Daga Marc Eliot Stein, World BEYOND War, Yuli 31, 2022
World BEYOND War is karbar bakuncin webinar mako mai zuwa tare da babban marubucin waƙa kuma mai fafutukar yaƙi da yaƙi Roger Waters. Mako guda bayan haka, balaguron kide-kide na "Wannan Ba Drill ba ne" na Roger zai zo birnin New York - Brian Garvey ya gaya mana game da Boston show - kuma zan kasance a wurin, tare da ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwarmu Veterans for Peace. Idan kun zo wurin wasan kwaikwayo, don Allah ku same ni a Tebur na Tsohon Soja don Aminci kuma ku ce sannu.
Kasancewar daraktan fasaha don World BEYOND War ya ba ni damar saduwa da wasu ƙwararrun mutane waɗanda shekaru da suka gabata suka taimake ni in sami hanyara ta fafutukar neman zaman lafiya. A lokacin rayuwata da ban shiga wani motsi ba, na faru da karanta littattafan Nicholson Baker da Medea Benjamin waɗanda suka haifar da ra'ayoyi a cikin kaina wanda daga ƙarshe ya sa na nemi hanyoyin shiga cikin kaina a cikin fafutukar tabbatar da zaman lafiya. Abin farin ciki ne a gare ni in yi hira da su duka biyu a kan World BEYOND War podcast kuma gaya musu nawa ayyukansu suka ƙarfafa ni.
Taimakawa karbar bakuncin gidan yanar gizo tare da Roger Waters zai kai wannan zuwa wani sabon matakin a gare ni. Ba shekaru da suka gabata ba amma shekaru da yawa da suka gabata na fara zaro faifan faifan vinyl baƙar fata daga murfin albam baƙar fata wanda ke nuna hasken haske, priism da bakan gizo, na ji murya mai taushi da baƙin ciki tana rera waɗannan kalmomi:
Gaba yayi kuka daga baya, sahu na gaba ya mutu
Janar-janar sun zauna, kuma layukan akan taswira
An matsa daga gefe zuwa gefe
Kundin Pink Floyd na 1973 "Duhu Side of Moon" tafiya ce ta kiɗa zuwa cikin damuwa mai zaman kanta, ƙarfin yawon shakatawa game da nisantar da kai da hauka. Kundin yana buɗewa tare da gayyata don numfasawa, yayin da muryoyin murɗawa ke nuna hauka na duniya mai aiki da rashin kulawa. Muryoyi da bugun zuciya da ƙafafu suna dushewa a ciki da waje - filayen jirgin sama, agogo - amma zurfin nau'ikan kiɗan yana jan mai sauraron a baya da hayaniya da hargitsi, kuma rabin farko na rikodin ya ƙare da jinkirin sauran duniya, muryoyin mala'iku suna kuka a ciki. Ji daɗin jituwa akan waƙar da ake kira "Babban Gig a cikin Sama".
A gefen na biyu na kundi, za mu koma ga matsalolin tashin hankali na duniya mai fushi. Tsabar tsabar kudi ta "Kudi" tana shiga cikin waƙar antiwar "Mu da Su" inda janar-janar ke zaune suna motsa layin akan taswira daga gefe zuwa gefe. Akwai ma'anar damuwa mai girma wanda saukowa cikin hauka yana jin babu makawa - duk da haka yayin da "Lalacewar Kwakwalwa" ta shiga cikin waƙa ta ƙarshe "Eclipse" za mu fara jin cewa muryar da ke rera mana ba hauka ba ce ko kaɗan. Duniya ce ta haukace, wa]annan wa}o}in suna gayyato mu ne don mu gane hayyacinmu ta hanyar shiga ciki, ta hanyar amincewa da illolinmu, da yin watsi da haramcin ’yan iska, ta hanyar yarda da nisantar da mu daga al’ummar da ba mu san ceto ba. da fakewa da kyawun fasaha da kiɗa da zaman kaɗaici da gaskiya.
Sau da yawa ana ambatonsa a matsayin mafi cikar ƙwararren ƙwararren mawaƙa da mawaƙa na Roger Waters, albam ɗin ban mamaki “The Dark Side of the Moon” ya bayyana yana game da hauka amma idan aka yi la’akari da shi yana game da hauka na waje, kuma game da ƙaƙƙarfan harsashi na ƙaura. da kuma bacin rai cewa wasun mu na iya buƙatar su kasance a kusa da kanmu don guje wa sha'awar yarda. Ba haɗari ba ne cewa kundin ya bayyana Henry David Thoreau, murya ɗaya tak a kan daidaituwa daga wani lokaci da kuma wata ƙasa daban: "Rataye a cikin rashin jin daɗi ita ce hanyar Turanci".
