Ixoxisana noMickey Z. mayelana nencwadi yakhe entsha, "50 American Revolutions Akufanele Ukwazi: Ukubuyisela Ukuthanda izwe laseMelika"
Ungakwazi yini ukutshela i-ZNet, sicela, ukuthi incwadi yakho entsha, "50 American Revolutions You're Not Appose to Know: Reclaiming American Patriotism," imayelana nani? Izama ukuxhumana nani?
Ukushisekela izwe sekuphenduke igama elingcolile kubantu baseMelika abaningi. Ngakho ngacabanga: Kungani ungantshontshi futhi usinike incazelo entsha? Okufana nalokho okwenziwa uReagan ngegama elithi “umgcini wokuthula.” Ake sikubize ngokuthi “ukushisekela izwe” lapho u-Eugene V. Debs engenela umongameli esitokisini sakhe sasejele futhi ethola amavoti acishe abe yisigidi. “Kwakuwukushisekela izwe” okwabusa eStonewall, ukushisekela izwe lapho Isitha Somphakathi sisinxusa ukuba “silwe namandla,” futhi ukushisekela izwe kwakugcwele yonke indawo emizamweni yeBonus Army Dorothea Lange, Food Not Bombs, kanye noDaniel Ellsberg. Namuhla, sibona isenzo esisha "sokushisekela izwe" lapho imindeni yezisulu ezithile ze-9/11 ithi CHA ekungeneleleni kwezempi nokuziphindiselela noma lapho umama wesosha elifile ebuza uMkhuzi-Mkhulu ukuthi yini ngempela indodana yakhe efile. Incwadi yami ikhumbula iziqephu ezinjalo ezingama-50 emlandweni waseMelika…iziqephu noma yiziphi inqubekelaphambili esingaziqhenya ngazo.
Ungakwazi yini ukutshela iZNet okuthile ngokubhala le ncwadi? Kuvelaphi okuqukethwe?
Ngibheke iziqephu ezisukela kwezepolitiki kuye kwezomuntu siqu kuye kwezamasiko nokunye. Bengifuna ukwenza incwadi enomqondo ovulekile ngokwanele ukuthi ifake wonke umuntu kusukela ku-Helen Keller kuya ku-Billie Holiday, kusukela ku-Rachel Carson kuya ku-I.F. Itshe. Ingxenye enzima kakhulu kwakuwukunciphisa kuze kufike ku-50.
Ayini amathemba akho "ngama-50 American Revolutions"?
Ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi inamandla kangakanani futhi igcwele kangakanani imizamo yokufundisa abantu e-U.S. Ngaphandle komphakathi omncane “oqinile”, iningi labantu baseMelika alizamukeli izindaba ezinhle mayelana, ukusho, ukuvukela umbuso okunodlame. Kodwa-ke, bona abantu abafanayo abachitha iziqephu ezinjengalezi “ezimelene namaMelika” bancoma umoya wokuhlubuka kaKatherine Hepburn noma uWilliam Burroughs noma uCharlie Parker noma uPatti Smith. Kusukela ekuthakaseleni okunjalo kungakhulisa ukuvuleka okukhulu ekuphonseni inselelo i-cookie-cutter, ifomula yokulingana-ubukhulu obubodwa ethengiswa kithi izigebengu zezinkampani. Impela kwangisebenzela kanjalo. Ngaphambi kokuba ngizwe ngoNoam Chomsky noma u-Emma Goldman, ngathathwa nguJackson Pollock, uWilliam S. Burroughs, uPatti Smith, nabanye abafana nabo. Ngithole isitayela sidakisa…ukuthungatha amakhala abo emhlanganweni. Ngaphandle kokuqaphela, ngangibeka isisekelo soguquko olukhulu.
"Ama-Revolutions aseMelika angama-50 Akufanele Uwazi: Ukubuyisa I-American Patriotic" kaMickey Z. yashicilelwa ngabakwa-Disinformation ngoSepthemba 2005.
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