Russell Mokhiber
kanye noRobert Weissman
Iphoyisa
umbulali.
Cha,
asikhulumi ngoMumia Abu-Jamal. Ngemva kokuqulwa kwecala iNational
I-Journal's Stuart Taylor ibize "ngokungafaneleki ngokumangazayo" futhi yayihlanganisa
"ubufakazi obuqanjiwe," u-Abu-Jamal walahlwa yicala lokubulala a
Iphoyisa lasePhiladelphia. Manje uhlezi ohlwini lokufa.
We
bakhuluma ngombulali wephoyisa uStuart Charles Alexander. Uma elahlwa yicala,
ingabe u-Alexander uzogcina egwetshwe ukufa? Akwenzeki.
Yilokho
ngoba u-Abu-Jamal umnyama, kuyilapho u-Alexander emhlophe. U-Abu-Jamal uyintatheli,
U-Alexander ungusomabhizinisi.
Last
ngesonto, u-Alexander, ongumnikazi wemboni yamasoseji eSan Leandro, eCalifornia,
kuthiwa udubule wabulala abahloli benyama ababili kanye nenyama eyodwa yombuso
umhloli owayevakashele imboni yakhe.
Ngokusho
ezindabeni, ngemva kokubulala abahloli abathathu, u-Alexander wajaha owesine
umhloli wamabhulokhi ambalwa ezansi nomgwaqo, wathatha isibhamu esisodwa wageja. Yena
wabe esebuyela embonini yakhe yamasoseji, wangena ngaphakathi, waqhumisa ezinye izibhamu, wahamba
ngaphandle futhi wazinikela emaphoyiseni ngaphandle kokuphikiswa.
A
iteyipu yevidiyo evela kukhamera yokuvikela ngaphakathi kwesoseji lika-Alexander Santos Linguisa
ifektri "ibonisa ngokucacile" u-Alexander ebulala abahloli abathathu benyama,
Amaphoyisa aseSan Leandro atshele izintatheli ngesonto eledlule.
Alexander
futhi omunye wabahloli ngamunye wafaka ucingo ecela usizo emizuzwini yamaphoyisa endawo
ngaphambi kokudubula. Izikhulu zombuso zithwese u-Alexander amacala amathathu
ukubulala.
Federal
izikhulu zamangalela u-Alexander ngamacala amabili okubulala - amabili enhlangano
abahloli basebenzela uMnyango Wezolimo wase-US.
Ngokusho
kuma-akhawunti wezindaba, abahloli benyama bavala isikhungo ngoJanuwari ngoba cha
ukushisisa kahle amasoseji abhalwe ukuthi aphekwe ngokugcwele futhi awasetshenziswa
izinsuku zokuphelelwa yisikhathi enyameni. Abahloli bavala isikhungo ngoJanuwari ngemuva kwalokho
U-Alexander wenqaba ukuhambisana nomthetho.
The
imboni yavulwa kabusha ekuqaleni kwale nyanga.
A
sayina ngaphandle kwemboni yamasoseji ka-Alexander ifundeka kanje: "Kubo bonke abakhulu
amakhasimende, i-USDA iza embonini yethu ihlukumeza abasebenzi bami kanye nami,
okwenza kube nzima ukwenza umkhiqizo wethu omkhulu. Yebo, uma zonke izitshalo zenyama zingaba
ebhizinisini iminyaka engu-79 ngaphandle kwesikhalazo esisodwa, abahloli benyama babengeke
banemisebenzi. Ngakho-ke sibathathela izinyathelo zomthetho."
Akukho ndawo
kunoma yiziphi izihloko ezingaphezu kuka-60 eziye zavela mayelana neka-Alexander
ukubulala kuvele amagama athi "cop killer". Nokho, uma ubhekisela
U-Abu-Jamal, izintatheli zezindaba zizizwa ziphoqelekile ukumbiza ngokuthi "umbulali wamaphoyisa"
njengokungathi igama lakhe elisanda kwamukelwa, njengalapho uMbuzi wasePhiladelphia ngaphambili
kulo nyaka isihloko sesihloko esithi: โIkolishi Lase-Antiyokiya Imema uCop-Killer njengo
Kuqalwe Somlomo."
