Wolemba Bruce CT Wright, Kutsutsana Kwambiri, August 1, 2021
Dziwani: Ndizachisoni chachikulu kuti tizinena zaimfa ya Glen Ford, mnzake ndi mlangizi wathu ku Popular Resistance. Glen anali munthu wokhulupirika kwambiri yemwe nthawi zonse ankadula zododometsa kuti aganize zomwe zinali zofunika komanso yemwe amafufuza bwino zandale momveka bwino komanso mosasinthasintha. Amusowa kwambiri. Tikumvera chisoni banja la a Glen komanso gulu la Black Agenda Report. - MF
Kuchokera Ready for Revolution pa Chikominisi cha Hood: Glen Ford: Kuyambira Mkulu kupita ku Ancestor
Sizachilendo kumva kuti anthu ambiri aku Africa adadziwitsidwa kwa Glen Ford pomwe adayamba 'kuyatsidwa' kuti achoke kuchipani cha demokalase. Mawu oyamba nthawi zambiri amabwera kudzera mwa The Malipoti a Black Agenda komwe Ford (ndi ena) mosalekeza amasankha chikhalidwe chobisalira komanso chotentha cha chipani cha neoliberal. Sikokokomeza kunena kuti BAR idakhazikitsa kamvedwe kake kuti amvetsetse izi mbali zonse ndizofanana. Pazaka 8 zakusokonekera kwakukulu kwa Barack Obama, kuwunika kwa Ford kunali koopsa komanso kochititsa chidwi. Chowonadi chake chikuwulula kudzera pazofalitsa zomwe zimalimbikitsa 'anthu akuda abwino' ngati oimira zabodza pazinthu zakomwe anthu aku Africa aku US ndikuwululira momwe kutsutsana kumawonekera.
M'malo mwake, anali malo osasunthika a chowonadi cha Ford chofotokozera chomwe chinawululidwa pamitundu yatsopano kuti amvetsetse zomwe zikuchitika- - The Kalasi Yosocheretsa Yakuda. Kumvetsetsa kuti pali ochita nawo mdera lathu omwe amatenga gawo limodzi polepheretsa anthu athu kuti amasulidwe kwatulutsanso njira zina, monga kuchepetsa kudziwika. Chifukwa cha izo, munthu sangakane kukhudzidwa komwe Malipoti a Black Agenda wakhala pa Chikominisi cha Hood komanso momwe atolankhani ngati Glen Ford adatikhudzira tonsefe omwe timalimbikitsa kufunikira kwa atolankhani odziyimira pawokha aku Africa.
Zopereka za Ford zidakhazikitsa njira yandale zotsutsana ndi zotsutsana ndi miyambo yakuda kwambiri. Ntchito yake mu wailesi ndikusindikiza adalimbikitsa kukweza kwakusemphana kwamikangano yamkati yomwe ilipo pakati pa anthu akuda omwe ndale zawo zatsekeredwa m'chipani cha demokalase, zaka khumi pambuyo pa zaka khumi.
Akonzi a Hood Communist akupereka msonkho kwa Kent Ford pa Nthano Zakuda Podcast
Mgwirizano wa Hood Communist Collective upereka chitonthozo chachikulu kwa banja lonse la Black Agenda Report. Ntchito ya Ford idapatsa ambiri a ife kulimbana ndi ufulu wofuna zida zotsutsana ndi zofuna za chipani cha demokalase, zokhumba zotsutsana ndi kumasulidwa kwa anthu athu. Pogogomezera za BLACK Agenda mu ndale adatsutsa 'political schizophrenia' yopangidwa ndi ufulu wa anthu akuda ndipo adatilimbikitsa tonse kuchita chimodzimodzi.
Glen Ford Adatha Zaka Zoposa Zinayi Akufalitsa Nkhani Zakuwona Kakuda Padziko Lonse.
Glen Ford, mtolankhani wakale wofalitsa, kusindikiza komanso digito yemwe adalemba pulogalamu yoyankhulana yapadziko lonse yakuda pa TV asadapezeko tsamba la Black Agenda Report, wamwalira, malinga ndi malipoti. Anali ndi zaka 71.
