5.4 Kukanusha Mbinu ya Kikoloni ya Magharibi
5.4 Refuting the Colonialist Method of the West
1- Katika kitabu hiki, tumerejelea mara kwa mara dhana ya manufaa ya kimali, huku tukieleza hatari yake kwa binadamu. Uovu ndani ya dhana hii unadhihirika katika matokeo yake, kama vile ubeberu wa kikoloni. Ubeberu wa kikoloni ni kitendo cha kutisha na cha kikatili cha kuwatiisha kabisa na kuwanyonya watu. Unawavua watu utu wao, na kuwafanya watumwa wa wengine. Karne nyingi za ubeberu wa kikoloni wa Magharibi zimeleta mateso yasiyoelezeka kwa mamilioni ya watu. Ulizigeuza ustaarabu mkubwa wa zamani kuwa mifululizo ya nchi zilizoshindwa, zilizokamatwa na utawala wa kidhalimu. Ubeberu wa kikoloni uliingia katika kila bara, ukileta pamoja nao vita, umaskini, magonjwa na njaa. Kwa hiyo, ubeberu wa Magharibi ni janga, laana na adhabu kwa wanadamu wote. Ni kilele cha uovu katika ustaarabu wa Magharibi, na hili peke yake linatosha kuweka wazi upotovu wake.
1- Within this book, we have referred repeatedly to the concept of material benefit, whilst clarifying its danger to humanity. The corruption within this concept is manifest in its consequences, such as colonialist imperialism. Colonialist imperialism is the horrendous and barbaric act of complete subjugation and exploitation of peoples. It dehumanizes people, enslaving them to others. Centuries of Western colonialist imperialism have brought unspeakable miseries to billions. It reduced previously great civilizations into contiguous swathes of failed states, gripped by tyrannical rule. Colonialist imperialism intruded upon every continent, bringing with it wars, poverty, diseases and hunger. Thus, Western imperialism is a scourge, curse and punishment for all of humankind. It is the pinnacle of evil in the Western civilization and this alone is enough to clarify its corruption.
Dhana ya dola la kitaifa (nation state) ni dhana potofu tangu msingi wake. Imejengwa juu ya uelewa usio sahihi wa maana ya taifa. Kwa kweli, taifa hufanya kazi kama taifa katika maisha pale tu linapokuwa na dhana, imani na vigezo vya pamoja kuhusu mambo ya maisha. Kwa upande wa historia, jiografia, rangi na urithi wa lugha, hivi ni mambo yanayochangia tu kuunda sifa za pamoja miongoni mwa watu. Hata hivyo, haviwezi kuwaunganisha watu katika mtazamo mmoja kuhusu maisha. Kwa hiyo, njia pekee sahihi ya kulifafanua taifa ni kulingana na itikadi yake ya pamoja. Zaidi ya hayo, kuundwa kwa mataifa ya Ulaya yenyewe kwa ujumla kulitanguliwa na mambo machache sana kati ya yale yanayohusiana na utaifa. Kwa hiyo, historia ya dola la kitaifa linalodaiwa kuwepo Ulaya ilisukwa kwa haraka, kwa kuzingatia mgawanyo wa madaraka uliokuwepo wakati huo, wakati mikataba ya Westphalia ilipokuwa ikifanywa. Kuhusu marekebisho ya mipaka ya kikanda yaliyofanyika tangu wakati huo, yalifanyika kwa sababu za kivitendo, si kwa sababu ya lazima ya utaifa.
2- The concept of nation state is a corrupt concept in its fundamental foundation. It is built on the erroneous understanding of nationhood. In reality, a nation acts as a nation in life only when it has shared concepts, convictions and criteria towards life affairs. As for history, geography, race and linguistic heritage as factors, they only contribute to the formation of shared traits amongst people. However, they cannot unify the people upon a single viewpoint towards life. Thus, the only correct method to define the nation is based on its shared ideology. Moreover, the formation of the European nations themselves was generally preceded by little in the way of any of the factors related to nationhood. Accordingly, the history of the so-called nation state in Europe was hastily strung together, based on prevailing divisions of power, whilst the Westphalian treaties were being made. As for the regional amendments since then, they took place for pragmatic reasons, not because of the necessity of nationhood.
3- Miongoni mwa madai yasiyo sahihi ni dai la kuzuia upanuzi wa maeneo ili kumaliza vita. Mataifa ya Ulaya kwa ujumla hayakupanuka tangu mikataba iliyounda Amani ya Westphalia. Hata hivyo, tangu wakati huo yamekuwa yakipigana vita vikali zaidi dhidi ya kila moja, pamoja na dhidi ya dunia nzima iliyobaki. Marekani haikupanuka tangu ilipokuwa majimbo hamsini. Hata hivyo, imeendelea kujihusisha mara kwa mara na vita duniani kote. Suluhisho sahihi la kuongeza au kupunguza nguvu ya taifa ni kuruhusu mabadiliko ya mipaka ya kikanda. Hii ni ili taifa lenye nguvu, linalouwezo wa kusimamia mambo ya watu wake, liweze kupanua eneo lake ili kujumuisha mikoa mingine. Hivyo, taifa lenye nguvu lingewatendea watu wa maeneo hayo mapya kwa usawa na maeneo yake mengine yote, likisimamia mambo yao kwa ufanisi, tofauti na taifa dhaifu lisilo na uwezo wa kuwatunza watu wake ipasavyo. Kwa hiyo, suluhisho sahihi la upanuzi ni kuwaalika watu wengine wajiunge na taifa kwa msingi wa usawa. Mbinu kama hiyo ingekuwa na ufanisi zaidi kuliko shirikisho la majimbo hamsini la Marekani kupanga njama dhidi ya mataifa ya Amerika ya Kati na Kusini, kwa mipango ya kikoloni ya kiimperiali, ili kuyatiisha na kuyadhibiti, kama ilivyo dhahiri hadi leo. Njia yenye ufanisi zaidi ni kuyaalika baadhi ya mataifa hayo kuungana katika muungano wa pamoja, kwa msingi wa usawa na majimbo yaliyokuwepo tayari katika shirikisho.
