Ibhalwe nguMarc Eliot Stein, World BEYOND War, Julayi 31, i-2022
World BEYOND War is ukubamba i-webinar ngesonto elizayo nomqambi wengoma omkhulu nesishoshovu esimelene nempi uRoger Waters. Ngemva kwesonto, uhambo lwekhonsathi kaRoger “This Is Not A Drill” luzofika eNew York City – uBrian Garvey wasitshela ngalo. umbukiso waseBoston - futhi ngizobe ngilapho, ngethula nenhlangano yethu esizakwethu iVeterans for Peace. Uma uza ekhonsathini, ngicela ningithole etafuleni le-Veterans for Peace bese uthi sawubona.
Ukuba umqondisi wezobuchwepheshe we World BEYOND War unginikeze ithuba lokuhlangana nabanye abantu abakhethekile okwathi eminyakeni edlule bangisiza ukuba ngithole eyami indlela yokulwela ukuthula. Phakathi nesikhathi ekuphileni kwami engangingahileleki kunoma iyiphi inhlangano, kwenzeka ngafunda izincwadi zikaNicholson Baker noMedea Benjamin ezavusa imibono ekhanda lami eyagcina ingiholele ekufuneni izindlela zokuzihilela mathupha esenzweni se-pacifist. Kwangijabulisa kakhulu ukuxoxa nabo bobabili emculweni World BEYOND War podcast futhi ngibatshele ukuthi imisebenzi yabo ingikhuthaze kangakanani.
Ukusiza ukusingatha i-webinar noRoger Waters kuzothatha lokhu kuyise ezingeni elisha kimi. Akubanga eminyakeni edlule kodwa emashumini eminyaka edlule lapho ngaqala khona ukudonsa idiski elimnyama le-vinyl kukhava ye-albhamu emnyama ebonisa umsebe wokukhanya, iprism nothingo, futhi ngezwa izwi elithambile nelinosizi licula la mazwi:
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I-albhamu ka-Pink Floyd yango-1973 ethi “Dark Side of the Moon” iwuhambo lomculo oluya emqondweni oyimfihlo okhathazekile, umkhankaso wokuvakasha mayelana nokuhlukaniswa nobuhlanya. I-albhamu ivula ngesimemo sokuphefumula, njengoba imisindo ejikelezayo ibonisa ubuhlanya bezwe elimatasa nelingenandaba. Amazwi nokushaya kwenhliziyo nezinyathelo kuyanyamalala ngaphakathi nangaphandle - izikhumulo zezindiza, amawashi - kodwa umculo ojulile udonsa umlaleli esikhathini esidlule umsindo nesiphithiphithi, futhi ingxenye yokuqala yerekhodi iphetha ngokukhululeka kwamanye amazwe, amazwi ezingelosi amemezayo uzwela lwe-harmonic kuthrekhi ebizwa ngokuthi "I-Great Gig in the Sky".
Ohlangothini lwesibili lwe-albhamu, sibuyela ezinkingeni zezwe elithukuthele. Izinhlamvu zemali ezihambayo "Zemali" zingena eculweni lempi elithi "Us and Them" lapho ojenene behlala khona futhi bahambise imigqa kumephu ukusuka ngapha nangapha. Kunomuzwa wokucindezeleka omkhulu kangangokuthi ukuwela ebuhlanya kuzwakala kungenakugwenywa - kodwa njengoba "Ukulimala Kobuchopho" kungena engomeni yokugcina ethi "Eclipse" siqala ukuzwa ukuthi izwi eliculayo kithi alihlanyi nhlobo. Yizwe elihlanyayo, futhi lezi zingoma zisimema ukuthi sithole ingqondo yethu ngokungena ngaphakathi, ngokwethemba imizwelo yethu futhi singakunaki ukuvinjelwa kwesixuku, ngokwamukela ukuhlukaniswa kwethu nomphakathi esingazi ukuthi singawusindisa kanjani, nokuphephela ebuhleni bobuciko nomculo nasekuphileni uwedwa, neqiniso.
Ivamise ukucashunwa njengobuciko obuphelele obuphelele bukaRoger Waters njengombhali wengoma nomculi, i-albhamu ebabazekayo ethi “The Dark Side of the Moon” ibonakala imayelana nokusangana kodwa uma uyibhekisisa imayelana nokusangana kwezwe langaphandle, kanye namagobolondo aqinile okuhlukaniswa. kanye nobuhlungu abanye bethu abangase badinge ukuba bakhe eduze kwethu ukuze sigweme ukunqotshwa isifiso sokuvumelana. Akuyona ingozi ukuthi i-albhamu ibeka ngenye indlela u-Henry David Thoreau, izwi elilodwa eliphikisana nokuvumelana kusukela ngesinye isikhathi kanye nomhlaba ohlukile: "Ukulinda ngokuphelelwa yithemba kuyindlela yesiNgisi".
