NguMarc Eliot Stein, Agasti 25, 2018
UPeter Phillips, uprofesa wezepolitiki e-Sonoma State University kanye nomcwaningi wemithombo ye-Project Censored and Media Freedom Foundation, ubeke isifingqo sencwadi yakhe entsha ye-groundbreaking "Amantombazane: I-Global Power Elite" ngesonto eledlule e-Fordham University campus eManhattan. Lokhu kwakuyisikhathi esimisiwe sokwaziswa esichaze injongo ehlukile yale ncwadi entsha: ukuveza ukubuka komphakathi ukusebenza okuzimele komsebenzi wokubambisana okuthonya, imikhandlu yomhlaba wonke, amathangi okucabanga, ama-consortium kanye nezinye izinhlangano ezingekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni ezihumusha uhlelo lwabacebile amaphesenti owodwa emigomo yenqubomgomo kanye neziphakamiso zokuthi ohulumeni abanamandla kakhulu emhlabeni bangasebenza.
"Ama-giant: I-Global Power Elite" inokugxila ngokuqondile, okuyinto umbhali athatha isikhathi sokuchaza ekuqaleni kwenkulumo yakhe e-Fordham. Leli akuyona incwadi ephathelene nabantu abacebile kunazo zonke emhlabeni, noma ngezindleko ezinkulu ezikhohlakele kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngokuphathelene ne-subset encane lala maqembu amabili empeleni asebenzisa amandla ngokwenza izinqubomgomo, ukwenza izivumelwano nokuqoqa izimali ohulumeni abamukelayo nokuzenza. Le ncwadi ichaza izinhlangano empeleni ezenza umsebenzi wokuhumusha ama-pro-rich ajenda ezinqumweni zikahulumeni ezingenzeka, bese unikezela izakhiwo zokuxhasa imali ukuze unciphise ukwamukelwa kwala ma-ajenda. "Amantombazane" ahlose ukudalula lapho i-raber ihlangana nomgwaqo kwinqubomgomo yomhlaba jikelele, kubaphathi bemali njengoBlack Rock neVanguard Group kuya ezinhlanganweni zokufundisa eziyimfihlo njengeqembu le-30 ne-Bilderberg Group, empeleni, abaholi bezempi abafana ne-Atlantic Council, okwenza njengengalo engavumelekile yokwenza inqubomgomo kanye nesandla sokwakha ukubambisana kwe-NATO.
Akumele kusimangaze ukuthi isakhiwo sezempi-ezimbonini simele ngokuqinile ngaphakathi kwengqikithi yamandla omhlaba wonke. UPeter Phillips unikeza isahluko sonke se "Giants" kulabo okuthiwa "Abavikeli" abasebenza ngokukhethekile ekwakheni ukuvumelanisa phakathi kwezinqumo ezihlukahlukene zokuqinisekisa ukuthi impi yethu engapheliyo yeplanethi ingapheli ukuguqula inzuzo. Lesi sahluko esicacile sigcizelela umkhuba omusha ophazamisayo phakathi kwemikhuba eminingi endala ecindezelayo: ukuvela kwezinkampani zangasese ezizimele ezizimele ezifana ne-Blackwater, ezikhonjwe lapha njengengxenye yeConstellis Holdings, ne-G4S engaziwa.
"Ama-giant: I-Global Power Elite" ibalulekile ekuchazeni nje izinhlangano ezithonya kakhulu emhlabeni jikelele, kodwa futhi zichaza abantu ngabanye abasebenza kulezi zinhlangano. Iningi lencwadi ku-"Who's Who" ifomathi: ukufakwa ohlwini kwamagama wamagama angaphambilini-angaziwa, kuhlelwe ngama-alfabhethi futhi kugcwaliswe ngemininingwane efana nomsebenzi owedlule nowamanje, ubulungu bebhodi lezinkampani, umlando wezemfundo kanye nezimali eziyaziwayo.
