Amandla anoma yisiphi isizwe ukweseka isizinda somphakathi esithuthukayo, esizimele futhi esizimele, okungenani ngokwengxenye, acatshangelwe ekutholakaleni ngomumo kwendawo yomphakathi, evulekele ukusetshenziswa mahhala ngamaqembu ahlukahlukene kanye nezintshisakalo ezakha imiphakathi ebanzi yomphakathi. IsiGreki, 'i-Agora' ngokwesibonelo, ibhekisela endaweni yomphakathi ngezinjongo ezinjalo: ngokufanayo 'nesikwele sedolobha' esivamile. Ngokwesiko, lezi zindawo zomphakathi zazitholakala enhliziyweni yezikhungo zomphakathi, okuvumela amaqembu ahlukahlukene ukuba ahlele futhi aveze imibono yawo esithangamini esivulekile.
Nokho, namuhla ezikhungweni zethu zasemadolobheni, ngenxa yokwanda kwezinxanxathela zezitolo, 'indawo yomphakathi' 'yezindawo zomphakathi' zethu zangasese, futhi namathuba okukhuluma alinganiselwe kulabo abanezikhwama ezijulile ngokwanele zokukhokhela lelo thuba. Ngenxa yalokho, amaqembu ezakhamizi, izinhlangano zomphakathi kanye nezinhlangano zomphakathi azibandakanywa kunoma iyiphi indima ebalulekile 'kwimpilo yansuku zonke' yabantu abaningi.
Ngenxa yalokho, 'i-civil sphere' iyehliswa nje ibe i-sphere yokusetshenziswa, ngaphandle kobubanzi benhlangano yomphakathi ezimele, yamahhala. Ngakho-ke, izitolo zesimanje zigcwele izitolo ezinkulu, izinkantolo zokudla, izitolo ezinkulu nezitolo ezikhethekile. Njengoba zintula noma yiluphi olunye uhlobo lwendawo yokuxhumana noma inkundla, izinkulungwane zithutheleka kulezi zitolo ezinkulu cishe nsuku zonke ukuze zihlanganyele ekuthengeni njengabathengi abane-athomu.
Okuxakayo ukuthi, ngenxa yokuntuleka kwendawo ehlinzekelwe umphakathi, izinhlangano zezombusazwe kanye nezemidlalo, lo mbukiso ungowomphakathi oseduze kakhulu ozohlanganiswa ukuze uhlanganyele emisebenzini yomphakathi. Ukuswelakala kwemiphakathi, ngakho-ke, kuyabonakala.
Inkinga ayigcini ngokwanda kwenxanxathela yezitolo, nokho, ngokugxila kwazo kuphela ekusetshenzisweni ngaphandle kwanoma yiziphi ezinye izinkulumo zempilo yomphakathi.
Amanyuvesi amaningi namakolishi aswele indawo efanele yokuba abafundi bahlele imicimbi yamasiko, yezemidlalo noma yezenhlalo, noma baveze obala futhi basekele izimbangela ezithandeka kakhulu ezinhliziyweni zabo.
Lesi simo sihlanganiswa e-Australia umthetho ocindezelayo 'we-Voluntary Student Unionism': owethulwa ama-Conservatives, futhi manje osekelwa ngisho nayiqembu eliphikisayo le-Labour Party: umthetho ohlose ukunqanda noma yiluphi uhlobo lwekhampasi 'umkhakha womphakathi' kanye nenhlangano yabafundi ezimele. Ukulahlekelwa ukumeleleka kwabafundi okusebenzayo, imithombo yezindaba yabafundi ebamba iqhaza, kanye nokususwa koxhaso lwezimali ezinsizeni zabafundi kubukela phansi ukungezwani nokubamba iqhaza empilweni yesikhungo.
Ngokunjalo, ngaphansi kwama-Conservatives e-Australia, izinhlangano ezisiza abantulayo kanye Nezinhlangano Ezingezona Zikahulumeni (NGOs) ziye zasongelwa ngokulahlekelwa ukukhululwa ezinteleni uma zigxeka inqubomgomo yomphakathi. Ukucindezelwa komkhakha womphakathi kubonakala kungapheli.
