by UDavid Swanson, NgoMeyi 4, 2018.
Iminyaka engama-50 edlulileyo, uBobby Kennedy wayeza kuphumelela umongameli weDemocratic primaire e-Indiana. Wayeza kuphinda alahleke e-Oregon kwaye kwiiveki ezimbalwa aphumelele eCalifornia, ngokucwangcisa ngokunyanisekileyo i-White House, aze abulawe ngobusuku obufanayo. I ifilimu I-RFK kufuneka ibulale kunye nencwadi Ngubani owabulala uBobby? ukushiya ngokungathandabuzeki ukuba i-CIA yambulala. Kwaye akukho nantoni ukuba abaninzi baye babecingela kakhulu, okuye kwaba nefuthe elibi kwizombusazwe zase-US nokuba akunjalo. Kodwa impembelelo enkulu ye-RFK yokubulala ihluke kumbuzo othi ngubani owambulala.
Xa ndizalelwa ngoDisemba ka-1969, uRichard Nixon wayengumongameli, ukulwa nokulwa nokulwa nobuhlanga kwakusenyuka, ukugcinwa kwintolongo kunye nemfazwe kwizidakamizwa kwakhiwe, ubutyebi buqala ukulingana kunokuba lulingane, iVietnam kunye neLaos neCambodia zaye zabhujiswa, ukunyanzeliswa kwabasebenzi kwakusanda kuqalisa ukusabalalisa, amapolisa ayenempi, ama-scandal of Watergate ayekufutshane. Umthetho kunye nomyalelo kwakuyiyo ebhiyozelwayo, ngelixa abantu behamba ngoxolo, intando yesininzi, amalungelo omama, indawo kunye namakhulu eminye imiphefumlo emihle yayiza kukhubeka, kungekudala ibonwe ngamandla afanayo ukusuka ngaloo mini ukuya kulo.
Kulula kakhulu ukuwongamela kwaye emva kokunciphisa ukugqithisa. I-United States kunye nehlabathi babengenayo iparadesi ngaphambi kokubulawa kwababili uKennedys, uMartin Luther King, noMalcolm X. Akukho konke okuye kwanda ngakumbi kwangoko. Ezinye izinto zifumene ngcono ngakumbi. Kodwa ezinye iimpawu eziphawulekayo ziguqulwa ngakumbi kwilo xesha. Ubutyebi baqala ukugxila ngendlela engakaze ibonwe ngaphambili. I-Militarism yaqala ukujongwa ngendlela engakaze ibonwe ngaphambili. Umendo, owaqhubeka noNixon njengomongameli, ukuqhubela phambili kwabantu abaqhubela phambili ekuthathweni komthetho kwimeko, ubumpofu, njl njl., Waqala ukutshintshwa ngumthetho we, kunye ne-oligarchy. I shishini lasejele. Amalungelo kunye namalungelo oluntu anqabile. Kwaye isithembiso sePlase People's Campaign sishiywa ngasemva kwinkqubo yokunxibelelana yokuba izizathu zenkcubeko nezakhi zizivumelanisa nehlabathi elitsha nelingaphantsi kwabantu.
UBobby Kennedy wayengenalo abalindi abaxhobileyo kuba wayehlala ngexesha ngaphambi kokubulawa kukaBobby Kennedy, ngexesha apho izapolitiki zazidibana nabantu ezitrato zazitshixa izandla zabo, kwaye iifayili zibandakanya ilizwi lamahlwempu kunye nokukhuthaza ukuthula nobulungisa - kungekho ngendlela efanelekileyo, kodwa ngendlela engabonakaliyo kwiinkampani zaseMelika namhlanje. Namhlanje, uBobby Kennedy akayi kudutshulwa ngumntu ofuna ukumsusa emandleni. Namhlanje, imigaqo yeprayimari yayiza kugqitywa okanye iivoti "zibalwe" ngokwahlukileyo, okanye enye ividiyo ephazamisayo ukusuka kwii-RFK zikaMcCarthyite Commie-hunting days ziza kukhishwa ngamaxesha e-479,983,786 kumabonwakude, okanye ukuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo kuya kwenziwa iindaba zosuku ezintathu kwiiveki. Namhlanje izinto ziphathwa ngandlela-thile kunokuba batsho abaphathi kunye nokuza kuba ngabaongameli, nangona into enjalo isenokwenzeka. Kodwa ukuba ngaba kunjalo, akukho nelilodwa ilizwi lokungabaza malunga negosa elisemthethweni lokubulawa, nangona kunjalo ukugqithiswa kwamabali asemthethweni, kuya kuvunyelwa emoyeni.
Kulula kakhulu ukucinga ukuba uBobby Kennedy akayi kuthi, njengomphathi, wayekho konke okubonakalayo. Wayengekho ngokunyanisekileyo kwaye enyanisekileyo. Wayekho, emva koko, ekumangaleleni esidlangalaleni ukukholelwa kwiKhomishoni yeWarren kunye nokuzimela ngasese umntakwabo wayebulewe isicwangciso esinamandla. Imbali yakhe kwezopolitiko yayingekho ingelosi. Kodwa ke uBobby Kennedy udlulileyo kunye nesithembiso sakhe esenza ukuba aqhubeke ebonakalisa nanamhlanje umviwa ofanelekileyo kumongameli wase-US, ongafanelanga umntu omelekileyo. Akakwazanga ukugxothwa njengento engenakuhlonela. Wayebe nguGqwetha Jikelele kunye neSenator. Umntakwabo wayengumongameli kwaye wabulawa. Kwaye ke uBobby uye waqondwa ngokuthe ngcembe, wakhathalela, kwaye empeleni asebenzele amalungelo ahlwempuzekileyo, abamnyama, aseLatinos, abasebenzi basefama kunye noxolo. Namhlanje, akukho nongameli we-US angabanjwa kufuphi neCesar Chavez okanye umkhankaso wokuphelisa imfazwe, kwaye akukho mqhubi owenzayo okanye uthi izinto ezinjalo ziya kuvunyelwa kwiingxoxo okanye kumabonwakude.
