Ngaphandle Kokuthenga
Ibhalwe ngu-Axel Ztangi
February 19, 2009
I-Financial Times ibika ukuthi eDavos ukuzingela ingcebo, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, kwakungenxa yalolo hlelo olunzima lokunqanda ukuwohloka kwezimali emhlabeni wonke. Uma izinkanyiso zenhloko-dolobha yomhlaba zifike zingenanhlanhla futhi zinganolwazi olungcono kunalapho zifika, ngisola ukuthi ama-half-wits kanye nama-dead-beats eWashington (okuboniswe kahle kakhulu nguMkhandlu ka-Obama Wabeluleki Bezomnotho) nawo ngeke aphumelele.
Akumangazi ukuthi bambalwa osopolitiki abahambele i-Davos kulo nyaka kunaseminyakeni edlule lapho i-Davos bekuwumcimbi wokugubha. Akukho lutho olucekela phansi inkulumo ephothelwe kahle yosopolitiki ngokushesha ukwedlula isifutho seqiniso esine-asidi. Osopolitiki abambalwa ababekhona bamane bazenza izilima ngokushintshana ngamazwi okusola.
Ukwehla Komnotho, Ukucindezeleka Noma Uvalo? Osopolitiki bakhuluma kuphela ngokwehla komnotho njengoba kwenza izintatheli eziningi. Ababhali bengosi abadumile be-liberal bent bachaza le nkinga ngokukhetha okubanzi kwamagama, nokho bonke babanjwe ogibeni lombono womlando ongenalwazi. Lokhu kuqinisekisa ukuthi imizamo yabo yokuhlaziya ulwazi ngeke iphumelele. Ukulungiswa okusheshayo kohlobo lwe-neo-Keynesian abaluphakamisayo, kungase kunciphise ukopha kwenhloko-dolobha yomhlaba, kodwa izinqubo ezinkulu kakhulu ezidingekayo ukuze kusindiswe lesi siguli.
Inqwaba yezinqubomgomo ezibona kude zithwebule isimo esinezingqinamba ezihlukene futhi ziye zaphawula ukuthi isici sezezimali simane siwungqimba olungaphandle lwenkinga ejulile yokuncipha kwezinsiza okubuye kwembule umongo wangaphakathi wemikhawulo yemvelo. Futhi nakuba lo mbono uxhumanisa amachashazi kwabanye nemithelela engase ibe noguquko, ngokuvamile isisekelo esinephutha siyabuya: okudingeka sikwenze ukulungisa uhlelo lwezomnotho. Ukuxhasa ngezimali ezinye izinhlelo zamandla, ukukhuthaza ukugaywa kabusha nokongiwa kwemvelo, ukuthuthukisa uhlobo olusha losomabhizinisi abanonembeza wokuhlalisana noma amakhambi axakayo afanayo afika engqondweni.
Ngicabanga ukuthi, ukuze sinwebe isingathekiso somnotho ogulayo, kufanele sikhethe i-euthanasia futhi sikhiphe isidalwa esinciphile osizini lwaso. Izithombe zikaMorgan, umdwebi wefilimu yehlelo eliqanjwe igama elibiyelwe, odansa ngasethuneni likaMarx eHighgate zifika engqondweni. Udansa ehlonipha ukubona kwekhehla. Futhi ephusheni lami lasemini, ujoyinwe lapho ngu-Kropotkin, inkosana yaseRussia eyehliswa i-anarchist, eminyakeni eyi-100 eyedlule, yabona ngeso lengqondo umphakathi olawulwa kakhulu wobandlululo namuhla ofana nomphakathi ozinzile abaningi abaphupha ngawo. Futhi ukujoyina labo ababili abangalindelekile (kanye namanye ama-radicals okudansa afanekisela umphakathi ohlakaniphe kakhulu kunalokho esike saboshwa) ngu-Andre Gorz osanda kushiya (okuningi mayelana naye maduze) bonke abajabulela ithemba lokubhubha konxiwankulu, ngokuxakayo kodwa ngokubikezelwa, ngesandla sayo esingabonakali.
Ngeshwa - futhi akumina ngedwa engikusolayo lokhu - isidumbu esikhulu semali sizogcinwa siphila, uma nje kungelula, ngezindleko zethu. Akukho sikweletu, amakhaya aphelile, imisebenzi futhi. Balindele ukuthi sikhwehlele kanjani umnikelo? Impendulo ngokwengxenye iwukuthi ngokunciphisa lokho esikulindele, ngokwandisa izintela ezinciphayo futhi ngezikhathi ezithile ukuhlinzeka ngomsebenzi woxhaso (okungenamsebenzi โokunzimaโ), kunganciphisa ngokwanele izindleko zokusilondoloza, thina bantu abasebenzayo. Uhlelo lwabo lomdlalo ukuqinisa isisekelo esibuthakathaka sokungalingani kweholo eliphelele.
