In the Manifesto Marx said that the bourgeoisie "creates a world after its own image<http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch01.htm>". It appears then that part and parcel of the industrialization of Africa--in addition to existing mineral extraction industries (mainly foreign owned and managed) and the (esp textile) manufacturing explosion on its way (ditto) (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Europe_Underdeveloped_Africa)--is planned to be an industrial revolution that will arrive with a reorganization of agriculture as huge factories exclusively devoted to the mass-manufacture of a single item without regard for the natural economy nor for those living there and only benefiting the national elites.
Walter Rodney wrote of how Europe underdeveloped Africa. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Europe_Underdeveloped_Africa Now we see how undeveloped this 'development' will be. >From the article at http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/22/world/la-fg-kenya-biofuel-20130622: -more than 193,000 square miles had been planted with biofuel plants globally, much of it in Africa. Bedford Biofuels leased more than 600 square miles of land that was supposed to be held in trust for the community, but is actually controlled by a few powerful people...The company agreed to pay the equivalent of about $1.25 per acre per year. -A 2011 report<http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news11_e/igo_10jun11_report_e.pdf>by the International Monetary Fund and United Nations agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization, linked sharp rises in food prices in poor countries to the demand for land to plant biofuel crops. -biofuel crop projects have been attacked by environmental and humanitarian activists as doing more harm than good, often replacing food crops that are badly needed in poor countries or destroying natural habitat like forests. -Converting this bush area into a monoculture would destroy biodiversity." - an Italian company that planned to develop 193 square miles of jatropha, displacing about 20,000 people... JAI RAC-LA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
