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Daring to invent the future: Join the Friends of Pambazuka
Firoze Manji (2012-02-14)
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As we enter a period of a profound crisis of capitalism, as working people and the poor are being forced to pay the costs of that crisis, the challenges facing Pambazuka are greater than ever. Our task in the coming period will be to expand the capacity of Pambazuka to support the growing movements for social and political transformation. We want you to join us in helping to build and support those movements. If you think that Pambazuka is important, if you find what we do useful, if you like the materials we publish in Pambazuka News, then join the Friends of Pambazuka with a donation today. Together we will dare to invent the future.Â
Egypt's other revolution: Modernizing the military-industrial complex
Shana Marshall (2012-02-16)
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cc O R HPlanners in the Egyptian military want to boost the old defense-industrial complex by cultivating new smaller scale projects that partner the Egyptian armed forces with a diverse portfolio of second- and third-tier foreign defense manufacturers.
Kenya: Uhuru and Ruto sowing seeds of discord
Samuel Omwenga (2012-02-14)
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cc IIP StateThe virulent speeches and chest thumping by two of Kenya’s presidential aspirants, both suspected of committing crimes against humanity, is extremely worrying. The government needs to act quickly and firmly and the people should reject these politicians.
The drama of Kenyan politics ahead of elections
Uche Igwe (2012-02-16)
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cc DemoshThe emergence of presidential candidates like 27-year-old Ms Kingwa Kamenchu and Ms Martha Karua suggests a departure from the past and mirrors the yearnings and aspirations of the youth and women for an end to politics-as-usual.
Exposed: The Arab agenda in Syria
Pepe Escobar (2012-02-15)
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cc F HWhat is happening in Syria is a NATO-led regime change plot. It is not a popular uprising, as the West and its Gulf allies would like the world to believe. Syria is battling heavily armed foreign mercenaries.
Russia's support for Syria
Lizzie Phelan (2012-02-15)
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cc S R‘Is it possible to believe for a moment that a government, whatever it is, could commit such a massacre on the day its case is brought before the Security Council?’
The 'scramble' for Somalia
Rasna Warah (2012-02-14)
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cc C T SA huge international conference is being organised in London on Somalia, but it does not have the support of the citizens. It will fail because what the ‘international community’ has failed to learn over the years is that Somalis are fiercely independent people.
Western Sahara: fresh brutality from occupying force
Ryan Mallett-Outtrim and Laura Gilbie (2012-02-16)
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cc SaharauiakTwo Australian activists visited the Western Sahara in January and spoke to ordinary people about their oppression by the Moroccan authorities.
Promoting social and economic justice for all
Jean Symes (2012-02-14)
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cc M ARaising awareness of inequality is building social solidarity and common cause action, locally and globally.
Mega-super star Madonna's campaign for world peace
Horace Campbell (2012-02-16)
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cc B RThere was no mistake about the message that Madonna wanted everyone to take away from her Super Bowl performance in a society that is gung-ho on war. But did the warmongers get the point?
How Zambia became Africa's football kings
Cameron Duodu (2012-02-16)
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cc WikimediaSleazy goings-on in nughtclubs around Lusaka, the presence of legendary old man KK at the stadium in Libreville, memories of the 1993 tragedy in which nearly the entire national side was killed in Gabon… all worked together to propel Zambia to victory.
The struggle for street politics
Jane Duncan (2012-02-15)
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cc W VEvidence is emerging from many parts of the country that freedom of expression is not the only constitutional right in trouble at the moment: the right to assembly, demonstration and picket is as well.
South Africa: ‘Global sustainability’ wilts in political hot air
Patrick Bond (2012-02-16)
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cc OxfamNearly everything President Zuma and the big corporates are doing places short-term demands above long-term thinking, both in the marketplace and at the polling place, promoting unfairness and exclusion, and thus preventing lasting prosperity and stability.
Rio+20 and the Peoples' Summit
Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2012-02-15)
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cc Fotos Gov/BaWith the Rio+20 summit taking place this year, what would be some of the key pillars of a society not based on capitalist development?
DR Congo: The trap of February 17
JP Mbelu (2012-02-15)
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cc E PThe current situation in the DR Congo should prompt organised minorities to engage in a long term struggle of resistance against both visible and invisible forces.
From Black to African History Month
Sabamya Jaugu (2012-02-14)
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cc E MAfrican History Month will counter Euro-centrism with historical truth. As well, it is important to embrace our culture and take ownership of our ethnicity.
Tanzania: US university withdraws from land grab deal
The Oakland Institute (2012-02-15)
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cc A TThe most controversial and potentially devastating part of the deal was the forceful removal of 162,000 people thriving on the land.
Fambul Tok in Sierra Leone
John Caulker (2012-02-15)
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cc Amnesty Int'lThis initiative addresses local legacies of the conflict in Sierra Leone which the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, whatever their wider achievements, have been unable to tackle.
