(24 Disemba 2007) Umthethosisekelo we-EU ohluliwe usupakishwe kabusha waba yiSivumelwano Sokuguquguquka, esingasho nelilodwa igama mayelana nenhlalo. Europe . Ukuwenqaba kubalulekile ukusindisa intando yeningi.
U-EOIN Ó BROIN ukhuluma nomlobi kanye nesishoshovu sezenhlalakahle uSUSAN GEORGE mayelana nokuthi ibaluleke kangakanani inhlolovo yase-Ireland ngeSivumelwano se-EU kumademokhrasi nabathuthukayo kuwo wonke amazwe.
“KUNENZA ngizizwe sengathi ngikhafulwe. Kungenza ngibone sengathi abanalutho ngaphandle kokudelela abavoti. Kufana nokuthi asizange sivote, amavoti ethu awabalwa, imibono yethu ayibalwa futhi sitshelwa ukuthi, ‘Vele uthule uyeke ochwepheshe baqhubeke nakho.’”
USusan George akaziwa ukuthi wenza ihaba. Ukubhala kwakhe kuyacophelela futhi kuyacatshangelwa, kucwaningwe kahle futhi kuhlonishwa umhlaba wonke. Kodwa isinqumo sokupakisha kabusha uMthethosisekelo we-EU ohluliwe njengeSivumelwano Sokuguquguquka simthukuthelisile. Uzizwa “ekhafula”. Ukuthi abantu bangene
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Kusukela ngo-1990 kuya ku-1994, uGeorge wahlala ebhodini leGreenpeace International. Kusukela ngo-1999 kuya ku-2006 wayengumongameli we-ATTAC France (Association for Taxation of Financial Transaction to Aid Citizens). I-ATTAC ikhuthaza ukukhokhiswa kwentela yemisebenzi yezezimali yamazwe ngamazwe ukuze kunqandwe ukuqagela kwezimakethe zamasheya futhi kunikeze imali engenayo yamaphrojekthi okuthuthukisa emazweni asathuthuka.
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Umbhali wezincwadi eziyi-14, ezihunyushelwe ezilimini eziningi, uSusan George waziwa kakhulu ngezifundo zakhe ezisakhula ngobumpofu emhlabeni wonke, ukungavikeleki kokudla kanye nomthelela wezikweletu emazweni asathuthuka. Kusukela kwashicilelwa incwadi ethi How The Other Half Dies (1976), ubelokhu egxeka kakhulu izinqubomgomo zeWorld Bank kanye ne-International Monetary Fund. Kamuva nje usegxile kakhulu kwiNhlangano Yezohwebo Yomhlaba kanye nomthelela wokukhululwa kwezohwebo kwabampofu emhlabeni.
UJohn Pilger uchaze incwadi yakhe yango-2003, ethi, The Lugano Report, “njengencwadi yokuqala exakile, ewuhlobo lweCatch-22 of capitalism”.
Umthethosisekelo we-EU
Ngo-2004, i-ATTAC France yathatha isinqumo sokuphikisa uMthethosisekelo we-EU. Ngokubona kwabo, lesi sivumelwano besikhuthaza ukukhululeka kwe-neo, ubumpofu, ukungavikeleki kanye nokuntuleka kwemisebenzi ngobuningi. Ngomhla zingama-29 kuNhlaba wezi-2005, esibalweni esikhulu kunawo wonke owake waba khona okhethweni oluhlobene ne-EU, amaphesenti angama-55 abavoti baseFrance enqaba uMthethosisekelo we-EU. Amaphesenti angama-70 abavoti ahluke kakhulu kunamaphesenti angama-45 abantu abavotela ukhetho lwephalamende yaseYurophu ngo-2004.
Njengesekela likamongameli we-ATTAC France, uSusan George ubambe iqhaza elibalulekile kulo mkhankaso. Ukuvota kwemibono sekunesikhathi eside kukhomba ukuthi uhlangothi luka-'Cha' luyazuza. Kube nokushaqeka okusabalele kuyo yonke indawo
“Kimina kwakubonakala sengathi ngisohlwini olude lwezinhlangano zaseFrance kwesokunxele ukuze kukhululwe abantu. Lapho abantu sebetholile ukuthi yini eyayikulesi sivumelwano kwakungokwemvelo ukuvota ngokuthi 'Cha.'
