Ngolunye usuku, enye yamasinema engiyithandayo yavalwa. Amabhodi akhuphukele ku-art-deco Valhalla e-Sydney, enye ehamba phambili emhlabeni ekukhipheni amafilimu anamandla, ezepolitiki. Ukungabi bikho kwengxabano kungase kubonakale kumangaza edolobheni eline-Opera House yodumo okuthiwa ihlanganisa ukuziqhenya kwe-Australia yesimanje kwezobuciko. Ngokuphambene nalokho, ukuvalwa kubonise ukuvala okuvamile.
I-Valhalla ngokuqinisekile yayiyindida e-Australia eyayibanjwe ihlelo โlokuthengisaโ kangangokuthi isikhulu se-Sydney Morning Herald singasho ukuthi โimpenduloโ โakubona abantu abahlakaniphile nabahlakaniphileโ kodwa โabantu abangasebenzisa isu lakhoโ. Ngomhla ziyisi-9 kuNhlolanja, iNhlangano Yezokubambisana Nezokuthuthukiswa Komnotho eParis yamemezela i-Australia njengomnotho ongalawulwa futhi ophethwe abantu abazimele kakhulu emazweni asentshonalanga. Leli yizwe eliphethwe futhi liphethwe ngosomabhizinisi. Isibonelo esigqame kakhulu amaphephandaba. URupert Murdoch ulawula cishe amaphesenti angama-70 okusakazwa kwamaphephandaba ayinhloko. Ngaphandle kweNsizakalo Yokusakaza Ekhethekile yezizwe eziningi kanye nenethiwekhi yomsakazo ye-Australian Broadcasting Corporation, yonke eminye imithombo yezindaba ibonisa ubuMurdochism kanye nombono wemakethe othengwayo ovela e-United States. Izimpi zamasiko ezimangalisayo zikandunankulu we-neoconservative, uJohn Howard, ziyisibonelo salokhu.
U-Howard ukholelwa ukuthi โibhizinisi nezemidlaloโ yizona ezihamba phambili zomphakathi. Izikhungo zokucwaninga ngesayensi ezazihlonishwa kuleli, i-CSIRO, ziyalelwe ukuthi zithathe abaxhasi bebhizinisi. Cishe iyodwa phakathi kwezizwe, i-Australia ngonyaka odlule ayizange ivume esikhundleni sokuvotela isiphakamiso seNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene sokuthi amalungu kufanele avikele โukwehlukahlukanaโ kwamasiko awo - emandleni amakhulu anonya. Lapho umbhali wemidlalo yeshashalazi ophambili e-Australia, uDavid Williamson, efanisa i-Australia โeshisekelayoโ eyimfihlo kaHoward nomkhumbi ohamba ngomkhumbi oya โnesiphetho esisangulukisayoโ senhlekelele yemvelo, inkulumo yakhe โyabizelwaโ ihhovisi likandunankulu futhi kwahlelwa umkhankaso ononya. uMurdoch press. Ngaphandle kokuphikiswa kwezombusazwe esingakhuluma ngakho, ukunqoba kuka-Howard bekungokwempilo yamasiko, kuphonswe umlando. Ehambisana neqembu elingaguquki labahlaziyi abakude kwesokudla, uye wavala ngempumelelo inkulumo-mpikiswano mayelana nesikhathi esidlule sobukoloni sase-Australia ngenkathi ehleka usulu โithiyori yebhande elimnyama umlandoโ: okuwukuthi, iqiniso lokucwasa kohlanga oluqhubekayo nokucekela phansi abantu boMdabu. Umkhankaso wakhe wokushisekela izwe, noma "ukukhipha amafulegi amaningi", umsulwa uGeorge W Bush. Izikole ziyalelwe ukuthi zigxumeke izigxobo zefulegi, futhi โngoSuku lwase-Australiaโ, zingama-26 kuMasingana, โolugubhaโ โukuhlaliswaโ kwezwe labanye abantu, amafulegi asatshalaliswa futhi avame ukuvezwa ngobudlova obungenabungozi.
