(1) Ngicela utshele iZNet ukuthi ithini incwadi yenu entsha ethi, ABCs of Political Economy? Izama ukuxhumana nani?

I-ABCs of Political Economy: A Modern Approach (Pluto Press, November 2002) isingeniso somnotho wesimanje, oqinile, wezepolitiki. Kucatshangelwa ukuthi asikho isizinda sezomnotho sangaphambili. Ihlinzeka ngohlaka oluqinile lokuqonda ubudlelwano phakathi kwezomnotho nezepolitiki, ubulili, kanye nokuguquguquka kwezinhlanga. Ichaza futhi ivikele izimiso ezibalulekile eziqhubekayo: intando yeningi yezomnotho, ubulungiswa bezomnotho, ubumbano, nokusimama kwemvelo. Ifundisa abafundi imiqondo ebalulekile yokuqonda ukuthi izimakethe zisebenza kanjani, lapho ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi nokwehla kwamandla emali kuvela khona, umqondo wenqubomgomo yezimali neyezimali, ubudlelwano phakathi kwemikhakha yezezimali neyoqobo yomnotho, kanye nendlela uhwebo lwamazwe ngamazwe nokutshalwa kwezimali okuwuthinta ngayo umnotho obambe iqhaza. Ikakhulukazi igxile ekuphikiseni izinganekwane mayelana ne-capitalism eqhutshwa umnotho ojwayelekile. Ezahlukweni ezimbili zokugcina I-ABCs of Political Economy ichaza ukuthi kungani ubunxiwankulu ngokwemvelo bungenantando yeningi, bungenabulungiswa, futhi bulimaza imvelo, nokuthi yini engenziwa esikhathini esifushane nangesikhathi eside ukuze kuthathelwe indawo umnotho wokuncintisana nobugovu ngezomnotho wokubambisana ngokulinganayo.

(2) Ungakwazi yini ukutshela iZNet okuthile ngokubhala le ncwadi? Kuvelaphi okuqukethwe? Yini eyayenza le ncwadi ibe ukuthi iyini?
 
Le ncwadi ibilokhu ifundwa amashumi amathathu eminyaka. Eminyakeni embalwa edlule ngafundisa isifundo sesethulo somnotho wezepolitiki eNyuvesi yakwaZNet Left On Line University lapho ngathumela khona izifundo masonto onke futhi ngixoxisana nezishoshovu ezazithatha izifundo nge-imeyili. Ezinye zezinto ezibalulekile zavela kulezo zinkulumo “ze-inthanethi”. Okuningi kokuqukethwe wukukhishwa kwesingeniso sokufundisa kwezomnotho nomnotho wezepolitiki e-American University isikhathi esingaphezu kwekota yekhulu. Kulowo mongo ngiye ngabona iningi lozakwethu bezomnotho bezombangazwe beshiya izingxenye ezinkulu zohlaka lwethiyori yendabuko ye-Marxist futhi bezabalaza ngokuthi bazolushintsha bathini. Yebo abambalwa baye benqaba ukushiya noma iyiphi ingxenye yohlaka lukaMarxist. Abanye abaningi bawushiyile umbono wabo oqinile kanye nohlaka lukaMarxist - ukulahla ingane ngamanzi okugeza. Sekuyisikhathi eside ngiqiniseka ukuthi singakwazi ukugcina futhi sandise ukuqonda okujulile kwe-Marxism ngaphandle kokubambelela emibonweni eyisidala nengenangqondo. Ngikholwa ukuthi i-ABCs of Political Economy inikeza izethameli ezingezona ezochwepheshe indawo yesimanje yokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo zomlando, ithiyori yezabasebenzi yenani, kanye nethiyori yezinkinga zikaMarxist ethuthuka kakhulu kunombono omdala. Iningi lezahluko ezimbili zokugcina lisekelwe emashumini eminyaka okucabanga nokubhala mayelana nezomnotho zokubamba iqhaza.

(3) Athini amathemba akho nge-ABCs of Political Economy? Yini othemba ukuthi izofaka isandla noma izuze, kwezepolitiki? Uma ubheka umzamo nezifiso onazo ngencwadi, yini ozoyibona iyimpumelelo? Yini engakushiya ujabule ngawo wonke umsebenzi? Yini engakushiya uzibuza ukuthi kufaneleka yini isikhathi nomzamo?
 
Ngokwami, ngithemba ukuthi i-ABCs of Political Economy iphendula imibuzo eminingi engiyitholayo hhayi kuphela kubafundi bami baseNyuvesi yaseMelika, kodwa kwizishoshovu ezingithumelela i-imeyili nsuku zonke, zingicela ukuba ngichaze - ngombono oqinile - ukuthi ingxenye ethile yezomnotho noma ezinye izincomo zenqubomgomo ziyasebenza. Ngihlela ukugcina ikhophi ephawuliwe yencwadi eduze kwekhompyutha yami ukuze ngibhale izinombolo zamakhasi ambalwa, ngichofoze ukhiye wokuphendula, futhi ngibuyele emsebenzini wami ngokushesha okukhulu! Okubaluleke kakhulu, ngithemba ukuthi le ncwadi isiza abantu abanengqondo ethuthukayo ukuthi balole ukucabanga kwabo ngezindaba zezomnotho. Ngethemba ukuthi isiza abathuthukayo bacacise ukuthi basho ukuthini ngentando yeningi yezomnotho, ubulungiswa bezomnotho, ukusebenza kahle kwezomnotho, kanye nokusimama kwemvelo ukuze baqonde kangcono ukuthi yini ezofeza lezo zinhloso, nokuthi yini engeke ifezeke. Ngethemba ukuthi kuzovimbela abathuthukayo abanesizinda esincane noma abangenaso nhlobo kwezomnotho ukuthi bahlehle ezingxoxweni nabantu abanokuqeqeshwa okuhlelekile kwezomnotho ababatshela ukuthi kufanele bakwamukele ukubusa nokungabi nabulungiswa ngoba akukho okunye. Ngethemba ukuthi kuzosiza abantu abanezimiso engibelana ngazo babe nekhono ekwenzeni ukuhlaziya kwabo komnotho. Le yincwadi efundisa abantu abanobuntu ukuthi bacabange kahle kanjani ngezomnotho.

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