AmaFulentshi athi 'Cha' ngoba lesi sivumelwano “sasiwuhlelo lwezomnotho olunenkululeko kanye nokuphathwa kwangasese, esinganikezi ukuvikelwa kwezinsiza zomphakathi kanye nokuvikela okuncane kakhulu kwemvelo”.
Isivumelwano Senguquko
Ngemva kokwenqatshwa kwesivumelwano ngamaFulentshi bese kuba amaDashi, iKhomishini YaseYurophu yamemezela "inkathi yokucabanga". Ezinyangeni eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili kamuva, uMkhandlu WaseYurophu wavumelana neSivumelwano Sokuguquguquka, esiqukethe amaphesenti angama-96 ezindatshana zoMthethosisekelo we-EU. UGeorge ukholelwa ukuthi, phakathi nenkathi yokungenelela:
"UMkhandlu WaseYurophu kanye neKhomishini bebezama ukuthola indlela engcono yokufihla iqiniso lokuthi bazozama ukusunduza into efanayo emphinjeni yethu. Ngeke usho nje ukuthi amaFulentshi namaDashi avotele okungalungile ngakho-ke sizophinde sibanikeze umbhalo ofanayo. Bekumele bathole indlela yokufihla abakwenzayo.”
Ukuthi iSivumelwano Senguquko sicishe sifane noMthethosisekelo we-EU akungabazeki. UValéry Giscard d'Estaing, ekhuluma neKomidi Lezindaba Zomthethosisekelo ePhalamende LaseYurophu ngoJulayi 2007, wathi:
"Ngokokuqukethwe, iziphakamiso zihlala zingashintshiwe - zivele zethulwe ngendlela ehlukile." U-Giscard d'Estaing, owayenguMongameli waseFrance, wayengusihlalo womhlangano owadweba uMthethosisekelo.
Njengomkhankaseli wesikhathi eside wobulungiswa kwezohwebo, uGeorge ukhathazeke kakhulu ngemithelela yeSivumelwano Sezinguquko emazweni asathuthuka.
“Ubudlelwano obuthuthukile
UGeorge uthi: “I-EU izosebenzisa la mandla amasha kuSivumelwano Sezinguquko ukuze yenze lokho kanye akuthandayo, futhi abantu baseTrócaire nezinye izinhlangano zentuthuko bangakhononda ngakho konke abakuthandayo kuHulumeni wase-Ireland kodwa uHulumeni wase-Ireland ngeke angakwazi ukwenza noma yini ngakho.”
UGeorge futhi uyabachitha labo abathi iSivumelwano Sezinguquko sinjalo
UGeorge ugomela ngokuthi izisusa zababhali besivumelwano zifingqwa kangcono ngenkulumo edumile kasomnotho u-Adam Smith: “Konke okwethu futhi akukho okwabanye abantu.”
Naphezu kokuphikiswa okunamandla kweSivumelwano Sokuguquguquka, uSusan George akanakuchazwa njengomuntu omelene neYurophu. Encwadini yakhe yango-2004 ethi, Another World is Possible if… waphikisana necala lokuqiniswa kweSocial Europe njengenhlangano ephikisana nembulunga yonke yokuhwebelana kwezinkampani eziholwa yi-US kanye nokusetshenziswa kwezempi.
Ukwenqaba Isivumelwano Sezinguquko sikaGeorge kuyisici esibalulekile esikhundleni sakhe.
“Ngifuna ukuvula indawo ethile. Kufanele silokhu sithi cha baze balithole iphuzu bese singahlala phansi sixoxe ngeqiniso ngekusasa
Uyanezela:
“IYurophu kufanele ibe enye imodeli
Ngokuvota kwemibono okubonisa ukuthi amaphesenti angu-62 abavoti base-Southern Irish abanqunyelwe esivumelwaneni sokuguquguquka, izingxabano zikaSusan George ziyisikhumbuzo sokuthi ukuphikiswa kwe-EU nokuphikiswa kweSivumelwano Sokuguquguquka akuyona into efanayo.
• Izincwadi ezintsha zikaSusan George, We The Peoples of
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