Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-60s, lapho impi yase-US eViet Nam iqina futhi abantu bebuza ngonxiwankulu, ngashayela ngisuka e-Eugene ngaya eBerkeley lapho udadewethu ayehlala khona. Ngahlangana nabantu ababengimemela engxoxweni mayelana kokuqala umhlangano. Lapho, wonke umuntu wakhuluma ngokushiya emphakathini wabathengi nokuthenga umhlaba ukuze abalekele konke. Ukubuza ukuthi ungakwenza kanjani ukubhekana nezinto ezesabekayo ezisizungezile ngokuzihlukanisa nomphakathi, ngathola uhide lwezinhlamba ezingisola ngokuthenga lokho engangithi ngiyakuphikisa.
Ngemva kokutshela udadewethu mayelana nokuhlangenwe nakho, wamema umngane wami esidlweni sakusihlwa ngakusasa eqenjini elibizwa ngokuthi I-Progressive Labour Party. โKuhle,โ ngi Waphendula. โNgizwile ngabo kodwa angazi lutho ngaphandle kokuthi bekumele bazimisele.โ
Yebo, i-PLP yayibucayi kakhulu. Saqala savumelana ngokuthi indlela yokuyeka isikole ngeke ikwazi ukumisa i-US imperialism. Kodwa lapho ngiphakamisa lokho abaningi baye iphuzu elihle lokufuna ukuphila umphakathi ababewulangazelela, igazi le-PLP ekwazini kwami โโokusha lalibonakala libila. Ecishe enyakazisa umunwe, wangifundisa ukuthi ubuholi besigaba sabasebenzi kumele hhayi ukuzicabangela wena kodwa kunalokho thatha umlayezo yokuguqukela phansi kwefekthri.
Tukuphikisana kwalokhu okubili ukuhlwa kwaba iphupho elibi eliphinde libe khona lapho ngizulazula ngingena futhi ngiphuma esikweni le-counter kanye nenqwaba yamaqembu e-socialist emashumini ambalwa eminyaka alandelayo. Abanye baba nombono wokuthi sidinga ukuphila ngezindlela ezihluke kakhulu, kodwa abakwazanga ukuzihlanganisa nomzabalazo. Abanye babewuqonda kahle umzabalazo, kodwa babengavumi ukuthi ukwakhiwa komphakathi omusha kudinga indlela ehlukile yokuphila kulo mphakathi.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi le mibono iqala ukuvela kabusha njengezinhlangothi ezimbili zohlamvu lwemali olufanayo. Ngokuqhubekayo, i-US yashiya iqonda izinguquko zendlela yokuphila njengoba kudingekile ukuze ifanekisele umhlaba omusha. Ngokwandayo, ababhali bahlanganisa le mibono yomhlaba eyake yabonakala iphambene.
Omunye walabo babhali nguHoward Waitzkin, incwadi yakhe ethi, I-Rinky-Dink Revolution (2020, i-Daraja Press ne-MR Essays), yethula indlela entsha yokuxoxa kabusha inganekwane yokuthi izinguquko ezimpilweni zomuntu zingaphikisa ubunxiwankulu kuyilapho zakha ubudlelwano bomhlaba wangemva kobunxiwankulu. Noma kunjalo, ngikhathazekile ngokuthi ukusetshenziswa kwe-โrinky-dinkโ kungase kwehlise umzamo omkhulu wombhali wokuhlanganisa imibono yomhlaba emelene nobunxiwankulu.
Emashumini eminyaka amuva nje i-US esele isebenzise izindlela eziningi zokuphikisa izinkambiso zokubusa konxiwankulu ngokumisa izithiyo ngokumelene nezimo zengqondo ezazivame phakathi kokhokho bethu bezombangazwe, okuhlanganisa ukuvinjelwa kolimi olunokucwasa ngokobuhlanga, ubulili noma ukucwasa abantu abathandanayo. U-Waitzkin weqa ukuveza lokho okungafanele sikwenze futhi ugxumele phambili ngezibonelo ezibambekayo zalokho esingakwenza โukubukela phansiโ ubungxiwankulu ngokusungula amahhoko ezindlu, ukuthuthukisa ezinye izinhlelo zokudla nezolimo kanye nokuthola izindlela zokuthutha ezinciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwezimoto. Abanye bakhe kakhulu kuyamangaza iziphakamiso ziwukuthi labo abambalwa abasele abanemali eyanele yokutshala imali bangayisebenzisela ukuxhasa ngezimali izindlu zama-co-op nokuthenga umhlaba wokulima wendawo. Uchaza ukuthi cishe noma ubani angamelana kanjani nokukhokha izintela zempi ngengozi encane.
U-Waitzkin uphakathi kohlu olwandayo lwababhali abenqaba obala ukubaluleka konxiwankulu ekukhuleni komnotho okungapheli. Ngaphandle kokusebenzisa lawo magama, he iphakamisa ngokuqinile ukuthi umhlaba unganikeza izimpilo ezingcono zaso sonke isintu kuyilapho unciphisa isamba sengqikithi yokukhiqizwa konxiwankulu, okumoshayo ngendlela emangalisayo.
