Daga Bruce CT Wright, Popular Resistance, Agusta 1, 2021
NOTE: Yana cikin tsananin baƙin ciki ne muke ba da rahoton mutuwar Glen Ford, aboki kuma mai ba mu shawara a Popular Resistance. Glen mutum ne mai zurfin mutunci wanda a koyaushe yana yanke abubuwan da ke jan hankali don mai da hankali kan abin da ke da mahimmanci kuma wanda ya ba da kyakkyawan bincike game da yanayin siyasa tare da tsinkaye mai kaifi da daidaituwa. An yi kewar sa sosai. Zukatanmu suna tafiya ga dangin Glen da ƙungiyar a Rahoton Baƙi. - MF
Daga Shirye don Juyin Juya Halin a Hood Kwaminisanci: Glen Ford: Daga Dattijon zuwa Tsohon
Ba sabon abu ba ne a ji cewa an gabatar da 'yan Afirka da yawa ga Glen Ford a lokacin da aka' kunna su 'don ficewa daga jam'iyyar dimokuradiyya. Wannan gabatarwar sau da yawa ta zo ta hanyar The Rahoton Bayani na Black inda Ford (da sauran su) suka ci gaba da rarrabe rarrabuwar kawuna da yanayin ɗabi'a na jam'iyyar neoliberal. Ba ƙari ba ne a ce BAR ta saita sautin fahimtar hakan bangarorin biyu iri daya ne. A cikin shekaru 8 na mamayar Barack Obama, binciken Ford ya kasance mai kaifi da tunani. Gaskiyar maganarsa ta yanke kai tsaye ta hanyar na’urorin watsa labarai na yau da kullun waɗanda ke haɓaka 'kyawawan Baƙi' a matsayin wakilan ɓarna game da yanayin kayan Afirka a cikin Amurka kuma sun fallasa yadda rikici ke kama.
A zahiri, matsayin rashin daidaituwa ne na gaskiyar Ford yana faɗi wanda aka fallasa don mutane da yawa sabon tsarin don fahimtar ainihin abin da ke faruwa—- The Ajin Baƙar Fata. Fahimtar cewa akwai 'yan wasan kwaikwayo a cikin al'ummanmu waɗanda ke ba da takamaiman gudummawa don hana talakawan mu daga' yanci ya haifar da wasu tsare -tsare, kamar ragewa ainihi. Saboda wannan, mutum ba zai iya musun tasirin hakan ba Rahoton Bayani na Black ya yi Hood Kwaminisanci da kuma tasirin da 'yan jarida irin su Glen Ford suka yi a kan mu duka waɗanda ke tura mahimmancin kafofin watsa labarai na Afirka masu neman sauyi.
Gudunmawar Ford ta ƙirƙira wata hanya don siyasar anti-imperialist na al'adar baƙar fata. Aikin sa a ciki rediyo da bugawa ya tura don haɓaka rikice -rikicen gwagwarmayar ajin cikin gida da ke wanzuwa a cikin wata Baƙar fata wacce siyasar ta ta makale a cikin iyakokin jam'iyyar dimokuraɗiyya, shekaru goma bayan shekaru goma.
Editocin Kwaminis na Hood a cikin girmamawa ga Kent Ford a kan Podcast na Labarin Baƙi
Ƙungiyar Hood Communist Collective tana mika ta'aziyarmu ga dukkan dangin Rahoton Baƙi. Ayyukan Ford sun ba da yawa daga cikin mu da ke gwagwarmaya da sassaucin ra'ayi kayan aikin akida don tunkarar burin jam'iyyar dimokuradiyya, burin da ya saba wa 'yantar da mutanen mu. Tare da mai da hankali kan Agenda BLACK a cikin siyasa ya ƙalubalanci 'schizophrenia na siyasa' wanda ke da alaƙa da masu sassaucin ra'ayi na Black kuma ya ƙarfafa mu duka mu yi hakan.
Glen Ford Ya Kashe Sama da Shekaru Hudu Yana Isar da Labarai Daga Baƙi Baƙi akan Matsayin Ƙasa.
Glen Ford, tsohon ɗan watsa shirye -shirye, ɗab'i da ɗan jaridar dijital wanda ya ɗauki bakuncin shirin hirar labarai na baƙar fata na farko a cikin talabijin kafin ci gaba da gano gidan yanar gizon Rahoton Baƙi, ya mutu, a cewar rahotanni. Yana dan shekara 71 a duniya.
