NguBrian Garvey, Uxolo kunye neeNdaba zePlanethi, Julayi 17, 2022
Abo baqhelene nomculo kaRoger Waters bayazi ukuba amandla okudala asemva kwePink Floyd litshantliziyo elithetha phandle. Kodwa ukuqinisekisa ukuba wonke umntu uyawazi amanqaku kumdlalo waqala ngesibhengezo esilula esasasazwa kwisandisi-lizwi kwaye sachwethezwa kwizikrini zevidiyo ezinkulu ngoonobumba abakhulu:Ukuba ungomnye wabo 'ndiyamthanda uPink Floyd kodwa andikwazi ukumelana nabantu bezopolitiko bakaRoger,' ungenza kakuhle ukuba uye ebharini ngoku.
Ebengaqhuli. Ukususela ekuqaleni ukuya ekugqibeleni, uWaters wasebenzisa iqonga lakhe ukukhwaza umyalezo kwiGadi yaseBoston egcweleyo. Yayingumyalezo owawuchasene ngokucacileyo nemfazwe, uchasene nomthetho, abantu abaxhasayo, kunye nobulungisa; enika amagqabantshintshi angazange achukumiseke nje kuphela kodwa ayengumngeni ngabom kubaphulaphuli abaqhelekileyo.
Amatshantliziyo kufuneka azi ukuba uRoger Waters yeyona nto yokwenyani. Amavolontiya kunye nabasebenzi abavela eMassachusetts Peace Action bebezimase isimemo sobubele samahlakani ethu exesha elide, iSmedley D. Butler Brigade yeVeterans for Peace. Bawafumene amatikiti kuRoger Waters ngokwakhe. Ukuqonda ukubaluleka komsebenzi we-VFP, indoda yexesha elide ngaphambili kwelinye lamaqela amakhulu e-rock kwimbali wamema abagqugquzeli boxolo ekusebenzeni kwakhe kwaye bacela ukuba basasaze umyalezo wabo. Ngelixa iVets for Peace inikezela ngeekopi zoXolo kunye nePlanethi, iphephandaba labo elichasayo kunye nemozulu, kwitafile yemfundo eGadini, amatshantliziyo e-MAPA ayengaphandle ehambisa iindiza ngokuchasene nokukhukula kwe-Ukraine ngezixhobo ezinceda ukutyebisa abenzi benzuzo emfazweni.
Sasisazi ukuba abaphulaphuli babeza kusabela kakuhle yaye isigidimi sethu sasiza kubethelelwa eqongeni. Akukho namnye kuthi owayelindele ukuba ivakaliswe ngokuvakalayo nangokucacileyo. Kwisithuba seeyure ezimbini ezinesiqingatha Amanzi ajongana phantse nayo yonke imiba eyenziwa yiMassachusetts Peace Action yonke imihla. Wabetha emfazweni kuMbindi Mpuma, amalungelo asePalestina, eLatin America, izixhobo zenyukliya, ubulungisa bobuhlanga, amapolisa asemkhosini, amalungelo emveli, kunye nokuqhubeka. Ukuvuma kukaWaters ukuthatha izihloko ezinzima ngokuthe ngqo nangokunzulu, kunye nentethelelo ayifumene kubaphulaphuli abaqhelekileyo, yaba yinkuthazo efanele ukujongwa ngokusondeleyo.
Umboniso waqala ngoguqulelo olungaphantsi lwe "Comfortably Numb." Idityaniswe nemifanekiso yesixeko esichithekileyo nesiyinkangala kwizikrini zevidiyo zeenyawo ze-100, umyalezo wawucacile. Le yimiphumo yokungakhathali. Njengoko izikrini ezinkulu zinyuka ziveza inqanaba eliphakathi kumjikelo, ibhendi yangena “kwesinye isitena eludongeni,” mhlawumbi owona mhobe udumileyo kaPink Floyd. Amanzi asebenzise le ngoma ukuqaqambisa imfundo esiyifumana sonke ngepropaganda enemiyalezo efana nethi "SIBALUNGELE ABABI" eskrola kwiscreen ngokuphindaphindiweyo.