Ngabe sizothatha amathemba okuthi awekho amathemba alele phansi? Umbuzo omuhle. Kubonakala sengathi ukuvukela kwanoma iyiphi into kuzocindezelwa kakhulu. Amashumi eminyaka ambalwa edlule okuziphatha okuthobelayo, nokho, kuvame ukuphikisana nokuvukela. Imithombo yezindaba iphumelele ukunqanda ukungahambisani nokuya ngasemaphethelweni. Futhi ngenkathi phakathi neminyaka kaBush iKhadi Lokwesaba lobuphekula lalidlalwa ngawo wonke amathuba. Ezinsukwini zokuqala zokubusa kuka-Obama sibona isu lokulawula eliyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu. Ngeke kumangaze ukubona ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kusetshenziswa njengendlala entsha, i-Fear Card entsha. Ingabe kuyinhlekisa ukulindela u-Obama ukuthi asho ukuthi izinsiza ezilinganiselwe zisho ukuqiniswa kwamabhande okwengeziwe kanye nokuvinjelwa okwengeziwe kwezinto ezivamile? Ikusasa elibuhlungu elethulwa abaqili abahlakaniphile abaphethe manje kungaba iphupho labo, kodwa iphupho lethu elibi, lezwe elibumbene ukuze lamukele ukuzimela kwalo.
Lokhu kuhlaziywa kwe-dystopian kungase kube igama lokugcina kwabanye. Futhi nakuba kungenakucatshangelwa njengento engenzeka yesikhathi esizayo, ngenxa yokulinganisa okulinganiselayo kwemisinga yezenhlalo, yokwazisa kangcono kokubili ukuthambekela okubusayo nokuvukela umbuso, sidinga ukuhlola wonke amandla aphikisanayo asebenza emphakathini. Ngikholelwa ukuthi lokho abahlaziyi abaningi abakuchitha njengokungabalulekile ukuphikiswa okumangalisayo - lokho abezindaba abakubiza ngokuthi โabashisekeli benkolo kwesokudla noma kwesokunxele.โ Lezo zici eziphikisayo ezinikeza okungaphezu kokufundwa kwehlelo - kodwa umkhuba ohlukile - zifihliwe ekubukeni kwabezindaba, kanye nokukhwabanisa kwemidiya, ngokusebenza emigomeni yempilo evamile.
Ezweni lonke kunenqwaba yemiklamo emazingeni aphansi, okukhombisa isisekelo somzabalazo esingakaze sibonwe emashumini eminyaka. Wonke amadolobha, isibonelo, anezivumelwano zasemadolobheni/zasemaphandleni eziqinisekisa ukutholakala kokudla okusha ezigidini ezimakethe zabalimi, amakilabhu okuthenga kanye nama-co-ops. Futhi yimuphi umasipala ongenalo isiko lokugibela amabhayisikili? Futhi mangaki amagaraji nezizinda zezimboni ezindala ezigcwele abasunguli bamandla ahlukile, abahleli bezinhlelo ezivulekile nezingcweti abasebenzisa kabusha imfucumfucu yomphakathi ukuze bakhe okuthile okusha nokuwusizo?
Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoba umbuso ulahla izinsizakalo zezenhlalakahle futhi njengoba izimakethe, ezingenamthetho, zibusa izici eziningi kakhulu zezimpilo zabantu, wonke umphakathi uyazibonela ukukhula kwezinhlangano ezingenzi nzuzo kanye namaqembu amavolontiya enza izinhlelo ezintsha. Lona umnotho we-take-charge, do-it-yourself (DIY). Esinye sezici ezinhle kakhulu zalo mnotho omusha ukwanda okumangalisayo kwemidiya yomphakathi kanye nobuchwepheshe bedijithali. Ngokuhlanganisiwe bathuthukisa ukusebenzisana kwe-rhizomic kuwo wonke umkhakha wenye indlela, umnotho wasemazingeni aphansi okhulisa izinqubo zasendaweni nokwenza ukuphindaphinda kwenzeke.
Amandla ayo yonke le misebenzi yasendaweni ehlukene, ehlukene ngokwezindawo futhi engaxhunywanga ngokwezinga elikhulu, abonakala ekuqaleni komkhankaso ka-Obama. Ake sicacise leli qiniso: isenzakalo sika-Obama sadonsela phezu komphakathi olinde inhlansi. Ubengeyena umgqugquzeli walo mnyakazo - kodwa-ke ufanelwe udumo ngokuwukhulisa; ngalezo zinsuku zokuqala ezibucayi, wayengumzuzi wawo.
