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In 2007, ungqondongqondo odumile wesokunxele IStuart Hall kwaba Ebuzwa uma kwakunzima kuye ukuthi izwe elilinganayo ayekade eliphikisa impilo yakhe yonke lalibonakala likude kakhulu. “Ngizizwa ngingaziwa emhlabeni kunanini ngaphambili,” ephendula. “Ingabe kufanele sibe neqembu lezepolitiki elikholelwa ukuthi kufanele sihambisane nomnotho womhlaba? Yebo kufanele - kodwa hhayi ezimbili, noma ezimbili nengxenye! Kulapho wonke umuntu esebenza emikhakheni eminingi efanayo kangangokuthi ukuphela kwenkulumo-mpikiswano ongaba nayo uhlobo lwenkulumo-mpikiswano ye-Swiftian ... sizozidla izingane manje noma kamuva?"
Ngesikhathi uJeremy Corbyn emele umholi weqembu lezabasebenzi, inhloso yakhe kwakuwukwandisa leyo mpikiswano. Ukunqoba kwakhe kwakungewona umnyakazo kodwa umzuzwana. Wavela ngesikhathi lapho amaqembu entando yeningi yeningi entshonalanga echotshozwa khona ngoba engazange anikeze izimpendulo ezigculisayo esizukulwaneni sokuntengantenga kwamaholo, ukuhoxiswa kwemithetho kanye ne-neoliberalism, iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi yempi, iminyaka emihlanu yobunzima kanye nobunzima kanye nokukhula okuqhubekayo. isimo sezulu esiphuthumayo.
Udaba lwaluwukuthi ngabe isikhungo esisele siyakwazi yini ukunikeza umbono womphakathi lapho abampofu bengayikhokhi inhlupheko yabacebile, ababuthaka babengeke bakhishwe izilima zabanamandla futhi iplanethi ayizange ikhokhele yonke into. UCorbyn akazange aphumelele ngoba wayenazo zonke - noma noma yiziphi - izimpendulo, kodwa ngoba wayekulungele okungenani ukubuza imibuzo. Wamela okungaphezu kwesikhundla. Wakhethwa ngonyaka ngaphambi kokuba iBrithani ivotele i-Brexit futhi iMelika ivotele uDonald Trump, ukukhuphuka kwakhe okungenzeka akuzange kubangele inkinga ekuhlobaneni Kwabasebenzi; kwaba ukusabela kuso.
The I-manifesto yabasebenzi, ekhishwe ngoLwesine, ibeka isibonelo sokuthi kungani ukulungiswa kwesifundo bekuphuthuma futhi kudingekile. Alikuthetheleli konke iqembu elikwenzile noma elingakakwenzi kule minyaka emine edlule. Lokho elikwenzayo phakamisa ingxoxo yokhetho ngale kuka-Corbyn umuntu ngamunye, ekubekeni phambili izinto ezibalulekile, amagugu kanye nezintshisekelo ezimele ukhetho lwakhe njengomholi.
Esikhathini esiningi sempilo yami yezepolitiki, iLabour izamile ukungifaka okhethweni ingisongela ngokuthi uma ingahlulwa, izinto zizoba zimbi kakhulu. Kuyimpumuzo ukuba nephathi enginxenxe ngombono wokuthi uma iwina izinto zingaba ngcono kakhulu. Ukuzibophezela kwaleli qembu ekukhokhiseni izinkampani zikawoyela intela ukuze zibe luhlaza umnotho, zikhokhise izikhondlakhondla zezobuchwepheshe khokhela i-broadband, ukwenza izitimela zibe ngaphansi kukahulumeni, ukwakha izindlu zomkhandlu kanye nokunikela ukuqeqeshwa mahhala kubantu abadala izinguquko engingathanda ukuzibona futhi ngingalungela ukukhokhela isabelo sami. Ngaphezu kwalokho, basekelwa izindinganiso ezinabantu kunokuba benze inzuzo esikhungweni sabo.
I-manifesto yalolu hlobo yandisa umqondo hhayi kuphela walokho okufiselekayo kodwa okungenzeka. Kuphoqa amanye amaqembu nabahlaziyi ukuthi bachaze ukuthi kungani bengazifuni lezo zinto noma bengazimisele ngokuzibeka eqhulwini. Bazoguquguquka phakathi kokusho ukuthi iLabour ayikwazi ukukhokha izithembiso zabo, nokukhala ngokuthi abayithandi indlela ezozifeza ngayo izethembiso zabo, nokugcizelela ukuthi izethembiso azifuneki, azifezeki noma azifezeki. Ngokubikezelwa, lona kanye iqembu elichithe ngaphezu kuka-£2bn kulo amalungiselelo e-Brexit engekho isivumelwano kanye ne-£1bn ye ukwesekwa kweqembu leDemocratic Unionist nakanjani izokhala ubufebe.
