhulumente. Ziinyaniso ezifumanekayo kuye nawuphi na umphandi. Kodwa bambalwa abanomdla wokuya apho. Kwaye obo bubuhle bencwadi ka-Engler ephantse ibe namaphepha angama-300: itsala imixholo yayo kwiirekhodi zoluntu, ihluza kwaye ihluze izinto zamatye anqabileyo, athi adityaniswe kunye, abonise isipili esikhanyayo kwicala elimnyama laseCanada, kwaye ukujonga kokwenyani kuyingozi.
Ngumlinganiselo wendima engaqondakaliyo yeCanada kwimicimbi yehlabathi-intetho ekhangayo ehamba nomfanekiso wayo ogudisiweyo "wegunya eliphakathi" elithanda uxolo elihlala lilungele ukulamla kwiingxabano, lidityaniswa nerekhodi elimnyama lokuphatha kwalo. Izizwe zokuqala kunye nokunyaniseka kwiBritane ebuyela kwiMfazwe yamaBhulu, ukuthembeka emva koko kwatshintshelwa kuMalume uSam ngeMfazwe yeHlabathi yesiBini, njengoko kufanelekile kweli hlumelo likhulu loBukhosi baseBritane - ukuba abakrelekrele bayo abakrelekrele abavelisanga naziphi na iMbali ephangaleleyo neyothusayo. Umgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle.
Izinto ezikhoyo ezishicilelweyo zisasazekile kwaye ziyinxenye yezifundo zemiba ethile, njengendima yeCanada kwiiMfazwe ezimbini zeHlabathi kunye nokugcinwa koxolo kwe-UN okanye ubudlelwane bayo neYurophu okanye iLatin America, okanye kutshanje kwinxalenye yayo kwiMfazwe yase-Afghan yeminyaka esibhozo, ebhalwe zizifundiswa eziqhutywa ngamakhondo omsebenzi okanye ziintatheli ngokungqinelana negosa okanye eyona mbono iphambili.
Njengabantu abaninzi baseKhanada, u-Engler wamangaliswa bubuhlwempu boncwadi olukhoyo kunye nokungabikho okupheleleyo kwalo naluphi na uhlalutyo olubalulekileyo lomgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle waseKhanada ngokubanzi. Kodwa ngokungafaniyo nabo, wazimisela ukwanelisa loo ntswelo, umzamo owawuvisisana ngokupheleleyo nenkqubo yakhe yezobupolitika.
U-Engler, ongekabikho neminyaka engama-30 ubudala, unerekhodi elingqingqwa lokubanjwa kunye nokunqunyanyiswa okunxulumene nomkhosi wakhe kwimiba esematheni njengamaphulo achasene ne-WTO (World Trade Organisation) kunye neFTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas), eCanada ngo-2004 ungenelelo ngezixhobo e. I-Haiti ukuwisa urhulumente onyuliweyo kaMongameli uJean-Bertrand Aristide, kunye namalungelo asePalestina.
Wanqunyanyiswa kwi-2002 kwiYunivesithi yaseConcordia eMontreal ngendima yakhe ekuvaleni idilesi kaBenjamin Netenyahu. Okunye ukunqunyanyiswa kulandele “ukwaphulwa” komyalelo wokuqala. Wabonwa ehambisa amaphepha ekhampasini. Uthi wayengekho njengomfundi kodwa kwisikhundla sakhe njengomongameli onyuliweyo weManyano yaBafundi, ukukhululwa okunikezelwe yinkundla. Konke oku kwakhokelela ekubeni kunqunyanyiswe iminyaka emihlanu ngo-2004.
Kwakhona wenza i-headlines ngo-2005 ngokuhlambalaza umphathiswa weMicimbi yezaNgaphandle uPierre Pettigrew ngejusi ye-cranberry ngexesha lenkomfa yabezindaba kunye nokukhwaza: "Pettigrew ubuxoki, abantu baseHaiti bayafa". Waphinda wabanjwa kamva kulo nyaka ngenxa yokugxeka iNkulumbuso uPaul Martin kwaye wakhwaza esithi: "UPaul Martin uyaxoka, abantu baseHaiti bayafa".