Lawa maphrojekthi ajwayelekile futhi abukeka emincane asukela emnothweni wonke, osuka phansi, aqinisiwe, ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwami, kanye nezishoshovu ezinolwazi olunolwazi mayelana nesimo esibucayi esiphambi kwethu. Izigidi zangempela zabantu abasebenza kulo mnotho osafufusa, noma abathintwe yiwo ngokuqondile, zibonisa ngokuzibophezela kwazo ukuthi zifuna ukudlula umphakathi wabathengi ohloselwe abezindaba. Umphakathi ongenazo izimiso zokuziphatha kanye nombono oqinisekisa ukuphila.
Inkulumo yangonyaka odlule yokugubha iminyaka engu-40 yabangu-68 kwawukhulula umehluko phakathi kwaleso sizukulwane kanye nesamanje. Lapho isizukulwane sangaphambili esivukelayo sasibonakala singenasisekelo esincane eqinisweni futhi sizizwa sikhululekile ukuzulazula e-Utopia, lesi samanje singase sigxile kakhulu ezintweni ezincane zokuphila kwansuku zonke. Kukhathazeke kakhulu nge-pragmatic futhi kusolisa kakhulu ubuhlakani. Kodwa ingabe lokhu kuzwakala njengokugxeka? Ingabe kukhona ukuthetheleleka ekugxekeni imisebenzi yokuzisiza engokoqobo emphakathini wethu lapho imibuthano ebusayo ifinyelele phezulu kwama-hubris?
Izimfanelo ze-pragmatism nokuphikelela, isifiso sokuthola amakhono nokubonisa imiphumela elinganisekayo, zidinga ukuqashelwa. Kodwa ukuntula umbono womongo, womlando, amaphrojekthi womnotho we-DIY angahlala eyedwa kalula; kanye nokubaluleka kwazo kwezenhlalo kubukelwa phansi abasebenzi bayo ababeka phambili ukusebenza ngokushesha.
Njengoba umsebenzi emnothweni ophethe ulahlekelwa yonke incazelo, njengoba umsebenzi ungeyona into edlula ukubulala isikhathi, ukubaluleka kokuzidela kanye nokuvolontiya kukhula ngokubaluleka. Kodwa-ke, lapho kufunwa isikhathi esiningi kude newashi ukuze uzitholele ngokwakho kulapho kuphoqelela ngokuxakayo ukwamukelwa ngamanye ama-horizon anomkhawulo woshintsho. Njengokungathi โizwe elingaphandle,โ elivamile, izwe elikhululekile aligcini nje ngokuba likhulu kakhulu, kodwa futhi lonakele kakhulu ukuba lingashintsha. Ukondleka komzimba kuncike ohlelweni lokuvumelana kuyilapho ukusekela komoya kufuna ukuvezwa kwenye indawo yamathuba ahlukene. Abaxhumani.
Kodwa kungani lokhu kuhlukana kubekezelelwa? Kungani samukela ukuthi ingcebo igelezela kuleyo misebenzi empeleni engenakho ukusetshenziswa kwesikhathi eside komphakathi futhi engaphoxa iningi lethu njengendlela yokuziphilisa? UGorz, ungqondongqondo wentatheli waseFrance owashona ngonyaka odlule, ubuze le mibuzo esizukulwaneni sika-'68. Futhi ezizukulwaneni ezilandelayo ngendlela ehlaziya kakhulu. Ubengeyena owokuqala ukubiza ubugqila basemsebenzini uma isisebenzi singenakho ukulawula isiqondiso salowo msebenzi, kodwa waba ngomunye wabokuqala ukumemezela ukuthi noma ngabe abasebenzi bebewulawula umsebenzi wabo, akwanele. Umsebenzi ngokwawo wawudinga isisekelo sokuziphatha. Kwakumele kube neqhaza ekuqhubekeni komphakathi wonkana.
Kwakukhona umsebenzi omuhle futhi kunomsebenzi omubi. Ukulawula kwabasebenzi imboni yezikhali kungaba nengqondo uma abasebenzi bephinde basebenzise izikhali zokwakha amageja esimanje.
Yilapho esikhona namuhla. Izinto okudingeka zenziwe zitholakala emaphethelweni omphakathi wethu. Okuningi kwakho kuyanyakaza ngisho noma kusobala ukuthi kuwusizo. Siwukhulisa kanjani umnotho wasemazingeni aphansi? Futhi emnothweni onamandla, singalukhulisa kanjani uhla lwethu lwezinketho zokuziphatha emsebenzini esiwenzayo? Yilowo mbuzo.
Axel Ztangi
(Ilungu le-Worker Co-op elixhumene nalo,
kodwa akumele ngalawa mazwana okulandelayo)
Inethiwekhi ye-Bay Area Worker Cooperatives
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