NguBruce CT Wright, Ukuphikiswa Okudumile, Agasti 1, 2021
QAPHELA: Kuyadabukisa kakhulu ukuthi sibika ngokudlula emhlabeni kukaGlen Ford, umngani nomeluleki kithi kwaPopular Resistance. UGlen wayeyindoda eqotho ngokujule njalo ehlala enqamula iziphazamiso ukuze agxile kulokho okubalulekile futhi enikeza ukuhlaziywa okukhazimulayo kwesimo sezepolitiki ngokucaca okucacile nangokungaguquguquki. Ukhunjulwa kakhulu. Sizwelana kakhulu nomndeni kaGlen nethimba leBlack Agenda Report. - MF
Kusuka Ready for Revolution ku Hood wamaKhomanisi: Glen Ford: Kusuka Kudala kuya Kokhokho
Akujwayelekile ukuthi uzwe ukuthi abantu abaningi base-Afrika bethulwe kuGlen Ford ngesikhathi nje 'sebenamandla' okushiya iqembu lentando yeningi. Leso singeniso sasivame ukuza ngendlela ye- The Umbiko we-Black Agenda lapho abakwaFord (nabanye) ngokuqhubekayo bekhetha khona ubuqili nobushushu beqembu le-neoliberal. Akulona ihaba ukusho ukuthi i-BAR isethe ithoni yokuqonda lokho izinhlangothi zombili ziyafana. Ngesikhathi seminyaka engu-8 yokuphazamiseka okukhulu kukaBarack Obama, ukuhlaziywa kukaFord kwakubukhali futhi kusangulukisa. Iqiniso lakhe lisitshela ngqo ngezinsizakusebenza ezijwayelekile ezasakaza 'abantu abaMnyama abaMnyama' njengabameleli bamanga ngezimo zezinto zabantu base-Afrika e-US futhi zaveza ukuthi ukubhekabheka kubukeka kanjani.
Empeleni, bekungukungayekethisi kweqiniso likaFord elitshengisa lokho ngohlaka oluningi lokuqonda ukuthi kwenzekani— Isigaba Sokukhohliswa Okumnyama. Ukuqonda ukuthi kukhona abalingisi emphakathini wethu abasebenza indima ethile ekunqandeni uquqaba lwabantu bakithi kude nenkululeko kukhiqize ezinye izinhlaka, ezifana ukunciphisa ubunikazi. Ngenxa yalokho, umuntu ngeke awuphike umthelela wokuthi Umbiko we-Black Agenda kuqhubekile Hood wamaKhomanisi kanye nomthelela izintatheli ezinjengoGlen Ford ezibe nawo kithina sonke esiphokophela ukubaluleka kwemithombo yezindaba yase-Afrika ezimele evukelayo.
Iminikelo kaFord yakha umzila wezepolitiki ezilwa nama-impiriyali zesiko lamaBlack radical. Umsebenzi wakhe ku umsakazo nokuphrinta kwaphoqelelwa ukuphakanyiswa kokuphikisana komzabalazo wesigaba sangaphakathi okhona ngaphakathi komphakathi oMnyama osopolitiki zawo zibhajwe ezingxenyeni zeqembu lentando yeningi, eminyakeni eyishumi ngemuva kweshumi.
Abahleli beHood Communist behlonipha uKent Ford ku Izinganekwane ezimnyama Podcast
I-Hood Communist Collective idlulisa amazwi enduduzo emndenini wonke weBlack Agenda Report. Umsebenzi kaFord wanikeza iningi lethu elilwa nenkululeko amathuluzi emibono yokubhekana nezinhloso zeqembu lentando yeningi, izifiso eziphikisana nenkululeko yabantu bakithi. Ngokugcizelela kwi-Ajenda EMNYAMA kwezepolitiki waphonsela inselelo 'i-schizophrenia yezepolitiki' ehambisana nenkululeko yabamnyama futhi wasikhuthaza sonke ukuthi nathi senze okufanayo.
UGlen Ford Uchithe Ngaphezu Kweminyaka Engu-XNUMX Eletha Izindaba Ezivela Embonweni Omnyama Esilinganisweni Sikazwelonke.
UGlen Ford, owayengumakadebona kwezokusakaza, ukuphrinta kanye nentatheli yedijithali owayephethe uhlelo lokuqala lwenhlolokhono yezindaba ezimnyama olwahlanganiswa kuzwelonke ku-TV ngaphambi kokuthola iwebhusayithi ye-Black Agenda Report, ushonile, ngokusho kwemibiko. Wayeneminyaka engama-71 ubudala.