Labo abathi izowubhidliza umnotho kumele bacabangele ukuthi ekugcineni lo mnotho ungowabani. Lapho izwe lesihlanu elicebe kakhulu emhlabeni lingakwazi ondle abantwana bayo, indlu yayo engasebenzi kahle noma yelaphe abagulayo, umnotho wayo usuwohlokile. Abakhala ngokukhethwa kwabazongenela ukhetho kwi isiteji senkulumompikiswano ngoLwesibili manje sebenethuba lokucabangisisa ngesinqumo se-ajenda - ukungacabangi nje ngokuthi ubani ozowina, kodwa ngalokho okungashintsha. I-manifesto izoqondwa ngokuyinhloko emasontweni amathathu ezayo. Kuyaqondakala lokho. Iphuzu akukhona ukubeka lezi zinhlelo nokuqala ingxoxo, kodwa ukwenza abantu babavotele futhi baqale uguquko. Iziphakamiso ze-manifesto zizophonswa, kucutshungulwe ukungahambisani kwayo, kubhekisiswe izibalo zayo.
Ngo-2017, i-manifesto yaphawula ushintsho emnyango. Lapho abantu bekhononda ngoCorbyn, abakhankasi babekwazi ukubheka imigomo. Ngokuvamile, kwaba ukuthi abavoti babethanda ayezokwenza ngaphezu kokuba bengamthandi. Ngokokuqala ngqá selokhu aqokwa amalungu amaningi eqembu aqhamuke eqophelweni lawo lokuzivikela futhi akamelanga ukuthi akhulumele yena, kodwa ne-ajenda emenze waphumelela.
Kodwa nakuba umthelela wokhetho walezi ziqondiso zibalulekile ziyimibhalo yezombusazwe. Uma kukhona ukugxekwa okunzima kwe Labour okumele kwenziwe lapha, wukuthi kuncane kakhulu okuvelile phakathi kwe-manifesto yokugcina kanye nalona wokusikhumbuza ukuthi iqembu lenzelani nokuthi kungani kufanele sinake ukuthi lenzani. Ngokwamazwi kaLynton Crosby, umxhumanisi wase-Australia obumba isu lokhetho le-Conservative: “Awukwazi ukukhuluphalisa ingulube ngosuku lwemakethe.” Icala elimelene nobubha nokungalingani, impi kanye nobandlululo, kumele lenziwe njalo futhi ngokungaguquki, lingavezwa njengeqhinga leqembu elilodwa.
Kunengxenye ebalulekile, uma ithule, yaleyo ngxoxo. Ngosuku okwaphuma ngalo i-manifesto ka-2017, ngahlala eqenjini engangigxile kulo abavoti abangakanqunywa abavela ku-Harrow, enyakatho yeLondon. Ngalolo suku uSarah (obeligodlile igama lakhe lesibili) wayehambe ngemoto eya eLondon esuka e-Edinburgh, lapho ayevakashele khona umama wakhe, elalela umsakazo njengoba ehamba. Ukukhokhisa abantu intela eyengeziwe ukuze bathole imali engaphezu kuka-£80,000 kwabonakala kunengqondo kuye. “Izinto azijikijeli ngendlela engafanele,” kusho yena, ebeka ithoni eqenjini. Kwase kuyisikhathi "sokwenza izinto zibe ngcono". UDebbie wayevumelana ngokuphelele: “Kudingeka sibonise abantu ukuthi siyabakhathalela.”
Ngenkathi abezindaba bekugxeka lokhu kwehlela enkolelweni ye-socialist kanye nemfundiso kaMarxist - futhi cishe bazophinda futhi - ukwamukela etafuleni kwakunolaka kakhulu futhi kunozwela. U-Debbie no-Sarah bebengagcini nje ngokuphawula okhethweni oluzayo - bebekhuluma ngokubola okunqwabelene kweshumi leminyaka eledlule nokuthi kungahlehliswa kanjani. Njengezwe, babecabanga ukuthi singenza kangcono. Esinye sezisulu zokuntula ilukuluku kwabezindaba mayelana nesikhalo sika-Corbyn ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweqembu Labasebenzi kwaba ukuvezwa kwesisekelo sakhe sokusekela njengamehlo aguqukayo futhi anekhanda eliqinile, lapho bekulokhu kuhlotshaniswa kakhulu futhi kunombono ongasho lutho.
Akuwona u-2017 lo. Asazi ukuthi lo mqulu uzoba namuphi umphumela. Akufanele sicabange ukuthi kuzofana. I-Tories inomholi ohlukile; I-Brexit iyisilwane esihlukile; umbono womphakathi ngeCorbyn usushintshile; ukwethembeka ngokwesintu kuyathamba. Noma yini ingasiza.
Kodwa into eyodwa eyenzekile ukwethula enye indlela. Ukuphila esikhathini lapho abaningi bekuthola kulula ukucabanga ukuphela komhlaba njengoba siwazi kunokuphela konxiwankulu njengoba sibazi, akuyona into encane leyo.
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