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-- Kwanisai Mafa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
By Reason Wafawarova in SYDNEY, Australia
THERE is no doubt that Morgan Tsvangirai is basking in the fanciful
illusion that is portraying him as the invidious player in the
inconclusive negotiations meant to end the political and economic
crisis in the country.
Tsvangirai and his team of Western handlers, domestic hangers-on and
supporters want to remind the world that the March 29 inconclusive
presidential election must be used as a measure of expression that the
right of the majority is inviolable.
They would also like to pride themselves with the "Tongai Tione"
philosophy — a slogan literally meaning that the people will continue
to suffer for as long as Tsvangirai is not accommodated as the conduit
of Western interests in Zimbabwe.
If the MDC-T would like to abide by the illogical conclusion that the
will of the people was expressed through the inconclusive March
election, then they must also unequivocally uphold the same inviolable
rights of the masses by stopping playing politics with the suffering
of Zimbabweans.
It is fair and appealing to hear Tsvangirai arguing that he wants
responsibility with authority much as it is mind- boggling and plainly
ridiculous to hear that the same Tsvangirai wants a titular or
ceremonial President who is in charge of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces.
This effectively means that the country’s defence system will have to
run on ceremonial powers while all executive powers are cumulatively
packaged to create the authority of Tsvangirai "to hire and fire
Cabinet ministers".
This inconsistency is quite revealing of Tsvangirai’s capacity to
comprehend the political process guiding the negotiations.
It makes no sense for Tsvangirai to enter power-sharing talks with an
objective of obtaining a wholesome power transfer in his own favour.
If Tsvangirai cannot comprehend that a Cabinet composed of members
from three different political parties cannot operate on the basis of
power-transfer but power-sharing then he probably must be excused as a
political leader.
While Tsvangirai might be kidding himself in the belief that he has a
whole nation waiting for an end to his indecisiveness the truth of the
matter is that he cannot afford another frowzy blunder similar to what
he did in October 2005.
To this end, both Tsvangirai and his handlers cannot afford to pull
out of the current negotiations for more reasons than one and they are
going to continue on the thrifty path of political dithering.
Firstly, the glorious rhetoric by the West that they will forever fund
regime change aggression "until democracy is upheld" in Zimbabwe has
run its life and the simple truth is that they have failed to win here
just as they have failed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
This endless preaching about broadening of the scope of freedom and
justice can be looked at relative to a whole range of tendencies in
the West.
The current China-Russia muscle flexing on the international scene has
pushed the West to be more brazen about the tendency to expand Western
corporate totalitarianism.
The Western corporations driving imperial capital around this planet
are totalitarian institutions that originated from the same
intellectual breeding-ground as Bolshevism and fascism.
This dates back to 19th century Hegelian ideas about social
organisations with rights over the individual.
Western corporations have continued to flourish under totalitarian
control of the means of production in developing countries and their
absence from Zimbabwe for the past eight years has adversely affected
what the neo-liberals call the New World Order.
What the West preaches as the triumph of market forces is, in fact,
the triumph of totalitarianism.
This totalitarian control needs to be revived in Zimbabwe and that
ahead of the Chinese growing influence and in this context the
negotiations featuring Zanu-PF and the two MDCs. This is why
Tsvangirai cannot afford to pull out.
The uncertainty of the China-Russia factor as well as the Sadc and AU
positions have heavily undermined Western influence and this explains
the somewhat subdued response currently coming from Western quarters
on the talks.
Contrary to what is preached daily about Western democracies, the
Western ruling elite run political institutions with a centralised
command, combining executive, legislative and judicial functions all
in one unit and that is the corporate sector. These are institutions
with a deep commitment to propaganda and mind control.
The US spends one-seventh of its GDP on public relations and
marketing, which is basically a blatant form of manipulation and
deceit.
Hegelian latecomers like Francis Fukuyama call this deceit "neo-
liberal policies" but it must be recognised that there is a lot of
fraud in the neo-liberal doctrine of democracy and so-called free
market forces.
What the MDC-T hopes to be the solution to the economic crisis in
Zimbabwe are neo-liberal programmes that are only neo-liberal for the
victims, but not for the manipulators.