Njengoba inhloso yakhe kuwukubhala incwadi emfushane esikhundleni se-encyclopedia nakanjani kunezihloko angazisho. U-Waitzkin angachazwa njengesazi sezokuhlalisana kwabantu bezokwelapha esibhale izindatshana ezinhle kakhulu mayelana nokunakekelwa kwezempilo kwaseCuba. Ngakho-ke kuyamangaza ukuthi akakhulumi ngemizamo efana ne-Birthing Project USA kanye ne-South Bronx Unite njengomuthi oyisibonelo โsomnotho wobumbano ngaphandle konxiwankulu.โ
Nakuba umbhalo ongezansi wencwadi uhlanganisa umqondo onamandla "wokugodla imvume," kubalulekile ukuqonda ukulinganiselwa kwawo. โUkugodla imvumeโ kungaba nomthelela futhi kube yingxenye ebucayi yomzabalazo woguquko kodwa akusho uguquko futhi, ngokwako, angeke kwehlise ubunxiwankulu.
"Ukugodla imvumeโ akuzange kusebenze kahle kubantu bomdabu baseMelika ababesebenzisa izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zobukhomanisi ngaphandle kokunikeza imvume yokuziqothula. Ngokufanayo, akuzange kusebenze kubantu abaningi bomdabu nabezizwe emhlabeni wonke abaye babona amazwe asebehlale kuwo izinkulungwane zeminyaka ethathwa โabaniniwoโ abazibiza ngokuthi โabanikazi,โ acekelwa phansi amahlathi, amanzi angcolile, nomoya wenziwa ukuba ungaphefumuleki. Akuzange kusebenze kahle ikakhulukazi kubantu base-Afrika imizimba yabo eyabanjwa, yaboshwa, futhi yaphonswa emikhunjini ngamaketanga ukuze idluliselwe ulwandle futhi ithengiswe ngomsebenzi ongakhokhelwa.
Okuyinkinga ngendlela ehlukile ukuthi le ncwadi iyawaphika amaqembu ama-elitist vanguard ngaphandle kokugxeka okufanayo kwezenzo ze-Social Democratic ezashukumisela ama-Leninists ukuba asebenzise izindlela eziphuma phezulu phakathi neMpi Yezwe I. Lokhu kuhambisana nendlela okhethweni ngezinye izikhathi edidayo futhi eziphikisayo.
Ngokwesibonelo, lo mbhalo uthi umgomo kahulumeni wobuntu โngokhetho awuvamile ukufezeka, uma kwenzeka.โ Nokho, umbhali ngokufanelekile incoma impumelelo yokwakha umphakathi ka-Jackson Rising e-Mississippi ngenxa yokunqoba okhethweni. Ngokufanayo, umbhali uthi uguquko esilucabangayo โalwenzeki ngokhetho lwentando yeningi yonxiwankulu, olungakaze luholele ekuguquleni umphakathi.โ Kodwa-ke, ekhasini elifanayo (37) umbhali uncoma ubukhomanisi obuningi eVenezuela, inzuzo yomphakathi eyenziwe yaba nokwenzeka ngokukhethwa kukaHugo Ch.รกisikhathi
Waitzkin ibeka isisekelo sezindikimba ezibucayi okufanele ababhali bakusasa bazihlole. Yize le ncwadi ikhuluma ngesidingo sokuphonsela inselelo ubunxiwankulu ezimpilweni zethu zansuku zonke ayibandakanyi ukuthi zingahlanganisa kanjani izingxabano ezihlukene zibe wuhlaka oluphelele. Umsebenzi woguquko oluguquguqukayo usho ukwakha inethiwekhi lapho abantu abanezintshisekelo ezehlukene behlangana khona beyinoveli ephilayo. Okudinga ukuthi umlando sikunqobe wukungabekezelelani okuqinile kwabaphambili kanye nokuthambekela kwenguquko ukusiza ubungxiwankulu busebenze kangcono ngaphandle kokubhekana nabo njengohlelo.
I-Rinky-Dink Revolutionligalelo elikhulu ekuhloleni ukuthi singaphila kanjani izimpilo zethu ngezindlela ezilungiselela umphakathi esithemba ukuwenza ube khona. Kungaphezu kokufanele ukufundwa - kuyinto okufanele ucabange ngayo ujule ngayo.
U-Don Fitz ([i-imeyili ivikelwe]) useBhodini Lokuhlela la Umcabango Womphakathi Ohlaza. Wayengowezi-2016 owayengenele ukhetho lwe-Missouri Green Party for Governor. Incwadi yakhe Ukunakekelwa Kwezempilo KwaseCuba: Inguquko Eqhubekayo ibitholakala kusukela ngoJuni 2020.
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