Sabuwar Dark Age

By Robert C. Koehler

"Abin da ya same ni," in ji jarida Christian Parenti a cikin 'yan kwanan nan Truthout tantaunawa, game da kaddamar da Hurricane Katrina, "shi ne cewa wadannan ƙauyuka da jihohi a kusa da yankin suna aikawa da albarkatun da suke da shi a New Orleans: makamai da kayan aikin soja.

"Bayan shekaru 30 na War on Drugs da kuma sake gyaran gyare-gyare na jihar a ƙananan hukumomi, ba wai rage yawan jama'a ba, amma sake canji na jama'a, abin da gwamnati ke da ita kawai ita ce makamai."

Mahaifin mamai ya ba da labari sosai game da rashin takaici da na ji dadi na tsawon lokaci, wanda ya ci gaba da ƙaruwa tun lokacin da Reagan ya kasance har ma fiye da haka tun daga 9 / 11 da kuma Gudun Bush. Tsoro, mai amfani da rashin tsaro, yana haifar da zurfin lahani. Muna kan kanmu cikin sabuwar Dark Age.

Harkokin motsa jiki shine ma'aikata: gwamnati, manyan kafofin watsa labarai, tattalin arziki da masana'antu. Wadannan ƙungiyoyi suna canzawa a cikin kulle, ɗaukan makamai a kan wasu makiyi na matsayi wanda suke da iko mai girma; kuma wannan ra'ayi shine ƙaddamar da fahimtar jama'a a cikin wani abu na har abada. Maimakon magance ainihin lamarin, zamantakewar zamantakewar zamantakewa tare da tausayi da hankali, manyan cibiyoyinmu sun kasance suna karfafa kansu - tare da ƙara yawan banza - gameda aljanu.

Mahaifiyar ta ci gaba, a lokacin da yake ganawa da Vincent Emanuele: "Saboda haka, ku] a] en ku] a] en gida, fiye da ku] a] en ku] a] en gidajen kurkuku. Yana ba da gudummawa ga albarkatu ga cibiyoyin daban-daban, daga tsarin zamantakewa na zamantakewa na zamantakewar al'umma kamar gidaje na jama'a, ga mummunar mummuna, amma har yanzu suna da tsada sosai a cikin gida, kamar gidajen kurkuku. "

Yayinda jama'ar {asar Amirka ke tayar da hankali, to, sai ya rushe.

Abinda ya kasance abin ban mamaki ne kawai zuwa wani labari na kwanan nan a cikin Amurka The Guardian, alal misali - game da irin yadda ofishin Houston na FBI ya karya dokokinta a farkon bincike kan abokan hamayyar magungunan Keystone XL - ya kasance ba a tantance shi ba.

A cewarsa, hukumar ta FBI ta keta dokokin dokokin gida - "an tsara," in ji The Guardian, "don hana hukumar ta zama mai tsauri cikin matsalolin siyasa" - ta hanyar fara gudanar da bincike game da 'yan gwagwarmaya masu tsattsauran ra'ayi, matakin amincewa don yin haka. Bugu da ƙari kuma, "an bude binciken ne a farkon 2013, watanni da dama bayan dabarun da ke tsakanin hukumar da TransCanada, kamfanin da ke gina bututu," in ji Guardian.

"... A wani lokaci, hukumar ta FBI ta Houston ta ce za ta raba TransCanada 'duk wani mahimmanci game da duk wani barazanar' ga kamfanin a gaban wata zanga-zanga mai zuwa."

Zai yiwu abu mai ban mamaki game da wannan wahayi shi ne cewa hukumar tana da ka'idoji na ciki wanda aka tsara don kiyaye hanci daga matsalolin siyasa. A bayyane yake, ana sauƙaƙe su. Abin da ba abin mamaki bane shine kamfanoni-FBI da su yi tsayayya da "masu tsattsauran ra'ayoyin muhalli" ko kuma rawar da hukumar ta dauka game da batun ta'addanci tare da wasu matsalolin "ta'addanci na gida" - tsoronsa na ta'addanci, a wasu kalmomi, rashin amincewa da lumana da rashin biyayya da rashin iyawarsa. duba ƙananan darajar patriotic a cikin hanyar su.

Wannan shi ne yanayin duk da irin dogon lokaci, al'adar rashin amincewa da rashin biyayya a Amurka da kuma yaduwar jama'a game da bukatun kare muhallin mu. Ba kome ba. A cikin tsarin mulkin doka, dabi'a mai sauƙi sau da yawa ya fi rinjaye: Samun abokin gaba.

Ka yi la'akari, kawai dan lokaci, hukumomin bin doka na Amurka waɗanda suka yi aiki da wani tunanin da ba haqiqa kai tsaye ba; wanda ya ɗauki tsaro da aka kafa domin kare shi a matsayin wani abu mai rikitarwa wanda ake buƙatar haɗin kai da adalci kuma rashin jin kunya. Ka yi la'akari da hukumomi masu tilasta bin doka da zasu iya koyo daga kuskuren da suka wuce kuma ba su ba da gudummawa ba tare da bata lokaci ba don fuskantar kalubalen da suke fuskanta a yanayin zamantakewa - kuma ba ta yin amfani da wutar lantarki ta atomatik ba.

Abin da na ga kullunmu, ƙauyukan cibiyoyin da ake yi suna da kansu kan makomar gaba. Ka yi la'akari da makiya: talakawa, baƙi, masu zanga zanga. . . whistleblowers.

"Kotun tarayya a Alexandria, Virginia ta yanke hukuncin kisa ga tsohon jami'in CIA Jeffrey Sterling zuwa shekaru uku da rabi a kurkuku ran Litinin a lokuta da aka karbi hukunci mai yawa don nuna "munafunci" na yakin gwamnatin Amurka a kan wadanda suka nuna cewa, Mafarki na Farko ya ruwaito.

Sterling da aka yanke hukunci, a kan hujjojin hujja, na lakabin bayanai classified zuwa New York Times jarida James Risen game da wani m CIA aiki da ake kira Operation Merlin. Idan gaskiya ne, Sterling ya aikata laifi na kunya Gwamnatin Amurka ta hanyar fitar da shirin CIA da ba shi da kyau ga shirin wucewa game da makaman nukiliya zuwa Iran, wanda zai iya taimakawa ga shirin makamai na Iran. Gwamnati ba ta da hakkin ya ɓoye ayyukansa - kuma ba lallai ba kuskurensa - daga jama'a. Ta hanyar yin la'akari da cewa yana kare "mu" tsaro ta hanyar yin haka, koda yake rashin kulawa da rashin zuba jarurruka a cikin matakan tsaro, irin su sake gina gidan zamantakewa na zamantakewar al'umma, ya sa ta zama doka.

Kuma mafi cancantar da shi squanders, da more shi militarizes.

Robert Koehler ya lashe lambar yabo ne, mai wallafa labarai na Chicago da kuma marubuci na kasa. Littafinsa, Ƙarfin Ƙarfafa Ƙarfi a Wound (Xenos Press), har yanzu akwai. Tuntuɓi shi a kahlercw@gmail.com ko ziyarci shafin yanar gizonsa a commonwonders.com.

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