Wannan kundin yana da mahimmanci a gare ni tun ina ƙarami don gano kiɗa, kuma har yanzu ina samun sabon ma'ana a ciki. Na fahimci cewa ba wai waƙar “Mu da Su” kaɗai ba ne, a’a, faifan albam ɗin ne ke nuna mummunan karo da al’umma na yau da kullum waɗanda ke tilasta wa duk wani mai fafutuka na siyasa ya zaɓi hanyar da zai tsaya a kai, don yaƙar ’yan adawa. matsi mara iyaka na tawayar cin nasara, don aiwatar da gaba ɗaya ga abubuwan da ba su ba mu damar zaɓar rabin hanya ba. Ban zama mai fafutukar siyasa ba lokacin da na zama mai son Pink Floyd sa’ad da nake matashi. Amma na gane a yau yadda waƙoƙin Roger Waters suka taimaka mini in ƙirƙiri hanyara ta sannu a hankali ta hanyar wani baƙon da baƙon da ke tsakanin kaina - kuma ba waƙoƙin siyasa ba ne kawai kamar "Mu da Su" suka taimake ni samun wannan hanyar.
Tushen karkashin kasa na rukunin farko na Roger Waters sun koma baya fiye da yadda mutane da yawa suka fahimta. Pink Floyd zai zama sananne sosai a cikin shekarun 1970 da 1980, duk da haka ƙungiyar ta fara wasa a Ingila a cikin 1965 kuma ta kasance abin mamaki a farkon farkon shekarun 1960 da ke karkatar da London, inda suka kasance mafi yawan jama'ar fasaha waɗanda suka saurari waƙoƙin Beat. kuma sun rataye a kusa da kantin sayar da littattafai na Indica na yanzu, inda John Lennon da Yoko Ono zasu hadu. Wannan shine al'adun 1960 Pink Floyd ya fito daga.
A matsayin ɗaya daga cikin na farko kuma mafi asali na prog / gwaji na zamanin dutsen, farkon Pink Floyd ya riƙe wurin a Landan a cikin shekaru masu ban sha'awa guda ɗaya waɗanda Matattu masu godiya suke yin fage tare da Ken Kesey a San Francisco, da Velvet. Ƙarƙashin ƙasa yana ta daɗaɗa hankali a cikin birnin New York tare da Fashe Filastik ɗin Andy Warhol. Babu ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan ƙungiyoyin seminal da ke da siyasa a sarari, amma ba dole ba ne, tun da al'ummomin da suke ba da waƙa sun mamaye gaba ɗaya cikin gwagwarmayar yaƙi da ci gaba na lokacin. Matasa a duk faɗin Ingila a cikin shekarun 1960 sun kasance suna aiki tuƙuru kuma suna kururuwa don kawar da makaman nukiliya da ƙin mulkin mallaka, kuma matasan su na Amurka suna koyo daga wani yunƙuri na neman yancin jama'a wanda Martin Luther King ya jagoranta kuma a yanzu suke. gini, kuma tare da kaifi jagorar Martin Luther King, wani gagarumin sabon yunkuri na yaki da lalata a Vietnam. A cikin manyan kwanaki na 1960 ne, aka fara shuka yawancin tsaba na ƙungiyoyin zanga-zangar da har yanzu suke rayuwa a yau.
Kamar Matattu na Farko da Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙasa ta London na Landan na Pink Floyd ya shimfida shimfidar wuri mai zurfi mai zurfi a cikin mafarki mai mafarki, yana tsara waƙoƙin da ke da alama don neman yanki na hankali tsakanin farkawa da barci. Roger Waters ya karbi ragamar jagorancin kungiyar bayan da Syd Barrett ya shiga cikin hauka na hakika, kuma "Dark Side of the Moon" ya mamaye Waters da abokansa na kade-kade David Gilmour, Richard Wright da Nick Mason don samun gagarumar nasarar kasa da kasa, kodayake kowane memba na kungiyar kamar ba shi da sha'awar al'adun shahara da shahara. Waters ya canza ƙungiyar sa don zamanin punk-rock a cikin 1977 tare da m da Orwellian " Dabbobi ", sannan "The Wall", wani wasan opera na tunanin mutum wanda babban nasara da shahararsa zai yi daidai da na "Dark Side of the Moon".
