Lapho ngisemusha ngangivele ngizihleke imibiko yezindaba kaHitler namanye ama-fascists. Ngiyethemba ukuthi okwenzeka ngokulandelayo ngeke kuphinde kubonwe yisizukulwane sabazukulu bami
NguHarry Leslie Smith, 94, umakadebona we-RAF wempi yomhlaba yesibili,
Agasti 15, 2017, The Guardian.
A ukugodola kwenkumbulo kungifikele kule nyanga ka-August. Kuzwakala sengathi umoya wasehlobo ka-2017 usakazwa yimimoya yempi evunguza emhlabeni wonke ibheke eBrithani, njengoba yayinjalo ngo-1939.
EMpumalanga Ephakathi, eSaudi Arabia isusa iYemen ngonya olufana nolukaMussolini e-Ethiopia ngiseyingane ngo-1935. Ubuzenzisi bukahulumeni waseBrithani nesigaba esikhethekile buqinisekisa ukuthi igazi elingenacala lisageleza eSiriya, e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan. Uhulumeni kaTheresa May ugcizelela ukuthi ukuthula kungatholakala kuphela ngokwanda kwezikhali zempi ezindaweni ezingqubuzanayo. eVenezuela ithubeleza ekubhekaneni nesiphithiphithi futhi ukungenelela kwamanye amazwe ngenkathi esePhilippines, uRodrigo Duterte - evikelwe umfelandawonye wakhe neBrithani kanye ne-US - ubulala abasengozini ngecala lokuzama ukubalekela ubumpofu babo ngokusebenzisa izidakamizwa.
Ngenxa yokuthi sengimdala, manje sengineminyaka engu-94, ngiyazibona lezi zibonakaliso zenhlekelele. Izimpawu ezibandayo zikhona yonke indawo, mhlawumbe enkulu kunazo zonke i-US ezivumela yona ukuthi iholwe Donald Trump, umuntu ontula udumo, ukuhlakanipha nomusa nje wabantu. Kuwubuwula kubantu baseMelika ukukholelwa ukuthi ojenene babo bazobasindisa kuTrump njengoba kwenzeka kumaJalimane akhululekile ukukholelwa ukuthi amasosha azovikela isizwe ekweqiseni kukaHitler.
IBrithani nayo ayinakho ukuziqhenya ngayo. Kusukela ngempi yase-Iraq izwe lethu belilokhu liwohloka, njengoba ohulumeni abalandelanayo becekele phansi intando yeningi kanye nobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle, futhi bahlukumeza isimo senhlalakahle ngokuzikhandla, okusiholela ku-cul de sac ye-Brexit. NjengoTrump, i-Brexit ayikwazi ukuhlehliswa ngokungcwatshwa kwenkululeko - ingashintshwa kuphela uma imodeli yezomnotho ye-neoliberal iphihlizwa, njengokungathi isithombe sikamashiqela, ngabantu abakhululiwe.
Ngemva kweminyaka yombuso weTory, iBrithani ayikuhlomele kangako ukushintsha umlando ukuze ibe ngokuhle kunangesikhathi esasinjalo ngaphansi kukaNeville Chamberlain, lapho ubuNazi bushwelezwa ngawo-1930. Eqinisweni, asikho isizwe eYurophu noma eNyakatho Melika esinokukhala ngakho. Ngayinye igcwele ukungalingani, ukugwema intela enkulu yezinkampani - okuyinkohlakalo nje esemthethweni - kanye ne-neoliberalism ecekele phansi imiphakathi.
Ihlobo kufanele liduduze kodwa akunjalo kulo nyaka. Ngibheka abasha namuhla, uma ngibabuka ekuphumuleni kwabo; Ngithola ukufana okwesabekayo ebusweni bentsha yesizukulwane sami ehlobo lika-1939. Lapho ngisedolobheni, ngilalela uhleko lwabo, ngibabuke bejabulela ipayinti noma benxelana, futhi ngiyabesaba. .
Lo Agasti ufana kakhulu noka-1939; ihlobo lokugcina lokuthula kwaze kwaba ngo-1945. Khona-ke, lapho ngineminyaka engu-16 futhi ngisemanzi te ngemva kwezindlebe, ngangiya ezithombeni nabangane bami futhi sihleke nezindaba zikaHitler nezinye izilo zamafascist ezaziphila ngale kwalokho esasicabanga ukuthi kwakungafinyelelwa. . Sasingazi ukuthi ngo-August 1939, ukuphila okungenakuthula, ngaphandle kokubulawa kwabantu, ngaphandle kokuhlasela kwezindiza, ngaphandle kwe-blitz, kwakungalinganiswa ngezinsuku. Angikuzwanga ukuduma kwempi, kodwa njengekhehla ngiyakuzwa manje ngesizukulwane sabazukulu bami. Ngethemba ukuthi nginephutha. Kodwa ngithukile ngenxa yabo.
• Incwadi yakamuva kaHarry Leslie Smith Ungavumeli Ikusasa Lami libe Ikusasa Lakho ishicilelwe nguConstable & Robinson ngomhlaka-14 Septhemba