'Inhlangano yomphakathi' isiphenduke inkulumo-ze edumile eminyakeni yakamuva. Ngokuvamile, isetshenziswe ngokumelene 'noMbuso', futhi ithathwa njengokubhekisela kumkhakha wezakhamuzi ezizimele kanye nezinhlangano zomphakathi. Kunjalo, ukwehlukana okuncane phakathi kwenhlangano yomphakathi ('okuhle'), kanye noMbuso ('okubi'), kuwuhlobo lokunciphisa ukuncishiswa okufanele izakhamuzi zingabaze ngalo. Phela, 'iNhlangano Yomphakathi' iphinde ibe indawo yenhloko-dolobha eyodwa, amandla ayo aqinisekiswa, nawo, uMbuso.
Ngokuphambene, umkhakha womphakathi obonakala ngengxube efanele yobunikazi bomphakathi, ubambiswano kanye nobunikazi bangasese bungakwazi ukumela kangcono ubuningi bezithakazelo kanye nezikhundla ezakha umphakathi wanamuhla. 'Indilinga yomphakathi exubile', kunokuba ihehe 'izinga elivamile eliphansi kakhulu', esikhundleni salokho lingahlanganisa iqoqo elibanzi labahlanganyeli, imibono kanye nezinto abazithakaselayo.
Inhloso 'yomkhakha womphakathi' ezimele, ohlanganisa izinhlangano zezakhamizi - izinhlangano zabathengi, izinhlangano zamasiko, izinhlangano zezemidlalo, izinhlangano zezenhlalakahle nezenkolo, amaqembu ezombusazwe, izinhlangano zabasebenzi, izinhlangano zomphakathi - ingenye esemnyombeni wenkululeko nezenhlalakahle. isimiso sentando yeningi.
Kulabo bethu abafisa ukubona isizinda somphakathi esiphilayo, esizimele siphikisana nokusabalala kwendlela eyodwa yolwazi olugeleza ngayo, ukugcinwa kwangasese kwendawo yomphakathi kubaluleke kakhulu.
Nakuba ukwanda kwe-inthanethi kubone ukuthuthukiswa 'kwendawo ebonakalayo': izinkundla ezibamba iqhaza zenkulumo-mpikiswano nezingxoxo, izinzuzo ezingaba khona lapha zikhinyabezwa ukushoda kwendawo yangempela nengokoqobo ukuze kusetshenziswe izakhamuzi' kanye namaqembu anentshisekelo.
Ukuzama ukulawula intuthuko kanye nokuhlela ukuze kuqiniswe ubukhona bezikhungo zomphakathi ezimaphakathi, ezisobala kakhulu, zezinhlangano zomphakathi, ukugqugquzela kanye nenkulumompikiswano, ngokungangabazeki kungavusa intukuthelo yemboni enkulu ekhule ngokuthuthuka kwenxanxathela yezitolo.
Lokhu, nokho, akufanele kusivimbele ekuthatheni ukuma okunezimiso, nasekusebenziseni ngendlela ebambekayo ezinye zezinkulumo eziye zavela, eminyakeni yakamuva, mayelana negama elithi 'inhlangano yomphakathi'.
Umgomo wokuthuthukisa umkhakha wezomphakathi ophilayo, osebenzayo nohlukene ungapheleliswa kahle ngokuhlanganisa i-ajenda esebenzayo nebucayi yokuba yisakhamuzi ohlelweni lwezifundo zezikole zethu. Lapha, indima yabantu kanye nesayensi yezenhlalakahle - kuhlanganise nomlando - iwumgogodla. Udaba olunjalo luyifanelekela i-athikili ngokwayo, nokho: ngakho-ke okwamanje sizogxila ekukhathazekeni kwendawo yomphakathi.
Njengokuqala, amaqembu ezombusazwe emhlabeni wonke adinga ukusungula umthetho wokuhlela, obhekele ukuhlinzekwa okuphoqelekile kokuchayeka okuphezulu, indawo yomphakathi ebekwe endaweni eyodwa ngenhloso yokukhululeka komphakathi, ukuhlanganisa kanye nokuhlanganisa.
