NguBruce CT Wright, Ukuxhatshazwa Okudumile, Agasti 1, 2021
QAPHELA: Kulusizi olukhulu ukuxela ukusweleka kukaGlen Ford, umhlobo nomcebisi kuthi kwiResistance Resistance. UGlen wayeyindoda enengqibelelo enzulu owayehlala esika iziphazamiso ukuze ajonge kwinto ebaluleke kwaye ebonelela ngohlalutyo oluqaqambileyo lwemeko yezopolitiko ngokucacileyo nangokucacileyo. Uyamkhumbula kakhulu. Iintliziyo zethu zilusapho lukaGlen kunye neqela kwiNgxelo ye-Black Agenda. -MF
Ukusuka Ready for Revolution e Hood ubuKomanisi: UGlen Ford: Ukusuka kuMdala ukuya kwi-Ancestor
Kuqhelekile ukuva ukuba uninzi lwabantu baseAfrika baziswe ku-Glen Ford ngalo mzuzu bathi 'basebenze' ukuze bemke kumbutho wentando yesininzi. Isingeniso sasidla ngokuza The Report Agenda Report apho iFord (kunye nabanye) ngokuqhubekekayo bekhethe ubume obukhohlakeleyo kunye nobushushu beqela le-neoliberal. Ayisiyonyani ukuthi iBAR isete ithoni yokuqonda oko omabini amacala ayafana. Ngexesha le-8-ye-wave-delirium eyoyikisayo kaBarack Obama, uhlalutyo lukaFord lwalubukhali kwaye lubangela umdla. Inyaniso yakhe ixelela ukusika ngqo ngesixhobo esiqhelekileyo semithombo yeendaba esixhase 'abantu abaMnyama abaLungileyo' njengabameli bezinto ezingeyonyani malunga neemeko zezinto zabantu base-Afrika e-US kwaye babhengeza ukuba i-counterinsurgency ijongeka kanjani.
Ngapha koko, yayiyindawo engalalanisiyo yenyaniso kaFord exelela ukuba uninzi lwenkqubo entsha yokuqonda ukuba kwenzeka ntoni- Iklasi eMnyama yokulahlekisa. Ukuqonda ukuba kukho abalinganiswa kwindawo yethu abasebenza indima ethile ekuthinteleni inyambalala yabantu bethu kude nenkululeko kuvelise ezinye izikhokelo, ezinje ukunciphisa isazisi. Ngenxa yoko, umntu akanakukhanyela ifuthe loko Report Agenda Report kuye kwaqhubeka Hood ubuKomanisi kunye nefuthe iintatheli ezinjengoGlen Ford elinazo kuthi sonke abanyanzelisa ukubaluleka kweendaba ezizimeleyo zenguqulelo zaseAfrika.
Igalelo likaFord lenze umzila wezopolitiko ezichasene ne-impiriyali zenkcubeko emnyama. Umsebenzi wakhe kwi unomathotholo kunye noshicilelo Ityhalelwe ukuphakamisa ukuphikisana komzabalazo wangaphakathi ophakathi koluntu oluNtsundu ezopolitiko zawo zibambeke kwimida yeqela ledemokhrasi, iminyaka elishumi emva kweshumi.
Abahleli beKhomanisi beHood ngembeko kuKent Ford kwi Iintsomi eziMnyama iPodcast
IQumrhu lamaKomanisi laseHood linika uvelwano olunyanisekileyo kulo lonke usapho lwengxelo ye-Black Agenda. Umsebenzi kaFord wanika uninzi lwethu lusilwa nenkululeko inkululeko yezixhobo zokujongana neminqweno yombutho wentando yesininzi, amabhongo achasene nenkululeko yabantu bethu. Ngokugxininisa kwi-Ajenda EMNYAMA kwezopolitiko wacela umngeni kwi-'schizophrenia yezopolitiko 'ehambelana nenkululeko yabamnyama kwaye wasikhuthaza sonke ukuba senze njalo.
UGlen Ford uchithe iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amane ehambisa iindaba ezivela kumbono omnyama kwinqanaba lesizwe.
UGlen Ford, igqala losasazo, ushicilelo kunye nentatheli yedijithali ebambe inkqubo yokuqala yodliwanondlebe oluMnyama kuzwelonke kumabonakude ngaphambi kokufumana iwebhusayithi yeNgxelo yeBlack Agenda, ubhubhile, ngokweengxelo. Wayeneminyaka engama-71 ubudala.