Shin wani marubucin mawaƙin dutse ya taɓa bayyana nasa aibi kamar yadda Roger Waters ya yi a cikin "Gango"? Yana da game da morose star star wanda ya zama mai arziki, lalacewa da kuma miyagun ƙwayoyi fita, fitowa a matsayin ainihin shugaban fasist, haranguing magoya bayansa daga wasan concert da kabilanci da kuma jinsi. Wannan shi ne hoton kansa na ban dariya na Roger Waters, domin (kamar yadda ya bayyana wa ƴan tambayoyin da zai yi magana da shi) ya zo ne don ya raina kansa tauraro da ƙarfin da ya ba shi. Mafi muni, shaharar da ya yi ƙoƙarin gujewa ta sa ya nisantar da shi kwata-kwata daga mutanen da suke zuwa wurin kide-kidensa kuma suna jin daɗin abubuwan da ya halitta. Pink Floyd ba zai iya dadewa ba tare da wannan matakin zazzafan fidda kai, kuma babban kundi na ƙarshe na ƙungiyar a 1983 kusan aikin solo ne na Roger Waters, “The Final Cut”. Wannan kundi wata sanarwa ce ta antiwar daga farko har zuwa ƙarshe, tana kuka da wauta da ɗan gajeren yaƙi na Burtaniya a 1982 da Argentina akan Malvinas, suna kiran Margaret Thatcher da Menachem Begin da Leonid Brezhnev da Ronald Reagan da sunan.
A hankali fafutukar siyasa ta Waters ta fara bayyana dukkan ayyukansa, gami da wakokinsa na solo har ma da wasan opera game da juyin juya halin Faransa da ya yi a 2005, “Ça Ira”. A cikin bazara na 2021 na halarci wani ƙaramin taro a cikin kotunan birnin New York don lauya mai ƙarfin hali. Steven Donziger, wanda aka azabtar da shi ba bisa ka'ida ba saboda fallasa laifukan kare muhalli na Chevron a Ecuador. Babu wani babban taron jama'a a wannan taron, amma na yi farin cikin ganin Roger Waters a wurin yana tsaye tare da abokinsa kuma amininsa kuma yana ɗaukar mic a taƙaice yana faɗin wasu kalmomi game da shari'ar Donziger, tare da jajircewa Susan Sarandon da Marianne Williamson. .
A ƙarshe Steven Donziger ya shafe kwanaki 993 mai ban mamaki a gidan yari saboda jajircewa da yin amfani da 'yancin faɗar albarkacin baki a cikin sukar wani kamfani mai ƙarfi kamar Chevron. Ban sani ba ko an taba daure Roger Waters ko a'a saboda gwagwarmayar sa, amma tabbas an hukunta shi a idon jama'a. Lokacin da na ambaci sunansa ga wasu abokaina, har ma da abokai masu ilimin kida waɗanda suka fahimci matakin hazakarsa, nakan ji zarge-zarge na ban dariya kamar "Roger Waters ne mai adawa da Semitic" - cikakkiyar kyandir da aka ƙirƙira don lalata shi da nau'ikan iko iri ɗaya. Sojojin da suka ja kunnen Chevron don sanya Steven Donziger a gidan yari. Tabbas Roger Waters ba mai adawa da Yahudawa ba ne, ko da yake ya yi jajircewa wajen yin magana da babbar murya ga Falasdinawa da ke shan wahala a karkashin mulkin wariyar launin fata na Isra'ila - kamar yadda ya kamata mu duka idan har muna so mu fuskanci gaskiya, domin wannan wariyar launin fata wani mummunan zalunci ne da ke buƙatar kawo karshen. .
Ban san abin da Roger Waters zai yi magana game da shi ba a cikin gidan yanar gizon mu a ranar 8 ga Agusta, kodayake na gan shi a cikin kide-kide sau da yawa kuma ina da kyakkyawan ra'ayin wane irin kickass zai yi a ranar 13 ga Agusta a New York. Garin. Lokacin bazara na 2022 lokaci ne mai zafi, tashin hankali a cikin Amurka ta Amurka. Da alama gwamnatinmu ta fi kowane lokaci rashin tazara da cin hanci da rashawa, yayin da muke zamewa muka shiga yaƙe-yaƙe na wakilcin ribar kamfanoni da jarabar mai. Al'ummar wannan ruguzawar gwamnati da suka firgita da bakin ciki suna kakkabe kansu da makaman soji, suna kara rura wutar dajin, yayin da jami'an 'yan sandan mu suka mayar da kansu bataliyoyin soji suna kai hari ga jama'arsu, yayin da kotun kolinmu da aka sace ta fara wani sabon firgici: aikata laifuka. zabin ciki da kiwon lafiya. Adadin wadanda suka mutu a Ukraine ya wuce mutane 100 a rana, yayin da nake rubuta wannan, kuma masu ba da gudummawa da masu cin gajiyar da suka tura wannan mummunan yakin basasa suna neman fara wani sabon bala'in jin kai a Taiwan don samun fa'idar tattalin arziki akan China. . Janar-janar na zaune har yanzu suna matsar da layukan da ke kan taswirar daga gefe zuwa gefe.
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