NgoDisemba odlule, amashumi ezinkulungwane kuhlanganiswe amaZapatista omdabu, ngokuthula nangokuthula okuphelele, ukuhlala ezakhiweni zamahhovisi kahulumeni kamasipala amahlanu esifundazweni saseChiapas, eMexico. Ngalolo suku, olwaqondana nokuphela komjikelezo owodwa ekhalendeni lamaMaya, I-Zapatistas ikhiphe i-communiqué, ebuza, "Uyizwile?"
Kubonakala sengathi impendulo ibinguyebo, ngoba kuleli sonto izinkulungwane zabantu emhlabeni wonke zehlela eChiapas esikoleni sokuqala esihlela amaZapatistas, esibizwa ngokuthi. la escuelita de libertad, okusho ukuthi isikole esincane senkululeko. Ekuqaleni leli qembu labela abafundi abangu-500 kuphela. Kodwa abantu abaningi babefisa ukubhalisa kangangokuthi bavule ezinye izikhala eziyi-1,200 zesikole esithatha isonto lonke, esiqala ngo-Agasti 12.
Njengoba nje ama-Zapatistas, amashumi amabili eminyaka, enqaba izinhlelo ze-hierarchical, i escuelita izophinde igweme amamodeli okufundisa endabuko. Kunalokho, kuzoba yindawo evulekile yokuthi umphakathi ufunde ndawonye.
"Akekho uthisha oyedwa," kubhala u-Subcomandante Marcos, okhulumela inhlangano yeZapatista. Kunalokho, yiqoqo elifundisayo, elibonisayo, elakhayo, futhi kulo futhi ngalo umuntu ufunda, futhi afundise.
Ngenkathi ngiya kwi escuelita, abafundi bazohlala nomndeni emphakathini we-zapatista wamavukela-mbuso futhi babambe iqhaza kokubili esikoleni nasekuphileni kwansuku zonke komphakathi. Ababambiqhaza bazogawula izinkuni, basebenze emasimini ommbila futhi bapheke futhi badle nemikhaya ebaphethe.
U-Subcomandante Marcos uvumile ukuthi ukuya kulolu hlobo lwesikole kudinga ukuguqula indlela yomuntu yokucabanga ngokufunda nemiphakathi yendabuko. Njengoba ebuza ku-communiqué:
Ungaya yini esikoleni esifundiswa othisha bomdabu, ulimi lwabo lwebele lufanekiswa “njengolimi lwesigodi”?
Ungakwazi yini ukusinqoba isilingo sokuzifunda njengezifundo ze-anthropological, izifundo zengqondo, izifundo zomthetho noma i-esoterism, noma umlando?
Ungasinqoba isifiso sokubhala umbiko, uxoxisane nabo, ubatshele umbono wakho, ubanikeze iseluleko, imiyalo?
Ubungawabona, okusho ukuthi, ubungawalalela?
Ngaphambi kokuya kulesi sikole, abakwaZapatista banyathelisa uchungechunge lwama-communiqués ayisikhombisa anesihloko esithi “Them and Us.” Lezi zindaba zifanekisela izinto ezingenangqondo “zalabo abavela phezulu” - labo abanamandla okuphoqa nengcindezelo - benyathela inkululeko “yalabo abaphansi.” Imibhalo iphinde yakhuluma ngesidingo sokufunda ngokubheka nokulalela ukuze kwakhiwe omunye umhlaba. Kodwa ngaphezu kokucaphuna, lezi zincwadi eziyisikhombisa zaziyiqoqo lezifundo mayelana nendlela yokuphila kwansuku zonke emiphakathini yaseZapatista, okuhlanganisa ukuthi abantu bazixazulula kanjani izinkinga nokuthi bazihlela kanjani zibe amanethiwekhi azimele lapho abantu bebusa futhi uhulumeni elalela.
Ukufakwa kokugcina kwaleli bhukwana, elishicilelwe ngoMashi 27, nakho kumemezele ezayo escuelita futhi yaveza izimfuneko ezintathu ezidingekayo kunoma yimuphi umfakisicelo: “ukungathandi ukukhuluma nokwahlulela, ukuthambekela kokulalela nokubona, nenhliziyo ebekwe kahle.”
Ama-Zapatista awafani nje kuphela ngamandla ayinselele noma ukugcina ukumelana kwawo cishe iminyaka engama-20. Okubenza bahluke incazelo yabo yenkululeko ehlala ishintsha, futhi lesi sihloko - inkululeko ngokusho kwama-Zapatistas - sizogxila kakhulu esikoleni. Ngokuka-Subcomandante Marcos, inkululeko “iwukuzibusa nokuzibusa ngokwezindlela zethu, endaweni yethu nakuleli khalenda.” Kepha incazelo ibuye isuke kwesinye isizukulwane iye kwesinye, futhi uMarcos uyachaza ukuthi izizukulwane ezintsha kumele zithole izindlela zazo ngokuhlubuka nesithunzi.
Okuhlangenwe nakho kokuhlala nama-Zapatista neminye imindeni yomdabu kuzoba enye ingxenye emaphakathi yesikole. Abanye abafundi bazohlala nemindeni ehlala emiphakathini yamavukela-mbuso ezimele, kanti abanye bazoba nemindeni eseduze nabantu abangewona ama-Zapatista, noma ngisho nemindeni emelene nama-Zapatista. Lawa makhulu emindeni wonke avumelene ngokuthi a votán, umuntu, enhlanganweni ye-Zapatista, omele umqaphi kanye nenhliziyo yomphakathi. I amavoti izohumushela imindeni nabafundi bakwamanye amazwe, nakuba uMarcos evuma ukuthi ukuhumusha ngokwako kuyinqubo engaphelele.
“Emacaleni angokomthetho, ingabe amasiko ayahumusha?” uyabuza. "Ngalowo mqondo, umuntu uyaqonda ukuthi lokho abakubiza ngokuthi 'ukulingana ngaphansi komthetho' kungenye yezinto ezimbi kakhulu zobulungisa emhlabeni wethu."
Ngokuqondene nokuhlola kokugcina, isikole ngeke, ngokumangazayo, sibe nokuhlolwa, ithisisi, noma isivivinyo sokukhetha okuningi. Kunalokho, njengoba uMarcos achaza, isikole “siyozenzela esaso iqiniso,” futhi imiphumela iyoba “isibuko.”
Isikole siqale ngemuva kwezinsuku ezintathu zemikhosi emiphakathini yamavukelambuso yokugubha iminyaka engu-10 yemikhandlu yokubusa okuhle, uhlelo lokuzimela lweZapatistas lapho umphakathi uthatha izinqumo futhi uhulumeni uyazenza. Phakathi nemigubho, umuntu wayekwazi ukubona amabhasi namaveni angenalutho emi emigwaqweni eya e-Ocosingo nasePalenque, elinde ukuthutha abafundi abangu-1,700 besuka eSan Cristobal de Las Casas babayise emiphakathini yamavukela-mbuso ngakusasa ekuseni.
Ngasekuqaleni kwaleli hlobo, abakwaZapatista bamemezele lelo kusasa ama-escuelitas emiphakathini yaseZapatista izobanjwa kulobu busika obuzayo.