Okulandelayo, ngexesha elithi "Ubukroti bokuphuma kwiRange," kwafika imifanekiso yawo wonke umongameli ukususela kuRonald Reagan. Ecaleni kweleyibhile enkulu ethi “WAR CRIMINAL,” kwakukho ii-rap sheets zabo. Amanzi acaphula i-500,000 yabantwana baseIraq ababulawa zisohlwayo sikaBill Clinton, i-1 yesigidi yabulawa kwiimfazwe zikaGeorge W. Bush, iinkqubo zedrone zikaBarack Obama kunye noDonald Trump, kunye nomfanekiso kaJoe Biden ngesicatshulwa esifihlakeleyo "esandula ukuqalisa ..." Yitsho. into oyithandayo, kuRoger Waters ayithethi malunga nokuthatha inxaxheba. Ulandele umbhiyozo oncomekayo wokuchasa i-Standing Rock ngexesha lengoma entsha, "iBar," eyaphela ngombuzo olula, "ungawufumana ngobubele umhlaba wethu?"
Emva kweengoma ezimbalwa zokubonga umseki wakhe kunye nomhlobo osenyongweni uSyd Barrett, owathi kabuhlungu wabulawa kukugula ngengqondo ngasekupheleni kweminyaka engama-60, uWaters wadlala "izimvu" kwimbeko yakhe ye-1977 kuGeorge Orwell, Izilwanyana. Ukhale ngelithi, “iihagu nezinja zinamandla ngakumbi namhlanje, ukanti asikabafundisi kakuhle abantwana bethu. Sibafundisa ubullshit njengokuxwilwa, ubuzwe obugqithisileyo, kunye nentiyo yabanye. Okulusizi kukuba sibafundisa nokuba ziigusha ezilungileyo.”
Akukho namnye wokuchitha umzuzwana, umboniso ngexesha lokuphumla unokuba ngowona myalezo ucacileyo ngokuchasene nemfazwe kunye nokwenza inzuzo yemfazwe kuwo wonke umsebenzi. Ihagu enkulu evuthekayo, eyona nto iphambili kwiikonsathi zePink Floyd nayo evela kwiZilwanyana, yadada phezulu ngaphezu kwabaphulaphuli yabhabha yajikeleza ibala lemidlalo. Kwelinye icala kwakukho umyalezo othi “Fuck the Mahlwempu.” Kwelinye icala, “Yiba kumahlwempu, uphe izityebi.” Ifakwe ecaleni kwale miyalezo yayiziilogo zezona “kontraka zokhuselo” ezinkulu zehlabathi, abaxhamli bemfazwe iRaytheon Technologies, iLockheed Martin, iiNkqubo zeBAE, iiNkqubo zeElbit, nokunye.
Njengoko iseti yesibini yaqalisa iibhanile ezibomvu zawa ukusuka eluphahleni kwaye isihlwele sathunyelwa ngequbuliso kwindibano yobuFascist eyayisithi “Enyameni” kunye “Balekani njengesihogo.” Enxibe okomntu onegunya kwidyasi emnyama yesikhumba, izibuko ezimnyama, kunye nebhanti ebomvu, uWaters wabonisa ubungozi bamapolisa axhobileyo, ubuhlanga, kunye neenkolo zobuntu. Izikrini zibonise imifanekiso yamapolisa enxibe ngokungafaniyo nezaqhwithi ze-fascist, umbono osele uqhelekile kwiminyaka yakutshanje.