Njalo
ngosuku kuleli zwe, abahloli benyama kanye nezinye izikhulu zomthetho
ukulwa nobugebengu bezinkampani nodlame. Futhi nsuku zonke, bayahlangana
ukumelana, ukuhlukumeza kanye nezinsongo ezivela kubaphathi bezinkampani ezifundiswa a
imibono yezombangazwe eqinile, enganaki, nengenamthetho.
"Lapho
kuwukungqubuzana okukhulu kanye nesiyaluyalu emigqeni engaphambili yenyama yombuso
abahloli," kusho uBobby Harnage, umongameli we-American Federation of
Abasebenzi Bakahulumeni. โKwashona abahloli benyama abathathu
abangenangqondo - babulawa bezama ukuvikela abathengi."
Recent
izinhlolovo zikhomba ukuthi ubugebengu bezinkampani kanye nodlame kusezingeni eliphezulu. Ngokusho
ocwaningweni olukhishwe ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ngabe-KPMG's Integrity Management Services
iyunithi, abasebenzi babona izinga eliphezulu lobugebengu obungekho emthethweni nokungahambisani nezimiso zokuziphatha
ukuziphatha emsebenzini, abasebenzi babona abaphathi bengakwazi noma abazimisele ukubhekana nazo
ngokuziphatha okungafanele, futhi abasebenzi abakhuthazwa ukubika okuphambene nezimiso zokuziphatha
ukuziphatha.
Futhi
ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, kutholwe ucwaningo olwenziwe yiNational White Collar Crime Centre
ukuthi umndeni owodwa kwezintathu waseMelika manje uyisisulu sobugebengu obunamakholomu amhlophe
nokuthi kunokukhathazeka okukhulayo komphakathi mayelana nobucayi bekholomu emhlophe
ubugebengu kanye nekhono lohlelo lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu ukubulawula.
Cha
kwalezi zinhlolovo kubikwe kwabezindaba zezinkampani ezijwayelekile. Futhi akazange
Umbiko wezindaba zezinkampani ezijwayelekile ngocwaningo olwenziwe yilowo owake waba yiWashington
Intatheli yeposi uMorton Mintz futhi yashicilelwa kule nyanga ku-Nieman Reports.
I-Mintz
inhlolovo yathola ukuthi ababhali abahleli bamaphephandaba ezinkampani abavamile ukugxeka inkampani
ubugebengu nokunye ukwenza okubi. Uhlole ababhali abaphambili abangu-124,
ababhali bezingosi, nabahlaziyi mayelana nabakushilo mayelana nezinkampani ezinkulu
ukuziphatha phakathi neminyaka eyishumi ephela ngoDisemba 1998.
UMintz
waphetha ngezimpendulo azithola, kanye nenani elikhulu lababhali
owehluleka ukuphendula uphenyo lwakhe, ukuthi "kulungile ukusho ukuthi yi-
usuku olungavamile ezinsukwini ezingu-3,650 lapho abezindaba kazwelonke beveza abantu baseMelika emibonweni yabo
ukungalungi kwezinkampani."
Kwezepolitiki,
izinkampani, nabezindaba abakhethekile banesikhathi esincane nenhlonipho encane nge
izisulu zobugebengu bezinkampani nodlame. Bazobhuqa bedlalisa
Abu-Jamal, kodwa akazange anikeze isikhathi sosuku ku-Alexander nokuhlukumeza kwakhe.
Akuve
isikhathi lapho siqala ukunikeza inhlonipho kancane kulabo ababeka ukuphila kwabo phezu
line ukuze usivikele ekulimaleni kwezigebengu zezinkampani. Shayela eyakho
amahhovisi abahleli bamaphephandaba endawo futhi ubanxuse ukuthi bathathe isinyathelo esiqinile ngokumelene nalo
ubugebengu bezinkampani. Sekela amaphoyisa obugebengu endaweni yangakini. Gwema inkampani
unya.
Russell
U-Mokhiber ungumhleli we-Corporate Crime Reporter eWashington, DC.
URobert Weissman ungumhleli we-Multinational Monitor eseWashington, DC.
U-Mokhiber no-Weissman bangababhali ababambisene be-Corporate Predators: The Hunt for
I-MegaProfits kanye Nokuhlaselwa Kwentando Yeningi (Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press,
1999, http://www.corporatepredators.org)