'Solidarity' kube yinkulumo-ze yenhlangano yabafundi baseBrithani - ubumbano i-hashtag yayo. Ebusweni bezithombe ezihlekisayo ezihlekisayo kanye nobandlululo oluyinkohliso, abafundi ezinkulungwaneni zabo baye bashukunyiswa, izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa kulezi zinyanga eziyisikhombisa ezedlule, ukuze babhikishele ukukhangisa kukahulumeni kwezemfundo ephakeme[1], okuhlanganisa nokuphindaphindwa kathathu kwezimali zokufunda, kanye nokuhlasela kwawo izikhungo zentando yeningi yezenhlalakahle.
Ukuqhathanisa okungabonakali phakathi kwabafundi banamuhla okuthiwa bathanda ipolitiki kanye nentsha egxile kwezombusazwe yama-1960s kwakuhlala kusoleka[2]; ngemva kwegagasi elikhulu lomzabalazo wabafundi esizukulwaneni, zizwakala kungenangqondo. Kodwa nakuba ukusebenzelana kwezombusazwe kwakungakaze kuntuleke, kwakungakaze kukhulunywe futhi kuhlanganiswe ngezinga elikhulu kusukela ekuphakameni kwenhlangano yokulwa nempi.
Ukwanda kwakamuva kwezishoshovu zabafundi kukushintshile lokho, futhi ukubaluleka kwakho akufanele kubukezwe phansi. Umuntu angasho kaningi, lapho efunda umbhalo, ukuthi umbhali wawo ukhulile noma cha ngaphambi kweminyaka yawo-1960 - ukushintsha kwamanani nokuzwela kuleyo minyaka eyishumi kwakumangalisa kangangokuthi ama-shibboleth ayabonakala. Lolo shintsho, ikakhulukazi ezimweni zengqondo ngokulingana kwezinhlanga nobulili, kwadingeka ukuba kulwelwe, futhi naphezu kokuhlaselwa emashumini eminyaka kusukela[3], kubonakale kungenakwenzeka ukuhlehla. Sethemba ukuthi ulwazi lomzabalazo nomsebenzi wokuvikela okuhle komphakathi luzoba nomthelela ofanayo kulesi sizukulwane. Nakanjani lokhu kuzoba ukubuyisela ngokwengxenye - ukubamba iqhaza emisebenzini, umuntu angase ezwe izindinganiso ezindala zivuswa, izifundo ezindala zifunda kabusha. Lapho amalungu ekolishi lami evotela ukuvikela abafundi engikanye nabo ababesanda kuhlaselwa amaphoyisa, kwaba ngesinye sezikhathi zokuqala lapho inyunyana yethu yabafundi izizwa ifana nayo.
Ubuzwe
Ngaphakathi kwenhlangano amaqembu asekelwe ekhampasi ngayinye ahlele futhi afunda komunye nomunye ngezinhlangano zezwe ezixekethile kanye nemithombo yezokuxhumana eku-inthanethi. Abafundi abahlezi e-University College London (UCL), isibonelo, bahola ekuthuthukiseni nasekusabalaliseni ubuchwepheshe obusha ukusiza izishoshovu, ngendlela emangalisayo. Sukey, isicelo esenza izishoshovu zikwazi ukusizana zigweme ukuvalelwa amaphoyisa. Abafundi baphinde babheke ngaphesheya kwemingcele ukuze bathole ugqozi. Ngikhumbula injabulo eyaqubuka lapho abafundi baseCambridge bezwa izindaba zabafundi base-Italy wahlala eColosseum. Lokhu kubumbana okuwela umngcele - lokho i-Guardian, eyabika ngo-1968, yakuchitha ngokuthi "i-me-tooism"[4] - kwakungokomfanekiso kunokhonkolo, njengalapho abafundi baseFrance nabasebenzi. kubonisiwe phambi kwehhovisi lenxusa laseBrithani eParis ngokubambisana nabafundi baseBrithani, noma lapho abafundi baseBrithani belandela ozakwabo base-Italy ekwakheni 'ibhulokhi yezincwadi”' emibukisweni ('wonke umuntu uyakwenza ikhayithi, dahling'), kodwa yayikhuluma namagugu asekela umnyakazo. Ngempela, i-internationalism yayikhona ekuqaleni kwayo. Ngesikhathi abafundi ezweni lonke beqala ukusebenza ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule babelandela, beqaphela, i imibhikisho yangonyaka odlule ngokumelene nokuhlasela kuka-Israyeli eGaza. Izishoshovu eziningi eziwumgogodla zasebenzisa amakhono - ukwenza izinqumo ngokuvumelana, ukuqeqeshwa 'kwabaqapheli bezomthetho', ukuphatha abezindaba - ababewafunde ngokubamba iqhaza izenzo ezimelene nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu emhlabeni jikelele; imisebenzi yabe isiba yizikole ezilwela amalungelo abantu, lapho lawo makhono asatshalaliswa kuwo wonke umnyakazo.