3- Amongst the erroneous claims is the claim of preventing regional expansion to put an end to wars. European nations did not generally expand, since the treaties constituting the Peace of Westphalia. However, since then, they routinely fought the fiercest of wars against each other, as well as against the rest of the world. The United States did not expand since it became fifty states. However, it has repeatedly indulged in wars around the world. The correct solution to increase or decrease the strength of the nation, is to allow the modification of regional borders. This is so that the strong nation, which is capable of taking care of the affairs of people, can expand its domain to include other regions. Thus, the strong nation would treat those new regions equally with respect to all its other regions, taking care of their affairs competently, unlike the weak state that is incapable of effectively looking after the affairs of its people. Thus the correct solution to expansion is to invite other peoples to join the state on the basis of equality. Such an approach would be more effective, than the fifty state federation of the US conspiring against the nations of Central and South America, with colonialist imperial plans, in order to subjugate them and control them, as is evidently the case today. The most effective way is to invite some of those nations into a common unification, on the basis of equality with the pre-existing states of the federation.
4- Wazo la Sheria ya Kimataifa ni wazo lenye makosa, kwani sheria ni amri za lazima zinazotolewa na mamlaka kuu inayoweza kutekeleza ndani ya mamlaka yake. Hakika, hakuna mamlaka ya juu zaidi yenye uwezo wa kutekeleza amri za kimataifa. Kwa hiyo, wazo la Sheria ya Kimataifa halina maana. Magharibi ndio waliozua neno hili kwa lengo pekee la kuficha vitendo vyao vya kihalifu na vya kikoloni, chini ya pazia la visingizio vya kisheria. Ukweli ni kwamba mataifa, tangu zama za kale, yalifungwa na mahusiano yao yaliyokubaliwa kwa pamoja, si na sheria yoyote ya kimataifa yenye nguvu juu ya yote. Kulikuwepo tu desturi na mila za kimataifa zilizokubalika, ambazo mara nyingi haikuwezekana kwa taifa lolote mahususi kuzipotosha. Taifa lolote lililokiuka desturi na mila hizi lingetengwa, kulaaniwa, kuwekewa vikwazo na kususiwa na jumuiya nzima ya kimataifa. Desturi na mila hizi za kimataifa ndizo zinazounda kizuizi kwa taifa lolote, ikiwa ni pamoja na mataifa yenye nguvu zaidi duniani.
4- The idea of International Law is an erroneous idea, as laws are mandatory decrees issued by a central authority that is able to implement within its authority. Certainly, there is no higher authority capable of implementing international decrees. Accordingly, the idea of International Law has no meaning. The West brought about this term only to disguise its criminal and colonialist acts, under the veil of justifications of legal pretense. The fact is that nations, since ancient times, were bound by their mutually agreed relationships and not by any over riding international law. There were only common international customs and traditions, which were often impossible for any particular nation to manipulate. Any nation that violated these customs and traditions would be subject to isolation, condemnation, sanction and boycott by the entire international community. These international customs and traditions are what constitute a deterrent for any nation, including the powerful nations of the world.
5- Taasisi za kimataifa kama vile Umoja wa Mataifa, Shirika la Fedha la Kimataifa na Benki ya Dunia, pamoja na nyinginezo, ni zana tu za ukoloni na ubeberu wa Magharibi, zinazohakikisha utawala na ukuu wa mataifa makubwa. Iwapo taasisi za kimataifa zitaundwa, ni lazima ziwe wazi kikweli kwa mataifa yote. Hazipaswi kufungwa katika itikadi yoyote au mtazamo wowote kuhusu maisha. Lengo la taasisi hizi lazima liwe kuwa majukwaa na vikao vya kuwezesha mawasiliano ya kweli na ya dhati. Hii ni ili kuwepo na mazungumzo na majadiliano baina ya mataifa mbalimbali, ambamo hakutakuwa na shinikizo wala kulazimishwa. Ni kupitia hili peke yake ndipo amani na utulivu katika mambo ya dunia vinaweza kurejeshwa.
5- Global institutions such as the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, amongst others, are only tools of Western colonialist imperialism, ensuring hegemony and dominance by the major powers. If international organizations are to be formed, they must be truly open to all states. They must not be restricted to any ideology or viewpoint about life. The aim of these organizations must be to become forums and platforms to facilitate honest and sincere communication. This is so that there will be dialogue and negotiation between various states, within which there will be no coercion or enforcement. It is through this alone that peace and stability in world affairs can be restored.