Ukuba umgqatswa osekhulile ukhumbula izibini ze-1960 zaza kuqhubela umongameli wase-US kwelinye lamalungu amaqela amakhulu namhlanje, ziza kugxininisa i-primaries against him, zigijime i-monger yemfazwe yenkampani, ize ityala ukulahlekelwa kwayo. . . kulinda. . . ERashiya, kukhulisa iMfazwe yeNtsholongwane entsha. Ukuba amaphiko evemvane angashintsha ubukhosi besikhathi esizayo, ngoko ngokwenene i-1968 yedemokhrasi yendibano eyayibhiyozela uxolo, ubulungisa kunye nenceba, endaweni yokubhikisana kwamapolisa okwenzeka ngokwenene, yayiza kusinika ihlabathi elingafaniyo neentlobo zomongameli abaviwa abaye balawula ubomi bam.
Ngokuqinisekileyo kukho ingxaki yezopolitiko kunye neengxaki zembali ekuchazeni amagunya amakhulu kubantu abangabodwa. Kodwa ingxaki yezopolitiko inciphisa iimbali. I-United States inene ngokwenene, kwaye ibe yimbi kakhulu, inikwe amandla obukhosi kumongameli, kwaye loo nkqubo yayiqhubekile ngexesha iNixon ithatha itrone. Ukuba uRFK wayengumongameli, wayeya kubhekana nobutsha bephiko elifanelekileyo, i-CIA, i-mafia, njl., Nokuba ungakholelwa ukuba loo nto inokubulala umntu. Kodwa inxalenye yembono yeziqinisekiso zakhe ezizodwa ziquka ingcamango yokuba uya kuphanda ngokuphandle ukubulawa komntakwabo noMartin Luther King, kunye neminye imisebenzi yezobugebengu, ukuba uya kuphelisa okanye angayigxininisi i-CIA, njengokuba kwakunzima ngaphambili Igosa likaGqwetha-Jikelele akayi kukhawulela iikhontrakthi ezilandelayo emva kokuzama ukulandelwa ngendlela kaFranlin Roosevelt, kodwa yayiza kubeka ngokuqinisekileyo uhlobo oluthile loorhulumente omele ubala, kwaye ukuba i-activism ukuyigcina yayiza kuqhubeka kwaye ikhule.
Ndiyayifaka iimeko ezibonakalayo, ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa nayiphi na uphando olunzulu malunga nokuba omnye okanye ezimbini ukubulawa kukaKennedy kuya kunceda ukubuyisela ukuzithemba nokuthatha inxaxheba kurhulumente, kungakhathaliseki ukuba bakufumene ntoni. Ibinzana elithi "i-conspiracy theory" kungenzeka ukuba ayinakuthatha njengendlela yokugxeka zonke iingcamango ezingamkelekanga, ukusuka kwiindawo eziqhelekileyo eziqhelekileyo. Impembelelo yemfihlo evulekileyo yabani owabulala uKennedys uye waba mbi ngaphezu kobu bungqina okanye ukulwa nezicwangciso zokubulala. UMongameli Obama wayengenguye wokuqala umongameli wase-United States ukuba akhulume ngokuphindaphindiweyo, ngokwemiqathango ethembekileyo, ukuba uya kubeka phambili imigaqo-nkqubo yoluntu efanelekileyo ukuze angapheli omnye uKennedy. Xa ndisebenza kuDennis Kucinich kumongameli ngokuqinisekileyo ndakuva kubantu abaninzi ababekholelwa ukuba ukuba wayeke afike phambili kwimpopuko wayeza kubulawa. Ngoko ke, impembelelo yokubulawa kuka-RFK iye yagqithiswa ngokubanzi kokuqonda isizathu sokuba abulawe.
Amanye amaphupha okujika kwimbali angabhaniswa zizigidi, kunjalo. Kuthekani ukuba uMasipala waseGeorge W. Bush ubengenakunyulwa kwaye ususwe kwiofisi zakhe zobugebengu, kubandakanywa iimfazwe? Ngaba iimfazwe ezifanayo ziya kuhlala zijikeleza? Ngaba abaphuli-mthetho abakhulu babeza kubakho i-TV yonke ixesha kwaye batyunjwe kwiindawo zekhabhinethi? Kuthekani ukuba ukuvinjelwa kwabaongameli bobugebengu obuphambanisayo bephakanyisiwe namhlanje? Kuthekani ukuba intlangano ethandwayo yayiza kuphakanyiswa ukutshabalalisa izixhobo zamandla omkhosi kunye nendawo yokulawula phantsi kolawulo lukawonkewonke? Kuthekani ukuba iPhulo elitsha eliPhuphukileyo liza kuphumelela? Kuthekani ukuba ukunyuka koxolo lwamazwe kukufumana amandla okumisa imfazwe? Yonke into ekuthiwa ngayo: akusekho ixesha elide ukuthabatha izikhombandlela ezingcono kunezo ezilahlekileyo ezizayo. Ukuqonda ukubaluleka kokwenza njalo, nangona kunjalo, kunokuncediswa ukuqonda okungcono oko kufikeleleka kakhulu, oko kwakusenyuswe phezulu, kwakunjani - ngokuqinisekileyo-kubiwe kude nathi ngabambulali be-CIA abazimeleyo ukuba babesazi kakuhle.