In America the people who impose the principles of neo-liberalism on
the developing world and who want to do so in Zimbabwe do not want the
same policies on themselves.
They maintain a powerful nanny state that protects them from the
ruthlessness of free market forces.
During the Cold War, the outrageously huge Pentagon budget was always
explained away by the fairy tale that the massive amounts of money
were meant to protect US citizens from the Russians.
In the absence of a Russian threat the Pentagon budget has still grown
and this time it is either the hunting down of "terrorists" or the
"democratisation" of such ‘‘uncivilised’’ parts of the world as Iraq
and Zimbabwe.
The ultra-right Heritage Foundation, the think-tank for the US
Congress, as well as Newt Gingrich and other planners, all demand an
increase in the Pentagon budget for reasons of cushioning the US
ruling elite from the ruthlessness of the market forces they want to
enforce on weaker nations.
In simple terms, the domestic function of the Pentagon budget and that
of every other Western ruling institution is to ensure that the West
is protected from the discipline of the international market.
In the West, the military and energy departments, and research centres
are often channels of transferring public funds to industry as
subsidies against ruthless market forces.
If US and other Western farmers were to face the discipline of market
forces we all know they would stand no chance in global trade.
So these market forces are ‘‘good’’ for weaker nations desperate for
aid and access to loans, for the people of Venezuela and Zimbabwe, but
not for rich Westerners.
We are told Zimbabwe can only access foreign direct investment, credit
lines and ‘‘aid’’ if it adopts policies consistent with the doctrine
of market forces, and of course Tsvangirai is seen as the best
candidate to drive the country into this way of doing things.
That approach will plunge Zimbabwe into an abyss the Western ruling
elite would themselves never dare get close to.
This is the realistic market doctrine of our day and there is
virtually nothing neo-liberal about it.
The Western intellectual community are in the middle of yet another
fraud when one looks at their reaction to Zimbabwe’s electoral
process.
It is similar to what they did in 1996 when Cuba downed two
trespassing light planes.
For 30 years the US had carried out terrorist warfare on Cuba, blowing
up factories and applying a severe embargo in the name of defending
Americans from the so-called Russian threat.
When this threat ended in 1990, the US extended its attacks on Cuba.
Equally, the announcement of an expansion of sanctions on Zimbabwe at
a time the political leaders of the country are negotiating a
settlement shows exactly how worried the West is about peace and
stability in Zimbabwe.
Of course, Cuba was not meant to be downing planes in 1996 and
obviously Zimbabweans are not supposed to engage in political
violence.
However, one may ask: what would happen if Iranian planes flew over
New York dropping leaflets, calling on Americans to overthrow the
imperialist government, and giving instructions on how to blow up a
building?
What would happen if Russia were to send in legions of civic
organisations into the UK making sure that they provide free gas in
all communities during winter, in a bid to control how British
citizens vote?
While the Cuban "scandal" was hitting the airwaves in the West, Nelson
Mandela’s government in South Africa accepted and complemented Cuba
for sending in medical doctors to work in rural areas.
As if by coincidence, while the debate about the June 2008 post-
election violence in Zimbabwe was hitting the airwaves in the West,
Thabo Mbeki’s government in South Africa accepted and executed well
the role of a good facilitator and neighbour over the crisis.
That approach is what worries the totalitarian West — the poor of
South Africa receiving Cubans with affection and the "hopeless"
African leaders about to secure a settlement over the crisis in
Zimbabwe.
It sends across the message that indeed independence is possible, that
a country can work to resolve its domestic problems rather than act
according to the dictates of a foreign master.
For the West this is a dangerous message.
Everyone must know that the people who send this message will be
seriously hurt Zimbabwean style.
Not only must such people be sent out of function but also they should
be struck in Mafia Don style.
The reason Tsvangirai cannot pull out of the negotiations is partly to
do with the fact that Western corporations want to come to Zimbabwe
and loot.
Now they see that Zimbabwe might be revived by the East, there is this
conflict in the West and the dilemma is reflected so well by
Tsvangirai’s dithering over the talks.
Only Zimbabweans can solve their problems and this is why this writer
will always say it is homeland or death.
Together we will overcome.
l Reason Wafawarova is a political writer and can be contacted on
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit www.
rwafawarova.com
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