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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 552: OCCUPATION, LAND AND PEACE: ORGANISING FROM BELOW The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Announcements, 3. Comment & analysis, 4. Books & arts, 5. African Writers’ Corner, 6. Cartoons /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features ON THE WALL STREET OCCUPATION What it will take to win concrete victory Richard Pithouse The occupation of Wall Street, which incited other occupations, indicates a crucial realisation that for too long society has been subordinated to capital, writes Richard Pithouse. The only realistic route to achieving meaningful change is sustained organising from below to shift power relations http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77055 ****** BEWARE ‘SOCIAL JUSTICE’ PROMISES BY INTERNATIONAL BANKERS Patrick Bond ‘In these days of dire economic and environmental crisis, with political elites under attack from Athens to Washington, the establishment is desperate for legitimacy. Even International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff now publicly endorse ‘social justice’ at the same time they tighten austerity screws,’ writes Patrick Bond. Someone needs to hold them to account. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77088 ****** THE ILL-GOTTEN GAINS BEHIND ANGOLA'S KILAMBA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Rafael Marques de Morais The Angolan government has championed the Kilamba social housing development as evidence of how it is dealing with an acute housing shortage. But Rafael Marques de Morais provides an insight into some of the companies - and politicians - who are making money from the development. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77070 ****** BEYOND MALAWI’S ACADEMIC FREEDOM DEBATE Envisioning a new African university Steve Sharra Amidst an eight month battle over academic freedom in Malawi, Steve Sharra asks whether the roots of the crisis might lie much deeper, in the very nature of the Malawian public university in particular, and the modern African university in general. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77075 ****** CELEBRATING CHINA’S NATIONAL DAY: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF REVOLUTION Horace Campbell ‘It is in moments of celebrating revolutions where the past and future revolutions can be reflected upon,’ writes Horace Campbell on the anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China in 1911. ‘Pan-Africanists today will learn the positive and negative lessons of Pan-Asianism, as those struggling for unity in Africa and in China recognise that prosperity for one part of humanity cannot be built on the exploitation on the other part of humanity.’ http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77095 ****** SUGAR VS. REASON IN UGANDA: DEMOCRACY UNPLUGGED Patrick Hoenig Uganda’s President Museveni is intent on a deal to clear a quarter of the Mabira Central Forest Reserve for the cultivation of sugar cane by the Sugar Corporation of Uganda, jointly owned by the State and private investor, Mehta Group. Museveni’s fiercely opposed decision comes despite the project’s negative ecological, social and economic impacts, and a lack of popular backing, even from members of his own party. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77080 ****** SOUTH SUDAN: THE SCRAMBLE FOR LAND Nisrin Elamin 'The ink has barely dried on the documents formalising South Sudan’s self-determination, but the scramble for its land is already in full swing,' writes Nisrin Elamin. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77083 ****** RECOVERING FROM AIDS Re-balancing social health priorities and practice Brian K. Murphy HIV/AIDS flourishes as a result of ‘social problems rooted deeply in global economic structures and require political and social interventions,’ writes Brian K. Murphy. If we want to control it, ‘social and economic justice’ are far more important than philanthropy. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77087 ****** EGYPT: MILITARY CRACKDOWN AT CAIRO PROTEST An interview by Lillian Boctor Yehia el Gammal On Sunday 9 October 2011, a mass march and protest took place in Cairo, starting from the working-class Shobra neighborhood and gathering in front of the state television building Maspero in downtown, near Tahrir Square. The demonstration was called to to protest the burning of a church in Aswan, in the south of Egypt, and calling for the equal rights of Coptic Christians. The peaceful protest was attacked by the military, security forces and thugs, leaving at least 26 people dead and 329 people wounded. Yehia el Gammal is an Egyptian activist who is working on a project called the New Republic, creating a consensus vision for the transition from military to civilian rule in Egypt. He was at the protest on Sunday night. Lillian Boctor spoke with him by phone ( http://bit.ly/pO70B9) [MP3 - 13.6] from Cairo on early Tuesday morning, after he attended the massive funeral for the victims. ****** REFUGEES RESIST REPATRIATION Thousands of Burundians struggle to stay in Tanzania Lucy Hovil Lucy Hovil reports about the uncertain future of thousands of Burundian refugees in Tanzania who are under increasing pressure to return home against their wish. Tanzania has set a new deadline for return, after which the government will force them out http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77057 ****** ‘MIGHTY BE OUR POWERS’: PEACEFUL WOMEN AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH Nada Mustafa Ali Three women from the global south have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Nada Mustafa Ali tells us who they are, what they did to win the prize and why it is good news for women’s and peace groups. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77071 ****** A FEMALE PRESIDENT IS NO GUARANTEE OF PEACE Sokari Ekine In the space of a fortnight, Africa lost one Nobel Prize winner, Kenya’s Wangari Maathai and gained two more – Liberia’s Leymah Gbowee and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. But as we celebrate their achievements, we should be mindful that ‘womanhood is not synonymous with sainthood’, cautions Sokari Ekine. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77078 ****** LIBERIA: NOBEL FOR PRESIDENT, NO-WATER FOR RESIDENTS Thomas C. Mountain Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has won a share of one of the western world’s most prestigious awards, yet the residents of the capital Monrovia have not had running water for the full six years of her term in office, writes Thomas C. Mountain. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77094 ****** KENYANS SHOULD REJECT PROPOSED SECURITY LAW The National Security Intelligence Service Bill 2011 is draconian Atunga Atuti OJ Atunga Atuti argues that the proposed law will retain the National Security Intelligence Service as it exists today. The bill contains provisions that close the NSIS to public scrutiny in contravention of the constitution and empowers the agency to threaten basic freedoms http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77054 ****** COTE D’IVOIRE: PICKING UP THE PIECES Dibussi Tande Challenges facing Cote d’Ivoire’s Ouattara regime, the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Cameroon, the run-up to the country’s recent elections, racial conflict in Mauritania and Zambia’s presidential elections all feature in this round-up of the African blogosphere, by Dibussi Tande. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77079 ****** MAKING ACCESS TO INFORMATION A REALITY IN AFRICA Vrinda Choraria The African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights has drafted a model access to information law for member states of the African Union. Vrinda Choraria encourages public comments on the draft before the deadline on 31 October http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77096 ****** HAITI, OCCUPIED COUNTRY Eduardo Galeano Haiti opened the door to freedom over 200 years ago. Now, says Eduardo Galeano, it needs a solidarity that will make possible the rebirth of its sovereignty. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77072 ****** LET US SOAR! The call of Peter Tosh is still urgent today Imrann Moosa Black consciousness artiste Peter Tosh demonstrated to black people the world over that it is worthless living on your knees, according to Imrann Moosa. You need to hold your head up and look the oppressor straight in the eye. They will blink. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77056 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Announcements FAHAMU REFUGEE LEGAL AID NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER ISSUE This month’s newsletter ( http://bit.ly/pBEilk ) takes special focus on the Rwandan Cessation Clause and the danger it poses to Rwandans who need protection and refuge. Insisted upon by Rwanda and supported by UNHCR, the Cessation Clause would revoke the refugee status of Rwandans throughout most of Africa at the end of this year, creating a crisis for Rwandan refugees and those who provide them legal aid. In response, please consider lending your support to the call to urge UNHCR and its Member States to continue to protect Rwandan refugees ( http://bit.ly/oURkWu ) . If you do so right away, the Fahamu Refugee Programme can carry your views to the Executive Committee of UNHCR and representatives of its Member States at their annual meeting in Geneva, 3–5 October 2011. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/Announce/77014 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Comment & analysis WANGARI MAATHAI IS NOT IN HEAVEN Henry Makori Prof Wangari Maathai’s spirit, like those of other great women and men who once walked the land of Africa, will continue to live in our midst, nudging us to overcome our little fears and confront injustice wherever we find it, writes Henry Makori http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/77085 ****** WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY: APPEAL FOR A FOCUS ON REFUGEE MENTAL HEALTH Refugee Law Project With World Mental Health Day marked on 10 October, the Refugee Law Project says more attention needs to be given to the mental health of refugees. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/77073 ****** STATEMENT ON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2011 Awarded jointly to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman African Women's Development Fund AWDF has congratulated the three winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, describing the prize as ‘significant recognition’ of the efforts that all three have made ‘to create sustainable peace in their respective communities’. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/77090 ****** #AREVOLUTIONMINUSTHEAK.47 Charles Nhamo Rupare If sub-Saharan Africa is to have its own ‘Arab Spring’, we ‘need to organise ourselves not just on social networks but also within our own communities,’ writes Charles Nhamo Rupare. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/77077 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Books & arts HOW TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Review of ‘Pulling the punches: Defeating domestic violence’ Ama Biney In this book, Luke Daniels explores the topical subject of domestic violence from the perspective of his own experience as a perpetrator. He links the vice to oppressive societal values and offers useful suggestions on how to build loving relationships within the home. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/77074 ****** NO COURT POET FOR MUGABE A review of Tendai Mwanaka’s ‘Voices in Exile’ Philo Ikonya ‘Court poets sung praise to power and excesses’ but Tendai Mwanaka ‘speaks truth to power directly’, writes Philo Ikonya, in a review of a recent collection of works by the Zimbabwean writer, ‘filled with strong and open political poetry.’ http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/77092 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 African Writers’ Corner GONG OF DEATH In remembrance of Wangari Maathai Dennis Dancan Mosiere The gong of death Is going to silence The life bells And snatch my soul Take it into deep wells Dark and unknown... http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/African_Writers/77091 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 6 Cartoons KENYA AND WOMEN IN KADHIS COURTS Not quite the role for women the Chief Justice has in mind! http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/77103 ****** SELLING OUR OWN TO CHINA Gado Perhaps we're offering a little too much? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/77100 ****** CHINA IN ZAMBIA Gado Where do Michael Sata's allegiances lie? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/77101 ****** AL-SHABAAB IN KENYA Gado Luring youths in with the promise of something better? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/77102 ****** THREE FAMOUS APPLES... 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