Isizathu sokufa kukaFord khange sixelwe kwangoko. Imithombo emininzi ibhengeze ukusweleka kwakhe ngoLwesithathu ekuseni, kubandakanya uMargaret Kimberley, umhleli kunye nomlobi kwiNgxelo yeBlack Agenda, iphephancwadi leendaba leveki elinikezela ingxelo kunye nohlalutyo kumbono oMnyama owasungulwa yiFord kwaye wasebenza njengomhleli wayo olawulayo.
Uvelwano lwaqala ukugaleleka kwimithombo yeendaba xa iindaba zokufa kukaFord zigqabhukile.
Ukutsalela umnxeba intatheli yekhondo lomsebenzi yingxelo enkulu. Ngokwe-bio yakhe kwiwebhusayithi yeNgxelo yeAgenda eMnyama, UFord wayexela iindaba bukhoma kunomathotholo eneminyaka eli-11 ubudala kwaye waqhubeka nokonwabela umsebenzi wobuntatheli ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-40 eyayiquka ukusebenza njengenkosi yeofisi yaseWashington kunye nombhaleli owayegubungela iWhite House, ICapitol Hill kunye neSebe likaRhulumente.
Emva kokuqala kwakhe kwirediyo yeendaba eAugusta, e-Georgia, iFord yaqinisa izakhono zayo kwezinye izitishi zeendaba zasekuhlaleni kwaye ekugqibeleni yenza i "Ingxelo Yehlabathi Elimnyama," umagazini weendaba weveki-ngeveki owawudityanisiwe nowavula indlela yokuba iNgxelo ye-Black Agenda ibe isekwe. Kwiminyaka kamva, ngo-1977, iFord yanceda ekusunguleni, ekuveliseni nasekusingatheni “iQonga Lamnyama laseMelika,” inkqubo yokuqala edibeneyo yesizwe yabamnyama yeendaba kudliwanondlebe wentengiso.
Oko kukhokelele ekudalweni "kweeNgxelo zeAgenda eMnyama" kwiminyaka emibini kamva kumzamo ophumeleleyo wokugxila kumxholo wakhe odibeneyo kwiindawo zabafazi abaMnyama, amashishini, ezolonwabo, ezembali kunye nezemidlalo.
Malunga neshumi leminyaka kamva, iFord yaqengqeleka yaya kuthandwa kakhulu yinkcubeko yehip-hop nge "Rap It Up," umboniso wokuqala womculo wehip-hop kwimbali yaseMelika.
Emva kokubambisana kunye neBlackCommentator.com ngo-2002, yena kunye nabanye abasebenzi bewebhusayithi bashiya ukuphehlelela iNgxelo ye-Black Agenda, ehlala isisiseko solwazi, iindaba kunye nohlalutyo kumbono omnyama.
Kokunye ukuthumela kwakhe kokugqibela ngaphambi kokuba asweleke, uFord, kunye noKimberley, nge-21 kaJulayi ethetha ngokuvalelwa kukaMongameli wangaphambili woMzantsi Afrika uJacob Zuma, ukubuza imibuzo kwiNgxelo yeAgenda eMnyama ukuba ingaba imvukelo ebangelwe apho kufuneka ichongwe "njengogonyamelo" okanye "uqhushululu."
U-Glen Rutherford owazalelwa eGeorgia ngo-1949, uFord wayedume ngokuba ngu-James Brown, owayenesikhululo sikanomathotholo apho iFord yaqala khona ngo-Augusta, Georgia.
Kumzekelo wendlela uFord awenze ngayo umbono wokuba abambe amagosa anyuliweyo, wakhe waxoxa ngexesha lodliwanondlebe ngo-2009 malunga "nengxaki yokuziphatha" awayejamelene nayo ngokubuza uSen ngoko. U-Barack Obama malunga ne-ajenda yakhe yobongameli kunye nobulungu bakhe kwiBhunga leNkokheli yeDemokhrasi, eyayisebenza noFord Mnyama.com - ekubhekiswa kuyo “njengephiko lasekunene lenkqubo yeDemocratic Party.” U-Obama, uFord ukhumbule, uphendule "ngokungahambi kakuhle kweempendulo." Kodwa ngenxa yokuba uFord "wayengafuni ukubonwa njengononkala abangumqombothi emgqonyeni" kwaye ichaphazele ukunyuka kwezopolitiko kuka-Obama, wavumela u-Obama ukuba apase oko akubiza ngokuba "luvavanyo oluqaqambileyo."
UFord uthe yayiyimpazamo ukuba ngekhe aphinde ayenze kwaye wacebisa ukuba sisifundo esisifunde kakuhle.
“Andikaze ndizisole ngesigqibo sezopolitiko njengokuphumelela UBarack Obama xa kwakufuneka asilele kuvavanyo; kwaye khange siphinde siyenze loo mpazamo, ”utshilo uFord kudliwanondlebe.