Ukuthi le ncwadi ihlolwe ngokuyinhloko yenza kube lula ukuyisebenzisa futhi iqonde ngokushesha. Le ncwadi ihlelwe kahle ngesigaba: Abaphathi (ezezimali), Abagqugquzeli (abaqeqeshiwe bezemigomo), Abavikeli (abanikeli bezempi) futhi, okuthakazelisayo kakhulu, ama-Ideologists (ochwepheshe bezobudlelwano bomphakathi abasebenza ikakhulukazi ezinkampanini ezincane, i-Omnicom ne-WPP). UPhillips uhlanganyela ama-anecdotes namaqiniso omlando amangazayo ukuze achaze ukuthi la maqembu ahlukahlukene agxilisa kanjani ama-agenda azo abe yinto enobuthi.
Ukuphequlula ngokusebenzisa uhlu lwabantu ngabanye kuveza okuthomayo okutholakele, njengokuphindaphinda okumangalisayo kwegama elithi "iHarvard University" phakathi kwalaba bantu abathiwa bangaphandle. Funda ndawonye, lezi zincwadi ezicacile zembonisa indlela imingcele yezwe engabalulekanga ngayo kubangcweti abacebile kunazo zonke emhlabeni, abahamba phakathi kwe-USA, eNgilandi, eFrance, eJalimane naseJapane, njengoba nje nezinqubomgomo ezikhiqizayo ziqinisekisa ukuthi izakhamizi zamazwe izwe lizohlala lihlukumezekile empini.
UPeter Phillips ubhale incwadi ebalulekile, ecwaningwe kahle. Ibuye ibhuku elizinzile, ngoba lizama ukudalula amagama langempela kanye nokucaphuna okubhaliwe kwamaphephandaba amaningi emhlabeni wonke. Ukudalula la magama kuyisenzo sesibindi engxenyeni yomlobi, nomshicileli wezindaba ezingu-Seven. Izombusazwe ezimbi emhlabeni jikelele ezigcwele ukuphila kwethu kushiya abaningi bethu bazizwa bengenasici futhi bengenasici ebusweni bamandla abonakala ephelele. Sivunyelwe yini ukuba sibhale izincwadi ezinjenge "Giant", futhi uhlele amagama abantu ngabanye ngaphakathi kwamandla omhlaba wonke omhlaba abasebenza futhi abadayise izikhundla ezithinta impilo yethu?
Ingabe ikati ivumelekile ukubheka inkosi? Ingabe uprofesa wesayensi yezombusazwe kanye nomcwaningi wezindaba ozimele avumele ukubhala incwadi esitshela kahle ukuthi ubani onamaphesenti angu-100 wabathengi bamandla, futhi benzani? UPeter Phillips ubhale le ncwadi, futhi sonke singazuza ngokuqonda amaqiniso ngaphakathi.
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"Iziqhwaga: I-Global Power Elite" nguPeter Phillips
Ividiyo mayelana nale ncwadi kusuka ku-Project Censored
UMarc Eliot Stein uyilungu le World Beyond War ikomiti yokuxhumanisa.
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Sawubona! Bengifuna ukukubonga ngokwabelana ngale ncwadi! USolwazi Phillips ungumcwaningi nothisha omangalisayo futhi onentshiseko. Ngibe nelungelo lokwenza olwami ucwaningo mayelana nokungabi nakhaya ngaphansi kwesandla sakhe futhi ngifunde okuningi ngocwaningo lwesayensi yezokuhlalisana kwabantu mayelana nezindaba zobuntu kanye nezobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle ngonyaka odlule. Ukufunda ngaphansi kwakhe, ngangingazi ukuthi waziwa kangakanani emphakathini wakithi phakathi kwabameli kwaze kwaba yilapho ngihlanganyela ocwaningweni lwami. Ngempela ungumuntu onothando futhi ozithobile. Ngizobe ngithenga le ncwadi.