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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 603: RISING WORKER MILITANCY, RECONSTRUCTION AND AN OBAMA WIN 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. Comment & analysis, 3. Advocacy & campaigns, 4. Books & arts, 5. Letters & Opinions /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features MARIKANA'S MOMENTUM STILL MOVES THE MASSES - BUT WHERE? Patrick Bond How long can the amazing upsurge of class struggle in South Africa go on? Living here 22 years, I've never witnessed such a period of vibrant, explosive, but uncoordinated worker militancy. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/84956 ****** RADICALS, ACTIVISTS AND 2012 US ELECTIONS Horace G. Campbell The November 6 US elections form one component of the struggles to advance peace, environmental justice and health for all. The initiative is in the hands of those who will mobilize to defeat Romney and to hold Obama accountable. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/84996 ****** US ELECTION: AFRICA FORGOTTEN IN FOREIGN POLICY DEBATE Elyas Mulu Kiros There was little mention of Africa in the recent foreign policy debate between the US presidential candidates. That suggests whoever is elected will just recycle the same old policies on Africa. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/84962 ****** MELES ZENAWI AND THE ETHIOPIAN STATE Understanding the late prime minister and his dream for the nation Medhane Tadessei A great thinker and astute politician, Meles seems to have decided to delay, or probably ignore altogether, the process of democratization for the sake of solidifying the developmental state. He was leftist and thoroughly authoritarian. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/84960 ****** SOMALIA: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 'NEW DEAL' SCUTTLED Mohamud M Uluso The motley crowd of international players pursuing their own geopolitical agendas is not genuinely interested in a peaceful and stable Somalia, despite their posturing. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/84949 ****** LA FRANCOPHONIE, A NEO-COLONIAL POLITICAL MACHINE It only perpetuates Africa's exploitation and alienation Antoine Roger Lokongo Former colonial powers continue to hold on to independent African nations through self-serving organizations such as La Francophonie. Africa does not need these neo-colonial networks. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/84990 ****** CHINUA ACHEBE'S TEN TEACHABLE LESSONS Biko Agozino Beyond the limitations of his personal history in the new classic 'There Was A Country', Achebe calls on everyone to rebuild an Africa that accommodates all irrespective of race, class, gender or religion. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/84961 ****** BREAKING THE SILENCE ON MODERN-DAY SLAVERY An Interview with Tina Okpara, author of 'My Life Has a Price' Ziallo Gogui The brave young Nigerian woman who survived abuse in the hands of her adoptive parents and later wrote a book about the experience speaks about moving on with her life. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/84952 ****** WHERE'S JUSTICE FOR THIS WOMAN IN 'NEW' TUNISIA? Mounira Chaieb The case of a young Tunisian woman allegedly raped by two policemen has created outrage and anger among ordinary Tunisians and human rights' defenders. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/84955 ****** CHRISTINE QUNTA: THE NERVOUS CONDITION AND DEVELOPMENT Fumani Mthembi Black people have not yet fully recovered from the immense psychological trauma caused by colonialism. A complete restoration of their destroyed dignity is essential for meaningful empowerment. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/84950 ****** WOLE SOYINKA: 'IF RELIGION WAS TAKEN AWAY I'D BE HAPPY' An interview with Peter Godwin Wole Soyinka The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has reached a state of total contempt even for universal norms. That means it is a war to the end. Yet there is too much pussyfooting and false intellectualisation of what is going on. President Jonathan should declare war on the group. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/84957 ****** KENYA'S 2013 ELECTION WILL BE A REFERENDUM ON INTEGRITY Nathan Wangusi Two of the four Kenyans charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto, are planning to run for president and vice-president in the March 4 election. If they win, the implications for Kenya will be grave. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/84954 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Comment & analysis NIGERIA: RISE OF 'MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT' GRADUATES Abdulrazaq Magaji A recent Unesco report confirms that poor funding, inadequate facilities and outright criminal neglect of education take their toll on quality in one of Africa's richest countries. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/84959 ****** WHY DOES THE WORLD BANK HATE TEACHERS? Steven J Klees Shanta Devajaran, the bank's chief economist for Africa, was the architect of the influential 2004 World Bank World Development Report that portrayed teachers as drunk and rioting in the streets. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/84958 ****** INDEPENDENT POLICE OVERSIGHT BODY IS NEEDED IN TANZANIA Sarah Mount Reports of extra-judicial killings and injury of citizens by police officers point to the need for an independent body, like the one established in Kenya, to oversee the operations of the police service. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/84953 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Advocacy & campaigns EQUATORIAL GUINEA: LAWYER DETAINED, DENIED VISITS Wife threatened for seeking access; government maintains silence Human Rights Watch and EG Justice Nsue has been harassed by the government on numerous occasions, raising concerns that his detention is politically motivated. In 2002 he was tortured while in government custody. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/84986 ****** SUPREME COURT RULING MARKS A FURTHER EROSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS WORK IN ETHIOPIA International human rights groups say the Supreme Court's ruling is symptomatic of the wide and ever-increasing obstacles that human rights organisations face in attempting to continue their essential work. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/84965 ****** COMMISSION ON RIGHTS ADOPTS FIRST GENERAL COMMENT African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights adopts first General Comment, clarifying article 14(1)(d) and (e) of the African Women's Protocol http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/84966 ****** DLF DENOUNCES CHAMBER OF MINES, CALLS FOR WORKER UNITY Democratic Left Front The Democratic Left Front (DLF) denounces the Chamber of Mines in the way they have responded to the legitimate demands of mine workers. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/84968 ****** AIDS-FREE WORLD SUPPORTS CASE AGAINST CENSORSHIP OF GAYS ON JAMAICAN TV AIDS-Free World 'The stations' refusal to air the "Love and Respect" ad is totally arbitrary and reflects the growing dominance of the powerful fundamentalist religious right in dictating public discourse.' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/84967 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Books & arts WE'RE ALL SOCIAL DEMOCRATS NOW A review of 'My First Coup d' Etat: Memories from the Lost Decade of Africa' by John Dramani Mahama; Bloomsbury, 2012, pp 318, #14.99. Napoleon Abdulai Ghana's new president has surprisingly found the time to pen his memoirs, which trace his eventful journey to the highest office of his country. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/84964 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Letters & Opinions IF YOU FORGET YOU ARE BLACK, WHITES WILL REMIND YOU Mandlenkosi ka Phangwa Apartheid may be officially dead, but its impact is still felt in South Africa. Worse, most Black people have not gained much from the coming to power of a non-racial government. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/letters/84963 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ Fahamu - Networks For Social Justice http://www.fahamu.org Pambazuka News is published by Fahamu Ltd. (c) Unless otherwise indicated, all materials published are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. 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