“… Cabanga ukuthi onyakeni wawo omubi kakhulu wokuwohloka komnotho kwakamuva, uhulumeni wase-United States uthathe isinqumo sokwehlisa ukushoda kwesabelomali sombuso ngemali engaphezu kuka-$800bn – ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali nokukhuphula izintela ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nalo mgomo. Ake ucabange ukuthi, ngenxa yalezi zinyathelo, umnotho uye waba mubi futhi ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi kwenyuke kwafinyelela ngaphezu kwamaphesenti ali-16; wabe esethembisa umongameli omunye u-$400bn ekunciphiseni ukusetshenziswa kwemali kanye nokwenyuswa kwentela kulo nyaka. Ucabanga ukuthi kungaba yini ukusabela komphakathi? Cishe kuzofana nalokhu esikubona eGreece namuhla, okuhlanganisa imibhikisho emikhulu nezibhelu - ngoba yilokho okwenziwa uhulumeni waseGreece. Izinombolo ezingenhla zivele zilungiselwe usayizi ohlobene weminotho emibili. Vele, uhulumeni wase-US ngeke alokothe enze okwenziwa nguhulumeni waseGrisi: khumbula ukuthi impi yesabelomali ngo-Ephreli, lapho ama-House Republicans esabisa ngokuvala uhulumeni, yaholela ekuncishisweni kwezindleko zama- $ 38bn kuphela. …”
-Mark Weisbrot
Maphakathi noJuni uMark Weisbrot wasibuza, ngokungananazi, ukuthi ngabe umphakathi wase-US uzosabela kanjani ukube uhulumeni wase-US ubesebenzisa izinqubomgomo eziqinile uhulumeni waseGreece azibekela abantu bakhe i-'Troika' - IMF, European Central Bank (ECB) , kanye ne-EU - esiqeshini asibhala kuThe Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/jun/17/greece-bailout-austerity). Kusukela lapho, kuningi okwenzekile, futhi kube nje ukuqhubeka kwalezo zinqubomgomo ezisuka phezulu ziye phansi, okusobala ukuthi azihambisani nentando yeningi. I-'Aganaktismeni' (inguqulo yesiGreki yokunyakaza kwe-'Indignados' eyenziwe e-Spain) iyaqhubeka nokuhlala i-Syntagma Square, nezinye izikwele kulo lonke elaseGreece. Amaqembu amabili aphezulu ohlelo lwezepolitiki lwaseGreece (i-PASOK ne-New Democracy) ayaqhubeka nokuchema ne-Euro elite kanye ne-Wall Street, kuyilapho womabili amabutho ezombusazwe anesibindi futhi ayingozi eqhubeka nokugqugquzela ushintsho futhi aqhubekisele phambili ukulandisa kwawo mayelana nale nkinga.
Nokho, mayelana nombuzo ka-Weisbrot mayelana nokuthi abantu baseMelika - ikakhulukazi abasebasha baseMelika - bangasabela kanjani esimweni esinjalo, esimakwe ngokuncishiswa okukhulu kwezindleko KANYE nokwenyuswa kwentela okukhulu, nginokuqonda okunamandla engingakwabelana ngakho ensimini. Abafundi bami abayishumi nambili abavela eNyuvesi yasePittsburgh baphothule uhlelo lwabo lwamasonto amane lokufunda phesheya, benza izifundo ezimbili ezijulile: I-Ideology & Social Change - egxile enkingeni yamanje yomhlaba wonke kanye nendlela eyithinta ngayo iGreece; kanye Nokuhlaziywa Komphakathi Nezokuvakasha - lapho bekwazile ukubona ukuthi le nkinga ibathinta kanjani abantu, amaGreki kanye nezivakashi, phansi. Emsebenzini wabo, ezingxoxweni zabo, kanye nasekuhloleni kwabo kokugcina abafundi bami abangabesifazane baseMelika -kusukela kwabasanda kungena eSophomore kuya kwaBadala abasanda kuthola iziqu- babenokuningi abangakusho.