Chifukwa cha imfa ya Ford sichinafotokozedwe nthawi yomweyo. Olemba angapo adalengeza zakumwalira kwake Lachitatu m'mawa, kuphatikiza a Margaret Kimberley, mkonzi komanso wolemba nkhani ku Black Agenda Report, magazini yamankhwala yamlungu ndi sabata yomwe imapereka ndemanga ndi kusanthula kuchokera ku lingaliro lakuda lomwe Ford idakhazikitsa ndikutumikira monga mkonzi wamkulu wawo.
Mawu achifundo adayamba kukhazikika pama TV atangomva za imfa ya Ford.
Kutcha Ford mtolankhani pantchito ndizachabechabe. Malinga ndi mbiri yake patsamba la Black Agenda Report, Ford anali kulengeza uthengawu pawailesi ali ndi zaka 11 ndipo anali wokonda utolankhani kwa zaka zopitilira 40 zomwe zikuphatikiza kugwira ntchito ngati wamkulu kuofesi ya Washington komanso mtolankhani wolemba nkhani ku White House, Capitol Hill ndi Dipatimenti Yaboma.
Atayamba kuyambitsa wailesi ku Augusta, Georgia, Ford adakulitsa luso lake m'malo ena atolankhani akumaloko ndipo pamapeto pake adapanga "Black World Report," magazini yolumikizana ya theka la ola yomwe idatsegula njira yoti Black Agenda Report ikhale anayambitsa. Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, mu 1977, Ford idathandizira kukhazikitsa, kupanga ndi kuchititsa "America's Black Forum," pulogalamu yoyamba yolumikizana ndi anthu akuda pawayilesi yakanema.
Izi zidapangitsa kuti pakhale "Malipoti a Black Agenda" patadutsa zaka ziwiri kuti ayesetse kuyika nawo gawo pazogwirizana ndi azimayi akuda, bizinesi, zosangalatsa, mbiri komanso masewera.
Pafupifupi zaka khumi pambuyo pake, Ford idayamba kutchuka kwambiri nthawi imeneyo ndi chikhalidwe cha hip-hop ndi "Rap It Up," chiwonetsero choyambirira chogwirizana cha hip-hop m'mbiri yaku America.
Pambuyo pokhazikitsa BlackCommentator.com mu 2002, iye ndi ena onse ogwira nawo webusayiti adachoka kuti akhazikitse Black Agenda Report, yomwe imakhalabe gwero lodziwitsa anthu zambiri, nkhani komanso kusanthula kuchokera pagulu lakuda.
M'modzi mwa maulendo ake omaliza asanamwalire, Ford, limodzi ndi Kimberley, pa Julayi 21 adalankhula za kumangidwa kwa Purezidenti wakale wa South Africa a Jacob Zuma.
Wobadwa Glen Rutherford ku Georgia mu 1949, Ford adatchulidwanso dzina lake James Brown, yemwe anali ndi wayilesi komwe Ford idayambira ku Augusta, Georgia.
Mwa chitsanzo momwe Ford adalongosolera kuti osankhidwawo adzayankha mlandu, adakambiranapo pakufunsidwa ku 2009 za "zovuta zamakhalidwe abwino" zomwe adakumana nazo pomufunsa nthawiyo-Sen. Barack Obama za zomwe akufuna kuchita pulezidenti komanso umembala wake ku Democratic Leadership Council, yomwe a Ford - omwe anali kugwira nawo ntchito BlackCommentator.com - amatchedwa "gulu lamapiko lamanja la Democratic Party." Obama, Ford akukumbukira, adayankha ndi "zopanda pake zopanda mayankho." Koma chifukwa a Ford "sanafune kuwonedwa ngati nkhanu za mu mbiya" ndikukhudza kukwera kwa ndale kwa Obama, adalola Obama kuchita zomwe adazitcha "mayeso owoneka bwino."
Ford adati uku kunali kulakwitsa komwe sadzapanganso ndipo adati ndi phunziro labwino.
“Sindinanong'oneze bondo chifukwa chosankha ndale ngati momwe ndadutsira Barack Obama pomwe amayenera kuti adalephera mayeso; ndipo sitinachitenso cholakwikacho, ”adatero Ford poyankhulana.