Le albhamu ibibalulekile kimi njengengane ethola umculo, futhi ngisathola incazelo entsha kuyo. Ngiye ngabona ukuthi akulona nje iculo elithi “Thina Nabo” kodwa i-albhamu yonke egqamisa ukungqubuzana okukhulu nomphakathi ohloniphekile ogcina uphoqe zonke izishoshovu zezombusazwe ezisafufusa ukuthi zikhethe indawo azozimela, ziqinise ukulwa neqembu. izingcindezi ezingapheli zokuhlulwa okudangele, ukuzibophezela ngokuphelele ezibangweni ezingasivumeli ukuthi sikhethe phakathi. Angizange ngibe isishoshovu sezombusazwe lapho ngiba umlandeli we-Pink Floyd ngisemusha. Kodwa ngiyaqaphela namuhla ukuthi izingoma zika-Roger Waters zingisize kangakanani ukuba ngizisungulele indlela yami kancane kancane ngoguquko lomuntu siqu oluyinqaba noluhlukanisayo - futhi akuzona nje izingoma zezombusazwe ezicacile njengokuthi “Thina Nabo” ezingisizile ukuthola le ndlela.
Izimpande ezingaphansi komhlaba zebhendi yokuqala kaRoger Waters zibuyela emuva kunalokho abaningi abakuqaphelayo. U-Pink Floyd wayezoduma kakhulu ngeminyaka yawo-1970 kanye nawo-1980, nokho iqembu laqala ukudlala amagigi e-England ngo-1965 futhi laba nomsindo ezinsukwini zokuqala zama-1960s lishwibeka eLondon, lapho laliyintandokazi yesixuku esasilalela izinkondlo ze-Beat. futhi ngangizungeza isitolo sezincwadi se-Indica esidumile manje, lapho u-John Lennon no-Yoko Ono babehlangana khona. Lesi kwakuyisiko lama-1960s uPink Floyd aphuma kulo.
Njengelinye lamabhendi okuqala nawokuqala e-prog/experimental enkathi ye-rock yakudala, u-Pink Floyd wasekuqaleni wabamba indawo yesigameko e-London phakathi neminyaka ethokozisayo efanayo lapho i-Grateful Dead benza isigameko no-Ken Kesey e-San Francisco, kanye ne-Velvet. Abangaphansi komhlaba bebeshaya izingqondo e-New York City nge-Exploding Plastic Inevitable ka-Andy Warhol. Awekho kulawa maqembu asezingeni eliphezulu ayenepolitiki ngokusobala, kodwa kwakungadingeki abe njalo, njengoba imiphakathi ayeyihlinzeka ngomculo yayingene shí ekulweni nempi kanye nentuthuko yangaleso sikhathi. Intsha kulo lonke elaseNgilandi ngeminyaka yawo-1960s yayisebenza kanzima futhi imemeza kakhulu ifuna ukuhoxiswa kwezikhali zenuzi kanye nokulwa nobukoloni, futhi intsha ehambisana nayo e-USA yayifunda emzabalazweni wokubhikishela amalungelo abantu owawuholwa nguMartin Luther King futhi manje. isakhiwo, futhi nesiqondiso esibukhali sikaMartin Luther King, inhlangano entsha edumile emelene nempi yokuziphatha okubi eVietnam. Kwakuphakathi nezinsuku ezishisayo zama-1960s, lapho imbewu eminingi yemibhikisho enzima esekhona nanamuhla yaqala ukutshalwa.
Njengokufa kwasekuqaleni kwe-Grateful kanye ne-Velvet Underground, inguqulo yase-London ye-Pink Floyd yendlale indawo enesihloko egxile ngokujulile ekungazini okuphuphile, eqamba izingoma ezibonakala zihlose indawo yezengqondo phakathi kokuphaphama nokulala. URoger Waters uthathe izintambo zobuholi bebhendi kulandela ukunyamalala okudabukisayo kuka-Syd Barrett kwaba ukusangana kwangempela, kwathi “Uhlangothi Olumnyama Lwenyanga” lwaphakamisa i-Waters nozakwabo bomculo uDavid Gilmour, uRichard Wright noNick Mason impumelelo enkulu emhlabeni wonke, nakuba wonke amalungu eqembu. babonakala bengenandaba nesiko losaziwayo nodumo. U-Waters washintsha iqembu lakhe ngesikhathi se-punk-rock ngo-1977 nge-"Animals" enolaka ne-Orwellian, elandelwa yi-"The Wall", i-opera ye-psychological rock impumelelo yayo enkulu nokuduma kwayo kungalingana nalokho "Okumnyama Kohlangothi Lwenyanga".