Ezi ziinkxalabo ezivuthayo eziqhube uphando lwakhe. Uveza kwintshayelelo yakhe ukuba akaloncutshe kumgaqo-nkqubo welizwe langaphandle okanye igqala lozakuzaku. Kwaye yinto entle kakhulu leyo. Uphonononga kwimathiriyeli engathintelwanga, eziswa zizibophelelo zakhe ezisisiseko kunye nokunxanelwa ukuqonda okubalulekileyo kokuziphatha kweCanada kwihlabathi.
Umphumo ubangel’ umdla. U-Engler uqhuba isifundo sakhe njengomfundi onenkathalo kwaye, ngcono, njengentatheli ephononongayo. Usebenzisa izixhobo zakudala zobuntatheli obuphandayo kwaye abonise imathiriyeli yakhe ngokucaphula kumanqaku eendaba, iijenali, iincwadi kunye nodliwano-ndlebe lwe-elektroniki kunye neengxelo, ezitofa ngokuhlela kowona mncinci ungqongqo.
Izahluko ezizimeleyo zithetha ngeCaribbean, uMbindi Mpuma, iLatin America, iMpuma yeAsia, uMbindi noMzantsi Asia, iAfrika, kunye nomanyano lwamazwe ngamazwe lwaseKhanada. Isahluko ngasinye siqulathe izincoko ezingelizwe ngalinye, umanyano kunye nezihloko, kwaye siqukumbela ngengxoxo apho umbhali ashwankathela iimbono zakhe, kunye noluhlu olude lwemibhalo esemazantsi enika imithombo yeengcaphuno ezisetyenzisiweyo.
Kodwa uYves Engler uhlala engoyena mntu uphambili kwezopolitiko. Incwadi yakhe eNtsundu ngokucacileyo ayenzelwanga ukuhombisa iishelufu zamathala eencwadi. Sithetha ukuba sisixhobo sokucinga, ingxoxo kunye nesenzo. Isahluko sokuqala sinomxholo othi: "Kutheni umgaqo-nkqubo wethu wangaphandle uyindlela kunye nendlela yokutshintsha". Le ncwadi ivala ngoluhlu lweencwadi ezinamaphepha ali-18.
UYves wandimema ngobubele ukuba ndithethe amazwi ambalwa xa kwakuphehlelelwa incwadi yakhe eMontreal. Ndathi esona sipho sihle bendinokusithemba njengoko ndathatha umhlala-phantsi emva kweminyaka engama-35 njengentatheli yemicimbi yangaphandle kunye neLa Presse. Ndizamile kule minyaka ukuzisa uvakalelo lwaseMazantsi kubafundi beLa Presse ekuzameni ukuqonda imicimbi yangoku, indlela nangaphaya kwemithombo yeendaba elula kunye nentetho esemthethweni yaseCanada kunye namaqabane ayo azizityebi "njengabafana abalungileyo" kunye nehlabathi liphela. "njengobubi, ububi, obungalindelekanga kunye nabo bonke abangenakukwazi".
Ndikwathe ilizwi lombulelo maliye kwiYunivesithi yaseConcordia ngokunika uYves Engler ixesha nenkuthazo yokubhala le ncwadi. Ukwangumbhali wokuDlala iPhiko lasekhohlo: Ukusuka kwiRink Rat ukuya kwiRadical yaBafundi, kunye neCanada eHaiti: Ukulwa iMfazwe kuManinzi amahlwempu (kunye no-Anthony Fenton).
Ukuthetha ngobulungisa, usifumene isidanga sakhe. Kwaye ukhusele indawo yakhe phakathi kwesizukulwana esincinci sabantu baseCanada abanesibindi sokucinga "ngaphandle kwebhokisi" njengoko i-Western hegemony iyancipha kwaye ibhalansi entsha yehlabathi ivela, kunye nokuthandwa kukaNaomi Klein (umbhali we-No Logo kunye ne-Disaster Capitalism), uKim Elliott. (werabble.ca), uDru Oja Jay kunye nabahlobo bakhe (we-thedominionpaper.ca), uRana Bose (weMagazini yaseMontreal Serai), uRahul Varma (weTeesri Duniya Theatre), kunye noJaggi Singh, ochaza i-anarchist kunye nophambili ochasayo- umlweli wehlabathi jikelele, ukubalula nje abambalwa.
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