Osaina olembedwa pansipa
Kwazaka makumi angapo zapitazi, Pentagon, magulu ankhondo, ndi mabungwe akhala akugwira ntchito mwadongosolo kuti awonjezere kupezeka kwawo m'malo ophunzirira a K-12 komanso m'mayunivesite aboma. Kuphatikizika kwa magulu ankhondo, oganiza bwino ndi maziko, komanso kugwirizanitsa maphunziro athu aboma kwasokoneza mfundo yademokalase ya maphunziro a anthu wamba. Ndi chikhalidwe chomwe, ngati chiloledwa kupitiliza, chidzafooketsa ukulu wa ulamuliro wa anthu wamba ndipo, pamapeto pake, kudzipereka kwa dziko lathu ku zolinga zademokalase.
Osaina mawuwa amakhulupirira kuti ndikofunikira kuti onse olimbikitsa chilungamo cha anthu, mtendere ndi chilengedwe azindikire zoopsa za vutoli ndikuthana nazo mwadala.
ZOYAMBIRA PA MAPHUNZIRO A NSANJA
Kuyesayesa kwamphamvu kwambiri kwakunja kogwiritsa ntchito masukulu pophunzitsa malingaliro okhala ndi zowopsa zanthawi yayitali kwa anthu amachokera ku gulu lankhondo. Pazaka makumi awiri zapitazi, ndi nkhani zochepa zowulutsa kapena kudandaula kwa anthu, kutengapo gawo kwa Pentagon m'masukulu ndi miyoyo ya ophunzira kwakula kwambiri. Tsopano, mwachitsanzo:
- Tsiku lililonse lasukulu, ophunzira aku sekondale osachepera theka la miliyoni amapita ku makalasi a Junior ROTC kuti akalandire malangizo kuchokera kwa akuluakulu opuma pantchito omwe amasankhidwa ndi Pentagon kuti aziphunzitsa mbiri yawoyawo komanso chikhalidwe cha anthu. Ophunzirawa amapatsidwa "maudindo" ndipo amapangidwa kuti akhulupirire kuti zikhalidwe zankhondo ndi anthu wamba ndizofanana, kutanthauza kuti kumvera ulamuliro mosakayikira ndi gawo la kukhala nzika yabwino.
- Maphunziro ankhondo akukhazikitsidwa m'masukulu ena aboma (Chicago tsopano ili ndi eyiti), pomwe ophunzira onse amapatsidwa mlingo wolemetsa wa chikhalidwe chankhondo ndi zikhalidwe.
- Mapulogalamu okhudzana ndi usilikali akufalikira m'masukulu mazana a pulayimale ndi apakati. Zitsanzo ndi mapulogalamu a Young Marines ndi Starbase, ndi mapulogalamu ankhondo omwe amalowa m'masukulu atavala maphunziro a Science / Technology / Engineering / Math (STEM).
- Olemba usilikali amaphunzitsidwa kutsata "umwini wa sukulu" monga cholinga chawo (onani: "Buku Lolemba Ntchito Zolemba Ankhondo ku Sukulu"). Kupezeka kwawo pafupipafupi m'makalasi, m'malo odyetserako nkhomaliro ndi pamisonkhano kumapangitsa kuti anthu azikonda usilikali, kumenya nkhondo, ndipo pamapeto pake nkhondo.
- Kuyambira 2001, malamulo aboma aletsa kudziyimira pawokha kwa sukulu za anthu wamba komanso zinsinsi zabanja zikafika pakumasula zidziwitso za ophunzira kwa asitikali. Kuphatikiza apo, chaka chilichonse masukulu masauzande ambiri amalola asitikali kuyang'anira mayeso olowera - ASVAB - mpaka 10.th-12th ma graders, kulola olemba ntchito kuti alambalale malamulo oteteza ufulu wa makolo ndi zinsinsi za ana ndikupeza zambiri zaumwini pa mazana masauzande a ophunzira.
