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------Original message------ From: Pambazuka Editor <[email protected]> To: "pambazuka-news" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:01:39 PM GMT+0300 Subject: Pambazuka News 567: Protests: Is this the democracy we fought for? PAMBAZUKA NEWS 567: PROTESTS: IS THIS THE DEMOCRACY WE FOUGHT FOR? The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Announcements, 3. Advocacy & campaigns, 4. Obituaries, 5. Books & arts, 6. Letters & Opinions, 7. African Writers' Corner, 8. Cartoons /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features 'THIS IS NOT THE DEMOCRACY THAT WE FOUGHT FOR' Jeff Conant, for GJEP, interviews South African member of La Via Campesina Ricado Jacobs 'The uprisings in Egypt and everywhere remind us that direct action is an important pillar for the poor and the oppressed all over the world.' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79403 ****** NIGERIA: WAS IT A 14-DAY DREAM? Sokari Ekine It may appear like business as usual but people do not experience such an outpouring of solidarity and power and remain unchanged. The apathy barrier has been broken and there has been a shift in consciousness. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79406 ****** SOUTH AFRICA: PEOPLE'S LAND, HOUSING AND JOBS SUMMIT City of Cape Town tries to ban poor people from the commons Jared Sacks By taking back the commons, thousands of poor and working-class people, together with many middle-class allies, are saying that they no longer want to live in a city which remains segregated. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79413 ****** SOUTH AFRICA: THE REIGN OF THUGS Pedro Alexis Tabensky One way of measuring the quality of a democracy is to assess the behaviour of its police. The recent brutal attack on the Unemployed People's Movement leader Ayanda Kota reveals the sad state of democracy in South Africa. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79404 ****** SOUTH AFRICA: STATE OF EMERGENCY 2.0 Christopher McMichael Joint operations between the police and military are becoming increasingly commonplace. But maintaining a strict demarcation between the police and the military is essential to the protection of democracy. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79422 ****** ICC KENYA RULING: DEEP DEMOCRATIC SHIFTS AND BLOW TO IMPUNITY Onyango Oloo The confirmation of charges against four Kenyans, three of them wealthy and powerful elites, is welcome news for the victims of the 2007/8 post-election violence. But there are thousands of other perpetrators who are still walking free. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79429 ****** OLD SUDAN AND NEW SUDAN Political crisis and the search for comprehensive peace Christopher Zambakari North and South Sudan will not find durable peace so long as the marginalised population in the border States continues to die. There must be stability in Abyei, Nuba Mountains, Blue Nile, Eastern Sudan and Darfur. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79401 ****** 'AID IS A DIRTY WORD, LIKE COLONIALISM' Interview by Welt-Sichten (World-Views) Yash Tandon There are at least a million people in the West who live off the aid industry. They have a vested interest in perpetuating it. But it will disintegrate over time and die slowly. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79395 ****** AFRICA, STEER CLEAR OF THIS PONZI CLIMATE SCHEME Michael Dorsey and Patrick Bond Climate gamblers have been led astray since 1997 when the Kyoto Protocol was amended to let corporations buy the right to pollute in exchange for endorsing the treaty. Predictably, Washington has refused to honour this ever since. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79416 ****** 'THIS IS AFRICA TO COME' Mandisi Majavu 'The Mozambique food riots of 2010 and the recent mass protests in Nigeria show that people are capable of forcing governments to back down from enforcing policies that have a negative impact on their lives.' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79398 ****** CHINA AND JAPAN CURRENCY SWAP A nail in the coffin of the US Dollar Horace Campbell China and Japan have taken a decisive step to diversify their reserve holdings away from the dollar. African peoples have a lot of lessons to learn from both the capitalist crisis in Europe and this new financial arrangement. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79417 ****** TRAGEDY OF THE NEW AU HEADQUARTERS Chika Ezeanya It is an insult to the African Union and to every African that in 2012 a building as symbolic as the AU headquarters is designed, built and maintained by a foreign country - it does not matter which. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79400 ****** LIBERIA: END DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBT Stephanie C. Horton President Sirleaf won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize and should know that the oppression and exclusion of any group is anathema to Alfred Nobel's vision of an equal society. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79399 ****** CHARLES TAYLOR A CIA INFORMANT? The need to retool Liberia's relationship with US Robtel Neajai Pailey The shocking news that the former Liberian strongman was indeed a CIA informant in the early years of his rise to notoriety calls into question America's complicity in Taylor's destruction of Liberia. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79405 ****** RIGHTS FOR SCOTS, RIGHTS FOR IGBOS Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe The British government, which 46 years ago fully backed the brutal repression of the Igbo secession attempt is now not opposed to the independence of Scotland. For the Scots, Igbos or any other people, the right to self-determination is inalienable. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79397 ****** WILL THE REAL REVOLUTIONARIES PLEASE STAND UP? David Comissiong 1649 is arguably the most revolutionary year in the history of Barbados. The oppressed Barbadian working class - the white indentured servants and the enslaved black Africans - erupted in revolt against the repressive white slave master class. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79396 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Announcements FINANCE AND OPERATIONS DIRECTOR - FAHAMU Deadline for applications: February 3, 2012 http://www.pambazuka.org/images/articles/566/finance-director.doc Fahamu is seeking an experienced Finance and Operations Director. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Finance and Operations Director will be a hands on and participative manager who will lead a team to manage the organisation's finance and operations (including human resources and administration). ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Advocacy & campaigns ETHIOPIAN BLOGGER RISKS DEATH PENALTY AS JUDGE CONFIRMS CHARGES Committee to Protect Journalists 'This ruling is an affront to justice and underscores that these are politicized charges used by the government to intimidate journalists and chill news-gathering activities', said CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator Mohamed Keita. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/79402 ****** KENYA: DRIVE FOR ONE MILLION SIGNATURES Call for the ICC four to step down http://bit.ly/wytG87 STOP PRESS: Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has 'stepped aside' as finance minister, as well as head of the civil service Francis Muthaura. 'On the basis of the President's statement that he would act once the charges are confirmed, and not withstanding the said individuals right to appeal and presumption of innocence until proven guilty, we the undersigned people of Kenya exercising our sovereignty as expressed below under Chapter One and Chapter Four (Bill of Rights) of the Constitution of Kenya 2012 call upon the President to move with speed and honour his word and pledge to Kenyans by compelling Amb. Francis Kirimi Muthaura, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and William Samoei Ruto to step down from the public offices they currently occupy. The President should also state categorically that the said individuals are not fit to hold public office in Kenya unless and if when the very serious charges against them are dismissed. We feel that the three individuals can no longer inspire confidence from the majority of Kenyans in exercise of their official duties and that their personal activities will indeed interfere with the discharge of their duties in service of the people of Kenya.' View the rest of the statement and sign the petition through the link provided. ****** US AID TO ETHIOPIA SUPPORTS FORCED RELOCATIONS FOR LAND GRABS Sign the Petition to President Barack Obama and USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah http://www.thepetitionsite.com/7/stop-forced-relocations-ethiopia/ Ethiopia, which is deemed an 'important regional security partner' by the US government and one of the largest recipients of US aid (over $1 billion a year since 2007), is forcibly relocating 70,000 people from Gambella to make land available for investment in agriculture. In doing this they are also aggravating current hunger while laying the groundwork for future famine in Ethiopia, as people are losing their livelihoods and being moved to areas where they cannot readily feed themselves. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/79370 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Obituaries A TRIBUTE TO THE HON DUDLEY J. THOMPSON, AMBASSADOR OF JAMAICA P. J. Patterson Until his death on 20 January 2012, Dudley J. Thompson remained a revered leader of the Afro-American diaspora. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/obituary/79393 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Books & arts WOMEN AND SECURITY GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA 'Funmi Olonisakin & Awino Okech, eds. Kofi Johnson Women and Security Governance in Africa argues that human security cannot be achieved in Africa without putting women at the centre of public policy. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/79371 ****** RECLAIMING AFRICAN HISTORY Jacques Depelchin Peter Limb Reclaiming African History ( http://fahamubooks.org/book/?GCOI=90638100162020&; ) jousts with the ruling ideas in society - or public history - to stimulate a re-think of Africans' predicament and an understanding of its historical causes, and to encourage positive action to rectify current abuses. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/79391 ****** PARAMILITARISM AND THE ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY IN HAITI Jeb Sprague Years of interviews, investigative reporting, and analysis of classified US government documents went into a book on right-wing paramilitarism in Haiti. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/79392 ****** A WOMAN, ONCE A GIRL: BREAKING SILENCE A review of Betty Makoni's new book. Trafford publishing The journey Betty Makoni has travelled leaves permanent and visible footsteps. Her poetry book takes a new approach to self-empowerment. Easy to read and yet very powerful for reflection. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/79427 ****** THE POWER TRIPPER Rafiq Hajat He changed our flag, With cavalier insouciance, He stood proudly to brag While we gaped in stunned trance, Like a rampant stag, It was the height of arrogance, He changes our laws with seeming impunity; He twists them to suit his ends, He changes the equation with intractability, While his puppets amend; We regress inexorably; While sycophants defend; He calls us stupid and drunk, He's on a power trip, He's bitten off a hunk, His mind has flipped He's so full of spunk, He's got a shoulder on his chip; Absolute power carries great responsibility, The wielder must beware the craze, Lest he fall prey to hubristic gravity, And stumble into an egocentric maze, Lose touch with reality; In a narcissistic daze; He's the quintessential power tripper, And it ain't no joke, He's an asset stripper, A pig in a poke, He's an insatiable beak dipper Never seems to choke, He's an illogical skipper, We're headed for broke. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/79430 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 6 Letters & Opinions IS THE ANC 100 YEARS OR 57 YEARS OLD? Motsoko Pheko Motsoko Pheko responds to reader comments on his article 'Is the ANC 100 or 57 years old? ( http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/78998 ) ' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/letters/79394 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 7 African Writers' Corner A SMALL LIST OF WONDERS Emmanuel Iduma The project will bring together a group of ten emerging writers whose writing, it is hoped, will help construct a newer scope of African identity. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/African_Writers/79409 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 8 Cartoons AND THEN THERE WERE 4...AND THERE WERE 2 Gado The International Criminal Court has confirmed charges against four of the six Kenyans suspected of masterminding the post-election violence of 2007/8. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/79440 ****** EQUITORIAL GUINEA CO-HOSTS AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS Gado Africa Cup of Nations a tribute to President Nguema? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/79442 ****** INVESTORS FLOCK SOUTH SUDAN Gado Many Kenyans are heading to the new Republic of South Sudan as investors. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/79441 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ Fahamu - Networks For Social Justice http://www.fahamu.org Pambazuka News is published by Fahamu Ltd. 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