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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pambazuka Editor <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:21 PM Subject: Pambazuka News 557: Wall Street, warmongers and North Africa transitions To: pambazuka-news <[email protected]> PAMBAZUKA NEWS 557: WALL STREET, WARMONGERS AND NORTH AFRICA TRANSITIONS The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Comment & analysis, 3. Advocacy & campaigns, 4. Obituaries, 5. Books & arts, 6. Letters & Opinions, 7. Blogging Africa /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features WHY THE ATTEMPTED REMILITARISATION OF AFRICA WILL FAIL Lessons from the deployment of Kenyan troops into Somalia Horace Campbell Kenya’s foray into Somalia, led from behind by US Africa Command (AFRICOM), ‘represents a heightened threat to peace and reconstruction in Africa, especially East Africa’, argues Horace Campbell. AFRICOM’s attempts at remilitarisation will not solve Africa’s problems, says Campbell, when 'the root cause' of the ‘threats to stability and security challenges’ across the continent is ‘the exploitation and plunder’ of its resources. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77841 ****** ON KENYA'S WAR AGAINST AL-SHABAAB Somalia needs international help, not another war Abena Afia In light of 2012 elections, Kenya’s decision to defend its borders may be seen as a bold statement on security to win popularity, writes Abena Afia. But at this time of extreme famine and internal turmoil, Somalia needs the support of the international community, not another war. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77837 ****** KENYA: PERFECT BREEDING GROUND FOR AL-SHABAAB TERRORISTS Rasna Warah Rasna Warah cautions that, if Kenyans cannot see the link between government failure and the rise of home-grown terrorism, then the military project of eliminating Al-Shabaab in the country and across the border in Somalia will go nowhere. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77810 ****** ON SEEDS: CONTROLLING THE FIRST LINK IN THE FOOD-CHAIN Nidhi Tandon Thanks to the US’s 2009 Global Food Security Act, food aid policy for the first time mandates the use of genetic modification technologies. Nidhi Tandon looks at how this legislation helps biotechnology companies monopolise the seed industry at the expense of farmers, and explores some of the dubious links between these corporations, the Gates Foundation and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77809 ****** THE LONG SHADOW OF ALGERIA ON THE ARAB AUTUMN David Porter The political situation in North Africa remains complex even after the events of the Arab Spring. David Porter attempts to draw lessons for the region from Algeria’s experience two decades ago. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77825 ****** CHALLENGES OF TRANSITION Egyptian election a test for Arab Spring movements Atul Aneja Egypt faces many challenges as it heads for elections on 28 November, writes Atul Aneja. Will democracy endure? Can another military coup to bring back ‘stability’ be ruled out? Will the country slide into a theocracy? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77842 ****** WESTERN SAHARA KIDNAPPINGS: UNPACKING MOROCCAN PROPAGANDA Malainin Lakhal Two Spaniards and an Italian working at a refugee camp in western Algeria were kidnapped in October. Malainin Lakhal writes about how Morocco has used the kidnappings in their propaganda against The Polisario Front. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77846 ****** LIBYA’S LIBERATION FRONT ORGANISING IN THE SAHEL Franklin Lamb Following the fall of Tripoli and the rise of the National Transitional Council, a rejuvenated national resistance has begun on Libya’s borders, writes Franklin Lamb. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77805 ****** LIBYA: SMUGGLING WAR AS HUMAN RIGHTS? Khadija Sharife ‘Was Gaddafi the most threatening figure on the African continent? Or was he convenient as a pretext to push through military missions vying to establish bases in Africa,’ asks Khadija Sharife. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77840 ****** THE NEED FOR THE ‘GLOBAL AFRICAN WORKER’ Bill Fletcher, Jr Placing workers at the heart of 21st struggles for social, economic and political emancipation is the objective of the newly launched ‘Global African Worker’. Bill Fletcher, leader of the project, sets out the importance of building ‘real links between individuals and social movements who are conducting similar and sometimes overlapping struggles against racism and global capitalism.’ http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77812 ****** REBELS ON THE STREET: THE PARTY OF WALL STREET MEETS ITS NEMESIS David Harvey The Party of Wall Street has raged on for decades, writes David Harvey, academic and renowned teacher of Karl Marx's 'Capital'. Now is the time for the values of the Occupy Movement to rise up. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77804 ****** FINANCIAL SECRECY: WE REALLY ARE IN IT TOGETHER Charles Abugre Lack of transparency, resulting in inadequate regulation, underpins the current global financial crisis, argues Charles Abugre. The secrecy ultimately hurts the poor and erodes the social contract that underpins government accountability to deliver to citizens. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77835 ****** CAPITALISM AND MEMORY: OF GOLF COURSES AND MASSAGE PARLORS IN BADAGRY, NIGERIA Pius Adesanmi In this keynote lecture delivered at the annual conference of the Stanford Forum for African Studies in Palo Alto, California, on 29 October Pius Adesanmi explores how capitalism has organised human history and experience in the pursuit of profit. The full lecture is available here ( http://www.pambazuka.org/images/articles/556/capitalism-and-memory.pdf ) . http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77806 ****** DISASTER CAPITALISM’S DOLLARS FAIL TO REBUILD HAITI Sokari Ekine Returning to Haiti a year later, Sokari Ekine hopes to see ‘some positive change in the lives of people’, but instead she finds a ‘continuation of the slow and aggressive violence against the 99 per cent.’ http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77827 ****** THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION Samir Amin ‘The right to education is a fundamental human right, inseparable from people’s aspirations to a full and a wholly authentic democracy,’ argues Samir Amin. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77838 ****** THE MARANGE DIAMOND FIELDS OF ZIMBABWE: AN OVERVIEW Sokwanele The controversy over Marange diamond fields in Zimbabwe has received much global attention. This new report by Sokwanele brings together a wide-ranging overview of events, meetings, human rights abuses and environmental degradation rampant in the mineral-rich area. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/77811 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Comment & analysis SWAZILAND: THE TIME TO CROSS THE RUBICON IS UPON US Bongani Masuku Bongani Masuku believes that Swaziland has reached a point of no return. The momentum towards democracy and a society free of corruption and royal abuse in the name of culture is irreversible. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/77808 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Advocacy & campaigns IMPRISONED SWAZI POLITICAL PRISONER: DON’T MOURN OVER ME Peter Kenworthy Maxwell Dlamini, president of the Swaziland National Union of Students, remains in prison following his detention before the April uprising earlier this year. Dlamini is unable to stand trial thanks to a lawyer boycott against the country’s lack of judicial independence and rule of law, reports Peter Kenworthy for Africa Contact. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/77813 ****** THE POPULAR CAMPAIGN TO DROP EGYPT’S DEBTS Founding Statement The Popular Campaign to Drop Egypt’s Debt 'A group of civil society organisations and individual Egyptians concerned with the public good and with the future of social justice in the country have decided to launch a public campaign to pressure lending countries and institutions, both locally and internationally to drop Egypt’s debts.' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/77844 ****** THE RUSSELL TRIBUNAL ON PALESTINE: CAPE TOWN SESSION Summary of Findings, 7 November 2011 Russell Tribunal on Palestine ‘Israel subjects the Palestinian people to an institutionalised regime of domination amounting to apartheid as defined under international law,’ a jury at the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) has found, following a series of hearings from 5-6 November. The tribunal is calling on Israel to dismantle the system and ‘to cease forthwith acts of persecution against Palestinians’. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/77814 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Obituaries DANI WADADA NABUDERE: A GREAT SON OF AFRICA 1932-2011 Yash Tandon Dani Nabudere has passed on, and with him has passed a piece of Uganda, a piece of the continent, a part of humanity, writes Yash Tandon. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/obituary/77830 ****** DANI WADADA NABUDERE: ‘KEEPER OF TRADITIONS’ 1932-2011 Baba Buntu Dani Nabudere’s ‘undying commitment to practical Pan-Afrikanism on grassroot level leaves us all with an enormous challenge in continuing his legacy and insist that all his sacrifices and achievements must never be in vain,’ writes Baba Buntu. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/obituary/77833 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Books & arts MUSIC, LANGUAGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMEROON The voices of Elwood, Valsero and Lapiro Peter Wuteh Vakunta Peter Wuteh Vakunta celebrates the works of three dissident Cameroonian musicians who are unafraid to tell President Paul Biya to his face about the sufferings of the people under his very long rule. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/77843 ****** STATE OF THE NATION, ACCORDING TO KUDZI CHIURAI Charles Nhamo Rupare Armed with a brush and a strong desire for change, exiled Zimbabwean artist Kudzi has become something of a legend in the niche world of pan-African urban culture, writes Charles Nhamo Rupare. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/77807 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 6 Letters & Opinions ELECTED VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE AU'S ECOSOCC Mama Koité Doumbia I'm writing to inform you that I was elected vice president of the African Union’s ECOSOCC at its fourth General Assembly, on 1 November 2011 in Nairobi. This election is certainly an honour, but it is also a great responsibility and I invite you all to join me to ensure the mission’s full success! The challenges in Africa are enormous and we need as a society to play our part in the construction of our continent. Africa needs all her daughters and sons! http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/letters/77845 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 7 Blogging Africa AFRICA: GETTING READY FOR BUSINESS AMIDST POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY Dibussi Tande Sub-saharan Africa’s business regulatory environment, Cameroon and Liberia’s wasted potential, Eritrean politics and appropriate state models for Somalia are among the topics featured in this week’s review of African blogs, by Dibussi Tande. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/blog/77848 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ Fahamu - Networks For Social Justice http://www.fahamu.org Pambazuka News is published by Fahamu Ltd. © Unless otherwise indicated, all materials published are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. 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