Africa

Who said Gaddafi had to go?

otabenga1 — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:25:12 -0700

So Gaddafi is dead and Nato has fought a war in North Africa for the first time since the FLN defeated France in 1962. The Arab world’s one and only State of the Masses, the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriyya, has ended badly. In contrast to the bloodless coup of 1 September 1969 that overthrew King Idris and brought Gaddafi and his colleagues to power, the combined rebellion/civil war/ Nato bombing campaign to protect civilians has occasioned several thousand (5000? 10,000? 25,000?) deaths, many thousands of injured and hundreds of thousands of displaced persons, as well as massive damage to infrastructure. What if anything has Libya got in exchange for all the death and destruction that have been visited on it over the past seven and a half months? read more »

The Kimbanguist Community in Kinshasa responds to the suffering in Haiti

otabenga1 — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:54:42 -0700

On 17 January 2010 12:46, Ernest Wamba dia Wamba wrote:
Dear All,
I just returned from the culte d'action de grace for Haiti at the Centre Kimbanguiste (at Force Publique et Sao, commune de Kasa Vubu) in Kinshasa. It was very moving. First, the crowd was immense, mostly women as is often the case (it was the women who had the courage to go first to Jesus's tomb). read more »

Two Hundred Years on and Still Fighting for Complete and Total Emancipation

otabenga1 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:40:23 -0700

Unfortunately, ever since the first slave revolt by Haitians in 1791, the country has been beset by abuses caused from within and without. It has never been able to fulfill its potential as a nation. Bill Clinton, What Haiti Needs in Time Magazine January 14, 2010 read more »

Contextualizing the failure at Copenhagen

otabenga1 — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:05:56 -0700

5 Jan 2010
Ever since the beginning of the so-called “Financial” Crisis and, especially, because of how it was resolved, it was obvious that the Climate crisis was going to follow the same pattern, i.e. those most responsible for the climatic crisis would be absolved and they would end up dictating what they consider to be the solution. read more »