"I-Thermopylae"
Udumo kulabo abaphila impilo abayiphilayo
chaza futhi uqaphe i-Thermopylae.
Ungalinge ukhaphele okulungile,
ngokungaguquki futhi kukho konke abakwenzayo
kodwa ebonisa isihawu, nesihawu;
abaphanayo lapho becebile, nalapho bempofu.
usaphana ngezindlela ezincane,
basasiza ngangokunokwenzeka;
sikhuluma iqiniso njalo,
nokho ngaphandle kokuzonda abaqamba amanga.
Futhi udumo olukhulu nakakhulu kubo
lapho bebona kusengaphambili (njengoba abaningi bebona kusengaphambili)
ukuze ekugcineni u-Efiyali abonakale,
ukuthi amaMede azofohla phela.
C.P. I-Cavafy
Kuhunyushwe ngu-Edmund Keeley/Philip Sherrard
(C.P. Cavafy, Izinkondlo Eziqoqiwe. Ihunyushwe ngu-Edmund Keeley kanye no-Philip Sherrard. Ihlelwe ngu-George Savidis. Uhlelo Olubuyekeziwe. I-Princeton University Press, 1992)
Uma iSpain inabavukuzi base-Asturias, iGrisi inabasebenzi bensimbi base-Aspropyrgos. Isiteleka sabo sezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye sibonisa umzabalazo wokuvikela amalungelo abasebenzi, ubumbano lwabasebenzi, kanye neqhaza likahulumeni ezweni lanamuhla le-neoliberal Europe.
Konke kwaqala ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalolunye ezedlule.
Ubunikazi befekthri ye-Halyvourgia Ellados (Steelworks of Greece), ngaphansi kwezaba lenkinga yezimali, bamemezele kubasebenzi abangu-360 ukuthi banezinketho ezimbili:
Ukwamukela ukuncishiswa komholo okungu-40% okuvundlile kanye nezinsuku zokusebenza zamahora amahlanu, noma ukudilizwa kwezingu-170 zazo. Abasebenzi bahlangana banquma ukukwenqaba lokho kukhwabanisa. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, abanikazi befekthri bamemezela kubasebenzi bensimbi abangu-120 ngokudilizwa kwabo. Abasebenzi baphinde bahlangana, banquma ukuteleka behlangene nozakwabo abaxoshiwe, befuna ukuthi baphinde baqashwe. Futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi abakaze basebenze embonini. Kuze kube ngoLwesine ebusuku.
Ngesikhathi kusaqhubeka izingxoxo phakathi kobunikazi nabasebenzi, ubunikazi bumemezele kuNgqongqoshe wezabaSebenzi ukuthi bazoyivala ifemu yase-Aspropyrgos baxoshe abasebenzi abangu-240 abasele, ngaphandle uma isiteleka sizogqashuka. Ngokusobala umshikashika wezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye wabasebenzi wawusuqalile ukwenza inzuzo enzuzweni yabanikazi. Isiteleka sezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye okuthe, ukuqonda umongo, sigcinwe ngemizamo emikhulu ngabasebenza ngensimbi abangama-360 kanye nemindeni yabo, okuvele ukuthi basale bengenamali phakathi naso sonke lesi sikhathi. Impela lo mzabalazo wobuqhawe uhehe ubumbano lwezinhlangano zomphakathi zaseGreece (kanye nezamazwe ngamazwe), okuthe ngemizamo eminingi ebilokhu ihlinzeka ngosekelo kubasebenzi bensimbi abangamaGreki.
Umzabalazo wabo ububhekwa kuzwelonke njengowesimanje I-Thermopylae, lapho abasebenzi abambalwa nemindeni yabo bebelokhu bevikela amalungelo abasebenzi kanye nesithunzi sabantu abasebenzayo bezwe. Uma i-neoliberal logic ingadlula "Amasango Omlilo" we-Steelworks, khona-ke akekho owayezosala evikela amalungelo abasebenzi kuleli zwe.
Futhi abasebenza ngensimbi babebambe kahle, kwaze kwaba yilapho ubunikazi befektri buthola eyakho yesimanje Efialtes ebusweni bukahulumeni ka-Antonis Samaras, owayengenankinga yokudlala leyo ndima. Izolo ekuntweleni kokusa, njengokufanelekile Efialtes, yathumela amaphoyisa odweshu ukuba ahlakaze isiteleka, kusetshenziswa ihlazo “lokuvikela ilungelo lokusebenza” labasebenzi ababefuna ukubuyela emsebenzini. Eqinisweni, ukuvikela izithakazelo zobunikazi befekthri.
Imibhikisho yobumbano ibilokhu ihlelwa futhi isahlelwa e-Athens naseThessaloniki kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, kanti abasebenza ngensimbi bamemezele ukuthi yize ivulwe kabusha ifemu, bazimisele ngokuqhubeka nesiteleka sabo.
Isigameko esichazwe ngenhla akuyona nje indaba yesiteleka esaphulwa. Kungaphezu kwalokho. Ngokwezinga elingokomfanekiso, libonisa ukuthi iyini indima kahulumeni eGreece ne-Europe ye-neoliberal, kanye nezintshisekelo zikabani ezivikelayo. Futhi akwenzekanga nje kwaqondana ukuthi uhulumeni wanquma ukungenelela ukuze aphule lesi siteleka, njengoba nje kwakungaqondanga nje ukuthi uXerxes wanquma ukugqashula ekuphikisaneni kwamaSpartans angama-300 kanye namaThespians angama-700 eThermopylae: bobabili babelindele ukuthi uma bengakwazi ukuphumelela. ngokusebenzisa i Amasango Omlilo, bekungeke kube nokuphikiswa okuningi okusele okufanele kushaywe.
Lokho uhulumeni wamaGreki akukhohlwayo, nokho, ukuthi umhlatshelo wabaseSparta nabaseThespian eMpini yaseThermopylae awuhambanga ize. Kwanikeza isikhathi esidingekayo ebuthweni laseGreece elalisele ukuba lizihlele kabusha, futhi ekugcineni lanqoba ibutho likaXerxes ezimpini ezalandela: eyaseSalamis, eyasePlataea, neyaseMycale...