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1) Ungakwazi yini ukutshela iZNet ukuthi imayelana nani incwadi yakho entsha ethi, A Power Governments Cannot Suppress? Izama ukuxhumana nani?
Le ncwadi ihlanganisa imibhalo yami yakamuva ngezihloko ezahlukahlukene, kusukela empini yase-Iraq kuye ezindabeni ezingo-Eugene Debs, uHenry David Thoreau, noSacco noVanzetti. Ingqikithi esemqoka cishe izwakalise kangcono endabeni yokugcina ethi, โThe Optimism of Uncertainty,โ lapho ngisebenzisa khona ulwazi olungokomlando ukuze ngiphakamise ukuthi amandla asobala ohulumeni nezinkampani empeleni antekenteke, ukuthi ancike ekulaleleni izakhamuzi. , futhi lapho lokho kulalela kuhoxiswa, kungase kwenzeke ushintsho olukhulu.
2) Ungakwazi yini ukutshela iZNet okuthile ngokubhala le ncwadi? Kuvelaphi okuqukethwe? Yini eyayenza le ncwadi ibe ukuthi iyini?
Incwadi iwumqondo womhleli wami eCity Lights, uGreg Ruggiero, owacabanga (futhi bengingubani mina ukuba ngimphikise?) ukuthi ama-eseyi ami abalekela umagazini i-Progressive nokunye okushicilelwe bekufanele kuhlanganiswe, kubuyekezwe, futhi kushicilelwe njenge incwadi. UMat Rothschild, umhleli wencwadi ethi โThe Progressive,โ lapho ngingumbhali wezindaba ovamile, wanikeza imvume ngomusa, futhi ngenxa yokuthi uyangivumela ukuba ngibhale kunoma yisiphi isihloko engikhethayo, kunezinhlobonhlobo zezihloko encwadini. Abahleli be-Princeton University Press basivumele ukuthi siphrinte kabusha Isingeniso sami eqoqweni lemibhalo kaThoreau yezepolitiki. U-Deepa Fernandes wavuma ukusivumela ukuba sisebenzise isingeniso sami sencwadi yakhe enhle ethi โOkuhlosiweโ engxoxweni yabokufika. Siphinde sanyathelisa, ngemvume yakhe, isingeniso sami sencwadi efika ngesikhathi kaDavid Cortright mayelana nokumelana ne-GI eMpini yaseVietnam. Umagazini othi โCineaste,โ onombhalo ocatshangelwe kahle futhi ophenyisisa kakhulu kumamuvi, wangivumela ukuthi ngiphinde ngiphrinte indaba engababhalela yona ephathelene nokuhlobana kwefilimu nokulandisa komlando. Le ncwadi futhi iqukethe izindatshana ezimbalwa ezingakaze zishicilelwe ngaphambili.
3) Yini amathemba akho nge-A Power Governments Cannot Suppress? Yini othemba ukuthi izofaka isandla noma izuze, kwezepolitiki? Uma ubheka umzamo nezifiso onazo ngencwadi, yini ozoyibona iyimpumelelo? Yini engakushiya ujabule ngawo wonke umsebenzi? Yini engakushiya uzibuza ukuthi kufaneleka yini isikhathi nomzamo?
Akuvamile ukuthi noma iyiphi incwadi eyodwa ibe nomthelela omubi emphakathini รขโฌโ yebo kwakukhona โCommon Senseโ kaTom Paine kanye nekaHarriet Beecher Stowe ethi โUncle Tomโs Cabin,โ kanye โneThe Communist Manifesto.โ Konke noma yimuphi umbhali angathemba ngakho ukuthi incwadi yakhe idlala ingxenye encane ekukhuliseni ukwazi kwabafundi bayo, ekukhombeni izindlela ezintsha zokubona umhlaba, ekubenzeni baqaphele amandla abo lapho ehlanganiswa nabanye. Ngakho ukukhuluma โngempumeleloโ kunengqondo kuphela uma โimpumeleloโ ichazwa ngesizotha. Futhi uma kunjalo, khona-ke umlobi akasoze azibuza ukuthi incwadi yakhe โyayifaneleka sonke isikhathi nomzamo.โ
4) I-A Power Governments Cannot Suppress inesithombe esihle sekhava esathathwa ngesikhathi semashi isuka e-Selma iya e-Montgomery ngo-1965. Ingabe wawukuleyo mashi? Ungakwazi yini ukudlulisa indaba?
Ngangisemlenzeni wokugcina waleyo mashi, amamayela okugcina angamashumi amabili ukuya eMontgomery. Sasichithe ubusuku obandulela lobo รขโฌโizinkulungwane zabantu ohambweni รขโฌโ enkundleni yodaka, ngoba kwakunemvula enamandla, ngakho izikhwama zethu zokulala zazibekwe odakeni oluhlanzekile. Njengoba singena edolobheni laseMontgomery, imigwaqo yayigcwele abantu, iningi labo kungabantu abansundu, bejabula futhi beshaya ihlombe. Nganquma ukuthi angifuni ukuhlalela izinkulumo nomkhosi owawuzoba phambi kwekomkhulu lesifunda. Ngakho-ke, ngikhathele, izingubo zami zigcwele udaka, nganquma ukuya ekhaya ngathatha indlela eya esikhumulweni sezindiza saseMontgomery. Esikhumulweni sezindiza ngahlangana nomngane wami nowayesebenza naye, uWhitney Young. Ubefika ezoba emcimbini wokuphetha imashi. UWhitney wayeyindoda ende, egqamile ebukeka emnyama. Ngangidangele. Sanquma ukuphuza ikhofi ndawonye. Indawo yokudlela yasesikhumulweni sezindiza eBirmingham yayisahlukanisiwe. Ngempela, kulo lonke elaseNingizimu, isiqubulo sasithi โI-Deep South Says Never.โ Kodwa sanquma ukuzama noma kunjalo. Sahlala phansi. Uweta, owesifazane osemusha, weza kithi. Ngabona emehlweni akhe ukuthi uyamanqikanqika. Wabe esephendukela kuWhitney: โYini oyoba nayo, mnumzane?โ Ngibuke umfaniswano wakhe. Kuyo kwakukhona inkinobho enkulu: "I-Deep South Says Never."
Yilokho iphuzu lokuningi kwalokho engikusho encwadini. Bonke labo bakhala ngeSikhungo รขโฌโ โAsisoze savumaโฆasisoze sagawula futhi sigijimeโฆasisoze saluqeda ubandlululo, njll. njll..โ kube yizinkulumo eziyize, ngoba uma ukunyakaza kwabantu kukhula futhi kuba namandla, izinto ziyashintsha.
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana ne-A Power Governments Cannot Suppress and Howard Zinn's media & speech schedule ezayo, bona: www.citylights.com
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