Ngenkathi i-World Social Forum yokuqala ibanjelwe e-Porto Alegre, e-Brazil ngo-2001, kwakusho ukuthi iphikisana ne-World Economic Forum e-Davos, eSwitzerland. I-Davos yayiwumhlaba Wephesenti Elilodwa. I-Porto Alegre kwakuyizwe lethu sonke. Namuhla i-Kathmandu, indawo ye-World Social Forum yeshumi nesithupha, iwumhlaba wethu sonke.
I-World Social Forum yayihloselwe ukuveza ukumelana kwethu ne-capitalism yomhlaba wonke kanye nokwehliswa kwayo. Kwakuhloswe futhi ukuba kube ukuqinisekiswa kobumbano lwabo bonke abantu kanye namanethiwekhi alwela ubulungiswa bomphakathi nokuthula. Kuphinde kwaba yithuba lokuhlangana ukuze sihlelele ikusasa, ikusasa lapho, njengoba isiqubulo se-WSF sakubeka, elinye izwe lingenzeka.
Encwadini yakhe ephathelene nempilo ehlanganiswe neNguquko YaseFrance, umbhali wamanoveli uCharles Dickens uthe kwakuyizikhathi ezinhle kakhulu nezikhathi ezimbi kakhulu.
Lezi zinsuku ziyizikhathi ezimbi kakhulu. Inhlekelele yesimo sezulu isongela iplanethi. I-Neoliberalism yehlulekile ngokuphawulekayo, kodwa isalokhu igxilile kakhulu njengemibono nenqubomgomo. Sibona ukwanda kwe-fascism emhlabeni jikelele-ngempela, eningizimu nje ye-Nepal, sibone i-fascism iphakamisa ikhanda layo elibi eNdiya. Sibona ukubulawa kwabantu okubili. Enye iyenzeka eMyanmar, lapho izikhulu zezempi zilenga ngamandla ngokubulala ngokungakhethi bonke abaphikisayo, umsebenzi ongenakwenzeka njengoba ukumelana manje kulawula amaphesenti angu-60 wezwe. Ukuqothulwa kohlanga okukhulu kuyenzeka eGaza, lapho kakade ama-Israyeli esebulale abantu basePalestine abangaba ngu-29,000, amaphesenti angu-70 kubo okungabesifazane nezingane. Manje sebelungele ukungena edolobheni laseRafah, bethembisa ukuhlatshwa okwengeziwe, usizi olwengeziwe.
Angizange ngibuthi quthu ubuthongo kusukela ngesikhathi ama-Israyeli ehlasela iGaza. Ngempela, umuntu akakwazi ukujabulela umzuzu owodwa wenjabulo yomuntu kuyilapho ukubulawa kwabantu okukhulu kwenzeka ndawana thize emhlabeni. Leli khono lokuzwelana nokuhlupheka kwabanye liyisisekelo sobumbano lwabantu. Kusuka ebuntwini bethu obujwayelekile.
Siyazibuza, kungani u-Israyeli ezibophezele kangaka ukubhubhisa ngokuphelele amaPalestine njengabantu? Siyabuza, kungani iMelika izibophezele kangaka ekuhlinzekeni ngezikhali nezinhlamvu ukuze kubulawe abantu? Siyabuza, kungani i-Europe, eyake yasitshela eNingizimu yomhlaba ukuthi yiyona ehamba phambili yempucuko, isekela ubuqaba?
Yebo, lezi yizikhathi ezimbi kakhulu. Kodwa ingabe izikhathi ezingcono kakhulu? Lokho kuncike komunye nomunye wethu. Ingabe sizimisele ukubhekana nezinselele ezinkulu zezikhathi?
Ingabe sizimisele ukwenza yonke imizamo yokusindisa iplanethi enhlekeleleni yesimo sezulu edalwe yi-capitalism yomhlaba wonke?
Ngabe sizoqhubeka nokulwa umzabalazo wezepolitiki kanye nowombono wokusiphula nokuhlakaza i-neoliberalism?
Ingabe sizimisele ukubeka imizimba yethu emgqeni ngokumelene nokuqhubekela phambili kwe-fascism?
Ngabe sizonikela ngakho konke emzabalazweni wokunqanda ukubulawa kwabantu eGaza nakwezinye izindawo?
Ake ngiphethe ngokucaphuna ku ingxoxo Ngenza no-Usamah Hamdan, ummeleli we-Hamas eLebanon, engawenza e-Beirut ngo-2004. Ngambuza ukuthi wayengasabi yini ukuphila kwakhe njengoba engumholi wenhlangano esezingeni eliphezulu. Nansi impendulo yakhe:
Ngikubili [ukubulawa], eyodwa inamagama ayisithupha kanti enye inamagama ayi-12. Kodwa ngiphila impilo yami ngokujwayelekile. Ngidla isidlo sasekuseni nezingane zami, ngihlale ngizama ukukwenza lokhu ngoba yilapho engikwazi khona ukukhuluma nazo ngibabuze ngosuku lwabo nezinhlelo zabo. Ngivakashela abangani bami futhi abangani bami bangivakashele. Ngisanda kuphuma nezingane zami siyobhukuda olwandle. Ufa kanye nje, futhi kungaba wumdlavuza, engozini yemoto, noma ngokubulawa. Ngokunikezwa lezi zinqumo, ngincamela ukubulala.
Umoya obonakala empendulweni kaHamdan, ngokubona kwami, uyisizathu sokuthi kungani amaPalestine, noma ebhekene nokuqothulwa kohlanga, azonqoba ekugcineni. Masiqoqe amandla kulowo moya. IPalestine iyasidinga. Kodwa futhi siyayidinga iPalestine. Futhi asibonge iPalestine ngokuhola indlela, ngokukhanyisa indlela yomhlaba wonke.
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