Lokhu kwakungeyona ingxenye yempilo yase-Australia; Abantu baseMelika bazigoqe ngefulegi labo, kodwa hhayi thina bantu base-Australia. Sakubona njengesikhumbuzo senhlonipho salabo ababehambile! e ukulwa nokufa ezimpini zasebukhosini zase-Australia eziyinhlekelele kakhulu, "abenza konke okusemandleni abo". Umbuso wakwaHoward ukushintshile konke lokhu. Umholi omncane ufaka ifulege lepulasitiki ebhejini lakhe, njengoBush, futhi abeke isandla sakhe enhliziyweni yakhe, njengoBush, futhi aqinise umphakathi ozinze ngobuhlanga, njengoBush. Nakuba ukunganakwa kweNew Orleans kuwuphawu lukaBush, indelelo eboniswa abantu bokuqala base-Australia ekaHoward.
โNgosuku lwase-Australiaโ, ngadlula emafulegeni ngaya eRedfern, indawo yaboMdabu ephakathi kwedolobha, futhi ngagubha lokho abantu abamnyama base-Australia abakubiza ngokuthi Usuku Lokusinda. โUsuku Lwazo Lokulila Nokubhikishaโ lokuqala lwaqhutshwa ngo-1938 lapho kugujwa iminyaka engu-150 kwahlaselwa abamhlophe. Abesilisa nabesifazane boMdabu abangaphezu kwenkulungwane baba khona kulowo mhlangano wokuqala wamalungelo abantu, ngemva kokwenqatshelwa ukusetshenziswa kweHholo Ledolobha LaseSydney. Umkhankaso omude nobuhlungu wenkululeko nobulungiswa wawusuqalile, futhi ! ibekezelela, njengobukhona obungabonakali.
E-Redfern Park ngoSuku Lokusinda, amafulegi ayemnyama, abomvu negolide: imibala yesikhumba somdabu, umhlaba kanye nelanga. Okuwukuphela kombiko engawuthola ngoRedfern ngakusasa wawungowokulwa okuncane, okungangabazeki ukuthi amaphoyisa anikezwa amaphepha. Uma igama elithi โaboriginalโ lingena enkundleni yomphakathi kumele lihlotshaniswe, lapho kungenzeka khona, nelithi โno-hopersโ.
E-Howard's Australia, โongenathembaโ omkhulu insizwa egulayo, ethukile, ekhathazeke kakhulu futhi ehlukunyeziwe ebizwa ngokuthi uDavid Hicks. U-Hicks wayeyi-drifter, eyake yaba uhlobo lwase-Australia olwaziwa ngokuthi "i-swagman" kanye "ne-larrikin" futhi yanconywa izimbongi zethu zasehlathini nama-balladeer. Ngeminyaka yo-1990, u-Hicks waba yiSulumane futhi wadlula e-Kosovo, wabe esedlulela e-Afghanistan, lapho athunjwa khona abantu baseMelika bamthumela ekamu labo lokuhlushwa eGuantanamo Bay. Abukho ubufakazi obuncane bokuthi u-Hicks walwela i-al-Qaeda, noma ungumphekula. Uyi-drifter. Nokho uzobhekana nenye โyamakhomishana ezempiโ kaBush, lapho ukuhlukunyezwa kusetshenziswa khona ukuze kuvulwe icala, futhi alikho ilungelo lokubuza ofakazi ngemibuzo, akukho kucatshangelwa kobumsulwa futhi akukho mgomo wobufakazi โngaphandle kokungabaza okuphusileโ. Ngisho nabashushisi bezempi baseMelika abathathu abaqokwe ngesandla bahoxile, bethi ikhomishana iboshiwe ukuze ithole amacala. Izazi zezomthetho eziningi zase-Australia ziyavuma.
Uhulumeni wakwaHoward uthe, ngamagama amaningi, ukuthi uDavid Hicks angabola. Ungumuntu ongenathemba, ongeyena umMelika, ongenathemba. Khipha amafulegi amaningi.