ZOYENERA KU MAPHUNZIRO A BANJA
Khama la magulu akunja kwa masukulu kuti alowetse chivomerezo ndi zikhalidwe zamabizinesi munjira yophunzirira zakhala zikuchitika kwa zaka zingapo. Muchitsanzo chaposachedwa cha kulowererapo pamaphunziro a mapiko amanja, The New York Times inanena kuti magulu a phwando la tiyi, pogwiritsa ntchito mapulani a maphunziro ndi mabuku opaka utoto, akhala akukakamiza masukulu kuti "aphunzitse kutanthauzira kokhazikika kwa Malamulo Oyendetsera Dziko, pomwe boma limakhala losavomerezeka komanso losavomerezeka m'miyoyo ya anthu aku America okonda ufulu." (Onani:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/17/us/constitution-has-its-day-amid-a-struggle-for-its-spirit.html )
Mabungwe akhala akuwonetsa mphamvu zawo m'masukulu okhala ndi zida ngati Channel One, pulogalamu yapa TV yotseka yomwe imawulutsa zamalonda tsiku lililonse kwa omvera omwe ali m'masukulu 8,000. Makampani ena akwanitsa kukopa masukulu kuti asayine mapangano a pizza, zakumwa zozizilitsa kukhosi ndi zinthu zina, ndi cholinga chophunzitsa ana kukhulupirika kwa mtundu wamba. Lipoti la National Education Policy Center lomwe linatulutsidwa mu November 2011 likufotokoza njira zosiyanasiyana zomwe mabizinesi/masukulu akuwonongera ana pamaphunziro potengera kuganiza kwa ophunzira “kunjira yogwirizana ndi makampani” ndikulepheretsa luso lawo loganiza mozama. (Onani: http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/schoolhouse-commercialism-2011 )
Kupanga njira zokomera makampani izi kukugwirizana ndi cholinga chamakampani chothetsa maphunziro aboma ku America. Mayiko m'dziko lonselo akuchepetsa ndalama zogwiritsira ntchito maphunziro, kutulutsa ntchito za aphunzitsi, kuletsa ufulu wokambirana, ndikuchepetsa migwirizano ya aphunzitsi. Pali kuchuluka kwa masukulu a charter ndi "cyber" omwe amalimbikitsa kutengapo gawo kwa mabungwe azibizinesi ndikukankhira kusukulu zopeza phindu pomwe chipukuta misozi choperekedwa kumakampani oyang'anira wabizinesi chimagwirizana mwachindunji ndi momwe ophunzira amachitira pamayeso okhazikika. Zotsatira zake ndikupangidwa kwa mabungwe omwe amakulitsa malingaliro osavuta omwe amaphatikiza kugulitsa ndi kugonjera. (Onani: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/12/michigan-privatize-public-education )
Kupangana kwamaphunziro kudzera m'masukulu opangira ma charter komanso kukula kwa gawo la oyang'anira m'mayunivesite ndi vuto lina la maphunziro aboma. Buku la Diane Ravitch Ulamuliro Wolakwika ( http://www.npr.org/2013/09/27/225748846/diane-ravitch-rebukes-education-activists-reign-of-error ) ndi buku latsopano la Henry A. Giroux, Nkhondo ya Neoliberalism pa Maphunziro Apamwamba, ( http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/22548-henry-giroux-beyond-neoliberal-miseducation ) kupereka zolozera ku ntchito yokayikitsa ya mayendedwe akampani pamaphunziro a anthu.
N’chifukwa chiyani zimenezi zikuchitika? Giroux akuti "Chris Hedges, wakale New York Times mtolankhani, adawonekera Demokarase Tsopano! mu 2012 ndipo adauza woyang'anira Amy Goodman kuti boma la feduro limagwiritsa ntchito $600 biliyoni pachaka pamaphunziro - "ndipo mabungwe akufuna."
Palinso mabungwe ena omwe akuthandizira zoyesayesa zoyambitsa maphunziro a mbiri yakale ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu kuchokera pamalingaliro opita patsogolo, monga Howard Zinn Education Project (https://zinnedproject.org ) ndi Sukulu Zoganiziranso ( http://www.rethinkingschools.org ). Ndipo kagulu kakang'ono kakugwira ntchito motsutsana ndi Channel One komanso kutsatsa kwapasukulu (mwachitsanzo, http://www.commercialalert.org/issues/education ndi ( http://www.obligation.org ).
KUYEKA ZOWONJEZERA IZI
Pali chifukwa chokhalira ndi chiyembekezo chothetsa mchitidwe umenewu ngati tiyang’ana, mwachitsanzo, pa zina za kupambana kwa zoyesayesa zapansi zothetsa nkhondo m’sukulu. Mu 2009, mgwirizano wa ana asukulu za sekondale, makolo ndi aphunzitsi mumzinda wa San Diego wokhazikika, wolamulidwa ndi asilikali, adakwanitsa kuti gulu lawo la sukulu losankhidwa litseke JROTC kuwombera masukulu khumi ndi amodzi. Zaka ziwiri pambuyo pake, mgwirizano womwewo udapangitsa bungwe lasukulu kuti likhazikitse lamulo loletsa kulembetsa usilikali m'masukulu ake onse. Ngakhale zoyesayesa zotere ndi zochepa, kupambana kofananako kwapambanidwa m’maboma ena asukulu ndiponso pamlingo wa boma ku Hawaii ndi Maryland.
Palinso mabungwe ena omwe amathandizira zoyesayesa zoyambitsa maphunziro a mbiri yakale ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu kuchokera ku a malingaliro opita patsogolo, monga Zinn Education Project (www.zinnedproject.org) ndi Sukulu Zoganiziranso (www.rethinkingschools.org). Ndipo kagulu kakang'ono kakugwira ntchito motsutsana ndi Channel One komanso kutsatsa kwapasukulu (mwachitsanzo, http://www.commercialalert.org/issues/education/ ndi http://www.obligation.org/ ).
