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Start bringing out the bodies https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51224655 On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 11:59 AM Louis Proyect via Marxism < [email protected]> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > Thirty years ago, I was part of a Tecnica delegation that visited the > African National Congress headquarters in Lusaka, Zambia. We were there > to discuss the feasibility of a technical aid project for the ANC and > the frontline states with Thabo Mbeki, the future president of > post-apartheid South Africa. Back then, the term frontline referred to a > group of other sub-Saharan nations that were also fighting for liberation. > > Chief among them was Angola that had defeated the Portuguese colonial > army and gained independence in 1975. However, peace did not ensue. > Three rival guerrilla armies began to fight for control over the newly > liberated country. The international left identified with the Popular > Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). Unfortunately, the MPLA > had to contend with both the National Front for the Liberation of Angola > (FNLA) and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola > (UNITA). Israel backed the FNLA, an alliance that most would view as > unsavory. However, China also backed the FNLA, which only goes to show > that Maoism had its own unsavory aspects. As for UNITA, it was wholly > reliant on CIA support and guilty of the same kind of war crimes the > Nicaraguan contras were carrying out. > > full: > > https://louisproyect.org/2020/01/24/isabel-dos-santos-and-the-african-lumpen-bourgeoisie/ > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/johnedmundson4%40gmail.com > -- The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common But leaves the greater villain loose Who steals the common from the goose _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