Njengokwasemuva, mangisho ukuthi siveze abafundi ekufundweni nasekuhlaziyeni okubanzi ngesihloko, futhi sahlela izethulo ezivela ezinhlobonhlobo zemibono yezepolitiki, sinikeze noma sithathe embalwa. Sibe nesethulo esivela ku-tank yokucabanga evamile eyachaza ngaphezu kokwanele imigqa esemthethweni ehlotshaniswa neqembu eliphikisayo lamaGreki, sezwa ngommeleli woMnyango Wezangaphandle, ovela kunxusa langaphambili lase-US, izikhulu zeqembu ezivela emaqenjini amancane, isikhulu esiphezulu. uthisha wesikole/i-blogger kanye nabantu abaningi, abaningi bazo zonke izinhlanga nemibala emigwaqweni yase-Athens, ePeloponnese, eKrete, naseKarpathos. Zonke izikhulumi bezinolwazi ngokwemibono yazo. Futhi inkhulumomphendvulwano ngokuvamile yayigcina isiyisa ekuqhathaniseni phakathi kweGreece ne-US.
Isikhulumi esijwayelekile sinikeze isethulo esihle kakhulu nesithembekile. Wachaza izinyathelo ezibekwa kubantu baseGreece "njengezingakezwanga," okuhlanganisa nokuncishiswa kwamaholo, amaholo, imisebenzi, kanye nezindleko zomphakathi; ukuvula inqwaba yamaphrofeshinali; futhi vele, i-'filleto' (filet): ukwenziwa kwangasese kwamabhizinisi kahulumeni kanye nempahla. Okuphawuleka kakhulu kwakuyizimpendulo zakhe emibuzweni yabafundi baseMelika mayelana nezisekelo zethiyori kanye nomlando wokuqina wezinhlelo ezinjalo.
Nakuba isikhulumi sethangi lokucabanga sasiphikisana ngokucacile nanoma yimuphi umbono wokuthi iGreece ishiya i-Eurozone wavuma ukuthi kungenzeka "ukugunda izinwele", lapho kungase kube nokuxoxisana kabusha kwemigomo yemali mboleko eya eGreece. Kodwa wayecacile futhi eqondisa ukuthi, ngaphandle kwenketho yokunciphisa inani ngaphandle kwe-Euro, okuwukuphela kwenketho etafuleni ukwehlisa izinga lomsebenzi kanye nezinga lempilo yamaGreki avamile.
Lapho ebuzwa ngomlando wokwenziwa kwangasese kwezinsizakalo zikahulumeni kanye nezakhiwo njengethuluzi elihle lokuthuthukisa umnotho futhi mayelana nokunciphisa izikweletu, isikhulumi saphinde sacaca: alikho irekhodi elithembekile elinjalo lokuthi ukwenziwa kwangasese kuveza imiphumela enjalo. Uphinde wacaca ukuthi akukho zingxoxo zokulandela amabhange noma izigwili ezingeni lenqubomgomo.
Okuxakayo ukuthi lowo owayeyinxusa laseMelika wayengomunye walabo ababengaguquki ngokubaluleka kwepolitiki nokubhikisha. Ugcizelele ukuthi nabo (abafundi baseMelika abafunda phesheya) akumele basabe, nokuthi ngokomlando lezi zenzo zinamandla.
Ummeleli weqembu osuka Kwesokunxele 'wayeyincwadi yombhalo' ekuchazeni kwakhe isimo esibucayi esikhona, ecela ukukhohliswa kwezepolitiki nezomnotho kohlelo lonxiwankulu lomhlaba kanye nethisisi ethi 'Shock Doctrine' ka-Naomi Klein. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lesi sikhulumi senza ukuxhumana phakathi kwenhlekelele neqhaza lentsha, 'i-Arab Spring' (iGibhithe, njll.), kanye nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu emhlabeni jikelele. Ukugcizelela kwakhe kwakuwukuthi 'kukhona ezinye izindlela.'