Ochwepheshe kulo mkhakha kufanele bajutshwe ukuba basize ekubhalweni kwalowo mthetho, ngenhloso yokuhlinzeka, ngokuhlela nokuthuthukiswa komthetho, isisekelo sokulawula ukwakhiwa kwendawo yomphakathi, ngaleyo ndlela kube nomphakathi ovuselelwe, obambe iqhaza.
Okokugcina, kuyo yonke imikhakha yezombangazwe, izishoshovu kanye nabakhi bezinqubomgomo kumele babhekisise kabusha indima yomkhakha kahulumeni, ikakhulukazi ekuhlinzekweni kwendawo yomphakathi kanye neyomphakathi. Ukube intuthuko entsha ibingahlinzekwa futhi iphethwe uhulumeni wasekhaya, ngenzuzo yoxhaso lukahulumeni nolwenhlangano, bekungaba lula kakhulu, ngokwentshisekelo yomphakathi, ukuphikisana nomqondo webhizinisi oholela ekubukelweni phansi komsebenzi womphakathi ngaphandle kokusetshenziswa.
Kwabanye bethu lokhu kungase kubonakale kuwukukhathazeka okuncane, ake sithi, uma kuqhathaniswa nokuhlaselwa okuqhubekayo kwamalungelo abasebenzi, ezempilo yomphakathi, imfundo yomphakathi, kanye nenkinga yokungakwazi ukuphila kahle okuyinto uhlelo lwezenhlalakahle oluhluleka ngokusobala ukuyilungisa. Umbuzo wendawo yomphakathi, nokho, usemongweni wokuthi singobani, sihlela kanjani futhi siphila kanjani, nokuthi sihlobana kanjani nsuku zonke.
'Isikhala esibonakalayo' esihlinzekwa nge-inthanethi sibalulekile. I-inthanethi ihlinzeka ngamashaneli amaningi amasha 'yokugqugquzela okubonakalayo', okufakazelwa ukwanda kokunyakaza okusekelwe kuwebhu okufana ne-'Avaaz'. http://www.avaaz.org/en/about.php futhi, e-Australia, ngokunyakaza kwe-'GetUp'. http://www.getup.org.au/ .
Umbuzo wokunikeza umphakathi 'indawo ebonakalayo', empeleni, ufanele ukunakwa ngokwawo. Isikhala esibonakalayo, njengakumithombo yezokuxhumana ebambe iqhaza ye-elekthronikhi, ngandlela thize, 'iwumkhathizwe omusha'.
Kodwa ukuhlanganisa abantu ndawonye ngesizathu esifanayo 'ngobuso nobuso' njengeqoqo: ukugqugquzela okunjalo kusengaba namandla amakhulu. Lapha, kunethuba langempela 'lendawo yomphakathi ebonakalayo' kanye 'nendawo yomphakathi ebonakalayo' ukuze kupheleliswe embuthanweni omuhle. Eziphuma Ezinhlanganweni Okungezona Ezikahulumeni kanye namaqembu anxusa; ezinhlanganweni namaqembu ezepolitiki ngokucashile; emaqenjini ezemidlalo, izinhlangano ezisiza abampofu kanye nezinhlangano zomphakathi: iqoqo elibanzi lezinhlangano zomphakathi lizozuza ekwakheni kokubili 'indawo yomphakathi' ebonakalayo kanye nebonakalayo.
Kanye nokuhlinzekwa kwemidiya ye-inthanethi ebambe iqhaza, noma yikuphi ukuvuselelwa kokuba yisakhamuzi esisebenzayo e-Australia nakwezinye izindawo kuncike okungenani ngokwengxenye ekuhlinzekweni kwengqalasizinda yangempela ebonakalayo neyomphakathi kanye nesikhala esidingekayo ukuze kufezeke. Manje yisikhathi sokuba nesibindi nokusungulwa kwenqubomgomo: ukukhuthaza indawo yomphakathi ebamba iqhaza efinyelela ngale kwezimiso ezivamile ezithinayo zokusetshenziswa nje.
UTristan Ewins ungumbhali ozisebenzelayo, ilungu lesikhathi eside le-Australian Labour Party kanye nothisha oqeqeshiwe. Ushicilelwe kabanzi: kuThe Canberra Times, Centre for Policy Development (CPD), On Line Opinion, ZNet, Arena Magazine, Australian Socialist - nakwezinye izindawo.
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