Inqolobane yomngcwabo ka-Arthur Kinoy yanamuhla ekuseni, evezwe ngokuvelele ngesithombe, ichaza u-Arthur “njengomlweli wenkululeko yomphakathi, wayehileleke ezinqumweni eziningi ezibalulekile.” Yiqiniso lokhu.
Ngokungangabazeki u-Arthur wayeyisibonelo esiyisibonelo “sommeli wabantu,” okuyisiqu ayeziqhenya ngokuzibiza ngaso. Amakhono akhe ezomthetho ayeyinganekwane—enobuhlakani, enesibindi, ekhaliphile. Kodwa wayengaphezu kwalokhu. U-Arthur Kinoy wayengumguquki, ngomqondo ongcono kakhulu waleli gama, ngokwesiko lika-Tom Paine, uFrederick Douglass, u-Harriett Tubman, u-Eugene Debs, u-Martin Luther King, Omncane kanye nezigidi eziningi zabanye emlandweni.
U-Arthur wayeqiniseka ngokujulile ukuthi lalingekho ithemba loshintsho lwangempela emphakathini wase-US kuze kube yilapho kwakhiwa "iqembu labantu abaningi" elisekelwe ngokubanzi elingase linselele ukubuswa kwezinkampani kuhulumeni kanye nomnotho.
Wayengenakho ukukhohlisa ngeDemocratic Party. Wayekholelwa ekujuleni kwamathambo akhe ukuthi kwakubaluleke kakhulu, isidingo samasu, ukuthi kube khona okunye okungenziwa abantu bangempela okuthuthukisiwe kumaqembu amabili onxiwankulu. Wayehlala ekhuluma nge-Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party yangawo-1960 njengesibonelo solunye uhlobo lwenhlangano yezombusazwe edingekayo.
Isibonelo sakamuva: ngoNhlangulana walo nyaka u-Arthur wayekhona emcimbini wasendlini we-Independent Progressive Politics Network, inhlangano ayisize ukuyisungula futhi ayihole. Kube nezingxoxo eziningi kulo mcimbi ngokubaluleka kokukhipha uBush esikhundleni, futhi, okwesikhashana, kuncane kakhulu ngesidingo sanoma yini enye ngaphandle kokweseka noma ngubani amaDemocrat agcina emqokile. Kusobala ukuthi u-Arthur wayecasukile, futhi lapho ebizwa ukuba akhulume wabuza, “Kuthiwani ngombuzo womunye umuntu?” Wagomela ngenkani ukuthi akufanele silubekele eceleni lolu daba olubalulekile, lwamasu ngokwesaba kwethu okuqondakalayo mayelana nokuthi eminye iminyaka emine yamaBushi ingasho ukuthini.
U-Arthur waqonda ukuthi ukwakhiwa kobumbano ngakwesobunxele naphakathi kwemikhakha ebanzi yabantu kwakungomunye ukhiye wamasu wamathuba oshintsho olugxile kubantu. Futhi wayemuhle kukho, ngezindlela ezibambekayo kakhulu. Ubehlale evulekile ukuthi azinike isikhathi ezama ukuthola ukuthi yena namaqembu asebenzisana nawo bangakwazi kanjani ukweseka izinhlangano nezinhlangano ezidinga ukwesekwa. Wayemangalisa ngekhono lakhe lokungenelela ngezikhathi zemihlangano lapho izinto zazibonakala zibhidlika. Lokhu wayengakwenza ngenxa yokuzinikela kwakhe okujulile ebunyeni, ngenxa yokukhalipha kwakhe kwengqondo, nangenxa yekhono lakhe lokulalela ngokucophelela lokho abantu abakushoyo—hhayi nje amazwi, kodwa lokho okwakusemuva kwamazwi.
U-Arthur wayeyisilaleli esihle kakhulu. Ngikhumbula omunye umhlangano lapho inhlangano ayeyisungule ibhekene nenkinga enkulu yangaphakathi. Emhlanganweni “wobukhazikhazi” lapho izinto zaba khona, wayethule isikhathi eside elalele imibono ehlukene kanye nokukhungatheka abantu ababekubeka phambili. Lapho ekugcineni ekhuluma wakhuluma ngokuhlakanipha nokujula okwathinta wonke umuntu futhi kwasiza ekugcineni izinto ndawonye, okungenani isikhathi eside.