Ba a dai bayar da rahoton dalilin mutuwar Ford ba. Majiyoyi da yawa sun ba da sanarwar mutuwarsa da sanyin safiyar Laraba, ciki har da Margaret Kimberley, edita kuma marubuci a Rahoton Black Agenda, mujallar labarai na mako -mako wanda ke ba da sharhi da bincike daga hangen Baƙar fata wanda Ford ya ƙaddamar kuma ya zama babban editan zartarwa.
Ta'aziyya ta fara kwarara a kafafen sada zumunta da zarar labarin mutuwar Ford ya bayyana.
Don kiran Ford ɗan aikin jarida babban rashi ne. Dangane da tarihin rayuwarsa akan gidan yanar gizon Rahoton Black Agenda, Ford yana ba da labarin labarai kai tsaye a rediyo tun yana ɗan shekara 11 kuma ya ci gaba da jin daɗin aiki a aikin jarida fiye da shekaru 40 wanda ya haɗa da aiki a matsayin shugaban ofishin Washington da kuma wakilin da ke rufe Fadar White House, Capitol Hill da Ma'aikatar Jiha.
Bayan farawa a rediyon labarai a Augusta, Jojiya, Ford ya girmama ƙwarewar sa a wasu gidajen labarai na gida kuma a ƙarshe ya ƙirƙiri "Rahoton Baƙin Duniya," wata mujallar labarai ta rabin sa'a wacce ta shirya hanya don rahoton Black Agenda ya kasance. kafa. Shekaru daga baya, a cikin 1977, Ford ya taimaka ƙaddamar, samarwa da karɓar bakuncin “Dandalin Baƙar fata na Amurka,” shirin hirar labarai na baƙar fata na farko a cikin gidan talabijin na talabijin.
Wannan ya haifar da ƙirƙirar "Rahotannin Baƙi na Baƙi" Bayan shekaru biyu a cikin ƙoƙarin nasara don mai da hankali kan abubuwan da aka haɗa su a cikin yankunan Baƙar fata, kasuwanci, nishaɗi, tarihi da wasanni.
Kimanin shekaru goma bayan haka, Ford ya shiga cikin shahararrun al'adun hip-hop tare da "Rap It Up," wasan kwaikwayon kiɗan hip-hop na farko a cikin tarihin Amurka.
Bayan haɗin gwiwa tare da BlackCommentator.com a 2002, shi da sauran ma'aikatan gidan yanar gizon sun bar don ƙaddamar da Rahoton Black Agenda, wanda ya kasance sanannen tushen bayanai, labarai da bincike daga hangen Baƙi.
A daya daga cikin sakonsa na karshe kafin mutuwarsa, Ford, tare da Kimberley, a ranar 21 ga watan Yuli yayi jawabi kan daurin tsohon shugaban Afirka ta Kudu Jacob Zuma, tambaya a kan Rahoton Baƙi na Ƙarya ko ya kamata a nuna tashin hankalin da aka samu a matsayin “tarzoma” ko “tawaye.”
Haihuwar Glen Rutherford a Georgia a 1949, Ford sanannen sunan James Brown, wanda ya mallaki gidan rediyon inda Ford ya fara a Augusta, Georgia.
A cikin misalin yadda Ford ya ba da hujja don ɗaukar alhakin zaɓaɓɓun jami'ai, ya taɓa tattaunawa yayin hira a 2009 game da "halin ɗabi'a" da ya fuskanta ta hanyar yin tambayoyi a lokacin-Sen. Barack Obama game da ajandar shugabancinsa da zama memba a Majalisar Shugabancin Demokraɗiyya, wanda Ford - sannan yake aiki tare BlackCommentator.com - wanda ake kira "hanyar haɗin gwiwa na dama na Jam'iyyar Democrat." Obama, Ford ya tuna, ya amsa tare da "mish-mish-mash of the non-answer." Amma saboda Ford "baya son a gan shi a matsayin karin magana a cikin ganga" kuma yana tasiri hawan Obama na siyasa, ya ba Obama damar wuce abin da ya kira "gwajin layi mai haske."
Ford ya ce wannan kuskure ne da ba zai sake aikatawa ba kuma ya ba da shawarar cewa darasi ne da aka koya sosai.
"Ban taɓa yin nadamar yanke shawarar siyasa kamar yadda na wuce ba Barack Obama lokacin da yakamata ya fadi jarabawar; kuma ba mu sake yin wannan kuskuren ba, ”in ji Ford a cikin hirar.
