Kubuyekeziwe: El Monstruo: Dread and Redemption eMexico City, nguJohn Ross (New York: Nation Books), amakhasi angama-512.
Ku-El Monstruo: Dread and Redemption in Mexico City, intatheli yesikhathi eside nombhali u-John Ross ubiza umlingo womlando wase-Mexico, awenze ugqame ngegazi lezombusazwe kanye nentuthu yedolobha. Lo msebenzi omubi unongwe ngamahlaya, izimfihlakalo zokubulala, inhlebo kanye nemininingwane eshaqisayo.
Ngokugxila ku-El Monstruo - Idolobha laseMexico - uRoss ulandisa ngomlando omangalisayo wendawo, kusukela embusweni wama-Aztec kuya kuNguquko yaseMexico, kuye okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-2006 kanye nokuzabalaza kwedolobha nomkhuhlane wezingulube.
Incwadi ihlanganiswe nezingxoxo ezimfushane uRoss azenza nabalingiswa bendawo ngaphakathi naseduze kwehhotela ahlala kulo ezansi eCentro Histรณrico yaseMexico City. Kokunye ukushintshana okunjalo, u-Alfredo wendawo wakhuluma noRoss ngomsebenzi wakhe wokuthenga nokudayisa ubucwebe begolide. Utshele umbhali ukuthi โakakaze amabomu athenge noma athengise iwashi elintshontshiwe.โ U-Alfredo wazibiza ngomvukuzi wasemadolobheni. "Awazi ukuthi uzohlanganaphi negolide kuleli dolobha."
URoss ngokwakhe uwuhlobo lomayini wegolide wasemadolobheni. Umba indaba eyodwa kusukela ngo-1928, lapho umdwebi wamakhathuni u-Josรฉ de Leรณn Toral edweba isithombe sikaMongameli u-รlvaro Obregรณn ngenkathi umholi ebungaza ukukhethwa kabusha kwakhe. UToral wabeka isibhamu ngaphansi komdwebo ngaphambi kokuthi asibonise umongameli futhi wadubula u-Obregรณn izikhathi ezinhlanu. Noma kunjalo? Icala alivalwanga, futhi iqiniso lokuthi ubani odonse isibhamu โwaya ethuneni neToral.โ Ekupheleni kwale mpicabadala engaxazululiwe, uRoss usitshela ukuthi โOngaphenduki, uToral wamunca usikilidi wakhe wokugcina โ i-Faro, i-slim-jim cheapos ngaleso sikhathi eyayiyintuthu ekhethwayoโฆ ngokukhipha umoya.โ
Imininingwane enjalo ivela ezindaweni ezingalindelekile kuwo wonke lo mlando. Sikhanyiselwe ngeqiniso lokuthi ngobusuku bokuvukela umbuso kwaseZapatista, ngomhlaka-1 Januwari, 1994, Iphathi Yobusuku Bangaphambi KukaNcibijane kaMongameli uCarlos Salinas wabeka amabhodlela amathathu e-Dom Pรฉrignon futhi wayecabanga ngohambo lwasebusuku lwasebusuku ngesikebhe sikamongameli. Ngaphambi kokuthi iqembu lihlehliselwe phansi, uSalinas wathola ucingo oluvela kwesinye sezikhulu zakhe zezempi mayelana nokuvukelwa kwezifihla-buso okwenzeka eChiapas, kumemezela impi ezweni laseMexico. URoss ube esehola isigaba sokuvukela umbuso waseZapatista, noFeliz Aรฑo Nuevo, Cabrones.
URoss uyangabaza kufanele ngosopolitiki abaningi. Lapho ecabanga ngemiphumela yokhetho olulodwa lwemeya eMexico City, uyabhala,
I-Monster yayinikwe amandla ukuphikisana kwayo kwangaphakathi. Kwakungenziwa ukuthi kufakwe itomu laKhohlo noma Kwesokudla. I-El Monstruo yayingenalo iqembu lezombangazwe, noma mhlawumbe kwakuyiqembu layo lezombangazwe. Labo ababefuna ukubusa lapha kwakudingeka benze ukuthula nesilo. Bekunemigomo ethile okumele ilandelwe. Njengakuzo zonke izinhlelo ezinezinyathelo ezingu-12, labo ababethi baphethe kwakumele baqale bavume ukuthi abanawo amandla ku-El Monstruo. Uma lokho sekumisiwe, izingxoxo zazingase ziqale.
Mhlawumbe ukuhlaziya okufanayo kwezombusazwe kungaba yiqiniso esizweni sonke. Lokhu kungenye yamandla amaningi ka-El Monstruo: ukuthi ekuzuzeni ukuqonda kwedolobha, sithola ukuqonda kweMexico ngokwayo.
Ngemva kwayo yonke inhlekelele nenkazimulo okukhulunywa ngayo kule ncwadi, uRoss ubhala ukuthi โamasosha omzimbaโ alabo abahlala eDolobheni laseMexico โasenempilo ngokwanele ukuba amelane nokuziphatha okubi kwababusi baboโฆโ Futhi ukuthi amandla abantu avimba i-El Monstruo. chupando Faros.
U-Benjamin Dangl uhlela i-TowardFreedom.com, umbono oqhubekayo ngezehlakalo zomhlaba, kanye ne-UpsideDownWorld.org, ehlanganisa ubushoshovu nepolitiki e-Latin America. Ungumbhali we Intengo Yomlilo: Izimpi Zezinsiza kanye Nokunyakaza Komphakathi eBolivia (AK Press, 2007), kanye nencwadi ezayo Ukudansa ngeDynamite: Ukunyakaza Komphakathi Nezifundazwe eLatin America (I-AK Press, 2010).
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