U-Arthur Kinoy wayeyindoda ethobekile, ngokuvamile. Ngokungafani nabameli abaningi, kuhlanganise nabameli abathuthukayo, wenza umzamo wangempela wokulandela ubuholi babo bobabili ayebavikela kanye nenhlangano ebanzi. Nakhu okubhalwe ngomunye umuntu izolo ngesikhathi ekhumbula lo muntu omkhulu, ecabanga ngendlela asabela ngayo esimemweni seqembu lakhe sokuthi akhulume e-Columbia Law School ngesikhathi seMpi YaseVietnam:
“Ngangingomunye wabantu ebebenza izinhlelo zokuhlelwa kwemicimbi. Ngamunye wabantu ababalulekile wasitshela ukuthi bazokhuluma ngani, bazokhuluma nini nokuthi bazokhuluma isikhathi esingakanani. Bafanelana nezethulo zabo ukuze bavumelane nesimiso sabo esimatasa nesibalulekile. U-Arthur Kinoy, ngokuphambene, uthe (empeleni): Yini engingayenza ukuze ngisize? Ungathanda ngikhulume nini? Udinga ukuthi ngikhulume ngani? Ufuna ngikhulume kuze kube nini futhi ngingasiza kanjani."
U-Arthur wayengomunye walabo bantu ababengagcini nje ngokuthanda isintu, wayebathanda ngempela abantu ngabanye, ikakhulukazi intsha. Lokhu kwakungamandla, futhi kwakuwubuthakathaka, ngoba wayezonda ukuthi cha kubantu noma ukubadumaza. Wayevame ukwelula lapho ezama ukuphendula ezimfuno eziningi ngesikhathi sakhe ngendlela eyayiwusizo ngangokunokwenzeka kulabo ababesifuna ngenkani.
U-Arthur wasithatha ngokungathi sína isidingo soshintsho lomuntu siqu kanye nolwezombangazwe. Ukuphila kwakhe kwanikeza isibonelo sala mazwi avela kuRosa Luxemburg: “Umsebenzi woguquko ongapheli, ohambisana nesintu esingenamkhawulo—okukodwa okungamandla anikeza ukuphila ezenhlalakahle. Umhlaba kufanele uchithwe, kodwa zonke izinyembezi ezichichimayo nezingase zesulwe ziyicala, futhi umuntu ophuthuma ukwenza isenzo esikhulu esinyathela ngisho isikelemu ngenxa yobudedengu obungenamizwa wenza icala.”
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule yokuphila kwakhe, njengoba ayenenkinga yezinkinga ezihlukahlukene zezokwelapha, kuhlanganise nezinkinga zokukhumbula, u-Arthur wenqaba ukunqotshwa ukulimala kokuguga. Nakuba engakwazi ukwenza okuningi njengaseminyakeni edlule waqhubeka nokusebenza ngendlela ayengaba ngayo njengomholi we-IPPN. Ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule wandiza waya e-Detroit ukuze abambe iqhaza engqungqutheleni yethu kazwelonke yesi-6 eNyuvesi yaseMichigan. Uphinde wakhethwa eKomidini lethu Lokuqondisa futhi waphakanyiselwa eKomidini lethu Eliphethe. Wayehlale engitshela ukuthi kufanele ngiqiniseke ukuthi ngimnika izinto okufanele azenze.
Kunzima ukucabanga ukuthi ngeke aphinde abe phakathi kwethu, ngomqondo ongokwenyama. Kodwa umoya walendoda, umoya wayo ongenakuphikiswa, ovuthayo, oshisekayo, onothando, uyaqhubeka uphila ekuphileni kwabantu abaningi kakhulu eyabathinta phakathi neminyaka engu-83 ikulomhlaba. Uyisibonelo sonke esingafunda kuso njengoba siqhubeka nomsebenzi wethu wokwakha ukunyakaza phakathi nalezi zikhathi eziphuthumayo. Wenze kahle, mfowethu Arthur, wenze kahle.
U-Ted Glick ungumxhumanisi Kazwelonke Wenethiwekhi Ezimele Yezombangazwe Eziqhubekayo, www.ippn.org, lapho kungatholakala khona wonke amakholomu akhe e-Future Hope adlule. Wasebenza eduze no-Arthur Kinoy iminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-30. Angafinyelelwa ku [i-imeyili ivikelwe] noma i-PO Box 1132, Bloomfield, NJ 07003.
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