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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 604: SPEAKING THE TRUTH TO ABUSERS OF POWER The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. KEEP PAMBAZUKA FREE AND INDEPENDENT! BECOME A FRIEND OF PAMBAZUKA NOW! http://www.pambazuka.org/en/friends.php Follow Pambazuka @pambazuka Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Announcements, 3. Comment & analysis, 4. Advocacy & campaigns, 5. Books & arts, 6. Letters & Opinions /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features ETHIOPIA'S REEYOT: 'THE PRICE FOR MY COURAGE' Alemayehu G Mariam If anyone should seek the real definition of courage, let them not look for it in philosophical discourses or the annals of military history. Let them read the words of Reeyot and apply them to their cause. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85127 ****** LAND IS AT THE HEART OF OUR STRUGGLE Lindela S Figlan Yes, I have to be bold and proud of being South African. But I am not proud because our lovely country is in the wrong hands. Our struggle began with the question of land and land remains at the centre of our struggle today. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85114 ****** EGYPT: WE REFUSE ECONOMIC BONDAGE: STOP THE LOANS Comrades from Cairo A new IMF delegation has arrived in Cairo for negotiations about a renewed loan to Egypt. But the real agenda of Western international financial institutions is to consolidate and expand their control of the country. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85132 ****** US ELECTION: THE PRICE OF A BLACK PRESIDENT Fredrick C Harris Whether it ends in 2013 or 2017, the Obama presidency has already marked the decline, rather than the pinnacle, of a political vision centred on challenging racial inequality. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85123 ****** WESTERN SAHARA: 'PEOPLE ARE STARVING IN 37-YEAR-OLD REFUGEE CAMPS' Peter Kenworthy Living conditions in the camps have worsened over the years and Saharawis believe this is part of the strategy by Morocco to push the people in the illegally occupied territory into submission. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85156 ****** ARAB SPRING: WILL IT EVER DRIFT SOUTH? Abdulrazaq Magaji People in many sub-Saharan African nations suffer and grumble, but they do not seem willing to pour out into the streets and demand accountability from their leaders. Do they believe change will come by merely wishing for it? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85126 ****** UNRAVELING THE LEADERSHIP CONUNDRUM IN CAMEROON Peter Wuteh Vakunta If Cameroon is to avoid catastrophes of possibly greater dimensions than so far witnessed, the citizens must take a hard and unsentimental look at the crucial question of leadership and the manner in which political power is exercised. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85151 ****** ALGERIA: FROM COLONIAL TO HEGEMONIC CULTURAL POLICY Ammar Kessab At independence 50 years ago, Algeria inherited the oppressive cultural structures imposed by France. Today things are worse: the government allocates a meager budget to promote culture. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85128 ****** LA VIA CAMPESINA: FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND THE GLOBAL FEMINIST STRUGGLE Esther Vivas The current global food system, based on an agro-industrial model, has failed to ensure food security and resulted in profound negative environmental effects. La Via Campesina promotes an alternative model with a feminist dimension. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85137 ****** ON THE BORDERLINES Documenting the undocumented in the Syrian war Mathew Nashed The Syrian conflict has extended for over a year and there is no indication that it will soon end. Both sides are being superfluously equipped to kill each other. How is this a struggle for freedom by the Syrian people? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85122 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Announcements 2ND PAN-AFRICAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM Call for applications Fahamu - Networks for Social Justice Are you a community-based social justice activist in Kenya with an interest in deepening your theoretical and practical understanding of methods for effective advocacy and creating meaningful change? Fahamu is calling for applications for 2nd Pan-African Fellowship program (FPAF) in 2013. Deadline: November 9, 2012. Find details in the links below: 1. The Fellowship program ( http://www.pambazuka.org/images/Fahamu_Fellowship_Applications.pdf ) 2. Social Movements Application Form ( http://www.pambazuka.org/images/Social_fellowship_appl.docx ) 3. CBOs Application Form ( http://www.pambazuka.org/images/Cbos_Fellowship_appl.docx ) 3. Fellow Application Form ( http://www.pambazuka.org/images/Fellow_appl.docx ) ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Comment & analysis AFRICOM PREPARING FOR ANOTHER 'HUMANITARIAN' MILITARY INTERVENTION? Abdi Ali Diriye Washington's corporate interests are hidden behind 'humanitarian interventions'. That is the story of the US involvement in Libya, Uganda, Sudan and other parts of Africa. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/85108 ****** STRANGE PRESIDENTIAL DEATHS THAT WEAKEN SOLIDARITY Antoine Roger Lokongo In the Great Lakes region of Africa, regional solidarity has been dealt a heavy blow following the mysterious deaths of five leaders in just two decades. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/85157 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Advocacy & campaigns ANC INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE SUPPORTS BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL Press release BDS South Africa BDS South Africa welcomes the position adopted by the African National Congress (ANC) International Solidarity Conference to support the international boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel campaign. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/85125 ****** CALL TO COSATU WORKERS TO UNITE WITH STRIKING MINEWORKERS Democratic Left Front The Democratic Left Front condemns the police for shooting workers in Rustenburg on 27 October. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/85130 ****** MARIKANA SUPPORT CAMPAIGN DEPLORES POLICE PARTIALITY AT COSATU RALLY Press release Marikana Support Campaign The Marikana Support Campaign wants to clarify that it attended the Cosatu rally in Rustenburg on 27 October as supporters of the striking miners, wearing the Amplats-Marikana Support Campaign t-shirts. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/85124 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Books & arts BIAFRA: A LESSON NOT LEARNED Reflections on 'There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra' by Chinua Achebe, Allen Lane, 333 pp. Tarila Marclint Ebiede Achebe's new memoirs should be a source of inspiration and an advocacy guide for those calling for a new Nigeria that confronts the mistakes of its past; a Nigeria where members of the different nations have an equal place no matter their size. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/85129 ****** COLOURS OF THE NILE FILM FESTIVAL TO FEATURE THE BEST The inaugural Colours of the Nile International Film Festival (CNIFF) will run in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 7-11 November 2012, introducing the best of African cinema to African audiences. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/85115 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 6 Letters & Opinions UGANDA: BUJAGALI POWER DAM A PAINFUL PARADOX Deo K Tumusiime The cost of electricity in Uganda remains unaffordable to most citizens, yet the government has kept on using taxpayers' money in power projects that hardly bring any relieve to consumers. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/letters/85160 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ Fahamu - Networks For Social Justice http://www.fahamu.org Pambazuka News is published by Fahamu Ltd. 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