Imbangela yokufa kukaFord ayizange ibikwe ngokushesha. Imithombo eminingana imemezele ukushona kwakhe ngoLwesithathu ekuseni, kufaka phakathi uMargaret Kimberley, umhleli nombhali wephephandaba iBlack Agenda Report, umagazini wezindaba wamasonto onke onikeza ukuphawula nokuhlaziya ngombono wabamnyama owasungulwa yiFord futhi waba ngumhleli wayo omkhulu.
Amazwi enduduzo aqale ukugcwala ezinkundleni zokuxhumana uma sekuvele izindaba zokushona kukaFord.
Ukushayela uFord intatheli yezemisebenzi kuyinto engezansi. Ngokwe-bio yakhe kuwebhusayithi ye-Black Agenda Report, UFord wayebika lezi zindaba bukhoma emsakazweni eneminyaka eyi-11 ubudala futhi waqhubeka nokujabulela umsebenzi wobuntatheli iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-40 eyayihlanganisa ukusebenza njengenhloko yesikhungo saseWashington kanye nomlobi obhala ngeWhite House, ICapitol Hill noMnyango Wezwe.
Ngemuva kokuqala kwakhe emsakazweni wezindaba e-Augusta, eGeorgia, uFord walola amakhono akhe kwezinye iziteshi zezindaba zendawo futhi ekugcineni wenza i- "Black World Report," umagazini wezindaba wamasonto onke ohlanganisiwe owavula indlela yokuba iBlack Agenda Report ibe isungulwe. Eminyakeni eminingi kamuva, ngo-1977, iFord yasiza ekusunguleni, ekukhiqizeni nasekusingatheni i- “American's Black Forum,” uhlelo lokuqala lwenhlolokhono yezindaba ezimnyama olwahlanganiswa kuzwelonke kuthelevishini yezentengiselwano.
Lokho kwaholela ekwakhiweni "kweMibiko ye-Black Agenda" eminyakeni emibili kamuva emzameni ophumelelayo wokugxila kokuqukethwe kwakhe okuhlanganisiwe ezindaweni zabesifazane abaMnyama, ezamabhizinisi, ezokungcebeleka, ezomlando nezemidlalo.
Cishe eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva, iFord yangena ekuthandweni okwakukhona ngaleso sikhathi kwesiko le-hip-hop nge "Rap It Up," umbukiso wokuqala womculo we-hip-hop emlandweni waseMelika.
Ngemuva kokubambisana iBlackCommentator.com ngo-2002, yena kanye nabanye abasebenzi bewebhusayithi bashiya ukwethula iBlack Agenda Report, ehlala ingumthombo wolwazi odumile, izindaba nokuhlaziywa ngombono wabamnyama.
Kokunye kokuthumela kwakhe kokugcina ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe, uFord, kanye noKimberley, ngoJulayi 21 wakhuluma ngokuboshwa kukaMengameli wakuleli wakuleli uMnuz Jacob Zuma, ebuzwa eMbikweni we-Black Agenda ukuthi ngabe ukuvukela okuholele lapho kufanele kubhekwe "njengeziyaluyalu" noma "ukuvukela umbuso."
Wazalelwa uGlen Rutherford eGeorgia ngo-1949, uFord unesibongo sakhe esifushaniswe nguJames Brown, owayengumnikazi wesiteshi somsakazo lapho iFord yaqala khona e-Augusta, eGeorgia.
Esibonelweni sendlela abakwaFord abenza ngayo iphuzu lokuthi abaphathi abakhethiwe baphendule, wake waxoxa ngesikhathi enengxoxo ngo-2009 mayelana "nenkinga yokuziphatha" abhekana nayo ngokubuza uSen ngaleso sikhathi. UBarack Obama mayelana ne-ajenda yakhe yobumengameli kanye nobulungu bakhe kwiDemocratic Leadership Council, iFord - eyayisebenza nayo ngaleso sikhathi IBlackCommentator.com - obizwa “njengephiko elifanele lezinkampani zeDemocratic Party.” U-Obama, uFord uyakhumbula, uphendule “ngokungahambi kahle kwezimpendulo ezingekho.” Kodwa ngenxa yokuthi uFord “wayengafuni ukubonwa njengezinkalankala eziyisaga emgqonyeni” futhi ethinta nokwenyuka kwezombusazwe kuka-Obama, wavumela u-Obama ukuthi aphumelele lokho akubiza ngokuthi “ukuhlolwa komugqa ogqamile.”
UFord uthe kube yiphutha lokho angeke aphinde akwenze futhi waphakamisa ukuthi yisifundo esifundwe kahle leso.
“Angikaze ngizisole ngesinqumo sezepolitiki njengokuthi ngiphasile Barack Obama lapho kufanele ngabe wehlulekile isivivinyo; futhi asiphindanga saliphinda lelo phutha, ”kusho uFord kwinhlolokhono.