Amanzi aqhubeleka nalo lonke icala lesibini lecwecwe likaPink Floyd elimnyama leNyanga. Ukudibanisa ubungxowankulu kunye nemfazwe kwakhona wabonisa imifanekiso yokupakisha imali ngeenqwelomoya zokulwa, iihelikopta zokuhlasela, kunye nemipu yokuhlasela ngexesha "leMali." Uqhubekile wadlala "Us and Them," "Nawuphi na uMbala owuthandayo," kunye no "Eclipse," ezazisetyenziselwa ukubhiyozela iyantlukwano kunye nokulwela ubunye kunye nabo bonke abantu. Izifinyezo zabantu abavela kwiinkcubeko kwihlabathi liphela badityaniswe kunye ukwenza i-tapestry, ekugqibeleni benza i-spectrum yokukhanya ngeprism kwi-albhamu ye-albhamu ye-Dark Side.
Ngeli nqanaba kumboniso unxibelelwano phakathi kwegcisa kunye nabaphulaphuli lwalucacile. Ukuqhwatywa kwezandla kwaqhubeka kwada kwafikelela kwinqanaba lokuba uWaters abonakale echukumisekile yimpendulo, kufutshane neenyembezi zovuyo noxabiso. Umqolo wakhe wawumfutshane kodwa unamandla. “IiLanga Ezimbini eLangeni,” ingoma ethetha ngembubhiso yenyukliya, yabonisa umhlaba oluhlaza owoyiswe sisiphango esikhulu somlilo wesixhobo seathom. Abantu abamsulwa baba zii-silhouette zaza ezo silhouettes zajika zangamaphecana amaninzi atshayo njengoko avuzwa ngumothuko wokothuka.
AyingoBantakwethu bakaDoobie. Ngumboniso onzima. URoger Waters, njengegcisa kunye netshantliziyo elilwela amalungelo njengoko eyimvumi, ukhumbuza abaphulaphuli bakhe ukuba bangonwabi koko kungalunganga kuluntu lwethu. Usikhathaza ngabom. Yenzelwe ukuba ibe yimpama ebusweni kwaye ihlaba ngaphezu kokuba iyonwabisa. Kodwa kukho ithemba nakuyo. Ukwazi ukuba le miba intsonkothileyo kunye nemiceli mngeni inokudlala kubaphulaphuli abaqhelekileyo, okanye ubuncinci kwisihlwele ebesigcwele kwenye yeendawo ezinkulu zedolophu, kunika intliziyo. Kufuneka inike intliziyo kubavukeli bemozulu abalwa neminyaka engama-200 yeoli kunye namalahle kunye negesi kunye nemali. Kufuneka inike amandla amatsha ntliziyo eBLM abethwa ngezintywizisi neentonga kunye namakhaka odushe; nokuba abanjwe zizigebenga zamaNazi okanye amapolisa aziphatha njengawo. Kufuneka inike ithemba kubalweli boxolo kwilizwe lemfazwe yanaphakade.
URoger Waters akoyiki ukuthi, "Fuck the Warmongers." Ayoyiki ukuthi “Fuck your Guns.” Ungoyiki ukuthi "Fuck Empires." Ungoyiki ukuthi "I-Assange yasimahla." Ungoyiki ukuthi "iPalestine yasimahla." Ukulungele ukunikezela umboniso kumaLungelo oLuntu. Kumalungelo eNzala. Ukutshintshela Amalungelo. KwiLungelo Lokuchasa Umsebenzi.
Ayingomntu wonke. Abanye abantu baye bangena e-bar. Ngubani ozidingayo? NgoLwesibini ebusuku iGadi yaseBoston yayizele ngabantu abalungele ukuva lo myalezo. Umyalezo wethu. Kubusuku bethu obumnyama bomphefumlo bonke abaphembeleli baye bazibuza, "Ngaba kukho nabani na ngaphandle?"
Impendulo nguEwe. Baphaya phandle kwaye bahluthi, njengathi. Izimvo ezinje ngoxolo kunye nobulungisa kunye nokuchasa ugunyaziso aziyomqobo. Zezona ziqhelekileyo. Kuyanceda ukwazi oko. Kuba Amanzi enyanisile. Oku akuyo-drill. Yinyani kwaye imiba iphezulu. Kodwa abantu bethu balapha. Kwaye ukuba sinokudibana, sinokuphumelela.