Uthisha weba izinhliziyo zabafundi baseMelika, nokho, ngokuhlaziya kwakhe okuqondile nokungagwegwesi kanye nomyalezo. Ngokushesha wasungula enye indlela eyisisekelo: "Thina (amaGreki) kufanele sibuse izwe lethu!" Yeka ukuthi lokhu kwakuhluke kanjani kuma-layers wabadlali nokuhlaziya kanye ne-Troika ne-Wall Street! Ekusho lokhu, wavuma ukuthi amaGreki ayedebeselele ukugcina osopolitiki bawo nesimiso sezombangazwe silawula. Kodwa wengeza ngokuthi isidingo sentando yeningi ukuthi sibe sekhaleni lesixazululo - hhayi noma yibaphi amabhange angaphandle noma asekhaya noma iTroika. Njengesibonelo sesimo senqubo yentando yeningi eGreece wakhuluma ngenhlokomo mayelana nokunikezwa kwemali mboleko yi-China neRussia ngemibandela engcono - unikeza ukuthi uNdunankulu waseGreece, kanye/noma i-EU kanye ne-IMF* bavimbele iGrisi ukuthi yamukele. Ngokwemvelo, kuphakama imibuzo: Ingabe lena intando yeningi? Ingabe lena 'yimakethe yamahhala'? Uma kungenjalo, imakethe kabani?
Wavala isethulo sakhe esinothando kubafundi bami baseNyuvesi yase-Pittsburgh ngesitatimende ngesikhathi se-blitz Q/A, abaningi abaya nayo ekhaya: "Inguquko ihlose ukudala izinto - hhayi ukucekela phansi izinto!" Indlela yokuya phansi ihambisana nalezi zintokazi.
Abafundi bami baseMelika, ngobuningi babo, babe nomuzwa wokuthi inkinga yezomnotho eGreece yalethwa abamabhange budedengu kanye nezimakethe zezimali ezingalawulwa (ezanele). Bayigxeka ngempela izikhulu ze-EU kanye neGreece ezivumele iGreece ukuthi ingene e-Eurozone ngaphambi kokuthi iGreece ihlangabezane nezidingo zabo. Abafundi (njengabaningi bethu nabo) nabo ababonakali beqondi ukuthi izwe lonke lingathenga kanjani izindlela zokunciphisa imali ochwepheshe abavuma ukuthi azihlanganisi, futhi ngeke zisebenze. Ngaphezu kwalokho, bathi baqiniseka ngento eyodwa: Abantu baseMelika abasoze bavumela amazwe angaphandle - kungaba ochwepheshe noma abenzi bezinqubomgomo - bahlasele izwe labo, balenze ikoloni elizimele neliphethwe yimali yomhlaba wonke!
Ngokwezinto ezingokoqobo, laba bafundi abayizimfundamakhwela babuze imibuzo ejulile, kodwa eyisisekelo,: Yiziphi ngempela izinzuzo zokuthi iGreece namaGreki babe se-EU?; kungani izigaba ezisebenzayo neziphakathi zaseGreece kufanele zilandise ukukhokha izikweletu ezimbi ezikhishwe ababhange futhi zamukelwe osopolitiki abakhohlakele?; kungani umuntu engavuma ukuhlakazwa nokwenziwa kwezwe lakubo libe yimfihlo?
Izigxobo ziphezulu. Sesibonile ukuthi u-Barack Obama wavele waphuma kanjani wanqoba ukhetho olusekelwe ku-'Hope'. Selokhu sabona i-Tea Party inomthelela okhethweni lwamaphakathi nonyaka. Obani abazoba abaholi bomhlaba wonke ekulweni namabhange omhlaba kusazobonakala. Kusukela kokuhlangenwe nakho, kanye nesibonelo, saleli qembu elincane labafundi basenyuvesi yaseMelika abasebasha singakwazi ukuqala ukuphendula umbuzo ka-Weisbrot ongasho lutho mayelana nendlela abantu baseMelika abangasabela ngayo ezinyathelweni ezifanayo ezibekwa kubo e-US.
* Ngenkathi abanye abezindaba baseGreece bekhomba lesi sici sokusingatha le nkinga, kanye nezibalo zomphakathi njengomqambi wodumo, u-Mikis Theodorakis, bawuphakamisa kaningi, umbuzo othi, "ingabe bekukhona okunye ukubolekwa kwemali okwenziwe ngasekupheleni kuka-2009/ekuqaleni kuka-2010?" akubuzwanga ePhalamende. Kungaba lula ukwenza ngokohlelo, usebenzisa ifomethi 'yemibuzo yasePhalamende'. Impendulo kaNdunankulu izolungisa udaba; kodwa alikho iqembu ePhalamende elike labuza lo mbuzo okwamanje. Abafundi bami baseMelika bamangala, “Kungani kungekho muntu owabuza ngakho ePhalamende?” Umbuzo omuhle!
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