Ngakhale kuti zoyesayesazi zili zolimbikitsa komanso zogwira mtima, zimakhala zopepuka poyerekeza ndi kuchuluka kwa zomwe magulu a mbali ina ya ndale akuchita mwachangu m'malo ophunzirira kuti asunge chikoka cha Conservatism, militarism ndi mphamvu zamakampani.
Yakwana nthawi yoti mabungwe omwe akupita patsogolo, maziko ndi ma TV ayang'anire izi ndikuchita nawo gawo la maphunziro. Ndikofunikira kwambiri kuti mabungwe ambiri agwirizane kutsutsana ndi kulowerera kwa Pentagon m'masukulu ndi mayunivesite a K-12. Kubwezeretsa primacy ya kuganiza mozama ndi mfundo za demokalase mu chikhalidwe chathu sikungatheke popanda kuletsa nkhondo ndi kulanda mabungwe a maphunziro a anthu.
Michael Albert
Z Magazine
Pat Alviso
Southern California
Mabanja Ankhondo Amalankhula (MFSO)
Marc Becker
Co- chair,
Olemba Mbiri Yotsutsa Nkhondo
Bill Bigelow
Mkonzi wa Maphunziro,
Sukulu Zopindulitsa
Peter Bohmer
Faculty in Political Economy,
Evergreen State College
Bill Branson
Ofesi Yadziko Lonse ya VVAW
Noam Chomsky
Pulofesa, Wopuma pantchito, MIT
Michelle Cohen
Project Great Futures,
Los Angeles, CA
Tom Cordaro
Kazembe wa Pax Christi USA
of Peace, Naperville, IL
Pat Elder
National Coalition kuti
Tetezani Zinsinsi za Ophunzira
Margaret Flowers
Co-director,
Ndi Chuma Chathu
Libby Frank
Northwest Suburban Peace
& Pulojekiti ya Maphunziro,
Arlington Hts., IL
Hannah Frisch
Msilikali Wankhondo
Alliance
Kathy Gilberd
Bungwe la National Lawyers
Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo Lankhondo
Henry Armand Giroux
Pulofesa, McMaster
University
Frank Goetz
Director, West Surburban
Bungwe la Faith Based Peace Coalition,
Wheaton, Il
Tom Hayden
Wolimbikitsa, Wolemba,
mphunzitsi
Arlene Inouye
Msungichuma, United Teachers
ku Los Angeles
Iraq Veterans Against
Nkhondo (IVAW)
National Office,
New York City
Rick Jahnkow
Project on Youth and
Mwayi Wosakhala Wankhondo,
Encinitas, CA
Jerry Lembcke
Pulofesa wa Emeritus,
Holy Cross College
Jorge Mariscal
Professor, Univ. za
California San Diego
Patrick McCann
Purezidenti wa National VFP,
Montgomery County (MD)
Association Association
Membala Wa board
Stephen McNeil
American Friends
Komiti ya Utumiki
San Francisco
Carlos Muñoz
Pulofesa Emeritus
UC Berkeley Ethnic
Dipatimenti ya Maphunziro.
Michael Nagler
Purezidenti, Metta Center
kwa Nonviolence
Jim O'Brien
Co-wapampando, Mbiriyakale
Kulimbana ndi Nkhondo
Isidro Ortiz
Pulofesa, San Diego
State University
Yesu Palafox
American Friends Service
Komiti, Chicago
Pablo Paredes
AFSC 67 Sueños
Michael Parenti, Ph.D.
Wolemba & mphunzitsi
Bill Scheurer
Wotsogolera wamkulu
Mtendere wa Padziko Lapansi,
Lekani Kulemba Ana
kampeni
Cindy Sheehan
Mtendere ndi Anthu
Justice Activist
Joanne Sheehan
Chigawo cha New England
Nkhondo Yotsutsa Nkhondo
Mary Shesgreen
Mpando, Fox Valley Citizens
kwa Mtendere ndi Chilungamo,
Elgin, IL
Sam Smith
Chiyanjano cha
Kuyanjanitsa,
Chicago
Kristin Stoneking
Wotsogolera wamkulu
Chiyanjano cha
Reconciliation USA
David Swanson
World Beyond War
Chris Venn
San Pedro Neighbours za
Mtendere ndi Chilungamo,
San Pedro, CA
Ankhondo a Mtendere
National Office,
St. Louis, MO
Ankhondo a Mtendere
Chicago Chapter
vietnam veterans
Kulimbana ndi Nkhondo
National Office,
Champaign, IL
Amy Wagner
YA-YA Network
(Youth Activists-Youth
Allies), New York City
Harvey Wasserman
Wogwira ntchito
West Suburban
Zachikhulupiriro
Mgwirizano wa PEACE
Wheaton, IL
Colonel Ann Wright,
Anapuma pantchito US Army/
Army Reserves
Mickey Z.
Wolemba wa Occupy
Buku ili: Mickey Z.
pa Activism
Kevin Zeese
Co-director,
Ndi Chuma Chathu