Ngabe ukhona umbhali wengoma we-rock owake wadalula umphefumulo wakhe onephutha ngendlela uRoger Waters enza ngayo ku-“The Wall”? Imayelana nesihlabani somculo we-rorose esiceba, sonakaliswe futhi sidakwe, esivela njengomholi wangempela wama-fascist, ehlukumeza abalandeli bakhe esiteji sekhonsathi ngenhlamba yobuhlanga nobulili. Lesi kwakuyisithombe sikaRoger Waters esiyindida, ngoba (njengoba achaza kwabambalwa ababexoxa nabo ayezokhuluma nabo) wayeze ezodelela isihlabani sakhe somculo we-rock namandla amnika wona. Okubi nakakhulu, udumo ayezama ukulugwema lwalumhlukanise ngokuphelele nabantu ababefika emakhonsathini akhe futhi bejabulela indalo yakhe. U-Pink Floyd akakwazanga ukuhlala isikhathi eside ngaleli zinga lokuzihlola okushisayo, futhi i-albhamu yokugcina enkulu yeqembu ngo-1983 cishe yayiwumsebenzi ohamba yedwa kaRoger Waters, "The Final Cut". Le albhamu yayiyisitatimende sokulwa nempi kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni, ikhala ngokumelene nempi emfishane ewubuwula nenesihluku yaseGreat Britain ngo-1982 ibhekene ne-Argentina phezu kweMalvinas, imemeza kabuhlungu uMargaret Thatcher noMenachem Begin kanye noLeonid Brezhnev noRonald Reagan ngamagama.
Ubushoshovu bezepolitiki bukaWaters buqala kancane kancane ukuchaza wonke umsebenzi wakhe, okuhlanganisa nama-albhamu akhe eyedwa kanye ne-opera ekhuluma ngeNguquko yaseFrance ayiqamba ngo-2005, "Ça Ira". Entwasahlobo ka-2021 ngahambela umhlangano omncane ezinkantolo zedolobha laseNew York wommeli onesibindi. Steven Donziger, ojeziswe ngokungafanele ngokudalula ubugebengu bemvelo bakwaChevron e-Ecuador. Besingekho isixuku esikhulu kulo mbuthano, kodwa ngijabulile ukubona uRoger Waters lapho emi eduze komngane wakhe kanye nozakwabo futhi kafushane ethatha imakrofoni ukuze asho amazwi ambalwa mayelana necala lika-Donziger, kanye noSusan Sarandon noMarianne Williamson abanesibindi ngokulinganayo. .
USteven Donziger wagcina echithe izinsuku ezishaqisayo ezingama-993 eboshelwe isibindi sokukhuluma ngokukhululeka egxeka inkampani enamandla njengeChevron. Angazi noma uRoger Waters uke waboshwa yini ngenxa yobushoshovu bakhe, kodwa ujezisiwe emehlweni omphakathi. Uma ngibalula igama lakhe kwabanye babangane bami, ngisho abangani abanolwazi lomculo abaliqondayo izinga lobuhlakani bakhe, ngizwa izinsolo ezingenangqondo njengokuthi “Roger Waters is anti-semitic” - ikhanadi eliphelele elenzelwe ukumlimaza ngezinhlobo ezifanayo zamandla. amabutho adonsela iChevron intambo ukuze abophe uSteven Donziger ejele. Yebo, uRoger Waters akayena umuntu omelene namaSemitic, nakuba enesibindi sokukhulumela phezulu amaPalestine ahlupheka ngaphansi kobandlululo lwama-Israel - njengoba kufanele sonke uma sizimisele ukubhekana neqiniso, ngoba lolu bandlululo luwukungabi nabulungiswa okudabukisayo okufanele kuqedwe. .
Angazi ukuthi uRoger Waters uzokhuluma ngani ku-webinar yethu ngo-Agasti 8, nakuba ngimbonile kaningi ekhonsathini futhi nginombono omuhle ukuthi hlobo luni lwekhonsathi ye-kickass azoyifaka ngo-August 13 eNew York. Idolobha. Ihlobo lika-2022 isikhathi esishisayo, esishubile e-United States of America. Uhulumeni wethu ubonakala enganaki futhi enenkohlakalo kunangaphambili, njengoba sishibilika futhi singena ezimpini zommeleli ezigqugquzelwa inzuzo yezinkampani kanye nokulutheka kukaphethiloli. Izakhamuzi ezethukile nezicindezelekile zalo hulumeni ophukile ziziqinisa ngezikhali zempi, zikhulisa izinhlu zamaqembu ezempi, njengoba amasosha ethu eziguqula abe izimpi eziqondise izikhali kubantu bakubo, njengoba iNkantolo yethu Ephakeme eyebiwe iqala ukwesaba okusha: ukwenziwa kobugebengu ukukhulelwa kanye nokukhetha kwezempilo. Isibalo sokufa kwabantu e-Ukraine singaphezu kwe-100 yabantu ngosuku, njengoba ngibhala lokhu, futhi abanikeli abafanayo kanye nabenzi benzuzo abaphusha leyo mpi embi kakhulu ye-proxy babonakala bezama ukuqala inhlekelele entsha yokusiza abantu eTaiwan ukuze bathole inzuzo yezomnotho ngaphezu kweChina. . Ojenene basahlezi, behambisa imigqa ebalazweni ngapha nangapha.
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