Going Phambili
Inhlangano yabafundi ilahlekelwe umfutho kade, kodwa ngokwezinga elithile lokhu kulindeleke. Ngokwesakhiwo, abafundi babekwe kahle ukuthi baqale izinto abangakwazi ukuziqeda. Lokhu kusebenza ekunyakazeni okudumile njengokusebenza kwezifundo. Abafundi bavame ukuba nengxenye ephezulu kakhulu yesikhathi samahhala sokusebenzisa imisebenzi yezepolitiki, futhi ukuhlala ekhampasi kwenza ukuhlela ngesikhathi sethemu kube lula. Kodwa bahlakazekile ezweni lonke uma kuphela isikhathi sokuphatha, okwenza inhlangano eqhubekayo ibe nzima, futhi ukungakwazi kwabo, njengesifunda, ukuhoxisa amandla abo okusebenza kunciphisa kakhulu amandla abo kwezombusazwe. Ehlola umlando wokubhikisha kwabafundi, uMark Edelman Boren uphetha ngokuthi impumelelo yezinhlangano zabafundi “ilele ekhonweni labo lokukhohlisa noma lokuvusa amandla amakhulu ezenhlalo noma ezomnotho.” Ngisho namaqoqo amakhulu abafundi “akuvamisile ukuthi abe usongo olukhulu ngokwanele kuhulumeni… ukuphoqa ushintsho” ngakho-ke ukusebenza kwawo kahle “kuncika ekhonweni lawo noma emandleni abo okuhlela ukuvukela umbuso okukhulu ukuze kulethe ingcindezi enkulu yomphakathi yokubhekana nabamelene nabo.”1 Ubuningi umbhikisho wabafundi ngoNovemba odlule, yayo i-denouement emangalisayo eshaya ekujuleni kwemicabango yomphakathi, yasiza avuse ukugqugquzelwa okubanzi komphakathi ngokumelene nezinyathelo zikahulumeni zokuqiniswa, okufinyelela umvuthwandaba amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu singena emigwaqweni ngenyanga edlule embukisweni omkhulu kakhulu ohlelwe yinyunyana iminyaka engamashumi amabili.
Isenzo sokuteleka kuyisinyathelo esilandelayo esinengqondo, futhi njengoba ubuhlungu bokuwohloka kwezimali kukahulumeni bujula, nokukhathazeka kwezikhulu ngokuhlakanipha kwenqubomgomo yakhe yezomnotho kukhula, indawo yokuhlela izokhula. Abafundi sebevele babambe iqhaza elikhulu ekwehliseni phansi ukwesekwa kwe-Liberal Democrats, okucindezelwe yinhlangano yabafundi ukuthi ikhokhe imali yokufunda enyuvesi. Izimpikiswano eziningi uhulumeni azisebenzisayo ukuthethelela ukuphindwaphindwa kwezimali zokufunda kathathu sezibonakala zingamanga - kukhona ubufakazi ukuthi imali ephakeme ivimbela abafundi ukuthi bafake izicelo zasenyuvesi futhi, ngokuphambene nezibikezelo zikahulumeni, amanyuvesi amaningi ahlela khokhisa esiphezulu izinga lemali. Futhi njengomehluko phakathi kokuhlupheka kwalabo abangazange badlale indima ekubangeleni ukuwohloka kwezimali kanye nokuwohloka kwezimali ukwenza inzuzo okuyichilo yilabo abawubhebhethekisa ngokwandayo, ukuphikisana kwabafundi - ukuthi imfundo ephakeme nezinye izinsiza zomphakathi kufanele kuxhaswe ngentela evamile eqhubekayo - izoba namandla kakhulu.
Abafundi bebelokhu befuna ukufaka umzabalazo wabo enhlanganweni ebanzi yezenhlalakahle, njengalapho abafundi be-LSE bejoyina izicishamlilo ezitelekile, noma lapho abafundi baseKing's College London bebhikishela ukuvalwa kwamahhovisi amathikithi kanye nabasebenzi bamashubhu. thatha. Eminye imisebenzi namamashi kungase kube usizo, kodwa ngaphandle kokuthi kuhlanganiswe nokuphikiswa okubanzi komphakathi cishe kuyoletha imbuyiselo enciphayo. Uhulumeni uzozama ukubeka abafundi nabasebenzi ngokumelene nomunye nomunye, ethi sibhekene nokukhetha phakathi kohlelo lwemfundo olunobulungiswa kanye nosizo lwezempilo oluhloniphekile. Kuyoba okubalulekile ukuthi bobabili abafundi nezisebenzi bakwenqabe lokhu kuphikiswa okungamanga, futhi ngokujabulisayo, ubufakazi kuze kube manje busikisela ukuthi bazokwenza.
Abafundi baphumelele ukushaya imifantu yokuqala esivumelwaneni sezomnotho esakhiwe ukuwohloka kwakho manje okubukeka sengathi kuyindaba yesikhathi. Kulolu hlelo a. Umzabalazo wohlelo lwemfundo esezingeni eliphezulu ube, ngezindlela eziningi, ube yimfundo ngokwawo. Okuxakayo ukuthi, umkhankaso kahulumeni wobumbano wokuqhubekisela phambili imfundo ekuhlinzekeni izidingo zebhizinisi usukhiqize isizukulwane sabafundi abangakwazi ukufunda nokubhala esiphila kakhulu ekulinganeni okukhulu okuphawula uhlelo lwethu lwezepolitiki kunalokho obekungaba yikho. Ngisho noma uhulumeni womfelandawonye walibukela phansi ilungelo lemfundo, ngokungaqondile wabangela ukuba isizukulwane sizicabangele.
UJamie Stern-Weiner ungumfundi wepolitiki eKing's College, eCambridge. Uyahlela ngokuhlanganyela Iphrojekthi Entsha Yesokunxele futhi ubhalela Le Monde diplomatique.
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[1] cf. Meadway, J. ‘The Rebellion in Context’ ku-C. Solomon kanye no-T. Palmieri, abahleli. Intwasahlobo: Ukuvukela Kwabafundi Abasha; Collini, S. 'Browne's Gamble'. London Review of Books. (http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n21/stefan-collini/brownes-gamble)
[2] Uphenyo olukhulu lwango-2006 ngokuzibandakanya komphakathi jikelele kwezombusazwe lwayichitha “inganekwane yokunganaki”, futhi lwathola ukuthi nakuba ukuhlukana nezinhlangano zezombusazwe “kuphezulu kakhulu futhi kusabalele”, umphakathi unesithakazelo ezindabeni zezombusazwe kanye “namanani amakhulu kakhulu. zezakhamizi” zenza umsebenzi womphakathi kanye nokushisekela ipolitiki. (http://www.powerinquiry.org/report/documents/ii.pdf)
[3] Ukuhlasela okuvamise ukuqaphela kakhulu - cf. Ingxoxo kaNoam Chomsky mayelana nokusabela kwe-elite kulokho okwakuthathwa “njengokweqisa kwentando yeningi” ngeminyaka yawo-1960. (http://www.chomsky.info/articles/20080508.htm)
[4] Guardian, 10 June 1968, p. 8. Icashunwe kuThomas, N. ‘Izinganekwane Eziyinselele Zawo-1960: Icala Lokubhikisha Kwabafundi eBrithani’. I-Twentieth Century British History (2002) 13 (3): p. 280.http://tcbh.oxfordjournals.org/content/13/3/277.full.pdf+html)
[5] Boren, ME Ukumelana Nomfundi - Umlando Wesihloko Esingalawuleki: p. 5.
[6] Bheka i-Yafai, H. ‘Ukuphindukuzalwa Kwezishoshovu Zabafundi’ ku Intwasahlobo: Ukuvukela Kwabafundi Abasha: p. 34.
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